To get rich quickly, you need to be simple and rough

Chapter 195 It’s Not Easy to Be the Richest Man in Ming Dynasty 7

The men of the Shen family started to move, doing whatever they could. Not to mention that they had been influenced by Shen Fu for many years, and they had actually learned something.

Since the Shen family wanted to pass on their legacy through farming and studying, they had to work hard on the land. A group of business-minded young men really put a lot of thought into it. Each branch pooled their money to expand the pig farming business.

Raising a small number of pigs won't make money; it needs to be scaled up to be profitable. The main issue is that the current breeds of pigs are too small. Therefore, it's necessary to introduce superior breeds.

Shen Wang, the young master who had been doing business with Shen Fu for years, had seen the world. The Taihu Lake area was home to a variety of black pigs, which grew to 300 to 400 kilograms. Their meat was delicate and delicious, making them excellent breeding pigs.

Shen Wang was no longer depressed. After being beaten by his father, he realized that the nepotism route was unreliable! The girls of the Shen family would calculate that it would be useless to serve men and add fragrance to their clothes!

Don't flatter the horse when you can't flatter him, that would be a disaster! It's better to think of other tricks. After all, if she is your own daughter and calls you dad, you can't let her suffer the consequences.

If you want to change your family's fortune, you have to be well fed first. Businessmen are the group with the greatest sense of crisis in the world. Anyone who knows how to calculate can figure out the horror of living beyond their means.

If I fall forward and can't stand up again, I'm really finished! Shen Fu took the dozen or so pieces of jewelry collected from various families and went to the silver shop in Suzhou.

Shen Wang is unworthy of being the son of Shen Fu. He doesn't sell things to pawnshops. Pawnshops will definitely give you a huge discount on hard currency such as gold and silver such as jewelry.

It’s different with jewelry shops, as they recycle raw materials like gold, silver and gemstones, and the prices they offer are higher.

More than ten pieces of jewelry were sold for 1,300 taels of silver. Shen Wang, along with two servants, found a caravan of the escort agency and went to Jiaxing.

Here, Shen Fu was not idle either. He took out thirty taels of silver and built three pig pens. The old man smacked his lips and said, "It doesn't matter if you own thousands of acres of hairy land. Raising livestock is a high-risk industry. At least don't put all your eggs in one basket!"

If there's an epidemic, there'll be some left for us. Boss, you have to keep an eye on the workers. We pay them well, so you have to build a solid pigsty for us."

The men of the Shen family took off their long gowns, which they used to be proud of, and changed into home-woven coarse cloth clothes that were suitable for work and resistant to dirt.

The clothes were all made by the women in her own backyard. They no longer had the elaborate patterns of the past, but they were cleaner and had fewer patches than those of the villagers.

All the uneducated members of the family joined in the work. The women in the backyard were responsible for preparing the food, while the host was responsible for providing meals for the others who came to work.

There is nothing special about it. Just pick some fresh and tender spinach from the field, sauté the chopped green onions until the spinach is soft, add plenty of water, add a handful of salt and a few eggs, and the dish is ready.

A bowl of pickled radish and a few drops of sesame oil would be a nice touch. The men working there would hold large earthenware bowls filled with brown rice, which they ate with the pickles and spinach soup, making it incredibly delicious.

There are always people saying that this kind of person is rich but unkind, but in fact, this is just following the crowd. Other people's meals only include pickles, so I am not being too outstanding by adding a few drops of sesame oil to my pickles.

Others couldn't say anything either, they could only say that the boss was kind and open-minded. Others provided brown rice for meals, but if you provided white rice or meat, you would be famous.

People from all over the place will blame this company for showing off and driving up the cost of hiring. From now on, people will look at you like a fool.

In ancient times, productivity was extremely low, and farmers only had two meals a day. If they didn't do any particularly strenuous work, they would just eat porridge. Only during the particularly strenuous work of spring planting and autumn harvest would they eat dry rice.

Anyone who sees the Shen family's food will have to praise its decency. The spinach soup has some meat and a layer of oil floating on it. It is a first-class meal.

Shen Yujin is now spending his days in the clan school, enjoying himself studying all sorts of things every day and keeping an eye on the other children of the Shen family. Whether the Shen family can achieve a class leap depends entirely on this wave of operations.

The children in the Shen family school now live a life like hell, getting up at five o'clock every morning for morning reading. Shen Yujin is now the lackey of the old scholar.

Every morning, I would hold a bamboo stick with my hands behind my back to supervise these little kids as they studied.

Anyone who dared to whisper would be spanked with a bamboo stick, and the little kids' eyes would all turn red.

The eldest brother is even more powerful than the teacher. If I dare to argue with him and my parents find out when I get home, I will get a mixed doubles beating.

Shen Yujin knew that carrots needed to be used alongside sticks to be effective. Every day, the family's meals at the clan school were the best they could be, ensuring two meat dishes were served daily.

When several cows in the family gave birth to calves, Shen Yujin asked someone to milk them a bucket of milk every day, boil it, and give it to the children to drink.

Those who learn quickly and understand things thoroughly will be rewarded by Shen Yujin. Various snacks that children like are always available. Those who perform well will be rewarded, and those who study poorly will be punished immediately.

Shen Yujin was practicing muscle memory; everything was a matter of forming habits. Learning was all about having the chops; how many people were born with the talent for writing?

All of this was earned through ten years of hard study for the imperial examinations. Shen Yujin wanted to follow the imperial examination route, not relying on other Shen families to produce a few scholars and juren, which would truly transform the family.

As long as there is a way, merchants are the group that most want to upgrade their status. Shen Yujin is waiting for an opportunity. Zhu Yuanzhang is still alive and well. As long as this domineering emperor is gone, the Shen family will also settle down for many years.

The day when the new emperor holds the imperial examination is the day when the Shen family shines. Shen Yujin brainwashes these children every day, which is the same brainwashing routine as in later generations.

These children must have a promising future, otherwise the revival of the entire Shen family will fall on Shen Yujin, which is really too much for him to handle.

Why do I have to work myself to death studying eight-legged essays every day, while you guys just stand on the shore and watch me laugh at you? It’s better to share the joy with others than to enjoy it alone. Come together and don’t run away.

The Shen family's pigpen was finally completed. Before everyone could rest, the autumn harvest began and the Shen family, as the host, had to start collecting rent.

The Shen family's 1,283 acres of land are all excellent paddy fields, and are now being farmed by tenant farmers. They collect 40% rent per acre. One acre can produce 400 kilograms of grain.

A long table was placed at the entrance of the Shen family's house, and Shen Fuqin automatically calculated: "Lin Ermao, your family rented five mu of land this year and harvested 2,200 kilograms of rice.

The rent is 880 kilograms. Steward, take the rice to the old man's house to be weighed, and give Lao Lin a bag of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes that he just made today."

This year was a good year, and Zhu Yuanzhang was really good to the peasants, with no excessive taxation or extortion. At least the peasants could breathe a sigh of relief.

After collecting the grain, the family set aside enough for food and drink and the head tax. First, they wanted to make ends meet. After all, the Jiangnan region could grow two crops a year.

As long as people are diligent and don't encounter any natural disasters or man-made disasters, life will be bearable!