Magistrate Liu was shocked by the imperial master, but he did not do anything wrong and was confident.

"Master Imperial Master is joking. This place in Wangshou is no better than other places. Such a house is worthless. I would say one hundred and eighty taels is too expensive!"

In Wangshou County, such a yard cannot be sold for even one hundred and fifty taels.

"Okay, let's not talk about this house. How is your yamen doing? What's the situation like in Wangshou?"

Tian Tian knew that Magistrate Liu had not done anything to the house.

"Just now, the Imperial Master asked me why I personally registered the real estate. Then I would have the shame to tell you!"

Since Magistrate Liu took office in Wangshou County, there has been no master or clerk. He has been doing the work of three people by himself. This has been the case for these years.

"The land in Wangshou County does not produce food, but grass grows luxuriantly, so every household in Wangshou raises sheep. Fortunately, they can survive by raising sheep!"

They can sell the sheepskin to the military camp. As for the mutton, if they can't sell it, they will eat it themselves.

Although the people in Wangshou County are so poor that they smell like sheep, they are still strong.

"You don't want to make a fuss about sheep?"

Magistrate Liu is a good official. It is not easy to find a way to raise sheep. At least he can ensure that the people in the county will not starve to death.

"It's not like I haven't thought about it. I once spent a year's salary to hire a chef and wanted him to figure out how to remove the mutton smell. Unfortunately, the chef said that it would only take a god to come down to earth~"

Magistrate Liu felt itching with hatred when he thought of the hundreds of taels of silver he had been defrauded of. With a year's salary, you could still hear a sound even if you threw it into the water, right?

"It's not as complicated as he said. How about you give me a hundred taels and I'll teach you a recipe for making mutton?"

The old village chief was so excited about money that he wanted to make whatever money he could.

"Ahem~ You know how to grill mutton skewers, but the seasonings are not prepared by my master? You still want to earn a hundred taels of silver? You don't have an old face!"

The imperial master was almost sickened by the greed of the old village chief.

"I spent hundreds of taels of silver to teach him nothing, but I still taught him how to barbecue. Why can't he do it?"

Thinking of the mutton kebabs he had for lunch, the old village chief stroked his beard. It was remarkable that he was still greedy despite his age.

"That's right. I contacted the owner of Fuyun Restaurant. He will be here in a day or two. Fuyun Restaurant will purchase a large amount of mutton. What price should you set?"

It is indeed difficult for Tian Tian to set the price of mutton. If he sets it too high, he is afraid of causing chaos in Wangshou, and if he sets it too low, it feels inappropriate.

"Let the owner give you whatever price you want, but since you can't sell it, it will always be used as food rations!"

To be honest, the county magistrate almost vomited.

All his salary was used to buy food for the helpless old people. Their three meals a day in the county government could only be mutton and bones.

"How about setting the same price as pork? Six cents a pound?"

The old lady calculated that mutton was more delicious than pork. Pork could be sold for six cents, and mutton was about the same.

"Old lady, don't be ridiculous! Six cents per catty? One cent or one catty is fine!"

Magistrate Liu was shocked. Every penny and pound were collected for nothing.

Every year they throw away countless muttons because they cannot eat them. If they could convert them into money, it would be almost like a dream.

"Then let's settle for four cents per pound, but the amount used by Fuyun Restaurant won't be too large at first. After all, the market needs to open up little by little!"

Tian Tian feels that it is time for Tian Liuzi's Fuyun Restaurant to expand to other parts of Daqi, and his main product is mutton.

"Princess, although the Fortune Restaurant family has a great business, we can't cheat them, right? Selling them something that no one wants for four cents, isn't that a little bit~"

Magistrate Liu wanted to say that he was bullying others, but he didn't dare. After all, the princess was easy to talk to, but the imperial master kept staring at him eagerly.

"Don't you know that Fuyun Restaurant is run by a few losers from our Tianjia Village?"

The old village chief looked confused. Didn't everyone know that Fuyun Restaurant was related to Princess Fuyun?

"Cough cough~"

County Magistrate Liu almost choked to death on his own saliva. The losers in Tianjia Village can open restaurants all over the north, but what about the non-waste ones?

It seems that those who are not good-for-nothing have obtained academic qualifications, and it is said that they have all been promoted within three years.

It’s really hard to compare people with others and throw away goods!

Magistrate Liu was depressed.

"Don't feel bad, Magistrate Liu. It's true that Fuyun Restaurant belongs to Tianjiacun, but it's not my private property, so I won't happily give this price if I lose money!"

If County Magistrate Liu compares himself with people from Tianjia Village, isn't that just asking for trouble? No one in the Tian family has ever been normal.

"It's getting late. Let's go buy some sheep at the autumnal equinox. Let the county magistrate stay at home for a light meal tonight."

Tian Tian planned to let Magistrate Liu taste the cooked mutton himself, so that he would no longer feel guilty.

"Do you still need to buy sheep? They are available in the county government office. Girls can just go to the county government office to catch them. You can catch as many as you want!"

Magistrate Liu was reluctant to let Tian Tian waste money. After all, there was really no need to spend money on mutton.

"Does County Magistrate Liu still raise sheep?"

The Imperial Master was interested. He had never seen the county magistrate who raised sheep.

"The county government raises a lot of sheep. After all, aren't they food rations?"

Magistrate Liu was a little embarrassed. Other magistrates raised beautiful women in their backyards, but he raised sheep. It would be embarrassing to tell anyone about it.

"Magistrate Liu is a diligent and thrifty man who manages his family. The people of Wangshou County are quite lucky!"

Tian Quanyou sighed. If Magistrate Liu had been an official not in Wangshou but somewhere else, he would have achieved great success. Unfortunately, the officials in Beidi can only stay in Beidi, and this talent has been buried.

"I was born in the Northland, and I never thought about leaving. I just hope that the people in my jurisdiction can have enough food and clothing during my lifetime!"

Nowadays, people in Wangshou County eat mutton and wear sheepskin. When they can wear real clothes and every household can eat a bite of serious food, the county magistrate will be satisfied.

They came back soon after the autumnal equinox, and the sheep they brought back were not only skinned, but also cut into pieces.

"The old man who raises sheep in the county magistrate's house is very polite and helped us prepare the mutton!"

This will save you a lot of trouble!

The Tian family set up a big pot in the yard and prepared to cook the lamb. Tian Quan and the others were not idle either, skewering the mutton skewers while talking.

Magistrate Liu was embarrassed to work with him. The sheep herder in his county government office was from Wangshou County, and his greatest pleasure every day was cutting the mutton into pieces.

Wangshou County is really too poor. Even in the years when it was poor, not a single murder would happen. The old man was so idle that his whole body was almost rusty. He changed his job and was responsible for cutting mutton for the county magistrate.

"Why is it so delicious?"

Not long after putting the mutton in the pot, Magistrate Liu smelled a unique aroma that made his mouth water.

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