A dou of rice costs twenty cents, but a mu of slopes is only a few hundred yuan, and some poor hillsides can even buy one acre of 200 yuan.

A cow costs three thousand five hundred yuan.

These prices gave Li Xiao a clearer understanding of the classical agricultural society in the Middle Ages.

A dou of rice in the Tang Dynasty was about six kilograms in later generations, and the price was only twenty cents. In total, one kilogram was only three cents, while a kilogram of rice in later generations cost at least six yuan. In this way, it seems that one penny in the Tang Dynasty was equivalent to two yuan at this time.

A cow in the Tang Dynasty was worth 3,500 yuan. Such a cow in later generations could be worth at least 10,000 yuan, and this penny was worth three yuan.

However, the difference is even greater according to the land price.

In later generations, land acquisitions in rural areas start at least 30,000 yuan per mu, but one acre of slope land in the Tang Dynasty only costs 200 to 300 cents. Compared with the land price, one penny can be exchanged for at least 100 yuan.

One to two, one to three, to one to one to one to one to one.

Food, oxen, land.

If we calculate the income and consumption levels of the people in this era, it would be even harder to calculate the value of a penny.

A cow in the Tang Dynasty could buy ten acres of slopes, but in later generations, ten cattle were worth only one acre of land.

By doing this, the cows from the Tang Dynasty were really not cheap.

Of course, Li Xiao is really not short of money now. The winery is now purchasing wine lees everywhere. The medicinal winery is constantly processing medicinal wine, and the clinic is responsible for the sales. Now there is a shortage of supply.

The clinic is surrounded by merchants who come to buy every day, and the inns on Lanxi Street are almost filled with merchants from all over the world who are looking for medicinal wine.

Under such a hot market, although the productivity of medicinal wine is constantly increasing, its output is indeed not much. Thanks to the hot market, the price of medicinal wine has increased several times, and merchants have also accepted it.

The profits of the Li family are getting higher and higher. Although the Li family has also spent a lot of money to manage the yamen, and even took the initiative to pay for some bridges and roads, or even donate grain for the Dongzheng period, the money can be made more and more.

Nowadays, the Li family’s medicinal wine has not only become a hot product for various medical clinics and pharmacies in Chang'an, but even the wealthy and wealthy families in Chang'an are very popular. Everyone praises it. Everyone knows that the Li family’s medicinal wine is delicious and easy to use.

Even the foreign merchants on the western market of Chang'an are now rushing to buy it. They regard Lanxi medicinal wine as a good thing like Tang Dynasty silk, and are ready to buy it and transport it back to the West to make a big profit.

Many people who cannot buy medicinal wine have begun to find people to come to the Li family to deliver messages, hoping to get into a team or something.

Even nowadays, people in Chang'an give gifts and give Lanxi medicinal wine.

If there is really no medicinal wine, then give Lanxi Lijiazhuang medicinal wine coupon and a medicinal wine coupon. You cannot go to the Li family’s clinic to change the medicinal wine, but if you have a voucher, you can be qualified to purchase it first.

People who don’t have to queue up, and people who have the coupon can just pay the money to bring the medicinal wine.

It is said that someone has already shouted that he will not accept gifts during the holiday this year, but only accept gifts, Lanxi wine.

However, medicinal wine is not an ordinary wine after all. The production process of medicinal wine is relatively complicated and time-consuming. It requires steaming wine and making medicinal wine. Finally, it has to soak medicinal wine. No matter how fast it is, it will take a cycle.

The supply of medicinal wine in the Li family is far from satisfying the market even if it is wholesale.

The market is now good, and many people are already jealous. They either come to discuss the secret recipe for acquisition or the partnership. Fortunately, not everyone can swallow the Li family now. With Xue Cheng and the other family, those people come to test it a few times, but after being rejected by the Li family, they can only temporarily press their ideas.

The plan to expand the workshop again has been put on the agenda. The expansion workshop can be expanded, and spring farming cannot be delayed.

This is like the people in the past, even if they have a promising future outside, whether they are business owners or schooling as cadres, they still have to rush home to help with farm work during the busy farming season.

For spring farming, Dr. Zhao, the shopkeeper of the clinic, can take time to talk about buying animals and preparing seeds.

"Buy more animals."

"It's not easy to raise more animals." Dr. Zhao said. It's not enough to buy them, but they have to take care of them.

Previous people said that wealth is rich, but it doesn’t count.

These cattle and horses are not cheap, but they are not easy to raise. If you get sick and plague, you may be gone.

It’s okay to raise seven or eight heads. If you raise a hundred heads, even if you can buy it, where can you raise it? How to raise it?

“Free-range.”

Li Xiao didn't want to set up a farm, after all, Lanxi is not a grassland. And if he was locked up and kept in captivity, he would be more likely to get sick.

"I have a preliminary idea, this is it. Let's go to Chang'an to buy a hundred cows. Now the price of cows is rising year by year, and it seems that it will definitely increase a lot this year. It's a good deal to buy now."

He told everyone his thoughts in detail, taking advantage of the good bull market and the low price of cows in spring, the time after the cow prices are over, it is time for the price of cows to rise, and it is just right to buy them now. After all, after winter, everything revives and green is seen in the fields. Cooks are raised to save feed and can also grow meat and gain weight.

Buying a cow at this time is like making a profit once you buy it.

As for saying that too many cattle are difficult to raise, Li Xiao also has his own way.

"We put the cattle in our tenant family home to raise them."

"What?" Mr. Zhao and Mr. Yang were a little puzzled. The tenant only rented the Li family's fields, and were not slaves of the Li family. Why should I help the Li family raise cattle?

"We won't let everyone raise it in vain."

Li Xiao’s idea is to win-win cooperation, the Li family has money, while the tenants have time.

Tenants generally have poor conditions. They have land planted, and their families have a large population, but they lack large animals for farming. Li Xiao’s idea was to rent the cattle to the tenants and foster the cattle at the tenants’ homes.

Tenants are usually responsible for taking care of feeding cattle, and the advantage of helping raise cattle is that they can use the Li family's cattle to plow the land for free.

"Borrow cattle to plow the land for free?"

Doctor Zhao was a little surprised. There were not many tenants who had cattle these days. In the past, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were cattle and slaves at home. When the fields were all equalized, the cattle could be divided into a piece of land.

Tenants without land often rent cattle from the landlords to plow the land, but the cost is not cheap. Some landlords directly collect rent based on the number of days, while some landlords are even more cruel. They directly borrow their cattle and ask the tenants to rent the proportion of the harvest of the land they farm.

Whether it is renting on a daily basis or on output, renting cattle is not cheap.

Li Xiao actually asked to help raise cattle and use cattle to plow the land for free, which is amazing.

"Well, we can borrow oxen to plow the land for free, and even after the oxen are given a cub, we can pay them some money at that time. For example, when the calves grow up, we will take them away and pay them a certain proportion of their fosters at the market price."

Yang Dayan pulled his goatee, "If it were me, I would definitely be willing to help Saburo raise cattle."

"I do, too." Dr. Zhao also said, "But aren't we losing money in this way? We bought the cows ourselves, but we used them for free for the tenants."

"This is actually a win-win situation. Our cattle are raised by tenants, so they can be used for free, but we can also use them when we want to use them. In addition, we pay the capital, but we don't have to pay for the feed to take care of them. We don't even have to buy one of the cattle sheds. If the cattle is raised, we can still make money in the future. If the cattle is raised, it will also appreciate."

If you raise well, the money for a few calfs is enough to cost a cow. Not to mention, if this cow has been raised for a few years, it can still increase its value and increase its price, and in recent years, it will also be able to use this cow.

To put it bluntly, this is a very good family cooperative breeding model.

The Li family paid for the cows and the tenants helped feed them.

The Li family makes money, and tenants also use cattle for free. They can still get money after calves, so why not?

"But what if the tenant households over-serve cattle and cannot take good care of them, and they will lose weight or die of cattle? Then wouldn't we lose a lot?"

"As for this, we can have a detailed agreement with the tenant, which must be made clear. We will check the situation of the cow regularly. If we find that we are not well cared for, we can cancel the cooperation and lead the cow away. I believe that they definitely don't want to miss the opportunity to use cows for free and make money."

After all, raising a cow is not a burden for tenants. There are many children in the family and the children are just right to herd cattle. A child can take good care of a cow, while a cow can be equivalent to one or two strong laborers working. The account is quite simple and everyone can calculate it clearly.

The Li family can make money and also make a lot of good reputation.

"No one else has done this before. Will we upset other landlords?"

Dr. Zhao raised his concerns. Although landlords are all in the countryside these days, many things are not simple.

"I have considered what Aye said. In the past, landlords borrowed cattle to tenants and collected rent. Now we are not lending cattle but asking tenants to help raise cattle. This is different, so we don't have to do the same as before."

If the cattle raised by Li Xiao's family is free to lend to tenants for free, then this will break the unspoken rules and may cause dissatisfaction among other landlords.

But now Li Xiao proposed not to borrow for free, but to raise cattle together, which is different.

"How many cows Sanlang plans to buy?" Dr. Zhao was also very moved after hearing this. In this way, he could indeed raise a lot of cows, and he only needed to pay the capital and no additional manpower was required.

After all, if you raise yourself, not only do you have to hire a shepherd boy and cowherd, but you also have to build a cowshed and mow grass.

"Why buy a hundred and try it out first."

"Then I will buy a hundred heads first. There is still a lot of money in the clinic account. I will withdraw the money and go to Chang'an to buy cows."

"Yes." Li Xiao nodded.

Dr. Zhao thought about it and said, "There is still a lot of money in the clinic account recently. I think it's also the same as it is. Why not just use the money to buy land?"

Buy land?

He just decided to buy a hundred cows and planned to buy land. Li Xiao did not expect that Dr. Zhao's appetite was still so big.

"It's not easy to buy land. If you have money, people may not be willing to sell land. I think the money in the account is better to use it to build a pharmaceutical shop first and purchase and process and make medicinal materials for the winery."

Mr. Zhao refused to give up on buying land, "I know it's not easy to buy land, but Saburo gave me this matter. I can definitely find a way to buy some land back. Take it slowly, little by little, accumulate little by little, and you can also buy a lot of land."

Li Xiao looked at Wanniang and saw that she was very active in buying land, so he smiled and said, "The pharmacy shop still needs to be built, but Aye, you can also buy land at the same time. As long as it is a fair transaction, it will be done."

"Don't worry, I won't ruin the voice of our Lijiazhuang."

If you have thousands of acres of land at home, you always want to buy land. This may be the most common concept of people in this era. Although the return value of land is not high, it is indeed very valuable. This is like people who are so active in buying a house. The first thing you do with money is to buy a house, and you even have to buy a house without money to borrow money.
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