Datang: My apprentice is Princess Changle

Chapter 294 Preparations Before Winter
Chapter 294 Preparations before Winter
On the way back from Shangchao, Qin Yang would pass by a branch of a newly opened vermicelli factory.

In fact, the original main factory can also swallow all the business.

But Youzhou is not a small place, and the common people carry sweet potatoes to the vermicelli factory, and some have to walk dozens of miles.

Qin Yang took pity on these common people, so he opened small semi-government-run factories in various areas of Youzhou with the assistance of the local government.

Although it is a branch factory, it is actually an office of the main factory.

In the current situation where the vermicelli business has not yet been fully developed, such a move is really purely for the benefit of the people.

The people also knew this, so they sang praises to King Youzhou.

But Qin Yang didn't do this just for the sake of his own reputation.

He is purely from a more democratic world, influenced by that world, and has more empathy for ordinary people.

He did not want to see the people under his rule die from such ridiculous reasons as hunger and cold.

The carriage rattled past the common people who were carrying vermicelli back home. Seeing the smiles on the faces of those common people, Qin Yang's irritability caused by his recent busy schedule was all wiped away.

A sense of accomplishment made the corners of Qin Yang's mouth curl up.

"My lord, do you have anything to eat tonight?"

As soon as he came back, the butler hurried over and asked cautiously.

This housekeeper was brought out by Qin Yang from home.

Originally, he was just an ordinary steward, but because he was quick to do things and he was the son of the Qin family, Qin Yang promoted him to be the steward of the Youzhou Palace.

This can be said to be a step up to the sky!
Since the butler got this position, he has done his best!
Serving Qin Yang is like taking care of a three-year-old baby!

Fortunately, when Qin Yang was in Chang'an, he was also used to the attitudes of these family stewards, and he didn't find them annoying, and even occasionally he was really annoying, just to make a few casual remarks.

As long as he is loyal to him and does things quickly, even if there is a problem with his attitude, it is a trivial matter in Qin Yang's view.

You really don't have to be too careful when doing things in front of him.

Hearing the housekeeper's daily questions, Qin Yang casually replied, "Evening? I want to eat pork stewed vermicelli."

The housekeeper immediately smiled and said, "Coincidentally! The pig farm has slaughtered a new barrow today! The pork is very clean! It can be used to make this pork stewed vermicelli!"

"Have you already started killing the pig?" Qin Yang was slightly surprised when he heard this.

According to his speculation, before the new year, the first batch of barrows could be bred almost enough to be killed.

There are still more than two months until the Chinese New Year!

The housekeeper hurriedly said: "Because some relatives came to leave early recently, isn't every household almost making vermicelli? Pork is very expensive now! Some wealthy households would rather double the price and buy a whole pig in advance!"

"Since the price can be doubled, the pig farm can naturally be sold in advance."

"I just thought about it, you've been busy recently, since the pig farm started selling pigs, so I simply bought one."

"So that's the case." Qin Yang nodded, but understood.

After all, pig farms sell pigs to make money.If someone is willing to buy barrows at double the price in advance, selling them now is actually a little bit more cost-effective than selling them in two months.

After all, by the end of October, the first batch of barrows will be raised.

Qin Yang hadn't eaten stewed pork much before, although the pork that entered the Youzhou Palace had been seasoned.Even if there is a little taste, it can be eliminated.

However, the taste has been eliminated, and the meat quality is very different from the one that is born with no fishy smell.

When Qin Yang thought of the fragrant pork stewed vermicelli, Tina's mouth watered.

"Sure, then let the kitchen prepare more, let's cook a whole pig directly. Tonight, everyone in the mansion will be given at least a spoonful of pork stewed vermicelli."

"If it's not enough, go buy it again."

Qin Yang's order made the butler smile.

"If the boys in the mansion find out, they must be very happy."

After finishing speaking, the butler stepped back to give instructions on the matter.

Qin Yang stepped into the main courtyard.

As soon as I got back to my room, I took off my coat and put on home clothes directly.

The home clothes that Qin Yang is wearing are not the style of Tang Dynasty, but rather modern plush home clothes.

Due to the innovation of wool products in Youzhou, felt products even appeared later.

Qin Yang didn't like the linen of this era, because cotton didn't appear, so he couldn't get cotton if he wanted.

There are silks and satins, but they are comfortable to wear in summer. In winter, the cold feeling is really not as warm as linen.

That's why Qin Yang had someone specially make plush clothes for him.

It is a two-piece upper body and lower body, which is modern long-sleeved pajamas.

After putting it on, put a thick fur cloak on the outside, even if there is no brazier in the room for a while, it is not cold at all.

After changing into such an outfit, Qin Yang went into his study.

He asked someone to make tea for him, while he drank the tea and flipped through the Datang Weekly that had recently been sent to Youzhou.

After he left Chang'an, Datang Weekly entered a fairly stable period of development.

Because after he finished writing the fairy tale novel, he stopped writing.

So now the articles published in Datang Weekly are all works of local aborigines.

Qin Yang watched with relish.

A person who didn't know how to write a storybook at first has now established a special popular genre after he has thrown a brick to attract jade.

In the content of the letter sent from Chang'an, it even mentioned who the most popular writers in Chang'an have been recently.

I heard that those writers who are sought after get the highest manuscript fee, and even write a chapter, they can get dozens of taels of silver!

By writing a storybook, I can save money to buy a house in Chang'an City, where every inch of land is expensive!
And after Qin Yang's reminder, there are also opera singers in Chang'an City, who specialize in rehearsing the recently popular scripts.

Relying on rehearsing these plays, many troupes have made a lot of money.

However, the popularity and sales of Datang Weekly also made many people see the business opportunities in it.

Along with the recent weekly magazines, there are also various newspaper offices established in various parts of Datang within a year.

There are at least dozens of newspapers and periodicals, large and small. In Chang'an alone, there are several newspaper offices that employ newsboys to sell newspapers.

Those professional newsboys don't even sell only one newspaper's newspapers anymore, but all the newspapers take it down.

After all, most newspapers publish weekly magazines, and they will stagger the release date with Datang Weekly.

In this way, there are new newspapers to read almost every day.

These newspapers have developed quite well.

Qin Yang is happy to see the result.

He flicked the letter paper in his hand, and said to himself: "This is a bit like a hundred flowers blooming in later generations, not bad, not bad."

"The vermicelli has become popular too?"

Looking at the back, I found that it was a letter from the person in charge of the Datang Supermarket head office.

The letter stated that both vermicelli and canned food are popular in Chang'an.

So the main store hopes that Youzhou can reserve enough goods for the main store.

The caravan from the main store planned to come to Youzhou before the deep winter to pick up the last batch of goods this year.

Bring the goods back before the Grand Canal completely freezes over.

(End of this chapter)