Xiushui nodded. It seemed that Chen Dafu had trained well now. Isn’t everything arranged well?
"In the neighboring village of Dawang, we can buy about twenty piglets. I've asked about calves in several villages. Since we buy them in the village, there's no transaction tax, so each calf is one or two taels cheaper than in Ancheng. But we can only buy five.
We can buy more expensive cattle at the Ancheng Livestock Market, but each one costs around thirty taels. If we buy too many cattle at once, it will be difficult to buy other livestock."
"So what does Big Rich think?"
Xiushui is interested in cultivating management talents, so she often lets them think about it, and if it really doesn't work, she will make corrections.
"I think we should just buy the five calves we can find nearby. As for piglets, we can buy all twenty from the nearby villages.
We can also eat all the chickens, ducks, geese, and other animals that are available for sale in nearby villages."
"Yes, Dafuge is still courageous, but it's not enough."
Chen Dafu opened his mouth wide. He had to be very brave to decide on the quantities he wanted to order.
You should know that a cow costs nearly thirty taels, and buying five cows at once will cost more than one hundred taels.
There were also several other kinds of cubs, which would cost around three hundred taels. This was just the cost of the cubs; according to Miss Xiushui, they also needed feed.
"Brother Dafu, when I first asked you to run the farm, I told you that we should work hard.
The dung of eight cows and other calves cannot make our land fertile.
So we have to do large-scale breeding in the first year. As for diseases, I've said before that there's no need to worry. With Mr. Xu and I, we can handle the problem of livestock diseases."
After all, Chen Dafu has lived in the village all his life, and the farthest place he has been to is the city.
Now he is asked to take over the farm, and to raise it on the largest scale. To be honest, in his opinion, being able to raise twenty pigs and nearly ten cows at once is really a large-scale farm.
Xiushui also knew that these village kids were good in everything except their vision, courage, and even more so, their spending power.
But take your time.
"But... the money for building houses in our village is advanced by your family, and we will repay it later. That piece of land is fine, but if the money for this farm is also advanced by your family, we..."
Chen Dafu expressed his meaning before he finished speaking.
Xiushui smiled and waved her hand to interrupt him. "Brother Dafu, our farm doesn't have enough funds, but we can attract other people to invest and cooperate with them."
"Ah, investment cooperation?"
Why does it feel like I heard it but didn’t understand it?
"That's right, it's about getting people to invest. We are now in such a favorable environment, with the Luo family, a bunch of wealthy people, on one side.
On the other side, there are all kinds of people who want to invest and make a living.
If only they were willing to invest in our business, wouldn't that solve our main problem?"
Chen Dafu still didn't understand, and Xiushui didn't say anything more to him.
"Brother Dafu, let's put it this way. You will be responsible for negotiating cooperation with the small vendors in the city. You need to have at least three to five hundred chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs.
As for cattle, we'll raise twenty of them in the first year. We'll also have to raise about a hundred sheep. This is the temporary scale for the first year."
"You go and negotiate first. I'll get someone to pay for the subsequent payment."
Xiushui had been gone for quite a while, and he was still dizzy.
The arrangements for the affairs were all disjointed. Chen Dayou came back to drink water and was puzzled to see his brother like this, so he asked him something.
"Hey Dafu, you look so distracted, is there something wrong? Tell me!"
"Brother, Xiu'er said she's going to find someone to pay for the farm. She needs to raise at least 20 cows and 300 pigs. There are also hundreds of other livestock.
Can you help me calculate how much money this will cost? If we ask others to invest and cooperate, are they stupid enough to give us so much money? "
Chen Dayou threw away his drinking gourd after hearing this.
"What? Dafu, you must have heard wrongly. We need to raise so many animals in the first year? How much do 20 cows cost? And 300 pigs.
Although pigs are not something that rich people like to eat, three hundred of them are not a small number.”
"Raising 300 sheep is a bit easier, since sheep only eat grass anyway, but pigs can't just eat grass. From what you said earlier, Xiushui also wants to collect bones and other miscellaneous items. Even if the investment is small, it still costs money.
All in all, raising so many unpalatable pigs is a waste of money..."
Chen Dafu nodded as he listened, as his brother's meaning was also his. However, Chen Dayou rejected his idea with his next words.
"Brother, if someone else said this, we definitely wouldn't believe it. But this person is Xiu'er, so just listen and act accordingly.
I tell you, the knowledge of Xiu'er and the old lady of the Wen family is beyond the reach of ordinary people. So, those of us who don't have the ability should just listen to the advice of those who have the ability. "
Chen Dafu straightened up. "Brother, you're right. I'll do what Xiushui said right now. Hehe, if we really do what Xiushui said, we should find someone to invest and cooperate in our farm.
Doesn't that mean that the money for our animals comes from the other party, and we just have to work hard and be responsible for raising them?
After raising the child, we will make money. Even if we deduct the other party's capital, we will still have income.
We don't ask for much, as long as the salary problem of a few people can be solved and the land in our village can be fertilized.
At the end of the year, each family will get a pound or two of meat, which is a big profit for us..."
Chen Dayou shook his head. "Your request is too low. If Xiu'er wants to attract investment and cooperation, it must be more than just a way for us to make a little money and eat a few pounds of meat.
She will definitely bring us people along to make money, so we'll just have to wait and see. Right now, I really feel like my life is becoming more and more hopeful."
Chen Dafu just laughed.
"I'm now curious about who she will get to invest."
Chen Dayou was also curious about this.
"I think it should be the Luo gang. After all, they are famously wealthy."
"That's true. Patriarch Luo and his gang are considered wealthy people across the country."
However, this is just what the brothers think.
At this time, Xiushui hurried to the place where Bao's brother-in-law was camping.
Brother-in-law Bao and his family had several strong men, so they cut down a lot of trees and built a temporary residence near the foot of the mountain.
At this moment, Wen Xiuli was preparing pigs with her children and mother-in-law.
Seeing Xiushui coming, Xiuli quickly dropped the work in her hands and went to greet her.
"Xiu'er, are you okay?"
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