It’s mid-September, and the autumn harvest is just around the corner.
At this time, there are golden crops everywhere in Juntun. When the autumn wind blows, there are golden waves everywhere, which is extremely beautiful.
Chen Xun stood in the field, looking at the large tracts of mature crops, and shed tears involuntarily.
Under the leadership of Liu Yan, Dapanbao achieved great achievements in only half a year. Such gains were something that Chen Xun could not have imagined last year. Although this year's harvest may not be enough for the military households in the fort next year, every household has finally gained something and has a head start in the future. This is called hope!
Since it was the busy farming season, every household was busy harvesting, so Chen Xun also began to lead his team to live in the military camp day and night, harvesting crops with the young and strong military households in the military camp.
In order to speed up the harvesting of crops, Liu Yan asked the Wang Bo team to live in the military camp and harvest the crops together.
Although Dapanbao is not very short of manpower now, this is only when the affairs of Dapanbao are no longer expanding.
Liu Yan already has a plan to expand his troops, and the construction of Dapanbao must be completely completed before the cold winter comes. These require a lot of manpower, so the harvest time of the military camp must be seized quickly, so that before the cold winter comes, the army and the army can be expanded. All the work of building the fort was completed.
But after being so busy for a few days, the high-intensity work not only exhausted all the military households, but also several military households accidentally injured their hands and feet while working.
Although it was already late autumn at this time, the temperature in the Dapanbao area was still very high. The military households were worried about the harvest, so they just treated their wounds a little and then returned to the military camp to get busy. They did not care about these things. Keep the trauma in mind.
As a result, within two days, all the wounds of the military households became inflamed, and one of them still had a high fever.
Liu Yan hurried over after hearing the news. After checking for himself, he saw that the wounds of several people were oozing pus. The situation was not optimistic. Liu Yan knew that there was a shortage of doctors and medicines in Dapanbao at this time, and the only local medicines could not effectively reduce inflammation, so he ordered people to drive bullock carts and sent several people to Wangjiazhuang to seek treatment from doctors that day. The consultation fees are all paid by yourself.
The family members of the military households gathered around Liu Yan and thanked him profusely, and then hurriedly followed him to Wangjiazhuang.
"It seems that Dapanbao will also be equipped with some doctors. If I have time, I will go to Wangjiazhuang and ask for help from the team leader Wang Wenzhen. If we encounter a larger-scale war in the future and there are no qualified doctors to accompany the army, for the army It will be a disaster for the wounded!"
Liu Yan was thinking in his mind, and then thought of alcohol, which is a good antibacterial and anti-inflammatory medicine and a necessary material on the battlefield.
In fact, Liu Yan had the idea of making wine as early as when he was making money by making soap. Not only could he make money by making wine, but he could also produce medical alcohol, which was the best of both worlds.
But at that time, Liu Yan focused all his energy on making soap, and then began to farm fields and build forts. During this period, Liu Dayu, Liu Qunyi, and Shen Wenyun came with their troops to cause trouble. In addition, Liu Yan concentrated his efforts on opening up salt drying fields some time ago, and then sent troops to encircle and suppress the pirates. These things happened one after another, and Liu Yan couldn't spare any time. I put aside the brewing business for the time being.
Nowadays, things inside and outside Dapanbao are on the right track. Although it is not prosperous yet, it is still thriving. Liu Yan no longer needs to keep an eye on some things. There are Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Six small flag officials, Wang Bo and Zhang Yi, were in charge of one stall, so Liu Yan thought of putting winemaking on the agenda.
So early the next morning, Liu Yan fetched a war horse from the Ye Bu Shu team and rode alone to Wangjiazhuang.
After arriving at Wangjiazhuang, Liu Yan did not go to the Hundred Households Hall. Instead, he went to the medical clinic on Wangjiazhuang first, visited the injured military households in the forts, and left some scraps of silver for a few people. You can recuperate here with peace of mind, and return to the castle after your injury is healed. Several people and their families are grateful. Shangguan like Liu Yan is really rare in the world. The two women even hugged Liu Yan's thigh and howled. He cried loudly, which made Liu Yan embarrassed.
After coming out of the hospital, Liu Yan rode his horse to Wanfu Oil Shop.
Liu Yan tied the reins at the hitching post outside, and then walked into the Wanfu Oil Mill. Wang Jing, who was busy in the oil mill at this time, saw Liu Yan's visit. He suddenly smiled and put down what he was doing and pulled Liu Yan in. At the same time, Wang Jing did not forget to turn around and said loudly: "Someone, come and take good care of General Liu Qi's horse."
The two of them entered the backyard and sat down directly in the main room. A servant came over to serve tea.
"Haha, Mr. Liu has been really busy lately. I haven't seen Mr. Liu for more than a month. I miss him so much. I miss him so much!"
"I have also heard that the fort wall of Dapanbao is almost completed. It is already a Datunbao no less than Wangjiazhuang. It is really amazing."
Liu Yan smiled and humbled himself, and then said, "I haven't been here for a few days. How are you doing, shopkeeper Wang?"
"Okay, everything is fine!"
Since getting the soybean oil order from Dapanbao, Wanfu Oil Shop can be said to have found a big, stable and wealthy customer. In a few months, it has made as much money as in the past few years.
After getting the money, Wang Jing expanded the Wanfu Oil Shop last month and hired a few more clerks. Now the Wanfu Oil Shop is the largest oil shop in Wangjiazhuang. Even Mr. Xu’s two oil shops are doing business. After a sharp decline, the business, which was not very good in the first place, was even worse than before.
With that said, Wang Yunhe heard the commotion here and hurried over. When he saw Liu Yan who was talking and laughing with Wang Jing, he smiled with a red face, entered the room and greeted: "It turns out that Mr. Liu is here. , the little girl is polite."
Liu Yan saw Wang Yunhe coming, stood up and said with a smile: "Miss Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time, you are really more and more radiant."
As soon as these words came out, Wang Jing was slightly stunned, then coughed dryly and lowered his head to drink tea.
Wang Yunhe was stunned for a moment, then turned around and walked out with a flushed face.
Liu Yan was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then he understood. What he said will mean nothing to future generations, it is just a joke. But in this era, a joke is like teasing. No wonder Wang Yunhe turned around and ran away in shame.
Then Liu Yan looked at Wang Jing, wanting to explain, but saw Wang Jing looking at him with a meaningful smile, and then said: "Mr. Liu, sit down, let's talk about our business, don't worry about that girl. "
Liu Yan smiled awkwardly, and then said: "Shopkeeper Wang, is there any movement in the Xu family during this time?"
Wang Jing shook his head and said: "That's not true. Now the business of the Xu family's oil shop is not going well. I was worried that the Xu family would come here to cause trouble. After all, it was the trumpet who robbed the Xu family's business. But I am also strange. That old Mrs. Xu There was no movement at all, just letting the business of my oil shop go from bad to worse, and ignoring the trumpet side."
Liu Yan also pondered after hearing this: "This is strange!"
Then Wang Jing remembered something and said, "By the way, I heard that the Xu family is purchasing sorghum on a large scale during this time."
"What?"
Liu Yan was a little surprised. Could it be that Mrs. Xu wanted to start a wine-making business just like him?
Wang Jing looked at Liu Yan's surprised look and asked, "Mr. Liu, what's going on?"
Liu Yan said: "To be honest, I came to visit today just to ask about sorghum."
"So Mr. Liu also wants to buy sorghum?"
Liu Yan nodded and said, "I do have this idea. Shopkeeper Wang has been doing business in Wangjiazhuang for a long time. I originally thought that shopkeeper Wang might know some sorghum prices and wanted to come over and ask for advice. But I didn't expect that the Xu family also has this idea."
Wang Jing snorted, and then said: "I just heard that Mr. Xu bought sorghum on a large scale because there were businessmen from other places who wanted to buy it in bulk."
Liu Yan frowned slightly and said to himself: "Is there a businessman from other places purchasing sorghum in large quantities? I haven't heard of it!"
"I don't know where this merchant came from. Does Shopkeeper Wang know his name?"
Wang Jing looked deep in thought, and then said uncertainly: "I really don't know where that merchant came from, but it seems that the foreign merchant's surname is Sun. His name is Sun Qian? Yes, his name is Sun Qian!"
"Sun Qian!"
Liu Yan stood up suddenly, his face became solemn, and said to himself: "It shouldn't be the same name, but isn't Sun Qian a private salt dealer? Why is he dumping sorghum again?"
At this time, Liu Yan had no intention of talking to Wang Jing anymore, so he was about to say goodbye and go back. He had to ask Wang Yue if he had bothered to find Sun Qian during this period.
Ever since Liu Yan disgraced Mr. Xu at Wanfu Oil Factory and forced Liu Dayu away, he knew that he had already formed a quarrel with Mr. Xu. But what surprised Liu Yan was that Mrs. Xu had never made any big moves during this period. Except for Liu Dayu coming to make trouble and begging for military households, he had never come to cause trouble.
But there was always a tension in Liu Yan's heart. Neither Mrs. Xu nor Liu Dayu were good people. If they didn't come to cause trouble, it not only meant that they wouldn't cause trouble.
Now we know from the news obtained from Wang Jing that Mrs. Xu seems to be involved with Sun Qian, a private salt dealer. Sun Qian also hates Liu Yan because of the right to sell sea salt, so Liu Yan suddenly became vigilant. , it is expected that Mrs. Xu, Liu Dayu and Sun Qian must be planning something.
Liu Yan was about to clasp his fists to say goodbye, but saw Wang Yunhe come in with a blushing face. Liu Yan hurriedly apologized and said with a smile, clasping his fists: "Miss Wang, don't blame me, I'm not very good at talking, and I offended Miss Wang."
Wang Yunhe raised his eyebrows, and then said with a smile: "Oh? Since Mr. Liu sincerely apologizes, how about you promise me something?"
When Wang Jing saw this, he made a show of saying, "How can you, a girl, talk to Mr. Liu like that?"
Liu Yan waved his hand with a smile and said: "It's not in the way, it's not in the way. Don't worry, Miss Wang, don't say one thing, ten things are fine."
Wang Yunhe smiled and said: "I have heard about the big water tanker in Dapanbao a long time ago. When I went to Dapanbao before, I didn't bother to go and see it. Mr. Liu, tell me about that big water tanker. It was so bad that it spread all over Wangjiazhuang."
Although Liu Yan summoned him back at this time, Liu Yan couldn't get anxious when facing Wang Yunhe. Under Wang Jing's greeting, he sat opposite Wang Yunhe and talked about the details of the big waterwheel in detail. Wang Yunhe was like a The little girl who was listening to the story stared at Liu Yan in trance.
After a while, Liu Yan had almost finished what he said, but seeing that Wang Yunhe was still obsessed with it, he smiled and said: "Since Miss Wang is so interested in the big waterwheel, I don't think it's better to do this. When shopkeeper Wang is free one day, you guys Father and daughter are visiting Dapanbao together. I will take you two to see the big waterwheel, and let me show my loyalty as a landlord."
Wang Jing laughed loudly when he heard this, then clapped his hands and said: "Okay, since General Liu Qi kindly invited me, if I have time another day, I will definitely take my daughter to Dapanbao to harass General Liu Qi and take a look at the famous flood in Wangjiazhuang. car."
Wang Yunhe laughed and ran out three times in one step.
