Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

As soon as Jingya's shop opened, business was booming. Not only is this woolen fabric selling well, but woolen yarns and sweaters are also selling very well. For a time, women in the capital were proud to learn to knit sweaters.

Ruyu and Rumei are extremely busy every day. Not only do they have to teach the masters at the clothing store how to read Jinghan's design drawings, but they also have to demonstrate how to cut clothes in person. There are also many people who want to learn to knit sweaters. The two girls were so tired that they fell asleep at night and had to get up the next day.

The woolen material sells very well, and the price is even higher. A piece of woolen material is five times more expensive than brocade. Even so, there are still many people queuing up to buy. Jingya had no choice but to say that the clothing store couldn't make it, so she only bought ten pieces of material every day, and the supply was limited.

It has to be said that there are many capable people in the capital. After some people saw the finished garments, they said they didn’t need to go to a garment shop to make them. They bought them and made them themselves. In this way, Jingya naturally couldn't say anything else and had no choice but to sell it to others. This is good, as it saves the clothing store from being really busy. Besides, only four of the styles of clothes Jinghan sent are in use now, and the rest are temporarily reserved until these styles are over before they can be taken out.

People are like this, the less something they have, the more rare they feel. Although Jinghan sent a total of thousands of pieces of fabric in this batch, where is the capital? It was the most prosperous city in the country and the center of the economic intersection between the north and the south. Merchants from all over the country come and go, so what do these thousand horses mean?

In this way, a thousand pieces of cloth were wiped out in more than a month after entering Beijing. Jingya had no choice but to send someone to buy goods from Jinghan, and at the same time paid the first batch of goods to Jinghan.

Even though it was between sisters, a contract was written. What was originally decided was a share-based sales model. Because no one knew how well this product was selling or what the price would be, Jinghan and Jingya agreed on a sales sharing model so that no one would suffer.

The first batch of payment was delivered to Jinghan, and it turned out to be 30,000 taels of silver, which shocked Jinghan. She never expected that this piece of cloth could be bought at such a high price. You know, Jingya still took away 40% of what she deserved.

"Zixuan, the eldest sister has written a letter, saying that she will deliver goods there again. The material is selling very well now." In the evening, the couple chatted together.

Mrs. Xue has gone home a long time ago. She can't just take care of her daughter and leave others alone, right? Now beside Jinghan, in addition to Qian and Ruxue, there are four other little girls, Chuntao, Chunliu, Chunxing, and Chunlan. These four girls were chosen from among the refugees. Jinghan didn't care about their identities. They were just little girls. What mistakes had they made? It's just that he was implicated.

In fact, Jinghan chose a lot of people from the refugees to work for her, especially some girls and boys. This was much better than having them work every day and being beaten and scolded. Jinghan promised that if they did well, she could find a way for them to find a way out locally. This is a very big temptation for them. In fact, this situation is very common. No matter where you are, there will be people who treat refugees as slaves. Some girls are also given to local powerful people as playthings. Now I am just working for the magistrate's office, and one day I can return to my normal status, which is a great thing.

Originally, Mrs. Qian wanted to hire a nanny for the child, so that Jinghan could have a chance to have a good rest. But Jinghan didn't agree, she didn't like this. Why don't you raise your own children instead of giving them to others? Since it can give birth, it must be able to support it, otherwise it should not be given birth to. Zixuan also agreed with this, so Jinghan took the child with him and raised it by himself.

In fact, even if you raise it yourself, it won’t take much trouble. Qian and the girls take care of the child during the day, while Jinghan only feeds the baby. Only at night, Jinghan gets up by herself to feed and change diapers. This child is also worry-free. He only gets up once every night to feed himself, and then sleeps until dawn, so Jinghan doesn't have to worry much at all.

At this time, the child had fallen asleep. Jinghan placed him on the edge of the kang and covered him with a quilt.

"Since the eldest sister wants the goods, just give it to her. While it's fresh now and the price is high, let's make a good profit. I guess this year, next year, someone will figure out the secret. By then , the price may not be so high, so we can just make money this year. Anyway, there are many rich people in the capital who keep their money to grow their hair, but people here are living a miserable life, haha. Rob the rich and give to the poor." Zixuan hugged Jinghan and said with a smile.

Jinghan was amused by Zixuan's words, "You are so clever. You robbed the rich and gave to the poor. It's obviously a rare commodity. It's good that these things are not difficult in the first place. Those dyeing and weaving experts will know it at a glance. Yes. We have to take advantage of this opportunity to make as much as we can. Others will do it in the future, but it will be too late to follow us. Besides, I want to build my own ranch and we can control the raw materials. Outsiders can't surpass us even for a moment. And sister Wuya and her tribe, we have to raise the price of wool next year. Don't wait for others to come and pry it off. Let's raise the price again. Passive. "Originally, it was just to allow the herdsmen to earn more money. When the price of wool increased and the herdsmen made money, whoever had the ability would harvest the wool. Jinghan thought a little bit evilly, it seems that it is very feasible to set up a ranch at home.

"I don't know what's going on in your head. You have a lot of crazy ideas. But it would be nice to build a pasture. Then we can live there for a while. We can also raise some cows and sheep. It's better to raise more horses, it will be lively then." Zixuan felt relieved when he thought of that scene.

Jinghan also thought of that scene and became more determined to build a pasture. "There is a big pasture near Xianghaipao. Why don't I just buy it." It is a very high-quality pasture.

"Okay, this is simple. No one lives there anyway, so let's just buy it. It just so happens that the county government can have an extra income." Zixuan doesn't care, it doesn't matter whoever buys it, why can't he sell it to his wife? Woolen cloth? As long as he doesn't use power for personal gain, there's nothing wrong with him, right?

The couple chatted for a while before going to sleep.

Jinghan gave away two thousand pieces of the second batch of fabrics. Since spring, Jinghan's weaving workshop has not stopped, and has been collecting wool, spinning, weaving, spinning wool, etc. By now, I have accumulated a lot of fabrics. In addition to these two batches of cloth and wool sent to the capital, there are still nearly 5,000 pieces of cloth and 10,000 kilograms of wool left in the warehouse. In addition, there is about 50,000 kilograms of wool, and Changshun and Changan are still buying wool back. Fortunately, the current price of wool is still very cheap, that is, you can get it for more than ten fen. I guess in two years, it will not grow to several hundred fen per pound?

Even though the wool is cheap, plus the wages to the workers, Jinghan has already spent more than 5,000 taels of silver in it. At least the price of selling the fabric was pretty good and I made some money. Otherwise, Jinghan would have been really stressed.

At the winery, a lot of grain was also pressed. This year the weather is very good, the weather is smooth, and the grain harvest is bumper. In addition to keeping food for next year, the people sold the rest. The county government's warehouse is full of grain. Of course, Jinghan's wine shop couldn't consume that much, so in the end, she used the connections of the Sun brothers to sell part of the grain. Naturally, these things don't make any money, but it's not bad to keep your capital at least. You can't break trust with the people.

Jinghan decided to develop the breeding industry in the future. Otherwise, as the people open up more wasteland, there will be more food. If you just simply sell food, the profit is too low and you can't make much money. However, if people can raise some chickens and pigs, they can consume a lot of food and enrich their lives at the same time.

In addition, there is the issue of adjusting the planting structure. We cannot just plant corn and sorghum, but must plant a variety of cash crops. Some of the crops tested this year seem to be okay and nothing major. Let’s try again next year, and then we can try to let the people plant more crops. In this way, won’t we be able to exchange for more money?

When Jinghan thought about this, she felt that the road ahead was really long. Alas, there is a long way to go to truly make people rich.

As the fabrics sold like hotcakes, the wine shop also began to sell wine. In this way, the money in Jinghan's hand slowly eased, and Jinghan and Zixuan were truly relieved. It was really thanks to Xingjia and Zhixin that they were wiser at the time and asked Changxing to bring back some money. Otherwise, even the family's life would have been a problem. After all, Jinghan still has to feed her children now, so her diet cannot be too bad, and with so many people in the house, it is also a big expense.

Jingya sent someone to take away the fourth batch of fabrics. Now they are not only popular in the capital, but also in several nearby places. The weather is getting colder. This kind of material is thicker and looks good when worn. Naturally, many people are willing to buy it.

Of course, many businessmen from other places also saw the business opportunities here and took the initiative to talk to Jingya. Jingya did not agree to them. The key is that Jinghan's production is not that large. It is good to only supply the capital and several nearby cities. If it is sold to other places, it may not be enough.

However, Jingya promised to expand production next year if possible and cooperate with them again then. These merchants had no choice but to do this, and some people went around asking about the source of this material. There was also a clever person who bought a piece of this kind of fabric, went back to find someone to study it carefully, and tried to weave it himself.