Go back to ancient times to be a royal merchant

In a feudal society, the high-ranking people seldom control the life and death of the people. They just want land, and even if there is compensation, it will eventually fall into the hands of officials at all levels of government and distribute it to the people. less than.When the Peanut Oil Factory set up a factory in Wuxian County, it made public the compensation. At first, it was full of praise. As a result, some dissatisfied people were greedy and thought that there was some treasure. Come.This matter later caused many officials to write letters, occupying land as a matter of not paying compensation, and fought for several days. In Wang Xiujin's words, a group of literati were full and had nothing to do, so they would Make it a big deal for days

This time, Wang Xiujin still asked for compensation. Whether it is the tenanted land or his own land, the land is planted by the people hard. No matter who it is, the hard work of the people will not be in vain, and the people will not have a harvest for a year. , and starved to death.Wang Xiujin wrote down the terms of the compensation, and the compensation was based on the highest yield per mu, part of which was converted into money, and part of which was offset by grain.After mentioning the matter of compensation to Zhao Si, Wang Xiujin went to the suburbs of Beijing again.Zhao Si sneered at the matter of compensation. The original incident was still vivid in his memory. Now he didn't want to take the money. He also knew that the original incident was instigated by someone, but it was true that some people were greedy for money.

The compensation that Wang Xiujin wanted to pay was not much calculated. After all, the people who received the compensation belonged to the tenants of the land, so they gave some money for the above-ground things. As for what the people would rely on to make a living in the future, Wang Xiujin didn't think about it. It's already crossed the line, if you want something else, I'm afraid there won't even be compensation, and he doesn't expect the people to appreciate it, maybe someone will scold him behind his back and ask for compensation, all he wants is I have a clear conscience.

Within a few days, the money was delivered by the shopkeeper Mi, and Li Sushan was asked to bring some soldiers to follow Wang Xiujin. Since Guan Fu could not help himself, he had to find someone to protect Wang Xiuxuan's Zhou Quan, so that no mistakes could be made.Naturally, Wang Xiujin would not refuse Shopkeeper Mi's kindness, let alone say that everything will be fine. If something unexpected happens, it will be too late.

Because there were soldiers guarding them, nothing happened on the day when the compensation and food were distributed. After the incident, Zhao Si's construction team moved in immediately and started construction.Before the workshop was built, there was no such thing as Wang Xiujin.

After finishing the preliminary work of the workshop, Wang Xiujin began to teach Sister Liu how to make snacks. He didn't know whether Sister Liu was talented in cooking. sister.A real cook may not accept layman's instructions, and he doesn't want to waste his words.Besides, the private restaurant he opened has only a few tables a day, and it doesn't necessarily open every day, so there is no need to have a cook.

At the same time as the grain shop was being renovated, Wang Xiujin sent a letter to his family, asking a servant who was a crab farmer to come to Beijing. Wang Xiujin planned to let this servant follow Zhao Si to the border. side out.In his previous life, the rice in the north was better than that in the south, so Wang Xiujin was going to try it, and he would know when the rice was ripe.After Zhao Si heard about Wang Xiujin's arrangement, he immediately sent someone to pick him up. He was worried about letting a good farmer go on the road alone.

Wang Xiujin just smiled and didn't refuse. He wasn't worried about the servant's loyalty. The only thing he worried about was that the journey was so long that the servant would encounter any accidents when he came out alone.In fact, there is no need to build a crab farm at the border. The output of Wu County alone is enough to run the Wang Family Grain Shop.In recent years, the several villages below Wuxian County except Wang Village have all planted crab rice. Crab rice is very popular in Xiangcheng, and the rice smells good. Whether they are rich or ordinary people, they all scramble to buy it, taking pride in eating the same rice as the emperor.

In the past few years, Daliang's granary has been full. The two-season rice in the south has been more successful year by year, and the mother yield has also been improved. Not only the big granary in the capital is full, but also the small granaries in various places are full. As a result, the price of food has also come down a bit.Wang Xiujin, his father, and his eldest brother mentioned the matter of reducing taxes for people who cultivated land. Except for the master, who has never farmed before, everyone in the family knows that farming is not easy.Wang Xiubai immediately expressed his approval, but Master Wang was a little hesitant. If he made a statement, it would definitely cause disputes in the court.Wang Xiujin lightly tossed out a sentence, let's fight, they couldn't hear it anyway.

After a long time, the matter of tax reduction came to a conclusion. Only the people who cultivated the land, that is, those who owned land and planted it by themselves, enjoyed tax exemption, and the local government was not allowed to collect taxes from such people.After this law came down, the value of the land increased. The people who had squeezed their heads into the city before, slapped their thighs and regretted it. Now they want to go back and buy land, but there is no land to buy. If they want to cultivate land, they can only open up wasteland, which is wasteland. , and no longer open it casually like before, you need to buy it with money.

Even though he brought up the matter of tax reduction, the good reputation is the responsibility of the emperor alone. The emperor is benevolent, and the emperor is a wise king. Every time I go to the villages, I can hear it. .Wang Xiujin shook his head while eating the Mala Tang made by Sister Liu, the taste was not right.It feels like something is missing. "Sister Liu, cook another bowl with the chicken soup left over from before."

Sister Liu saw that there was still a lot left in the bowl in Wang Xiujin's hand, and hurriedly brought it to the kitchen. She thought it was delicious, so the young master shook his head.Sister Liu handed the bowl to the helpers and asked them to taste the taste. The helpers had been watching it before, but now they heard that they could taste it, so they took some with their chopsticks. After trying it, they kept nodding and said straight tasty.As for why the young master didn't like to eat, they couldn't tell the reason.

Sister Liu cooked another portion of chicken soup according to the young master's wishes, and when Sister Liu came out with a bowl, she saw that the young master of the Li family had found him at some point, and was sitting and talking with the young master at the moment.Sister Liu hurriedly said something to the girl who was guarding at the side, and the girl ran out immediately, and came back with a pair of chopsticks after a while. "Master, this one is cooked in chicken soup."

Wang Xiujin stopped chatting with Li Sushan, and when he saw the chopsticks in the girl's hand, he took them and handed them to Li Sushan, "Try it, Sister Liu cooked a bowl before, and it tasted pretty good, but I felt that something was missing, so I let it Sister Liu changed the soup base." While explaining to Li Sushan, Wang Xiujin didn't forget to ask Sister Liu to cook another bowl with bone broth.

Listening to what the young master said, Sister Liu felt confident, and went back to the kitchen to cook another serving. When it was served again, the previous bowl had already been eaten.

Ordinary soup, chicken soup, and bone broth, the taste of the latter two is far better than that of the former ordinary soup, so we use the latter two as the base soup.Li Sushan asked only after Sister Liu left, "When will the shop open?"

"After the elder sister got married, she didn't point to earning money from restaurants, she just wanted to have a place in Beijing where friends could gather together." Wang Xiujin's words were a bit deceptive. How could it be possible not to make money by opening a shop and doing business? It's just that he didn't know whether he could open the shop.

Li Sushan really believed in the words of Wuxiu Jin. It was not that Li Sushan was too simple, but that in this era, no one opened a restaurant for eating. They only made a few tables a day and then closed the door. They would not decide whether to open or not depending on whether the owner was in a good mood. In the eyes of outsiders, it is definitely a child's play. "If I don't have enough money, it's useless to keep my Yuedai."

Wang Xiujin opened his mouth, does he look like someone without money?But looking at Li Sushan's eyes, he insisted on not saying the words, "If you don't have money, I will definitely tell you, and then you can't say you have no money."

"No." Li Sushan was very serious, "Is there anything else to eat today?" Just now Wang Xiujin said that he would try some dishes in the next few days, Li Sushan wanted to stay for a while, firstly, to get along with Wang Xiujin, and secondly, he was a little hungry up.Li Sushan came here today to invite Wang Xiujin to attend his grandfather's birthday banquet. Due to some inconveniences in the Li family's house, he did not invite the female relatives to participate, so he did not mention this matter when he greeted Mrs. Wang just now.

"Also." Wang Xiujin remembered that he and Li Sushan had eaten in the field before, and knew that Li's family had a lot of food. "There are big bones in sauce, braised duck, and today's food is simple." The expression on Li Sushan's face did not change, but Wang Xiujin felt that his eyes were shining.

Not long after, Sister Liu's marinated duck with several flavors was brought up.Li Sushan thought it was a whole duck, but he didn't know it was disassembled until he saw the real thing. From the duck head to the duck paw, the disassembly is called a fine piece. "Here, how do you eat the head?" Li Sushan looked at the duck's head with some hesitation.

Wang Xiujin asked his servants to fetch a knife, cut the duck's head in two, and picked out the inedible parts with chopsticks before giving it to Li Sushan.After Li Sushan took the duck head, he tasted it. The marinated one tasted good, but the meat was too little, and it was not strong enough.Picked out the duck legs, cut a few slices, picked the innermost one, and took it with the outermost one. After chewing for a few times, Li Sushan widened his eyes, full of surprise. He thought that the meat inside was close to the bone. The taste will be bland, but the marinated fragrance inside is no less than the outer layer. "tasty."

"This one has a spicy taste, you have to try it." Wang Xiujin sliced ​​a few more spicy slices for Li Sushan.Li Sushan threw it into his mouth and chewed it without thinking much, and then began to pour water into his mouth very frequently.

"It's so spicy, but I still want to eat it." Li Sushan looked at the spicy duck leg. He thought it was better than the purely marinated duck leg, but he couldn't stand the spiciness.

"Then try this, sweet and spicy."

"This is too sweet." Compared with the three flavors, Li Sushan prefers the spicy one.