It's not that he is stingy and doesn't want to take more things, but that he refuses to take away the buckwheat after taking too much.
Seeing at a glance that Li Qiao wanted to catch fish, Village Chief Zhu smiled and said, "Let's go together. I'm just talking to Xiao Li for a few words. It's not a big deal."
During this time, Li Qiao had had more contact with Village Chief Zhu, and their relationship was much closer than when he first went to Zhujia Village to buy land, so Li Qiao agreed at this time.
Several people walked towards the river, and Li Qiao asked Village Chief Zhu why he was looking for him.
"Isn't this because every household in Sanliu Village has made a lot of money, so I came to you specifically to ask you to show me the way."
Village Chief Zhu knew that Li Qiao didn't like nonsense, so he went straight to the point: "Xiao Li, I heard that Zheng, the butcher in your village, made a kind of food called bacon, which tastes very good. But the Zheng family is busy making sausages and has no time to make them. This bacon, so I wanted to ask you if you can let our folks in Zhujia Village make bacon."
"The division is the same as that of the Zheng family, you three and we seven."
"This..." Li Qiao was surprised: "Brother Zhu, it's not that I don't want to teach you how to make bacon. It's because our market in Pingcheng is relatively small and we can't make much money from bacon. In fact, Wangyue Tower has bacon. Shopkeeper Wang got it from Bought from Fucheng."
"I know, I know." Village Chief Zhu nodded immediately: "I went to Wangyue Tower to inquire, and I specially ordered a bacon stir-fried cabbage. The bacon was not delicious, but I heard that the Zheng family's was delicious, so I I couldn’t help but come to you.”
Village Chief Zhu said a little embarrassedly: "I came to you to talk about this during the Chinese New Year. It takes up a lot of your time."
"But this is not only my idea, but also the idea of the entire Zhujia Village. We are afraid that if we run too slowly, this business opportunity will be taken away by others, so I came to disturb you with a face."
If he doesn't run faster, this business opportunity will definitely be taken away. There are too many people staring at Li Qiao now.
Wangyuelou's previous corn business was booming, and the corn dishes were also selling well. Therefore, Wangyuelou consumed all the corn in Sanliu Village years ago.
He ran fast at that time, so now Wangyue Tower uses corn from his village.
There were also sweet potatoes. He was also a fast runner, so after Sanliu Village’s sweet potatoes were consumed, it was their village’s turn.
The sweet potatoes in their village were sold early. When Zhuang Fengshou taught how to make starch, people from their village went to the village on the other side of town to help others make starch.
The Chinese New Year was not far away at that time, and the sweet potatoes were almost out of stock, so someone actually hired people from their village.
Of course, the wages are low.
But earning two or three coppers a day is better than nothing.
After eating corn and sweet potatoes, the people in their village are now always keeping an eye on what's going on in Sanliu Village. No, they soon discovered the bacon business opportunity.
"Brother Zhu, you are being polite when you say this. You didn't bother me. I have nothing else to do today. But you are right, Brother Zhu. The bacon made by Uncle Zheng is indeed delicious."
"Since the villagers in Zhujia Village want to do the bacon business, let's do it. Raise pigs first, then the pork can be made into bacon, and the pig intestines can be sold to Uncle Zheng."
Shopkeeper Zhao still has a monopoly on the county's pig intestines. Relying on this monopoly and a lot of trials, Zuixianju's grilled sausages no longer resemble dumpling fillings.
Of course, the taste is still different from Wangyuelou's, so Wangyuelou's sausage business will not be affected.
But Butcher Zheng couldn't buy enough pig intestines to produce enough sausages every day, so he could only make pork meatballs.
Making pork meatballs is too tiring, so it is better to make grilled sausages to save effort.
Moreover, the Zheng family did not plant many sweet potatoes this year. In order to run their own business, the Zheng family did not work in the sweet potato workshop.
Therefore, this winter, the Zheng family did not earn much money.
Now that Zhujiacun wants to raise pigs, let’s do it.
In this case, not only the people in Zhujiacun can make money, but the Zheng family can also benefit.
Of course, his share is indispensable.
After hearing Li Qiao's words, Village Chief Zhu was very happy and responded loudly.
Very good!
However, he touched his head and said with some embarrassment: "Xiao Li, the duck offal you braised is quite delicious. How about our village also raise some ducks?"
He went to Li Qiao's house before and saw Li Qiao eating braised duck offal. Li Qiao served him a bowl. It was so delicious that he still can't forget the taste!
"...Brother Zhu, after you raise pigs, how can you have the energy to raise ducks?"
Li Qiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Village Chief Zhu worked really hard to get rich.
"Raise a few at random, but not too many. The folks in Sanliu Village are making big money under your leadership, and we in Zhujia Village are following behind to make a small amount of money. The little things add up to a lot."
Village Chief Zhu explained with a smile.
A few cents is money.
For farmers, there are really too few ways to make money. During busy farming periods, they have no time, and during slack farming periods, they don’t know where to find work.
Now that Li Qiao is a money tree, their village must hold on tight.
"Brother Zhu is right. Since you want to raise them, let's raise them. Whether they are ducks or duck eggs, you can sell them to me when the time comes."
Li Qiao looked at Village Chief Zhu's simple yet somewhat flattering smile and nodded.
He is a village chief, and he is much older than him. He has been trying to please him, a young man who is still a commoner, for the sake of the people in the village. He cannot refuse such a good village chief.
After receiving Li Qiao's correct words, Village Chief Zhu was extremely happy. As a pig and duck farmer, the living conditions of his village will be able to improve to a higher level next year!
After the business was done, he didn't bother Li Qiao much. However, before leaving, he mentioned the ten acres of special land in their village.
With Li Qiao's current financial resources, he should be able to buy it.
Buy it now and you can plant crops after the ground thaws.
Li Qiao agreed, as he had this intention, this twelfth lunar month vermicelli suddenly exerted its force and brought him a lot of small money. Now the money in his hand can indeed buy the ten acres of land.
According to his plan, when the county government starts construction after the new year, he will buy land.
After seeing off Village Chief Zhu, Li Qiao, Tao Zhu, Li Yuning and Li Yuan quickly caught a basket full of fish.
It is slaughtered directly by the river, and you can make fish balls directly after returning home.
So, at noon that day, the Li family had delicious hot pot.
Everyone praised it, it tasted so good.
In the afternoon, Li Liang and his family came.
Today, Li Liang and his family went to Dahe Village to visit relatives. They were warmly welcomed by the villagers of Dahe Village.
Moreover, during lunch, the village chief of Dahe Village went to the Wang family to accompany him. This made Li Liang proud. He was all relying on Xiaoqiao!
"Xiaoqiao, Dashan saw a stewed duck at the dinner table, and said that the best way to eat duck is to braise it. So the topic turned to the duck neck and duck intestines you made, Dashan's uncle thought Raising ducks, you specifically asked me to come over and ask you if this is possible."
"ah?"
Li Qiao was stunned for a moment. Do so many people want to raise ducks?
"How many does he plan to raise?"
"It depends on you. The ducks he raises will definitely be sold to you."
"Don't raise too many pigs. If you get sick, you will lose your life. You can raise pigs by the way, but don't raise too many pigs."
Li Qiao thought for a while and said this.
The so-called wealthy family does not count those with fur. Breeding was risky in his previous life, let alone in ancient times when medicines were insufficient and transportation was underdeveloped.
He does not recommend farmers to engage in large-scale breeding.
However, it is still okay for each household to raise a few pigs and twenty or thirty chickens and ducks.
If all the nearby villages raised this number, it would be able to support his duck business and also allow the Zheng family's business to grow.
As for the farmers themselves, they can also make a little money through these.
His personal abilities are limited, and he cannot be like Fan Tiao, allowing the surrounding villages to earn dozens of taels of silver at once.
As Village Chief Zhu said, a little adds up to a lot.
After Li Liang learned what Li Qiao said, he went to Dahe Village the next day and told Li Qiao's original words to Li Dashan's uncle.
Of course, there is also the village chief of Dahe Village.
Although the village chief of Dahe Village didn't say it clearly yesterday, judging from his expression, he wanted to raise ducks if he could make money.
When Li Liang went to Dahe Village, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu went to the county seat.
Today was cloudy and there was a slight breeze, so the two of them wrapped their bodies tightly like last time.
The two of them went to the county town for nothing serious, mainly for fun.
By the way, buy some books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones.
The two of them planned to go to the county town again before the year before, but it turned out that they were too busy before the year and couldn't leave, so today was just a make-up.
The county town is very lively.
Busier than in previous years.
Because this year there are more vendors and people coming from Fucheng and surrounding counties.
Vendors have always had a keen sense of smell. Now that Pingcheng has a lot more fresh food, vendors come here.
Many traders want to bypass Wangyue Tower and go to Sanliu Village to get their goods.
But Li Qiao wanted to study and could not see these people at all. In addition, he and shopkeeper Wang always cooperated happily, so these traders had no choice but to come back to shopkeeper Wang.
As for those guests who come from out of town, Pingcheng's vermicelli and dim sum are now somewhat famous, and many people come here because of their reputation.
Therefore, this New Year King shopkeeper is both sad and happy.
What hurts is being too busy.
Happiness is making too much money.
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu went to Wangyue Tower.
In order to make it easier for people in other towns to sell starch, Li Qiao had previously asked shopkeeper Wang to take charge of this matter.
Shopkeeper Wang rented a yard in the county town specifically for storing starch.
Sanliu Village needed starch, so they went to the county town to buy goods.
After the Chinese New Year, there were very few households that still had sweet potatoes, and things became more expensive when they were scarce, so the price of starch increased.
In the past, Sanliu Village purchased starch at a price of fifteen cents per catty. Now some villages want to sell starch at a price of eighteen cents or even twenty cents. Shopkeeper Wang hopes that he can go to the county town to have a look.
Let him see what's the use.
He wanted to make more money, and Sanliu Village needed starch, so he came here today just to spread the word.
