Zhao Yunling looked at the expressions of those people, and said, "I haven't thought of a way to solve this matter for the time being, but I really want to do business with the Western Regions, and I'm also very interested in things from the Western Regions." ”

She poured the tea again and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Besides, we can't send fresh lychees to the Western Regions now, but preserved fruits can be sent over for a long time, but I don't know if a few people are interested." ”

"Cuizhu."

Zhao Yunling shouted as he spoke, and asked Cuizhu to send some preserved lychee fruits over first: "You can taste it first." ”

Several merchants from the Western Regions tasted each other, and gradually showed a satisfied expression on their faces, Zhao Yunling knew that this matter could be discussed when he saw this expression, but now he was not in a hurry, these merchants from the Western Regions suddenly came to the door, in the end, she didn't understand, she was just entertaining and exploring some things now, and the real business matters had not yet been mentioned.

Now it seems that they also like this preserved fruit, so that they can sell the preserved fruit without fresh lychees, and open up this trade route first.

"How?"

"Good."

After receiving such an answer, Zhao Yunling showed a satisfied look on his face, and asked again: "If such a preserved fruit is sent to the Western Regions, I don't know what the market will be." ”

"It will definitely be good!"

"That's it, I'll sell you some of this preserved fruit first, and then we'll talk about cooperation?"

"Okay."

The merchants of the Western Regions agreed, and Zhao Yunling immediately asked people to do this, she still had some of these preserved fruits here, these merchants of the Western Regions said that they wanted to buy more, and Zhao Yunling thought about it and sold it to them.

In the end, a few merchants from the Western Regions left with their things satisfied, Zhao Yunling asked people to clean up and began to think carefully about opening up the trade routes in the Western Regions, but this is not an easy thing, the trade routes in the north that were wanted to open up before are still in the stage of exploration, and the road in the Western Regions is even farther, not to mention that they have to go out of the border, it is not easy to do this, so let's take it slowly.

The Western Regions are far away, and there are no canals, so fresh lychees will definitely not be able to go, but there is only one preserved fruit, and it seems impossible to set up a caravan, so you must always think carefully before you can act.

In the next time, Zhao Yunling didn't care much about the things in the rice shop, and handed them over to the housekeeper Zhao Changsheng and the shopkeeper to handle it, and now the business of the rice shop has basically stabilized, and she doesn't need to watch it all the time.

After locking himself in the room for several days, he was finally dragged out by Cuizhu, and seeing the dazzling sunlight outside, Zhao Yunling subconsciously squinted, raised his hand to block the front, and his voice was hoarse: "Cuizhu, what are you doing?" ”

"Miss!" Cuizhu said helplessly: "I know that you have been thinking about business matters during this time, Cuizhu can't help you, and I don't dare to disturb, but how many days have it been, you can't always stay in the house, you always have to come out for a walk, just when the housekeeper said that he was going to check the warehouse, Miss, you can go for a walk." ”

The young lady stayed in the room all this time, her face was pale, and there were still thick dark circles under her eyes, Cuizhu looked worried, go out to work hard, come back and sleep well, maybe it would be better?

"Okay, okay, I'll just go, let me change my clothes first?"

Zhao Yunling reluctantly agreed, thinking that it was also appropriate to go to the warehouse to have a look, after changing his clothes, he only took Zhao Changsheng and Cuizhu and went out.

When he arrived at the granary, Zhao Yunling checked them one by one, and when he arrived at the last two warehouses, Zhao Yunling felt a damp feeling as soon as he entered, and couldn't help frowning.

When I took a closer look, I found that there were some old rice with not very good color, and I don't know how long it had been here.

"Uncle Zhao, why has this rice been piled up here, and no one has found it?" Look, it's not a pile-up for a while.

Zhao Changsheng hurriedly said: "Miss, these rice were hoarded when the master was still alive, but then the business was not very good, and the master passed away suddenly, when you were in charge of the rice shop later, the priority was to sell new rice, and these old rice have been piled up here." ”

"That's right......"

Zhao Yunling answered, got up and looked to the side.

I found that these rice were just because they had been stored for too long, and the warehouse was a little damp, so the color was not very good-looking, and the taste should not be good, but it was not bad.

Seeing her bending down to look at those old rice, Zhao Changsheng couldn't help but say, "Miss, look at these rice ......"

"It's a pity to throw it away." Zhao Yunling sighed.

If I had found it earlier, I might have been able to save it, but now it is impossible to sell the rice.

Cuizhu looked at the old rice, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but say: "Miss, it's a pity that these rice are thrown away, why don't we use it to make wine, we can sell wine." ”

"Nope." Zhao Yunling refused without hesitation.

"Why?" Cuizhu was puzzled: "These old rice are useless, and it's a pity to throw them away, whether they are bad or not, it is best to use them to make wine." ”

"These are old rice, the taste is naturally not good, and if it is used to make wine, it will reduce the taste of the wine, so isn't it deceiving customers? This kind of thing can't happen, the things that Zhao's rice has laid out must be the best, so that it can be worthy of this signboard, and it can't be for the sake of a little profit in front of you, so you don't care about the reputation. ”

After listening to Zhao Yunling's words, Cuizhu couldn't help but glance at the warehouse full of Chen rice: "Then, what should I do with all this rice?" ”

Zhao Yunling didn't speak, just looked at these Chen Mi in a daze.

Previously, she had been thinking about opening up the Western Regions trade route, but this was not a short time to complete, now listening to Cuizhu's words, the words of winemaking are not bad, she loved wine tasting before she crossed, and she still has some understanding of wine, and she can personally participate in it, but of course it is not possible to use these old rice.

She stood up straight, clapped her hands, took one last look at the Chen rice, and took Zhao Changsheng and Cuizhu outside, before asking, "Uncle Zhao, I remember that there are still some fields at home, all of which are cultivated by servant farmers, right?" ”

"Yes, these lands will be paid rent every year, and this year's rent was just paid before the old man passed away, and the young lady asked what this was for?" Zhao Changsheng was a little puzzled.

"I'm thinking, the brewing method that Cuizhu said just now is good, but you can't use these old rice, it's better to go to the farmer to buy some new rice, the rice shop also needs a supply, and the rest is used to make wine, now you don't have to brew too much, try it first, if it's feasible, then talk about it."

Zhao Yunling led the people to the front, her only thought now was to find a few more ways to make money, after all, she still owed the Wang family such a large sum of money, and it was not possible to rely only on the lychee business and the business in the rice shop.

She also needs costs to open up the trade routes in the Western Regions, and there are storefronts in various cities in the north, all of which cost silver, and the silver in her hands at this stage is not even enough.

"It's natural for Miss to do these things, but it's just a matter of buying new rice, I'll ...... it"

"No need, Uncle Zhao, I'll go with you this time, you call a few people to come over, load all these old rice into the car, and I'll be useful when the time comes."

Zhao Yunling waved his hand, and after speaking, he walked straight forward, Zhao Changsheng was confused, went to buy new rice, what to do with these old rice? Could it be that it is exchanged for old rice and the farmer? It won't work.

But the young lady had already ordered it, and after Zhao Changsheng went back, he quickly asked someone to prepare all this, and the next day Zhao Yunling left the town with people and went to the village outside the town where the farmers were farming.

When he got there, Zhao Yunling went to the village chief's house first, explained his intentions first, and promised that the purchase price would definitely not be lower than the price they sold to the market on weekdays.

Zhao Yunling brought a few people over, responsible for weighing, collecting rice, keeping accounts, and disbursing silver, Zhao Yunling did not personally interfere in these things, just look at it without making mistakes.

Seeing that there were gradually more people, Zhao Yunling said a few words in Cuizhu's ear, and Cuizhu nodded and quickly went to do it.

Zhao Yunling took a step forward: "Everyone, just now I sold new rice to me, I have some old rice here to give to everyone, the taste may not be as good as the new rice, but it is definitely good." ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd was quiet for a few seconds, and then a little discussion broke out, and one of them stepped forward: "As long as what Miss Zhao said is true, of course we are willing, we are all croppers, no matter what old rice and new rice, it's just that this is given to us for nothing, Miss Zhao is not a loss?" ”

"I can't take out these old rice in the warehouse and sell it, and I can't do anything, I don't want to smash the signboard of Zhao's rice shop, but I think you should need it, and it's better to give it to you than if I put it in the warehouse and completely spoil it, don't you say?"

Zhao Yunling smiled, it just so happened that Cuizhu had already come over, and she said that she would give it to the farmer according to the same amount of new rice purchased.

In this way, they sold the rice, and they had some surplus money in their hands, and now they have food and clothing, and the silver money can be saved temporarily, which is also a good thing.

They were very happy to get the rice from the farmer's gate, and the village chief said on the side: "Miss Zhao is really a kind person." ”

Zhao Yunling smiled.

She did this, partly because she saw the peasants living in poverty, but partly because she needed a good reputation as a businessman.

A generous businessman is much better than a profiteer.

This is also for the reputation of Zhao's signboard, and the word Zhao will be much heavier in the future.

The servants and peasants were all waiting for the decimeters on the side, Zhao Yunling asked Chen Changsheng to watch here, she went to check the quality of the new rice first, and then returned to Tianyuan Town after the things here were completed.