Hearing this, Song An's eyes suddenly lit up.
Without saying a word, he thrust the pheasant into the hands of a government official.
"Boss Chang, really?"
"How dare I not pay attention to what brother Xu told me? From now on, the iron and stone management rights of the five villages near Xujia Village belong to you. Of course, the total cannot exceed one thousand kilograms!" Chang Wei smiled and said from He took out a two-finger-wide token from his pocket, with a vigorous iron character engraved on it.
The Song Dynasty established the country by force, and iron was a controlled product. It was illegal to operate it privately without the permission of the government. If you were caught, you would go to jail.
For two years, Xu Ying has been thinking about ways to make money. The ideas in his mind are not suitable for him now. However, he found that the iron products in this world are rough, soft, full of impurities, and the smelting process is even more backward.
Only when the government craftsmen visited did they master some rudimentary steel-making methods.
Therefore, operating ironware and refining refined steel was the first step for Xu Ying to become rich.
If you want to take this first step, you must obtain the management rights of Tieshi.
After grinding Chang Wei for a year, plus the five acres of fertile land rewarded by his father's military exploits, he finally got it.
Even though it was only five acres of fertile land, in this era, one acre of fertile land was only worth about eight taels of silver. Five acres of fertile land was worth almost forty taels of silver. Coupled with Xu Ying's father's military exploits, he was able to exchange for the iron and stone management rights.
"I have to report to the county magistrate, so I won't stay any longer. We are newlyweds. Brother Xu, enjoy yourself!" Chang Wei said with a smile, and then led the others away.
"Monitor Chang, walk slowly!"
After seeing Chang Wei off, Xu Ying played with the token in his hand with joy on his face, as if he had forgotten Zhang Yunzhi who was still standing next to him.
Cong Ke Zhang Yunzhi was dumbfounded. She never thought that her cheap husband could actually get the right to manage Iron and Stone. This was a fat job, and many people couldn't get it even if they wanted to.
"Xu Ying, do you still know about coming back?"
At this moment, Xu Maocheng came over, his face filled with anger, obviously still angry about Xu Ying's disappearance.
Seeing his third uncle, Xu Ying was stunned. How could he have forgotten this? He turned around and ran away as soon as he stuck out his tongue, but after taking two steps, he remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something.
"Run!"
Xu Ying grabbed Zhang Yunzhi's hand and ran towards his wooden house. Now was not the time to break up with Xu Maocheng. Zhang Yunzhi's hands were small, but the feeling of getting them was not good. Obviously, he often worked at home and was full of Got calluses.
But Xu Ying didn't mind either, as his hands weren't much better.
Zhang Yunzhi had never been touched by a man. Even though he was being held by his husband, he still felt extremely shy. The red glow that had just faded once again covered his cheeks.
"Little bastard, don't let me catch you!"
Xu Maocheng was older and naturally couldn't catch up with Xu Ying. He cursed for a while and then walked away.
Although he didn't like Zhang Yunzhi, the deal was already done and the marriage contract was done, so there was nothing he could do.
Two hours later, Xu Ying and Zhang Yunzhi were sitting at the dinner table. There was no grand banquet, and there was no crowd of guests. Everything was kept simple, because the pheasant they had caught before was given to Chang Wei. The meal was very simple, with a plate of pickles and a bowl of chicken. Xu Ying plated vegetables grown by himself and a large bowl of rice porridge.
"Um... I'm sorry. I originally shot a pheasant to celebrate, but the situation was urgent..." Song An said helplessly, Xu Ying was a little embarrassed to let people eat such things on a day like their wedding.
"No, no, no, it's already very good. I haven't eaten rice porridge for a long time..." Zhang Yunzhi said hurriedly. I don't know if he was afraid of being thought to have eaten too much. He only dared to eat the rice porridge in small bites and the vegetables on the table. Not moving at all.
Fighting every year, the economy is depressed, and the men who are the main labor force are on the battlefield. The food production of ordinary people like Zhang Yunzhi has been reduced by at least 30%, but the taxes have not been reduced at all. They come and go, and they can eat enough. It is already a luxury.
On weekdays, Zhang Yunzhi's family eats more whole grains such as black steamed buns and corn rice. Some rice is paid in taxes or converted into money to subsidize the family.
Seeing Zhang Yunzhi being so cautious, Xu Ying couldn't help but feel distressed, and secretly cursed again in his heart: how could people live like this in this shitty world.
"I'm full..." Zhang Yunzhi drank up a bowl of rice porridge, not even a grain of rice left on the wall of the bowl. He was about to say that he was full, but he didn't want to be interrupted by Xu Ying.
"Eat, there are not so many rules here in my place. As you saw today, I got the right to manage Tieshi. Our family will not be short of food in the future. When I am free one day, I will go up the mountain to hunt some hares and pheasants to satisfy your craving. !" Unable to resist Zhang Yunzhi's refusal, Xu Ying once again added a large bowl of rice porridge to Zhang Yunzhi's bowl, and then scooped most of the plate of vegetables into his bowl, speaking very domineeringly.
Zhang Yunzhi was at a loss after being teased like this by Xu Ying, and moisture suddenly appeared in her beautiful eyes. No one had ever been kind to her before.
Seeing that Zhang Yunzhi was about to cry, Xu Ying was a little at a loss, but he didn't know how to persuade her. Quan pretended not to notice and silently lowered his head to cook, and the dining table returned to silence again.
"I'm going to wash the dishes!"
I don't know how long it took, but at Zhang Yunzhi's request to wash the dishes, the calm was finally broken.
Xu Ying didn't refuse and let Zhang Yunzhi deal with it. Only then did Xu Ying take a closer look at his cheap wife.
She has a slender and well-proportioned figure, a slim waist, skin like mutton-fat white jade, and exquisite eyes with hidden glances. Xu Ying could not understand how such a thin woman could be so majestic.
I don't know if it was because Xu Ying was staring at him shyly, but Zhang Yunzhi's face suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly left with the bowls and chopsticks in hand.
The flowers are waiting to be harvested, but Xu Ying is not in a hurry. Maybe letting them grow longer will make them even more proud?
Shaking his head, Xu Ying did not continue to stare at Zhang Yuzhi, but came to a thatched cottage outside the wooden house. This was Xu Ying's two years of preparation, a preparation for a blacksmithing workshop.
Before there was no right to operate the iron and stone business, Xu Ying could only do some preparation work and prepare all the tools for blacksmithing and iron-making. Now that the right to operate the iron and stone business was obtained, all he had to do was get a batch of crude iron to start the business.
Xu Ying inquired and found out that a pound of iron costs almost forty cents, and one tael of silver can only be exchanged for a thousand cents. In other words, one tael of silver can only buy a maximum of twenty kilograms of rough iron. Now Xu Ying has it in his hands. With only five taels of silver left, he could only buy one hundred twenty or thirty kilograms of crude iron at most, which was far from Song An's estimate.
This five pieces of silver was the salary sent back by his father.
"It seems that we can only take a gamble!"
By this time, it was getting dark, and Song An returned to the room.
He has not forgotten that today is his wedding day, and according to the rules, it is a wedding night.
After Zhang Yunzhi washed the dishes, Xu Ying didn't come in for a long time, so he had to sit by the bed and wait, feeling a little excited and scared about what was going to happen next.
Xu Ying touched his chin. Although he usually bragged with Xu Lang, at the critical moment, he felt a little embarrassed.
"Xu Ying, can you do it?"
