Chapter 351: Differences in Prices and Costs, Second Update
While others are having breakfast, the people planting rice and harvesting wheat are still working in the fields. This is the normal way of life.
"What a big man! I'm going to give you another order. I'll ask Dingliao Duwei to send ginseng seeds. One seed costs ten cents. We can take as many as we want."
Eat. Zhu Yuanzhang was having breakfast and Zhu Biao was talking to Zhu Biao who was up early in the morning to review the question book.
Zhu Biao was a little distracted, probably because he was tired, but he still responded, "I understand."
"This matter is very important, bring the seeds, let's plant them, and then the Ming Dynasty The common people use a lot of ginseng." Zhu Yuanzhang reminded.
The surrounding ministers naturally looked at the location of the people from Xiaqiu Village eating together there. Pregnant women, older ones, younger ones, and those who were menstruating were all there.
But I didn’t see the village chief. Just now the village chief of Xiaqiu Village seemed to have gone out with a dinner plate.
Even Magistrate Song and others were very moved after hearing this. Ginseng is very expensive. Ordinary ginseng costs more than two kilograms per kilogram.
When you encounter ginseng that is very old, it is calculated on a plant-by-plant basis. The exact amount depends on how the two parties negotiate.
When used as medicinal materials, ordinary people have to spend hundreds of money to buy ginseng tablets when they are sick.
Regardless of the amount of ginseng used at one time, not just one dose of medicine will make you feel good. Drinking it for ten and a half days, plus other medicinal materials, is also unbearable for the people.
Now there is a Huimin Pharmacy in the nearby state capital. The imperial court bears the expenses, and the imperial court’s money is not conjured up.
If it can be grown, one pound may be worth a hundred cents, and the common people can afford it.
"It's not that people in our village can't endure hardship, they just don't want to endure hardship."
The village leader brought out two dinner plates and sat there muttering.
He waited for everyone to finish their work and ate together with Hanhan. He was also hungry now, but he could hold on.
The people in the village are living a good life. Now they go to the fields to plant rice without any problems. They are still so skilled and hard-working.
He fell asleep leaning against him as he watched, until someone touched him and said, "Chief, bring me some food."
"Hanhan, when are you guys up? The sun has risen so high, and everyone is here, so it’s good that the shed was not built in vain.”
The mayor woke up and looked around. The people who had been planting rice were sitting under the shed eating, each with a plate.
Everyone was barefoot and had muddy water on their trouser legs. They were unwilling to wash their feet, dry them and put on shoes. Because their feet had been soaked in water for so long, they were larger than normal and wearing shoes would squeeze them.
Now that they are left to dry outside, they can be dehydrated more. The skin on each foot is wrinkled and white from the soaking.
There is no one else around, and those who help with the work eat in the distance, leaving this place to Xiaqiu Village.
These people who came here belong to families with few fields and many people, and they happened to be doing hard labor.
I made an agreement with them that they don’t need to take care of their meals and accommodation during the service. They only need someone to follow them and a blanket.No need to bring any.
As soon as they came and saw the food, they immediately felt that they had made a profit. Each person got an extra piece of soap, a hand towel, toothbrush and tooth powder, and no bedding was given to them.
They need to work for a month. Now they are harvesting wheat and planting rice, and they will work for a few days. They will come back when the rice and soybeans are harvested.
After one month of this, their service will be over.
Xiaqiu Village told them alone that they would be given ten cents a day and five pounds of dried salted fish per person when they left.
When they encounter such good things, they cherish it very much and work hard while not disturbing the people in Xiaqiu Village.
"Today is the fried buns. The soldiers have enough trouble to eat. Anyway, I don't want to stuff them. I was tired with Zhu Biao making buns before."
Zhu Wentian moved his chair , sat across from the chief, and remembered grinding bread stuffing with Zhu Biao, Zhu Biao didn't know how to do it.
"Someone did it. Your Majesty gave our village all the land from where we dug peat and planted artemisia to Xiaqiu Village.
I followed Your Majesty said that you can grow ginseng. Your Majesty will help you buy the seeds. You can get a lot for ten cents a piece.
You have to plan for it in the future. Thinking about such a large area gives you a headache. "
The head of the village waited for Hanhan to come over and explain the situation. The area was too big, it would have to be hundreds of thousands of acres.
Zhu Wentian swallowed a fried bun, "It's expensive, I gave you too much. Don't look at the ginseng that's always a pound more now, that means it's good.
Currently the Northeast is occupied by Jurchens , there is a lot of ginseng, we can harvest 40,000 to 50,000 kilograms a year.
Now they are watching the war between Daming and Beiyuan, and the trade volume has decreased. When this war is over, they will immediately follow us. Get better.
The previous Yuan Dynasty suppressed them very hard. They hated the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty prohibited them from hunting with bows and arrows, and also prohibited them from mining gold and silver mines.
Waiting for trade volume. With more growth and more exchanges, the price of ginseng can be reduced to two to three hundred yuan per catty.
Since His Majesty has given us such a large piece of land, let’s cultivate the land first and then buy fresh produce with the Jurchens.
It happens to be planted in our fields in the fall, and the price is not two or three hundred cents. Sixty or seventy cents is enough.
The seeds are harvested now for the future. It is planned that ginseng can be used for medicinal purposes in five years. The most suitable place for growing ginseng is the northeast.
The seeds need to be adjusted. Ten ginseng seeds are paid for one penny, and there are basically more than 2,500 ginseng seeds per pound. "
When Zhu Wentian said it, he had to consider the grams of the pound. It was different from what he had done back then, so he had to add it in.
"Hanhan, since there are 40,000 to 50,000 kilograms, and one kilogram only costs 200 to 300 yuan, why should we grow it?" Li Chang didn't understand for a while.
“Because there is not enough and the price is low, it does not mean that the people of the Ming Dynasty have enough. Forty to fifty thousand kilograms, the more we collect, the less.
Many places do not have herbal medicine libraries and Huimin Pharmacies, and the people When I get sick, I have to spend hundreds of dollars to buy medicine, which is very stressful.
Some medicines are not available.Ginseng is needed, and some have to be taken for a long time, such as for Wang Yiqian to regulate his body. ”
“It doesn’t matter whether it’s cheap or sufficient. The relationship between supply and demand is not like this, right?”
“It has nothing to do with supply and demand. It depends on how much money the Ming court paid to the other party.”
You can earn thirty cents for a day's work, which is normal for you, but it's not much in Nanjing.
But these thirty coins were given to the Jurchens to buy things. They thought they could work for ten days and they could save money to buy iron pots.
It involves the issue of survival costs and differences in living costs. If you are given ten cents a day in Nanjing, you will have to sleep on the streets and may starve to death.
In the original Xiaqiu Village, there were more than 500 people, and 300 people earned ten cents a day."
"I am so happy that I can buy a lot of things. We can buy dozens of large livestock every year. "The lieutenant understood this time.
After finishing speaking, he finished eating quickly. When Hanhan was ready to rescue him at any time, he drank the soup in one gulp and turned around to find Zhu Yuanzhang.
You can't give ten coins for one seed, you should buy ten seeds for one coin, the ratio is a little bit different.
By the way, he also explained to Zhu Yuanzhang the issues of survival and cost of living, and he learned and sold now.
“Yes, we can’t give them too much money, and they don’t know the situation here.
The people of the Ming Dynasty near them are not as rich as Yingtianfu. Isn’t this the situation of migrant workers?
Work in Nanjing, live frugally, and return to your own country. In this place, the money is not a small amount. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang followed and understood that the amount of wages depends on the cost of living, as well as employment needs and work needs. Please remember to collect, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft, free to find books and add books, and you can join the qq group 952868558