Chapter 270 Men, they admire strength the most.
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After discussing Uncle Li's matter, Li Shiyue changed the subject and said to Zheng Meiniang with a smile, "It's a good thing that Aunt wants to reopen the butcher shop!"
Raising pigs on our own is not easy. If we want to open a shop, why don't we buy piglets and hire people to raise them?
This way, with each new batch arriving, the shop can always keep stock, allowing it to operate for a long time.
The atmosphere at the dinner table finally became a bit more pleasant when the topic of raising pigs and opening a shop came up.
Just as Li Shiyue was preparing to go to the prefectural city, the cattle, sheep, and horses she and the Turkic prince She'er bought were finally delivered to her doorstep just before the end of the trade market.
Yes, Li Shiyue bought the cattle, sheep and horses from She'er, the very person she had thrown out twice!
At that time, inside Yan Jiuniang's tent, Yan Jiuniang heard Li Shiyue say that she wanted to buy some cattle and sheep. She even wanted to introduce Li Shiyue to a Han merchant she knew who often dealt with Turkic merchants.
However, Li Shiyue said that she wanted to find She'er to buy livestock.
Yan Jiuniang was stunned, and Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian were also very puzzled.
"Why must we go to the Turks to buy things in October?"
You just threw someone and made them look like that, and now you're going to go find someone to buy cattle and sheep?
Aren't you afraid he'll ask for an exorbitant price?
Li Xiatian was there and witnessed Li Shiyue being thrown to the ground by the Turkic prince named She'er. She'er was so badly injured that he couldn't even get up.
That evening, Li Shiyue and Yan Jiuniang went to the banquet and saw that few of the Turkic Da Ke Han's good sons had attended; only two or three people who had suffered minor injuries had come.
Because Li Shiyue didn't hold back during the competition.
Although no one died on the spot, the only one who was able to stand up was the Turkic man who had been flung onto Sher.
The rest of the people were either unable to get up, like She'er, or needed to be helped or supported by others.
Therefore, Li Xiatian asked Li Shiyue in surprise, "After doing all that, how could you still dare to go to She'er's door to buy livestock?"
When faced with questions from Yan Jiuniang and Li Xiatian, Li Shiyue smiled and said, "Men, they admire strength the most."
I defeated them!
That alone is enough.
And because I am a woman, men of that age—ah, no, I should say boys of that age—are most concerned with their image.
I dare say that if I went to his door and told him I wanted to buy his cattle and sheep, he would not only not give me a high price, he would even give me a low price.
Who knows, if I said a few nice words to him, flattered him, and told him about my difficulties, a young man like She'er might very well be willing to do business with me even at a loss."
Just as Li Shiyue said, she bought a pound of tea from the Han merchant whom Yan Jiuniang knew, and took a bottle of ointment she had bought at the Sanshan County clinic before, and went directly to the entrance of She'er's tent.
After waiting a short while, she was led into the tent.
Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian waited outside for about 15 minutes before they saw Li Shiyue come out of the tent with a smile on her face.
"how?"
"It's done!"
Li Shiyue, Li Qiutian, and Li Xiatian followed She'er's servants to their livestock shed.
Yan Jiuniang knew quite a bit about choosing livestock, but she only knew how to choose horses; she had no experience with cattle and sheep.
Moreover, Yan Jiuniang was summoned by Liu Tan to socialize with the daughters of the Turkic Da Ke Han today, and did not come with Li Shiyue and the others.
So Li Shiyue directly told the Turkic man who could understand Chinese to let him choose, saying that she trusted Prince She'er, and that when the trade fair was about to end, she would be delivering goods to various parties, so she asked them to send the cattle and sheep she had ordered directly to Liujiatun.
Of course, Li Shiyue had already paid the deposit at that time.
She came to this trade market with the intention of buying livestock; otherwise, would she really have come just to watch the spectacle?
Therefore, Li Shiyue led his men to meet with the Turkic man who was delivering the livestock.
After counting the number of animals and roughly checking their teeth and other features, Li Shiyue took the wooden box full of silver and Li Qiutian, who was carrying four gifts in both hands, and went forward.
"Here's the silver, thank you!"
After handing over the wooden box, Li Shiyue took the four gifts from Li Qiutian's hands. "As the New Year approaches, we in Dalong have a custom of giving New Year's gifts to relatives and friends."
My friendship with Prince She'er began with a misunderstanding, but I consider him my friend, Li Shiyue!
Please help me deliver these gifts to Prince Sher. They are small gifts but carry great sentiment. Thank you for your help, Prince Sher!
"If Prince She'er ever needs any help in the future, I will do my utmost to assist him if it is within my power!"
Li Shiyue was always good at saving face for others, and his words of thanks made the Turkic man opposite him nod repeatedly.
As for how much sincerity and how much pretense Li Shiyue had in his words?
Only she herself knows the answer.
"I wonder about the wool purchase that I agreed upon with Prince Sher?"
"Don't worry, Madam Li, I will come back with wool when spring comes!"
Yes, Li Shiyue also bought wool from She'er. At first, She'er thought Li Shiyue wanted to make felt, but Li Shiyue said no, she wanted to try making something else.
She'er asked again, but Li Shiyue remained silent.
Li Shiyue wanted to get some wool to see if she could spin wool yarn from curly sheep's wool according to the guide she bought from the system, so she could use it to knit sweaters.
She certainly didn't just buy curly-wool sheep, which are breeds with finer wool;
She also bought some coarse wool sheep. Of course, the products for making wool products cannot be limited to one type. Although felt has existed in the Turkic people, the systematic guides are so detailed that they cover everything from how to select breeding rams to how to use wool of different coarseness to make various kinds of felt, textile yarn, sweaters, carpets, and a whole series of other products.
So what if the Turks already had felt?
In the future, Li Shiyue will lead people to make even more exquisite felt products, which can then be sold back to the Turks!
Of course, Li Shiyue mainly wanted to try using the finer wool from curly sheep to spin yarn for knitting sweaters.
The first purpose of knitting this sweater is to allow you to wear it on cold winter days and keep your body warm.
When it gets warmer, people don't have to stay indoors all the time during the winter, and they can start production activities, thus making the use of winter labor.
Secondly, once these sweaters are made, they can not only be worn by our own family, but also sold to others!
Once wool is turned into a sweater, the price could conservatively increase three to five times!
This is a business opportunity that we absolutely have to make money from!
Thirdly, this matter of turning wool into sweaters is a very important part of Li Shiyue's three-year plan!
So, after seeing off She'er's people, Li Shiyue noticed that the people from Liujiatun who were watching were looking at her with shining eyes.
"We'll keep one ram separately, and the other two young rams will be slaughtered and eaten during the New Year. Everyone will be able to have a bowl of hot ram soup then!"
"October, are you telling the truth?"
Someone asked Li Shiyue a question in surprise.
"certainly!
When has Li Shiyue ever lied?
Ignoring the people jumping around and laughing, he approached Li Shiyue and asked, "Shiyue, the sheep are easy to deal with. I already listened to you and started building the sheepfold. Now all that's left is to add a roof."
"I'll bring some men to work together in a bit, and we'll make sure these sheep are back in the pen before dark."
At this point, Li Wangshui looked troubled, "But what about this ox?"
"The cowshed is all built," Li Wangshui pointed to the few cows standing obediently beside the sheep, "but won't these little calves freeze to death inside?"
Yes, Sher is a very good Turkic sheep that Li Shiyue can fleece!
When Li Shiyue said he wanted to buy a few cows, She'er delivered the mother cow and the calf that had just given birth to the cow directly.
Li Shiyue also looked at the calf huddled under the cow's belly with a bit of a headache.
"Make room in the tool shed over there in the threshing ground and let these cows live there first."
Arrange for people to take turns feeding them on schedule;
Let's light some charcoal inside and open a window halfway.
Whoever's turn it is gets to milk the calves and drink the milk; that's considered payment for feeding the cows.
With Li Shiyue making the decision, Li Wangshui led his men to carry it out.
As for the horse that Li Shiyue bought, it was naturally driven back to his own stable.
This horse is used for transportation. Ever since Li Shiyue took Hu Zi to Sanshan County for medical treatment last time, he found that no matter what, this horse is still the fastest for carrying people!
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