In the evening, before Zheng Yiqian went to bed, he soaked his feet in hot water and told his wife what they had agreed to do today. It would be fine if he didn't say it. When he said it, his wife grabbed his hair and pulled his beard and yelled at this old bastard for hurting her daughter. : "Old guy, are you really confused? You don't know what can be grown in Nanxi? Don't let Ying'er earn that ten thousand yuan. Now I just want you, an old guy, to go to my mother's house. Let’s see how you can earn 10,000 guan in two years! Are you still growing sugar cane? You can’t even eat it after planting dozens of acres of it, and you’re just following your children around. You’ve harmed my daughter! You’ve harmed my daughter! "
Poor Zheng Yiqian, his heart had gone cold when he heard his daughter's whimsical thoughts in the afternoon, but in the evening he was caught by his wife and became disgraced, and a lot of his beard was torn off. A man was sitting in the living room in a daze, and there was no room for sleep in the bedroom, so he was planting sugar cane. . Why was he so soft-hearted and didn't ask first? Zheng Yiqian thought about this while sitting on the chair. He gave himself two slaps on impulse, and it was too late to regret.
Zheng Ruoying was so excited that she couldn't sleep that night. She finally convinced her father to agree to her two-year agreement. She was ready to go all the way to the sugar making industry. In the afternoon, she asked Lao Cai to prepare the carriage and call a few tenant farmers who had planted sugar cane. Tomorrow she was going to the port market in Qingyuan County to buy sugarcane seedlings.
Liang Chuanyou told her that it is best to go to Guangnan West Road to buy sugarcane seedlings, because the quality of the sugarcane here is the best, both for eating and for making sugar. But now, the sugarcane seedlings are transported from Xinghua to Guangnan West Road. It takes two months to go back and forth. At that time, the best time to plant sugarcane has been missed, and a year has been wasted. I have seen a lot of sugarcane sellers in Qingyuan County, so I should be able to buy sugarcane seedlings there.
The port of Qingyuan County has developed since the former Li Tang Dynasty to the present. It relies on the unremitting anger of the Fujian people. It can only rely on the sea to survive, but cannot get it from the ground. Except for the prosperous port of Guangzhou Prefecture, there is no other in the world. The trade volume of various types of porcelain, tea, wine, and silk is immeasurable. It can pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes to the court every year. The amount of goods can be imagined. The quantity of sugarcane and sugarcane seedlings transported from Guangnan West Road is also quite large. To plant hundreds of acres of sugarcane seedlings, you can't find so many sugarcane seedlings anywhere without going to Qingyuan.
Early the next morning, Zheng Ruoying changed into a male waiter's outfit, took Lao Cai and his party, and hurriedly set out on the road. Success or failure depended on this, so the little girl couldn't help but be nervous.
Liang Chuan went to the mountain to cut down trees every day, then transported the wood down the mountain, and then split the wood into small pieces. After a few days, the large pile of fine firewood had been chopped up like a hill. Yi Niang would carry a load every day. The firewood is sold in the city. This large load of firewood can be sold for a lot of money. Li Chuyi couldn't bear it when he saw Yi Niang carrying such a large load of firewood, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to help.
Zhaodi had just turned the wood into charcoal and continued to burn charcoal. Although the contract with Xiatinglou had long since expired, although the quality of the charcoal they produced was not the best, it was cheaper. There are still many interested customers.
When Yi Niang got rich at the beginning, she bought rice and bought it hard. She was afraid that the rice would not be enough to eat. She bought very little other vegetables and meat. After three meals, she could manage enough rice, but not enough vegetables. The conditions of Ye Xiaochai's three patients have stabilized a lot. Now is the time to take supplements. Now that it is approaching the end of the year, Liang Chuan told Yi Niang to buy a little bit of vegetables and meat every day after going to the market. There is no need to save money. After selling firewood, all the money will be exchanged for vegetables and meat, and some wine will be bought back. It is time to improve everyone's food.
Liang Chuan is thinking about making another batch of preserved eggs, but the first batch of preserved eggs has not yet come out. He doesn’t know how the taste and market response will be. Expanding production will only be feasible if it is recognized by the market. In view of this, This matter was put off again.
Liang Chuan did some calculations. When the house is built, there should be a lot of money left. Even if the family has enough food and meat to eat and drink every day, the money can be used for several years, at least for a few years. I'm worried that the money will run out, and besides, I chop so much firewood every day, and just selling firewood and charcoal is more than enough for daily food. If I keep holding on to the money, everyone will look at the good wine eagerly. If you are greedy for food, you are very unhuman.
After recruiting his brother to burn the charcoal, every day as soon as Master Luocheng started work, he would follow behind and patrol the construction site without saying a word. At first, Zhao Jinyu and others would come to him to discuss the purchase and sale of building materials. Liang Chuan sent them all to discuss with his brother Zhao. After going back and forth, several masters knew that Liang Chuan did not want to deal with this matter, so they gradually stopped talking to Liang Chuan. , If you have anything to do, go directly to discuss it with this young junior.
The people who recruited his younger brother were very ordinary, and he was very embarrassed when facing these masters and old craftsmen who were like masters. But after buying a batch of bricks and stones, he gradually got used to it, and he began to explore the ways of buying and selling. How? This way you won't be fooled and don't look too young.
Liang Chuan had the experience of going to a brick kiln before, so he knew the price of local blue bricks in Fengshan. After Zhao brother bought the bricks, he came back to discuss it with him. Liang Chuan recalled the prices at that time and lamented that these Luocheng masters were quite good. To be honest, at least there is no commission on the material, it is a real deal, as much as you need.
He Baozheng has been here these days. He first took a look at the area of Liang Chuan's new home, and kept praising Liang Chuan for his young and promising life. He could build a house the same size as his home at a young age. But Liang Chuan always dealt with him while concentrating on chopping his own firewood, as if chopping wood could build a house.
What's so good about chopping firewood? If you don't have the skills, you might as well pick up a hatchet and chop some firewood yourself. He Baozheng was bored with watching Liang Chuan chop firewood, so he went back.
Liang Chuan chopped firewood according to the method Li Chuyi asked him to do. At first, he felt a strange and stagnant feeling. Although the ax was not heavy when he lifted it, it was not easy to switch between the light and heavy axes. It was awkward and uncomfortable. The next day I got a little started, but because my hands were overexerted the day before, my arms were as if they were made of iron, so it was surprisingly uncomfortable to exert force.
On the third day, I gradually got used to this feeling, and the feeling in my hand became clearer and clearer, as if my ax had begun to have a slight connection with me!
Thousands of axes are chopped crazily every day, and the clever switching between light and heavy, virtual and real requires equal emphasis on strength and accuracy. Under such training, the purpose of such training is to make the ax integrated with one's body, with a kind of arm-like control. It feels like finally reaching the ultimate state of unity between man and ax.
After reaching this state, I believe that I can use this ax as I like without any so-called ax skills. This kind of state is not something that ordinary people can achieve, but thanks to his natural power, he already has three-thirds of power when using an ax before he has practiced it. If he followed Li Chuyi's method and practiced it for ten or eight years, Yes, at that time, it might not be a fantasy to travel all over the world with this pair of axes. .
I once dreamed of traveling across the world with a sword, but now I have turned into wielding an ax to cut down the world.
When Yi Niang came back, she carried a large piece of wild boar in her hand. Recently, due to the turn of winter and spring, the food in the mountains is not as abundant as in summer and autumn, and the crops in the fields have not grown. The wild boars are so hungry that they often hang out in the woods. Hunters on the mountain will encounter these crazy hungry animals from time to time. Although wild boars at this time are as dangerous as wild boars in estrus, a pound of wild boar can be exchanged for a lot of money to feed the family. After wearing it for a long time, hunters still take huge risks to hunt this beast.
In this era, except for the poisoned and expired food, all the food is basically green food. You can't find any additives even if you try to find it. Therefore, the quality of domestic pork at this time is also quite good. Every end of it is dirt. The local pork from farmers, while wild boar has a stronger smell and the meat is harder, so its popularity is not as good as that of domestic pigs, and its price is also lower than that of domestic pigs. Even so, this kind of meat was enough for Yi Niang to satisfy her family, so she spent dozens of coins to buy a piece of wild boar meat and cook it.
In the market, there are often peasant women picking a bunch of unknown wild vegetables to sell. In this era, wild vegetables are everywhere in the mountains and fields, so the price is much lower than the shepherd's purse, celery, green vegetables and beans grown in the field. The artist is good at running the house, and always It's wild vegetables mixed with home-cooked food, and then made into delicious food for everyone to eat.
But often like this, when Liang Chuan sees these home-cooked dishes at the dinner table, he is always the first one to lift his chopsticks, staring at the bitter wild vegetables that no one likes to eat. When Liang Chuan eats wild vegetables, his eyes are like a wolf's green eyes. The light, and then the wind and the remaining clouds were all wiped out. Everyone looked at Liang Chuan eating so deliciously, and everyone was wondering, are these bitter herbs and weed stems so delicious?
Several women saw that Ye Xiaochai was such a good person, but they thought that Liang Chuan would rather eat more of these unpalatable things and leave the delicious ones to them. .
As everyone knows, in later generations, when vegetables are more expensive than meat and wild vegetables are not available, people who are used to eating these home-cooked dishes have a desire for green food that they cannot understand. Liang Chuan was so eager to eat these wild vegetables that would never be seen in future generations. It's not coquettishness, it's greed.
Liang Chuan and Yi Niang originally had two meals a day. Later, Liang Chuan's physical exertion was too great. He was often so hungry that his eyes were starry with just two meals. Most of the family members also had things to do. Two meals a day could not satisfy such physical strength. Due to Liang Chuan's request, the family's eating pattern changed from two meals to three meals.
At the same time, several women in the family always like to eat in hiding when eating. Liang Chuan doesn't like this very much. Liang Chuan got angry many times because of this trend. After several times, the women finally came to the table to eat together. Liang Chuan felt that this was lively enough and also like It looks like a family, but the women are always very uneasy because the rule of this era is that women do not serve at the table.
