Moreover, not only people from surrounding villages came to sign up, but people from the town, county, and other towns also came to sign up.
These people were too far away from Sanliu Village, and Tao Zhu did not intend to provide accommodation, so Tao Zhu refused all of them.
But unexpectedly, these people did not give up and said that they did not need accommodation provided by Tao Zhu. They could rent houses from people in Sanliu Village or houses in nearby villages.
As long as Tao Zhu is willing to let them work in the workshop, they can solve the accommodation problem themselves and don't need Tao Zhu to worry about it.
If they really can't apply for this job, then they still want to apply for long-term employment.
The wages of the long-term workers of Li Qiao's family are higher than those of other landlord families, whether during busy farming periods or slack periods. Moreover, Li Qiao provides accommodation for the long-term workers - Li Qiao built adobe houses in the fields, and long-term workers who are too far away from home can live in these houses. In the adobe house.
Anyway, it's a long-term job with good pay. They don't want to go home, they want to make money at Li Qiao's house.
Tao Zhu was a little stunned after hearing these people's appeals.
His original intention was to provide a job to villagers from ten miles and eight villages, but now these people who are far away come to apply for the job. This...
Tao Zhu couldn't make up his mind, so he asked Li Qiao during lunch.
Li Qiao thought for a while and shook his head: "We can't provide that many jobs for the time being, so we will refuse these people for the time being. We will wait until we buy more fields."
This year, the fields in Sanli Town have become more popular, and some people who can afford to buy fields have started to buy the wasteland belonging to the imperial court.
Just by growing sweet potatoes, you can earn back the money you paid to buy the land in just a few years.
As a result, he had no suitable land to buy.
But now that so many people are looking for a long-term and stable job, he doesn't have to choose. In a few days, he will go to the county to buy some medium-sized fields.
Although his personal ability is very limited, he can solve part of the problem of employment.
And he originally wanted to buy land and become a big landowner.
Li Qiao's rejection disappointed these people who came from afar, but they couldn't fault it.
The job of the duck goods workshop is so popular that the villagers from Shiliba Village alone are overwhelmed. It is normal for them, outsiders, not to be able to enter the workshop.
Alas, times are tough.
These people returned disappointed, and Tao Zhu could only force himself to forget about it and focus on the duck goods workshop.
Because he has never done this business before, he doesn't plan to recruit too many people in the early stage. According to Pingcheng's consumption level, he should be able to consume 200 ducks in a day?
Tao Zhu was not sure. He and Li Qiao discussed it and decided to follow this number first.
Therefore, only forty people need to be recruited in the early stage.
Ten people are responsible for slaughtering and cleaning the ducks, ten are responsible for lighting the fire, and twenty are responsible for braising and roasting.
Tao Zhu, Zhou Jingui, and Li Ping are responsible for seasoning for the time being.
Li Ping was used to living a leisurely life, but was influenced by the positive atmosphere of making money in the village and her love of food, so she applied for this job.
Soon, the duck goods workshop was up and running.
On the first day, because I was not very skilled, I only made more than 80 ducks.
Thirty pieces were made into roast ducks, and the rest were cut into eight pieces and marinated separately.
After doing this, Li Qiao, Tao Zhu, and Xiao Wu drove the ox cart to the county seat the next day.
Send some to Jiangzhi County first, and buy 300 acres of medium-sized farmland along the way.
All the special and upper-class fields in Sanli Town have been selected, and now only the middle- and lower-class fields are left.
A medium-sized field is worth twenty-three taels per mu, and three hundred acres is six thousand nine hundred taels of silver.
Jiang Zhixian saw that he had bought so much middle-grade farmland and said, "There are many special-grade and superior-grade fields in other towns. You don't have to buy the middle-grade fields in Sanli Town."
"Other towns are too far away and students cannot go there often." Li Qiao explained.
"Do you often go to the fields?" Jiang Zhixian was a little curious.
"I will often go for a walk in the fields. However, the student bought Zhongtian this time because he wanted to provide a job for the villagers."
Li Qiao briefly told the story of other people who wanted to work at his house but were rejected.
After hearing this, County Magistrate Jiang looked him up and down, and then sighed: "If you are great, you can help the world. If you read the saint's books and listen to the saint's words, your kindness is really touching."
"Actually, you have done a good job. You have brought too many changes to Pingcheng. Those traders from out of town have not only caused the price of houses in Pingcheng to rise day by day, but also provided a lot of work for the people of Pingcheng."
Those traders have to spend money on everything they need for food, clothing, housing and transportation in Pingcheng.
The money spent eventually fell into the hands of the people of Pingcheng.
"As for the farmers, they earn much more money from vermicelli than the people in the county."
Li Qiao has already made a lot of money for too many people in Pingcheng. Most people really don't have this ability.
This kind of merit cannot be earned by ordinary people.
But Li Qiao was not only not proud or complacent, but actually wanted to provide more work for others.
In addition to lamenting Li Qiao's kindness, he also wanted to lament that Li Qiao was too idealistic.
How can it be possible to take care of everyone? It would be amazing if most people can make money and improve their family situation.
Fortunately, Li Qiaosheng met him as the magistrate in Pingcheng. If Li Qiao had met the magistrate of Yongxing County next door, he would definitely be sulky every day.
Thinking of the troubles in Yongxing County, he said to Li Qiao: "The magistrate Sun of Yongxing County does not support sweet potato workshops very much. I just came back from there the day before yesterday. The sweet potato workshops in Yongxing County produce not only a small amount of vermicelli, but also poor quality." It contains impurities and foreign traders refuse to take it.”
When Jiang Zhi County guided the construction of a sweet potato workshop in Yongxing County, Sun Zhi County of Yongxing County was passive and sabotaged the work, forcing him to stay in Yongxing County for an extra seven or eight days.
Now that the sweet potatoes are ripe and the sweet potato workshops are starting to operate, he is worried about the sweet potato workshops in Yongxing County, so he made a special trip to Yongxing County a few days ago.
As a result, when he got there, he was really angry to death.
He clearly emphasized that farmers in Yongxing County could make a lot of money as long as they copied Pingcheng's experience.
But Sun Zhixian was not interested in this and handed over the sweet potato workshop to his people.
Without the supervision of the county magistrate, the people below were fooling around at will. Not only was the starch made dirty, but the noodles had a distinct dusty feel in the mouth, and there were many black spots on the noodles.
How could a vendor from out of town like this kind of vermicelli?
If out-of-town vendors refuse to buy them, then these vermicelli will fall into the hands of Yongxing County itself.
It was obviously Yongxing County's own fault, but Sun Zhixian felt that those vendors were too picky about things, which really made Jiang Zhixian half angry.
Even the prefect Ming had promised Li Qiao that every kilogram of vermicelli produced in Hexi Prefecture would contain half of Li Qiao's content.
But now Yongxing County produces a lot of unsold vermicelli, which not only damages Li Qiao's interests, but also slaps the magistrate Ming in the face.
"I have sent people to Fucheng to report this matter to the prefect. Xiao Li, don't be angry. Wait for the prefect's handling."
Jiang Zhixian sighed.
The pig teammates even handed the rice to their mouths and didn’t even know how to open their mouths to eat. They were so angry.
Li Qiao: "..."
All right.
Sure enough, the magistrates in other counties are not as good as Jiang Magistrate.
"The students are not angry, but you should calm down. You have worked so hard. Since they don't appreciate it, leave it to the prefect."
"That's all." Jiang Zhixian continued to sigh.
He is the county magistrate, and Sun Magistrate is also the county magistrate. They are on the same level, and he cannot control Sun Magistrate.
I can’t wait to be promoted, but it’s frustrating to have so much enthusiasm but not be able to use it!
Li Qiao and Magistrate Jiang talked for a while, and then left with Tao Zhu. After leaving the county office, they looked at each other and could only smile helplessly.
If you have less money, just have less money, it's better than nothing.
The couple went to Wangyue Tower and gave all the remaining duck goods to Wangyue Tower.
Since the vermicelli was launched, shopkeeper Wang rented out the teahouse opposite, and the daily business was booming.
Li Qiao Taozhu brought these duck products. Except for the roast duck, the rest do not need to be reheated and can be sold directly on the plate.
Shopkeeper Wang was very happy. Ever since he tasted the duck cooked by Li Qiao's family in Sanliu Village, he had been looking forward to Li Qiao starting this business.
After waiting for so long, this business is finally open.
Just like the egg yolk cakes, shopkeeper Wang has a clear target audience and sells them exclusively to those vendors who are not short of money.
Li Qiao's duck is delicious, full of flavour, and its craftsmanship is unique. You can't get it anywhere else.
So the price is not cheap.
A pound of duck neck costs eighty-eight cents.
A pound of duck intestines costs ninety cents.
A duck wing and collarbone cost ten cents.
A duck paw costs fifteen cents...
Although these parts have less meat, they are chewy. On a winter day like this, sitting on the hot kang, picking up a piece of duck neck and chewing it slowly, the spicy and delicious flavor will fill your mouth. This unique delicacy is not only This experience is absolutely unavailable in other places, and it can soothe the impatience of waiting for vermicelli.
After the shopkeeper Wang praised it, he asked the waiters to deliver duck products for these businessmen from other places to try.
As he praised, although these duck products have many bones, they are full of flavor and chewy.
It is indeed a unique delicacy in Pingcheng.
After a chubby middle-aged businessman had eaten and drank enough, he asked shopkeeper Wang to pack two kilograms of duck necks for him before leaving.
While waiting, he couldn't help but said to Shopkeeper Wang: "Now I can't buy vermicelli, but the consumption at Wangyue Tower is getting higher and higher day by day, alas. Li Qiao knows how to rob... ah no, it's business. . Li Qiao knows how to do business."
"We businessmen from other places are under his thumb."
Shopkeeper Wang laughed when he heard this: "No, if he didn't have this ambition, the richest man in Pingcheng would have been his long ago."
"The future is limitless." The chubby businessman couldn't help but sigh.
It's really annoying to compare people to each other. Li Qiaozhi didn't care about this, but he still controlled him so hard that he willingly paid for it.
With so much money spent in Pingcheng, he must make it back from vermicelli this year.
As soon as Li Qiao Taozhu's duck products were launched, they quickly became popular throughout Pingcheng. Not to mention more than 80 ducks a day, 200 were not enough to sell.
Tao Zhu then recruited twenty more people to supply as much as possible.
