In this way, it costs dozens of taels of silver just to reclaim. In addition, the fields that have been reclaimed have to buy seeds, and fruit trees also need to be bought. Now that it has been reclaimed, chickens and ducks and the like have to be bought. Not only do you have to buy it, but you also have to hire someone to watch it.

After this calculation, Du Yi instantly felt a lot of pressure. Money, money, money, all for money. The few hundred taels of silver she had left were all smashed into it, and it was not enough.

"Dad, I think so. As for you, go to the village chief first and tell him that I plan to open up the mountains in the future. Thirty wen a day, eating and drinking are their own, we don't cover it. If there are people who are willing to come, remember to sign up. Let the village chief help us pick out some neat hands and feet, and let him help see if there is anyone suitable to be in charge. If you want to open up the wasteland, someone must take care of it, and there are few people in our family, so we can't be busy. If you are in charge, you will have two taels of silver a month. In addition, mother, you look for someone to see if there are any eggs to buy, in April of the next year, hatch out, let's go to the mountains to raise. By the way, second brother, it's hot in summer here. While it's cold now, clear out our cellar, prepare more urns, freeze the water into ice, and keep it for the summer. ”

Doe thought about using saltpeter to make ice, but if you want to make saltpeter ice, you need a lot of saltpeter, otherwise you won't be able to make a large ice cube. Rather than this, it is better to take advantage of the cold weather and store it well.

Pile up all the snow that is not used in the yard in the cellar, and use it as an ice room, so that you will not be afraid of the heat in the summer. With these ice cubes, are you afraid that you won't be able to make good things in the summer?

Jiro didn't know what Du Yi wanted to do, but when he heard that it was useful, he nodded.

"Okay, let's not talk about that. Yiyi, the shop is almost ready, let's pack up in the next two days and open on the fifteenth. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the people around are waiting to buy New Year's goods. Now everyone hasn't bought it yet, waiting for us. ”

"Done! Mother, I don't think the New Year's goods shipped over the boss are enough. When we go back, we have to get the goods ourselves, and it's not good to trouble people every time. In this case, I'll let the boss see if he can help buy a carriage and come back. We have a carriage at home, and it will be much more convenient for Xiaohuzi to go to school or for us to go to the town to get goods in the future. And since we want to open up the wasteland and reclaim the land, we also need cattle, so by the way, buy a cow and come back, do you think it is feasible? ”

When Liu heard that he was going to spend more money, he frowned reflexively. It's just that before she could speak, Erlang said first: "Yiyi, you don't have much money now, so don't spend it indiscriminately." The carriage was so expensive that it wasn't necessary. Our family is not a rich family, and if we have horses, we can't raise them well. It's better to buy a strong cow directly, turn around and press a car, so that it is okay to go to the town to get the goods. Huzi is still young, and it's nothing if he doesn't enlighten now. With you, I can also recognize a few words, what about a year or two later? Besides, after the New Year, you still have to build a house, and you need to spend money everywhere, so don't spend it indiscriminately. It's not easy to make some money these days. ”

Du Yi's face was slightly red, and she thought she understood Erlang's words. This is to think that she spends money lavishly, which means that she is a bit of a loser. Well, she admits that she is indeed a bit of a loser, people can't earn a few taels a year, she is so impulsive, that is, more than two thousand taels, she bought a mountain that they are not optimistic about.

"Okay, listen to the second brother. The second brother can do whatever he thinks, Yiyi has no opinion. By the way, second brother, you go and help me take a look, find a few good young people in the village, and go to our greenhouse to help. By the way, talk to them, after the New Year, you can go to work for Boss Yu, the monthly silver will definitely not be less, and Boss Yu will personally talk to them when the time comes! ”

Erlang had also heard Liu's say it before, but Du Yi never spoke, and he was not embarrassed to ask. Now that Doe has personally proposed it, he will naturally take over this task.

"Okay, big brother will arrange this for you!"

Du Yi gave the Liu family's one hundred taels, except for buying six acres of land, the rest of the silver has not been touched. The silver that was originally going to be transferred to the good household registration was also saved because of the fifty taels. Now there are more than 70 taels left, which is enough to build a good house.

On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the day when the small shop in Liujia Village opened. The people who came to buy New Year's goods from ten miles and eight villages arrived early. When Liu's Liu Dazhu and Du Yi and others arrive, a little firecracker will be regarded as an official opening.

Originally, the house of the small shop had an acre of land, and the gate was two meters wide and high. For the sake of business, Du Yi deliberately asked people to open the gate to four meters and three meters high. At the doorway, Doy wrote a couplet on red paper. Shanglian is: convenience for all people; The next link is: department store circulation; The horizontal batch is: Liujiacun shop.

The shop adopts a modern model, where the dried food and refreshments are placed on one side, and the oil and salt of life are placed on the other side. Even for the meat, Du Yi talked about cooperation with the pig killer king in the next village, and asked him to put the pork on his side to sell on consignment, and she would draw ten cents a day for the stall.

You don't have to travel thousands of miles to the town to buy it, you can sell the meat, and the pig killer naturally agreed. These ten miles and eight villages are waiting for her to open, even if he kills two pigs a day, he is not afraid that he will not be able to sell them.

As early as the beginning of the opening, Du Yi told the people in the village that if you want to buy something, you can line up in two lines, no crowding, no noise, otherwise you won't sell it.

The people of Liujia Village, in order to set an example for other villages, naturally agreed. Qiao's and Peach Blossom have undergone special training from Doy, so they naturally know the price of the goods by heart. And memorized the modern Arabic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, so the accounting is naturally not a problem.

It's just that I'm not very skilled in bookkeeping. Both of them can write the names of the goods in the shop, but they are not very proficient. Du Yi, who is helpless, only needs to write the account book in advance, and let them fill in the catty taels and money after the corresponding name after selling, so that it is convenient to check the accounts at that time.

On the first day of opening, business was naturally full, and people came and went. The snow leading to Liujia Village from each village has long been flattened. The village chief, who had been standing in front of the shop, stroked his chin and beard, and smiled from ear to ear.

That night, Du Yi took Peach Blossom and Qiao's to settle the accounts there, and it was not until the end of the day that the accounts were calculated. On the first day, he sold twenty-one taels and two hundred and seven wen. After deducting the cost, you can also earn more than three taels.

This made Qiao's and Peach Blossom's eyes brighten after a busy day. Neither of them thought that they would be able to earn five taels a day.

"Okay, you have all worked hard today, and one of you will be rewarded with fifty wen. It's just a little hard today, and the next few days will be busy, so you should pay more attention. I'll come over these days to take a look, and if there's anything I don't understand, just ask. ”

Fortunately, every day when Yu Ziheng's people came to transport vegetables, they would send a cart of things from the shop to offset the price of some vegetables. Therefore, even if you sell a lot on the first day, you are not afraid that it will run out of stock.

On the twenty-third day of the new year, the business of the small shop dropped slightly. Because of the New Year, Du Yi asked Qiao's to go back early to prepare, and she also went home with Peach Blossom. It's just that the two of them just arrived at the house, and they saw from a distance that Yufu's carriage slowly came over again.

Seeing Du Yi standing at the door, Yu Ziheng smiled: "Miss Du, Yu has come to give you a New Year's gift for the master." ”

Peach Blossom stretched out her head to look at the five carriages full of horses behind her, and couldn't help but exclaim.

Du Yi was lukewarm, thinking of the inexplicable words he said when Zi Yicheng left, and said: "It's also a kind and righteous person, so it's not in vain for me to save him." ”

She said so, but her eyes were dripping as she looked at the things in the carriage, and wondered how much the goods were worth. She is the time to save money, and this year's gift is tantamount to giving charcoal in the snow.

Seeing the fine silk removed from the carriage, Doe smiled with satisfaction. Reading the novel to the net (full text) These cloths are exchanged for silver, which is enough for their small shop to make a profit for two or three years. In addition to the necessities of life, there were of course various things such as red gold noodles and rouge water and rice for Duyi.

Fortunately, today is the New Year, and everyone is busy, so there are very few people to see. Otherwise, the people of Liujia Village will have to guess whether it is Du Yi's father who has sent something to him.

Du Yi thought that there was a shortage of money at home, and as soon as his eyes turned, he said to Yu Ziheng: "Boss Yu can come today, presumably there must be free time, I wonder if the little girl can delay a moment or two?" ”

As soon as Yu Ziheng heard Du Yi's words, he knew that she had something to say.

"Miss Du has something to say!" Yu Ziheng said, and took the lead in walking towards the door. Du Yi whispered in Peach Blossom's ear and followed the door first.

In the hall, Liu heard the sound outside, and when he saw the items at the door, he summoned Liu Dazhu and Brother Zhao to come forward to help.

"Boss Yu, the little woman bought a mountain a few days ago, and she plans to do a big job in the coming year, I don't know if you are interested in investing?"

Du Yi wants to find a partner, and Yu Ziheng is undoubtedly the best partner. Although it is not clear what the power behind him is, looking at the man called Yicheng before, he must have an extraordinary background.

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Yu Ziheng is interested.

Du Yi said this, does that mean that the current greenhouse to grow vegetables, or a small fight? I don't know what the coming year will bring.

"Don't hide it from the boss, the little woman had to find someone to cooperate with because of the lack of funds. At present, the mountain to the north of Liujia Village is already under my name. I'm going to wait for spring to open up and find someone to reclaim it. One side is planted with orchards, and the other side is terraced to grow rice crops. ”

When Yu Ziheng heard this, he was not interested. Even if this wasteland is opened, the yield is not high. Investing money in it is tantamount to making a splash, but looking at Du Yi, he doesn't look like a person who does such a stupid thing. Yu Ziheng pressed his patience and waited for Du Yi to continue.

"Let's not talk about the fruit trees we plant, it will take a few years to get a harvest. As far as paddy fields alone are concerned, the little girl can guarantee that the yield of the year will not be lower than that of the high-grade paddy fields. In addition, fish and snails can be raised in the paddy fields, as well as ducks. Of course, when the mountain is encircled, you can raise chickens on the mountain when the time comes. As for the foot of the mountain, I'm going to build a factory and ...... when the time comes."

Before Du Yi finished speaking, Yu Ziheng hurriedly interrupted: "Wait, wait." You say that the terraced fields opened up are paddy fields? The mountain is so high, how are you going to bring water up? I've never had terraces in Ziyang Country, can you really do it? ”

"It's simple, I don't have to lead the water up, but the water down. Boss Yu is well-informed and should know that the source of the river is the mountain. Since mountains can produce rivers, it is not difficult to draw water from the fields, right? In our Liujia Village, in July and August in summer, there is a lot of water, there are many trees on the mountain, and there is naturally a lot of water storage, right? Besides, when the mountain reclaims the paddy fields, it follows the form of a ladder, layer by layer, and the water flows naturally downstream. ”

Yu Ziheng nodded, and drew inferences: "According to Miss Du's meaning, if it is a drought year, the people have no water to drink, can they dig a pit at the foot of the mountain to find water?" ”

Dui nodded, didn't they understand this?

Yu Ziheng, who received an affirmative answer, blushed with excitement because of this unexpected answer, but Du Yi didn't understand why he smiled like an idiot.

Feeling Du Yi's gaze, Yu Ziheng coughed unnaturally and said, "I don't know how much silver Miss Du needs for this investment process, and how much time it will take to recover the cost?" And what was it that you just wanted to say? What do you want to build at the foot of the mountain? ”

"How much to invest depends on the sincerity of the boss. The little woman's meaning, if the boss is interested, he can give you a hundred percent of the shares. When the time comes, I will take whatever you want, depending on whether you want silver or crops. In addition, if the cost is recovered, if nothing else, it will be able to recover at least half by this time next year. ”

Du Yi doesn't talk big, as long as he gets involved with Yu Ziheng. When the time comes, she is not afraid that the soap and candles she makes will not be able to sell. Half of it is said that it is just embarrassing to say too much.

On the other hand, she can also pickle eggs such as chickens and ducks and sell them. The fine salt scraped off by the wood salt tree can not only be pickled, but also sold in small shops.

"Since this is the case, then Yu Mou will invest eight hundred taels and wait for the next year!" After Yu Ziheng finished speaking, he took out the silver ticket from his sleeve pocket, counted them, took out eight tickets, and handed them to Du Yi's hand.

"Boss Yu, wait a minute, Yiyi will write you a contract!" Written in black and white, it is equivalent to settling accounts with brothers. Even if the two have cooperated many times, the rules that should be there are still inevitable.

When Ziheng left, Du Yi asked him to find someone to help him take a look and buy an ox cart. When the time comes, the goods that need to be purchased here will also let his people go with Erlang.

Now Du Yi and Erlang and others in the village have re-selected eight people to come out, ready to cultivate them, and send them to Yu Ziheng when the time comes. For the person who was chosen, thinking of having a lot of income, he was naturally grateful to the Liu family.

And there are two stewards re-selected by Dui. One is Liu Wang of the village chief's family, and Du Yi asked him to follow behind Erlang and temporarily assist Erlang first. The rest, more on that later. The amount of silver that was opened was naturally not 500 wen per month.

As for the other steward, it is Cui Niang's master. As mentioned earlier, Cui Niang is a well-known broken mouth in the village, and when Du Yi first came to Liujia Village, she was the one who spent a short time making up a story for Du Yi.

Cui Niang's grandfather is called Wang Tiezhu, who is a well-known honest person in the village and a good farmer. After talking to him, Doe asked him to manage those people after the new year. When the mountain pits come out in the future, let him manage them. When the time comes, some short-term workers will be hired to help.

After Cui Niang knew the news, she was so beautiful overall. Where can I find two taels of silver a month? Therefore from that day on, when he saw people in all things, he praised Dui in every way.

The people of Liujia Village heard that Du Yi had bought the mountain and was going to hire people at the beginning of the year, and when they learned that the candidates were determined by the village chief, they took their things and went to the village chief's house.

After the New Year, the snow fell heavier and heavier, and every family was busy. In addition to being busy, I don't forget to run through the door. Of course, the Peach Blossom Family is now the most lively one in the village. Liu's current slave status has been eliminated, and he has resettled back in Liujia Village, and the small shop has also fallen under the name of Peach Blossom.

This made the peach blossom, which was originally unpopular, suddenly become the most popular candidate for a good daughter-in-law in Shili Eight Villages, and from time to time someone is probing Liu's tone.

The Liu family had to entertain five or six waves of people every day, and when they were twenty-eight, Du Yi personally sent double the monthly money to Dacheng and Yinniu and others, according to the previous agreement, two clothes, twenty catties of rice, and five catties of meat. In addition, each person is given an extra box of pastries and a box of tea.