In the years of ancient traders

"I just came from the city, Song Kee's new store opened, and firecrackers are going off!"

"What's so special about firecrackers? We don't often have them in our village."

"The one in Song Ji is different, the red and long one is like a wide whip, and the crackling sound is dense and loud!"

"I saw it too, the entrance of Song Ji is very lively now!"

"Look and see?"

"Walk, walk, you won't see it when it's too late!"

Yesterday evening, Song He was brought back to Hengzhou City with paper and silk.

The shop happened to be ready as well, so Song Shu made a fuss about opening it today.

In order to make ice, he bought saltpeter, and later got sulfur and other things from that person, so that the craftsmen of Xianghe Village developed firecrackers.

□□ already exists in this era, but the application is limited.

For example, firecrackers are still called firecrackers today.

Everywhere has the custom of setting off firecrackers on festive days.Poor families often use fire to burn long bamboo poles one by one to make a crackling sound. Wealthy people buy firecrackers and put them in bamboo tubes to set off.

And Song Shu's bright red two hundred firecrackers, the sound is loud, once lit, the sound of crackling can be heard endlessly.

At the moment, one is hung on each side of the entrance of his new shop with bamboo poles, and there is another one on the ground in front of him. The three were set off at the same time, attracting people from the whole street.

After the firecrackers were burned out, Song Shu came out from the yellow smoke and bowed his hands to the dense crowd around him: "Hi everyone, neighbors, Song Shu. In recent days, the Song Ji workshop that I run is thanks to everyone's love. We are honored to open a new store, and in order to thank new and old customers, three days before the opening of the store, Song Kee oil workshop, beer workshop, restaurants and our store are all [-]% off, welcome to buy."

"All discounts?"

"I have to go to the brewery! Song Ji's beer is delicious!"

"What does this store sell?"

"Guests, please. The small shop mainly deals in paper, and silk quilts are also available for purchase. If you want to buy soybean oil beer in bulk, you can also come in and make an order." Song Shu's newly recruited buddy came out and said loudly.

Only then did the onlookers realize that this was a paper shop.

Those readers who can read have known about it for a long time. Now that the paper shop has finally opened, they can't wait to rush in.

——Since Song Ji sent someone to sell paper last time, this paper has become a piece of moonlight in their hearts.

Not only is it flexible and smooth for smooth writing, but it's also affordable!

After waiting for so many days, Song Ji's paper shop finally opened, and I will never worry about not having cheap and affordable paper anymore!

Scholars are preoccupied with buying paper, but many women pay attention to silk quilts.

"This quilt is light and soft, is it warm?"

"Of course, it's warm. This is what our whole family covers in winter. We have thin quilts, thick quilts, and mother-in-law quilts. The mother-in-law quilts are just..." Liu Niang also came to help, and now she talked with The women who were curious about the silk quilt explained it, and even took out samples for them to touch.

This shop is nearly twenty square meters, but it is full of people at the moment.Fortunately, Song Shu had the foresight to recruit a few more experienced staff without saving money, and even promoted one of them to be the shopkeeper, so although there are many people at the moment, it is not chaotic.

The last time Pang Liulang and Shi Sanlang came to Hengzhou City to sell paper, the paper was very popular. This time Song Shu resolutely prepared a lot of goods.But after the first day, he pushed open the door of the warehouse, and more than half of it had been emptied.

Of course, this is also due to the new opening and discounts, but it is beyond his imagination.

At this rate, we will not be able to wait for the scheduled replenishment time.

Song He hurried back to Xianghe Village that night, and finally made another batch of new goods before the next afternoon.

The output of paper is large, and it can be replenished quickly, but silk quilts cannot.

Song Shu's silk quilts are handmade, which is a time-consuming job. The population of Hengzhou City is so large, and foreign merchants purchase in large quantities. Not to mention the first three days, the silk quilts have been sold out by the evening of the first day. .

Early the next morning, as soon as Song Shu came out of the warehouse to take inventory, the treasurer of Fengxiang Inn, a large inn in the city, came to visit with gifts.

The shopkeeper of Fengxiang Inn is a straightforward person, and he explained the purpose of his visit without a few words.

"Yesterday my daughter-in-law bought a silk quilt and we covered it up at night. It's light and soft. It's really a good thing. So I came here this time to ask shopkeeper Song if we can make a batch order."

Song Shu was a little embarrassed at first, but the other party didn't talk too much, and directly offered a high price.

Their Fengxiang Inn is one of the largest stores in Hengzhou City, so they naturally want to provide the best things to their guests.He has already inquired, and the production of this silk quilt is not large. As long as Song Shu accepts his order, it is impossible for the other companies to order in a short time.

In this way, Fengxiang can take this opportunity to stand out and become the largest store in Hengzhou City.

When the silk quilt was put on shelves in Hengzhou, Song Shu had intentionally raised the price, but the price offered by Fengxiang Inn was more than double his price.Of course, additional requirements were placed on the quality of these silk quilts during the contract.Since the price was high, the quality had to keep up, and Song Shu also took it for granted.

After sending away the innkeeper of Fengxiang Inn, several innkeepers, large and small, came to the door, all ordering silk quilts without exception.

Some of them were willing to pay a high price, but unfortunately Song Shu's production is limited here, so they had to reluctantly give up.

If he had known this, he should have held an auction, and the one with the highest price would win.

Song Ji's place is booming, but Yi'an Zhifang is empty.

The last time Song Ji came over to try his hand at the shop and left quickly, shopkeeper Li thought they did it by accident, how could he know that the stall was just asking for directions.

When Song Shu's owner, Song Shu, came, he first enclosed a large piece of wasteland in the southern outskirts of the city, and provided all the food and lodging for the workshop.

Later, by some unknown means, he actually bought the gambling house and the shops on both sides from Shen Jia Erlang.

This gambling house was favored by several wealthy businessmen in the city, Shen Erlang didn't even sell it, how could Song Silang eat this!

Shopkeeper Li made many inquiries, only to find out that Song Silang had hooked up with Mr. Yin.

The Yin family owns Yicheng Qizhou, bordering Qingzhou, Pingzhou, and Luzhou occupied by his eldest brother Li Jiedu, Li Youhe, and has a delicate relationship.

He didn't dare to provoke him at this moment.

He can't provoke directly, but he can fan the flames.

In the past three days, apart from his Yi'an Zhifang, the worst thing in Hengzhou City was the Fukang Restaurant.

Fukang Winery is a time-honored brand in Hengzhou City. Eight generations of ancestors have made a living by brewing wine. From a small street vendor, it has become the largest winery in Hengzhou City.

It can be said that more than half of the wine in Hengzhou comes from their family.

But since the appearance of Song Ji's beer, their business has suffered somewhat.

And the three-day discount made it rare for Fukang Restaurant to be deserted.

Shopkeeper Li also heard that Fengxiang Inn, Qingheng Restaurant, Xinzhenghe and Huaxin Pavilion, which have been buying wine from them for a long time, have signed contracts with Song Ji and added beer to their menus.

In this way, they will definitely buy less from Fukang, and this Fukang restaurant must have a deep resentment towards Song Ji just like him.

That evening, shopkeeper Li closed the store early and went to visit shopkeeper Dou of Fukang Restaurant.

As soon as he turned into the street, shopkeeper Dou personally sent someone out.

After a closer look, it turned out to be Song Shu!

Shopkeeper Li hurriedly turned to face the wall, avoiding meeting Song Shu.

After Song Shu walked away, he pretended not to know anything and came to visit shopkeeper Dou.

During the exchange of greetings, he mentioned a few words about Song Ji's beer. Unexpectedly, shopkeeper Dou not only disliked him, but also admired Song Shu.

"Song Silang is very capable. He can brew such good wine at such a young age." Shopkeeper Dou said.

Shopkeeper Li: "..."

The next day, the staff of Zhifang informed the shopkeeper Li that the wine from Fukang Restaurant was on sale in Songji restaurant, and Songji's beer was also included in Fukang's menu.

The two didn't even fight, and even cooperated hand in hand.

Shopkeeper Li looked at his counter which had been deserted for many days, and gritted his teeth angrily.

It's okay, it's out of the way.

Shopkeeper Li comforted himself.

Song Ji hasn't looked at the casinos under his plate yet. According to his speculation, Song Shu must open another hot pot restaurant.

I heard that Song Ji's hot pot restaurant is doing very well in Datu County, and has taken away many customers from a local restaurant. Unfortunately, that restaurant was alone, and finally succumbed to Song Ji's despotic power.

But in Hengzhou City, it's not that simple.

There are many large and small restaurants, restaurants, wine shops, and inns here. If Songji Hot Pot Restaurant loses a lot of business, they will definitely attack it.At that time, Song Ji, a foreign monk, will definitely be kicked out.

The consistent aim of the Yin family is never to disturb the people.

Therefore, if all the merchants join forces to persecute him, Mr. Yin can't openly confront them.

It would be better if Mr. Yin stood up, so as to make things worse and make Yicheng's people feel alienated from the Yin family.When Yicheng is in chaos, they Zhonghua can take advantage of the chaos to raise troops and swallow up Yicheng's territory.

Thinking about it this way, shopkeeper Li is not in a hurry.

He only needs to wait for the opening of Song's hotpot restaurant, and watch the giant three-story restaurant crush other stores, and then light a fire behind him, fan the wind, and watch other businesses kick Song Ji away.

With such calculations, Shopkeeper Li finally waited for the opening day of Songji Hot Pot Restaurant.

Summer is almost over, the autumn wind is blowing, and the weather is getting cooler day by day.

Seeing that the time was just right, Song Shu announced the opening of the hot pot restaurant.

The third floor where the hot pot restaurant is located is very spacious, and Song Shu divided them into several parts.

As soon as the stairs come up, there is the waiting area. There are logs and small round tables here. Like Datu County, free drinks are provided.

A large area inside is used as the lobby, and a few rooms with the best view are separated as private rooms. Facing the window, you can see the inside and outside of Hengzhou City, and the other is the back kitchen of the store.

On the first day of opening, firecrackers were set off again, and a huge poster was hung on the outer wall of Songji Hot Pot Restaurant.

The poster was written by Xie Wan, a lady from the Xie family, and ten other assistants worked together to complete the poster. The giant hot pot painted on it can be seen as soon as you enter from the south gate.

Such a battle naturally attracted many people to watch.

The hot pot on the huge poster is so lifelike that it makes many people greedy, rushing in to taste it.

Shopkeeper Li also came to join in the fun.

He walked into Songji Hot Pot Restaurant, but saw that the first floor was empty.

The crowd followed the waiter who greeted the guests and went up.

He followed suit.

The second floor was also empty.

The crowd went to the third floor again, and he followed up, and only then did he see the waiting area.

The inside was already full, and shopkeeper Li was reluctant to enter the private room, so he waited for half an hour before being invited into the lobby by the waiter.

"Guest officer, this is our menu." Xiao Er stuffed a booklet with a cardboard cover into his hand.

Shopkeeper Li opened it, and on the first page was written Song Ji Hot Pot, and a hot pot was drawn underneath, which was exactly the same as the one hanging outside, but much smaller.

"Look, sir, the red label is for meat, the green label is for vegetables, the yellow label is for tofu and other things, and the blue label..." Xiao Er pointed to a row of labels on the side of the page.

Shopkeeper Li casually flipped to the red tab page, and there were not only words on the menu, but also pictures!

For example, in the item of hand-cut beef, not only Chinese characters were written, but also a plate of cut meat was drawn, and a cow was drawn beside it.Such an exquisite menu can be understood even by illiterate guests.

"Do you have this kind of menu on every table here?" Shopkeeper Li asked.

He knew that Song Ji's paper was cheap, but the ink and the artist were not cheap, and their menu was still full-color, so it was even more expensive.

"Yes." Xiaoer said.

"Are these menus drawn by Ms. Xie?" Shopkeeper Li asked.

"That's impossible," Xiao Er said, "I don't know the details, I just heard from the manager that this menu was printed by our boss."

"It's printed?" Shopkeeper Li was dumbfounded.

Woodblock printing is not cheap, and paper is even more expensive. In the past, if someone wanted to print, they would only print the Four Books and Five Classics. How could anyone print the restaurant's menu on paper?Those are carved wooden boards hanging on the counter!

Printed ones are even rarer.

The shopkeeper Li was dizzy, he ordered a few random dishes according to Xiaoer's instructions, and ordered the spicy butter pot bottom he recommended.

The pot came up with a layer of red oil on the surface.

Shopkeeper Li didn't care, he just thought the food didn't taste good.

However, cook it with chopsticks.

How is this not delicious?Such a spicy thing is simply a rush!

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

Next to her was a little lady who was not even as high as the table, hugging the woman's waist and begging.

"Xiao Er, another serving of beef and two servings of fish balls!"

"This red soup looks too creepy, I want some white soup."

"Listen to me, hot pot needs red soup to be delicious, and white soup is really bland."

Shopkeeper Li inspected the circle.

The guest didn't intend to leave, on the contrary, he liked it very much.

Shopkeeper Li: ...

Forget it, that's fine, the guests will come here often if they like it, and they won't go to other places when they come here often, and I can use it if the business is not good elsewhere!

It's just that Song Ji didn't open all three floors at the same time, so the number of customers he could snatch was limited, which made him very disappointed.

Fortunately, his business is good enough, and he will open again in the future.

But Song Silang didn't have this chance anymore. Before he opened the second floor, he must make the Song family disappear from Hengzhou City!

"I thought you would turn all three floors into a hot pot restaurant." Xie Wan set up a table in the private room, inviting all her boudoir friends. It happened that Song Shu was in the restaurant, so she called her to accompany her .

"Although hotpot restaurants are good, they are not the only way to do business. One floor is more than enough, so why add two more floors." Song Shu said, "If this floor is really not enough, I think it can be added at Songji Restaurant. A hot pot, or go to the north of the city to find a shop, which is convenient for customers."

"Song Silang is right. How about your preparations for the other two floors? There is such a large yard below, and several wing rooms. Are you going to open an inn? I heard that your silk quilt and brown tied bed are very comfortable. , I still can’t buy it.” Another little lady said.

"I've already thought about the other two floors. It's okay to tell everyone now." Song Shu smiled. When he and Yan Zhuo designed the drawings, he had already thought about the function of the whole building plus the yard, but he never said it to the public. Now If you reveal a little bit, it's publicity.

"Come and listen?"

"I plan to open a shopping mall." Song Shu said.

"shopping mall?"

"what is that?"

"I haven't heard of it."

The little ladies looked at each other in blank dismay. They were all from aristocratic families, so they were well-informed.But even so, they had never heard of what Song Shu said.

"A shopping mall is a place where you can buy a lot of things, eat, and entertain." Song Shu said, "As for the specifics, I'm still negotiating with various shops. If you have any favorite shops, why don't you say Let me hear it?"

Song Shu's question was very suitable for them.

When it comes to shopping, these little ladies must have the most say in Hengzhou City.

The girls talked to each other, and Song Shu listened silently, answering a few words from time to time, and it didn't take much effort to figure out the consumption preferences of the girls and women in Hengzhou City.

Whether the business of a mall is good or not, female consumption is the main force.

That night, Song Shu sorted it out after returning home, and handed Pang Liulang a list the next day.

On the list were the shops mentioned by the girls the day before, and Song Shu arranged them in order of preference: "These are the first to talk about, and the latter ones will be used as substitutes. Let's talk about a few more shops for rouge jewelry and cloth ready-made clothes. Try not to collide with the others."

After planning to open the mall, Song Shu asked Pang Liulang to find a deputy to be in charge of the bean oil workshop, and handed over a lot of negotiating work in the mall to him.

After practicing the soybean oil shop business before, the current Pang Liulang is no longer the peddler who only knows how to yell along the street. He has his own way of doing business negotiations.

Pang Liulang glanced at the list. While he was running his business, he didn't lose his ability to read and write. Nowadays, the common words are no longer difficult for him.

"These are the most popular shops among girls in Hengzhou City, it's true!" Pang Liulang said.

"If these things can be discussed, our mall will never be short of customers." Song Shu said.

Pang Liulang also immediately realized the business opportunities, and his expression became serious: "I will go back and think about it carefully, and I will definitely take them all down!"

Song Shu told him when he took over the shopping mall business.

All merchants will receive admission fees when they enter the venue. The admission fees are related to their turnover, and his commission is related to the admission fees.The better the seller he finds, the more money he can get.

A few days ago, he went back to his long-lost hometown.

When the folks in the village saw him coming in a carriage, they all ran to his house to watch the fun, and some even thought he had become a high official.

There are many brothers and sisters in Pang Liulang's family, and the family has always been very difficult. He brought a lot of money this time, bought new clothes for his younger brothers and sisters, and paid for the construction of a new house for the family. All the villagers in the village were very envious. It is considered famous in his family.

No wonder Mr. Yan said that there are three great things in life.

Title on the gold list, homecoming, and bridal chamber festive candles.The first one is too far away from him, the second one has been done, and now he has to work hard for the third one.If you want to find a good girl, you need some money and silk, and you can't marry someone and come back to live a hard life with him.

On that day, Pang Liulang carefully considered Song Shu's list all night, and the next day he took a newly recruited apprentice and walked around the streets.

On one side Pang Liulang was actively negotiating, and on the other side Li's shopkeeper from Yi'an Zhifang was also jumping up and down.

On the fourth day of the hot pot restaurant's opening, he found an excuse to invite shopkeepers from various restaurants and restaurants in the city to dinner, and Song Ji was mentioned during the dinner.

Song Ji's business is booming, although it won't steal all the customers, but it still has some influence on them.

Shopkeeper Li added more details: "Everyone, don't forget, there are still two full floors of the building in Song Ji vacant, and there are east and west rooms in the yard. When he opens up these places, all the guests will be sucked in. ?”

"Yeah yeah."

Several shopkeepers echoed.

"Shopkeeper Li doesn't run a restaurant, so what are you worrying about?" said Shopkeeper Tang of Taimaolou.

Shopkeeper Li choked on his words and was a little annoyed, but he still said: "Although I am not a restaurant, I have the same pain as you. Songji Paper Square maliciously lowered the price of paper and took most of the paper business in Hengzhou. They really want to force me away from Yi'an Zhifang."

What he said was true and false. The shopkeepers at the meeting did not make paper and did not know the real situation in the industry. Several people nodded sympathetically.

With so many people present, it was inconvenient for shopkeeper Li to arrange anything, but he also found out the attitude of most people.In the next few days, he contacted many parties and was so busy that he didn't even return to Zhifang.

Those few big restaurants are mostly on the sidelines, but there are a few restaurants that are not doing well, but they are willing to cause some trouble for Song Ji.

Everything is ready.

At noon that day, shopkeeper Li took a few people to hide in an alley diagonally across from Song Ji.

The alley is narrow and dark, and the people outside are rubbing shoulders, not paying attention to it.

"Later you..." He whispered to assign tasks to everyone.

He borrowed a few guys from those restaurants, and they planned to divide into several tables and eat at Song Ji later.

"After a while, you pretend to have a stomachache, you pretend to be a doctor, and the others play by ear." Shopkeeper Li explained one by one.

He planned to let one person pretend to have a stomachache and collapse on the spot, while the other person sat at the next table and pretended to be a doctor, announcing that it was caused by the unclean food in the hotpot restaurant.

Once the diners are suspicious of the food, no matter how delicious it is, the business will plummet.

"Oh, why are you hiding here, let me find it easy!" Before leaving the alley, a short and fat figure came in.

"Shopkeeper Lu, why are you here?" The person who came was the shopkeeper of one of the restaurants that was united with Shopkeeper Li.

"You ask me why I came here? Do you know that Song Ji on the opposite side has opened a shopping mall, and many time-honored brands have entered and opened stores. These are big businesses, and I dare not mess with them. I won't do it with you, I won't do it anymore " Shopkeeper Lu said, shouted his trick and left.

"You!" The alley is too narrow, and shopkeeper Lu can't go around to stop him, and he just watched shopkeeper Lu pull people away.

For the few remaining people, you look at me and I look at you. Shopkeeper Lu's words shook them.To be honest, they didn't want to do the work of shopkeeper Li, but their own shopkeeper ordered them to do it for their jobs.

But if it's like Shopkeeper Lu said just now, maybe they can really give up?

"I'm going to ask the shopkeeper for instructions!" Someone said first, and before shopkeeper Li could react, he had disappeared at the corner of the street.

"I'll go as well."

"I have to report it too."

"Shopkeeper Li, see you later."

"Hey! You guys!" Shopkeeper Li jumped anxiously.

"Shopkeeper, shall we still do it?" The remaining clerk of Yi'an Zhifang asked anxiously.These people are gone, what can he do?

"Let's...wait!" Shopkeeper Li wanted to do it, but he was alone, so he really didn't dare, so let's wait first, maybe there is someone who is still willing to do it.

Looking out from the dark and narrow alley, the Songji hot pot restaurant diagonally opposite has been transformed into a Songji shopping mall.

Today is the first day of entering the new store. Pang Liulang came early in the morning, and the shelves at each counter were already filled with products.

Entering the door on the first floor, there is a century-old store selling rouge and gouache. If you go in and take a walk, you can see many fashionable shops.There are those who sell rouge and gouache, those who sell hairpin jewelry, and there are also those who sell ready-made clothes at the larger counters around them.

The second floor is mainly for clothes, and there are also cloth shops.Shopkeeper Wang's auspicious cloth shop also has a branch in Hengzhou City. When Song Shu told him about the shopping mall, he immediately made a decision. Partner.

In addition, there is a special room on the second floor, where Song Ji's silk quilt and brown tied bed are custom-made.The floor is paved with mats, there is a double brown bed, and two silk quilts, one thin and one thick, for customers to try and buy.

The hot pot restaurant is on the third floor of the shopping mall. When customers want to eat, they must go up the floors one by one, just to stroll around.After eating, you need to digest food, and you can take a walk around.

Outside the building where there were originally large pictures of hot pots, a few more pictures were added to draw the most famous shops in the building to attract customers.

Many people in the city were indeed attracted.

There are also many people who came here to eat hot pot, but when they saw the dazzling array of shops, they plunged in again.

"It's the first time I've seen this kind of business."

"It's really rare, but it's very convenient. I went upstairs to have dinner first, and I just came down to digest my food. I bought some clothes and jewelry and then went home. After I came down, I finished all the things I should do for a few days, and the shops here It’s really comprehensive, you can find all time-honored brands and fashionable shops.”

This way of concentrating various shops in one building has indeed attracted many people.After trying it out, everyone found it very convenient.In the past, when they wanted to buy things, they often had to wander from the south of the city to the north of the city. Once they came down, they were tired and hungry, and their interest in shopping was gone.

But in Song Ji, it is different. There are rouge and gouache, hairpin jewelry, ready-to-wear fabrics, and other things.You can also buy paper in the shop facing the street outside the shopping mall. Next door to Zhifang, Quanyitang, which sells pens and inks, has also opened a semi-colon. You can buy all pens, inks, papers and inkstones in one trip, which is extremely convenient!

Moreover, Songji Mall can not only buy things, but also listen to books.

When Song Shu bought this building, there were many wing rooms in the yard. He remodeled the east wing and made it into a small theater for listening to books. play.

Nowadays, civic art is still in its infancy, and there are only a few popular titles.

Song Shu also copied a few classic chapters from "Water Margin" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" from the space, and gave them rehearsals for those storytellers.If the four great classics were not so long and thick, he wished he could take them all at once.

But these few times are enough for these common people who rarely entertain themselves to be fascinated by it.

In the west chamber, Song Shu set up a tea shop, and opened another one for a restaurant in the city.Make cheap and affordable meals for your guests to choose from.

In the yard between the east and west rooms, thick turf was laid and some flowers and plants were planted. In addition, Song Shu asked craftsmen to make slides, seesaws and swings for the children to play.

These rides are free, and the children wish they could come every day.

Come to play around, naturally want to eat something, buy something, which brings a lot of popularity to the mall.

Shopkeeper Li waited for two full hours in the alley diagonally opposite the door of the mall that day, and those scattered guys never came again.Diagonally across from Song Ji, the bustling market is busier than when there were only hotpot restaurants.

Shopkeeper Li gritted his teeth with hatred, and paced back and forth in his deserted paper workshop every day.

"Shopkeeper, why don't we close this paper shop?" The man said, seeing that the paper shop hadn't had any customers for many days, and most of the former big customers had been lost.

Hearing that Song Ji was recruiting again, he really wanted to try it.

"Shut up!" Shopkeeper Li roared.

But the buddy is also right, his paper shop is really going to lose business completely.

If this goes on like this, Qingzhou will definitely be dissatisfied. Shopkeeper Li thought about it, now is not the time to hold on, and he still has to move the rescuers.

Shopkeeper Li was also surnamed Li, and he was somewhat distantly related to Li Youhe, the envoy of Zhonghua Jiedu who was stationed in Qingzhou, and it was thanks to this distant relative that he was able to find this job.As a paper mill under the Jiedushi, he not only sells paper to make money, but also pays close attention to the movements in Hengzhou City for the Jiedushi.

If he falls, the Jiedushi will lose his eyes in Hengzhou city, he must not want to, so he should help him.

Shopkeeper Li immediately repaired a book and asked someone to send it quickly.

Within two days, Li Jiedu envoy's reply came.

"Trash!" At the beginning of the reply, there were two large characters.

Shopkeeper Li shrank his neck, as if Li Youhe was yelling into his ear.

Fortunately, Master Jiedushi did not abandon him, but still gave him some benefits.

The Zhonghua Army's territory is fertile and suitable for farming, and the tax is high. There is a lot of grain piled up in the army's granary.Li Youhe asked him to sell it to those restaurants and restaurants at a low price to win them over.

Low-priced food is a powerful temptation.

Moreover, only one shop in Songji Shopping Center was given to a restaurant, and the rest of the catering business was probably still very unwilling.If you go to incite them again and lure them with money, you will definitely get another group of supporters.

Shopkeeper Li excitedly started to act.

In autumn, all the villages in Yicheng Qizhou began to harvest. This time, Yin Jiedu still exempted them from land rent, and only need to pay mediocrity.

Once the burden on his body was lightened, the big guy became more energetic in his work.

The output in Xianghe Village has increased dramatically.

In the last autumn harvest, their families bought high-yield millet seeds from the Song family. This autumn harvest, the corn yield in their fields has skyrocketed by five or six times, and some even increased by more than ten times. And scary.

This is mainly because although the seeds of Song Shu are good, the farming techniques are so-so.But now that these good varieties are in the hands of people who are good at farming, the yield will naturally double again and again.

Xianghe Village has a bumper harvest, and the surrounding villages have long been watching.

Daughter-in-law Zhou's family had surplus money this year, so they hired people to harvest. She was one of the first families in the village to finish harvesting.

She just ordered people to put the harvested rice into her newly built granary, and many people had already surrounded the fence in the yard.

"Sister-in-law Zhou, do you sell these millet seeds?"

"Two for one, can't you? My family's two stones of millet are exchanged for your family's one stone of millet seeds."

"I exchange three for one, you exchange with my family!"

"I will also exchange three for one, sister-in-law Zhou, give me a hearty word, the village head's house is almost finished!"

"All right, all right, don't argue, the three-for-one come first, bring the corn in and I'll check it!" Sister-in-law Zhou raised her voice and shouted.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in Xianghe Village this year. Almost every family who bought the Song family's millet seeds encountered such a battle.Others who exchanged millet seeds were not from Xianghe Village, but they were also found out one by one, and there was an endless stream of people who exchanged millet seeds.

In the northern suburbs of Hengzhou, the corn field in Beiying also had a bumper harvest, and Yuan Sanlang couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

Their Yicheng Army has always pursued the strategy of resting with the people, and the taxes are very low, and they can't disturb the people to collect extra money on weekdays, so food shortages in the army are common.

This time, following the bumper wheat harvest, the corn harvest is also bumper.

Looking at the almost full granary.Yuan Sanlang sighed.

"Superintendent, I heard that people in Xianghe Village are trading ordinary corn for improved seeds. Shall we also exchange some with the surrounding people?" said a soldier following Yuan Sanlang's farming.

After Yuan Sanlang thought about it, it was not impossible.

"There's no precedent for this yet. I'll make a decision after I report it to the general," Yuan Sanlang said.

However, before he left the camp, a group of people approached him.

"See the old general!" The patrolling soldiers knelt down on one knee and saluted when they saw the person coming.

The visitor was tall and tall, about fifty years old, his temples were already weathered, but his eyes were piercing and his movements were swift.

"Brother Yuan!" Yin Rong got off his horse and grabbed Yuan Sanlang's neck, who was about to salute, "I heard from the boys below that your corn production is frighteningly high?"

Yin Rong was born reckless, even though he was a Jiedu envoy, he did not have the airs of a high official in every gesture.

On the contrary, the domineering aura he developed on the battlefield is something that no one else can learn, so even if he doesn't put on airs, the people around him are still in awe of him.

"It's more than three or four times more than that. There are mainly a few acres of land that are newly planted, and one acre can produce seven or eight stones of grain." Yuan Sanlang said.

He is very proud of growing so much good food under his own hands.

"So much?!" Yin Rong was dumbfounded.

He heard from the soldiers under his command that Yuan Sanlang from Beiying had obtained a lot of seeds, and the grain output was very high.He thought it would be doubled at most, but he didn't expect it to be seven or eight times?What kind of fairy grain is this!

"Indeed." Yuan Sanlang said, and took Yin Rong to see the granary.

Yin Rong saw that the grains inside were full and the quantity was extremely large, so he also believed Yuan Sanlang's words.

"God helps me, God really helps me! With this high-yield grain, I don't believe that our righteous army can't win this world!" Yin Rong laughed excitedly.

"...Old General, it's better not to talk about this, let's keep a low profile, so we can catch people by surprise." Yuan Sanlang said, this was said by Yin Heng, the old general was so excited, he had to remind him.

"That's right, that's right. Give me some grain seeds, and I'll let them plant them in Xiying too." Yin Rong said.

Yuan Sanlang mentioned to Yin Rong the matter of exchanging grain with the people. When Yin Rong heard this, his thick black eyebrows rose upside down: "It's better not to disturb the people."

Yuan Sanlang: "..."

Their old generals fought first-class cattle, were proficient in the art of war, and managed the army well, but when it came to facing the common people, they were not even as good as a three-year-old child.

"General," Yin Rong's personal guards immediately moved closer and whispered in his ear, "Eldest Young Master told you earlier that if you have good grain, you might as well exchange some for the common people so that they Eat more."

"Heng'er said that?" Yin Rong had no memory at all.

The guard nodded positively.

"Since that's the case, go ahead and change it." Yin Rong said to Yuan Sanlang, "Remember, don't inflate the price, don't force the exchange, and don't disturb the people."

"Yes!" Yuan Sanlang clasped his fists neatly, and now there will be more food in their army.

"By the way." Yin Rong was about to leave, but suddenly turned around and asked, "Where did you get your high-yield grain?"

"It's from Xianghe Village." Yuan Sanlang felt guilty.

"Bought it? Didn't I buy the golden fruit with the little money I gave you? Why do you still have money to buy this?" Yin Rong asked. The golden fruit is high in yield and high in price, and the millet seed is probably not cheap. He just gave it to Yuan Sanlang in total. Eight hundred Wen, how can you buy so much.

"This..." Yuan Sanlang got stuck.

Yin Rong keenly sensed something was wrong: "Say, what's going on?"

"Old General, it's not very convenient here, you can tell me in the tent." Yuan Sanlang said.

According to the little general's instructions, he told everyone in the camp to pretend not to know him when they saw the little general.But the people in the camp only knew that the little general was