After hearing this, Li Changyue said: "Young master, this matter is not urgent, this year's rent and tax are low, and when the rice is harvested, the farmers can only do anything else if they have surplus grain and money in their hands." It is not impossible to raise some livestock, but the farmers must have surplus grain in their hands before they are willing to raise them. ”

Life is also a science, not simply what you want.

Although Li Chuan didn't care about that little thing, he couldn't give it for nothing often.

But what you can do today has to be postponed until tomorrow, so it's better not to do it.

After thinking about it, Li Chuan said: "In this way, you arrange for someone to go down and ask the farmers what they are good at, chicken seedlings and food or something, I will provide them, and when the farmers raise the chickens and ducks, we will share them according to the proportion, as long as the capital can be recovered." ”

Li Changyue said: "In fact, as long as you provide feeding materials, it is best for the farmers to buy the chicken seedlings themselves, and if they really have no money, they can borrow some silver, which saves trouble, and can avoid buying those problematic chicken seedlings." ”

"Then do it!"

Li Chuan said happily: "It is said that there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, you are really thoughtful." ”

Li Changyue hurriedly and modestly, and he was happy in his heart.

Li Chuan said again: "I won't ask about these things, you look at the arrangement!" ”

Li Changyue responded, and when he turned around, he arranged for someone to go down to pass the word.

Don't worry about food, buy chickens and ducks silver or the owner to give, then take the chickens and ducks raised on the line, such a good thing where to find, the farmers listened, where will they refuse, have inquired about the situation, thinking about what to raise.

But he doesn't want to take care of these little things too much, and Li Changyue can handle them well.

"Young master, what do you want to eat in the afternoon?"

As soon as Li Changyue left, Wang Guihua saw the opportunity to come up.

There are more people in this house, and competition is inevitable.

Although Li Changyue and Li Man are old people, and they also live in the inner courtyard, after all, it is different from the past, Li Changyue's housekeeper status is unshaken, but Li Man and his family have a sense of crisis, and they have to brush their presence in front of the young master from time to time.

"Let's get sauerkraut fish, and then wrap some cabbage meat dumplings."

When the master is good at this, what he wants to eat, and he moves his mouth, some people will go to great lengths to do it.

"Okay!"

Wang Guihua agreed and went diligently.

Dinner was cabbage dumplings, Wang Guihua made a sauerkraut fish, and fried a few of Li Chuan's favorite dishes.

After moving to the new yard, Li Changyue also has a separate yard, and he usually eats with his family, only Li Man's family still eats with Li Chuan, but today Wang Guihua did a lot, and Li Chuan called Li Changyue's family.

"Yes, the sauerkraut fish made by osmanthus cinnamon is getting more and more flavorful."

Li Chuan tasted the sauerkraut fish and praised it.

In the past, although the sauerkraut fish made by Wang Guihua was also good, the taste did not enter the meat, and there was always some lack of heat, and today's sauerkraut fish is much more authentic, and I don't know what method she used, and the taste is very deep in the meat.

Wang Guihua's smiling eyes are almost gone, and she can be praised by the young master, and her hard work is finally not in vain.

This sauerkraut fish was taught to her by the young master, but Li Chuan also knew a vegetable fish, and he didn't know the cooking process at all, so he casually instructed Wang Guihua to drum and guide it once, and Wang Guihua pondered it herself.

It's just that Li Chuan used to eat sauerkraut fish, but he didn't eat much every time.

After Wang Guihua found out, she thought that it might be that the fish tasted bad, so the young master ate more.

These days, she has been researching a lot, and finally found the trick.

"Young master, the sauerkraut fish must be sliced first, and then marinated with ingredients to absorb the flavor."

Wang Guihua smiled and said: "The taste is very slow to enter the meat, if you don't marinate it in advance, the taste will be all in the soup, and it can't enter the meat, so the fish won't taste good." ”

Li Chuan nodded again and again: "That's the truth, Sister-in-law Osmanthus bothered." ”

Wang Guihua was diligent in her heart, but she said: "It is my duty to serve the young master well!" ”

Li Changyue smiled: "Wang Guihua, your sycophants are getting more and more slippery." ”

Wang Guihua was not angry, and fought back with a smile: "The housekeeper's words are not right, I served the young master wholeheartedly, but I became a sycophant in your mouth, in fact, I learned this from you." ”

Li Changyue's face stiffened, and it was not easy to compete with a woman, so he glared at Li Man.

Li Man actually didn't frighten him, but he still subconsciously lost a smile.

Li Chuan listened with a smile on his face, smiling, and did not interject in their words.

Sitting at the table are all old people, and after a long time with other people, they have figured out his temperament, and they are no longer restrained, and there are also talking and laughing at the dinner table, the atmosphere is very relaxed and happy, and everyone is very relaxed.

After eating, Li Chuan asked Li Changyue to go to the study to discuss things.

He had a plan in mind, but he didn't have many people at his disposal.

Although Li Changyue is quite thoughtful, he is sometimes really lacking in skills.

Outsiders can't be trusted, so they can only cultivate themselves slowly.

"The bigger the sale, the more people you need."

Li Chuan said: "The foundation of the Li family is thin, you and Baoshan are literate among a few old people, there is no one who can stand alone, even if there is a Western goods trade, it is not big, is there any way to solve this problem?" ”

Li Changyue also had a headache, and said: "Those really big families have their own schools and have been raised since childhood. If you look for people from outside, you can find them, but those people are not loyal at all, and sooner or later something will go wrong. ”

Li Chuan nodded and said: "So I decided to open a school too, let the children of Zhuang come to study, no tuition, as long as they are studious, eating and drinking are all taken care of by the school, from now on to cultivate a group of people who can do things, what do you think?" ”

Li Changyue agreed: "The young master is wise, and the old slave also thinks it's good to run a school!" ”

Li Chuan knocked on the table and said: "If you want to do it, you can do it, you can't make do with it, next to it is the Liu family's Zhuangzi, in this way, you go back and ask, see how much the Liu family's Zhuangzi can be sold, as long as you are willing to transfer, the silver is not a problem." ”

Li Changyue said: "If you buy Zhuangzi, it is estimated that you will have to buy it with a piece of land." ”

Li Chuan said: "Then buy it together, it's a good thing to buy more land." ”

After discussing for a while, Li Changyue walked out of the inner courtyard and went to the Liu family to discuss the purchase of land.

The price of land in Jiangyin is very high, and if it is not forced to do so, few people generally sell land. But this is only the general situation, in the world of capital, there is nothing that silver can't buy, it just depends on whether the price you offer is enough.

Li Changyue asked the Liu family to make a price, and the lion of the Liu family opened his mouth to ask for one hundred and fifty taels of land.

After some bargaining, in the end, one acre of land was indeed cut to one hundred taels.

In this way, the Liu family took more than 50,000 taels of silver and went to buy land elsewhere, and Zhuangzi and more than 100 acres of land became the Li family.

More than 50,000 taels of silver, no matter how bad it is, it can buy more than 1,000 acres of paddy fields.

This kind of door-to-door cheapness, don't take advantage of it is a fool.

After buying Zhuangzi, Li Chuan immediately set about renovating.

Su Xiaomei was moved when she heard the news, and ran to Li Chuan to pull business: "Li Chuan, I heard that you want to run a school?" ”

Li Chuan nodded: "The news spread really fast!" ”

Su Xiaomei said: "I bought 500 acres of land for more than 50,000 taels of silver, and the neighbors have already spread it all over the place, it seems that you do have a lot of silver and have no place to spend it, how did you plan the school, do you plan to build a garden?" ”

Li Chuan shook his head: "It's just a school, what are you building a garden for." The school is a place to learn, not a place for the children of the Zhuang family to enjoy, and I plan to make the conditions a little harder, so that the children of the Zhuang family can study hard, and the garden is not needed. But you made a lot of money last time you sold flooring, and you still lack silver? ”

Su Xiaomei said: "There are too many mouths to eat, how can there be too much silver!" ”

Li Chuan said speechlessly: "You are a girl, why are you so obsessed with money?" ”

Su Xiaomei is familiar with him, and she speaks a lot more casually: "My father and my brother don't care about the family's affairs, if I don't get lost in money, how can I support the family, the family will have expenses, my father and my brother want to buy pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and often have to go to other places to study, how can I do it without money." If the school doesn't build a garden, forget it, what about your big Zhuangzi, do you want to clean it up again? ”

Li Chuan smiled bitterly and said, "Zhuangzi won't pick it up, it just so happened that a while ago the bank bank dug up a garden, and the rebuilding of the garden will be handed over to you." But a garden is worth a few hundred taels of silver, and I think you might as well do something else!" ”

Su Xiaomei also sighed: "How can there be a good business, a big business requires silver and manpower, and a money-making business must have a backer, although I can't make a lot of money in this business, but the competition is not too big." By the way, I heard that you were taken away by Ying Tianfu's arrest, and you were summoned to Beijing by the emperor's holy decree, what happened? ”

Li Chuan said: "There are people in Nanjing who want the channel of Western goods in my hand, but I don't know who is making a move behind my back, fortunately, the emperor doesn't know where to know my name and summoned me to the capital, otherwise I am afraid I will not be able to come back." ”

Su Xiaomei nodded again and again: "Your Western goods are all profiteering, and it is weird if no one is eyeing them." However, how could the emperor know about you, not only gave you a meritorious name, but also ordered you to be summoned to the capital, have you seen the emperor? ”

Li Chuan said proudly: "Of course I saw it, the emperor also made me an official." ”

Su Xiaomei was surprised: "What official did the emperor seal you?" ”

Li Chuan said: "Jinyi Wei Qianhu, not bad, right?" ”

"Awesome!"

Su Xiaomei was obviously speechless, and the smile on her face was also a little sadistic.

Li Chuan was a little sneered and said, "Recently, a batch of Western goods is coming, and I am going to organize a bidding meeting after a while." ”

"Bidding meeting?"

Su Xiaomei was a little puzzled, she hadn't heard of this new word.

Li Chuan said: "I will divide the Western goods into several parts, and then invite a group of merchants to participate in the bidding, that is, bidding, whoever offers the highest price, I will hand over the goods to whom, so that I am not afraid of those suppliers playing tricks on me." ”

Su Xiaomei looked surprised: "How could you think of such a sinister method?" ”

Li Chuan said speechlessly: "What is insidious, this is a normal business method. In business, the essence of businessmen is not to put interests first. As long as it can guarantee my interests, no matter what means I use, it is right. ”

Su Xiaomei was thoughtful, and hearing such an incisive business theory for the first time made her suddenly look at it.

If he is a well-educated person, most of them will denounce Li Chuan's moral corruption and forgetting his righteousness.

But Su Xiaomei is not a moral gentleman, she has been running the family business since she was fourteen years old, she has shed I don't know how many tears, I can't stand how many grievances, and I know the difficulties of this world, so I don't touch Li Chuan's somewhat extreme argument.

won a deal, but Su Xiaomei couldn't be happy.

Since Li Chuan wants to organize the Chamber of Commerce to participate in the bidding, will he hand over the floor to her to sell?

I wanted to ask, but the only bit of self-esteem she had left couldn't open her mouth.