Li Chao felt that locusts would not lose money in exchange for food, after all, locust dry powder was a high-quality feed, and it was excellent for feeding chickens and ducks.
The meat and eggs of chickens and ducks are also food.
And it will definitely be more expensive than ordinary food, and the chicken and duck can be made into smoked chicken and smoked duck into salted eggs, which can also be preserved for a long time.
Besides, Li Chao felt that if everyone really went to catch locusts, although it was impossible to really destroy the locust plague.
But it is sure that a lot of locusts can also be caught, and whether locust powder is used as feed or as disaster relief reserves, it is also very useful when there is a shortage of food in disaster years.
Li Chao decided to set up a chamber of commerce to work directly with the imperial court.
The imperial court ordered that the local government should use grain to collect dried locusts, and then the chamber of commerce would settle with them with the grain.
This chamber of commerce doesn't have to be done by the Li family alone, it can bring more people in.
"A pound of dried locusts will be exchanged for a pound of grain, tsk."
Zuo Servant shot Xiao Yu felt that Li Chao was a loser, and he didn't know how to spend a few dollars.
The Li family had a bumper harvest this year, producing six stones per mu, but you can't exchange grain for insects.
What kind of insects can be exchanged for a pound of food However, Li Chao smiled slightly.
In his heart, he felt that it was a bit unkind to exchange a pound of grain for a pound of insects.
It is not easy to catch a pound of live locusts, let alone a pound of dried locusts.
It's not that when there is a locust plague, the whole world is covered with locusts, and you can net a few times at will.
But even in the year of the locust plague, the locusts move very fast, and there is not much time to catch them.
The high-quality protein in Li Chao's eyes is all garbage in Li Shimin's eyes.
Even if they had just eaten the whole locust feast, they still didn't think that locusts could be compared to food.
But that's fine.
"You really want to give food and reap dried locusts" "Well, the minister plans to collect the dried locusts and grind them, and then process them into chicken and duck feed, which will be used to raise chickens and ducks.
Eggs and meat of chickens and ducks can have a good income. ” Li Shimin nodded, "Since you plan to do so, then it's up to you, but if the people of the world catch locusts in exchange, how much can the Li family change?"
"The Li family can't change much, but I plan to build a chamber of commerce, pull more people into the shares, and do this together."
The appeal of the imperial court is not idle.
After Li Shimin went back, he really asked the people of Zhongshu to draw up a decree, and asked the yamen in various places to post notices, asking the people to catch locusts in exchange for food, and one pound of dried locusts in exchange for one pound of grain.
Of course, you can also exchange money directly, and it is also the price of food anyway.
As soon as this news came out, the people were really happy.
On the bar, the Li family also posted notices in due course, directly setting up a point to buy locusts, not only dried locusts, but also live locusts.
The price is the same as the purchase price of the government.
So, the people, who had just finished the summer harvest, went out one after another to look for locusts everywhere.
A pound of dried locusts can only be exchanged for a pound of grain, which is really not much in Li Chao's opinion.
But for many people, catching a locust doesn't need technology and capital, anyway, after the harvest, there is still a little idle, idle is idle, can catch one is one.
When I caught it and took advantage of the good weather, it dried up, and that is money is food.
Moreover, it is possible to catch locusts, the elderly, children, and women.
Dried locusts are more expensive, but fresh ones are cheaper.
However, many people go out to catch it for a long time, and then immediately carry it to Li's house to sell, they don't want to dry it, first, it is too time-consuming, and secondly, they are worried that the locusts will be a good thing to exchange money and food, and it will be gone soon.
Many people always feel that the Li family will give everyone some benefits because of a bumper harvest this year, and they don't believe that locusts really have such value.
"Five catties is a little worse, even if it's five catties.
Do you want food or money?"
On the edge of the drying field, under the big locust tree, the Li family's account room watched the man weigh a villager's locusts and report the number to the villager.
"Exchange money" The villager replied with a smile, this summer has a bumper harvest, and his family has also collected a lot of grain, so there is no shortage of grain, but it is a shortcoming of pocket money.
"Fresh locusts are four pounds a catty, and your five catties can be exchanged for twenty-five Wenzhen Guan Tongbao new money."
"Twenty wen, okay."
The man thinks it's very good, just go out for a morning, although the sun is a little sunny, but the dealer is still afraid of the first morning of the day, and he can actually earn 20 yuan, which is very good.
At the table, there were several large boxes there, which contained boxes full of copper coins, all of which were Huang Cancan's Zhenguan Tongbao, and the newly minted copper coins, all of which were full of new money.
Copper coins minted using new coinage techniques look more beautiful and delicate, and this is a new coin that is difficult to imitate.
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Count twenty and give them to the villager.
The villagers carrying locust bags next to them were all excited.
Locusts can really exchange money.
The copper coin nail bell rang, and the man was satisfied with the money into the small money bag, and shook it a few times, this sound is really good.
Grinning, he left satisfied.
"Next."
The next villager hurriedly came over with his harvest.
And the villager who got the money didn't stop long, and hurried home.
He was going to have a bite to eat, and then in the afternoon he called the whole family together to go hunt for locusts.
Not far away, Li Chao looked at the scene of eliminating the locusts with a smile on his face.
"How about it, do you want to join a share" Li Chao said to Cui Gan, the waiter of the Yellow Gate next to him.
"Raising chickens and ducks with locusts, this is really reliable" Li Chao's in-laws asked.
"Of course, it is reliable, using locust powder, adding grain bran and grass seeds, etc., to make feed for chickens and ducks, and the effect is very good.
It matures faster than normal chickens and ducks and lays more eggs.
Chickens, ducks and eggs are much more cost-effective than buying locusts. ” "You collect locusts, it's really just to raise chickens and ducks" Cui Gan still thinks this thing is very peculiar.
"Of course, it's okay to feed chickens and ducks, but if the locusts are harvested too much, they can be used not only as feed, but also as dry food for disaster relief."
"Disaster relief dry food, brew the powder and drink it as you said" "Of course it's not that simple.
We can take locust meal, sorghum, and grain bran, and add some chicken and duck jerky, all of which are crushed and processed, and finally made into dry food. ” This kind of dry food for disaster relief definitely doesn't taste very good, after all, these are the materials used, and no one usually wants to eat sorghum, as well as feed and bran.
Now Li Chao plans to use locust powder, sorghum, grain bran, chicken and duck jerky, and dried fish to make powder, steam and then press it into a cake, just like a compressed biscuit.
There may also be a little salt added to it.
It won't taste good, but it will be easy to store, and it can be preserved to keep you hungry.
In times of famine, even the bark and grass roots have to be dug up and eaten, and Guanyin soil is eaten, this kind of dry food for disaster relief will also become an excellent food for the victims.
Li Chao didn't think of making money with this kind of compressed disaster relief cake, but this kind of cake saves food, is easy to store and preserve, easy to transport, and resistant to hunger.
In times of famine, it can be transported to the disaster area faster, and it is easier to preserve, which can save more lives of disaster victims.
When the disaster is severe, a piece of such a compressed disaster relief cake may be able to save a life.
"Disaster Relief Cake" Cui Gan was surprised, "Why don't you just let the imperial court do this?"
"Imperial court" Li Chao smiled, after all, the imperial court is not as convenient as a private person, and it is not easy to operate many things.
"Understood, locust cake, used to save the locust plague."
Cui Gan thought it was really a bit magical.
"But to hear you say this, this bread is really useful, after all, it saves food."
Using locust powder and grain bran as the main ingredients, supplemented by sorghum, dried fish powder, chicken and duck dried powder, does not save grain.
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