Qingzhu hurriedly waved his hand and stepped back.

"This is Lord Lin." The corners of Master Dong's forehead jumped straight, and he turned to point to Yiyi.

Everyone was very surprised that such a good-looking young lady was actually an official master, but she didn't dare to speak much, but only thanked her repeatedly, and she was a little cautious.

Everyone was full of eagerness, looking at Master Dong like a savior.

Yiyi sees if there is no time to drink tea, so let's talk about business first, "Shi Bo, do you know what price they want to sell for this batch of local products?" ”

"They don't say the same thing, and the goods are uneven." Dong Wangjiang has a headache for this.

Yiyi felt a little surprised, these people didn't look like they were aggressive, how could they dare to come to the capital to sell local products: "I wonder if anyone in the capital has taken the lead?" ”

"It's Li Wenkui from Xianqiao Village." Someone in the crowd immediately answered.

"Wen Kui took the lead, and we came to the capital with more than 20 households." Mr. Dong's cousin added that most of the people who were at home during the day were not good at words in the village, and that the others who had come with him had already gone out to find buyers.

She didn't have the ability to take care of the ideas of more than 20 families. It's better to find the leader to understand the situation first, and if you can, you can help. Lord Dong's cousin quickly ran out to look for someone.

Mrs. Dong had already come out of the main courtyard at this time, first exchanged a few words with the well-known Lord Lin, and then asked Yiyi to go to the inner courtyard to sit and wait for someone to come, so naturally someone would pass the word.

Yiyi came to the door temporarily today, so she asked Qingzhu to return to the car and take two cans of tea and give them to Mrs. Dong. Then with the fragrance of flowers, I entered the weeping flower gate with Lord Dong and his wife, and Qingzhu was waiting in the front yard.

After passing the weeping flower gate, although I didn't see the straw bags and bamboo baskets, Yiyi still smelled the obvious smell of local products.

When everyone sat down in the flower hall of the main courtyard, the maids served tea, and then Dong Xin, the second daughter of Lord Dong, came over. Miss Dong has a beautiful eyebrows and eyes, a gentle temperament, and a fair complexion. Lord Dong's eldest daughter has been married, and the second daughter is of the same age as Yiyi, so she specially came to accompany her.

"Originally, my father helped the villagers rent another yard in the inn, leaving only the uncles to live at home, but they only stayed for a few days and refused to stay in the inn anymore, and now the main courtyard is full of guests. If it weren't for the sister of the Lin family coming over today, I wouldn't even be able to come to the main courtyard easily. "These folks are even going out to eat steamed buns.

Sister Lin was embarrassed: "Our two families are friends, and the sister of the Dong family just calls me Yiyi." ”

"Let my niece smile, there is no place to put her feet at home now. When the fifteenth national eunuch was resting, my eldest and second lang went home for a meal, and returned to the national eunuch overnight. Mrs. Dong was also helpless.

"When Chunjing was eleven years old, relatives in my hometown brought in a few truckloads of local products. When I arrived in Beijing, my eyes were dark, and I couldn't find a buyer. Or did your Shibo and a few colleagues collect things, and in the end they didn't mention it when they couldn't eat, and their hometown sent things home for several years. The front of the head is accepted, and whoever pushes behind is an offend. ”

Lord Dong reprimanded his wife: "What do you say about this, it's all from the villagers, and you naturally want to help when you come from afar." smiled at Yiyi again: "It's just pity Lao Xiao, I have been annoyed by them these days and almost can't sit still in the yamen." ”

Yiyi saw that his expression was quite relieved and proud, and Mrs. Dong patted her husband on the shoulder and said, "Aren't people just joking at you, are you afraid of your wife?" ”

"Where can he see it, he dares to talk nonsense, it's better for you to judge this reason." Lord Dong didn't dare to argue with his wife, so he turned to ask Yiyi to uphold justice.

Yiyi appreciates the relationship between the two, and Mrs. Dong is also telling the truth, being a man is like this, and if you don't do a good thing properly, you will offend people.

It's just that Mrs. Dong can slap Mr. Dong in front of visitors, so it can be seen that Mr. Xiao said with a smile without talking nonsense: "In foreign countries and many overseas countries, women are given priority, and it is considered that it is the behavior of a man to respect a woman." Shi Boren has a lot of contact with foreign people, so he naturally knows it. ”

"The virtuous nephew really understands things." Master Dong slapped him on the knee, "It's a pity that you are a woman, or I still have a few jars of good monkey brew at home." ”

The mother-in-law of the second door came to report that Li Wenkui had returned, Yiyi said hello to Mrs. Dong's mother and daughter, and followed Mr. Dong to the front hall.

Lord Dong beckoned everyone to come in and sit down, more than 20 people cheered, Lord Dong first solemnly introduced Yiyi, and then pointed to Li Wenkui to introduce Yiyi.

Unexpectedly, Li Wenkui is only about 20 years old, quite tall, with good facial features, and a slightly dark complexion, looking like a very courageous young man. It is estimated that business has not been going well recently, his eyes are a little deep, and there are two bubbles at the corners of his mouth.

Hearing Master Dong's introduction, he was only slightly surprised, and then said for a long time, it seems that he has heard of Yiyi.

Yiyi smiled and asked everyone about the goods and their plans to come to Beijing, Li Wenkui answered them one by one, and the two cousins of Master Dong made a supplementary statement, and they explained the ins and outs in a moment.

Li Wenkui is a well-known figure in several villages around Huangshakeng, the hometown of Lord Dong, who was sent to private school for several years by his father, who was a shopkeeper in the town, and was even valued by the patriarch because of his good reading understanding.

When he was twelve, his father died, leaving only his mother, two brothers and a younger sister in the family. Naturally, he couldn't afford to read the book anymore, so he actually went to the county seat alone to work as an apprentice in a shop. Three years later, he took care of the family's taxes and service taxes, and the two elder brothers only devoted themselves to farming at home to support their old mother.

The year before last, he brought back seedlings of sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes from the county seat one after another, and called on the villagers in the surrounding villages to open up the wasteland and plant.

These things are high-yielding, barren-tolerant and easy to handle, and after harvesting, they were sold at the price of medium and white rice in the county seat, and became famous for a while. The first three years of the land were exempt from tax, and everyone felt that they had lost a season of silver when they settled the accounts.

The year before last, the villagers came to the door to beg for seedlings and planted them together. After the harvest, it was still sold in the county seat, and the price fell from four yuan to more than two yuan.

These things do not occupy serious arable land, and the yield per mu is several times that of grain, and the yield of sweet potatoes has even reached more than ten times. Although everyone was a little disappointed when the price dropped, they knew that it was still a good deal.

However, before planting seeds last year, Li Wenkui went to the Bozhou Mansion to inquire in detail about the storage methods of several things.

Last year, the daughters of each family who married outside the family, and the neighboring cousins pulled each other together, driving more people to plant these new three things.

Last year's price had fallen to around a penny, and after the harvest, Li Wenkui advised everyone to store some of the fruits and sell them in limited quantities so as not to concentrate on the market and the price would fall too fiercely. The stored fruits can be sold at a good price in Beijing on the Emperor's Birthday Festival this year.

Many people sell the valuable rice and noodles left over from the handover of the fields, and feed on sweet potatoes and potatoes, so they have more cash in their hands and are full of food, but they are not used to eating.

Some people who did not hide the kiln properly and rotten the cellar were a little dissatisfied, and felt that Li Wenkui was exaggerating, just to let the neighbors look up to him.

This time, they were all people who had a good relationship with Li Wenkui, and they were all full of interest when they came. Not only did I want to come to the capital to open my eyes and increase my knowledge, but I also wanted those who were dissatisfied with Li Wenkui to see that these three new things can make money, and Wenkui is really thinking about everyone.

Because they came to the capital, the Dong family's cousins and cousins came all over as long as there were new three kinds of things in the family. The crowd rented or borrowed a donkey cart, added bamboo baskets and straw bales, and the food and lodging on the road were minimal, and they rushed to the capital in five days.

Li Wenkui took out a list of the latest sorting, and there were 23 people on this trip, pulling about 35,000 catties of goods. After removing the scattered goods sold, damaged on the road and partially sprouted, there are about 8,000 catties of white potatoes, 5,000 catties of potatoes, 3,000 catties of red potatoes, soybeans, and corn, 1,200 catties of peanuts, 1,800 catties of mung beans, and 800 catties of broad beans, leaving a total of more than 25,080 catties.

As for the price of the Emperor's Halloween, local products from all over the country gathered in the capital, and overseas novelties continued to pour in, but the prices of tea and silk rose slightly due to tribute, but the prices of local products fell again and again.

I also sighed that there were more people pouring into Beijing, and the price of food and accommodation had risen a lot compared with previous years, but I didn't say what price I wanted to sell for this batch of things.

At the moment, a few shrewd people hurriedly interjected, the new three things are fresh and rare, and many people don't know how to eat; It's really made, and the taste is average. There is no shortage of novelties in the capital at this time, so it is not easy to sell.

Speaking of price, they spent five days in a row, and almost got drenched in the rain on the road, and they were worried all the way, and their tired bodies and bones were about to fall apart, and these things had to be sold for the first year's price to be worth it.