The next day, I talked about it for another day, and the third day and the fourth day, and went to the ground to demonstrate. To Xu Ping's surprise, the most interesting thing outside the owners of the farm were the cultivating shovels, followed by the seeds. Some other small farm tools, such as rakes for land preparation, and suppression wheels for land pressing after planting, but no one cared for them.

Just because during the explanation, Xu Ping said that this kind of harvester may not be able to harvest rice and wheat, and the price is 50 guan per unit. This price is not expensive, you need to know how much the box of brass gears is worth.

The old wealthy people have their own accounts. Fifty stagnant enough money to hire several farmers, and they can only harvest crops such as sorghum and alfalfa. Whoever eats them so much is growing them in the field?

On the fifth day, the farm work in Xuping Village was almost busy, and there was only some final work left. Xu Ping invited the owner of the village to visit his farm and make his final efforts.

Of course, it is not possible to visit the manor and the winery. Xu Ping mainly took these people to visit the place where he raised cattle and sheep, so that they could see the real benefits.

Cattle and sheep are raised behind the farm and next to the vegetable field.

As soon as they arrived at the place, these landlords and old treasures were shocked.

I saw the endless cattle sheds, neat and clean.

Guo Zi was also shocked. He didn't expect Xu Ping to have such a large scale. He couldn't help but ask him: "Little owner, how many cattle and sheep do you raise here?"

Xu Ping said: "Not too many, there are twelve big yellow cows and thirty-nine calves. There are so many sheep in total, big and small."

Guo Zi sighed: "Thousands of cattle and sheep, the little owner's farm looks inconspicuous, but it is extremely rich!"

Xu Ping took the opportunity to complain: "To be honest, most of the people in my farm are forage grass, and they can only raise cattle and sheep. It is best to raise cattle and sheep when they are mixed together, but a sheep is worth two or three guan, while a big yellow cow can only sell five or six guan. Raising cattle is a loss-making business! Now these dozens of cows are still raised by farming in the farm, which is very uneconomical!"

Guo Ziqi said: "Why are cows and sheep so much different?"

Xu Ping looked at Guo Zi's face and said, "Actually, it shouldn't be so different, but sheep can be killed and eaten, so there is no need to worry about not being sold. The price of beef is limited to death. Even beef is only allowed to be sold for twenty cents per pound, which is much cheaper than pork. After all, a cow can only be sold for five or six cents of money."

Guo Zi did not say anything, and Xu Ping whispered: "I heard that there are people in the countryside who slaughtered yellow cows. The meat costs 100 cents per kilogram. A cow can be sold for twenty or thirty cents, so there is still some interest."

Guo Zi looked at Xu Ping and sighed: "Don't make this idea for the little manor. The ban on slaughtering cattle and horses in the court is not a joke. If you dare to offend, I will dare to catch it!"

Xu Ping hurriedly said, "I'll just talk, can I complain?"

The price of cattle is controlled by the government. It is forcibly stipulated that a cow can only be sold for five or six jin of money. Even if it dies of illness and death, it will not exceed twenty cents of meat, so as to prevent farmers from killing cattle on excuses.

This practice that completely violates the laws of the market is naturally to prevent the ox from being slaughtered, but it also restricts the cattle market, so that farmers have to raise cattle, and it is not a word to make it clear that the supply of cattle is good or bad. Of course, the imperial court of the Song Dynasty always did some interesting things. If farmers are unwilling to raise cattle, then the government will raise it. If the farmers want to use it, they will rent it to the government. There are preferential prices for cattle rentals, but it cannot prevent lower-level officials from scrapping money from it. The cattle rented at home must be paid by grandpa, and if they are a little short of money, they will come to the door to extort money.

However, there are bans that violate the ban. The beef that is slaughtered must be sold for 100 cents per pound, which is more expensive than pork and mutton. This is the market rules that are at work.

After entering the shed, everyone saw that each room was exactly the same. There was a shed in the north, a trough sink on the south, and a sheep activity venue was paved with fine sand in the middle. The number of sheep raised in each shed was basically the same, with five or six, and ewes and lambs were raised separately.

Guo Zi had seen it and said to Xu Ping: "The little owner is also neatly tidy here. But you have raised so much, what should I do if they eat the grass in winter?"

Xu Ping said: "Didn't I put it in the cellar and store it?"

Guo Zi smiled and said, "I saw that you were buried underground in wet. I just wanted to say that this will not take long to break down. How can you eat cattle and sheep if it is corrupt? Have you really thought it through?"

There is no concept of silage in this era, so it cannot be blamed for not knowing it. The green stems and leaves in common sense will definitely rot quickly, Guo Zi is right. But silage is fermented under anaerobic conditions, using the action of anaerobic bacteria to make the feed more delicious and have higher nutritional value. This is a knowledge beyond the times.

Xu Ping thought for a while before he came up with a barely reasonable answer: "The chief clerk only knows one thing, not the other. My family makes wine, and the most is the remaining wine. When storing the feed into the cellar, it is mixed with wine. After being stored for a long time, these feeds are nothing more than wine, and they are all good feed."

Guo Zi shook his head repeatedly. If Xu Ping hadn't given him a lot of surprises, he would have scolded Xu Ping for talking nonsense. How could feed be confused with brewing wine?

After thinking about it, Guo Zi had no choice but to say to Xu Ping: "Don't mislead yourself if you think about it this way today, I won't talk about you. If you really encounter difficulties that cannot be solved in the future, just come to me and I will find a solution with you."

Xu Ping hurriedly thanked.

Guo Zi did this, firstly, he was indeed a good official who was considering the people, and he reclaimed wasteland and collected more money and grain. The Song Dynasty almost brought the official's inspection system to the extreme, and divided the political achievements of either party in detail and triviality. These are evidence that the term of office reaches its promotion. As long as the ambitious officials are not taken lightly.

After seeing the place where Xu Ping raises cattle and sheep, a few staff members were moved again and found Xu Ping to discuss buying a harvester, asking him to reduce the price.

How could Xu Ping surrender? This is different from other farm tools, and it really took him countless thoughts.

After all, fifty cents of money are not a decimal, so I can buy a similar horse. Although Xu Ping had put a lot of effort into it, he finally didn't sell any one.

Guo Zi comforted Xu Ping: "You don't have to put it in your heart. Think about it again, can you change this machine to a machine that can harvest rice and wheat? If you can harvest rice and wheat, I will write a letter to the court. Every time you sell a car, the government will make up for you, and you will reduce the price and it will be easier to sell at that time."

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment. Judging from this, the chief clerk still wanted to apply for agricultural machinery subsidies for himself? This is a new thing. Unexpectedly, these officials are quite fashionable.

In fact, Xu Ping thought a little badly. In this era, agriculture was much more important than his previous life. Of course, the government would think of many ways to stimulate the development of agriculture. Not to mention subsidies for agricultural machinery, there are subsidies for water and soil management, there are subsidies for promoting good varieties, there are subsidies for reclaiming wasteland, and there are subsidies for land planting well, and there are subsidies for yields that are significantly higher than those around.

The Song Dynasty's tax on agriculture was relatively low. If it were only considered as regular taxes, it was almost the lowest in all dynasties. Of course, the Song Dynasty had many heavy taxes, but most of these heavy taxes were limited to one time and one place in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there were special reasons. For example, the resistance of Sichuan and Shu local unification and the difficulties in attacking Taiyuan all caused the increase in taxes in the surrounding areas. However, even if the heavy taxes were included, the agricultural taxes in the Song Dynasty were still not high.

The central income of the Song Dynasty that was unprecedented in ancient Chinese history mainly came from industry and commerce. This does not mean that the industry and commerce of the Song Dynasty were the highest level in ancient China, and the actual level was not necessarily more developed than that of the Ming Dynasty. This income was because the Song Dynasty government completely controlled the lifeline of the economy through various guilds and various official industries and commerce, thus controlling the redistribution of social wealth and ensuring the government's source of income. The government did not compete for profit with the people. This kind of thing did not exist in the Song Dynasty, and competing for profit with the people was the instinct of the Song court.
Chapter completed!