Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

He Mingyu knew that Shen Liu had always been worried about food and grass. He had to feed so many soldiers and so many mouths to feed every day. It would be strange if he didn't worry. He was now trying to increase income, and Shen Liu didn't object. If he wasn't really short of money, why would he, a strategist, start a business to make a living?

It seems that he has to sign a contract with Xiaolan as soon as possible. After all, she is a professional in raising rabbits. Even the rabbit seedlings have to be obtained from Xiaolan first. He needs to think carefully about this contract.

Whenever he thought about the workshop he had built with so much difficulty, and that except for Xiao Lan, he would not get a penny, after all, he had just said that this money was used to support Shen Liu's troops, he could not help but smile bitterly.

This time when they went to Quanshui Town, Xiao Lan brought back a whole truckload of rice, saying that her family loved rice. He Mingyu also bought a batch of food, but he was not as generous as Xiao Lan. He bought coarse grains. Although there were soldiers following them along the way, the two still couldn't eat. After all, the journey was long and no one could predict what would happen on the way. Fortunately, they returned safely.

The price of grain at this time is still relatively cheap. After all, the grain has just been harvested. If you wait until the beginning of next spring to buy grain, the price will not be the same.

It would be great if the price of food could be lowered a little more. After all, he has limited money. He wants to use less money to buy more food to provide food for Shen Liu's soldiers. It seems that he has to go to Xiao Lan another day, first to sign a contract, and second to ask her if there is any way to lower the price of food.

Xiao Lan invited He Mingyu to her home. After listening to his request, she smiled and said, "This is easy. You spread the word that there is a severe drought in the north this year and there is a severe shortage of food. Those merchants will definitely not miss this opportunity to make a fortune. They will definitely send a large amount of food here. Then, we will buy their food and they will buy our rabbit meat. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"

"No, no," He Mingyu lowered his head and thought for a while, then waved his hand to refuse, "Once the news spreads, the first to suffer are the common people. Once the grain price goes up, they can't afford to eat. We drove the Hu people away because we wanted to protect them and let them live a good life, not because we wanted them to riot among themselves."

Xiao Lan rolled her eyes, knowing that he was thinking wrongly, and said, "Who said I was going to spread this news in Liaodong Prefecture? I asked you to arrange for someone to spread this news to the south, especially to the wealthy areas in the south of the Yangtze River. The north and south are far apart, and the news between the two places is not smooth. There are advantages to delaying this news. When the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River ask about it half-believingly, we just need to vaguely refute the rumor, then what you are worried about will not happen, and the grain from the south will be sent here in large quantities."

He Mingyu's eyes lit up as he listened, and he laughed loudly, "If you were not a woman, I would definitely recommend you to be a counselor under the general. You really have a lot of ideas and great talent."

"If we do as you say, then we will have more food in Liaodong Prefecture. The freight from Jiangnan to Liaodong Prefecture is not low. When these grains arrive in Liaodong Prefecture, the price will naturally drop. Even if the merchants feel that they have been cheated, they will not transport the grain back when they think of the high freight. When the price of grain drops and there is enough food, the problem that General Shen is currently worried about will be solved."

"This is to trick those merchants, hahahaha, this can't be considered a trick, it just makes them earn less." He Mingyu said to himself, "Now our Liaodong Prefecture is indeed short of food, and the current food price is indeed slowly rising. They transported the food here, so they must still make a profit, but not as much as imagined."

"The business world is like a battlefield. I don't think it's a trap," Xiao Lan said with a smile.

He Mingyu pondered over what Xiao Lan said in his mind. The business world is like a battlefield. This saying is brilliant. The lag of information on the battlefield and the possibility of real or fake news can determine the outcome of victory or failure. Isn't it the same in the business world? Indeed, Miss Xiao Lan should not be underestimated.

He Mingyu no longer objected, but was just thinking about how much silver they had left to buy food.

"We have to quickly make the rabbits in the workshop into jerky. When the merchants from the south come, we can sell the jerky to them. This is a good opportunity for advertising." Xiao Lan said.

"Advertisement?" He Minghe said in a low voice.

"It's the brand name. It's to make the merchants in the south recognize our product after they eat it. If it sells well when they go back, they will want to come back and sell our dried meat." Xiao Lan explained.

Because Liaodong Prefecture has been hit by natural disasters or man-made disasters in the past two days, there are few merchants willing to come here. Xiao Lan didn't have any intentions before. This time, He Ming wanted to make trouble, and she just went with the flow to promote her products. If it really becomes a hit, her rabbit jerky will not have to worry about sales, and there will be more merchants in Liaodong Prefecture in the future, and she can do this rabbit meat business without leaving home.

Now the weather is getting colder, and it's time to plant radishes and cabbages. The land at home and on the farm have all been planted. Anyway, there are not only many people in the family, but also many animals. The fish and rabbits can eat the stems and leaves of the vegetables, so nothing will be wasted.

After the farmers had a period of leisure time after the autumn harvest, each household is now busy again.

"We have to plow the land tomorrow. The land on our farm is raw, so we have to plow it first before we can spread manure as fertilizer." Sheng Xuan said.

"Dad, let me help you." Xiao Lan said.

"We don't need you. We already have permanent workers at home. If we are short of manpower, I can hire some temporary workers. You just need to keep accounts and manage the financial expenditures at home. Just let your mother and sister keep an eye on the door at home, and the meals must be supplied." Sheng Xuan said.

Sheng Xuan is a good husband and a good father. Now that his family is doing well, he usually doesn't ask his wife and children to work in the fields. However, he goes to the fields with the farmhands to do farm work and never sits idle for a moment.

"Alas, I don't know if the weather will be good next year," Zhang sighed. "In previous years, there would be one or two rains at this time, but it has been so long, and except for the last two rains, there has been no sign of dark clouds since then."

"That's right. Fortunately, we in Liaodong Prefecture have the water conservancy projects built by General Shen, which can alleviate some of the drought." Sheng Xuan said.