very nice.
Li Qiao asked everyone to move the items off the Han family's carriage. There were too many items. He didn't plan to move them into the room. He just divided them up in the yard and everyone took what they had.
"What's the point? Wash your face first, and then eat something." Wang Guihua said.
"That's right, if you want to eat anything, do it right away." Li Shu also said.
It was afternoon now, and there was still some time before dinner. Because food in summer tends to go rancid, they didn't prepare it specially for Li Qiao Tao Zhu.
But there is no shortage of iced mung bean soup and sour plum soup!
"Then let's distribute the gifts while cooking." Li Qiao said with a smile.
Tao Zhu also said: "Actually, I'm not hungry, but it's okay to have dinner in advance. It's hot, so eat something sour and spicy to appetize, not too greasy. How about some cold skin and cold noodles, and some cold dishes to go with it."
"good!"
Tao Zhu's familiar ordering tone made Li Chuntao, Li Shu, Li Dashan and others laugh.
So, Li Chuntao, Li Shu and Li Chunsheng's wife took Li Yuning and Li Yuan to the kitchen, while the others began to distribute gifts.
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu brought 50,000 taels of silver notes with them when they went to the capital, but now only less than 20,000 taels of silver notes are left.
The remaining 30,000 taels, except for the expenses along the way, were all turned into gifts. These gifts were enough to load twenty carriages.
Food, drink, clothes, things to play with, whatever Li Qiao and Tao Zhu liked, they bought them all.
"Here, the little fat man's wishful longevity lock will allow him to wear it from now until he is ten years old."
Li Qiao handed an exquisite wooden box to Zheng Qianqian. Inside was the gold lock Tao Zhu bought for Li Rui.
"Hey, thank you, uncle Zhu!"
Zheng Qianqian smiled and thanked her, and then said to Li Xiaorui: "Quick, thank you two uncles!"
Li Rui is just over a year old, and his pronunciation when calling people is not very standard. When his uncle comes into his little mouth, he becomes uncle.
He was held in Li Dashan's arms, and his little body jumped up and down with great energy. He grinned and shouted clearly: "Thank you, thank you, uncle!"
"Hey, be good!"
Li Qiao responded loudly, came to him and pinched his fat cheeks.
It felt good, so he squeezed it a few more times.
The little fat man thought he was playing with him, so he called his uncle loudly, which made Li Qiao smile continuously on his face.
"Now, this is for Brother Qian'er Youyou. There are twenty pieces of fabrics, silk and satin, all of which are the hottest sellers in Shengjing right now."
"This belongs to my eldest sister-in-law and my sister-in-law Chunsheng. They also have ten horses for each of them."
"This is Chuntao..."
There are cloths for both men and women, ten pieces for each person, enough to make many sets of clothes.
There are also jewelry, food, and supplies for everyone.
"I can't even tell the difference between various tea leaves. Why did you buy me such expensive tea? It's a waste of money!"
"I am quite old, and my hands are as rough as old tree bark. It would be a pity to have such a beautiful bracelet on my hands!"
"Hey, this mutton-fat ointment smells so good. It must be expensive, right? We also have it in the county, so there's no need to buy it so expensive!"
"Tsk, they are just children. They can just write on a tree branch on the ground. What a waste to buy them such a good pen and ink!"
"Oh, this bowl is beautiful. The pattern on it is so beautiful that I can't even bear to eat with it."
"This is ginseng and Ganoderma? Oh, it must be super expensive! I have a strong body, so I don't need such expensive things! Even if I'm really sick, I won't use it!"
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Everyone knew that Li Qiao was generous, but they still couldn't help but feel sad when they saw so many expensive gifts.
Just buy them something interesting, and then you can buy a mountain of them all at once!
Li Qiao listened to these words with a smile on his face. Everyone was used to being frugal and felt that buying these was a waste.
But he didn't feel it was a waste.
He is rich and loves to buy things. Now that he is rich, he no longer has to suffer as much as before, and his quality of life must be improved.
When dinner was ready, the gifts hadn't been distributed yet, so we ate first and then distributed the gifts.
After the gifts were distributed, it was already dark.
After dark, everyone dispersed to let Li Qiao and Tao Zhu have a good rest.
You must be very tired after running around for so long.
After washing, Li Qiao moved the bamboo bed used to cool down in summer to the yard. It was hot, so he and Tao Zhu slept in the yard.
A good night's sleep, enough sleep, and enough energy.
In the next few days, the entire Sanliu Village was in an unprecedented excitement. People from other villages and towns came to watch the excitement. It was much more lively than when Li Qiaozhuang passed the Wenzhong Examination.
Amidst this excitement, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu were busy packing their luggage and making arrangements to enter Beijing.
We are going to the capital together, and we will definitely not be back in a short time, so I have to take away all my usual belongings including books.
After the couple went to the capital, someone had to take care of the yard, and the snack shop and duck shop had to run.
However, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu wanted to bring someone they knew well.
Because after arriving in the capital, the two planned to open a dim sum shop and a duck shop.
Although I am very rich now, really rich——
Before entering Beijing, Li Qiao went to Jiangzhi County specifically and said that Li Gu and Li Liang would help him receive the share of the vermicelli in the future.
After returning this time, Li Gu Liliang gave his husband his share of last year's vermicelli, which together amounted to two hundred and twenty thousand taels.
The mutually beneficial experiment between Yongxing County and Tongli County last year was very successful, so the Ming Prefecture plans to promote it in the five counties of Hexi Prefecture this year. In this way, even if the sweet potato harvest is poor this year, the silver noodles earned should be 200,000 taels.
This is still just vermicelli.
The couple also had a share of the Royal Dessert Shop.
Because the Royal Dessert Shop opened in a hurry, it lacked manpower and milk. Under such circumstances, the profit was not as good as that of vermicelli. At present, Li Qiao, Tao Zhu and the others only received one month's share, which was only a little over one thousand taels.
But because the business is booming, the Holy Spirit will definitely find ways to expand production in the future, and by then the two of them will receive more money.
However, who would think that he has too much money?
Anyway, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu won't think they have too much money.
At this time, transportation was inconvenient, and the duck products from the duck product workshop could only be supplied to Fucheng as far as Fucheng, so the vast market in Shengjing was blank.
Nowadays, the duck shop can make 1,500 ducks a day, and the net profit per month is 4,500 taels, which is 54,000 taels a year.
Of course, work may not start due to various accidents, such as this running water banquet, but overall, fifty thousand taels of silver a year is adequate.
And now Tao Zhu doesn't need to worry about the operation of the duck shop. From now on, the 50,000 taels of silver in the duck shop in Sanliu Village will be for nothing.
The market in Shengjing will only get bigger. Who can resist such a big market?
However, in addition to making money, the more important reason is that Tao Zhu wants to find something to do.
From now on, Li Qiao went to the Hanlin Academy as an errand every day and no longer studied as before. Tao Zhu no longer needed to cook soup for him, and Li Qiao was not willing to confine Tao Zhu to the kitchen. He wanted Tao Zhu to do something else. of.
So the two wanted to start a duck business in Shengjing.
Of course, because of the unfamiliarity of the place and the lack of supplies, it will definitely be difficult at the beginning.
But the beginning is difficult, and the future must be full of small money, so a duck goods workshop must be established.
Building a duck production workshop involves an exclusive secret recipe, so you have to let your own family get started before you can rest assured.
Who should I take?
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Chapter 112 Return to Shengjing to arrange everything
Unable to make up his mind, Li Qiao simply called all the Li family members and let them choose.
Going to Beijing this time is a lifetime trip, and the possibility of coming back is extremely slim. Being far away from homeland is really a difficult choice for everyone who has a strong idea of relocating to their hometown.
Therefore, Li Qiao specially emphasized that everything is voluntary, even if no one wants to go in the end, because now he and Tao Zhu are not short of money, and can live a prosperous life just relying on Pingcheng's family property.
Opening a duck goods workshop is more about finding a job for Tao Zhu, making money is secondary.
After returning to Beijing this time, he and Tao Zhu will find Ren Yazi to buy a few servants, so don't worry that he and Tao Zhu will have no one to deal with. You must think carefully and don't be impulsive.
While everyone was thinking about it, the magistrate of Xinzhi County in Pingcheng gave Li Qiao a greeting card, asking him to come and visit Li Qiao.
When he went to the capital, Li Qiao was just a candidate.
Now that he is back, the magistrate of Xinzhi County in Pingcheng has to give him a greeting card.
Xinzhi County's surname is Fang, a somewhat serious old man in his fifties. Li Qiao passed by Fucheng when he returned to Pingcheng. He and Zhuang Wen went to visit Mingzhifu.
According to what Magistrate Ming said, Magistrate Fang was not as capable as Magistrate Jiang, and he had no ambitions, but he could not overwhelm the people, and could conscientiously complete whatever he assigned him.
You cannot create new things, but you can maintain your success.
The bustle of Pingcheng, which had just been rich for a few years, could be maintained when Fang Zhixian was in office, if nothing unexpected happened.
Li Qiao thinks it's pretty good.
The people in Pingcheng are all involved in the vermicelli business and spend half the year working on vermicelli. Under such circumstances, they have no energy to start a new business.
If the county magistrate can maintain this wealth, it will be enough.
The magistrate of Fang respected Li Qiao very much. Although Li Qiao was young, he was already a sixth-rank imperial official with a bright future, and Li Qiao contributed half of his efforts to the foundation of Pingcheng.
Fang Zhixian was demoted one by one, and Li Qiao didn't take Qiao. Although he was a capital official, Fang Zhixian was his parents' official in his hometown. If the people of Sanliu Village want to be comfortable, they rely more on Fang Zhixian, the county official. .
The meeting between the two parties was very pleasant. After Fang Zhixian left, Bai Jiaoyu, Shen Xuezheng County's Cheng County Lieutenant, and several officials without official positions also came to visit Li Qiao.
