The next day, Xu Ping was discussing the harvester with Guo Shi and Sang Yi.

Guo asked Xu Ping: "Little farmer, what is the purpose of planting so many reeds in your field?" ”

Xu Ping replied casually: "Raise cattle and sheep." ”

Guo Shi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is it used to raise cattle and sheep?" ”

"What's wrong? Isn't it possible? ”

The efficiency of raising cattle and sheep is high, not to mention that one acre of land in this era produces such one stone and two stones, that is, the output of one or two thousand catties of one acre of land in Xu Ping's previous life is not comparable to the breeding industry.

Guo Shi just shook his head when he heard this. There is wasteland all around here, and how many cattle and sheep can't graze, and they have to go to grow pasture.

Xu Ping thought differently, if the market is not big, it is definitely not cost-effective to engage in animal husbandry, but now there is a great shortage of mutton around the capital. The Song Dynasty valued mutton, not only the palace basically only used mutton, but also the officials in the capital, in addition to the Yulu, there were sheep every month. Although the cattle and sheep division herded hundreds of thousands, it was still far from meeting the needs, and tens of thousands of them were imported from Western Xia and Khitan every year. No matter how much Xu Pingzhuang raises, he doesn't have to worry about not being able to sell it.

Sang Yi came back yesterday, and he didn't think much of Xu Ping's words, of course, agriculture is based on grain. He asked, "By the way, can your harvesting machine harvest rice and wheat?" ”

Xu Ping thought for a while before saying, "Then you have to try it to know." ”

It is said that this kind of harvester is not good, but the rice and wheat varieties planted in the Song Dynasty are different from those of later generations, and the planting technology is also very different.

When the three of them were chatting nonsense, a Zhuang guest came in to report that Li Duanyi and Li Yonghe had returned.

Welcomed people into the village, because it was hot, they did not enter the house, and only drank tea in a ventilated place in the courtyard.

Xu Ping handed over the three cans of newly made sugar to Li Duanyi and said to him: "These are all newly made in the past two days, Taiwei can rest assured." ”

Li Duanyi looked at it and said with a smile: "The little farmer really has this means, and things will be easy to do." Just don't know how much you can make in a day? ”

Xu Ping said: "Then it depends on how much sugar there is, in fact, it is also fast to wash." ”

Xu Ping only told Li Duanyi that the color of the candy should be washed, and he couldn't say how to wash it.

After talking about the sugar, Xu Ping asked about the gang of thieves again.

Li Duanyi didn't want to say it, and asked Xu Ping: "Why do you care about this?" ”

Xu Ping said that there were thieves around Zhuangzi a few days ago, which made him unstable here, and introduced Sang Yi to Li Duanyi.

Li Duanyi looked at Sang Yi and was a little surprised: "I heard that Bachelor Lin Shiqi mentioned you, saying that you are the best at catching thieves, and you have the intention to recommend it to the imperial court." I thought it was a tall and strong man, but I didn't expect it to be just an ordinary person. ”

Lin Shiqi is Lint, the word Shiqi, although he is the former minister of the current emperor when he was the prince, but because of his attachment to Ding, he was demoted to the governor of Xuzhou at this time, and he took Jingxi Road to pacify the envoy and inspect the soldiers and horses of this road according to the routine. The place where Sang Yi was active was under his subordinates, and it was not far from Xuzhou, so he had heard of it.

Sang Yi himself was also taken aback, he didn't expect that his name had already entered the ears of these high-ranking officials, so he hurriedly came up to meet him and said a few words of modesty.

Seeing Sang Yi, Li Duanyi mentioned something about thieves. His task this time was to rectify the order of the herdsmen's army, and although the thieves had heard of it, they had not seen it, so they were hidden. This is a local thing, and he has his own Kaifeng Prefecture to take care of it, and he will not interfere.

After listening to Li Duanyi's words, Xu Ping and Sang Yi glanced at each other, and the two knew that this matter was only afraid of repeatedness. At this time, the Kaifeng Prefecture Boundary Mention Division was still in the capital, and he didn't pay much attention to the local area.

Li Duanyi didn't want to talk about it more, and after drinking tea for a while, he said goodbye and left with Guo Shi and Li Yonghe, and took the newly made three cans of sugar and the tricycle with him. He had already asked his subordinates to go back to Kaifeng to get it, all of which were fifty taels of silver, with the seal of the palace, when they were rewarded from the palace at some point, absolutely of sufficient quality and quantity.

The three of them wanted to go back to Zhongmu County to discuss official business, and then Li Duanyi returned to Kaifeng. His status is noble, and he comes down to set the general direction, and other small things will naturally be done by his hands, and they will not be consumed here. Of course, Guo Shi and Li Yonghe did not have this treatment, and they had to be busy for a few days, so Li Zhang stayed in the village and did not leave.

Two thousand taels of silver were too hard to hold in his hand, Xu Ping asked Sang Yi and Gao Daquan to take them with him to his parents in Baisha Town, and the matter of cooperation with Li Duanyi had to be discussed.

The tricycle had been sold, Xu Ping had to ride a horse, Gao Daquan and Sang Yi rode a donkey, and the silver was divided into three parts, which were carried on the horse and the donkey respectively. Sang Yi is just right, tall and tall, and it is a little ridiculous to ride on a little donkey.

It was just after noon, the hottest time of the day, and there was not a hint of wind, and all three of them were sunburned and their faces were oily. Especially the little donkey who stepped under the tall and full straddle, and he was vigorous and angry.

Xu Ping was also amused when he saw it, and asked Sang Yi: "I heard that the Guanzhong donkey is taller than other places, and it is almost not weaker than the worse horses, has Xiucai heard of it?" ”

Sang Yi shook his head: "I've never heard of it, a donkey is a donkey, how can it be compared with a horse!" ”

Xu Ping sighed secretly in his heart, the Guanzhong donkey in his previous life was a famous big donkey breed, if only there were one in this era. Donkeys are resistant to rough feeding, and they are load-bearing and labor-resistant, which is much easier to use than horses.

When they arrived at the restaurant, the three of them were already sweating through their clothes. Xu Ping asked Liu Xiaoyi to take Sang Yi and Gao Daquan to drink a bowl of sour plum soup to relieve the heat, and find a little girl to carry Yinliang into his parents' room in the backyard with him.

Xu Zheng and his wife were resting in the cold, and when they saw Xu Ping getting a few big burdens into the house, Zhang Sanniang asked, "Da Yan, what did you get to honor your father?" ”

Xu Ping sent the little guy away, and then said with a smile: "What I brought this time is Daddy's favorite thing." ”

As he spoke, he opened the baggage one by one.

Xu Zheng and Zhang Sanniang looked at the pile of white silver in a daze, and they were speechless for a while.

After a long while, Zhang Sanniang pulled Xu Ping in front of him and asked him in a low voice: "I heard that there are Fang Shi who smelt silver here recently, Da Lang, did you make a deal with them?" Let me tell you, although your father loves money, we can't do this forbidden thing! ”

Xu Ping couldn't cry or laugh: "Where did my mother say!" This is all full of silver, and there are imprints in the palace, how can it be fake! ”

Xu Zheng stepped forward, touched the silver collar on the table with his hand, and looked at them carefully one by one before he breathed a sigh of relief: "Sure enough, it's all true!" I've lived for decades, and it's the first time I've seen so many white things! Tell me the truth, where did all this come from? ”

Xu Ping said: "It's Taiwei Li, a high-ranking official in the capital, who passed by our Zhuangzi on business, fell in love with the car I made a few days ago, and bought it with two thousand taels of silver. ”

Seeing that his parents still didn't believe it, he explained the situation of selling the car in detail.

Xu Zheng took a breath: "That car, worth two thousand taels of silver?" You tell me the truth, how much did you spend to make that car? ”

Xu Ping thought about it and said, "There are about 100 yuan." ”

"Then what kind of restaurant do we open!"

Xu Zheng's eyes widened: "Why don't we sell the restaurant here, and the family of three will go back to the village to make a car!" Save your mother from nagging you all day long and not coming to see her! One car can earn about 2,000 yuan, and we only need to make ten or eight cars a year. ”

Xu Ping saw his father's appearance as a fan of money, and said with a smile: "Daddy is right, we can make ten cars a year, but I'm afraid that we won't meet a fool like Mrs. Li who is willing to pay money in a year!" So what do we have to make a car? ”

Xu Zheng calmed down when he heard this, and sighed: "It turns out that this business can only be done once." ”

"If you don't do this business, there are other things."

When Xu Zheng heard this, he turned to look at Xu Ping: "My son has other businesses?" ”

Xu Ping talked about the sugar business he discussed with Li Duanyi.

Zhang Sanniang didn't believe it: "I also ate that sugar, and it wasn't so sweet, how could anyone make a lot of money?" ”

Xu Zheng said: "After all, the woman's family has limited knowledge, and she only knows how to eat sweets!" I think this Mrs. Li has a point, the real rich family, where does it matter whether it is sweet or not, just want things to look good. I heard that the emperor in the palace eats vegetables, and a large table is watched, who will eat it! ”

Xu Ping said: "We don't care if this thing works or not, if it doesn't work, we will have something missing, that is what Taiwei Li has to worry about." Just said that if it works, will Daddy do this business? ”

Xu Zheng wanted to go back to the capital and was about to get sick, of course, he was willing to do it.

As for the capital, because the restaurant in Baisha Town has not been open for a long time, it was originally very nervous, but with two thousand taels of silver in hand, it is almost the same, and it is great to borrow some more. The Song Dynasty restricted usury, and the annual interest on borrowed money was about 10 to 20 percent, and the high-ranking government did not care about this kind of debt. And no matter how profitable it is, in the end, the maximum repayment is only twice the amount borrowed. As long as there is a mortgage and a guarantor, it is not very difficult to borrow money, so you don't have to worry about the capital.

After discussing with my parents for a while, the matter was settled.