Li Xu asked the question in his heart, and Liu Gang explained with a smile, "It will be available soon. A batch of poultry will be shipped in a few days, and half of them will be female."

Hearing this, Li Xu's eyes lit up and he quickly asked, "Are there any females? Can we buy some?"

"What good things are you thinking? These are to be distributed to the various brigades below. If you want to buy some, go to the market in a few days. There should be people selling poultry seedlings by then."

"This is nonsense. It's not even time to distribute food yet. How are those brigades going to be fed?"

"Our county has so many rivers, how can we be short of small fish and shrimp? Besides, they don't need many poultry, only 20 or 30 pairs at most, so they can still afford this amount of food."

You know what, this is actually a good idea. Small fish and shrimps can also be used as feed.

As long as the brigades don't raise too many poultry, there won't be any problem.

After thinking about it, Li Xu sighed and said, "If they continue to do this, I guess we won't see anyone selling poultry seedlings in the market until next year."

He understood that the reason why those brigades did not buy too many was that they wanted to use them as seeds and then slowly hatch poultry seedlings.

And the needs of the large group must be met first, and then the excess seedlings will be sold.

Liu Gang shook his head. "It won't take that long. Some of the poultry will be sold to individuals, but individuals can't raise too many, so they will definitely have to sell the young birds."

"Huh?" Li Xu was startled. "Uncle Liu, did the county leaders allow them to sell at the market?"

"right."

After a moment of silence, Li Xu sighed, "They are really brave."

The "they" here refers to the county leaders.

In the past few years, there were quite a few private stall owners in the market, and most of them were from rural areas.

They earn a lot of money by selling agricultural and sideline products.

That is why the government wants to promote high-priced items such as bicycles in rural areas.

But since 1958, private sales of goods have not been allowed.

Most importantly, now is not like twenty years later when individuals can act in the name of the collective.

Therefore, if you want to sell agricultural and sideline products, you can only do it collectively.

But now, the county leaders dared to go against the instructions of their superiors and allow private individuals to sell goods in the market.

I have to say this is really courageous...

Liu Gang understood what he meant, so he explained, "The county has no other choice. Seeing that the disaster is about to end, the county must vigorously develop industry. However, developing industry requires money, and a lot of money. Our county's total income is so small, and the city's funding is not much either. So they set their sights on the market."

Having said that, he paused, then lowered his voice and continued, "It's not just our county that does this. As far as I know, the city does the same."

Good job.

Li Xu exclaimed in his heart, "What a great guy!"

No wonder the county leaders dared to do this, it turns out someone took the lead.

It seems that the same is true for other counties and districts in the city.

If this were to happen someday, it would be a huge mess. None of the city's leaders would be able to escape...

If you don't consider this, it's actually a good idea.

Because goods sold in the market have to be taxed, and the tax rate is not low.

Although the prices of those agricultural and sideline products are relatively high, they do not require receipts.

Coupled with the large population of Tang County, one can imagine how large the daily trading volume would be.

Naturally, the county receives a considerable amount of tax revenue every day.

In the long run, the county will have money to develop industry.

Thinking of this, Li Xu asked, "Uncle Liu, is the county going to crack down on the black market?"

You can trade with money in the market and in the black market as well.

There is no tax to pay in the black market. At most, you have to pay an entrance fee, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the tax in the market.

People are not stupid and they naturally know where to sell their goods.

Therefore, if we want to develop the market, the first thing we need to do is to crack down on the black market.

"Yes and no." Before Li Xu could ask, Liu Gang quickly explained, "We want to crack down on the black market, but we can't completely eliminate it. As long as no one sells agricultural and sideline products on the black market, it's fine."

It is true that in this era of material scarcity, it is impossible to ban the black market.

It is better to loosen up than to block. It is better to impose some restrictions on the black market than to kill it with one blow. This will satisfy the leaders and the people.

The only ones who may be dissatisfied are those who sell agricultural and sideline products...

"That's a good idea." Li Xu nodded in agreement, then sighed, "I haven't been to the black market for a long time, and I don't know when I can return to normal."

"Just wait a few months until our food rations return to the standard amount."

"Okay." Li Xu responded and then talked about other things.

Return home from get off work.

Seeing Li Ju and Li Chen playing in the yard, Li Xu asked, "Little sister, have you practiced martial arts today?"

Li Ju paused and responded crisply, "We practiced, and we even took a shower."

"Take a shower?" Li Xu was stunned. "You sweated a lot?"

"It's not a bath, it's a medicinal bath." Li Chen quickly explained, "Second brother, go take a look inside the house. There are three large wooden barrels inside. They were all brought in by Grandpa Qi."

When Li Xu walked into the empty room, he saw two large wooden barrels on the ground and one on the unused bed.

Li Chen, who was following behind him, said, "The one on the bed belongs to my younger sister, and the two on the ground belong to me and Brother Dusen."

Li Xu stepped forward and took a closer look, then frowned, "Isn't this wooden barrel newly made?"

Li Chen nodded and said, "No, these three wooden barrels belong to Grandpa Qi. He has to take them back after we finish taking the medicinal bath."

Hearing this, Li Xu immediately understood that many people must have soaked in these three barrels.

Thinking of this, he felt his teeth ache.

How can something that has been used by so many people be clean?

Suddenly, his expression changed, and he hurriedly asked, "Third Brother, do I need to take off all my clothes to take a medicinal bath?"

"Yeah, what's the problem?"

Li Xu's eyes turned red at this moment. He grabbed Li Chen's collar and asked, "Man, this is a big problem. Who was watching your little sister while she was taking the medicinal bath?"

"Ah?" Li Chen was a little confused. He didn't quite understand what he meant, nor did he understand why he had such a big reaction. For a moment, he didn't know how to answer.

Li Xu shook it vigorously twice. "Are you deaf? Who is watching your little sister taking a medicinal bath?"

Li Chen understood now and answered directly, "Sister Qi Wen, what's wrong?"

Li Xu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and quickly released his hand, then asked with a friendly expression, "Qi Wen is here too?"

"Here I am. Grandpa Qi said that since my younger sister is a girl, it would be inconvenient for him to take care of her, so he brought Sister Qi Wen along as well."