One river roars and connects many lakes, and the tides are cascading and knocking on the sides. Thousands of miles around the state to lead the people. Don't ask for historical records in the countryside.
"Is shopkeeper Xu here?" He called out to someone when they were just sitting in the middle of the night, when the village chief and Hanhan came back from fishing and passed by Fuhua Building.
"Here, there! Is Zhu Lichang going to catch fish?" Shopkeeper Xu came out of the shop and saw a lot of fish in Hanhan's fishing net.
"It's always too expensive to buy groceries. Hanhan and I are going to shop for some food. Come to my place for lunch? Let's grill fish or barbecue." The village manager extended an invitation.
"Okay, I'll bring two dishes." Shopkeeper Xu turned around to go in.
"No need to bring food, let's go now, just in time to have tea and chat." The manager waved his hand.
"Okay, you are optimistic about the store." Shopkeeper Xu said to the waiter that he is not afraid that the people in the store will not be dedicated, as they have a stake in the store and will receive monthly dividends.
The three of them went back to the Danqing shop and set up a place to burn charcoal. The grill was made of stone troughs and the grate was made of wire.
In two quarters of an hour, everything was ready, the fish was grilled, and the pork belly was on.
"Barbecue like this requires dipping sauce." Shopkeeper Xu reminded.
"If you have Jiang, bring it immediately." The chief nodded.
After more than a dozen slices of pork belly were roasted, Li Chang stood up to get something and came back: "I tried it recently. I wrapped the roasted pork belly in lettuce, put garlic cloves and sauce, and it didn't taste greasy. Shopkeeper Xu, shopkeeper Xu?"
"Ah? Ah!" Shopkeeper Xu was staring at the lettuce. He knew it and always ate it in summer.
"Come on, let's have a taste." The manager put down the things and demonstrated first.
"Zhu Lichang, you...you collected the dried vegetables and soaked them?" Shopkeeper Xu was still staring at the lettuce.
Li Chang smiled: "How is it possible? Dried vegetables don't look like this after soaking. It's just like cowpeas after frying."
"Really? Don't tell me this is grown." Shopkeeper Xu picked up a piece of lettuce. It was indeed real.
"You can't see the big shed on my side from your side? Oh! The glass windows are close to the top, and there are others on the roof. After dinner, let's go in and take a look?"
"Don't eat yet. I won't be hungry in the morning or in the evening." Shopkeeper Xu shook his head.
So the manager and shopkeeper Xu stood up, turned around, walked a few steps, opened the door of the greenhouse at the back, and went in.
"There is eight acres of land here. There are no garlic seedlings or leeks. You can plant them in any room. There are water melons and luffa gourds hanging on them. Along the wall next to them are bitter gourds. They are used to make medicine. They are so ripe. Just take the seeds and eat them, then cook the melon..."
The director moved carefully in the greenhouse, where a brood of bees was kept and there were shelves.
Shopkeeper Xu’s eyes were exhausted. There were cucumbers of different sizes on the cucumber seedlings and a patch of eggplants in the eggplant field.
There are also lettuce, coriander, kale, celery, bok choy, spinach, cowpeas, soybeans that you can tell are used for edamame, fennel, lentils, pea shoots, and half a field of rapeseed, which is blooming!
"Be careful, Shopkeeper Xu. When you come in, you usually have to wear a gauze hat to cover your face. There are bees." After the introduction, the head of the store reminded him.
"Oh! I think the rapeseed is for the bees to use because there are not enough other flowers. It can also be picked for cooking. I don't know about your shed..."
"No, Mr. Xu, you can't build it. We need to use transparent colored glaze, which we call glass. This thing cannot fall into the hands of ordinary people." The head of the building knew what he was going to say.
"Actually, I can't afford the opaque ones. Today Zhu Lichang called me for dinner just to tell me about the food here?
I tell the truth, if you sell it, it’s not enough, it’s too little, and you have to give it to the palace, how much will I have left? "
Shopkeeper Xu regretted that he knew the relationship between Xiaqiu Village and the palace, so a large number of dishes were given priority to the palace.
He took some of it back to cook, and more people found out about it and ate it later. If he couldn't supply it, it would be better not to have anything at all!
"Shopkeeper Xu, think about it! The place here is small, so we need to plant a little. There is a lot of land in my village. There are twenty acres there, but some specialize in breeding and can give you up to ten acres of vegetables, including ginger sprouts. We The village has tips for growing softened ginger buds.”
The leader pointed to the southwest, where the village was.
Shopkeeper Xu showed a look of surprise: "That's enough. We don't need ten acres. Mr. Zhu, how do you plan to form a partnership?"
He didn't even say he wanted to buy it, so it was difficult to set a price. He planned to use Fuhua Building to cooperate with Xiaqiu Village and then split the money.
"Shopkeeper Xu gave him an idea." The manager didn't know how much it would cost.
"Twenty-eight cents, Xiaqiu Village gets the food, and Fuhua House sells it. Xiaqiu Village gets 80%, and Fuhua House keeps 20%."
Shopkeeper Xu gave a distribution ratio, and he accounted for one-fifth.
"This is less. It's better to have five or five points." The manager was embarrassed.
"No, no, anyone can sell your vegetables, so I will take advantage." Shopkeeper Xu refused.
"Thirty-seven cents, and you have to use the space of your restaurant. If you sell this, it can't be said to be less than the original income, so it's settled."
The head of the village agreed to give 10%, and there might be other cooperation in the future.
"Thirty-seven cents is fine, but it won't be based on pure profit, it will be based on the selling price. We will look at the accounts at that time."
Shopkeeper Xu mentioned it again so that he could add other meat, oil and seasonings.
"Okay, let's grill two eggplants and eat them." The leader picked two big eggplants and the two of them went out.
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On the second day, Fuhua Building began to advertise, and ten days later, it sold vegetables and told other wealthy customers.
The days are passing by, and before the food at Fuhua House is served, the final explosives are being placed on both sides of the place where the Rouge River is being repaired.
After digging in the middle, there is still a stone wall blocking the lake and Qinhuai River.
"Light the fire." The person in charge stood in the middle and gave the order, and the people next to him began to say "Light the fire", "Light the fire", "Light the fire".
'Boom~~~Long~~~' Both sides detonated almost at the same time, the ground shook, and then there was a sound.
The water from the lake and the Qinhuai River rushed into the canal at the same time. Those standing in the middle hurriedly evacuated. After a while, the water met and they were likely to hit the shore.
There were people watching around Shijiu Lake, watching the water rushing in. The grand scene was terrifying.
The same is true on the other side of the Qinhuai River. The people, especially the boatmen, have long been looking forward to it. This time, they can easily go to other places from Nanjing.
In the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was reviewing his question book. The eunuch outside ran to the door. The eunuch next to Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Long live my Lord, there is something urgent."
"What's the matter? Come in and talk about it." Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head.
"Long live my lord, we are very happy. The canal in Rougegang has been repaired." The eunuch ran in and knelt down to congratulate him.
"Okay! Reward, everyone in the palace will reward you today. From now on, when traveling to and from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places in Nanjing, you no longer need to take such a long detour. Leave your name in history, leave your name in history!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was excited. He could think of how happy the people in other places were, especially the merchants. Selling goods was more than ten times easier, and saving time meant making more money.
If the state government escorted Tian Fu to Beijing, there would be no need to lose so much on the way.
"Nitroglycerin! For more than three months, the most difficult rouge stone mound was blasted out. No one died. There were only a few hundred injured. Just take care of them."
Zhu Yuanzhang sat there and took a deep breath after speaking, he was so excited.
It's late today, I was very tired yesterday, and the sound of decoration was noisy when I was sleeping during the day. Feel sorry!
(End of chapter)
