Today's Da Chu, even if he boils oil with fat at home, it costs 60 yuan to boil a pound of oil, and the meat oil on the market is more expensive than the home-made one, and a pound of meat oil is sold for 70 yuan. The jar of meat oil that their family gave to the Gu family last time cost nearly 400 yuan.

Pine oil needs to go into the mountains to harvest resin, and then refine, so it is not cheaper than meat oil at all, and it is also sold for 70 yuan a catty.

Not to mention candles, which are expensive things.

A pair of candles was sold for two hundred yuan, and in addition to the nobles, the rich could use it. Ordinary farmers will only buy those two when they are in the New Year or when they get married and worship their ancestors.

In this way, the cost of soybean oil is much cheaper than them.

Shang Xiucai finished settling the account, and the excitement in his heart was even worse, and he asked Gu Jinli again: "This soybean oil may be lit?" Can it be a big fuel consumption? ”

Gu Jinli nodded: "Naturally, it is possible." ”

Shang Xiucai listened, immediately picked up his teacup, poured the tea in one gulp, put the teacup on the table, and said to Gu Jinli: "Xiaoyu, pour in the soybean oil in the wooden bowl." ”

Ah Jiu took the jar of soybean oil to the kitchen to cook, but Gu Jinli still had a wooden bowl of soybean oil in his hand, and when he heard this, he poured the soybean oil in the bowl into the teacup.

Then he took out a half-finger-wide burlap, kneaded it into a wick, put it in a teacup, and when the wick had absorbed enough soybean oil, he took out a fire fold and lit the wick.

The wick quickly caught fire and burned slowly.

Shang Xiucai looked at the burning flame and waited silently, waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, the flame was still burning, and the soybean oil in the teacup seemed to be not less.

"This soybean oil is really the same as meat oil, it can be used for cooking and lighting." Shang Xiucai is very happy, so that the value of soybean oil will be higher.

While speaking, Ah Jiu had already come in with a box: "Master, the dish is ready." ”

Ah Jiu opened the box, put a plate of fried meat, a plate of fried bean sprouts, fried eggs, and fried meatballs on the table in the main room, and placed five pairs of bowls and chopsticks.

"These dishes are all made with soybean oil brought by the little fish girl, master try it."

Shang Xiucai listened, greeted the third grandfather, and couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and taste the dishes on the table.

“…… Although it is not as fragrant as meat oil, it tastes good and can be used for cooking. Shang Xiucai ate the four dishes on the table, and the more he ate, the more satisfied he became, and the more optimistic he was about the soybean oil.

The people of Dachu are poor, and the peasants in many places can only eat boiled vegetables, so they buy a little meat during the New Year and festivals, and they are stained with meat.

With this soybean oil, I dare not say that the people of the entire Dachu can eat meals made of oil every day, at least the peasant people in Jianghuai Prefecture do not need to eat boiled vegetables anymore.

Shang Xiucai put down his chopsticks, and after sipping his mouth with tea, he looked at the third grandfather and asked, "Third Uncle Gu, Brother Gu, what are your plans for this soybean oil?" ”

Although the third grandfather is close to Gu Dashan's family, he is not Gu Jinli's own grandfather after all, so he did not rely on the old and sell the old, but said: "Let Dashan and Xiaoyu call the shots." ”

When Gu Dashan heard this, he was a little flustered, he didn't have any skills, but he knew that it was powerful, looking at Shang Xiucai's excited appearance, he knew very well the value of this soybean oil.

After thinking about it, he looked at Gu Jinli and said, "Xiaoyu, this soybean oil is made by you, you are in charge." ”

Fleeing all the way, Gu Dashan felt in his heart that his daughter was more capable than him, and as long as she made a decision, it was generally beneficial to them.

Gu Jinli was not polite or procrastinating, and said directly to Shang Xiucai: "Uncle Shang, how about our Gu, Shang, and Jiang families cooperate to make soybean oil?" ”

"If Uncle Shang and the Jiang family agree, the three of us will cooperate to open an oil mill, and my family will make the oil recipe, and we will not care about other things, and the profits will be shared equally between the three of us."

When Shang Xiucai heard this, he was really shocked: "Xiaoyu, do you know how much profit this soybean oil can bring to your family?" Are you really willing to cooperate with the three companies and share the profits? ”

is so simple, saying that as long as there is profit, the affairs of the oil mill will not be cared for in the future.

Gu Jinli smiled: "Uncle Shang, this money also has to be spent on life." ”

Her family is an ordinary farmer, there is no backstage, she wants to do this soybean oil business, she has to find someone to cooperate, and the best partners at present are the Shang family and the Jiang family.

The Jiang family has a county lieutenant, who is regarded as the head snake of Tianfu County, and only by tying the head snake to her own boat can she keep her family safe.

Shang Xiucai didn't expect Gu Jinli to say such straightforward words, but she was right, money is important, but life is more important, if you give up some of your money in exchange for the safety of your family and industry, why not.

But Shang Xiucai didn't agree immediately, but said, "I have to ask the Jiang family about this before I can answer you." ”

He wanted to help the Gu family, and he also wanted to make soybean oil to benefit the people of Dachu, but he didn't know what his father-in-law thought, so he had to discuss it.

Gu Jinli knew that this matter was in a hurry, so he said, "Okay, let's wait for Uncle Shang's reply." ”

After talking about the soybean oil, Peaches came over and said that Jiang and Yuan Yuan wanted to see Gu Jinli.

Gu Jinli followed Taozi to the backyard of Shangfu, met Jiang and Yuan Yuan, talked to Jiang for a while, and played with Yuan Yuan for a while, then said goodbye and left.

The third grandfather went to the town to sell tofu, Gu Jinli and Gu Dashan returned to Dafeng Village, Gu Jinan stayed in Shang's house and studied with Shang Xiucai.

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Dafeng Village.

As soon as Gu Dashan and Gu Jinli came to the end of the village, they saw a group of people surrounding their house.

Qin Lao, Qin Sanlang, the Luo family's father and son, and Gu Dafu were blocking the group of people and preventing them from entering Gu Jinli's house.

The group of people was very anxious, and said vigorously: "This brother, we are not bad people, we are all from the nearby villages, and we know that the Gu family's tofu is doing well, so I came over and wanted to meet the head of the Gu family and talk about this tofu." ”

There are quite a few of them, there are more than a dozen of them, and they are all adult men, but Gu Jinli's family only has women and children, where will Father Luo put them in, he only said: "This family is not here, and we don't know you, let's go." ”

This group of people came to the Gu family on purpose, and they haven't entered this door yet, where are they willing to go?

Gu Dashan was frightened when he saw this group of people surrounding his house, and hurriedly ran over, stopped this group of people with Father Luo, and asked, "Who are you?" What are you doing around my house? ”

Gu Jinli carried a dagger in his sleeve and ran over, staring at this group of people with unkind eyes.

When the dozen or so people heard Gu Dashan's words, they knew that he was the head of the Gu family, and immediately smiled: "This brother, you are the head of the Gu family's tofu stall, right?" Don't be afraid, we're not here to make trouble, we want to come to your house to buy tofu, and then talk about this tofu business. ”

It was a middle-aged man in a coarse cloth jacket with gray patches on his sleeves and trouser legs, and he said this with a flattering smile on his face.