On the night of the second day of the lunar month, the moon was still not visible, but the bright stars in the sky could be seen through the window.
Several coils of mosquito-repellent incense were burning slowly not far away. Looking at the pier from this side was the same as looking at it from the pier. There were lights all along the way.
In this way, there is no situation where the room is bright inside and dark outside, and the outside cannot be seen from inside.
There was a boat carrying a lantern that just passed east and west. It was obviously coming from Nanjing, either going to Dangtu or waiting in Wuhu.
You can't continue walking along the Yangtze River at night. After passing Wuhu and continuing upstream, you will soon encounter a section that requires fiber stretching.
That place is called Ruxukou, which is regarded as a gate of hell.
It was indeed the first time for Li Xin to come to Xiaqiu Village. He had only heard a lot about Xiaqiu Village. The most intuitive feeling was... rich!
He sniffed: "The mosquito coils used are the same as those in the library?"
"It's made in one place, using mugwort and other mugworts from the Asteraceae family. They contain pyrethroids, which are good for...drinking!"
Xiao Qi introduced him smoothly. Seeing the confusion in the other person's eyes, he picked up the wine glass.
Li Xin took a sip of wine and asked, "Is the mugwort going to be picked soon?"
"You can pick it now and it's good for cooking. The best time for medicinal purposes is from the end of April to the fifth day of May.
At that time, the village will organize manpower. You will be responsible for counting the points and storing them in the warehouse. Department stores in other places will purchase them from the people.
We picked a lot of tea leaves in the north some time ago. We have finished roasting them and will continue to pick them.
In addition, the people here in Xiaqiu Village led people to clear an area in the north and plant a tea tree. In a few years, there will be tea leaves to pick. "
Xiaoqi introduced the situation in the village. The two people who came here were different from those in other places.
The two of them are here mainly to learn other aspects of knowledge, and the department store has no need for them.
The department store in the village only has a place and a name, and it belongs to the warehouse area. When stores in other places need it, they need to get goods from Xiaqiu Village.
Things collected in the Taiping Prefecture area were transported directly to Nanjing, while things collected in the Ningguo Prefecture were first sent to Xiaqiu Village for sorting.
Department stores are equivalent to supply and marketing cooperatives. They sell and receive goods. They are large-scale and have high resource utilization rate.
The purchased materials are mainly medicinal materials and local products, which can be grown and raised. The shopkeeper is responsible for teaching the villagers to try planting and raising them.
Souvenirs are naturally grown hemp and rapeseed. The hemp needs to be processed locally first, while the rapeseed does not need to be pressed for oil. The oil yield rate when the village presses oil is low.
It is transported to a specialized oil-pressing workshop in a department store for processing, and the remaining oil residue is reused. This additional operation reduces losses.
Another example is that people kill chickens themselves and eat the chicken crop directly. Only knowledgeable old people will keep it and use it to treat stomach problems.
Department stores collect them exclusively, and people pay one penny if they kill a chicken. They count them and give them a penny if they collect enough.
Department stores collect good things that may have been thrown away unconsciously from various places, and then send them to the main warehouse for inspection, and then sell them...to the Taiyuan Hospital and the Herbal Medicine Library.
The palace holds 80% of the shares! Gifting is also calculated as money, but there is no direct money exchange and the accounts are settled separately.
"It turns out that there are so many things behind our department store." Li Yan said with emotion as Xiao Qi explained the functions and functions of the store.
Xiao Qi smiled: "The original purpose was to make money from the people, but suddenly there were people who planted two crops but only paid the land tax once, which the court found difficult to handle.
So the idea of department stores came up. They have a variety of products, and of course they make more money. Make money from them.
As for what happened next, it was a matter of course, an accident, an accident, hehehehe! "
Xiaoqi knew that this was Hanhan's plan, and when King Qin Zhu Xi asked about it, he started the overall arrangement.
Department stores will become the supporting frame of Ming Dynasty’s economic development, but their power has not yet been truly demonstrated!
"Eating meat, people naturally have to spend money if they have more money. Where can we spend it without spending money? Xiaoqi, we really live here. The county town is too stuffy and not as cool as the village."
Li Zhixian was afraid that Li Xin and Li Yan would talk nonsense outside, so he quickly changed the topic.
“The key is that there is nothing to do, the villagers no longer fight or complain to each other.
That is to say, there is some trouble between the nursing home and the official school, but they don't have big trouble every day.
Small things are taken care of by others. If there are issues in other villages in the county, they should be dealt with in the same way here. "
Guan Xian Cheng said with a leisurely look, as if he had nothing to worry about.
Chief Secretary Zheng then expressed his position: "The office space arranged for us in Xiaqiu Village has glass windows, so we can wear cool short-sleeves casually and no one cares.
If you are willing to take a shower, you can do it eight times a day. Even if you read at night, you will still have good lighting.
The key is to eat. In the county government office, you can't eat meat every time. It's already good if you don't bring your own food. "
"Speaking of eating!" When Wang Dianshi saw three people speaking out, he couldn't remain silent and spoke up.
“When it comes to food, Xiaqiu Village will give out a lot of things every time, distribute some, and use the rest to exchange for money to buy vegetables.
How to use a bunch of soaps? Ordinary government officials and their families have already given them one piece, and only use soap when something happens.
If the money is used to buy food, the entire county government no longer needs to bring food, and there is no need to bring a few pennies to buy food.
It’s impossible to have meat every day, but it’s okay to have meat every day, and we’re not talking about using your power to bully others..."
Wang Dianshi talked about the operation of Xuancheng County Yamen. The market director belongs to the county government.
He arranged the meat stall to a place with a wind outlet. It didn't matter whether it was windy or not, as long as it was windy.
Then make a small bamboo windmill with cloth strips underneath. When the windmill turns, the cloth strips fly to drive away flies.
Where is the vegetable seller? Seeing that the weather was hot, the yamen servant brought a bucket with well water in it and helped to beat the vegetables so that they looked fresh.
Then they go shopping. If they want to buy meat, the butcher watches the windmill turn. He must consider the choice of meat and the meat, otherwise he will easily be moved to a position without wind tomorrow.
Not to mention the vegetable sellers. The vegetables are fresh and easy to sell. If you give them more, you won’t lose anything.
However, the yamen would rather give more than take advantage of the eggs and duck eggs that the sellers had saved when they came over with just one basket.
Because butchers make money by selling meat, but this industry says that killing too many animals is not good and there are few people willing to do it.
Vegetable sellers, each family can take an extra handful. There are so many vegetables in the vegetable field, so it won't be affected.
The sellers of eggs and duck eggs are reluctant to eat them themselves and want to exchange them for some money. They must not stretch out their hands.
"You don't need to pay attention to things like Xiaqiu Village. I came here just to have good food and drink, and to arrange a house for us to live in. I said I would kill a pig tomorrow..."
"Okay, kill tomorrow!" Xiao Qi took over before Wang Dianshi could finish speaking.
"Did you see that?" Wang Dianshi said to the stunned Li Xin and Li Yan.
"But don't kill the pig, let's eat fish tomorrow! We haven't had fish for half a month." Wang Dianshi didn't want to eat the pig at all.
"Okay, I'll let someone lower the net in the early morning and drag it up." Xiao Qi continued to do as he was doing.
Li Xin and Li Yan continued to look at each other, and at the same time they understood why the people in the yamen were so enthusiastic about themselves and others when they arrived in the county.
(End of chapter)
