On the second day, Li Yan followed her cousin's mule cart to the city early in the morning to buy dairy sheep.
On the way, they also met Clan Leader Li, who was driving an ox cart with two members of the Cao clan, who were going to the county government office to collect relief food.
The two sides greeted each other. Li Yan saw that Cao Jiang seemed to be in much better spirits today after last night's rest. His originally dull face seemed to have a smile on it, which added a bit of vitality to it!
After a round of greetings, Li Yan and his companions' two mule carts quickly overtook the patriarch's old ox cart, and the distance between the two sides gradually widened.
"What are they going to do?" Cao Jiang asked curiously.
This little girl was the first person to show kindness to them since they arrived in the village. Cao Jiang was grateful to this little girl.
Patriarch Li briefly introduced Li Yan's past deeds, and then said with emotion: "This child is very capable. Even ordinary men are not as good as him!"
Cao Jiang nodded in agreement, and respected Li Yan even more.
As usual, Zhao Da drove the mule cart to the backyard of the store. After several people unloaded the goods, Li Yan took Zhao Da to the livestock market in the city.
The two men drove the mule cart and waited at the city gate for a while before they were able to enter the city.
Perhaps they all received the news today and came to the county government office to collect relief food. When Li Yan and the others passed by the county government office, they saw a long line at the gate of the county government office. Li Yan, who had sharp eyes, also saw the figure of the clan leader in the line.
In order to avoid blocking the street, Li Yan did not stay for too long and went straight to the livestock market.
The two men stopped in front of the livestock market, spent another two cents, and left the mule cart in a straw shed under the supervision of a special person, and then went straight into the market.
After a round of bargaining at the livestock market, Li Yan finally spent ten taels of silver to buy six lactating sheep.
The uncle who sold the sheep said that these dairy sheep can produce milk for seven or eight months, and each sheep can produce about four pounds of milk every day. With these dairy sheep, Li Yan thought that she could produce more than twenty pounds of fresh milk a day.
So I tried making milk tea with the goat milk.
The uncle who sold the sheep helped Li Yan move the six dairy sheep onto the mule cart, and the two of them then headed out of the city.
At this time, at the Yuelai Grain Shop outside the city, Qin Yue was listening to the shopkeeper's report with a frown on his face.
"Master, the Central Plains has suffered a flood, and the price of grain in the Jiangnan region has also risen. If we continue to buy, I'm afraid we won't be able to afford it! Should we report this to the general?"
Obviously, there are more than one grain merchants in the Jiangnan region. There are many people who want to make a fortune by taking advantage of the high grain prices. If they want to buy more grain, they have to pay high prices.
This makes it difficult to get the money needed to compete with these people.
Qin Yue said without hesitation: "Don't report this to father."
Through Uncle Cen, my father handed over several farms covering thousands of acres in the south and some shops to me to manage.
Although his father did not say it explicitly, Qin Yue knew that the income from the thousand-acre farm was all for the soldiers' food. Qin Yue did not want to let his father down.
Qin Yue was naturally unwilling to go back and complain to his father just because he had encountered such a small difficulty.
"Continue to purchase grain, and let me handle the money." Qin Yue made the decision.
Not to mention that it is difficult to buy food at this time of year. If winter comes, the people will have no surplus food, and it will be even more difficult to buy food then.
Qin Yue asked Ying Yi, who was standing outside, to come in and inquire about the situation of the noodle pressing machine.
"Don't worry, sir. Miss Li's ten noodle pressing machines are already ready. The masters have already mastered the essentials of making them!"
Qin Yue nodded after hearing this. He originally planned to use a noodle press to make ready-made noodles and sell them in the shop in the south, but this way of making money was too slow.
He was in urgent need of money, so he thought of returning to Beijing to find a few wealthy customers and sell the machine to them.
Changing from selling noodles to selling noodle machines will naturally make money faster, and the dilemma of lack of money can be solved.
However, such an approach is also very risky. The wealthy families in Beijing naturally have no shortage of skilled craftsmen. If such things are sold to them, it won't take long for them to develop them. This is a foreseeable outcome, it's just a matter of time.
Qin Yue sighed in his heart, what a pity!
If he could be given some time, this pasta machine would definitely be able to make more money.
Just as Qin Yue was sighing, the little boy outside the door came to report: "Miss Li is here!"
Qin Yue immediately stood up and went out to greet him.
After Li Yan and Zhao Da left the city, she told him to take the goats back with her and prepare to milk them the next morning. Then she went to the shop.
Li Yan hadn't been to the shop for a while, and she wanted to see how the business was going.
Needless to say, there were soy sauce and fermented bean curd shops, and even the caravans that came home every day could get a glimpse of something. Li Yan went straight into the snack shop.
Although it was not yet mealtime, the snack shop was busy with customers. From time to time, passing vendors would buy some tea eggs to eat on the road, and there would also be caravans staying in the shop next door who would follow the smell and buy fried chicken.
Seeing the two of them busy in an orderly manner, Li Yan felt a lot more relieved.
"Sister, have you bought the dairy sheep? The guy from the grain shop opposite just came to ask you about it!" Li Jianmin replied when he saw his sister coming back.
"But what's the matter?"
Li Jianmin shook his head. "No, he didn't. He learned you weren't here, so he asked me to pass a message to you, asking you to come over when you have time!"
"Okay, big brother, you guys go ahead and do your work, I'll go take a look!" After saying that, he went straight to the grain shop opposite.
As Li Yan walked towards the grain store, she was wondering whether the noodle machine was ready.
As she expected, Qin Yue mentioned the noodle making machine to Li Yan as soon as he saw her.
"Thank you very much. Please help me deliver it to my snack shop!" Li Yan said with a smile.
Qin Yue nodded and gestured to get started.
Afterwards, Li Yan asked Qin Yue about the current grain market in the south. Qin Yue did not hide anything and told Li Yan the truth about the rising grain prices.
Although only the Central Plains region was affected by the disaster, this feeling of unease seemed to be contagious, and the people would naturally be more cautious.
Although the trade routes are open, the cost of collecting grain is high, and the cost of transporting it will naturally be high as well!
If we want the people in the north to be able to afford food, it is obviously not enough to just transport it from the south. This also strengthens Li Yan's determination to try growing rice next year.
Li Yan told Qin Yue her idea and explained the favorable conditions for growing rice in Rongcheng.
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