The next day, Xu Ping was discussing the harvester with Guo Zi and Sang Yi.

Guo Zi asked Xu Ping: "Little owner, what is the purpose of planting so much milime in the field?"

Xu Ping replied casually: "Raising cattle and sheep."

Guo Zi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is it used to raise cattle and sheep?"

"What's wrong? Isn't it okay?"

The benefits of raising cattle and sheep are high. Not to mention that one acre of land produces one stone and two stones in this era, even if the output of one or two thousand kilograms of land in Xu Ping’s previous life is not as good as that of aquaculture.

Guo Zi just shook his head after hearing this. There are wastelands around him, and there are so many cattle and sheep that cannot be grazed. They have to go to specialize in grass planting. This sounds careless.

Xu Ping thought differently. If the market was not big, it would be unprofitable to engage in animal husbandry, but now there is a great shortage of mutton around the capital. In the Song Dynasty, mutton was expensive. Not only did the palace basically use only mutton, but officials in the capital also had lip-fruit sheep in addition to their salary. Although the cattle and sheep department had hundreds of thousands of sheep, it was still far from meeting the needs. Tens of thousands of imported from Xixia and Khitan every year. No matter how much they were raised in Xuping Village, they would not have to worry about not being able to sell it.

Sang Yi came back yesterday and didn't agree with Xu Ping's words. Of course, agriculture is based on grain. He asked: "By the way, can your harvesting machine harvest rice and wheat?"

Xu Ping thought for a while before saying, "Then you have to try it out."

In theory, this kind of harvester is not good, but the rice and wheat varieties planted in the Song Dynasty are different from those in later generations, and the planting technology is also very different. At this time, it is hard to say that it is very sparse.

While the three were chatting, a shopkeeper came in to report that Li Duanyi and Li Yonghe were back.

We welcome people into the village because they were hot and did not enter the house. They only drank tea in a ventilated place in the yard.

Xu Ping handed over the three new cans of sugar to Li Duanyi and said to him: "These are all newly made in the past two days, so the Taiwei should rest assured."

Li Duanyi looked at it and smiled and said, "It turns out that the little owner has this method, so things will be easier. I just don't know how much you can make in a day?"

Xu Ping said: "That depends on how much sugar there is, it actually makes you wash quickly."

Xu Ping only told Li Duanyi that the color of candy needs to be washed, and he couldn't say how to wash it.

After talking about Baiyan, Xu Ping asked about the thieves again.

Li Duanyi didn't want to say it and asked Xu Ping: "What do you care about these things?"

Xu Ping said that a few days ago, the thieves were rife around Zhuangzi, which made him unstable, and introduced Sang Yi to Li Duanyi.

Li Duanyi looked at Sang Yi and was a little surprised: "I heard from Master Lin Shiqi mention you, saying that he is the best at catching thieves, and he intends to recommend it to the court. I thought he was a tall and strong man, but I didn't expect that he was just an ordinary person."

Lin Shiqi was Linte, whose courtesy name was Shiqi. Although he was an old minister when the emperor was the crown prince, he was demoted to the governor of Xuzhou because he was dependent on Ding Wei. He was in charge of Jingxi Road and the military inspector of the country as a regular guide. The place where Sang Yi was active was under his jurisdiction, and it was not far from Xuzhou, so he had heard of it.

Sang Yi was also surprised. Unexpectedly, his name had already entered the ears of these high-ranking officials. He hurriedly came up to meet him and said a few humble words.

When Li Duanyi met Sang Yi, he mentioned something about the thieves. His mission this time was to rectify the order of the group of herds and squadrons. Although he had heard of the thieves, he had not seen them and thought they were hidden. This was a local thing, and he would not interfere.

After hearing Li Duanyi's words, Xu Ping and Sang Yi looked at each other, and they knew that this matter was probably going to be repeated. At this time, the Kaifeng Prefecture Real Estate was still in the capital and did not care much about the local area.

Li Duanyi didn't want to talk about this. After drinking tea for a while, he said goodbye with Guo Zi and Li Yonghe, and took away three new cans of sugar and the tricycle. He had already asked his subordinates to return to Kaifeng to pick up the silver liang. They were all fifty taels of silver liang, with the mark of the palace. They were rewarded from the palace at some time, with absolutely sufficient quality.

The three of them wanted to go back to Zhongmu County to discuss business, and then Li Duanyi returned to Kaifeng. He had a noble status and decided on the big direction. He naturally had to deal with other small matters and would not be spent here. Of course, Guo Zi and Li Yonghe did not have this treatment. They had to work hard for a few days, so Li Zhang stayed in the village and didn't leave.

It was too irritating to put two thousand taels of silver in his hand. Xu Ping asked Sang Yi and Gao Daquan to take it with him to his parents in Baisha Town, and to discuss the cooperation with Li Duanyi.

The tricycle had been sold, so Xu Ping had to ride a horse. Gao Daquan and Sang Yi rode a donkey. The silver was divided into three parts and carried it on the horse and the donkey. Sang Yi was just fine. Gao Daquan was tall and it was ridiculous to ride on a small donkey.

It was just after noon, and it was the hottest time of the day. There was no wind, and the three of them were soaked that their faces were so oily that they were exposed. Especially the little donkey under the tall climax kept breathing.

Xu Ping was also funny when he saw it and asked Sang Yi: "I heard that the donkeys in Guanzhong are taller than other places, almost no weaker than horses. Have you heard of them?"

Sang Yi shook his head: "I have never heard of it. A donkey is a donkey. How can he compare with a horse?"

Xu Ping sighed in his heart. The Guanzhong donkey in his previous life was a famous big donkey breed. It would be great if it had it in this era. Donkeys are resistant to rough feeding and are hard-working, which is much easier to use than horses.

When they arrived at the restaurant, the three of them were already sweating. Xu Ping asked Liu Xiaoyi to take Sang Yi and Gao Daquan to drink a bowl of sour plum soup to relieve the heat. He found a servant and carried the silver into his parents' room in the backyard.

Xu Zheng and his wife were resting. Seeing Xu Ping bringing a few big bags into the house, Zhang Sanniang asked, "Da Huang, what other thing have you made to honor your parents?"

Xu Ping sent the servant away, then smiled and said, "What I brought this time is my father's favorite thing."

As he said that, he opened the bags one by one.

Xu Zheng and Zhang Sanniang stared at the pile of white silver in a daze, and couldn't speak for a moment.

After a while, Zhang Sanniang pulled Xu Ping in front of her and asked him in a low voice: "I heard that there are some alchemists who are burning silver here recently. Did you make a deal with them? I tell you, although your father loves money, we cannot do this prohibited thing!"

Xu Ping was amused and crying: "Mom said where did you go! These are all full of silver patterns and marks in the palace. How could it be fake!"

Xu Zheng walked up, touched Yinying on the table with his hand, looked at it carefully, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "It's true! I have lived for decades, and this is the first time I have seen so many white things! Dalang, you really told me, where did this come from?"

Xu Ping said: "It was a senior official in the capital, Taiwei Li. He passed by our village for business and fell in love with the car I made a few days ago. He bought it for two thousand taels of silver."

Seeing that his parents still didn't believe it, he explained the situation of selling the car in detail.

Xu Zheng took a breath: "That car is worth two thousand taels of silver? Tell me the truth, how much money did you spend to build that car?"

Xu Ping thought about it and said, "It's about a hundred stakes of coins."

"Then what other restaurants will we open!"

Xu Zheng's eyes widened: "Let's just sell the restaurant here, and the family of three will go back to the village to make a car! Your mother will not be able to tell you all day long that you don't come to see her! One car can make about 2,000 guan. It's enough for us to make ten or eight cars a year."

When Xu Ping saw his father's wealth-loving look, he smiled and said, "Dad said it well. We can make ten cars a year, but we are afraid that we won't meet a fool like Grandmaster Li who is willing to pay money in a year! Then what's the matter with us making a car?"

After hearing this, Xu Zheng calmed down and sighed: "It turns out that this business can only be done once."

"If you don't do this business, there are other things."

After hearing this, Xu Zheng turned around and looked at Xu Ping: "My son has other businesses?"

Xu Ping told the sugar business he discussed with Li Duanyi.

Zhang Sanniang didn't believe it: "I ate that candy too, it's not so sweet. How could anyone pay a lot of money?"

Xu Zheng said, "After all, the woman has limited knowledge and only knows how to eat sweet food! I think this Taiwei Li makes sense. In a truly wealthy family, there is no need to care whether it is sweet or not, just because the food is good. I heard that the emperor in the palace eats vegetables and watches a large table, who will eat it!"

Xu Ping said: "We don't care whether this matter works or not, and we don't have anything missing. That's what Grandmaster Li wants to worry about. I just say if it works, will my dad do this business?"

Xu Zheng was about to get sick when he wanted to go back to the capital, of course he was willing to do so.

As for capital, since the restaurant in Baisha Town was opened for a short time, it was very nervous, but with two thousand taels of silver in hand, it was almost the same. It was amazing to borrow some more. The Song Dynasty restricted usury, and the annual interest rate for borrowing money was about 10% to 20%. No matter how high the government was, the debt would be ignored. And no matter how profits were, the ultimate repayment was only twice the amount of money borrowed. As long as there was a mortgage and an insured, the money was not difficult to borrow, so there was no need to worry about the capital.

After discussing with my parents for a while, the matter was settled.
Chapter completed!