It was originally in Mrs. Xu's plan to have the village committee buy wasteland on the roadside.
First, as Liu Laozhu said, it was dangerous for her family to do business on the roadside. If there is a large group of people, whether beasts or humans, then there is no need to be afraid.
If the local tyrants and evil gentry are really jealous or want to take something by force, they have to consider it in their hearts. It is not difficult to demolish a family or two, but if they dare to seize the houses and land of more than a hundred villagers, they will not be in trouble. They risked their lives and went to the city collectively to beat drums and complain.
Secondly, it is indeed difficult for a single tree to become a forest.
There was only one shop like hers on the roadside. People with bad eyesight couldn't tell that it was a restaurant. They thought that someone had been squeezed out by the village and moved to the roadside.
But if there is a long line of shops lit by torches, rows of cooking smoke can be seen in the distance, and when the door is opened, the aroma of rice is rising, and then the older girls and younger wives wave colorful banners to greet the groups of tired passers-by. Saying: "Brother, brother, come in and warm yourself up, drink some hot water and some hot rice. Grandma, we have a visitor at home!"
In her granddaughter's words: When the sunset clouds come down, this deserted road will turn into a world of fireworks.
Let those coming from the south and the north, no matter whether they are Shanxi merchants or from the seaport, also feel the unique hospitality of the northerners.
Yes, the weather here is bitingly cold, but the people living here are hot-blooded and have nothing to fear.
I couldn't help but mistakenly thought I was in town.
No matter how shy you are at that time, people in ancient times can't be shy if they want to make money, so they go on the road to attract customers. And we should make this approach a feature that competes with the shops in the town.
Thirdly, I have to help everyone, Mrs. Xu thought to herself: As I said, you can't be a lonely tree.
Our family eats meat so that the people in the village can drink the broth.
Otherwise, who would our Xu family be?
Ah, Ba Ba was talking about joining forces on stage, but then he turned around and found out that the news was beneficial, so he took possession of his whole house. As long as everyone doesn't say anything in person, at least they will be very upset behind their backs.
After a long time, can our popularity still be so good?
Living in a village is very about popularity. Although sometimes people in the city feel that there are no boundaries, everything has its pros and cons. What would it be like if we encountered something and just raised our arms and came to a large group of people? Even if our family is short of money to buy fish and build a house, how can we not give money first if we are strict about boundaries? But being popular in the village means that you can get credit first, and you can help no matter what the job is.
What's more, her whole family is working together, and she is too exhausted to cook for many people. In the words of her granddaughter, the schedule must be set.
For example, her family only cooks "high-end" meals for the stewards, and the food is good but expensive, so that each table can afford a small plate of free sample fish floss and fish balls, and targeted promotions. Only sell to those who can make up their mind to place an order. On the way back after trading, the goods can be transported away.
As for other houses in the village that sell food, they have to make multi-grain steamed buns, grass seed porridge, ginger and spicy soup, and pickles. Anyway, it doesn't matter. The food of the poor and lower-middle peasants is the bulk of the food, and a lot of preparations are required.
Because if we put ourselves in the caravan steward's shoes, we have to think a lot. The steward wants to stop and have a hot meal, but he can't let everyone eat well, otherwise the meal bill will be too expensive.
Last night, Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin not only thought about the food in detail, but also decided on the food for the mules.
Her family only sells horse grass mixed with grain to make mules extremely strong.
Like in a team, some mules have to be fed immediately if they can't hold on. And some mules can still keep going, so they have to be fed ordinary ones. They can only make money by caring about the caravan leader's concerns and thinking about what the caravan leader wants.
As for the horse grass, it is destined to be profitable, and ordinary horse grass will be given to each family in the village, so that everyone can earn some hard money by working hard.
I also want everyone to know that the words she said on the stage were not nonsense. Our daughter's words were just spitting and nailing.
Mainly, her family didn't have that many people to help the caravan feed the mules and horses and help unload the trucks. I guess even just heating hot water to feed the animals won't be enough. We can’t hire the lonely elderly people in the village to help boil water. It just so happens that they can't do much business.
so……
At this time, Mrs. Xu narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Liu Laozhu, thinking, she must take this one down first.
Only this man had the strength to buy this large piece of land for the villagers first.
After all, we can’t raise funds. We can’t tell the news right now. When we can tell, the land price won’t be this much again. She also didn't want to do business next to anyone from Wangjiagou Lijia Village.
So how should we persuade him, in terms of courage? No, this guy doesn't have that stuff.
It's still the old method, just threaten, the tricks don't age, just use them easily.
"Aren't you afraid of being liquidated in the future regarding Jiang's affairs?"
Liu Laozhu was drinking water when he heard the words and choked up: "Ahem, cough, cough...I told you about buying wasteland, why are you talking about it?"
"Because Jiang has something to do with this land, please listen to me and give you a detailed analysis.
Let me talk about Jiang first. I heard that you asked if there was going to be a new general? "
Mrs. Xu deliberately pulled the small bench in front of Liu Laozhu and then said:
"Emperor and courtier, brother, don't you understand this?
How many products does Xiaozhi County have? It can also enslave us ordinary people, as well as the relatives of Lao Shizi Fucheng behind Wang Li, who are nothing in front of the third-rank officials.
If you can't prepare to work for a lifetime, you won't be qualified to kneel down in front of others.
So the weather here is about to change. It depends on whether we want to recruit a group of people that day.
I even suspected that their vanguard team had already arrived and came early to see if there were many bastards in this shallow pool and whether the evil wind was strong.
Hehe, if the wind accidentally blows someone's face, who is the person looking at the face of such a high-ranking official? It's like chopping a chicken into pieces. You can't look back and clean it up, and you'll either not take action or leave nothing behind. "
After saying that, Mrs. Xu helped Liu Laozhu pick up the dropped water bag and was shocked to see it.
Liu Laozhu was frightened by the words "come early".
Because it was indeed coming, but only he and Lao Lei knew about it, and they definitely didn’t even dare to talk to the wife next to her in her sleep. How could this mother-in-law guess right again?
Liu Laozhu swallowed nervously: "Sister, don't beat around the bush. This time I know that your brain is really good. However, I don't understand what this has to do with the wasteland?"
"Because I have this wasteland. To be honest with you, I don't want to plant crops at all. I am guarding the road. I want to build a house and open a shop." So you have to give me a cheaper price, and I still have to keep money to build a house.
"Huh? There's no one, who are you selling it to?"
"Tsk, didn't I say that there must be a tacit understanding between the two of us? Think about who came last night?"
Mr. Zhao, Liu Laozhu was puzzled: But he was just a Mr. Zhao, what else could he know?
Old Mrs. Xu sneered: "I'm just going to leave you one sentence. I can't say more than that. If I say it, it will easily cause trouble. I didn't scare you. I'll ask you about it later."
"Say it."
"Do you know where Zhao Dashan served in the army before? The famous Huo Family Army. Do you know the name of this new land? Then tell me why I want to buy this land and why I need to buy it this way."
Why?
Liu Laozhu's face was wrinkled, and he resisted not getting to the bottom of it: "It's clear, it can't be said, it's a tacit understanding."
"Hey, that's right. You have no idea what I mean when I say this to you. If it wasn't to save you, I wouldn't be able to tell you even if I were killed. And this news is always valuable. Even if I don't I know the wealthy businessmen in the town and county, don’t I know where to open the Bai family’s door? Can I negotiate with his family for such a valuable letter?”
The Bai family, except for people like Wang Lizheng, are well-known wealthy families in eight villages in ten miles and eighty miles, and they have a good reputation. There is a boy in the family who just passed the examination this year and became a scholar. He is still young. If he is to be elected next year, he will suddenly become something extraordinary.
She had just traveled through time, and that old guy Yu Jiagann showed off that he made a lot of money by flipping pork and pulling feet, just to help the Bai family.
"Also, does my mother-in-law know the king of the county? I asked her to set up a line. It's not that I can't meet the head of the family. You don't have to believe it. In a few months, you will know that relying on this piece of news will not help you. If you do it, I can earn one hundred and eighty taels of silver. But in the end, for you and for the people of our village, I can’t even buy a large piece of wasteland with the money I have in my hands due to this calculation.”
"Sister, I don't have to ask how the wasteland is worth money, but can you tell me in detail what is best for me?"
Liu Laozhu's face was full of distress: "This way I can know better. Even if I can't give you a hundred and eighty taels of silver, I still want my children to remember their aunt's goodness forever."
Then Meizhuang on the donkey cart in the distance could not hear what she was saying, but could only see her, Aunt Xu, waving her arms in front of Zhong Zheng and talking non-stop.
Meizhuang doesn't obey anyone at the moment. She only obeys her aunt and her ability to talk. She feels that she will never be able to impress her in this life.
Her mouth is purely for eating, while the aunt’s mouth is rimmed with gold.
Here, Mrs. Xu was persuading Liu Laozhu:
"...Are you thinking that on the day of reckoning, when you were arrested, you said that I had done a lot of good things for the villagers, and we shouted yes, and everyone helped you petition, and you would be fine? Wrong!"
"How could it be wrong?" Liu Laozhu was anxious. He no longer had the time to think about how Mrs. Xu could guess his psychology correctly. He just wanted to know why he couldn't do good to the villagers.
Mrs. Xu said in a matter-of-fact tone:
"When the time comes, two rows of guards armed with knives will come and kidnap you directly.
On the day of the public trial, you looked up and were startled to realize that there was a room full of people kneeling, and you could only kneel in a corner.
As for Huo Qingtian, you can't even turn over the evidence of the crimes of those people kneeling in front of you. It would take more than ten or twenty people to check the accounts overnight. The petition for leniency you submitted will be nothing in those big accounts.
You tell me what good things I have done for the villagers. I went out to help sell goods, and I made a lot of money with each transaction. I used those copper plates to build old wells in the village, help widows carry water, and give water to the elderly. Visited the grave.
Please tell me, before you are liquidated, how much can you do in total for these small things? Can you earn a total of fifty taels of silver for the villagers?
When the time comes, the mess that people are trying to make up will only be fifty taels for you to make up. In the eyes of other high-ranking officials, you will not be able to compete with you and Wang Lizheng and the others mixed together.
I'll just throw you away and serve you like a dog! "
Liu Laozhu fell from the stone to the ground, and he was beaten to death while talking.
"Sister, don't scare me. Just tell me how you can make me live again."
Mrs. Xu sighed and said:
"If you want to live, brother, think about it and let the people above know that you are an upright person with just one sentence. You must have merit.
You want the kind of achievements that people can see at a glance.
And this wasteland is your chance.
Come on, follow the direction I point and start looking. Think about it, start from this side and go all the way to that side to buy this large area. "
Liu Laozhu was distracted and realized that if he wanted to calculate the distance like this, "Then your wasteland is in the middle?"
"I'm not good. I still have to occupy a good position. Don't interrupt. Do you want to hear it?"
"Say it, sister."
"At that time, along this road, there will be all newly built shops rising from the ground, all brightly lit. If business can still be good and no one is blind, it will be a great achievement and everyone can see.
When the whole village comes to petition you for a lighter sentence, it will be enough to just shout: Our village is taking the lead in the famous Erdaohe Shopping Street, instead of everyone talking about it, he carried water for me. Something like that. Do you think the people above will ask someone to ask what is going on on that street? "
Liu Laozhu affirmed: "If you know how to ask, if you are a good official, you must be an upright official."
Mrs. Xu nodded:
"That's it!
At that time, the good official sent someone to ask some villagers, and the villagers explained that when we didn't know whether we would make money or not, we bought this large piece of wasteland for everyone.
We, Li Zheng, also knew that the villagers had no money, and the village committee that helped manage the village had no money, so he paid for it himself, even paying for his youngest son's education next year.
Li Zheng said that at that time, he didn't think about anything else before doing this. He just thought that if he really made money, the villagers would also earn some wealth. Then he would come to him to exchange for land deeds. Only the villagers of Erdaohe Village could get it from him. Buy the land title deed here. "
Liu Laozhu: "..."
"If some villagers have earned some hard-earned money but still can't afford it, Li Zheng said, then they can rent it to needy households in the village. When they have enough money, they can buy it again at any time. He leaves a share for each family.
Li Zheng also said that there are many shops, and we can choose some honest people in the ten miles and eight villages to do business together. We can't just drive our own village. When we have the spare capacity to make people in other villages live a better life, not only do we have a small family in our hearts, But also have great love.
It just so happened that regardless of whether the money was rented to people from this village or from other villages, the money could be used to build old wells in the village, plant fish fry, plant small trees, and help the court build more roads. "
Liu Laozhu: "..."
Mrs. Xu gestured from a distance:
"So brother, think about it, even if you made mistakes before, but you dare to take a big step ahead of others and take risks for the whole village without asking for anything in return, how can the whole village not be together?" He shouted, "We have changed our inner integrity and we are not allowed to look at people with the same old eyes anymore."
After we have been upright, we have followed the path of the world and carried the flag against the wind. If we are so upright and dare to make decisions for the people, why should we put him in a guillotine? Even if we go home to plant sweet potatoes and not let him do it!
And regardless of who the high official is, he must also think about it. You Liu Laozhu, a villager of the first generation, is really courageous. courage is ability, it is indispensable! "
Emma and Liu Laozhu seemed to be seeing the scene when they heard the scene. They were so excited that they wanted to shout: "I have indeed changed. That's me, carrying the flag against the wind and leading the whole village to get rich."
He even felt that if he got it right, he would be able to rise to the top.
Today, he finally realized that this girl's mouth can really make people die and rise at the same time.
But back to reality: "I did the math. If you buy the wasteland like this, you will need at least eleven taels. If I listen to you and buy them all, I will get at least fifty taels."
But where can I get fifty taels before I build a house from the ground?
"Can you borrow adobe bricks from several villages? It's too late now. You can write an IOU and pay them back at the end of the year."
(End of chapter)
