In November, the sea storms became more fierce. For safety reasons, Zhong Jing planned to suspend shipping with Hangzhou City in the south of the Yangtze River.
It is better to store goods first and wait until the weather is calm and conducive to navigation before sailing. At that time, there will be enough goods, and continuous shipping can be carried out, and the goods can be transported to Jiangnan quickly.
Furthermore, in winter, there are not many local goods.
However, Xiao Yuyang asked Zhong Jing that he wanted to take a boat to continue this route. He wanted to personally find out the situation of this route in winter.
Just because there aren't many cargoes now doesn't mean there won't be many in the future. Furthermore, if shipping is safe and smooth, it's better to run the ship rather than park it - we can't delay making money in the winter.
Zhong Jing was a little hesitant, but Xiao Yuyang insisted and requested again and again. Zhong Jing finally relaxed and was a little impressed: "In that case, you can find someone by yourself. Anyone who wants to go out on the boat with you, including you, these two
All monthly benefits are tripled."
They are worth the money.
Xiao Yuyang's current monthly salary is twenty taels of silver per month, three times that is sixty taels, which is enough for the family to live peacefully for several years.
To him, this was just a matter of personal responsibility, and the general was too polite.
This also shows that he is not with the wrong person.
Xiao Yuyang is full of confidence and fighting spirit: What does a mere offshore route mean? No matter how big the storm is, he is not afraid. He is a person who will sail long distances in the future!
A big reward must be rewarded by a brave man, so Xiao Yuyang quickly organized enough personnel to continue carrying goods to and from the sea.
When Zhao Liya and the others returned home from the provincial capital, Uncle Hu was very happy when talking about what they had gained from this trip. He said with a smile that he would go to the provincial capital again a year ago and then he would also go and see the land.
Zhao Liya thought about it and told her father in private about saving the young master of the prefect's family on the way.
Zhao Xiang didn't know much about Magistrate Min at first, but after arriving here, he asked Zhong Jing and Zhou Hansheng about it and found out that he had a pretty good official reputation. He had three sons. The eldest son was a county magistrate in the north.
The son studied in the school in his hometown county and has already achieved the reputation of being a scholar. Now he is accompanied by the third son who came to have a son.
No one else is as lucky as my daughter.
"This is a good thing. No matter what you do in the provincial capital in the future, you will be much safer!" Zhao Xiang smiled happily. He no longer had to worry about things like Mao Dexing happening.
He was somewhat worried about his daughter and adopted son going to the provincial capital, but with this favor, he could feel at ease.
After the frost, the persimmons in Baijia Village gradually entered the maturity stage. After Zhao Liya and others visited, the persimmon workshop could be cleaned and ready to start work.
It's time to make persimmons.
Everyone in Baijia Village was beaming with joy. This was the first year, and everyone was fresh and excited!
"We have been waiting and hoping for this day!"
"Yes, yes, I have watched our persimmons grow up every day this year!"
"It's the same for me. If I don't go for a day, I feel uncomfortable all over!"
"Haha, our persimmons are growing really well this year. We fertilized them specially in the spring. The trees are all golden and look so beautiful!"
"Miss Zhao said that it can be picked in a few days, but I don't know what the price will be!"
"Miss Zhao will definitely not let us suffer. Regardless of the price, it is better than before when no one wanted it but had to eat it at home. If we couldn't finish it, it would fall to rot on the ground. At least it can help subsidize the family."
"Ah, that's true!"
"But not"
You must know that this time in previous years was the busiest time for the village to organize groups of hunters to go hunting in the mountains. Sometimes they would go there for seven or eight days. Even in the Lingnan area, the deep forests in winter were not so easy to live in.
It’s not difficult, you can basically hunt prey, and when you are lucky, the harvest is quite abundant. However, everyone knows that their Baijia Village hunts the most prey during this season, so the price is naturally kept to the lowest.
You can't actually save much money by selling prey every year.
It’s not possible if you don’t sell them. Although the prey can be made into cured meat, you can’t just eat cured meat without rice!
Often, even though they know the price is low, they have to hold their noses and sell.
This year, they still organized teams of hunters to go hunting in the mountains, but it was much more relaxed and the atmosphere was not as tense as in previous years.
Even if you can't hunt much, you won't go hungry.
There are persimmon trees in every household. Many of the ones planted this year have not yet begun to bear fruit, but there were quite a few in the past.
Finally, the day came when the workshop started working. The whole village was filled with laughter, and baskets of freshly picked persimmons were delivered to the workshop. Zhao Liya, Qu Yutao, Shu Yan, Widow Qu, Aunt Hu, etc. all went to work for the hired workers.
The aunts and daughters-in-law of Baijia Village showed how to peel, dry and prepare persimmons one by one.
There are a lot of persimmons picked every day, so we have to hurry up and process them all.
There is no need to worry about the manpower issue, but training novices into skilled workers also requires time and energy.
Zhao Liya and others were so busy that they barely even had time to drink water. After three or four days of this, they finally got on track and everyone took a breather.
Baijia Village is still full of enthusiasm, immersed in the joy of harvest and working to make money. This is new to most people in the village. You can earn money to subsidize your family at your doorstep. How dare you think about it before!
Zhao Liya had previously asked Zhong Jing to ask someone to help find out the price of persimmons in the Jiangnan market, and also asked someone to buy some and come back to try them.
She knew for sure that the price offered to Baijiacun was not low.
Usually about four kilograms of persimmons can produce one kilogram of persimmon cakes. The persimmon cakes sell well in the Jiangnan market. One kilogram of persimmon cakes can be sold for about 30 cents. Its soft, glutinous and sweet taste is especially popular in winter, whether it is eaten directly or
It is excellent for making all kinds of pastries.
But this is the terminal price in the market. They sell it as a middleman. One pound is about 24 or 25 cents.
The persimmons paid by Zhao Liya are one penny per kilogram. The villagers who are hired to make persimmons in the workshop are thirty penny per day. After deducting transportation, labor, losses and other costs, after the persimmons are sold to Jiangnan, they can make a net profit of eight to ten kilograms.
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The greater the quantity, the greater the profit.
This year's persimmon output in Baijia Village is estimated to be less than 1,000 acres, but a lot has been planted and grafted. Next year, the fruit-bearing capacity will reach nearly 2,000 acres, and more in the future.
The freshly picked persimmons are weighed. Baijia Village is particularly suitable for the growth of persimmon trees. Households have always planted many of them. Many families in the village have very tall, leafy old persimmon trees. Some have a
The tree bears three to five hundred kilograms of fruit, and the largest tree bears about eight hundred kilograms.
Even if it is only a penny per catty, the income is very considerable.