On the first day after the notice was issued not to accept customers, he and Tao Zhu went shopping, spending more than a thousand taels on that day alone.
Later, under the leadership of Xu Ying and Shen Hua, they kept eating, drinking and shopping in Fucheng. In the end, the trip to Fucheng cost a total of five thousand taels of silver, which was really lower than he expected.
"..."
Tao Zhu was speechless by Li Qiao's understatement.
When he kept accounts today, he felt sweet but a little bit distressed. He had never seen the world, and he couldn't calm down after spending so much money on a trip.
But look at Li Qiao, who didn't even blink at five thousand taels of silver. He is indeed a person who can do great things.
Seeing Tao Zhu's speechless expression, Li Qiao couldn't help but smile: "Of course, we have to be more frugal when living at home. After all, our stall is big and we need a lot of money just for wages every day."
"That's what I think too. We will go to the capital in two years. It will cost so much to go to the capital. If we go to the capital, it will be doubled."
Tao Zhu also means this.
He deliberately pulled Li Qiao to look at the account book just to say this.
He was shocked by the prices in Fucheng, let alone the capital.
If Li Qiao really stayed in the capital, he would have to buy a yard. Houses in the capital would be extremely expensive.
"Everything depends on Brother Zhu!"
Li Qiao smiled and took Tao Zhu's hand, pulling him up to the shower room.
He understood Tao Zhu's thoughts. Although he said he would be very rich in the future, the money was not yet in his hands. With Tao Zhu's cautious temperament, as long as the money was not available, his heart would not be able to let go.
Last year, Vermicelli earned nearly 70,000 taels of silver, and spent 6,000 taels on land. One acre of top-quality land cost 30 taels, and two hundred acres equaled 6,000 taels.
This trip to Fucheng cost five thousand taels.
It also cost almost 20,000 taels to build the road. Before he went to Fucheng, he gave Li Gu 20,000 taels of silver directly and asked him to use it to build the road.
With enough money, the road that was originally three meters wide became four meters wide, and the adobe bricks were very thick, so even if there was money donated by others, he still took out almost 20,000 taels of silver.
As a result, before summer arrived, half of the nearly 70,000 taels of silver earned last year was lost.
It's normal for Tao Zhu to be frugal at this time. If Tao Zhu didn't mention this matter, it would be a failure of his character.
"Okay, okay, let's take a walk. Let's take a shower. As for the money, relax. As soon as the emperor's little essay came out, all the merchants in Dasheng knew that we have vermicelli here. So this year is the sweet potato craze in Hexi Prefecture. The amount of money we can earn is at least two hundred thousand taels."
Li Qiao pushed Tao Zhu toward the bedroom door and gestured in front of his eyes with two fingers.
"Two hundred thousand taels?"
Tao Zhushui's eyes widened instantly, staring at Li Qiao's fingers in disbelief.
"Yes, at least this amount. The magistrate has promised that we can get half a profit for every kilogram of vermicelli produced in Hexi Prefecture. There are five counties in Hexi Prefecture, and a flat city costs 70,000 taels. These seventy thousand taels are because our county magistrate has the ability and courage to organize the people of the county to maximize the benefits."
"I don't know what the level of magistrates in the other four counties is, so I estimate at a low level. Moreover, I don't know much about the area of cultivated land in the other four counties, and I don't know whether the weather will be smooth this year."
"But no matter what, we will definitely earn two hundred thousand taels of silver this year."
Before, he was worried that someone would leak the vermicelli recipe, but now that the Holy Sage's essay has come out, even if someone wants to sell it, no one dares to buy it.
Unless you buy it from him.
The foreign businessman didn't have the guts to secretly buy the vermicelli recipe, so his interests were guaranteed.
If people from other places want to eat vermicelli, they can only buy it from Hexifu.
Tao Zhu was a little dizzy and was stunned by the figure of two hundred thousand taels. It wasn't until he took a bath and started having fun with Li Qiao that his thoughts of running away came back.
Two hundred thousand taels.
Two hundred thousand taels!
His man is also quite powerful.
Looking at Li Qiao's handsome face that was so close and dripping with sweat, he couldn't help but kiss it. He liked this person so much, I liked him so much.
Tao Zhu's enthusiasm was met with an even more enthusiastic response from Li Qiao. After one night, they both got up late.
When they got up, the sun had already risen high. Li Gu was talking to Li Dazhong in the front yard. Li Liang, Wang Guihua, and Zheng the butcher Zheng Qianqian were also there.
Li Qiao was thick-skinned and not shy at all. He greeted everyone with a smile.
Tao Zhu was a little embarrassed and hid behind Li Qiao. After saying hello softly, he quickly entered the kitchen.
"You and Brother Zhu eat first. Breakfast is put in the pot for you. It's still hot." Li Liang asked Li Qiao and Tao Zhu to eat first.
In fact, it was a coincidence that a lot of people gathered here. Li Gu is now in charge of Li Qiao's family's fields and crops. During dinner yesterday, Li Qiao said that he would plant watermelons today, so he came.
As for Li Liang Wang Guihua and Zheng Butcher Zheng Qianqian, they came to Li Qiao to discuss the marriage between Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian.
Li Dazhong came to see the furniture for the new house.
Li Dazhong's new house was built half a month ago and is now in the decoration stage. Because Li Qiao's furniture is beautiful and practical, he came to take a look.
Li Qiao was holding a bowl of corn juice and leaning on the door frame of the kitchen, drinking while listening to people talking.
After finishing talking one by one, he first gave Li Gu watermelon seeds and how to grow watermelon.
Li Gu doesn't know how to grow watermelons, so he has to teach him carefully.
Then Tao Zhu took Li Dazhong to the backyard to look at the furniture.
Li Qiao talked about the marriage between Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian: "The young couple should build a new house. Living their own life behind closed doors will help enhance their relationship."
"Hehe, okay! Uncle still loves me."
Before Li Liang said anything, Li Dashan, who was making snacks in the kitchen, couldn't help but popped up and responded loudly, smiling so hard that he couldn't see his teeth.
Wang Guihua: "..."
That’s all.
The child is too old to stay.
And her house is indeed a bit crowded. Ershan and Xiaoshan are old, and there is Xiaolan. In addition, they have to make maltose. It would be too unfair for Brother Qian to live at home.
"But no matter what, we should get married first and build a new house while preparing for the marriage. It is best that the new house is like mine and Brother Zhu's. When the time comes, Dashan and Brother Qian will live in the backyard, and eldest brother and sister-in-law will live in the front yard. .”
Li Qiao said again.
As the eldest son, Li Dashan has the obligation to provide for his parents in their old age, so it is better to build a double courtyard.
When Wang Guihua heard this, she glanced around the large courtyard of Li Qiao, and then nodded: "Okay, let's build it like this."
Although it costs a lot of money, it is comfortable to live in.
However, to build such a yard, all the family's money must be invested, so the marriage must be simple.
She was about to speak to Butcher Zheng, but at this moment Li Qiao said again: "Sister-in-law, I told Dashan before when we were in Fucheng that I will not give him gifts when he gets married, but I will give him red envelopes."
"He is my eldest nephew, and he has helped me a lot in the past two years. As a brother-in-law, I cannot treat him badly. I will go get him some money right now."
Li Qiao said as he went to the backyard to open the money box and took out ten banknotes.
"so much?!"
Wang Guihua and Li Liang both jumped up from their chairs in shock. Oh my god, one thousand taels!
Butcher Zheng and Zheng Qianqian also opened their eyes wide and stared at the banknote in Li Qiao's hand in disbelief.
Because Tao Zhu gave himself a set of noodle dishes worth more than 200 taels, Zheng Qianqian guessed that the red envelope Li Qiao gave Li Dashan should be 500 taels.
But I never expected that it would be one thousand taels!
"This is what I give to my eldest nephew. It is a unique gift. No one else has this treatment. It is compensation, gratitude and blessing. I hope he and Brother Qian will be loving and sweet in the future."
Li Qiao smiled and put the banknote in front of Wang Guihua and asked her to put it away.
Wang Guihua: "..."
Compensation, thanks, blessings, every reason was so legitimate that she didn't know how to refuse.
Li Dashan appeared in the kitchen again, opening his mouth wide enough to stuff an egg in, but soon his eyes turned red with emotion, woo woo, his uncle treated him so well!
In the end, Wang Guihua accepted the thousand taels of silver.
With this thousand taels of silver, Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian's marriage was arranged very quickly. They first bought the homestead and then the building materials. There was no need to draw special drawings. The layout could be scaled down according to Li Qiao's house.
After the construction of the new house started, the wedding date of Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian also arrived.
Because there was plenty of money, the wedding banquet was of a high standard, half of it was meat and vegetables, and chicken, duck, fish and goat were all served.
The whole village went to attend the wedding. People from other villages wanted to attend, but because there were not enough tables and meals prepared, people from other villages could only watch.
Li Dashan smiled crookedly and looked extremely stupid. When he bowed to the high hall for the second time, he had to let Li Qiao go up and sit with Li Liang.
Li Qiao naturally refused. This silly boy could just be his eldest nephew. He didn't need such an eldest son.
After Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian got married, the wedding date of Li Dazhong and Bai You also came.
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Chapter 81 The running story of this chapter: Li Dazhong and Baiyou get married, Li Qiao studies
When Bai You and Li Dazhong got engaged, Bai Jiaoyu was actually quite dissatisfied.
After all, he was an eighth-grade official, in charge of a bunch of talented people in the county school. He might not be famous all over the world, but his network of connections was very wide.
But what about Li Dazhong?
A rough guy from the country with two children, this kind of person usually wouldn't even be qualified to enter the Bai family, but who knew that Bai You had to marry, it really made him angry to death.
Even if Li Dazhong had Li Qiao as his cousin, it would have brought disgrace to eight generations of his ancestors. Baiyou marrying Li Qiao would be just as good!
But at that time, Baiyou had to get married, otherwise the family would be in trouble every day, and there were rumors even in the county school. Of course, the more important thing was because of Li Qiao.
Although Li Qiao had not even passed the county examination at that time, he at least got his name in front of the emperor. Although he was a lecturer of the county school, he only met the emperor once during the imperial examination, and then returned to his hometown, first becoming a county school student. He learned to be upright, and later he was promoted and became an edict.
An eighth-grade petty official is not in charge of the real power of the local area. If nothing unexpected happens, he will never have the chance to meet the current emperor in his life.
But at this time, Li Qiao was known to the Holy Father, and Li Qiao had to take the imperial examination, so he seemed to have a bright future, so he gritted his teeth, pinched his nose and accepted the marriage.
