Chapter 5 Manpower
"Big, big brother, isn't it that we will live in one house alone in the future, how spacious it is."
"Hehe, it's not that I dislike the small cabin we used to live in, it's just that now our business is getting bigger and bigger, and we have to produce more than 100 jars of wine every day, and that house is not enough for a long time, I am piling it outside, and I am afraid that it will be stolen or drugged by others, and then we will lose more than we gain, and now it is much better!"
Listening to the words of Fengyun and Chen Hu, Cao Xuan smiled, and then beckoned, and directly led the two to the innermost part of the house, in front of which was a wall, both of them didn't understand what Cao Xuan wanted to do, but Cao Xuan turned over and jumped on the wall.
Although Feng Yun and Chen Hu were a little confused, Cao Xuan went up, and the two of them were not ambiguous, Chen Hu squatted on the ground, Feng Yun stepped on his shoulder and climbed up, while Chen Hu jumped up directly with an arrow step.
The two of them looked and found that there were only endless plains and barren fields in front of them, and there was nothing strange about it.
Looking at the puzzled eyes of the two of them, Cao Xuan smiled and said indifferently: "This room is almost ten miles away from the county seat. I bargained with the previous owner of this house and finally bought this house for 3,000 yuan, which is also a bargain, what do you think! ”
"Okay, good, good, there's a big house to live in comfortably." Chen Hu smiled innocently.
And Feng Yun frowned and thought for a moment, he obviously had much more thoughts than Chen Hu, he thought for a while and then said: "Brother Cao Xing, I admit that the price and area of this house are quite reasonable, and even to a certain extent, we have made money, because there is enough space for us to make spirits, but here is more than ten miles away from the county seat, but we sell our spirits, but we have to go to the center of the county, so the distance is a little far!" ”
Before Cao Xing could speak, Chen Hu immediately patted his chest and said: "You don't have to worry about this, I Chen Hu doesn't know anything, I'm stupid, and I can't solicit business, but I just have a lot of strength, and the distance is not a matter for me at all, I'll just tow the truck alone, you and the eldest brother just greet the business, and leave the rest of the physical work to me!" ”
Cao Xing and Fengyun both smiled when they heard this. Cao Xuan looked at Fengyun and said: "There are gains and losses in this world, it is true that as you said, the long distance is a drawback, but we should see that this house brings great use!" ”
Seeing that Feng Yun was still a little puzzled at the moment, Cao Xuan pointed to the open space in front of him and said: "Maybe you think I just picked a remote place, so I bought this house at a low price, but in fact, look at the endless wasteland behind this house, no one cares about it at all, and few people pass by in normal times, if we tear down this wall and re-expand it, then ......"
Speaking of this, Cao Xuan doesn't need to go on, because Feng Yun has already reacted, and when Cao Xuan mentioned this, Feng Yun's eyes immediately shone with a golden light, who would dislike his house getting bigger and bigger?
He looked around, it was indeed as Cao Xuan said, this area was completely a wasteland, no one managed it at all, and the government was too lazy to ask, if Cao Xuan bought a house of about the same size in the county seat, not to mention the high price, and could not expand at will, so it would affect the traffic of pedestrians.
Feng Yun's idea of clapping his palms and fighting Cao Xuan is really wonderful.
Now that they have a big house to live in, the three of them naturally can't wait to move, and directly move everything in the previous home, including brewing tools, to this big house.
Chen Hu also went to the vegetable market to buy two catties of pork, everyone ate meat and drank at the same time, Chen Hu's appetite was relatively large, and he only knew how to eat meat with his head down and drink with his head bored in the whole process, while Feng Yun was after taking a sip of wine, he looked at Cao Xuan and suddenly stood up and said.
"Brother Cao Xing, to be honest, you are only a few months older than me and Huzi, let me call you a big brother, I do have some that I can't call, but today I completely obeyed you, no matter that time I fainted, whether it was for you to meet the gods or what, but now you are indeed not what you used to be, I have to admire the resourcefulness, so today please allow me to call you Brother Cao Xing, I Fengyun completely convinced you!"
Cao Xing smiled when he saw this, patted Fengyun's shoulder and asked Fengyun to sit down, Fengyun This guy can read and hyphenate, although it seems that it is not a big deal in the eyes of people in later generations, but in this Three Kingdoms, this era when education is not popular, it is indeed a blessing to be able to read and hyphenation. And those who have read the book will also do great things in the future.
Therefore, if you can convince this Fengyun to recognize himself as a big brother, Cao Xing's road will definitely be much easier in the future.
"Don't say so much, don't see your own brothers, just drink today!" Cao Xuan raised the cup and touched Fengyun heavily, and then drank it.
"Big brother, the three of us are here today because of the wine you made, I think you might as well give this wine a name!" Feng Yun proposed, and Chen Hu also put down the chewing pork leg in his hand and nodded repeatedly.
Cao Xing looked at the glass of wine in his hand, and his heart began to think, as Feng Yun said, the distilled liquor made by Cao Xing not only made the three of them a fortune, but more importantly, because the three of them avoided the direction of history, Cao Xing did not have to join the army anymore, he and his two brothers could survive in this troubled world.
But this is not enough, Cao Xing knows that if he wants to survive, only by continuous development, he is now like the plum blossom in the cold weather, maybe when the weather is colder, the plum blossom can bloom more brilliantly.
"Let's call it Cold Weather, this is our exclusive Cold Sky Spirit!"
When the next morning comes, the previous life is made.
But this time, the three of them didn't drag them along, but directly bought a cart and two horses, and the three of them sat on the carriage like this, driving the carriage while tidying up the cold weather and liquor.
Cao Xuan preliminarily divided his cold spirits into two grades, one is the ordinary spirits sold in the small jar, which is about 40 degrees, and the other is relatively high, almost 50 degrees, and one kind of spirits is sold in layers, so the benefits have increased a lot, and now Cao Xing and they go out every day, and they can almost make a profit of 1000 yuan.
"Little brother Cao Xing, to be honest, your wine is really good, we invited you to praise it after drinking it, and even praised you in words, this is a great honor!" Today, Hu San took his family to Cao Xing's booth and patted him on the shoulder with a smile.
And Cao Xuan also talked with this Hu San with a smile on his face, since this Hu San gave face so much, today Cao Xuan also waved his hand and directly took two jars of wine to him, these two plates weighed 40 catties, Hu San got some wine after the whole person smiled, waved his hand, and the two family members directly offered 100 yuan.
"Brother Cao Xuan, if you have time to come and sit in our Qin Mansion, Qin Ye seems to be very optimistic about you, a young man!"
"I will definitely visit you then!" Cao Xuan sent Hu San away with a smile on his face, and at this moment, the cold day spirits they brought out today had been sold out.
Cao Xing was lazy and was about to pack up his things, but he found Feng Yun on the side frowning with the ledger.
Cao Xuan walked over and asked Feng Yun what was going on, but Feng Yun pointed to the account book and said to Cao Xing: "Big brother, I don't think this account is right, although there is no big mistake, but I always feel that there is still a little bit missing!" ”
Cao Xuan squinted his eyes and looked at the account book, although he came to this world, he still has a lot of good knowledge of the words in this world, and he has been studying hard with Fengyun every night, so he can still understand the content on the account book, Cao Xuan looked at the things on the account book and frowned, pondered for a moment, and finally did not speak.
Another afternoon two days later, at this moment, Chen Hu was squatting in a corner, holding a wine bowl in his hand, directly poured a full glass of cold spirits, and then directly handed it to a young man in front of him.
The young man was wearing burlap clothes in such a cold winter, he took the bowl, glanced at Chen Hu with a grateful face, took a small sip gently, and then handed it directly to the companion beside him, and his companion also followed his example, just drank a small sip, and then handed it to the next person, just one by one, a bowl of wine weighed less than one tael, but it was drunk by 20 people.
Chen Hu watched this group of people drink so sadly, he only felt that his heart was also a little uncomfortable, he just wanted to speak, but the young man in front of him was extremely alert, Huo Ran got up, and looked ahead with a vigilant face.
And Chen Hu also stood up and looked back, but when he saw the person behind him clearly, his tight fists immediately relaxed, and there was a trace of panic on his face.
"Big, big brother, you, why are you here!" Chen Hu's tone became a little stammered, and his face was a little red.
As for the group of teenagers behind Chen Hu, after hearing Chen Hu's words, they became even more panicked and wanted to escape, but they were now completely in a dead end and couldn't escape at all.
Cao Xing and Fengyun didn't speak, but walked indifferently in front of Chen Hu, Chen Hu looked at the two of them, and knelt down directly.
"The two brothers are me, I'm sorry for you, this group of people behind me, all of them are my brothers who used to be partners, and their lives are also very bad, I remember that you taught me before, Gou Fugui, don't forget each other, but I also know that the two of you are desperately making cold spirits every day, and it is not easy, I dare not trouble the two of you, so I can only secretly take out a pot of wine, two brothers, I Chen Hu is also a dignified seven-foot man, I want to beat and scold me to admit it!"
Chen Hu thought that today's incident in the east window of his affairs would definitely be indispensable for scolding, but after a long time, Cao Xing and Fengyun did not move Chen Hu, raised his head and looked up, and found that the two of them were still looking at each other and smiling.
Feng Yun directly helped Chen Hu up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's not that I said you, you are usually stupid, how did you become so sharp today, this is not like you!" ”
And Cao Xuan also patted Chen Hu on the shoulder, signaling him not to be nervous, and then Cao Xuan walked in front of this group of young people, before he could speak, a young man standing at the front directly stepped forward and said: "Brother Cao Xuan, it's none of their business, I instigated Brother Chen Hu to steal your wine and drink it, if you want to declare customs, arrest me alone and have nothing to do with the brother behind me!" ”
Cao Xing was stunned for a moment, and looked at this young man carefully, this young man seemed to be a little older than Cao Xing, but he was fourteen or fifteen years old, and the whole person looked a little thin, but Cao Xing inadvertently caught a glimpse of his two hands were already full of calluses, and he seemed to be still a practitioner.
"What's your name!" Cao Xing asked lightly.
"I, my name is Che Wu!"
Cao Xuan glanced at the group of people and found that there were almost more than 20 of them, he nodded and looked at Che Wu's group of people and said.
"Everyone is from a poor background, and as my brother Chen Hu just said, Gou is rich and noble, and you don't forget each other, you usually work in those big families, and you must have suffered a lot, just today I Cao Xuan is also preparing to expand the production scale of our cold spirits, I don't know if you people are willing to help us!"
When Che Wu and the others heard this, they glanced at each other, thinking that they had heard it wrong, but Cao Xing added again.
"By the way, although I hire you, it is equivalent to you working for me, but I dare to vouch for my Cao Xing's personality, I will never bully you like those big families, as long as you are willing to work under my Cao Xing, including food and lodging, and three meals a day, how about a salary of three cents a day!"
Che Wu and the others' eyes widened when they heard this, but Chen Hu couldn't care so much, so he stepped forward, directly bowed to Cao Xing with both hands in his fists, and then shook Che Wu and the others' shoulders and said: "I said what are you still doing there stupidly, why don't you hurry up and thank my eldest brother, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" ”
Che Wu and the others finally reacted when they heard this, but Che Wu didn't agree immediately, but asked with some skepticism: "Dare to ask Brother Cao Xing, what you said is true?" I have never heard of such a good thing as I have never heard of food and shelter, and I have three pennies a day! ”
The reason why Che Wu is suspicious is also reasonable, when he used to work as a short-term worker in a big family, those big families took care of you at most one meal, as for living, you go home to live, do you get paid? It was said that it was two articles the day before, but every time it was distributed, there was only one penny, as for who was eaten, everyone knew very well in their hearts, but the situation was stronger than people, if you want to have money to take, maybe you have to swallow your anger and do it, but now Cao Xing's conditions are more than twice as high as those big families.
"I dare to use my life to vouch for it, everything I say is true, if I violate this oath, I can't die if the sky thunders!"
Che Wu and the others were all taken aback, and then without saying a word, they hurriedly gave a deep salute to Cao Xing.