The husband and wife made money once they came out. Shao Yun'an decisively asked Wang Shijing to buy cattle, and the two came to the place where the livestock were sold. Shao Yun'an covered his nose with a handkerchief, Wang Shijing asked him to wait outside, he went to buy it, Shao Yun'an thought about it and went to have a look.
Cattle are very important production tools. They are sold uniformly by the government, and most of the cattle sold are calves. Sometimes the imperial court encourages farmers to reclaim more land and diversify grains, and subsidizes farmers to buy cattle, but that is because the imperial court has money. , when the treasury is enriched. In recent years, the national treasury has been empty, taxes have increased, and prices have risen. The cattle that used to cost up to ten pennies a head have soared to twenty-five pennies a head, which costs twenty-five taels of silver. A calf costs twenty-five taels, and ordinary farm households earn less than twenty-five taels for two years. If you can't buy cattle, you can't cultivate more land, you can't produce more food, you can't earn more money, and you can't pay more taxes. This is a vicious circle. There are also many people looking at this street, but very few people buying it.
Wang Shijing and Shaoyun picked a heifer calf. Shao Yunan thought it would be best to have a male and a female calf, but it was too eye-catching, so he bought the heifer first. Wait until they "earn money" before buying Tougong's. I spent another five taels of silver to buy two sheep, one male and one female. The goat farmers bought it mainly for goat milk. There were not many people who bought it. Now that the times are bad and no one cares about it, they sell it cheaply.
A total of 30 taels for cattle and sheep. The house is small now and there is no manpower. Pigs, chickens and ducks are not considered for the time being. If you want to eat chicken, eggs, etc., you can buy them directly from the villagers.
Shao Yunan asked Wang Shijing to take him to a porcelain shop to buy dozens of tea pots, large and small, and also ordered six large wine barrels and ten small wine barrels. The wine barrel that Shao Yun'an wants needs to have a switch faucet, so that it is convenient to pick up the wine. All the wine barrels here have a hole in the body of the barrel, plugged with a cork, Shao Yunan talked to the shopkeeper, and drew a sketch, it is unrealistic to use metal for the faucet, only wooden ones, Shao Yunan thought of the water dispenser The faucet that opens up and down, and explains the principle of this switch, the shopkeeper is very novel, so it is indeed more convenient to receive wine.
At that moment, the shop owner reached a contract agreement with Zhao Yun, and Shao Yun'an would only entrust them with the design of this wine barrel, unless other people also bought it back and researched it. Shao Yun'an didn't care about the money, and he might have to deal with this shopkeeper for a long time in the future. Shao Yunan was very generous, and the store manager waived the money for all the porcelain and wine barrels that Shao Yunan bought this time. In the future, as long as Shao Yunan comes to the store to buy things, he will pay for everything at the cheapest price.
Shao Yun'an was very happy, today was full of surprises. The custom-made wine barrels would take fifteen days at the earliest before they could be delivered. Shao Yunan counted the time and ordered ten more large wine barrels and bought five ready-made large wine barrels. Shao Yun'an didn't ask the shopkeeper to waive the order for these fifteen wine barrels, so the shopkeeper gave the most favorable price, a total of nine taels of silver. The wine barrels need to be specially customized. The larger the wine barrels, the higher the requirements for craftsmanship, and the more expensive the price. The shopkeeper also said that when the custom-made wine barrels are ready, he will send them to Xiushui Village together. Shao Yunan does not need to make special arrangements. take a trip. Shao Yun'an only felt that the ancients were real, and the most rare thing was that the ancients had a particularly strong awareness of intellectual property rights.
Five large wine barrels and dozens of tea pots, and the borrowed ox cart was full again. What Wang Shijing bought was a calf, so he stopped pulling the cart for the time being, and the two of them bought some meat, snacks, etc., and then drove the cart and the three newly bought livestock home.
Back in the village, it is natural to watch and discuss. The news of Wang Shijing's purchase of land has already spread. After all, Li Zheng couldn't avoid people when he took him to measure the land. The villagers talked a lot, and there were envy and hatred. Not only did Wang Shijing’s carts and carts of stuff go home after the separation, but it’s only been a while. Not only did he buy the place where he lives now, but he also bought a homestead and ten acres of mountain land. This time he bought cattle and Sheep, it all costs a lot of money.
Some people speculated how much money Wang Shijing sold for his stones, and others speculated that Wang Shijing must have brought back a lot of silver. Isn't there military pay for this war? There are a lot of people who say sour words, so it's no wonder that Mrs. Wang is making trouble. Wang Shijing should give some to his mother when he is so rich. It's all taken away.
For these discussions, Shao Yunan automatically closed his ears. He is a modern talent who will not be affected by these rumors. The household registration management of Dayan Kingdom is strict, but there are loopholes in the strictness. As long as the family has land, he can move to the county or the state capital, as long as you have money. If Wang Qing gets the honor of juren or above in the future, he can spend money to donate an official to Wang Qing at the last time, and then his family will follow Wang Qing, and his household registration can also be moved.
The couple first went home together. The cattle and sheep were arranged in the open space behind the house. It can be said that since Wang Shijing got married, Aunt Wang's family has eaten more dim sum than they have eaten in their entire lives. As a result, Fourth Aunt Wang and Fourth Uncle Wang were happy to see Shao Yunan and Wang Shijing. Wang Xing is even more handy, and uses it casually.
Sitting at Fourth Aunt Wang's house for a while, Shao Yun'an first said that the county magistrate called them to come over and reprimanded them. It was wrong to say that they went to the county school to "make trouble", but there were a lot of adults, so they reprimanded them. Fourth Aunt Wang I just think that the county magistrate is really reasonable. To be honest, some members of the Wang clan were dissatisfied with Wang Dali's family, and some were also dissatisfied with the patriarch Wang Wenhe. During the years when Wang Shijing was not at home, the patriarch forced someone to do farm work for Wang Dali's family every year, but not only did he not get a copper coin, he even had no saliva. Wang Tianyan either twisted his leg or sprained his ankle every time he was busy with farming, or was just lazy and slippery, and Guo Zhaodi even found excuses not to go out.
Who has no land? Whose family is full of siblings when the farming is busy? Wang Wenhe used Wang Zhisong's fame every time to persuade them, even if the clansmen wanted to see the glory in the future, but the number of times was too many, so how could there be no complaints. Fourth Uncle Wang and Wang Xing were also asked by the patriarch to help Wang Dali's house. Fourth Aunt Wang was not easy to mess with. She ran to Wang Wenhe's house and made a big fuss. Their family didn't care much about Wang Zhisong's fame, so Wang Wenhe didn't ask their males for help afterwards. But not everyone has a powerful Fourth Aunt Wang. There are people who marry a male wife, Wang Wenhe said that the couple are both men, so it is difficult to refuse.
Following Aunt Wang's words, Shao Yun'an pretended to say casually that he had sold a design drawing of a wine barrel, and the owner of the shop generously gave a sum of money, otherwise he would not be able to buy back the cattle and sheep today. Aunt Wang then asked what kind of blueprints I could give money to. Shao Yunan said that he had already signed a contract with them and could not tell others. If he bought them back in the future, he would show them to everyone. Fourth Aunt Wang was amazed again and again, and asked why Shao Yun'an was so powerful. Wang Shijing married a capable daughter-in-law, and Wang Shijing, who was always silent at the side, smiled contentedly.
Shao Yun'an and Wang Shijing went to Lizheng's house to spread some things through Aunt Wang's mouth, and once they arrived at Lizheng's house, the unusually kind smiles and hospitality came again. Shao Yun'an kept rubbing his arms and had to wail: "Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao, if you keep doing this, I won't tell you the good news I brought back."
"What good news?" Aunt Zhao Liu pulled Shao Yun'an into the house.
Shao Yun'an hugged Nizi who came out of the house, and said, "Don't be so polite, I'll just say it."
"Hehehe..."
Wang Shijing and Li Zheng then entered the room. Today I have harvested some goat milk fruit and wild peaches, most of which were picked from the mountains by the villagers. Zhao Yuande and Zhao He are cleaning and drying the fruit in the backyard. Hearing that Shao Yun'an and Wang Shijing were coming, they hurriedly packed up the processed fruit, washed their hands and came over.
After everyone sat down, Aunt Zhao Liu hurriedly asked, "Yun'an, what's the good news?"
Zhao Yuande and Zhao He were a little puzzled. Shao Yun'an didn't hold back anymore, and said, "The shopkeeper Xu of Yizhangxuan wants to collect jam. Tentatively, a catty of goat's milk jam costs 400 Wen, and a catty of peach jam costs 800 Wen."
"..." The scene was silent for a while, Shao Yun'an drank water with a smile, and remained silent. After a few breaths, several exclamations sounded: "What?! Goat's milk jam costs 400 Wen a catty, and peach jam costs 800 Wen a catty?"
Aunt Zhao Liu's voice trembled, and Li Zheng Dashu and Zhao Yuande's eyes widened, wondering if there was something wrong with their ears. Shao Yunan chuckled a few times and nodded: "Yes, goat's milk jam costs 400 renminbi a catty, and peach jam 800 renminbi a catty. You heard me right, it's good news, right?"
Zhao He grabbed Shao Yun'an and said, "Yun'an, are you kidding me? It's so expensive? Well, how is this possible!" They felt that they were satisfied with a few dozen coins a catty.
Zhao Yuande looked at Wang Shijing eagerly: "Shijing, is this true?"
Wang Shijing nodded: "Really. Yun'an sent jam to Zeng Zhanggui in Diezhuang Pavilion. Seeing that the jam was rare, Zeng Zhanggui called shopkeeper Xu from Yizhangxuan. If shopkeeper Xu wanted to accept the jam, Yun'an took it You have set a price with Shopkeeper Xu."
All four members of Li Zheng's family fainted, and Aunt Zhao and Liu couldn't react anymore. Shao Yun'an explained the ins and outs of the matter in detail, and said: "Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao, don't blame me for lowering the price. One catty of fruit can basically make one catty of jam. It's rare now, let's You can raise the price higher, but if our price is high, the price of selling it at Yizhangxuan will be even higher, and how many people will be able to afford it by then. If no one buys it, this jam will be Not worth the money. What we have to do is keep this jam business going for a long time.
Now that there are fewer and fewer fruits, this jam will be sold at this price. If there are many fruits, the price will have to go down. Shopkeeper Xu also said that they will take it from you at Yizhangxuan in the future. I also want to prevent someone from figuring out how to make this jam, lowering the price and disrupting your business. Let's set the price more flexibly, so that people can feel our sincerity. "
Li Zheng nodded vigorously immediately: "You're right. We don't understand these things, and I need you, Yun An, to help you make up your mind in the future."
Aunt Zhao Liu couldn't speak anymore: "This, this, this is settled? It's so expensive!"
None of the four present blamed Shao Yunan for lowering the price so much. To be honest, if the price is really followed by shopkeeper Xu's price, the Lizheng family will not be able to sleep peacefully.
Shao Yunan said with a smile: "Yes, the buyer and the price have been set. Brother Hezi first made a catty of goat's milk sauce and peach sauce and took it to Yizhangxuan to show to shopkeeper Xu. I also told shopkeeper Xu Having said that, although the method of making jam is the same, the taste will definitely be different due to different people making it. Do not use well water at home for this jam, use mountain spring water. The better the water, the better the jam. Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao, if you have connections, go collect some jujubes and hawthorns. There are no fruits in winter, and these jujubes and hawthorns are durable. In winter, you can make red date paste and hawthorn paste. Red date paste can be dried Red dates. Try to make sure that you can make jam all year round.”
The four members of the Zhao family nodded repeatedly, and Aunt Zhao and Liu burst into tears. Lizheng said: "Yun'an, this 10% profit is too little. Just ask what you want, it doesn't count as your money. This extra money is much higher than what we thought, we still pay 50% or 50% I don't feel comfortable doing business."
Who would have thought that the price of this jam would be so high that Uncle Lizheng's hands were shaking. Not to mention Li Zheng, Zhao Yuande's hands were shaking because of extreme excitement and anticipation of future life. Aunt Zhao Liu and Zhao He both said that more money must be given. Zhao Yuande said: "My father and I discussed it before. If this jam can really be sold, there will be no one in the village who will say that if you charge more money, we will have the confidence to deal with it."
Shao Yun'an also thought of this situation. After thinking for a while, he said: "Let's do this. Uncle Zhao, we both sign a contract. The 10% interest remains the same, but I only charge it for two years. After two years, I won't get any money. This method of making jam costs me 100 taels." Selling the silver to you, you don’t have to give me the money now, you can give it to me after you sell the jam and make money, or you can give it to me in installments. I have money on hand now, and I don’t need it urgently. It’s just five or five cents. I have something to worry about Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao and Brother Zhao. I also need to collect some goat’s milk fruit every year. I don’t make jam. I do other things, and I have to use it to make money. But my family is just me and Brother Ishii, and it’s not as good as Uncle Zhao. If your family has access, you will accept it for me."
In addition, I also want to collect some tea, but there are too few tea trees in our village. If possible, I want to go to other villages to collect tea. This also needs the help of Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao and Brother Zhao. To the outside world, you said that you spent three hundred taels of silver to buy my prescription and paid it off in one lump sum, because I found the buyer, and you have to give me a 20% commission for each business. Moreover, Yizhangxuan's contract also states that it will only be accepted from your family. Even if someone is dissatisfied when you say it like this, you can stop their mouths if you think about it. If you want to start a jam business, give me three hundred taels first, and I don't include the buyer. It also prevents people from always guessing where I got the money from. "
"You still suffer." Uncle Lizheng hesitated.
Wang Shijing said: "Uncle Zhao, if my family does business, it will only cause trouble, and only if you do it here first, can we follow up with other businesses with confidence. It seems that my family has suffered a loss. In fact, Uncle Zhao, you have to take on a lot of trouble, and you have to deal with the people in the village. In fact, you are at a loss. Just listen to Yun'an."
"Uncle Zhao, that's it. Brother Yuande is going to write the deed."
Zhao Yuande looked at his father, and Uncle Lizheng took a deep look at Shao Yun'an and Wang Shijing, who were serious, and took a deep breath: "Yun'an, Shijing, I accept this love, Uncle Zhao. I'll let you do it!"
Shao Yun'an laughed, Aunt Zhao Liu laughed, and Zhao He also laughed. Zhao Yuande got up and went to write the contract excitedly. Shao Yun'an went on to say: "Brother Hezi, make two bottles each first, don't make more, I will go with you tomorrow. The jam made by simply doing this will go bad in a few days, and you can only eat one in the ice cellar." Month. If you want to do business, you have to use a special method for insurance, and you have to do insurance processing as soon as it is made. Xu shopkeeper thinks that your parents have done it well, so you start formal production, and I will guide you from the side. "
"Yun An, thank you so much." Zhao He laughed until he lost his eyesight.
Zhao Yuande wrote the deed, and Shao Yunan meant that he only needed to write down the method of buying it for a hundred taels, but he wrote down the fruits harvested every year, and no matter what kind of fruit it was, he would give 10% to Shao Yunan. Zhao Yuande was very persistent, and Shao Yun'an signed the deed. Li Zheng's family couldn't afford one hundred taels at a time, Shao Yun'an asked them to pay after selling the jam, anyway, this was a private transaction, he said he gave it, can others come to check his wallet
Before the jam was made, a buyer had already been found, and the price was negotiated. The last trace of uneasiness in the hearts of the Lizheng family was completely eliminated. That night, Lizheng's family left Shao Yun'an and Wang Shijing at home for dinner, since Wang Qing and Nizi happened to be here. After the meal, Zhao Yunxiao instructed Zhao He to make jam from the beginning to the end on the spot, and Zhao Yuande went to pick the mountain spring water and came back.
The taste of the jam made was a bit worse than that made by Shao Yun'an. After all, Shao Yun'an made it with water mixed with Lingquan water. But if you haven't eaten Shao Yun'an's, the taste of Zhao He's is also very good. Shao Yun'an also came up with an idea, adding sweet-scented osmanthus to goat's milk jam and peach jam. This jam with sweet-scented osmanthus tastes even more unique. Four bottles of jam, Shao Yunan will go to Yizhangxuan with Zhao Yuande and Zhao He tomorrow morning.
Shao Yun'an also said that it is up to Li Zheng's family to decide whether to teach the method of making jam. Anyway, he sold a hundred taels of prescriptions, and he didn't care what the Zheng family wanted to do with the prescriptions. Lizheng's family also expressed their opinion that Shao Yun'an can sell the jam method to others, as long as it doesn't affect his family's business. The country of Great Yan is so big, no matter how capable they are, it is impossible for them to sell the jam all over the country.
From the next day, Lizheng's family set up a line, and Wang Shijing first took the villagers of his village up the mountain to pick tea, mainly to teach them how to pick tea, and then went to the village where Lizheng's family could talk. To collect the tea, Wang Shijing was also the one who picked it first. Shao Yunan only gave Wang Shijing a range of how much money to charge per catty, with a maximum of 300 Wen per catty and a minimum of 30 Wen per catty, depending on the grade of the tea leaves. will lose money. There is not such a big place in the house, Shao Yun'an will not collect wild chrysanthemums, and he has not yet decided whether to sell chrysanthemum tea for money. Insufficient manpower is one aspect, and Shao Yun'an didn't want to cast the net all over the sky from the beginning, so that there is no distinction between priorities. Regardless of the status of the Zhao family in the village, or the family members of Aunt Zhao Liu, Zhao He, and Li Caijuan, they are all big local households. With their presence, it is absolutely safe and easy for Wang Shijing to collect tea.
Early the next morning, Shao Yun'an and Wang Shijing still sent their two children to Li Zheng's home. Shao Yun'an left two hundred taels of silver for Lizheng. Today, the land department of the county government will come to measure the land. If it is fast, they can pay the silver for the land deed today. He and Wang Shijing were not at home, so they left it to Uncle Lizheng to help. Zhao Yuande, Zhao He, and Shao Yun'an went to the county seat together, and Wang Shijing called a few familiar young men from the village to go up the mountain to look for tea.