When Li Zexuan returned home, it was almost dark. He brought Tiedan over with him. Since he had accepted this apprentice, Li Zexuan planned to teach him well. Let Tiedan live in the west courtyard first. The west courtyard is so big anyway, so just pick a wing for him.
As for Han Yuxi, of course she didn't come with him. Li Zexuan planned to let her come over to help mix drinks when she was done with her work. It was estimated that the first batch of fruit wine brewed by Hanjiazhuang would be delivered by then. He really didn't have time to care about this recently. There is so much to do.
During dinner in the evening, Li's father and Li's mother both expressed considerable kindness to the new member Tie Dan. Tie Dan, who had always been tough-minded, felt a little embarrassed and was teased by Lan'er a lot during the dinner.
Lan'er is also very happy about Tiedan's arrival. Now she finally has a playmate of the same age. Although her brother is usually very kind to her, he always treats her like a child. Lan'er is always a little aggrieved. Now Tiedan comes and she is no longer the youngest. Of course, this is just what she thinks. In fact, Tiedan is several months older than her.
After dinner, Li Zexuan reported to Mr. Li the number of chickens raised by farmers in Hanjiazhuang today in the study. Mr. Li was surprised:
"Eighty thousand? So many? Xuan'er, can the farmers raise so many chickens?"
"Dad, don't worry, I'll definitely be able to raise them. The farmers will make arrangements for the baby. I plan to purchase chicks tomorrow and send them to Hanjiazhuang in batches."
Li Jingmo nodded and said, "Well, the sooner the better!"
"Dad, do you know the market situation of chicks in Chang'an? How much does one cost?"
Li Jingmo thought for a while and said: "It's about seventy or eighty cents a piece. But Xuan'er needs such a large number of chickens, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the vendors in Chang'an City to fully supply them."
Seventy or eighty cents a piece, so expensive? Li Zexuan was shocked. In his previous life, chickens cost only three or four yuan each, which was equivalent to about a dozen yuan in the Tang Dynasty. However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt relieved. Modern chickens are hatched in batches using large automatic incubators. Yes, the cost will naturally be lower.
After hearing the second half of what his father said, Li Zexuan frowned and said, "Dad, do you have any connections in this area that can provide a large number of chicks in a short time?"
In his impression, as long as it was related to business, his father was omnipotent, but it was a pity that he was disappointed this time.
Father Li shook his head, showing a helpless expression on his face.
"Xuan'er, my father did do various businesses in the early years, but I have never set foot in the chicken market."
Well, Li Zexuan was also a little helpless.
"Then just give away as much as you can buy. I believe that those vendors will find a way when they see that the chicken market is in short supply. Then we will just need to give them a little more money!"
Li Jingmo smiled and said: "Haha, you see clearly."
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Early the next morning, Li Zexuan called Wang Zhong and asked him to take Sanbao Afu and several servants to the East Market to purchase as many chickens as possible, as much as he could buy.
Several people took the money and left. Li Zexuan calculated in his mind that if the price was eighty cents a piece, 80,000 chickens would cost about six thousand four hundred cents. Of course, with Li Zexuan's large-scale purchases, there will definitely be many vendors raising prices later. Li Zexuan felt that if he wanted to buy 80,000 chicks in the end, it would cost about **,000 yuan.
This is really expensive.
Tiedan was also brought up early in the morning by Li Zexuan and asked to learn how to read with Lan'er. This made Lan'er very happy. She never thought that one day she would also become a teacher. Li Zexuan couldn't help but laugh when he saw the little girl teaching Tiedan with her hands behind her back, pretending to be mature and prudent.
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In fact, Li Zexuan's guess was not wrong at all. After Wang Zhong and the others came to Dongshi, they were like bandits. When they met a vendor selling chickens, they immediately bought all the other's stocks.
Businessmen have the most sensitive noses, and some traders quickly learned the news about Wang Zhong and others. So all the localities took notice and raised the price of chickens one after another, while sending people to the surrounding counties to purchase large quantities of chickens. In half a day, the price of chickens rose from 75 cents per piece to 85 cents, and finally even The price has risen to a sky-high price of ninety cents each. Suddenly, chickens in Chang'an were expensive.
However, Wang Zhong and others still did not care about the price. They swept away all the chickens in the West Market and told the traders that they still needed a lot of chickens and asked them to hurry up and purchase them.
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"Master, I bought all the chickens in the West Market. There were only more than 8,000 chicks in total. Some vendors raised the prices in the end, but I still bought them all. Those vendors went back to the surrounding counties today to purchase goods. We You can continue shopping tomorrow.”
In the front yard of Li Mansion, Wang Zhong pointed to a dozen large wooden boxes on the ground and reported to Li Zexuan. A noisy "chirping" sound came from the wooden box, and it was very lively for a while.
Li Zexuan nodded and agreed: "Uncle Wang, you did the right thing. I believe the chickens will be more expensive tomorrow. Could you please Uncle Wang to take seven or eight servants and hire a few cars to transport these chickens to Hanjiazhuang?" , give it to Han Lizheng, and ask him to distribute it first according to the order in which everyone signed up at that time. You can continue to purchase chicks tomorrow."
Wang Zhong nodded in agreement, and then immediately went to gather people.
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Li Zexuan returned to the West Courtyard, went to his study, spread out a piece of rice paper, closed his eyes, drew the structure of the Quyuan Plow, and marked the dimensions (Li Zexuan also learned about the measurement units of the Tang Dynasty during this period, The marked dimensions are naturally converted)
And the precautions required for processing each part.
After finishing the drawing, Li Zexuan rolled up the drawing and prepared to go to Yan Shaoning's house to find him. Of course, the sooner the better, the farmers in Hanjiazhuang are still waiting for his Quyuan plow to plow the land.
Under the leadership of a young servant at home, Li Ze came to Yan Mansion. After the concierge informed him, Yan Shaoning greeted him personally with a smile not long after.
"Haha, why does Xiaoxuan have time to see my brother today?"
Li Zexuan said with a smile: "Brother Shaoning, as the technical director of our Qiquge and one of the four major shareholders, of course I have to come and recognize him, haha!"
Yan Shaoning's face was full of black lines. He hated the title of technical director, but Li Zexuan refused to change it for him. Now he felt a little uncomfortable when he heard these words. He coughed twice, and Yan Shaoning said:
"Xiaoxuan, come and sit with me in the front hall. What are you talking about standing at the door?"
Li Zexuan nodded and followed Yan Shaoning into the mansion.
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First update, Xia Ke didn’t even watch the TI game this morning and was just coding. Please add it to your favorites and recommend it.
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