Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

The grains drying in the drying yard are almost dry after these days of drying.

The farmers began to thresh the crops.

There was so much grain that it took about half a month to thresh it all.

Looking at all the threshed grains, each of them was full, and then they were put into sacks and transported to the warehouse one by one.

The grain almost filled three large warehouses.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the statistics handed over to her.

A total of 1080 million jin of wheat, 2125 million jin of millet, 380 million jin of corn, 65 jin of soybeans, 66 jin of mung beans, and 170 million jin of sorghum.

The total value is about 38 taels of silver.

The annual wages in the farm are about 23.4 taels, and the annual food consumption is about 72 catties, which is equivalent to about 5.6 taels.

It was calculated that Zhangjiazhuang's basic annual expenditure was 29 taels, including wages and food.

By cultivating these lands and providing for one year's expenses, one can still earn 9 taels.

As for the money earned by various other workshops, shops, etc., it is pure profit.

The investment was large and the workers were paid high wages, so Zhao Yuanzhen was worried that she would lose money on the farm. But now, after deducting all basic expenses, she can earn 9 taels, which makes her very satisfied.

The farmers, who have been busy for nearly two months, were given a five-day holiday to allow them to have a good rest.

The transport team began to deliver food to the military camp based on the delivery of food from the grain warehouse.

Zhao Yuanzhen had previously promised to sell half of the food to the military camp. Now that the food has arrived, she is going to deliver it over.

500 million jin of wheat, 1100 million jin of millet, 190 million jin of corn, 35 jin of soybeans, 35 jin of mung beans, and 80 jin of sorghum.

Two transport teams transported together.

Each vehicle was loaded with nearly 3000 kilograms, and 60 transport trucks transported it together.

"Brother, I'm here to bring you food."

"Little sister, I was just about to inform you that the place is ready now and you can go and choose a shop."

"Okay, big brother, you ask someone to come and receive the food first, and after that, I'll go and choose a shop."

"Ok."

Zhao Yuanzhen called the governor to receive the grain.

The grain is packed in sacks, each bag holding 100 kilograms.

Zhi Dushi randomly checked 20 bags and weighed them, and found that they were all 100 kilograms.

There is no need to weigh the rest one by one, just count the sacks.

Because there was no need to weigh the food, it was received very quickly and only needed to be moved into the military camp's warehouse.

It was done in less than half an hour.

Zhidushi came to settle the silver for the grain.

The settlement was 19 silver coins.

Zhao Yuanzhen happily put the things into the space and followed Zhao Yuanlan to choose a shop.

Go out of the gate of the military camp wall and walk about one kilometer to reach the trade market.

The market has been built. Maybe because it was built by the army, everything is neat, square and straight.

Zhao Yuanzhen followed them to visit the market. There were two gates in the market, one in the north and one in the south.

You need to register and check when entering and leaving, and you need a badge. The badge must be obtained from the local government office and register your specific personal information.

Each shop has a small backyard with 4 houses.

"Little sister, take your pick from these shops. Which one do you want?"

Zhao Yuanzhen compared the shops and chose the row of shops facing north and south. She rented 8 shops in the middle and 2 shops in the middle of the opposite street.

"Brother, I want these 10 rooms, how much is the rent?"

"It's 300 taels per room per year. Just sign a contract with Zhidushi and pay the money."

300 taels is not cheap. Other shops only make a few dozen taels a year, and this is 10 times more. However, the border is dangerous and requires garrisons to maintain security, so it is reasonable to pay more.

The total amount of money for the 10 shops is 3000 taels.

Zhao Yuanzhen signed a contract with Zhi Dushi.

"Ms. Zhao, don't tell anyone that you rented these 10 shops. Generally, each person can only rent two shops at most."

She got in through the back door, there's nothing we can do about it.

The first taboo in promoting economic development is monopoly. If shops are rented out to a few people and a monopoly is formed, it will disrupt the market.

"Don't worry, sir. I understand. The prices in my shop will definitely be within a reasonable range. I won't monopolize it."

"The young lady is a smart person, so I feel relieved."

Sign the contract and pay the money.

"Brother, when can I start decorating and loading the goods?"

"It can be done tomorrow. Go back and get your entry and exit badge. Everyone entering and leaving needs to get one."

"Okay, I'll go back first, brother!"

"Yeah, be careful on the road."

"it is good."

She returned with her transport team.

She has rented 10 shops, and she is currently planning to open 7 of them, and is putting the remaining three aside for the time being.

Putting coal and express delivery in one shop can save 300 yuan.

Zhao Yuanzhen selected seven shopkeepers who had been trained previously, and assigned each shop a servant of his own.

Zhao Yuanzhen took these 14 people, plus the 100 people from the transport team and the 50 people from the decoration team to the government office to apply for entry and exit badges.

All 14 people in the shop had to live there, plus those from the transport team, Zhao Yuanzhen also provided them with 4 cooks and 4 servants.

The kitchen was planned to be opened in the backyard of the grain store, and the cook and the servants would live behind the clothing store.

All the shops, except for the warehouses, were converted into dormitories, with six people living in one room. This way, the transport team could also have room to live there.

Early the next morning, the transport team delivered all the materials needed for decoration.

A fire dragon was built inside the shop, otherwise it would be very cold in winter.

In order to keep warm, Zhao Yuanzhen re-scraped cement on the outer and inner walls of the shop to add a thermal insulation layer.

The windows were not changed to floor-to-ceiling ones, but the ones designed by Zhao Yuanlan were used. However, the window paper was replaced with glass to keep out the heat.

There was nothing special that needed to be renovated. The house was newly built, and it only took three days to clean it up and start stocking the shelves with goods.

The two transport teams carried out the cargo non-stop.

Food, fresh fruits, bricks and tiles, groceries, wine, etc.

Zhao Yuanzhen followed his own transport team, smuggled the grocery store's items over, and put them into the grocery store's warehouse.

It took almost two days to finally get all the shops ready. We bought firecrackers and opened for business with a bang.

The name of the shop is either Zhang's Grocery Store or Zhao's Wine Shop. The signs are hung in a staggered manner.

Zhao Yuanzhen and his team have already opened their businesses here, while other shops have just started to be renovated, which creates a time difference.

Other people who rented shops came over to ask whose shop it was.

"The owners of these shops are all friends who know each other, so they opened them together. They are from the capital."

All the shopkeepers use the same rhetoric.

It was not surprising for others to learn that they were opened by a few friends.

On the fifth day after Zhao Yuanzhen's shop opened, the trade fair officially opened to the public.

People from the Daliang Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty could enter and leave freely with their badges.

You can set up a stall to do business, or go shopping in the shops.

Because the Jin Dynasty's cities were relatively compact and located on the border, there were obviously many more Jin people at the trade fairs than those in the Daliang Dynasty.

The best-selling product is wine, which is strong and fragrant, and much better than the wine brewed by the Jin people who always think they are good at brewing wine.

A lot of products were sold both retail and wholesale.

For customers who place large orders, the shopkeeper will recommend the shop next door to use express delivery. They only need to pay according to the goods and they will have them delivered to their home.

The two countries had a treaty in place, in which the Jin Kingdom promised not to harm people from the Liang Dynasty, so Zhao Yuanzhen dared to let them do the transportation.

But we won’t go to places that are too far away. We will only go to a few nearby cities of the Jin Dynasty, but not anywhere else.

The previous few times, Zhao Yuanzhen followed the transport team for fear of accidents.

After following them a few times and finding that there was no problem, I gradually felt at ease and let the transport team go on their own. However, if I have time, I will also follow them for the transport.

Although the wine shop is the best-selling shop, other shops are also doing well. Grocery shops, grain shops, clothing shops, and fresh food shops are also doing booming business.

The grocery store provided the Jin people with many little conveniences in life. It turned out that there were so many portable and useful items.

The clothes in the ready-made clothing shop were designed by Zhang Qingyan after careful consideration based on the picture album given by Zhao Yuanzhen. The clothes retain the rough and simple beauty of the Jin people's clothing, while the details are elegant and noble. The color matching is bold and novel, and is very popular among the Jin people.

According to different age groups, different people and different genders, Zhang Qingyan designed 5 sets of clothing for each consumer group. All in all, there are more than 40 sets of clothing.

There is a lot more room for choice.

Zhao Yuanzhen did not increase the price of the grain in the grain shop. Each pound was only one cent more expensive than that in the capital.

The price of grain in the Jin Dynasty was 5-10 wen more expensive than that in the Daliang Dynasty, depending on what kind of grain it was. For example, rice was the most expensive. Due to the geographical environment of the Jin Dynasty, not much rice could be grown.

The sales of the fresh food shop were not very good in the past few days, and basically half of the produce was left. Zhao Yuanzhen would take the remaining produce to the market in the afternoon and set up a stall to sell them at a lower price.

Later, more and more Jin people came to the market, and more of them were smart and resourceful, so her fresh food shop began to rise.

Basically, all the fruits and vegetables are sold out every day, and most of them are monopolized.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked the shopkeeper to bring in batches, so the one who bought all the food would take a batch and leave, and the next person would come to buy more, and then new ones would be brought in, and then more people would come.

It's a pity that there are not many fresh vegetables left. It is already late September and most of those that can be sold are those stored in the fall. Only a small amount of vegetables left that are not afraid of cold and were planted later can still be picked.

If we wait another ten days or half a month, I’m afraid we can only sell dried vegetables.

There are a lot of fruits stored, but there was no market before, so now they can be sold in large quantities.

Zhao Yuanzhen visited all the shops and found that the Jin people also rented shops to do business. They sold wine, furs, medicinal herbs, and so on.

The medicinal materials of the Jin Kingdom are of very good quality, and there are many rare ginseng, deer antlers, etc. in the shop.

Zhao Yuanzhen picked out ginseng with good quality and bought a lot of it. Ginseng of this size is rare. It is only because the Jin Kingdom has many mountains and a vast land with few people that there are so many rare wild ginseng.