The elder brother who travels through is hard to do

"Is this something Xu Bei fiddled with again?" The fourth young master looked at the dim sum delivered to him and smiled.

"Yeah, it smells pretty good. I heard from Jiang Ping who sent it here that our family also sent it. Xu Bei's shop also plans to sell what it's called. Yes, it's called nougatized peanut candy. Allow it, Come here and have a taste." Zhu Kangcheng called out to Lu Yunzhi who was sorting out the paperwork.

The fourth son took a sniff. He had tasted the milk tea from Beimeng before, and it was brought back by his elder brother. Such a rich milky fragrance must be made of dairy products obtained from the people from Beimeng in the mutual market. Xu Bei sent it over in a hurry , of course he had to save face, he picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, his eyes narrowed immediately.

Lu Yunzhi also squinted his eyes, and said: "It's quite fresh, it's not bad to taste once in a while, and it's probably more popular with children. Xu Bei is indeed very smart. By the way, son, Jiang Ping said he got it from Wanjia. Can the few crops that came here really be grown by him?"

The fourth son's eyes flashed, and he was shocked when Jiang Ping reported to him. Compared with cement, high-yield crops without picking up land are more meaningful to them. After all, the world is still in the farming era, and the North Compared with the south, the land is vast and sparsely populated, there are many mountains, and the daylight is short and the climate is colder. Coupled with frequent wars, food has always been their top priority.Although a large amount of food can now be obtained through Xu Bei without disturbing anyone, the problem of food shortage cannot be solved from the source after all.

"Maybe," the fourth young master thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, if it's really what Xu Bei said, then you can afford to wait no matter how long it is." He felt that Xu Bei was not someone who bluffed and exaggerated. So far, the few things he said have been fulfilled in his hands, and he also sent someone to look at the village in Xu Bei. The field has already sprouted, and others may not know how to plant it.

Looking forward to Xu Bei in his heart, he stretched out his hand involuntarily and picked up a piece of candy, chewed it in his mouth, squinted his eyes and leaned back on the chair comfortably.

Xu Bei never had the idea of ​​hiding the three crops planted on Zhuangzi. Since he told Jiang Ping, it was equivalent to telling the fourth son through his mouth that even he himself planned to harvest the crops. After looking at the results of the harvest, I decided whether to report it, but I never thought that rare goods could be used to make money.However, after expanding production, he can make some by-products and sell them in his own shop. He can earn this kind of money and feel at ease.

As for Jiang Ping, he didn't think Jiang Ping was at fault for reporting his affairs, and there was no such thing as betrayal. It should be known that Jiang Ping was originally a talent trained by Xiao Wangfu, and he still felt that he was by his side. It's a bit of a loss to Jiang Ping, and it helped me a lot.Xu Bei's own handwriting is really shameful, and although he can basically recognize the traditional Chinese characters, he still has missing arms and short legs when writing. After getting Jiang Ping into the mutual market, he would use a charcoal pencil to make a draft of what he needed to write, or simply throw it to Jiang Ping, how cool!

Although Xu Minqing wasn't interested in that kind of milk, the candy Xu Bei sent was pretty good. I didn't expect my elder brother to make such a thing at home. I regretted that I wasn't there. I was even more in favor of the idea of ​​sending this candy to the shop for sale. Yes, I asked my eldest brother to send some more after he went back, and he divided them into small packages and gave them to his classmates, which can be regarded as publicity for the shop at home.

Xu Bei waved his hands and handed over the work in the shop to Sun Dagui, and the two servants from his family and Jiang Ping's place were also handed over to him. The investment ratio is not a problem at all if you work hard to pass it off.He wanted to make the White Rabbit Toffee again, but it involved gum problem, otherwise it would not have the toughness to chew, and the taste would be much worse, so he put it down for the time being, and will think about it later when he has time.

Originally, I planned to take Xia Shan to the exchange market. If he was interested, he would go to fight him. With his force value, he could do it. But this kid was very interested in the business of the shop because of the candy, so he asked to stay. When he came down, Xu Bei also let him go. In his eyes, Xia Shan was just a half-grown half-haired boy who hadn't grown up yet.

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When everything was on the right track, time passed quickly, spring and autumn came, and in the blink of an eye, it had been nearly three years since Xu Bei came to this world.

In the past two years, due to the existence of the mutual market in the northern border, no major war broke out. Only in the late autumn and near winter, a small group of foreigners invaded occasionally. With better war horses and sufficient military supplies, the combat power has been greatly improved. The soldiers of the Dingbei Army work together to make the border more indestructible.

In the past two years, Prince Xiao's Mansion has promoted three new crops in Beidi, and they are quite popular among the common people. Why, the yield is much higher than other crops, and the taste is good. We vigorously promote the promotion in cooperation with the government in the Prince's Mansion. Afterwards, many state capitals started planting, and some restaurants bought three kinds of crops from the local people to make dishes, adding a lot of dishes to the dining table of the people in the north.When it was first launched, because it was fresh and delicious, it was sold at a high price, which made those farmers who chose to trust the government a lot of money.

Of course, most of them were collected by the Prince Xiao's Mansion, and not many flowed out, but this also made the people in the areas where the planting had not yet started to look forward to it, hoping that the local government could quickly receive the seeds from the Prince's Mansion.

The change in the past two years is that Zhang Meng and Wan Qiushi, who personally brought these three crops to the north, couldn't believe it, especially the latter, who didn't pay attention to the soil bumps in the baskets on the same boat.In the first year when Xu Bei Zhuangzi was harvesting, he invited the two of them over for a meal. Many dishes on the table were made from the three crops that had just been harvested. momentum of development.

In the first year, Xu Bei's family only tasted it a few times. After the harvest, he kept some in his farm for seeding, and handed over all the rest to the fourth son.The Fourth Young Master didn’t do him any harm. For the seeds he handed over that time and later, the Fourth Young Master distributed several sums of silver one after another. Xu Bei’s assets grew rapidly. Even the old man who was persuaded by Xu Bei to plant new crops in his own land Qiu and others have also made a small fortune through this move over the past two years.

After the harvest this time, Xu Bei didn't send it out again. Except for daily food, most of it was collected from the field and sent directly to the underground kiln.Compared with other families, the amount of seeds that his little Zhuangzi can provide is really not worth looking at, and the Wangfu is not short of his amount now.

In the house, Xu Bei asked old man Hu to bring out a basket of sweet potatoes and a basket of potatoes from the kiln, and set them up in the yard. Xu Minqing, who was reading in the study, heard the movement and came out to have a look: "Brother, what are you going to do?"

Now Xu Minqing has grown into a 15-year-old boy. Compared with when he was in Shangpo Village, he has undergone earth-shaking changes.Three years later, his stature has increased a lot, but there is still a gap with Xu Bei's, just below Xu Bei's nose, but because his bones are not as wide as Xu Bei's, but more slender than those of the southerners, he still looks tall and straight, plain He wears a black straight gown, and the tail of the robe sways slightly when he walks. Sometimes even Xu Bei will be stunned when he looks at it abruptly. Is this really his raised brother?

Who dares to say that Xu Bei is a vulgar person in the future, close the door and let my brother go!

Put Min Qing in front of those people, whose son Lang is as outstanding as his younger brother, he is a rough guy who can teach people better than those pretentious guys, Xu Bei shamelessly put all the credit on himself.

Now Xu Minqing is not only well-known in the academy, but also in Yanzhou City. The eldest son and the fourth son are more and more generous in expressing their preference and closeness to Xu Bei. Cheng Keqi, Xu Minqing's superior potential stock has become a good son-in-law in the eyes of many people, and many of them have a scholarly family. It doesn't matter if Xu Bei is a rough man, but Xu Minqing can study, and some people vaguely know that Shenzhi Bookstore is Xu Minqing's hand. The Shenzhi Shusi, which was produced and promoted step by step, is enough to make up for the flaws in his origin.

Some people entrusted Lu Yunzhi with this, and some people went to Xu Bei in person, hoping to marry the Xu family. The first time someone mentioned this, Xu Bei was dumbfounded. In his eyes, his younger brother was only a young brother, and he had to marry him. up?At the same time, a feeling of displeasure arose in his heart, why would his younger brother, who had been raised so well, be raped by someone else.When he got home, he brought it up to Min Qing sourly, but Min Qing immediately rejected it, saying that he was too young to think about it, which made Xu Bei feel better.

Xu Bei replied with emotion in his heart: "Didn't I mention it to you before, these can be used to make vermicelli. I just have time to make them when I have time. After they are made, we can sell various things in our shop. The latter vermicelli can be stored for a longer period of time. Lao Hu, call all the big guys over, and let’s do it together.”

"Okay, young master." Old man Hu put down the tools in his hand and turned to call for someone. Knowing that Xu Bei was thinking about new things again, everyone was very interested, and they rushed over after a while. When they came, Xu Bei had already picked up something new. He rolled up his sleeves to fetch water from the well to wash the sweet potatoes. Old man Hu saw it and quickly took it.

Everyone felt that Xu Bei would either not make a move, or if he did, he would definitely produce something good. Not to mention other major aspects, just say that the nougat peanut candy and milk candy sold in the shop in the past two years brought a lot of money to the shop. The huge profits, Xu Bei is also generous, he gave some dry stocks to his brothers, everyone can earn money together, his current wealth is not worrying about having no money at all.

Chewy milk candy has also been made, and the gelatin problem that was originally worrying has been successfully tested after many trials.He soaked the collected beef bones and pork bones, plus pig skin and other things with a lot of colloid, in lime water to soften them, then washed them, boiled them in a large pot, and boiled them into a thick soup. The moisture inside evaporates, and what's left is edible gelatin.

As soon as the toffee was launched, it became very popular among adults and children, and became another best-selling item in Xuji shop. In the past two years, no one has tried to make these two kinds of candy, but the key steps are missing, so it is impossible to make Xuji shop. It's not that he didn't think about buying the Xu family's people to come up with the formula, but he found that there was no way to start. As for coercion with power, he didn't even look at who was standing behind Xu Bei. Who would dare to compete with the fourth son?Close the shop as soon as possible and go back to your hometown.

Although I couldn't make the same candy, but because of the opening of the exchange market, it is still possible for some powerful families to get some dairy products from the Northern Mongolians. It's just that some foods made from those dairy products have also appeared in Yanzhou City one after another. Not to mention, Xu Bei bought it and tried it, and the taste is quite good.

There was also a smart man who bought two kinds of candy from Xu Ji's shop, and then sold them to other places at double or even several times the price, without worrying about losing sales.It took some time for Xu Bei to know about this situation. He smiled and did not stop others from buying goods from the shop, but only one shop was really small, and it happened that the shop next door showed signs of selling, and he paid a slightly higher price. After buying it, it expanded its appearance, and opened a small workshop to expand its production scale. The business is booming.

Xu Bei told everyone the next step, which was very simple, that is, cut into pieces, ground them, and then washed the powder. It was purely manual labor, and it took a lot of effort for them. They talked and laughed together while working in the yard, and Xu Minqing also returned. Fang changed his bunt and came out to join it.Xu Bei didn't stop him when he saw him, and he never had to worry about his homework. It's good to change his mind after reading for a long time, and he will participate in the strategy theory competition held by the palace in a while.Xu Bei asked Min Minqing himself and Lu Yunzhi early, and they both said it was okay.

"Ah, what are you guys doing together? Hey, aren't they sweet potatoes and potatoes? What are they used for? Could it be that there is something good again?" Xia Shan came back from the shop, and when she saw this, she hurried over and said in surprise .He stayed in the shop for more than two years, and went to the mutual market for a while, and found that he was still more interested in the things in the shop, so he chose to stay in the shop and help Xu Bei.Hearing his choice, Xu Bei thought to himself, could it be that Xia Shan, who came from Wazigou, was too hostile to foreigners due to the influence of his ancestors, so he didn't want to stay in the exchange market?

But it’s good to stay in the shop. He just needs someone to go to Wazigou to collect mountain goods. In the past two years, the candy business has driven other goods to sell better and better. It’s not just a mountain village in Wazigou. Xia Shan I took two fellow countrymen to run the goods together.Every time he went back, Xu Bei also asked him to bring back some food and other things, including giving to Brother Tieniu and Doctor Lin. What he didn't expect was that Doctor Lin had a preference for nougat and milk candy. Sometimes no one went back, and he asked Tieniu to come out and buy it back for him. Xu Bei ordered him not to take his money. How could Dr. Lin benefit in vain, so Tieniu would bring him with him every time he came. Some of the prepared medicines were actually in Xu Bei's arms.

"Of course it's a good thing. If you want to eat it, let's do it together." Xu Bei ordered unceremoniously, "Go and wash your hands first. If you just came back from outside, wash your hands clean."

Xia Shan obediently went to wash her hands, then turned back after a while, and asked enthusiastically what it was made for, whether it was the same as before, and whether the shop was going to add business again.Seeing his elder brother boasting about the hype but not telling him what he eats, and making Xia Shan's appetite high but not giving the result, he was so angry that he screamed. He was pampered by the unknown, but when he looked at Xia Shan, he was not so polite, his eyes flickered, and Xia Shan, who was loudly protesting to Xu Bei, suddenly felt a chill in his vest for no reason.

Xu Minqing just can't see that idiot Xia Shan is too close to his eldest brother, thinking that his eldest brother still wants Xia Shan to stay in the exchange market to work, and his eldest brother spends more than half of the time in the exchange market all year round, how could he allow this guy Xia Shan to spend so much time alone with his eldest brother , It took some careful thought to let this guy stay in Yanzhou voluntarily. He would rather put it under his nose than in a place where he can't see it. This guy doesn't know how to stick to his elder brother shamelessly .

After the sweet potatoes are peeled and cut into pieces, they are ground on a stone mill. The juice and residues flow into the basin below, and the residue in the basin is squeezed as much as possible to wash out the starch inside as much as possible. After filtering The residue can continue to wash the powder.Seeing Xia Shan tactfully not getting closer to his elder brother, Xu Minqing was in a good mood, and had a great time with his elder brother, watching the filtered juice in the basin gradually layered, with clear water on top and a layer of powder on the bottom , At this time, you only need to pour off the clear water on the top, and then dry the powder layer below to harvest the starch.

After a busy day, they harvested a few pots of undried starch, so the group went out to eat in a restaurant.

Coincidentally, in front of the restaurant, I ran into brother Zhang Meng who was accompanying Wan Jiushao. It seemed that he was inviting someone to have a drink. Businessmen, no matter what era they are in, talking about business at the wine table is a characteristic of Chinese people. The two parties greeted each other and entered different boxes.

As soon as they started eating, Zhang Meng came out of his box and came to their side. In recent years, Zhang Meng and Xu Bei have become closer, and they are also very familiar with Lao Qiu and others.After the business in the mutual market stabilized and settled down in Yanzhou, Zhang Meng brought his family here and bought a small house near the Wanjia. In addition to protecting Jiu Shao, he was still responsible for the transportation on the river. Trading, but because of the tense relationship between the north and the south, there are fewer going south, but on this section of the river in the north, it is still doing well and flourishing.

Zhang Meng greeted everyone, then sat down next to Xu Bei, and asked, "You and Kid Qing are coming back to your hometown soon, aren't you?"

Xu Bei put down his chopsticks and said, "Yes, soon, I'm going to report to the Fourth Young Master later, and go back with Min Qing. I've been staying here for the past two years, and I don't know what's going on there." He patted Min Qing on the back beside him.

"It's time to go back." Lao Qiu also said that everyone here knows the situation of the two brothers. The three-year filial piety period is about to expire, so go back to express their filial piety, "You haven't treated them badly in the past two years." I didn’t go back, but during the Chinese New Year and holidays, everyone sent them back as a courtesy, especially when several crops of sweet potatoes were popularized. Shangpo Village got the seeds earlier than other villages, and that was also sent back by Xu Bei. Po Village is also very considerate, anyone with a conscience will remember Xu Bei's kindness.

"Brother Xu is going to marry a wife after he is filial piety?" Xia Shan yelled.

Lao Qiu Heixian, this kid has been concerned about Xu Bei's marriage since he first came here, and he hasn't forgotten it until now. Everyone else looked at Xu Bei jokingly, but Xu Minqing's face turned dark, smelly, The completely different person in front of his classmates threw a knife at Xia Shan at the same time, coldly swishing.

Xia Shan's back felt a stronger chill, and he rubbed his head, did he say something wrong?

Although Xu Bei can't get on the stage in some scholarly families and literati families, he is a rough person, but it doesn't mean that he is unpopular. In the eyes of many people, he is still an excellent and very affordable marriage partner. Being reused by the royal family, and the family has a lot of wealth, and the family population is simple, after getting married, the daughter-in-law can be the master of the house when she enters the house.