She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Cheese, as a new ingredient, will require proper culinary methods for acceptance," Ye Xinyan continued, "Moreover, Sixth Master is selling an entirely new food ingredient, so naturally, he should provide a few recipes with the product for customers to experiment with. Once everyone knows how to make cheese, it won’t matter much whether the wife of the heir apparent has more or less."

"You certainly have thought this through." Jinrong couldn’t help but laugh. It seemed like everyone understood this better than him, while he was over here trying to be clever for no reason.

"When do you plan to start using fermented cheese in your small eatery in the county town?" Jinrong asked.

Ye Xinyan shook her head, "Qingyuan County is still too small, it would only lower the price of cheese. The workshop’s production of cheese is already limited, better not to serve it there, but supply it to the capital instead. The key issue is still the insufficient supply of cow’s milk; we need more cow’s milk to produce more cheese."

"This really is a troublesome matter," Jinrong said, "The Dairy Products Store was set up in a rush, without time to purchase dairy cows from distant places in advance. Most of the dairy cows from the nearby counties have already been bought, and to get more will likely require going farther away. I have a batch of dairy cows coming from a few distant counties; they’re on their way here, but that’s all we can have before the year ends. The rest will have to wait until next year for us to organize from even further away."

Jiang Yifan said, "Profit from cattle farming has always been a time-consuming matter; we mustn’t rush it. Initially, when Ye Zi proposed building a cattle farm, it was meant to spread the use of oxen in agriculture, with hopes of seeing some results in two years’ time. On second thought, even two years might not guarantee a profit. Considering a calf’s growth, from birth until it can reproduce, takes at least two and a half years. Having a source of cow’s milk to sell now is already a bonus."

When Jinrong just mentioned buying most of the dairy cows from the nearby counties, it seemed this could potentially disrupt the livestock market of Yuyuan Prefecture. Autumn harvest just ended, so the disadvantages aren’t apparent yet, but if this continues to the spring planting season, and people start scheming around this, it would be difficult to remedy the situation then.

After contemplating, Ye Xinyan said, "Purchasing oxen the way Sixth Master does might indeed disturb the livestock market, hiking up the price of plow cattle. This would not only be a loss for us but also put a strain on the farmers buying the cattle. How about this," Ye Xinyan suggested, "there are seven or eight weaned calves at the cattle farm, and over the next few months, another twenty or so calves will be ready. We can introduce these into the areas where we’re buying the dairy cows to fill the gap in the livestock market."