Although not as hard-working as Jiangzhi County, in two months, I made a lot of vermicelli and earned a lot of money.
Magistrate Ming said and asked his men to bring the account books.
Each county has its own account book. The first thing to look at is the account book of Peishui County.
The area of cultivated land in Peishui County is about the same as that in Pingcheng. However, because the prefect ordered it late this year and missed the sweet potato planting season, farmers planted other grains. Therefore, the number of acres of sweet potatoes planted in Peishui County is far less than that in Pingcheng. There are only One hundred and fifty thousand acres.
There was insufficient rain this year, resulting in reduced sweet potato production, with an output of only over 1,200 kilograms per mu.
Calculated based on 1,200 jins, the sweet potato produced by 150,000 acres of fields is less than 20,000,000 jins.
These sweet potatoes are made into starch and turned into vermicelli, weighing about 30 million kilograms.
But this is only an ideal number.
There are a lot of losses during actual operation.
For example, some people make starch containing impurities out of luck, which wastes some starch.
Moreover, in addition to losses, the speed of making vermicelli in these three counties is also relatively slow.
Not every magistrate is as capable of coordinating the overall situation as Jiang Zhixian. Although Jiang Zhixian imparts experience without reservation, these three counties still have many problems in the actual operation process.
Chaotic management, lax supervision, substandard products, slow speed... Anyway, problems that did not occur in Pingcheng were encountered in these three counties.
Fortunately, the magistrates of these three counties had a correct attitude and corrected their mistakes in time, so the vermicelli business in these three counties slowly got on the right track.
Now in two months, Peishui County has sold a total of 9 million kilograms of vermicelli.
One pound of vermicelli and buckwheat can earn more than one penny. Calculated based on one penny, the nine million catties of vermicelli and buckwheat can earn a total of nine thousand taels of silver.
After calculating the accounts of Peishui, the Ming Prefecture calculated the accounts of two other counties. The level of these two counties was similar to that of Peishui County. One made 10 million kilograms of vermicelli and the other made 8.5 million kilograms of vermicelli. They were ten thousand taels of silver and eight thousand five hundred taels of silver respectively.
Adding these three counties together, Li Qiao could get a total of 27,500 taels of silver.
As for Yongxing County.
Speaking of Yongxing County, Magistrate Ming sighed at first.
This is a long story.
The reason why he built sweet potato workshops throughout Hexi Prefecture was to gain political achievements. Therefore, after receiving a report from Jiang Zhixian and knowing that Sun Zhixian was holding him back, he was furious and led his men to kill Yongxing County.
After arriving in Yongxing County, he first reprimanded Sun Zhixian, and then forced Sun Zhixian to make rectifications based on Pingcheng's experience.
This rectification process added a lot of anger to him.
When Sun Zhixian served in Yongxing County, he always muddle along. He believed in not seeking merit, but seeking no faults, so he did not engage in bullying men and women, and he left many things to his subordinates. , he drank a little wine by himself, tasted delicious food with his beautiful concubine, and lived a happy life.
He also left the sweet potato workshop to his subordinates and did not care about it himself.
Without him as the county magistrate and supervisor, the people in Yongxing County were so daring that they made a mess of the workshop and starch.
After knowing the current situation, the magistrate had a bad premonition in his heart, and he immediately arrested the group in charge of the sweet potato workshop.
He interrogated one by one, and this interrogation really revealed something:
The county magistrate and county lieutenant of Yongxing County actually sold the vermicelli recipe.
And they didn't just sell it once, they sold the prescription to several businessmen.
Really one dares to sell and the other dares to buy.
These businessmen were quite far away from Hexi Prefecture. They thought that after they transported the vermicelli back to their hometown, they would mix the purchased vermicelli with their own homemade vermicelli and sell it. This way they should be able to earn a lot of money.
This made the magistrate Ming furious to death.
But it was useless to be angry. The problem had to be solved. Two of the merchants had already left after receiving the goods. He sent people to chase them while detaining the remaining merchants.
He also imprisoned the county magistrate and county captain of Yongxing County, and led his people to take over Yongxing County.
As for Sun Zhixian, he is a seventh-grade parent official, and Sun Zhixian did not violate the law, but only disobeyed his orders, so he has no right to put Sun Zhixian in jail. He can only reprimand him severely, and then in this year's official assessment Zhong gave Sun Zhixian a big failing mark.
Under his pressure, the sweet potato workshops in Yongxing County slowly got back on track.
The two businessmen who left with the vermicelli walked slowly because they had too much vermicelli, and were soon overtaken by his people.
Therefore, the vermicelli recipe has been saved for the time being.
Speaking of this, Magistrate Ming coughed lightly and asked people to bring over all the banknotes that Li Qiao deserved.
He had previously boasted that every kilogram of vermicelli produced in Hexi Prefecture contained half of Li buckwheat.
He also promised Li Qiao that he would keep the recipe for vermicelli.
As a result, he underestimated Sun Zhixian's ability to poke holes and overestimated Sun Zhixian's sense of responsibility.
As a county parent official, he couldn't even care about this kind of thing. He really knelt down.
Previously, he felt that Sun Zhixian was a good person. Although he could not compare with Jiang Zhixian, he at least did not harm the people.
As a parent official and a local emperor, it is already very good and has a bottom line to be able to avoid irritating the people.
But this time, he found that he was wrong.
As a parent official, if you do nothing, you are actually doing harm to the people!
"Xiao Li, I can't help you this time, but fortunately I got Fang Zi back. The money these merchants bought from Fang Zi, as well as the money I fined them, are all handed over to you. This matter Let’s expose it for now.”
"Yongxing County only made one million kilograms of vermicelli, so you should get one thousand taels of silver. Those businessmen each spent five thousand to ten thousand taels to buy the goods, adding up to a total of thirty-three thousand taels. The fine is silver Triple that, and that’s ninety-nine thousand taels.”
"Together, you should get one hundred and thirty-three thousand taels of silver."
"Add in the 27,500 taels from the three counties of Peishui, and you will get a total of 160,500 taels of silver."
"You husbands and wives, count them all, they're all worth a penny."
As he spoke, Magistrate Ming pointed to the policemen who were carrying money boxes and asked Li Qiao and Tao Zhu to count the banknotes.
Li Qiao: "..."
Good guy.
Such twists and turns.
The last time Jiang Zhixian mentioned Yongxing County to him, he was worried that the recipe would be leaked. However, the vermicelli issue was already out of his control, and it was useless for him to worry, so he put the matter out of his mind. back.
I didn't expect this recipe to be leaked out.
Fortunately, the magistrate knew clearly and acted resolutely, so this prescription was saved.
"There is no need to count. Students believe in you. It is really hard for you to travel this time. The students are grateful and will remember it forever."
Not only did he save Fang Zi, but he also got back 130,000 taels of silver for him.
Obviously the magistrate is worthy of being a magistrate, and he has some abilities.
Ming Zhifu heard Li Qiao's words and felt relieved.
He wanted to gain political achievements for himself, so he wanted to start a sweet potato craze in the entire Hexi Prefecture. If the recipe was leaked at this time, and Li Qiao didn't hate him now, what would happen in the future?
Li Qiao is bound to take off.
He didn't want to offend Li Qiao.
Alas, he made a big mistake this time and almost ruined Pingcheng Fuyang, which the Holy One had just praised. I hope that both the Holy One and Li Qiao will remember his efforts to turn the tide and forget that he misjudged Sun Zhixian's carelessness.
Before this, he really didn't know that Sun Zhixian was so "indifferent to fame and fortune" and didn't seize such a good opportunity to earn political achievements.
It really screwed him over.
"Xiao Li, don't worry. The two people who took advantage of the courage of the bear and the leopard are already dead. I killed the chicken to scare the monkey. No one should dare to steal and sell the son. As for Sun Zhixian, he has stabbed Lou Zi this time, and there is a high probability that he will be demoted."
"Students will feel at ease when you do your work."
Li Qiao said sincerely.
"Okay, you husband and I will go and count the banknotes first. After counting, I will test your knowledge to see if you have made any progress in the past six months."
Ming Zhifu said with a smile.
"……yes."
Li Qiao responded.
Then he and Tao Zhu went to the next room to count the banknotes.
He didn't want to count, but he knew that the prefect had to let him count, and Tao Zhu would definitely count it again when he kept accounts after returning home. In order to reduce Tao Zhu's workload, he started counting seriously.
The banknotes were all one hundred taels, which equaled 1605,000 and 1605 taels. He and Tao Zhu quickly counted them all.
After counting, Magistrate Ming seriously tested his homework. The scope of questions was initially about the Four Books and the Five Classics, but soon expanded to include the Three Histories and Three Biography.
In the past six months, apart from digging wells in the summer, he rarely did anything else and devoted himself to reading.
He is willing to work hard and has a good memory, so the results of his reading in the past six months are very gratifying.
The more the magistrate took the test, the more satisfied he became, and by the end he was smiling from ear to ear.
Li Qiao is willing to work hard, has a smart mind, is a good person, and knows how to be grateful. With all these conditions added together, if Li Qiao does not fly, it will be difficult to deal with it that day.
You have to have a good relationship with Li Qiao while Li Qiao hasn't flown yet!
It was rare to see Li Qiao once, so the magistrate Ming left Li Qiao and Tao Zhu to have lunch.
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu specially brought some duck products and snacks with them when they came. The last time they were in Fucheng, because they were unfamiliar with the place, they only brought some tea when they went to visit the magistrate Ming.
Now that Magistrate Ming has come to Pingcheng, they naturally have to prepare more gifts.
Ming Zhifu has been busy with matters in Yongxing County during this period. He has only heard about the duck products that are popular in Pingcheng, but he has not had time to taste them.
When he took these duck products into his mouth, in addition to praising them, he wanted to sigh more.
As far as Li Qiao's ability is concerned, let alone Pingcheng, even if he is placed in the northwest desert, he can create different waves.
The future is limitless!
Now that the weather is cold, duck products can be kept for a few more days after being cooked. The prefect Ming suggested that Li Qiao be expanded in production.
This duck product is so delicious, I should make it more often.
In this way, not only Li Qiao can earn more money, but the villagers can also earn more money.
Li Qiao nodded repeatedly after hearing this. He and Tao Zhu were already recruiting people.
A few days ago, a man named Fang Shitong came to him and said that he wanted to sell his duck products to Fucheng, hoping to bypass Wangyue Tower and get the goods directly from him.
