To inspect this farm!
In fact, under normal circumstances, He Shen would not be interested at all. However, when it came to profit, He Shen was immediately interested.
A monthly profit of tens of thousands of taels of silver.
How high was the profit?
This was only the first month. What if the scale expanded in a few more months?
He Shen couldn't help but secretly suck in a breath of cold air. He was almost certain that these chickens and ducks would definitely make a huge profit. Compared to the price in the capital, it was half the price. This market impact was absolutely unimaginable.
Not to mention other things, these princes and ministers could not have chicken and ducks for every meal.
It was expensive. This was a problem.
Another problem was that sometimes, even if you wanted to buy it, you couldn't. It was already good enough to eat it once every ten days to half a month.
Without a large-scale farm, relying on the small-scale peasant economy, they could only be self-sufficient.
Even for He Shen himself, his life could be said to be extremely extravagant, but it was also very difficult to have meat for every meal. Only one person could do it.
Qianlong!
As for the commoners, it was even worse.
In times of peace and prosperity, the common people could barely make a living by eating grains and grains without suffering from the pain of war. in war, human lives are as cheap as dogs.
These refugees were living in peace and prosperity, so what now? They were still begging for a bowl of Guanyin clay.
Liu Hao was engaged in large-scale breeding. The first thing he needed to guard against was the theft of these refugees. However, collective breeding had such an advantage. Only a few people were needed to take care of a large number of chickens and ducks.
He Shen couldn't help but start calculating.
If it was really as Liu Hao said, then this was simply a huge profit.
The next day, He Shen left court and followed Liu Hao to drive the carriage to the farm. He Shen was now the only powerful official in the Qing Dynasty.
Naturally, there would be people protecting him.
Tong County was still quite a distance from the capital, but He Shen didn't care much about it. What he was most concerned about was whether there really were so many chickens and ducks.
Was it really profitable?
Tong County!
A strong smell of sweat immediately made He Shen frown. Looking around, he saw a simple shed that emitted a nauseating smell.
He Shen couldn't help but frown. In the past, if the imperial court had a disaster, he would also represent the imperial court to provide disaster relief.
However, at that time, wherever he went, he would usually be in the government.
The disaster victims he saw were only in tattered clothes. Occasionally, he would see officials opening porridge stalls to help the disaster victims.
However, the current situation made He Shen frown.
The lives of these commoners seemed to be as he had imagined.
The shabby shack looked like it had been built randomly. He Shen even suspected that if it rained here, this shabby shack would not be able to shelter from the wind and rain.
However…
The shacks here were unexpectedly neat. There was even a public toilet that was divided into men and women.
However, even so, the environment was still very harsh. He Shen couldn't help but frown when he saw this. He didn't dare to imagine living in this place. It even made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"Lord He!" "What's wrong?" Liu Hao asked.”
"This place!" He Shen forced a smile and slowly said,"It seems different from what I imagined!”
Liu Hao smiled and slowly said,"Lord He, for these refugees, it's already a great gift for them to have such a place to settle down!”
Then, Liu Hao suddenly said loudly,""Everyone, this is Lord He. It was this Lord He who took the initiative to mention to the Emperor that the refugees in the capital were not clothed or fed. This Lord He specially allocated funds for this official to find a place for you to settle down.”
The surrounding refugees were already quite familiar with Liu Hao. During this month, Liu Hao ate and lived with these refugees every day and even arranged their lives.
At this moment, when they heard Liu Hao's voice, the group of refugees immediately knelt in front of He Shen.
"Thank you, Lord He!“
"Thank you, Lord He!"
"Lord He, if you hadn't sent Lord Liu to us, we wouldn't know what kind of life we would be living now!”
"Lord He, our entire family fled from famine. If it wasn't for Lord Liu arranging for us to settle down, our entire family would have died of illness!”
"He Daren…"
He Shen's entire body shook, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
To be honest, He Shen had seen similar scenes before. He was just putting on a show. However, what he saw at that time was very different from what he saw now.
All the people he saw before were the so-called disaster victims. They were nothing more than smearing some dust on their faces.
Now, the disaster victims he saw were really dressed in rags. They didn't even have their own clothes to wear. It could be said that they were extremely miserable.
The emotions they displayed were all real.
At this moment, He Shen felt ashamed.
The Ministry of Revenue allocated one million taels of silver, and he took out at most 100,000 taels to do things. The rest was all embezzled by him and Qianlong.
If he could take out more silver, could he do more things?
Thinking of this, He Shen felt a sense of shame.
In a trance, He Shen seemed to recall the ideals of his youth. He had also investigated Li Shiyao. Had his initial heart changed?
For a moment, the smell here did not seem so strong.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, He Shen didn't say anything. He just sighed silently.
It turned out that he had never known what kind of life these refugees led.
"Alright, disperse. Today, Lord He is here to inspect our breeding farm. In the future, the sales of our chickens and ducks will all depend on Lord He. Don't disturb Lord He.”Liu Hao said indifferently.
Only then did these refugees disperse. Clearly, Liu Hao still held a rather high position in the hearts of these people.
"Lord He!" Liu Hao's voice brought He Shen back to his senses.
He Shen turned around to look at Liu Hao and slowly said,"What's wrong?“
"Lord He, why don't you come with me to take a look at the chicken coop and duck coop here?”"These chickens and ducks are growing very fast. They're about to be released from the cage!" Liu Hao said with a smile.”
He Shen nodded slightly,"Alright!"”
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