Feeling the comfortable warmth on Tao Zhu's body, he closed his eyes.
If you can't afford it, you have to worry about the transportation of vermicelli. If you can't afford it, don't worry!
Moreover, this kind of weather is the most suitable for lying under the quilt with your lover, and he doesn't want to think about it.
"Then let's lie down for a while." Tao Zhu patted him and adjusted the position of his shoulders to make him more comfortable.
"Brother Zhu is so kind. Li Qiao can't live without Tao Zhu, just like people can't live without food~" Li Qiao couldn't help but rub Tao Zhu's neck.
Itching, Tao Zhu couldn't help laughing: "Speaking of food, what should we eat in the morning?"
"Well... you must drink hot soup. Chuntao made noodles last night and will steam the buns this morning. The steamed buns stuffed with vermicelli and pork will be paired with egg pancakes. It will be perfect."
Li Chuntao's steamed vermicelli buns were delicious. He took a bite of the outer shell to reveal the filling, and then added chili oil made from Tao Zhu into the filling. The taste was so delicious that he couldn't get tired of eating ten of them in one sitting.
"...How about we get up and help Chuntao steam the steamed buns." Li Qiao opened his eyes. He couldn't wait to eat the steamed buns with soft outer skin and spicy fillings.
Tao Zhu naturally had no objection. Food can drive away worries. If you have a comfortable meal, then nothing will matter!
So the husband and wife got up.
Opening the door, a gust of cold air was swept into the room by a small breeze. The two of them couldn't help but shrink their necks, it was so cold!
Looking at the snow in the yard, it was actually as deep as the knees.
Li Qiao couldn't help but frown. It was difficult to deliver the vermicelli to the county town today.
In the front yard, Li Dashan has already arrived.
Soon Li Chuntao and Li Shu also came.
Li Qiao was sweeping the snow, while Tao Zhu and the others were making breakfast.
Smoke rose from every house in the village.
Because everyone in the village makes vermicelli, this year's workers don't have to live and eat in the workshop. They eat and sleep at home.
Making vermicelli is actually very tiring and not easy at all. Workers are exhausted after making vermicelli for a day, so the housework falls on the elderly and children.
But no one complained.
The salary is more than 300 taels of silver a day. If there are many workers in the family, then you can earn 2 taels of silver a day. In the past, I would never have dreamed of such a good thing.
Reality is more beautiful than dreams now, so there is no time to complain. Those old people and children just want this kind of life to last forever.
After breakfast, it was still dark, but the sweet potato workshop was already in operation.
The job of clearing snow fell on the elderly and children.
Li Liang and Wang Guihua also entered the sweet potato workshop to make vermicelli, and the job of making maltose fell to Li Ershan and Li Xiaoshan. The amount they made each time was only enough to supply Li Qiao's snacks.
Making maltose is not as profitable as making vermicelli. If you have the skills, of course you can make vermicelli.
After Li Ershan and Li Xiaoshan finish their work at home, they will come to Li Qiao's house to make vermicelli.
Naturally, Li Qiao's family also wants to make vermicelli. Last year, they were not prepared enough and their vermicelli was gone by the summer.
We can’t do this this year, we must make enough vermicelli.
Li Ershan and Li Xiaoshan had breakfast. They first swept away the snow at their homes and left Li Xiaolan to look after the house. Then the two brothers came to Li Qiao's house.
In addition to Tao Zhu, Li Qiao's sweet potato workshop also started work today.
But Li Qiao didn't study. He went to Zhuang Fengshou and wanted to organize people to clear the snow on the road. Otherwise, when could the vermicelli be transported to the county with only the 100 people in the transportation team?
Zhuang Fengshou also had this intention. He called on the old people and children in the village to clear the snow.
When Zhuang Fengshou organized the people, at dawn, the people from the transportation team arrived.
It turned out that people in the villages along the way saw heavy snow and were afraid that it would affect the transportation of vermicelli in Sanliu Village and Zhujia Village. In addition, people from their villages were coming to Sanliu Village to sell starch, so they took the initiative to clear the snow.
There were snow plows in these villages, so the transport team walked all the way without encountering many obstacles, and soon arrived at Sanliu Village.
Li Qiao: "..."
It's good, he doesn't have to worry anymore.
However, today is not the most difficult walk. The most difficult walk is Xue BY Yu Yan. When it rains, the roads are muddy and almost as difficult to walk as when it rains.
Regarding road construction, we still have to mention it to Jiang Zhixian.
If County Magistrate Jiang still disagrees, then he can ask several villages along the way to donate some money... In this way, everyone can build the road together.
He had never thought of calling on people to donate money before, because he felt that others might not be willing to donate. In this case, why should he be a villain and take money from other people's pockets.
In addition, he was worried that the huge amount of money would cause pink eye, so out of various considerations, he thought of building this road himself.
But looking at the current situation, it is not impossible for everyone to work together to build roads.
Of course, he won't call on people to donate.
Donations are all voluntary. With his current reputation, if he calls for it, others will donate a little regardless of their unwillingness.
This is tantamount to forcing donations.
He didn't want to turn a good thing into a bad thing, so he had better discuss it with Jiang Zhixian first.
After the snow melted, the day came soon for Jiang Zhixian to distribute money to Li Qiao.
Because there are too many workers in the sweet potato workshop in the county, the wages there are not paid daily, but every ten days. Otherwise, it would take a lot of time just to pay wages every day.
Li Qiao's share is also divided every ten days.
Jiang Zhixian had ambitions to display, and he was prepared to hand in a perfect answer, so he settled the accounts clearly on the sensitive issues of wages and profit sharing.
Although Li Qiao only gets half of the share, the profit of the sweet potato workshop is 6,000 taels in one day, and 60,000 taels in ten days, so Li Qiao can get 3,000 taels.
Of course, Li Qiao's share also had to deduct the wages of the juren, scholars, cooks, etc., but compared with three thousand taels, it was a small sum.
There was too much silver, and both copper coins and silver ingots were too eye-catching, so Jiang Zhixian gave Li Qiao a silver note.
Dasheng's banknotes were only in denominations of one hundred taels, so even if they were banknotes, Li Qiao had to put them in a box.
After counting the banknotes and settling the accounts for the previous ten days, Li Qiao talked to Jiang Zhixian about road construction again.
Jiang Zhi County does not agree with him to build the official road from Pingcheng to Fucheng, so he should build the road from Sanliu Village to Pingcheng.
Jiang Zhixian naturally disagreed. He comforted Li Qiao. Don't be afraid. During the Chinese New Year this year, the Holy Emperor will definitely know Li Qiao's name.
Seeing this, Li Qiao could only stop thinking again. He could not use the same kind of gossip he used when returning Li's grain and money to Jiang Zhixian.
He originally thought that this matter would not be done before the Chinese New Year, but after another heavy snowfall in the twelfth lunar month, Zhuang Fengshou took the initiative to talk to him about road construction.
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Chapter 70 Li Qiao has little plot. Celebrate the New Year, build roads, and prepare to register for the county examination
Not only Li Qiao found the road from Sanliu Village to the county seat difficult, but the people in Sanliu Village naturally also found this road difficult.
But people in Sanliu Village were used to walking this way before. Except for paying grain taxes, they basically never had to take this road on weekdays.
If it rains and the roads are muddy, then you don’t go to the county town. Anyway, there is nothing important that you have to do in the county town that day.
Without demand, there is naturally no motivation for change.
In addition, the surrounding villages also had such dirt roads, so the people in Sanliu Village had not thought of building this road specifically before.
But it's different now.
Now their vermicelli has to be transported to the county every day. It's not one or ten taels of silver, it's four hundred taels of silver for the whole village!
If I can't transport four hundred taels of silver a day, I'll be very worried.
They know that the vermicelli can be sold without any worries, even if it remains in stock for a few days, but the amount of money involved is too much, so much that they have never seen so much money before in their lives.
Today's days are like a dream, and they are afraid of long nights and many dreams, so they are anxious.
If they cannot turn the vermicelli into silver in one day, it will feel like a fire is burning in their hearts and they will not be able to sleep at night.
As a result, many people approached Zhuang Fengshou, wondering if this road could be repaired.
Zhuang Fengshou also wanted to build roads, so he came to Li Qiao.
This was really beyond Li Qiao's expectation.
He thought he was the only one who wanted to build the road, but now the villagers can't stand it either.
This is really great, now let’s see how Jiang Zhixian refuses.
Jiangzhi County really couldn't refuse this.
Previously, he was afraid that the Holy Father would think that he was the one who forced Li Qiao to take a huge amount of silver to build the road. Now that everyone in Sanliu Village wants to build the road, he has no reason to refuse.
With a wave of his hand, he was right.
Sanliucun should watch and repair it himself.
Jiangzhi County agreed, and Zhuang Fengshou convened the whole village on the morning of Laba to discuss how to build the road.
The reason why I want to build roads is so that I will no longer be afraid of rainy days.
If this is the case, then we need to build roads like those in the county town.
The roads in the county town are made of blue bricks and stone slabs. They are not particularly flat, but they are not bumpy and bumpy, and you are not afraid of rainy days.
But whether it was bricks or slates, it cost a huge amount of money because Sanliu Village was too far away from the county seat.
So how should this money be divided?
In the early morning of Laba, the cold air hits the person, and the sky is not completely bright yet. Many people are still holding Laba porridge in their hands.
This year, the Laba porridge in every household is very thick. Not only does it contain eight kinds of grains, but also sugar. It is sweet and warm. In this early morning when the cold is coming from the mouth, eating such a bowl of Laba porridge will make the whole person feel happy. Everyone is energetic.
After Zhuang Fengshou finished speaking, Han Xiaoyan, who was drinking porridge from a bowl, immediately said: "Of course Li Qiao is responsible for all the money. He has earned tens of thousands of taels of silver!"
As soon as she said this, the people around her immediately cast angry glances at her: "Is your family not making any money?"
"Li Qiao's money is what he deserves. If it weren't for him, would your family have the good life it has now?!"
