Chen Ping discussed this with the Wang family, and with consent, all the twelve taels of silver were invested in the restaurant. Not only that, Liu secretly went back to his parents' house behind Chen Xiaoyi's back, borrowed twenty taels of silver, and handed it over to Chen Ping.

money, these days, Chen Ping saw that the silver coins that had just been covered in his hands had decreased little by little, and in the end there were only two or three thousand copper coins left in the end of thirty taels, and he was really anxious.

The brick kiln has been completed, and with Xue Wang, there are only twenty people left in the place at present, and the other helpers will disperse after paying their wages.

This is close to farming, and they still have fields in their homes, even if they don't work long in the brick kiln, most of the people left are skilled hands found by Xue Wang, and then a few long-term workers are hired from Baitu Village.

Sitting in his own courtyard, Chen Ping held a charcoal pen, calculating the cost of these days little by little. Nearly 90 taels of silver have been invested in the restaurant, the overall structural structure of the restaurant has been completed, and the interior layout of the second and third floors is being refined.

"The specific layout of the restaurant has to be supervised by yourself." The layout is according to Chen Ping's ideas, the combination of food and accommodation, similar to the nature of a hotel, the first and second floors are for food, and the third floor is for accommodation, although the drawings are given to Zhao Gui and Yang He, the improvement of the interior needs to be the mason carpenter, Chen Ping is still worried that the two of them can not understand their intentions, after all, their own restaurant is very different from the next one.

Squinting his eyes, Chen Ping's head hurt a little, and he muttered: "Money, it cost nearly ninety taels of silver to build a shell." Well, but fortunately, Yang He's side is going well, and the big head of the silver has gone down. Then there are twenty taels of silver, decorate the details inside, buy a few calligraphy and paintings, or put a few porcelain, and it's done. ”

Twenty taels, the profit of the fire sickle toothbrush was taken from Uncle Chen Xiaozhong, and in less than half an hour, Chen Ping transferred it to Yang He. The twelve taels given by the Wang family were used, and the twenty taels of silver that were taken from the old rich man of his maternal grandfather were also filled in.

"Is it difficult that you still have to go to the uncle to borrow it?" The two or three thousand pieces of money in Chen Ping's hand are the wages reserved for Xue Wang and others, and they are monthly, which cannot be moved, but some time ago, he stubbornly refused Chen Xiaozhong's help, "Hey, isn't this a slap in the face." ”

was hurting God, and the courtyard door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and the chief came to Dongxi and walked in.

"Chief, I haven't seen you for a long time, you are getting darker and darker, where can you use those fields at home to cultivate yourself." Chen Ping said with a smile and got up, "Why are you here?" ”

This is true, Lai Dongxi is really dark, there are sweat stains on his face, his face is not good-looking, and his tone is heavy: "The imperial court wants to levy miscellaneous taxes." ”

Only then did he enter the county seat, and learned the news from the county office, so he turned back to the village to inform him, knocking on the door door from door to door, and there were more than 20 households in Chen Ping's house.

Suddenly, Chen Ping was stunned, his face was expectant, and he asked Xiang Dongxi: "Really?" What miscellaneous taxes are levied? ”

Lai Dongxi glanced at Chen Ping strangely, how could he still be happy about the tax? wiped his face, probably in a hurry, and shook his eyes: "I heard that the emperor is going to the Jiangdu today, and he is preparing a boat and a guard outfit." The imperial court couldn't find the feathers for a while, so this was to increase the number of feathers. You say, "Where are you going to get so many feathers at this time?" ”

Lai Dongxi didn't wait for Chen Ping's response, Chen Ping suddenly screamed, rushed to Lai Dongxi, and hugged him violently: "Li Chang, you are really timely rain." ”

"What are you doing here?" Lai Dongxi was in a hurry, his face was panicked, and he reached out to break Chen Ping, but Chen Ping's handband was like iron, and he didn't move at all, and he was anxious to come to Dongxi and shouted at Chen Ping's house, "Come on, your Chen Ping is stunned, come over quickly." ”

Chen Ping was not stunned, he was really excited, he jumped twice with Lai Dongxi, his mood calmed down, and he let go of his hand: "I'm really sorry, Li Chang, I'm too excited." Now the emperor wants to go down to Jiangdu, this is a good thing, I haven't seen the emperor's true face yet, I should go and take a look. ”

It turned out to be for this, it's good if there is no demon, Lai Dongxi breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "How can the emperor be so easy to see, there are guards all around, if you get close, you will lose your life." ”

"Don't worry, I must be watching from afar, never up close." Chen Ping nodded and replied seriously.

It's still a little strange, Lai Dongxi shook his head, and went out of the courtyard gate, there are still more than 20 households in the west of the village that have not yet been notified, so they have to rush to notify them.

"It's just in time." Chen Ping clenched his fists, snorted lightly again, and reflexively returned to the west.

The sack with feathers was taken out, and after looking at it, Chen Ping stuffed it back again. Then he went out, locked the courtyard door, and went to the wheat field in the north of the village to call Chen Xiaoyi.

Chen Pingcai lowered his head and said about the imperial court's levy of forced labor, Chen Xiaoyi also screamed, the wooden scoop in his hand shook, and the viscous with a little rancid fertilizer on the inside almost sprinkled Chen Ping's face.

"Really? So what now? Do you have to hide that feather, don't let people worry about stealing it? The wooden barrel was thrown in the wheat field, Chen Xiaoyi still held a wooden scoop in his hand, and returned to the village with Chen Ping, and kept asking.

Chen Ping was also thinking about it, the imperial court finally made this will, and since the lieutenant chief said it, the feathers must have begun to be collected.

"That's not necessary, Grandpa and I, you go back now, first take some feathers to the county to find Brother Yuanliang, and sell them in the grocery store at Uncle's house." Chen Ping said as he walked, "First sell some of it, wait for a few days, and then sell the rest." ”

When the father and son arrived in the village, Chen Xiaoyi found that he was still holding a wooden scoop in his hand when he opened the courtyard door, and stepped into the courtyard in two steps, and the wooden scoop was thrown into the hall casually.

"What are you doing with father and son? It's a good wooden scoop, wouldn't it be a pity if it was broken? Liu picked up the wooden scoop on the ground, looked left and right, and blamed, "It's not pouring the wheat field, why did you come back so quickly?" ”

"You are a woman, don't worry about that, go and cook." Chen Xiaoyi's impatient voice came from the western room, followed by a rummaging sound.

A moment later, Chen Ping and Chen Xiaoyi went out with a sack. At this time, most of the cattle in the village were used, and they couldn't borrow the ox cart, so the two of them went straight to the county seat.

Covering the sack all the way, and seeing fellow travelers from a distance, Chen Xiaoyi had to stare at it like a thief.

After entering the county seat, he went straight to Chen Xiaozhong's house, Chen Yuanliang happened to be there, Chen Ping pulled Chen Yuanliang into the room, discussed for a while, and opened the door after half an hour.

"How?" Chen Xiaoyi sat in the hall, and he was only worried that it would be unsafe for Chen Ping to take the feather alone, so he did not disturb Chen Ping and Chen Yuanliang.

"No problem, Grandpa, you go back first, I still have to go to Yang Gong." Chen Pingdao.

The matter of feathers has been agreed with Chen Yuanliang, this is money, but the next thing to find Yang Gong is for another thing.

If it can be successful, it will be a matter of great profit, and it can even glorify the ancestors. Even if it is unsuccessful, although there are losses, it is not unacceptable. (To be continued.) )