The more Li Bai listened, the darker his face became.

It's a little girl he raised with money, not to mention the gold and jade, and he can't do this!

He began to review, is the pocket money given to Qi Niang on weekdays too small?

Qi Niang looked at her nose and nose, and when she saw that Li Bai was depressed, she hurriedly smiled sweetly: "Master, don't be angry." Although this business looks inconspicuous, it can make a lot of money if it is done well. ”

Li Bai was helpless, so he had to drag the round stool and sit down: "Doing business in Chang'an City, how can it be done by talking." Do you think that the four or five hundred thousand people in Beijing produce and live every day, and where are all the waste and manure produced? Long before you think about it, someone has taken over this business and hired a group of dung pickers to do it. ”

In Chang'an City, where there are many people, if you want to dig the first pot of gold, it is difficult to climb to the sky.

When Li Bai said this, he also meant to scare away Qi Niang, but the little girl didn't panic at all after hearing it.

Qi Niang supported her fleshy face with both hands, shook her feet and explained, "Of course I know." It was the wealthy households in Chang'an who discovered a way to make money, cut dung for business, transported the manure in the city and sold it to the villagers, and then collected the grain and vegetables of the farmers cheaply and sold them into the homes of the people of Chang'an. This one out and one in, it's all money! ”

"Then you're going to have to get involved." Li Bai asked.

They are new to the world, and they are not familiar with the place, so they try in vain to share the benefits of others, which is not a lack of beating.

The seven niang thieves stepped forward, propped their elbows on the table and bit their ears at Li Bai: "Master, Ah Weng said, businessmen pay attention to a little talent, you must see the six roads and listen to the eight directions, distinguish the truth from the false, and pinch the right time." You and Da Lang can't do this either, so I'm the best to pass it on. ”

The corners of Li Bai's mouth twitched: "...... I don't believe it. ”

Aya told a hairy girl what to do.

Qi Niang was not annoyed, so she pretended to fold her arms and sighed, and then said: "I want to do the manure business of livestock because there is no one in Chang'an City to use them well." ”

Li Bai opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything to refute.

During this period of the Tang Dynasty, most of the big wealthy households and the government controlled the sale of human dung and plant ash, but the dung of chickens, ducks, geese and poultry was not very valued. ①

The reason is also very simple, poultry manure is a natural organic fertilizer, and it is easy to cause the phenomenon of burning roots and seedlings when the fermentation is not complete. The Tang people didn't know the principle, but they thought that this thing was not as good as manure and dry cow dung, so they didn't pay much attention to it.

Seeing that the master was moved, Qi Niang hurriedly made persistent efforts: "Master, in fact, in addition to growing grain, these things can also be sold to flower farmers. ”

In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the rice was fat, the warehouses were abundant, and even the matter of appreciating the flowers became the food, tea, flower and bird paintings in the Tang Dynasty, and even the leisure and entertainment such as hairpin flowers and fighting flowers were fashionable.

Because of the rise of the trend of loving flowers, many farmers do not grow food and instead grow flowers.

These people who operate flower beds are called "flower households". ②

Li Bai knew very well in his heart that although flower households were also farmers, they were completely different from ordinary farmers. Not only can they make a profit by planting flowers, but they are also favored by the imperial court policy, and they do not have to serve forced labor, so they look down on farmers.

In the final analysis, it is just that the nobles in the palace love flowers, and the nobles of the family like flowers.

Li Bai sighed and was no longer opposed to earning silver money. So he asked Qi Niang: "How can you be sure that these things can be useful when you collect them?" ”

Qi Niang blinked, crossed her fingers and took care of Li Bai to teach herself: "Why is it useless, chicken manure is jasmine and lilies, pig manure is planted with wood rhinoceros and holly, rotten cow dung is planted with wolfberry, sheep dung is planted with lotus, and if you can receive horse manure, you can also plant bamboo." In addition to these, we can also collect the rotten vegetable leaves, peels, and wheat straw that are not needed by each family, and it is also a small amount of money to return manure to the field......

Li Bai listened and sensed that something was wrong.

He doesn't know how to farm, let alone grow flowers. When Zhao Rui was busy raising birds in Kuangshan, he didn't have time to raise flowers, only his wife planted a little alfalfa grass, Qi Niang couldn't understand the way of farming from this little farm work, right?

Li Bai narrowed his eyes and asked in a cold voice, "Where did you know these things?" ”

Qi Niang's small mouth was really happy, and when she heard the words, she immediately became a quail.

She was most afraid of the master's angry appearance, so she had to shrink her neck, thinking about the weak description of the alpha: "That's it...... A person who does not exist in the world and is not a human person taught me, Master, you believe me, I am not lying. ”

He does not exist in this world, he is not yet human......

Isn't that the Immortal Family? Could it be that Qi Niang is really a fairy boy?

Li Bai felt that things were a bit big, frowned and whispered: "Didn't you steal the teacher to learn the arts?" Didn't you lie to Master? ”

Qi Niang hurriedly shook her head.

As long as the knowledge is correct, it is also a good thing to learn things from the immortal family. It's just that this dynasty is very sensitive to these gods and ghosts, and His Majesty worships this way, and this matter can no longer be known to a third person.

After Li Bai repeatedly warned Qi Niang, he turned back to the original topic: "Even if what you say is really wonderful, who will collect the dung?" We can't expect our master and apprentice to go into battle in person. ”

Qi Niang was obviously relieved, and her tone was a lot more cheerful: "We have helpers, what are we afraid of." ”

Li Bai: "Who?" ”

"Pei Langjun."

Li Bai took a long time before he held back a sentence: "You are really ...... Don't treat yourself as an outsider. ”

People are dignified from the six products to the matter, and you have to collect dung for you, like words?

Qi Niang didn't care about those vanity, she chose Pei Zhi because she had some considerations.

During the Zhenguan period, Pei Mingli, a person from Hedong, bought Chang'an waste products and obtained a huge family property. During the Yonghui period, Pei Kuanshu, who was still a person from Hedong, sold the horse manure in the Shaofu Prison Garden, and got 200,000 yuan a year. ”③

Li Bai held his forehead, full of black lines: "You are trying to incite Pei Saburo to get on the thief ship." ”

Qi Niang tilted her head and smiled: "It proves that the Pei family has a fate with rags." are all the Langjun of the old Pei family, why can't Pei Sanlang make money? I heard that it can cost money to come and go in Beijing, and Pei Saburo's previous outfit is not magnificent, so he will definitely be moved. ”

Li Bai: "......"

Is this what Aya is talking about? Terrifying!

Li Bai wanted to talk to Pei Zhi, but Jingzhao Mansion soon sent a document, asking him to hand over his family report, Wenjie and other things. After this delay, when he returned to Chang'an City, Qi Niang already had two more followers, one big and one small.

The big one is Pei Zhen, the small one is as tall as Qi Niang, dark and thin, an orphan who ran out of the Beitian Nursing Workshop, and his name is Ah Xun.

Qi Niang saw the master coming back, and happily introduced him: "Pei Zhen, pay for it." Ah Xun, who contributed. ”

Li Bai was silent: "...... So what do you do? ”

Qi Niang smiled cutely and owed: "Sit and wait for the money to be collected." ”

After a few people sat down and chatted, Li Bai learned that the Beitian Nursing Workshop where Ah Xun was located was originally supposed to be supported by Huayan Temple as a part of the incense money obtained by the imperial court. But the fact is that it is too late for the nobles and monasteries to encroach on private land, and where are they willing to spit out the money to support a group of old, weak, sick and disabled.

Ah Xun had a cold temperament, and said bluntly: "Ten years ago, Song Xianggong (Song Jing) asked His Majesty to set up a Beitian Nursing Workshop, which was a good thing. But who would have thought that the heart of the sick man selected in the temple was darker than that of profiteers. ”

Qi Niang had a serious face: "I'm not a profiteer, I'm not black." ”

Ah Xun barely showed a trace of tenderness to Qi Niang, and pulled the corners of his mouth: "Hmm." As long as you can give the old people in the ward a hot meal, dozens of our orphans are willing to follow you. ”

Compared with people's hearts, what is dirty about dung?

Li Bai and Pei Zhi looked at each other, and they both saw a bitter smile in each other's eyes.

Under the prosperity of the times, they have seen many "worm-eaten" that cannot be ignored, but His Majesty is blindly immersed in merit and is unwilling to open his eyes to pay attention to these.

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Ah Xun is more anxious about making money than anyone else.

As a child, Qi Niang felt the panic in the other party's heart, and did not say anything, but only ordered him to take people to various workshops to collect poultry and livestock manure and miscellaneous filth, and if he could encounter grass and wood ashes, silkworm sand, he would also take them back.

Most of Ah Xun's partners are half-grown, and some are older than him, and they are extra responsible when they do their work, and they are always afraid that these young brothers will not grow taller.

Qi Niang originally wanted to follow to take a look, but Ah Xun resolutely refused to allow it, and ran away as soon as she turned her head.

The aggrieved Qi Niang had no choice but to go to Li Bai and cry: "Before I finished speaking, he ran away." ”

Li Bai smiled, and Ah Xun looked like a very backbone and face-saving little Langjun. To do things for Qi Niang, he can barely use his physical strength to exchange money for money to convince himself, but if he wants to ask the little girl to watch him carry the manure in person, he will definitely refuse.

Li Bai didn't tell Qi Niang about Ah Xun's thoughts, but only asked, "Then how much money do you give these orphans?" ”

Qi Niang blinked: "What is a few percent." I just said that I would try it for a month and give it two times (2000 texts), and they immediately agreed. ”

Li Bai: "......"

Profiteers!!

Qi Niang didn't think so.

The probationary period is a time to build trust and examine each other. If the price is too high, and the price is paid back when the formal cooperation is made, the other party is easy to be dissatisfied.

Besides, two times the money is really not enough for them to spend, but for the people of the Beitian Nursing Workshop, this month is enough to eat a hot meal, and even add some meat.

"Saving the urgent, not the poor." Qi Niang looked at Li Bai seriously, "The poor people in this world can't be saved, give them fish to eat, it's better to teach them how to make fishing rods and fish." ”

Li Bai was speechless, and sighed that Qi Niang had grown up and had this feeling.

The little girl rushed to his lap with a pen and paper: "Master, I calculated, according to the amount and price agreed by the flower owner yesterday, we can get more than 30,000 yuan this month, and we can earn nearly 20,000 yuan by dividing Pei Sanlang's part!" ”

Li Bai: "......"

20,000 and 20,000, and he is really still a profiteer.

Qi Niang ignored Li Bai's thoughts.

The manure business of poultry and livestock worked, so she planned to hand it over to Ah Xun to take charge of first. And he turned his attention to the wheat straw and rotten fruit peels that were harvested.

These things are now piled up in a field by the Bahe River in the northern suburbs.

The land was bought by the people of Qi Niang Tuoya, not a good land, and it is not worth a few dollars, but because there is no sunlight all year round, it is damp and dark enough, and digging a pit is the best place to make fertilizer.

Qi Niang decided to take a look today.

At the same time, on the bank of the Baliu River, Zhang Jiuling, who had just been recalled by His Majesty, was smiling at the grand scene of Chang'an outside the carriage.

He said to the servant beside him: "I haven't seen Chang'an for a long time, and it's still the same as before-"

Before he finished speaking, a pungent smell of manure entered Zhang Jiuling's nose.