Chen Xiao is a peacemaker.

"Alright! Chunhong's father and mother came to the store for the first time to do things, and they did a good job. Chunxi and Chunya, I want to give them money, what do you say she does. ”

Xiaoshi pursed his mouth, unhappy, but did not speak again.

On the second day, Chen Xiao went to Nangou Village to see how the pepper seedlings grew. Fang Yu and Xiaoshi also went together.

Li Zheng of Nangou Village is named Zhang Ping, and he is the father of Xiaoshi's friend Zhang Shun.

Zhang Shun is a few years older than Xiaoshi and works in Sheng'an Firm.

"Sheng'an Firm" is one of the major businesses in South Vietnam, and it is said that it was established in partnership between the Xiling Imperial Merchants and the Nanyue Imperial Merchants. In today's parlance, it is a Sino-foreign joint venture.

"Brother Xiang", who came to eat knife-cut noodles some time ago, is the young shopkeeper of the "Ruyi Building" under Sheng'an Firm.

Don't look at "Ruyi Building" is the best restaurant in the city, it is nothing in the "Sheng'an Firm".

Shengan has many industries, the most powerful of which is mining. Iron ore and copper ore are all controlled by the imperial court, and only Sheng'an firm can do this business.

Fang Yu didn't feel anything when he heard the "Sheng'an Firm" for the first time, but when he heard it, only the Sheng'an Firm could do ore trading, and he thought of the "Shengtong Firm" in Xiling Kingdom.

No way! This "Sheng" can't be that "Sheng", right?

Although he was skeptical, he didn't take it too seriously. In Shengtong Firm, he only knew the owner. Not to mention the little minions sent to Nanyue, even the big shopkeepers of Xiling, he hasn't seen them all. After all, he never touched the business side.

Nangou Village.

Zhang Lizheng warmly received Chen Xiao and several people. Last time, Zhang Li was going to the snack restaurant, and Chen Xiao made a meal of spicy chicken, and he was addicted to eating it.

At that time, he asked, where did Chen Xiao and Fang Yu come from? Chen Xiao lied to Xiling. Zhang Lizheng has a good impression of Xiling people, and suddenly feels a little closer.

Then there was the chili pepper, which Chen Xiao also lied about bringing from Xiling.

Zhang Lizheng wondered, the people of Xiling have been trading here for many years, why haven't they seen anyone bring chili peppers before?

Fang Yu explained: Xiling has a vast territory and an area of thousands of miles, and the food customs of the south and the north are different, they came from the north of Xiling.

Anyway, Zhang Li was fooled by him and believed it.

"Miss Chen, don't worry, we have grown crops for a lifetime, and it is not difficult to grow chili peppers! I remember all the things you told me to pay attention to last time. ”

"Hehe, don't worry, it's just free today, come and take a look." Chen Xiao said with a smile. She can't say it's not easy.

In the field surrounded by a few bamboo fences in front of me, a chili pepper seedling has just emerged from the soil and grown two or three leaves.

It has only been half a month since the sowing of the seeds, and the leaves have already grown, and the climate of South Vietnam is really suitable for growing peppers.

Zhang Lizheng said: "When it grows to a palm's height, I will transplant it." ”

These transplanted can be planted about ten acres.

Looking at these pepper seedlings, Chen Xiao felt that the number was still not enough. However, when the peppers are ripe this season, the seeds are left behind, and the planting can be expanded in the future.

Chen Xiaodao: "There is something I want to tell you about to see if you are interested." ”

"What's the matter?"

"When the peppers are ripe, I plan to sell spicy chicken. There will be a lot of chickens needed. ”

Zhang Lizheng's eyes lit up: "Do you estimate, how much will it be needed by then?" ”

"I don't know. I think there are about 10 a day, so it should be fine. ”

She really didn't know. It's hard to estimate. A dozen is just a conservative estimate.

It only takes three or four months for a chili pepper to mature, and it takes half a year for a chicken to grow from a small age to a large one. There is no hormone feed here.

Zhang Li is silently calculating and letting the villagers start raising chickens.

The first time he planted peppers, Zhang Lizheng did not hand them over to the villagers to plant. He wants to try to plant it himself, and then let the families plant it. But if you raise chickens, every family will raise them.

Several people chatted for a while, and Chen Xiao said goodbye.

There are four or five miles of road from the county seat to Nangou Village, and they came by foot, and now they are walking back.

Chen Xiao sighed: "If only there was a car!" ”

Xiao Shi hurriedly said: "I'm going to find a carriage?" ”

Chen Xiao shook his head: "I'm not talking about the carriage. ”

"What kind of car is that?"

"Two wheels, people can ride on it, and they can walk with one pedal."

Fang Yudao: "You're talking about horseback riding, right?" ”

"It's not a horseback, it's a bike."

Two wheels...... Board car? But that's pushing, not riding.

The two couldn't imagine what kind of car she was talking about.

Chen Xiao strode forward, looked at the sky in the distance and said:

"I'm going to build a car like this!"

Xiaoshi doesn't know what the significance of Sister Chen building such a car? You can't just ride a horse.

Fang Yu pondered: I'm afraid the car she said already exists!

Just like there is a kind of "qi car" in the spiritual world, which is driven by spiritual energy, which is suitable for those below the mystery.

He knows the principle of "gas car", but it is difficult to achieve it in this world. One is that it needs a spiritual source; The second is that the person who drives it must at least reach the Earth Mystery Realm, otherwise it will not be able to control it.

Thinking of this, he looked at Chen Xiao's neck.

The black stone necklace was hidden in her clothes, and the necklace didn't even show the necklace around her neck.

"That's right," Chen Xiao suddenly said to Xiao Shi, "Last time you said, Ruyilou wants our formula?" ”

"Yes."

Last time, "Brother Xiang" came to the snack restaurant to eat knife-cut noodles, first he wanted to hire Fang Yu, and then he said that he wanted their toppings and condiment recipes.

Chen Xiaodao: "Let's go to Ruyi Building and talk to them about this business." ”

Little Stone: "Do you really want to sell?" ”

"Yes. Not only to sell, but also to sell more. ”

Chen Xiao wants to build a bicycle. She didn't just want to build one, she wanted to build many.

Some uncertain factor, she is ready in the space. The more than 300 million given by my grandmother was not just used to build a house.

……

Ruyi Building.

Chen Xiao, Fang Yu, and Xiao Shi sat in a side room.

Now it's not a meal, the shopkeeper "Brother Xiang" has gone out.

The guy in the restaurant knew Chen Xiao's intention and asked someone to find Brother Xiang.

While waiting, Chen Xiao asked Xiaoshi:

"How did you meet Brother Xiang?"

"I sold snakes to their restaurant, and we met."

"Selling snakes can also get to know the shopkeeper?"

“……”

Xiao Shi was silent for a moment and said:

"Actually, my mother is not remarried. She was pawned by my father to Gao Xiang's uncle. ”

Brother Xiang's real name is Gao Xiang, and teenagers like Xiaoshi call him "Brother Xiang". Older than him called him "less shopkeeper" or "shopkeeper". Because his uncle is also surnamed Gao, he is the big shopkeeper of "Sheng'an Firm", and everyone calls him "Gao Shopkeeper".

"Pawn?" Chen Xiao had heard of pawning items, but had never heard of pawning big living people.

Of course, she had heard of losing at the table and mortgaging his wife to someone else.

"In the past, our family was in the grain business, but my father was cheated and our family went bankrupt. No way, my father gave my maiden to Gao Can. ”

Gao Can is Gao Xiang's uncle.

"At the beginning, I said that it would last for ten years, but then my father died, and my mother gave birth to a younger brother in the Gao family...... I don't think my mother will come back in 10 years. ”

The little stone suddenly became endlessly sad.

Chen Xiao was a little caught off guard by this "truth".

She wasn't curious about other people's privacy, she just asked casually.

For Xiao Shi, he felt that this matter could not be hidden.

Anyone who knows him knows where his mother is.