Seeing Meizi running out happily, Li Yao calculated the days, and the blind man should almost bring Shen Hezhi over the day after tomorrow.

So he called the guards and ordered them to go down, and from tomorrow onwards they began to work in groups of two, and four men divided into two groups to meet the blind man at the junction.

After eating, Li Yao washed up and went to sleep, and before going to bed, he specially put the door to death, afraid that Meizi would come over again at night.

This night, Li Yao slept very soundly, although it was on a hard bed, but Li Yao felt back again, when he first became a soldier, he slept on a plywood bed, although it was hard, but he slept steadily.

Because of yesterday's lack of sleep and a lot of things, the next day, the sky was bright, Li Yao opened his eyes, and as soon as he woke up, he heard Meizi knocking on his door and said, "My lord, the meal is ready, come out to eat!" ”

Li Yao turned over and got out of bed, opened the door, and went to the well in the yard to wash his face, this time the breakfast was still game, and the only thing that could entertain guests in the mountains was game!

In fact, although the meat of the game is fresh and tender, it has a peculiar smell, and it is definitely not good to cook, but the game that Li Yao eats these days has always been very fragrant, and there is no other peculiar smell, so he asked curiously: "Old patriarch, what do you add to this game, it tastes so fragrant!" ”

The old patriarch smiled: "I didn't add anything, I just added a kind of leaf, this thing can be fishy!" ”

Li Yao said: "Can the old patriarch take out the leaves and take a look?" ”

The old patriarch asked the woman who was waiting next to him to go to the kitchen to get the leaves, and took them out, Li Yao looked at it and said in his heart: "Isn't this a bay leaf?" ”

The old patriarch said: "We don't know what it's called, so we call it bay leaves!" Put two slices of stew or something, and the taste will indeed be much more delicious! ”

Xiangye is not wrong, many places call this leaf Xiangye, Li Yao said: "How is this Xiangye in our village?" ”

The old patriarch said: "On the back mountain, there are mountains all over the field!" ”

Li Yaoxi said: "Old patriarch, I'm giving you a plan to make a fortune, the work of making salt is generally done by adult men, aren't the children and women idle, I'll give you a job now!" You see, it won't work! ”

The old patriarch was pleasantly surprised: "Master Hou, is there still work for the child and woman to do?" ”

Li Yao picked up the fragrant leaves and said: "Old patriarch, you organize children and women to go to the back mountain to pick this kind of fragrant leaves, and then dry them, and I will pay each person 800 wen per month, what do you think!" ”

For example, a family of four, if a man can earn one or two taels of silver a month, and children and women can earn two or four hundred wen, then add up, each family can earn three taels or four hundred wen per month, and forty taels of silver a year.

The old patriarch trembled excitedly and said: "Master Hou, a family of four can earn forty taels of silver a year, Master Hou, you are really a great nobleman!" ”

As he spoke, he was about to kneel down for Li Yao, but fortunately, Li Yao was quick and held the old patriarch and said, "Old patriarch, don't do this, the villagers work for me, and it's normal for me to pay them!" ”

The old patriarch said excitedly: "But this is too much, the people in our village have been digging the soil for a lifetime of food, and they have suffered for a lifetime, I didn't expect that after you came, Master Hou, you would give the village such a great wealth!" ”

Li Yao waved his hand and said: "Old patriarch, don't say so much, give money to work, it's right, don't worry about this matter when you are old, let's hurry up and fill our stomachs, and then you can inform the villagers of this good news!" ”

Okay, okay, the old patriarch quickly picked up the chopsticks and ate them, looking at the speed at which the old patriarch ate, he couldn't wait to finish it immediately, and then go and tell the villagers!