Tobacco, in the previous life, was a state-monopolized commodity, and it was definitely a lucrative business, and Xiao Tianfu discovered tobacco, or a plant that could be used as a substitute for tobacco. A psychedelic medicine in the witch doctor's secret medicine, the main ingredient is a plant called purple coriander, which only grows in the depths of the mountains and forests of Lingzhou, and is passed down from generation to generation as a witch doctor's secret medicine, and outsiders cannot know its efficacy.

Chewing purple coriander leaves can make people have a strong sense of pleasure, however, purple coriander is also not weakly toxic, eat it directly, a small amount will have stomach pain and diarrhea, and eating too much will be old.

Xiao Tianlei tried it preliminarily, and the smoke produced by the drying and burning of the purple coriander leaves has the effects of refreshing the mind and invigorating the spirit, and the pleasure brought by it is much weaker, but it also avoids toxicity.

Cigarettes made of purple coriander leaves are more refreshing than tobacco in the previous life, and can naturally bring great wealth, of course, smoking is harmful to health, and it is also applicable here, but for Xiao Tianlei, it is not important at all, when the time comes, it will be written on the package with such a sentence, and it will be sold and sold.

The production process of cigarettes, Xiao Tianlei probably remembered that there were several procedures of baking, adding spices, and fermentation, and the purple coriander was not tobacco, so he definitely couldn't copy the procedures for processing tobacco, and he had to explore how to process it himself.

The next problem is the source of the purple coriander, the purple coriander in the mountain forests of Lingzhou is not much, and there is no less, most of them are in the depths of the dense forest, and it is not easy to collect, and if you want to produce it on a large scale, you have to plant it artificially, so Xiao Tianlei began to cultivate purple hibiscus in the courtyard of Jiang Wu's doctor's house, trying to master its growth habits and planting methods.

Xiao Tianlei can foresee the future of the tobacco business, but doing business naturally requires a large amount of start-up capital, Xiao Tianlei hunted and saved some money, but it was far from enough, so he had to find a way to earn start-up capital.

Xiao Tianlei has also thought of it, and began to do it, the key to this matter is Zheng Biao, Xiao Tianlei's family is poor and white, so he has to borrow some of the Zheng family's shops.

A few days later, Zhengjiazhuang came to several large cars, the main goods on the car are mainly brown sugar, Lingzhou and several nearby states have planted sugarcane, the production of brown sugar has also had some history, brown sugar is now a source of home-cooked sweetness, the price is not expensive. In addition, there are some citrus, salt, sesame seeds, a few cauldrons, some white cloths, rolling pins, and other utensils.

The shack of the Zheng family with a pile of debris was cleaned up, all kinds of tools were arranged, Xiao Tianlei began to work, brown sugar was dissolved with water, filtered with a white cloth to remove large impurities, and then filtered with charcoal, the citrus was beaten into a paste, and it was also filtered, and then the two were mixed, some auxiliary materials were added to taste, boiled until the sugar was viscous, poured into a mold made of wood chips, and after cooling, a piece of brown amber-like citrus flavored fruit candy was obtained.

Xiao Tianbao couldn't wait to pick up a piece and stuff it into his mouth, and then showed a satisfied look: "It's so sweet, it's delicious!" ”

Xiao Tianlei's project is to produce candy, buy brown sugar, and process it a little, of course, the candy made of it will definitely not look as good as in the previous life, however, it is completely made of natural materials, and the taste will not be bad, originally, there are many kinds of snacks in this world, mainly some pastries, candied fruits, dried fruits, etc., many of which taste excellent, but that is only eaten by dignitaries and large families, and it is generally made by the chefs of these people's families, each piece is intensively cultivated, and the production is exquisite, and it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to eat.

The first batch of fruit candy made by Xiao Tianlei was eaten by a group of friends, and then, Xiao Tianlei began to divide the labor, and each person was responsible for a link. Because it was the first time to do it, it was inevitable that there would be some foreign appearances and jokes, but everyone was in high spirits, and the first batch of fruit candy was freshly baked.

Make this batch of fruit candy, pack it, Zheng Biao let it be sent to the Zheng family's store for sale, in order to promote it as soon as possible, Xiao Tianlei also came up with an idea to let them have a free tasting.

The first batch of fruit candy was not much, and it was sold out quickly after tasting it for free and selling some, but Xiao Tianlei and others had already made most of the brown sugar they bought into fruit candy and sent it to Zheng's store one after another. The Zheng family is just a military household, with only one store in the city, and the sales channels are limited, even so, as a novelty food, many people buy it. In this world, it is risky to do business, profits are calculated by multiples, no one will do a business with a few percent of the profits, fruit candy is not eye-catching, and the profits are also several times, and within a few days, the cost will be recovered.

Xiao Tianlei saw that the momentum was good, and when the raw materials he had purchased before ran out, he used the money from the sale to buy more brown sugar and some other raw materials, and began to make other flavors of candy.

In the following days, candy sales grew steadily, and gradually some were in short supply, only a group of boys could not make so much, Zheng Biao pulled a batch of Zheng family's slaves, Xiao Tianlei found his own uncle, in order to encourage production, according to the amount of completion per person per day, the settlement of wages on the same day, which greatly stimulated the production enthusiasm of these people.

After that, the shop received some orders one after another, the original shack has been unable to meet the production demand, Zheng Biao asked his father to vacate two warehouses, and invited some people in the village, gradually, candy production mobilized many people in the village, and many people in the village joined in all aspects of candy production.

At the same time, Xiao Tianlei has developed more new flavors of candy, flower candy with floral flavor, medicinal candy with herbal fragrance, heat and throat moisturizing, milk candy made from goat's milk, soft candy made of glutinous rice and fish gelatin, and even jelly, just because it cannot solve the packaging problem, it is difficult to sell in large quantities.

The candy business started so smoothly, which was beyond Xiao Tianlei's expectations, but candy is not high-tech and easy to imitate, and there is no shortage of smart people in this world. It's just that the candy is inconspicuous, in a short period of time, it is difficult to see the benefits, once someone finds out and meddles in it, with the power of the Zheng family, it is estimated that it will not be able to do it, originally, Xiao Tianlei did not plan to do it for a long time, just wanted to get a vote.

"Let's get Lao Tzu faster, and send it to the city in a few clicks! Hehehe! ”

Seeing that a few truckloads of candy were sent to the city, Zheng Biao's father, the current Zheng Baihu, couldn't help but shout, this is all money!

Zheng Biao went home and told Zheng Baihu that he wanted to do business in partnership with Xiao Tianlei and others, Zheng Baihu didn't care, just when his son followed a few wild boys in the village to get nervous, however, he didn't object, let Zheng Biao toss, knowing that doing business is better than doing nothing, anyway, he doesn't need to pay for business, later, I heard that a group of boys are making sugar, how much money can sugar be earned? Unexpectedly, one day when he heard the housekeeper report the account, Zheng Baihu was also startled, a cart of candy was sold, and the silver money flowed into the pockets of a group of boys, and those helpers and their own housekeepers all made a share of the money, although they also had a share of their own children, Zheng Baihu still couldn't sit still.

Although the Zheng family is a military household, it is only a small hundred households, and now the Zheng family has a large amount of expenses, where is the little land in the bare land? Moreover, although military households are passed down from generation to generation, some filial piety to Shangguan is indispensable every year. Especially now that his son is not a martial artist, he needs more money to deal with it, if he completely pinched this deal into his hands, the Zheng family will not have to worry for several generations!

"Biao Wa'er, come here, I'll ask you!" So, on this day, Zheng Baihu called his son to stop, and he was very kind.

His own father spoke to himself with a pleasant face, and Zheng Biao was stunned when he saw it: "Daddy, what's the matter?" Hurry up, I'm going to go out and play. ”

When Zheng Baihu heard this, he immediately became angry and scolded: "You melon baby, you only know how to play every day, let me ask you, you partner up with Lei Wazi and them to do business, how do you share the money?" ”

"This ...... I don't know, anyway, I definitely don't have to suffer. Zheng Biao didn't care.

"You melon baby...... I want to be angry with you, my son, and me! Zheng Baihu thumped his chest.

"Hey! Daddy, did you say you would do whatever I wanted? Now that I think about it, do you see that you make too much money, and you have some bad intentions! I was the first to say yes. ”

"Lao Tzu, I'll kill you unfilial son!" Zheng Baihu's face sank, changed a few times, and he picked up a broom and hit it.

Zheng Biao will not stand stupidly and be beaten, quickly dodge, Zheng Baihu did not give up, and said angrily: "Lao Tzu is not for you to be a melon baby, if you don't make it clear to Lao Tzu today, I want your baby to look good!" ”

The two of them chased and beat in the yard, such a drama was already common in the Zheng family, and no one came to persuade them, Zheng Baihu chased a big circle, panting, Zheng Biao had no choice but to say: "Forget it, forget it, let me tell you, Brother Lei said that this business can't be done for a long time, and when others follow up, we won't be able to earn so much now." The money earned this time, Brother Lei said that he wanted to use it for big business. ”

"Big business, what's big business?" Zheng Baihu suddenly came to his senses, and he didn't breathe, so he hurriedly asked.

"I don't know, I won't tell you!" Zheng Biao said, and ran away.

Zheng Baihu took the broom and froze in place, thinking back to Xiao Tianlei's words relayed by Zheng Biao, and felt that it was very reasonable, such a money-making business, where can he keep a small military household, suddenly, put away some of the previous careful thoughts, at the same time, he also came back to his senses, and heard that the people in the village said that Xiao Tianlei was a fool, and now he was the first to not believe it, what can a fool say? A fool can make his own son bow down?

It's just that he still cares about the big business that Zheng Biao said, and Zheng Baihu can't think of a clue, so he can only sigh: "Forget it, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren......

After that, Zheng Baihu didn't ask again, just asked the housekeeper and others to do their best, without him saying it, the housekeeper and the transporter, the shopkeeper, and the guy all got a share of the money, and they all worked quite hard.

Xiao Tianlei learned about this from Zheng Biao, and he didn't care much about it, the interests were moving, but that's it. If Zheng Baihu has any moves, and Zheng Biao is also affected by this, it is a big deal not to do business, and divide the money, anyway, he has a lot of ideas to make money, and this matter can be regarded as a verification of Zheng Biao.

Seeing that the New Year Festival is approaching day by day, all kinds of candy are in short supply, there are hundreds of workers in the candy workshop, production in shifts, Zhengjiazhuang to Fucheng on the road, there are several convoys to transport candy and raw materials every day.

The production and sales of candy no longer need Xiao Tianlei to keep an eye on it all the time, and he spends most of his time practicing martial arts with his friends every day. Lingzhou is rainy, in order to be able to practice martial arts on rainy days, a barn of the Zheng family was made into an indoor martial arts training ground, which was covered with a thick layer of meadow, and it was easy to beat on it, and it was easy not to be injured, and you could also wear rattan armor and fight with bamboo knives and bamboo swords. The martial arts training ground is actually also a classroom, and during breaks, Xiao Tianlei will teach some common sense, arithmetic, and answer some questions from his friends.

The red flags hanging at the door of each house to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings are coming, and it is another year of the year.

Because of the relationship between the candy workshop, many families in Zhengjiazhuang have earned some money, and every family is jubilant.

The New Year's Festival is like the Spring Festival in the previous life, but the customs are slightly different, you can eat some good ones and wear new clothes on the New Year's Festival, adults and children are very much looking forward to it, but it is not attractive to Xiao Tianlei, he just feels quite annoying, whenever this time, he can't help but think of some scenes of the festival in his previous life, thinking of his parents and relatives in his previous life, and can't help but feel a sense of loneliness.

In addition, the children of the Xiao family will rush back, a large number of relatives, making him dizzy, the uncle of the same generation as his father in the clan, Xiao Tianlei is still a little confused, the only one who is more impressed is his cousin Xiao Qingyang, he is the only martial artist in the clan, and now he is doing things in the guild in the city, the guild is similar to a dart bureau, a group of martial artists are formed, mainly doing some things such as taking care of the family and nursing homes, escorting goods, and so on.

What bothered Xiao Tianlei the most was those aunts, aunts, aunts, aunts, and so on, who always liked to make fun of him, because of his looks. In his previous life, he looked average, but now he looks good, but Xiao Tianlei prefers that his facial features are angular and tough, rather than the handsome feeling he has now.

"Isn't this our heavenly thunder, hey! The longer you get, the more handsome you get! Come over here and let Aunt Seven take a closer look! ”

Afraid of something, Xiao Tianlei was walking this day, and a carriage came to him, and a voice came from it, which made him tremble.