Chapter 275： harvest persimmons

  Chapter 275 Harvesting Persimmons

   Entering November, the wind and waves on the sea became fiercer. For safety reasons, Zhong Jing planned to suspend the shipping with Hangzhou City in the south of the Yangtze River.

  It is better to reserve the goods first, and then sail the ship when the weather is calm and the sea is good for sailing. At that time, the goods were sufficient, and the goods could be shipped continuously, and the goods could also be quickly transported to the south of the Yangtze River.

   Furthermore, in winter, there are not many local goods.

  Xiao Yuyang asked Zhong Jing, he wanted to take a boat to continue on this route, and he wanted to find out the situation of this route in winter by himself.

  There are not many goods now, but it does not mean that there will not be many in the future. Furthermore, if the shipping is safe and smooth, it is better to run the ship than to stop - you can't delay making money in winter.

Zhong Jing was a little hesitant, but Xiao Yuyang insisted and begged again and again, Zhong Jing finally let go, and a little admired: "Since this is the case, you can find someone yourself, anyone who wants to go out with you, including you, the two The monthly salary will be tripled."

   They are worth the money.

  Xiao Yuyang’s current monthly salary is twenty taels of silver a month, three times that is sixty taels, which is enough for the family to live in peace for several years.

  For him, this is just his job, the general is really too polite.

   This also shows that he did not follow the wrong person.

  Xiao Yuyang is full of confidence and fighting spirit: What does a mere offshore route count? No matter how big the storm is, he is not afraid. He is someone who will sail far in the future!

   There must be a brave man under a heavy reward, Xiao Yuyang quickly assembled enough personnel to continue to load the cargo to and fro at sea.

  Zhao Liya and the others returned home from the provincial capital. Uncle Hu was very happy when they talked about the harvest of this trip.

  Zhao Liya thought about it, and told her father in private about saving the prefect's young master on the way.

Zhao Xiang didn't know much about this prefect of Min at first, but after arriving here, he asked Zhong Jing and Zhou Hansheng a few times, and he knew that this man's official reputation was not bad. He had three sons, the eldest son was the magistrate in the north, Zizi studied in the county school in his hometown and has already achieved the fame of a scholar. Now he is with Lao Lai Dezi's third son.

  My daughter is so lucky, no one else.

   "This is a good thing. No matter what you do in the provincial capital in the future, you will be much safer!" Zhao Xiang was pleased with a smile. Don't worry about things like Mao Dexing happening anymore.

  Daughter, foster son and the others went to the provincial capital, and he was somewhat worried. With this favor, he could feel at ease.

  After Frost's Descent, the persimmons in Baijia Village gradually matured. After Zhao Liya and the others went to see them, the persimmon workshop could be cleaned up and ready to start work.

  It's time to make persimmons.

  Baijia Village is full of joy, this is the first year, everyone is new and excited!

   "Waiting and looking forward, it's the day!"

   "Yes, yes, I have watched our persimmons grow every day this year!"

   "Me too, I feel uncomfortable if I don't go for a day!"

   "Haha, our persimmons are growing really well this year. We specially fertilized them in spring, and the trees are all golden, so beautiful!"

   "Ms. Zhao said that they can be picked in a few days. I don't know the price!"

   "Ms. Zhao will definitely not let us suffer. No matter what the price is, it is better than before when no one wanted it and had to eat it at home. If you can't finish it, you can only fall to the ground. At least you can subsidize the family."

   "Ah, that's true!"

   "No way"

  You must know that this time of the year is the busiest time for the village to organize groups of hunters to hunt in the deep mountains. Sometimes it takes seven or eight days to go, even in the Lingnan area, it is not so easy to stay in the deep forest in winter.

   Hard work is fine, prey can basically be hunted, and when luck is good, the harvest is quite rich. However, everyone knows that Baijia Village hunts the most prey at this time of year, and the price is naturally kept to a minimum.

   Relying on the sale of prey every year, in fact, you can't save much money.

   It’s not good if you don’t sell it. Although the prey can be made into cured meat, you can’t just eat cured meat without rice!

   Often knowing that the price is low, they have to hold their noses and sell it.

   This year, they still organized teams of hunters to go hunting in the deep mountains, but it was much more relaxed and the atmosphere was not as tense as in previous years.

   Even if you don't hunt much, you won't starve.

  Every household has persimmon trees. Many of the ones planted this year have not yet set fruit, but there were quite a few in the past.

  Finally, it was the day when the workshop started. The village was full of joy and laughter, and baskets of freshly picked persimmons were delivered to the workshop. Zhao Liya, Qu Yutao, Shu Yan, Qu Widow, and Aunt Hu all joined the battle to show the aunts and daughters-in-law of Baijia Village who were hired to work how to peel and dry the persimmons.

  There are a lot of persimmons picked every day, so I have to hurry up and deal with them.

   Don’t worry about manpower, but it takes time and energy to train beginners into skilled workers.

  Zhao Liya and the others were so busy that they didn't even have time to drink water. After three or four days, they were finally on the right track, and the big guys took a breather.

  Baijia Village is still full of enthusiasm, immersed in the joy of harvest and working to earn 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 of it before!

  Zhao Liya asked Zhong Jing to ask someone to help him inquire about the price of persimmon cakes in the Jiangnan market, and also asked someone to buy some and come back to taste.

  She knew in her heart that the price she offered to Baijia Village was not low.

  Usually about four catties of persimmons can produce one catty of persimmon cakes. Persimmon cakes sell well in the Jiangnan market, and one catty of persimmon cakes can be sold for about 30 yuan. Its soft, glutinous and sweet taste is especially popular in winter, whether it is eaten directly or used to make various pastries, it is an excellent thing.

   But this is the terminal price in the market, they sell it as a middleman, and it is about twenty-four or twenty-five yuan per catty.

The purchase price of persimmons given by Zhao Liya is one penny per catty. The villagers hired to make persimmons in the workshop are thirty pennies a day. After deducting various costs such as transportation, labor, loss, etc., after the persimmons are sold to the south of the Yangtze River, they can make a net profit of eight to ten pennies per catty. about.

  The larger the quantity, the larger the profit.

  The production of persimmons in Baijia Village this year is estimated to be less than 1,000 mu, but many have been planted and grafted. Next year, the fruit bearing will reach nearly 2,000 mu, and there will be more in the future.

The freshly picked persimmons are weighed. Baijia Village is particularly suitable for the growth of persimmon trees. Every household has planted many persimmon trees. Many families in the village have very tall and luxuriant old persimmon trees. The tree bears three to five hundred catties, and the largest tree bears about eight hundred catties.

  Even a penny and a catty, the income is very considerable.

  (end of this chapter)