When Li Zexuan returned home, the sky was almost dark. He also brought Iron Egg over. Since he had accepted this disciple, Li Zexuan also planned to teach him well. He would let Iron Egg stay in the West Courtyard first. Since the West Courtyard was so big, he could just pick a wing room for him.
As for Han Yuxi, of course, she didn't come with him. Li Zexuan planned to let her help with the wine mixing after he was done with his work. At that time, the first batch of fruit wine from the Han Village would be delivered. Recently, he really didn't have time to care about this. There were too many things to do.
During dinner, Li Zexuan's parents expressed their goodwill to Iron Egg, a new member of the family. Iron Egg, who was always dignified and strong, was a little embarrassed. During dinner, he was teased by Lan 'er.
Lan 'er was also very happy about Iron Egg's arrival. Now, she finally had a playmate of the same age. Although her brother was usually very good to her, he always treated her like a child. Lan 'er always felt a little indignant. Now that Iron Egg was here, she was no longer the youngest. Of course, this was only what she thought. In reality, Iron Egg was a few months older than her.
After dinner, Li Zexuan reported the number of chickens raised by the Han Village to Old Man Li in the study. Old Man Li was shocked.
"Eighty thousand? So many? Xuan 'er, so many chickens, can the villagers raise them all? "
"Father, don't worry, they can definitely raise them all. I will arrange for the villagers to take care of them. I plan to prepare to buy the chicken seedlings tomorrow and send them to the Han Village in batches. "
Li Jingmo nodded and said, "Yes, the sooner, the better!"
"Father, do you know the market price of the chicken seedlings in Chang 'an? How much is one? "
Li Jingmo thought for a moment and said, "About seventy to eighty copper coins for one. But Xuan 'er, if you need so many chicken seedlings, I'm afraid that the peddlers in Chang' an will not be able to supply all of them. "
Seventy to eighty copper coins for one? So expensive? Li Zexuan was shocked. In his previous life, a chicken seedling only cost three or four yuan each, which was about the same as the Tang Dynasty. But after thinking about it carefully, he understood. Modern chicken seedlings were hatched in batches using large automatic incubators, so the cost was naturally lower.
Li Zexuan frowned when he heard the second half of his father's words. "Dad, do you have any way to provide a large number of chickens in a short period of time?"
In his impression, as long as it was related to business, his father was omnipotent. Unfortunately, he was disappointed this time.
Old Man Li shook his head, showing an expression of helplessness.
"Xuan 'er, I have indeed done various businesses in my early years. However, I have never set foot in the chicken market."
Li Zexuan felt a little helpless.
"Then let's buy as many as we can and send them over. I believe that those peddlers will definitely think of a way when they see that the market is in short supply. At that time, we just need to give them more money! "
Li Jingmo nodded and said with a smile, "Hehe, you've seen through it all."
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Early the next morning, Li Zexuan called Wang Zhong and asked him to bring Sanbao, Ah Fu, and a few other servants to the East Market to purchase as many chicken seedlings as possible.
The few of them took the money and left with the order. Li Zexuan calculated in his mind. If he calculated according to the price of eighty yuan per chicken, eighty thousand chicken seedlings would cost about six thousand and four hundred strings of coins. Of course, with Li Zexuan's large purchases, there would be many other peddlers who would raise the price. Li Zexuan felt that if he wanted to buy eighty thousand chicken seedlings, he would need to spend about eight to nine thousand strings of coins.
This was really expensive.
Early in the morning, Iron Egg was also picked up by Li Zexuan to learn how to read from Lan 'er. This made Lan' er very happy. She never thought that she would become a teacher one day. Looking at the little girl, with her hands behind her back, pretending to be mature and steady, teaching Iron Egg, Li Zexuan couldn't help but want to laugh.
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In fact, Li Zexuan's guess was not wrong at all. After Wang Zhong and the others came to the East Market, they were like bandits. When they met peddlers who sold chicken seedlings, they directly bought all of their stock.
Merchants had the most sensitive noses. Some of the peddlers soon heard the news from Wang Zhong and the others. So one by one, they heard the news and one by one, they raised the price of the chicken seedlings and sent people to the surrounding counties to purchase chicken seedlings in large quantities. In half a day, the price of a chicken seedling rose from seventy-five yuan per chicken to eighty-five yuan, and finally to ninety yuan per chicken. In a short time, chicken seedlings were expensive in Chang 'an.
However, Wang Zhong and the others still didn't care about the price. They bought all the chicken seedlings in the West Market and told the peddlers that they still needed a lot of chicken seedlings and asked them to hurry up and stock up.
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"Young master, this old servant bought all the chicken seedlings in the West Market. There were only about eight thousand in total. In the end, some peddlers raised the price, but this old servant still bought all of them. Those peddlers will go to the surrounding counties to stock up today. We can continue to buy tomorrow. "
In the front yard of the Li Residence, Wang Zhong pointed to more than ten large wooden boxes on the ground and reported to Li Zexuan. Noisy chattering sounds came from the wooden boxes. For a moment, it was very lively.
Li Zexuan nodded and agreed, "Uncle Wang, you did the right thing. I believe that the price of the chicken seedlings will only be more expensive tomorrow. I'll have to trouble Uncle Wang to bring seven or eight servants and hire a few carriages to transport these chicken seedlings to the Han Village. Give them to Han Lizheng and let him distribute them according to the order that everyone signed up. Also, let Han Lizheng immediately gather people in the village. The wage is thirty yuan per person per day. Let them surround the back of the mountain and build a chicken farm. You can continue to purchase the chicken seedlings tomorrow. "
Wang Zhong nodded and immediately went to gather people.
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Li Zexuan returned to the West Courtyard and went to his study. He spread out a piece of rice paper and closed his eyes. He drew the structure of the curved shaft plow and labeled the dimensions. (Li Zexuan also learned about the measurement units of the Tang Dynasty. The labeled dimensions were naturally converted.)
He also noted the things that needed to be taken note of during the processing.
After he finished drawing, Li Zexuan rolled up the drawing and prepared to go to Yan Shaoning's house to find him. Of course, the sooner the better. The villagers of the Han Village were still waiting for his curved shaft plow to plow the land.
Under the lead of a servant, Li Zexuan arrived at the Yan Residence. After the gatekeeper announced his arrival, Yan Shaoning came out to greet him with a big smile.
"Haha, Xiao Xuan, how come you have time to visit me today?"
Li Zexuan smiled and said, "Brother Shaoning is the technical director of our Strange Interest Pavilion and one of the four major shareholders. Of course I have to come and greet you. Haha!"
Yan Shaoning's forehead was full of black lines. He hated the title of technical director, but Li Zexuan wouldn't agree to change it no matter what. Now that he heard these words, he felt a little disgusted. Yan Shaoning coughed twice and said:
"Xiao Xuan, come with me to the front hall. Why are you standing at the door?"
Li Zexuan nodded and followed Yan Shaoning into the residence.
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