Chapter 0510: Let's Plant Sugar Cane Together
After Li Mu finished handling the affairs, he just stretched his waist, only to hear the maid come in and remind, "Lady, do you want to let Li Langjun come in?" ”
Li Mu then remembered that his brother had been waiting outside for a long time.
"Let him in."
Li Tong came in with a small basket made of bamboo, which contained several goose eggs, each the size of a small fist.
There was also a middle-aged man who Li Mu was somewhat familiar with.
"Sister, you haven't eaten lunch again, pay attention to your body. I've brought you some goose eggs, so that the next person can cook them to make up for your body, right?" ”
Li Mu is a workaholic and often forgets to eat in order to deal with affairs, and Li Tong's behavior makes her a little relieved.
"I have a small kitchen with special rations here, so they can do whatever they want to eat at any time, so you don't have to worry about me."
Li Mu shook his head and said.
Nowadays, the expansion and development of various workshops in Nanxiang, and the managers of the workshops are comparable to the families of the rich in terms of food.
Not only are there constant fish, meat and eggs on weekdays, but as long as there is a certain amount of power, there will also be a small kitchen with special rations, ready to be dispatched at any time.
It's just that Li Mu pursues the principle of openness and selflessness on weekdays, and he has no guilt, so he generally follows the public to eat in the big canteen, and rarely uses the small kitchen.
"Listen to the people below, you have raised chickens and ducks well these days, why are these geese still there?"
As long as Li Tong can complete the things she explained and no longer do things that touch her bottom line like before, Li Mu does not restrain Li Tong too much.
"There are only a dozen or so left, not many, and these geese can help with housekeeping, and I see that they are still of some use, so I kept some."
Li Tong's face showed nervousness.
Li Mu is now in charge of thousands of people, how can Li Tong's little caution be hidden from her?
She didn't bother to break it, but reminded her slightly, "I don't understand these, since you said they are useful, then keep them, and don't affect the business." ”
"No, no, those chickens and ducks, they grow very well."
Li Tong hurriedly said.
Li Mu's gaze fell on the man behind Li Tong, and his gaze was slightly cold, "I seem to have seen you before." ”
The man had always had a somewhat flattering smile on his face, and when he heard Li Mu ask him, he hurriedly bowed down and replied, "The villain is Li Wei, the steward of the big house, and I have seen Mu Niangzi." ”
When Li Mu heard this, the gaze in his eyes became even colder, "The people of the big house? Looking for me? ”
At the beginning, he was used as a bargaining chip to marry the Liao family, which was Dafang's idea.
If Liao Li was a hero, Li Mu wouldn't say anything.
But in Li Mu's view, this person is just an empty talent, but he is really talented, and he is arrogant, repeatedly speaking out of his mouth, offending others, but he doesn't know how to restrain himself, and sooner or later there will be disaster.
It is not wise for the Li family to marry such people.
It's a pity that the situation in Dahan was turbulent at that time, and Dafang was eager to win over the officials of the DPRK and China, so he wanted to send her out like a cargo, and didn't listen to her opinion at all.
This not only made her resentful, but also made her look down on the eyes of the owner of the big house.
Because later events proved her speculation right.
After Liao Li said the famous phrase "Clever words make Feng Langjun", the whole family, men, women and children were exiled to Wenshan, which became a big joke.
And when Feng Langjun's reputation was constantly slandered, he decisively took refuge, which became the most proud thing in Li Mu's life.
Look at Feng Langjun today, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is famous all over the world, whether it is Eastern Wu or Cao Wei, his articles are circulating.
On the Han side, he was already a marquis before he reached the weak crown.
And his own identity is also rising.
Not to mention the weavers in the workshop, or the people who came to Nanxiang from outside to find a way, how many people dared not listen to her?
Nanxiang Mu Niangzi, not to mention Hanzhong, is Jincheng, which also has a certain reputation.
It's just a pity...... failed to seduce the prime minister of the Han Dynasty back then......
Li Mu suddenly had such an idea in his heart, and he sighed a little at the moment, which was really a pity.
That Guan family girl, what a life!
The steward of the big house naturally didn't know what Li Mu, who had gloomy eyes, was thinking, and when he heard Li Mu's question, the smile on his face was even more flattering, "Mu Niangzi, the villain came this time to be entrusted by the lord to send some things to the lady." ”
"What's that?"
"It's all the daily needs of some ladies, silk forging and the like. There are also some supplements, and the lady has a lot of hard work in Nanxiang, so she should pay attention to her body. ”
"This side is far away from Jincheng, and the lord also sent a few subordinates over, all of whom have been trained, and each of them has an excellent set of craftsmanship, and they are good people to serve."
Li Mu laughed when he heard this, with sarcasm in his eyes, "This is really rare, I didn't expect the people in the sect to remember me." ”
"The lady laughed, the lady is the most outstanding woman in our Li family......"
The steward hurriedly flattered.
When Li Mu heard this, the sarcasm in her eyes was even stronger, but her vision was now beyond the reach of ordinary people, and she had neither time nor interest in talking about anything with such people.
I saw her leaning on the back of the chair and said indifferently, "I'm here, time is very tight, I don't have time to go around the bend with you, you can talk about something if you have something." I have all the things sent by the big house, so I don't have to worry about them. ”
The steward showed embarrassment on his face, "Lady, the villain is really here to deliver something." This time, the people in the clan came over, and it was Lang Jun, who was the head of the family, who took the lead. It's just that Lang Jun couldn't leave for a while, so the villain sent the things over first. ”
Hearing the words of the steward, Li Mu became a little serious, "Lang Jun, the head of the Dafang faction? Who is it? Where is it? ”
"It's Shiro, and I'm visiting Li County Commander now."
"Li Shilang?"
Li Mu was really a little surprised, this is the son of the big house, and he went to visit Li County? Li Xianling was born in the Li family in Nanzhong, and the Li family in Nanzhong is now considered to be up, and even suppressed the Li family in Shuzhong.
However, the Li family in Nanzhong was separated from the Li family in Shuzhong after all, and they couldn't write two Li characters in one stroke, and the broken bones were still connected to the tendons, and I don't know how the Li County Order would deal with this Li Shilang?
It seems that this time the big house is not small.
It's just that Nanxiang is not better than other places, and if Dafang wants to use the previous method to do things in Nanxiang, I'm afraid that he will be disappointed.
Thinking of this, Li Mu's body relaxed again, and asked condescendingly, "What is Li Shilang doing here?" ”
"The villain just knows that the clan is going to Nanzhong to open up some wasteland, so he wants to come to Nanxiang to book some tickets, as for the details, the villain doesn't know."
Li Muben didn't expect to get the news from the manager's mouth, but he didn't expect to hear this, and immediately wondered, "What kind of ticket is ordered?" ”
"Naturally, it's a woolen ticket. Now the clan wants to open a manor in Nanzhong, and the money and grain labor cannot be prepared in Nanzhong for a while, so I want to ask Nanxiang to customize some tickets that are longer in exchange for a long time, and then go to Nanzhong to find someone to exchange some money, grain and labor. ”
Who to exchange with, naturally it is to find the head snake in Nanzhong, and there is also the dragon who crosses the river.
Now the Li family in Nanzhong is the biggest snake there.
And Feng Langjun is the biggest dragon crossing the river.
Not only because of the reputation of the ghost king in Nanzhong, but also because of the wave of operations to sell labor during the southern expedition, a certain turtle became the largest labor dealer in the world.
Now the Nanzhong Governor's Mansion received labor from those barbarians who held high the banner of righteousness to pacify the rebellion, and directly sent people to the warehouse built by Dongfeng Express in Nanzhong.
After the barbarians exchanged their labor for grain and salt, the captain stationed there counted the number of laborers, took a percentage according to the number of heads, and took away the woolen cloth or money and grain in the warehouse, which was simple and convenient, and extremely easy.
In the process of selling labor, the Governor's Office will also send people to follow, the purpose of which is to register the final destination of the labor.
As for how to sell labor, who to sell to, the delivery of labor during the period, the circulation of various materials, etc., these cumbersome things do not need to be worried about by the Governor's Mansion, and Dongfeng Express will naturally deal with it to make the Governor's Mansion satisfied and assured.
Behind Dongfeng Express is the Xinghan Society, and the head of the Xinghan Association is Feng Langjun, so now the redistribution of labor in Nanzhong is in the hands of the famous ghost king.
As a result, the name of the ghost king has become more and more deterrent to the barbarians in Nanzhong.
Even if you have both labor and food at home, and can transport it to Nanzhong smoothly and unhindered, it is useless.
Who wants to open a manor in Nanzhong to grow sugarcane, and they can't go through Feng Yong's nod?
Otherwise, the sugarcane grown is kept for yourself to nibble on?
At least so far, no one would have thought of going to Nanzhong to grow food.
How much money does it make to go to Nanzhong to open a manor to grow grain, except for the foundation that can be used as a inheritance, going to Nanzhong to grow grain will definitely be a loss in the past few years.
So far, growing sugarcane to make sugar is the most profitable method, and there is no one.
Obviously, because Dafang was not well prepared in Nanzhong, he wanted to directly ask Nanxiang to make a guarantee, and then take the ticket to Nanzhong to find someone to buy food and labor.
In other words, Dafang may have negotiated the conditions with the Dongfeng Express in Feng Langjun's hand, so he came to Nanxiang to customize the ticket.
It's just that what makes Li Mu wonder is, how could Dafang take such a big risk?
"The clan also believes that Feng Langjun can make caramel candy?"
"It's already done. Last winter, a batch of jaggery was shipped from Jiaozhou, and I heard that it was made from sugar cane. A few days ago, Feng Langjun used this batch of jaggery to make caramel that the world has never seen before. ”
The steward honestly replied that this kind of thing would soon spread to Nanxiang, and there was nothing to hide.
Maybe Li County's order in Nanxiang has already gotten the news, but he just didn't inform Mu Niangzi.
After all, this kind of thing doesn't have much to do with Li Mu, because the focus of Liufang is currently in Hanzhong, and he has no ability to develop Nanzhong anymore.
"Feng Langjun made caramel candy?"
Li Mu was immediately attracted by this news, "That's why the clan is in a hurry to go to Nanzhong to plant sugarcane?" Feng Lang......"
She wanted to ask "Did Feng Langjun agree", but suddenly remembered that since the big house wanted to customize the ticket, it must have been with Feng Langjun.
It's just that Feng Langjun is now a long history in Vietnam, and he is about to lead the army to Vietnam to quell the chaos, so Li Mu suddenly has some doubts: Is it a coincidence?
Thinking of this, Li Mu asked again, "In addition to the clan, are there any other families who want to go to Nanzhong to open a manor?" ”
"Yes. I've heard that there are quite a few. Now I don't know how many people want to go to Nanzhong to grow sugarcane. ”
Hearing this, Li Mu's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking of Feng Yong's various actions in the past, and finally came to a conclusion: it can't be wrong, this must be Feng Langjun's intention, it is definitely not a coincidence!
Li Mu prides himself on being talented, so he has always been arrogant by nature, and since he took control of the workshop, he feels that men are nothing more than that.
But for Feng Yong, he felt that he was really far-sighted and had a far-reaching layout, which was beyond the reach of ordinary people.
So in her heart, she actually took Feng Yong as an example, and even had a little admiration.
Now when he heard that Feng Yong had a new move, he couldn't help but get involved: What is the purpose of Feng Langjun this time?
Of course, Feng Yong has a purpose, and his most direct purpose is to let the families in Shu be more happy to pay for food.
The interest of the copper mine alone is not enough, and the horse farm under the name of Yue Hua Fei is destined to only have a small number of family members who can participate, and it is also a family family that has a close relationship with Du Qiong, Qin Mi and others.
So Feng Yong drew another big cake in Nanzhong: sugar cane to sugar.
This was originally painted by him to the brothers of the Xinghan Society, but now he realized that this Nanzhong special thing is really a bit too big.
With such a large piece of land, relying on the brothers of the Xinghan Society alone, they can't gnaw much land at all, and at most they occupy some land that is easy to develop and easy to transport.
But most of the powerful people are poor ghosts, and the situation has not been fundamentally changed at present, not to mention that their families have already spent a lot of money and food in Hanzhong.
Therefore, for the development of Nanzhong, Feng Yong and the brothers of the Xinghan Association finally felt a little powerless.
So he set his sights on the big family: it seems that he should give them another bloodletting to subsidize the brothers in the club.
Before going to Yue to take office, the last big thing Feng Yong did was to boil the jaggery sent by the Zhang family in Wu County into brown sugar, and then distribute a small bag to each of the brothers in the Xinghan Society.
Then the whole Jincheng began to boil, filled with a sweet atmosphere.
Feng Langjun has made good things again!
It turns out that sugar cane can really be used to make sugar!
Nanzhong, Nanzhong!
Plant sugar cane, plant sugar cane!
Everyone in the Xinghan Club had red eyes, redder than brown sugar.
I can't wait to plant the whole of Nanzhong with sugar cane.
Everyone said that we want to eat sugar and have a sweet life.
After all, sugar can bring pleasure and bring feelings of well-being......
Labor?
Yes.
Land?
Yes.
But everyone rummaged through their pockets and found that they were already a little shy in their pockets.
After all, horse farms also cost money.
The temporary currency woolen cloth ticket can't be printed too much at once, if something really goes wrong, Zhuge Old Demon wants to hang Feng Yong up and beat it.
The hard currency of woolen cloth is currently in a state of insufficient supply, which is somewhat similar to the deflation of later generations - there is too little money circulating in the market, and the price cannot be raised, which not only affects the enthusiasm of production, but also has no funds to put into production.
At present, Xinghuihui's Nanzhong sugarcane farm plan is short of funds.
So after Feng Yong's wedding, at a plenary meeting of the Xinghan Society, he yawned listlessly and mentioned: "We have labor, a grange, Dongfeng Express, and the big clan has money and food, so we can completely join forces." ”
Someone humbly asked Feng Yong what a strong alliance is.
Feng Yong explained, "We can sell some labor to those big families, and then use Dongfeng Express to help them transport grain to Nanzhong, so that they can grow sugarcane with us!" ”
"Labor is saved by us, so it is a little more expensive, they can understand, Dongfeng Express charges some errands, it should also be."
"In this way, we have solved the immediate difficulties, and they have rejoiced in the future."
However, some people still felt that letting the family follow them into Nanzhong to grow sugarcane was to share their own benefits, so Feng Yong scolded, "Idiot! Sugar cane is grown to make sugar! As long as we master sugar, are we afraid that we won't be able to make money? ”
"No matter how much they plant, they don't want to sell it to us in the end, and we don't have the final say!"
Talk about it, anyway, there will be a template for the future generations.
At the beginning, it must be planted first, and the price must be high price, high price, high price.
When the supply is sufficient, it will go at the market price.
When there is an oversupply, I have the final say on the purchase price, and I don't sell it? Then wait for the rotten ground!
Of course, Feng Yong didn't dare to take the last step, otherwise he would really mess up the situation of the great unity of the Han Dynasty, and he couldn't say that Zhuge Old Demon would sacrifice his blood to the peasant uncle...... 8)