Five copper coins is not a small amount for ordinary people. If calculated over a year, it would be less than a soldier, but compared to farmers, the price is naturally very high! So farmers from the whole town came to apply, hoping to get this valuable job!
And Du Xinyu is not a fool. Every farmer must be carefully selected. Those who are old, weak, weak, and thin will not be accepted!
The next step is to prepare the tools. As the saying goes, if you want to achieve success, you must first master your tools! Buy all new farm tools, such as forks, sickles, shovels, pickaxes, etc.! I bought ten big oxen for plowing the land, and it is impossible to keep these things in Shuixianju!
Du Xinyu directly asked people to build more than a dozen large tile houses on the edge of Zhao Xuanyi's 100 acres of fertile farmland. Du Xinyu used the family money at will, and she was not polite. In this way, farm tools and cattle were placed here, and if the working farmers' homes were too far away, You can also live here and keep an eye on the place from thieves!
With the personnel and tools ready, they started planting. Gu Kaiyuan pulled the seedlings he cultivated into the fields one by one, and these highly paid farmers also began to sow seeds in earnest!
And Zhao Xuanyi stayed at home doing nothing every day. The weather was very hot. Zhao Xuanyi didn't see Du Xinyu when he got up early in the morning. He knew in his heart that the little girl went to supervise the fields again. She was very serious about this matter. After all, this was her first time. Work on your own for once!
Zi Yuan walked in from the outside and placed the account book in front of Zhao Xuanyi, "Look at this little prodigal of yours, you really have your true heritage. The vegetables haven't even been grown yet, and they have already spent almost a hundred taels of silver!"
Zhao Xuanyi smiled, "Investment, it's all like this, and there's no squandering, tools, livestock! These are all things that must be bought!"
"Yes! Look here, here! I bought fifty watermelons the day before yesterday, and twenty pounds of apples the day before yesterday. She doesn't want to eat?" Zi Yuan said loudly.
"Hey, it must be for those farmers. They are all poor people. They just eat some fruit. Why are you angry?"
"I haven't said that I killed two pigs yesterday!" Zi Yuan said reluctantly.
Zhao Xuanyi smiled and held Zi Yuan in his arms, "What are you doing? It just cost you some silver. Don't worry, if you grow these vegetables, I will definitely earn you back several times!"
Zi Yuan rolled her eyes at Zhao Xuanyi and said, "Just spoil her!"
"Don't I spoil you too? It just so happens that I have nothing to do today. Let's go lie down for a while. I'm a little tired!" Zhao Xuanyi said with a smile.
Zi Yuan's face turned red and she slowly lay in Zhao Xuanyi's arms, "I think so too, but soon the lady will take Liu Xiawan to buy some new clothes, so let me follow!"
"Is that so? Come to me tonight and I'll let Xinyu go back to her room tonight, okay?" Zhao Xuanyi kissed Zi Yuan on the lips and asked.
"Yeah!" Zi Yuan nodded.
"By the way, on such a hot day, let me get you something delicious!" After Zhao Xuanyi finished speaking, he patted Zi Yuan's butt. Zi Yuan stood up and said, "What are you going to do again?"
"Waiting to eat, tell Han Yan and Li Zhi to go to the hall!" After Zhao Xuanyi finished speaking, he walked out of the room!
Zi Yuan put away the account book and left!
Zhao Xuanyi asked Shen Wei to take out a huge ice cube from the underground ice cellar, wrap it in a clean bag, and smash it with a hammer. Then he put the crushed ice in a bowl, added brown sugar water, and then added lychees, apples, and cherries. Wait for the fruit and give everyone a bowl!
After Li Hanyan got it, her eyes were very surprised. She took a bite with a spoon and a cold and sweet feeling instantly entered her stomach, and her body immediately became cool and translucent! It felt like there was a chill in my mouth, which was very refreshing in this hot summer!
After eating the lychee, she couldn't help but smile, "My uncle is so awesome, he can make everything, even the ice is so delicious!"
"Ah...eat!" Liu Xiawan reached out and wanted to eat the sweet ice cubes. The child's milky voice made everyone burst into laughter! It's so cute!
Li Hanyan looked around, "Where is your husband?"
"My uncle just went out!" Zi Yuan said.
Li Hanyan's face was not very happy, and she knew what he had done without asking!
Zhao Xuanyi rode Aoxue straight from Shuixianju to the fields. Shen Wei, Jinglan and Yu Wenzhu followed behind to protect Zhao Xuanyi's safety. Although Zhao Xuanyi was far away from the court, it did not mean that he was not in danger!
Zhao Xuanyi came to his field, and saw more than two hundred people working hard to cultivate the fields not far away, while Du Xinyu was sitting in the carriage, holding an incense fan in his hand, fanning gently!
Zhao Xuanyi came closer, got off his horse, came to the carriage with a food box in his hand, and got on the carriage. Du Xinyu saw Zhao Xuanyi coming and was very happy, "Why are you here?"
"You work so hard every day, why don't I come and take a look? I brought you delicious food!" After Zhao Xuanyi finished speaking, he opened the leather jacket wrapped outside the food box!
Du Xinyu smiled, "It's such a hot day, and you still wrap it up in a leather jacket? Are you afraid it will be cold?"
"Wrong, I'm afraid it will be hot!" After Zhao Xuanyi finished speaking, he opened the food box and saw four bowls of ice cubes and fruits in syrup inside!
Before eating, Du Xinyu felt a cold breath, which was very refreshing in this hot weather. "What is this?"
"Heat relief!" Zhao Xuanyi gave a bowl to Du Xinyu.
Du Xinyu took it over, scooped a piece with a spoon, put it in his mouth, and immediately smiled, "It's delicious! Did you make it yourself?"
"Of course! Xiao Xing, go ahead and call Mr. Gu and tell him that I'm looking for him!" Zhao Xuanyi shouted.
"yes!"
Du Xinyu hurriedly said, "Tell that guy named Wu Laoer that if he dares to be lazy at work, he won't be needed tomorrow! There are many people who want to do this job!"
"Okay!" Xiao Xing said and walked into the vast field!
Du Xinyu fed Zhao Xuanyi a mouthful with a spoon. Zhao Xuanyi smiled and slowly hugged Du Xinyu's waist with his big hands. "Thank you for your hard work. I will give you a share when the harvest comes out!"
"Okay! As agreed, what I do is hard work, so give me more!" Du Xinyu said.
"Okay!" Zhao Xuanyi nodded in agreement!
Gu Kaiyuan came outside the carriage and saluted Zhao Xuanyi, "Young Master, you call me!"
Zhao Xuanyi took a bowl of ice drink to relieve the heat: "Come on, Mr. Gu, have a taste of my craftsmanship!"
"Ah? What is this?" Gu Kaiyuan patted the dirt on his hand and took it. He ate it in one bite and his whole body felt comfortable. "Young Master, it's not bad! This is really the best thing to relieve the heat!"
Zhao Xuanyi smiled and gave Xiao Xing another bowl, "You should eat some too! You work so hard every day!"
"Thank you, Master!" Xiao Xing took it and ate it with big mouthfuls, then showed a satisfied smile!
"Mr. Gu, how is the situation?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
"Young master, this land is really good. The soil is fertile and it's close to a stream. It's very convenient for watering. Now the seedlings have started to grow. It's estimated that they will start pollination soon, and they will bear fruit in a month!" Gu Kaiyuan said.
Zhao Xuanyi nodded, it was going well. Du Xinyu looked at Zhao Xuanyi and asked, "Master, how do you plan to sell it? We have invested so much manpower and material resources. From the beginning to now, the cost has been almost two hundred taels. If we can't make it back, , we will be busy in vain!"
Zhao Xuanyi smiled, "Don't worry, I have only one solution!"
"So what can you do?" Du Xinyu asked.
Zhao Xuanyi smiled mysteriously and turned to look at Du Xinyu, "Do you want to be the boss's wife?"
"Ah?" Du Xinyu opened his mouth, really not understanding what Zhao Xuanyi meant?
Two days later, Zhao Xuanyi took Du Xinyu, Zi Yuan and others to the town in a carriage to go shopping. Zhao Xuanyi opened the curtain and kept looking at the scenery outside the window.
Du Xinyu asked softly, "Master, what are you going to do today?"
"Check the store to see if there is any good one. Buy one!"
Du Xinyu and Zi Yuan looked confused when they heard this. "You want to buy a shop?" Zi Yuan asked.
"Yes, to do business, you must have a shop!" Zhao Xuanyi said.
Du Xinyu twitched the corner of his mouth, "You don't want to sell vegetables, do you?" Du Xinyu had already thought about what it was like, standing at a vegetable stall, waving a fan and shouting loudly
Thinking of this, Du Xinyu couldn't help but shudder, "Don't even think about it. I don't want to be a grocery shopping girl. I can't afford to embarrass that person!"
Zhao Xuanyi laughed when he heard this, "What are you thinking about? It's not your turn to do the publicity work, who wants to buy groceries? It's simply embarrassing!"
"Then what are you going to do when you buy a store?" Zi Yuan asked.
"Open a restaurant!"
"Restaurant?" The girls with both ears shouted in unison. The two looked at each other. At this moment, they were thinking the same thing, that is, Zhao Xuanyi must be crazy!
"You are joking, right?" Du Xinyu asked.
"I'm serious! It must be very difficult for us to grow and sell these vegetables, at least the common people can't afford them! So I just made them myself. These are vegetables from the Western Regions. Who has eaten them in the entire Ming Dynasty? Even the emperor You may not have eaten it before, but business must be booming!" Zhao Xuanyi said with a smile.
Zi Yuan kept shaking her head, "You're crazy, you must be crazy. You haven't even seen what the vegetables look like, and you want to open a restaurant? Who would use these vegetables from the Western Regions to make delicious dishes?"
Zhao Xuanyi chuckled and pointed at his face, "I'm not talented, but I can!"
"Can you cook?" the two girls asked in unison again.
"Of course!" Zhao Xuanyi said very proudly.
Du Xinyu looked at Zi Yuan, "Have you ever eaten the food cooked by the young master?"
"I've never seen it before!" the two girls confirmed. No one has eaten it!
Zhao Xuanyi looked outside, "Brother Shen, pay attention. If you see that store selling cash, let's go and have a look!"
"Yes!" Shen Wei thought to himself, this young master's prodigal habit has happened again. I wonder what he will do again this time?
After walking not far, he saw a two-story restaurant opening out. Shen Wei pulled the horse and said, "Young Master, there is one in front of you!"
"Let's go and have a look!" Zhao Xuanyi got off the carriage very excitedly.
Zi Yuan and Du Xinyu looked at each other, both of them were helpless. Zhao Xuanyi had always been like this, saying that the wind was like the rain, and he chose the place when he wanted to buy! Fortunately, he has enough wealth, otherwise he would definitely defeat him!
Zhao Xuanyi raised his head and looked at the shop in front of him. It was a teahouse with the word "Ji Dui" written on the outside! Zhao Xuanyi walked into the teahouse under the protection of Shen Wei and Yu Wenzhu!
When I first came in, I saw that it was quite spacious inside, with a total of eight tables and good lighting. The large windows on the left and right sides were very transparent. Unfortunately, there were no customers. There was a staircase at the back that led directly to the second floor!
As soon as the shopkeeper saw someone coming, he hurriedly greeted him, "Sir, are you here?"
"Look at your shop!" Zhao Xuanyi said with a smile.
"Then you're welcome. Our shop is a geomantic treasure. It faces south and is open to all directions. On the left is a rouge shop, and on the right is a peach blossom forest. Smell it, the room is filled with the fragrance of flowers! And it's still there! Making trouble, this...?"
Zhao Xuanyi waved his hand and signaled the boss to stop talking, "Can I go to the second floor and have a look?"
"Okay, please come upstairs!" The boss enthusiastically approached Zhao Xuanyi and went up to the second floor.
Du Xinyu watched carefully in the room, stretched out his hand to touch the tables, chairs, benches, and pillars in the shop, then frowned and shook his head!
Zhao Xuanyi came to the second floor and took a look. There were only four private rooms on the second floor. Although they were not very big, they were spacious enough. There would be no problem in seating ten people in one private room!
Fortunately, there are not too many tables, so even if you are the chef yourself, you can still keep busy! When Zhao Xuanyi opened a restaurant, he just wanted to spread these vegetables. Selling vegetables is much faster than selling delicious food. Too many tables will cause trouble!
"Okay, boss, how much money do you plan to spend on this shop?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
"This? You are an expert at first glance. You said that for my position, plus these two floors of high-rise buildings, I don't want any more. You can just give me fifteen thousand taels of silver!" the boss said with a smile.
"How much? Ten thousand and two?" Du Xinyu shouted like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
Zhao Xuanyi was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly to make room for Du Xinyu. Let your heart shine!
Du Xinyu came to the boss and sneered, "Do you plan to sell this shop for fifteen thousand taels? Are you talking about copper plates?"
When the boss saw that it was a little girl talking to him, he didn't take Du Xinyu seriously at all. "Hey, little girl, what did you say? This is a prosperous shop. Why don't you go around the streets and ask around?" Apart from anything else, my tables, chairs and benches are all made of good wood!”
"Come on! As for the tables, chairs and benches here, the dust on them is almost a copper coin thick. Are they all coated with paste? And the pillars here, I don't tell you, you should understand that they haven't been painted for a long time, right? The outside is peeling!"
"Also, when I first came up, the stairs creaked when I stepped on them. I was really afraid that if I stepped on them, I would fall directly from the second floor to the first floor. This window has not been cleaned for many years, and the wooden frame is loose. , if we buy it, the repair cost of these things will be a big expense!"
Du Xinyu turned to look at Zhao Xuanyi, "Sir, I think we should go to another house to have a look!"
"Ah? Oh, okay!" Zhao Xuanyi said with a smile, thinking that Du Xinyu can do business!
"Hey... don't bother, let's talk about it later!" When the boss saw that he was about to leave, he hurriedly tried his best to persuade him to stay!
