Fang Shitong also brought out his experience in selling dim sum to gain his approval.
In the past, when Li Qiao met such people, he refused them all, not only because he signed an agreement with Shopkeeper Wang, but also because the snacks his family made every day were limited, and they could be sold out at Wangyue Tower without the need to find someone else. sales channels.
But now, he is really scared by the mountains of eggs and duck eggs at home.
The duck business can fundamentally solve the problem of too many eggs and duck eggs, and it can also provide jobs for the villagers. Therefore, he began to seriously consider Fang Shitong's proposal.
Currently, Tao Zhu's duck shop can produce up to 400 ducks a day. When these 400 ducks entered Wangyue Tower, they were quickly sold out, just like the roasted sausages had just come on the market.
It was so popular that Tao Zhu thought about continuing to recruit people.
But if we continue to recruit people, we are afraid that it will not last long.
Now because the sweet potato workshop is in operation, there are more outsiders in Pingcheng. When the sweet potato workshop stops working, many outsiders will leave. By then, the goods from the duck goods workshop cannot be digested by Pingcheng, and Taozhu will definitely have to be laid off. people.
He and Tao Zhu didn't want to give people hope yet disappoint them, so they didn't recruit anyone before.
But now that someone like Fang Shitong, who has rich reselling experience, can open up a stable market in Fucheng for the duck goods workshop, then he and Tao Zhu don't have to hesitate.
In fact, many traders could do the job of opening up the Fucheng market, but Fang Shitong not only stepped in when he needed it, but was also sincere. In this case, he handed over the business to Fang Shitong.
When Li Qiao and Tao Zhu came out of the county government office, it was already dark.
The couple did not plan to stay in the county town, so they drove the ox cart back to the village. When they arrived at the village, Li Dashan and others had already prepared dinner and were waiting for their husband to come back to start dinner.
First, they lit a fire to warm themselves away from the cold, and then they went into the kitchen to have dinner. After dinner, Tao Zhu couldn't wait to go back to the backyard.
I actually brought back 160,000 taels of silver today!
Moreover, this is only two months' profit. The sweet potato workshops in the remaining four counties can operate for another two months, and tens of thousands of taels of silver will be recorded by then.
Farmers in Pingcheng still planted 300,000 acres of sweet potatoes this year. These sweet potatoes can bring him and Li Qiao a profit of about 60,000 taels.
Therefore, if these 60,000 taels are added, even after paying commercial taxes, he and Li Qiao can earn 200,000 taels this year just from vermicelli.
Oh my God!
Li Qiao had previously said that he could earn 200,000 taels from vermicelli this year. He thought it was a dream. Moreover, the 200,000 taels that Li Qiao mentioned at that time was the 200,000 taels that he had not paid taxes on. If he had paid taxes, then There are only 140,000 taels left.
Later, the sweet potato production decreased, and he and Li Qiao thought it would be great to earn one hundred thousand taels of silver.
But they never expected that the two of them would bring back 160,000 taels of silver today!
That’s a lot of money!
He had little experience. From the moment he got the money, his heart was beating hard. Now, looking at these money boxes under the candlelight, his heart was beating even harder.
Li Qiao stood beside Tao Zhu. Seeing how bright his eyes were and his cheeks turned pink due to excitement, he couldn't help but reach out and take him into his arms.
"How should we spend so much money? Buy you clothes and jewelry?"
"...I won't spend it for now, just leave it alone."
Tao Zhu turned to look at Li Qiao: "This time, the magistrate saved the vermicelli recipe, but what about next time? The vermicelli recipe may be leaked at any time, so we should save the money and spend it wisely in the future."
He has no hobby of spending money. He was just happy to see so many banknotes at this time.
So much money~
"Okay, listen to Brother Zhu!"
Li Qiao hugged the person in her arms tightly. Tao Zhu said he didn't want to spend the flowers, so he didn't.
"Then let's sleep with the suitcase open like this tonight?"
Tao Zhu looked at these boxes of banknotes and was reluctant to put them away.
Li Qiao immediately laughed when he heard this: "Okay."
He couldn't help but kiss Tao Zhu on the cheek. Brother Zhu, who loves banknotes, is so cute.
Chapter 87 A running account of this chapter: Chinese New Year, road construction
The couple actually slept with the money box open all night. When they woke up the next day, the first thing Tao Zhu did was to get out of bed and look at the money box on the table.
It was still dark at this time, but it was snowing outside. The light from the snow filtered through the window paper, making the darkness inside the room thinner, so the outlines of several money boxes could be seen.
The open money boxes stayed where they were, just as they were when he and Li Qiao fell asleep last night.
After looking at it several times, he yawned contentedly, and then slowly retracted his head back into the bed.
Happy~
Li Qiao was amused by his actions: "They don't have long legs, so they can't run."
Most of Tao Zhu's body was lying in Li Qiao's arms, and his face was buried in Li Qiao's neck. When he heard this, he closed his eyes and hummed: "I want to see."
These three words are a little hoarse, but very soft.
Li Qiao's heart softened upon hearing this.
"Then let's continue to show it today. When we get tired of seeing it, let's put it away." Li Qiao said and stretched out his arms to hug him. His big hands gently rubbed his back, from his neck to his waist. It seemed like a massage, very comfortable. .
He had the desire to stay in bed.
His thoughts still lingered on those banknotes, and he said slowly: "This year's New Year's gift for the workers, I will add an extra chicken."
Although he doesn't like spending money, he is not stingy.
The twelfth lunar month is coming soon, and he has been preparing New Year's gifts for the workers in the duck shop these past two days. Originally, he only planned to give out red envelopes and snacks, but now he suddenly has an unexpected fortune, so each person will receive an extra chicken.
"Brother Zhu is awesome!"
Li Qiao immediately praised him and was very supportive.
Listening to his slightly exaggerated tone, Tao Zhu raised the corner of his mouth and said: "Well... on the day of the stove sacrifice, we will donate grain and pigs to the sweet potato workshop in the county again. Donate a few more pigs this time to try to get more Every worker gets a bite of meat.”
"It's up to you." Li Qiao had no objection to this.
This is all small money.
Tao Zhu hummed, closed his eyes, and let his mind go. He felt comfortable and wanted to sleep. However, when he thought of Yin Zi next to him, he was so excited that he didn't want to sleep.
Thinking about it, an idea came to his mind. After a while, he said: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the bacon in Zhujiacun is so popular."
When Village Chief Zhu approached Li Qiao, he said that Zhujia Village not only wanted to raise chickens, ducks and pigs, but also wanted to do a bacon business. Li Qiao agreed and taught Village Chief Zhu how to make bacon.
With bacon recipes and pigs raised, Zhujiacun really started a bacon business.
Vermicelli is made in winter, so Zhujiacun makes bacon in spring. They make smoked bacon, which tastes good and is not dry and hard. They sell it in Wangyue Tower. Not only local people in Pingcheng will buy it, but also some outside vendors. .
During the Chinese New Year, many people want to buy some as new year's goods, but the people in Zhujiacun are busy making vermicelli and have no time to make bacon, so the market is in vain.
The bacon business in Zhujiacun was to be shared with Li Qiao, but because there were few people in Zhujiacun and the amount of bacon produced was limited, the amount of money allocated to Li Qiao was actually not much.
With Tao Zhu's family fortune at this time, naturally what he was thinking about was not this little money, but what he wanted to do was let the villagers make money.
His duck workshop is planning to recruit fifty more people this time, aiming to make a thousand ducks a day.
But in the final analysis, his duck shop is just a small workshop with a hundred people. It is small in scale and provides limited positions.
But if the recipe for bacon spreads...
Although the folks can't make a lot of money, they can make a small amount of money.
A pig weighs more than 100 kilograms. After removing the bones, internal organs, tenderloin, etc., there are only a few dozen kilograms left that can be used to make bacon.
The net profit from a pound of bacon is twenty cents. If a pig only sells bacon, it can probably earn one or two cents.
There were no large-scale pig farms at this time, and there were only a few pigs in Pingcheng. Therefore, when the supply was insufficient, bacon really could not make big money, but only a small amount.
"How about we teach the people in our village how to make bacon, and we can do whatever they want. As for the share we are given, we don't want it."
he said again.
"Okay." Li Qiao had no objection. The money earned from selling bacon in Zhujia Village was indeed small money for him at this time.
He will go to the capital the year after next. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be no chance of returning to Sanliu Village.
Before going to Beijing, he found another way to make money for the villagers, which was considered as fulfilling this fate. He traveled here and lived a good life in the past few years. He hoped that the people in Sanliu Village, including the entire Pingcheng, could live and work in peace and contentment. The little days are prosperous.
Tao Zhu saw that Li Qiao agreed without saying a word, and couldn't help but rub Li Qiao's heart. If you want to say grand, this man is really grand.
His life is so good that he is married to such a good person.
"What do you want to eat in the morning?" he asked, "I'll make it for you."
"Let Chuntao and Third Sister do it, let's stay in bed."
The quilt was warm, and Tao Zhu lying in his arms was also soft. Li Qiao wanted to stay in bed.
Tao Zhu smiled when he heard this: "Okay."
This person's wishes must come first. If Li Qiao wanted to stay in bed, of course he would accompany her.
So, the couple hugged each other and chatted without saying a word. They didn't get up until Li Dashan came to the backyard and called them to have breakfast.
It was still snowing today, and small snowflakes were falling quickly. Li Qiao had breakfast and went straight to the study to study.
Tao Zhu started interviewing, but he hadn't recruited enough people yet.
There is a charcoal basin in the study. There is no coal here in Pingcheng, so Li Qiao burns local charcoal.
This kind of heating method is just enough for Li Qiao. He is a superpower and can withstand frost better than ordinary people. He wears thick clothes and has two charcoal pots beside him. He is sitting in the study and is not taking it seriously at all. cold.
First, he reviewed the contents of yesterday's Ming Prefecture exam for him, and then he continued to recite "Historical Records" according to the plan he had made before. He was almost finished memorizing "Historical Records", and he wanted to finish it completely before the year.
Around noon, Tao Zhu came and asked him what he wanted to eat for lunch.
After thinking about it, Li Qiao said: "Go to Zheng's house to buy some meat and meatballs, and prepare yuba, tofu, fungus, and cabbage. Let's have hot pot."
"Okay." Tao Zhu also had this intention.
This kind of weather is really suitable for eating hot pot around the stove.
Today, the Zheng family not only had pork, but also mutton. Li Dashan bought ten kilograms of pork, ten kilograms of mutton, and ten kilograms of meatballs, and then carried them back to Li Qiao's house in a backpack.
When you get home, wash what needs to be washed, cut what needs to be cut, and marinate what needs to be marinated.
Two-quarters of an hour later, the family gathered around the two stoves to have dinner.
Zheng Qianqian is already pregnant. He is still working at Li Qiao's house and his workload has not decreased.
