Pedestrians are in a hurry, dark clouds are in the sky, and there is no sadness in the past, but now, there is a lot of joy, busy cutting meat, mixing dough, children standing by the pot, and raining outside the window.
The people seem to want a heavy rain to wash away the previous hard days. When the sky is overcast, buy some meat, grab two vegetables and go home, or stir-fry and eat, or make dumplings, while the children in the family swallow. Saliva waited aside.
When the rain falls, it is the moment when the meal is served.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are also busy. Wontons are wrapped. This is called Wonton. The soup made with seafood and prawns and shark fins. Pour it in, beat two and roll it out. Put pickled mustard in the bowl and top it. Get some dried sea rice, seaweed and coriander, and bring three bowls to the table.
The old man stood by and watched, watching the two little guys work together tacitly. He thought that the two little guys were going to noodles or something. There were cut noodles in the kitchen. He didn’t expect to chop stuffing and wontons. He was busy. Not messy, that's a neat thing.
Waiting for the three bowls to be put on the table, the old man couldn’t wait to taste one. A wonton was delicious and fresh. Then he drank the soup. The old man stopped, a little reluctant to eat it, watching the two little boys. There was a happily sucking and eating, and he smiled sympathetically and said:
"No wonder Bi Gou wrote that there were so many people going to Shuiyunjian, and some of them were dedicated to eating. He also ate there every day. The two little ancestors of Zhang Wang's family can make such delicious food. Think about it. How is the food in Shuiyun? No, we have to add conditions to raising pigeons and training pigeons."
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had a good time. The fresh shrimps in the sea were so good. They suddenly stopped when they heard what the old man said. Zhang Xiaobao still had the uneaten wonton in his mouth. He stretched out his chopsticks and put the same in the pot just now. The white-cut chicken meat was sandwiched and placed in the old man's plate, and his voice was vaguely asked: "Grandpa, what are the conditions?"
Wang Juan nodded with a piece of seaweed hanging from the corner of his mouth.
"Even if I will eat in the future, you will have to make arrangements for you. You can't always let Bi Gou benefit from it alone." The old man had a thick face, and he was not even red when he said this.
Zhang Xiaobao then swallowed the Yun Swallow, exhaling, "Grandpa, don’t say things like this suddenly in the future. You almost choked. Isn’t it just a meal? Grandpa is willing to stroll around and go to Haitao Pavilion to eat. , Or let Haitao Pavilion bring it here, my family bought it, and brought a master over here, who was originally the master of Shuiyun.
The cooks here are following along, and the guy also brought some. The taste is not worse than other places, especially the seafood. You can eat it now. According to the grandfather’s taste, he will customize the recipe for the grandfather at that time. Bar? It's just a meal, so serious and scary. "
Wang Juan picked up some hair dishes for the old man, and then said: "It's very scary, please eat quickly, grandpa, it will not taste good after a while. You can't wait for the soup to go in. If grandpa loves wontons, From now on, Xiaobao and I will often come over to make it for Grandpa."
The old man looked at the two little babies, blinked vigorously, then raised his hand and rubbed his sleeve at the corner of his eyes, stuffed the stuff Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had put into his mouth, and scooped a big wonton vigorously. Chewing, not afraid of being hot.
"No wonder Bi Gou said that I have enjoyed the blessing, the enjoyment, and the enjoyment. He must be unaccustomed to suddenly missing two people over there, Xiaobao, I will find someone in a while. The happiness of the year is guaranteed to teach you well.
I can figure it out. Your family is guaranteed to be comfortable, cook so well, and it is so natural when I pick up vegetables for the old man. This is a habit that I usually develop. "
The old man was a little jealous of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's family, and he didn't know how the two families taught them. He compared the other children with the two children, which made the parents of the world embarrassed.
When Zhang Xiaobao heard the old man mention his family, he smiled happily and said: "It is comfortable. The family has a separate medicine and diet recipe. Grandpa first went to Haitao Pavilion to get familiar with it, and then there was it."
Wang Juan also smiled sweetly, and said to the old man: "Grandpa, you were so good at the beginning. It is better to find some personal training in the future, and you will watch by the side. You can beat and scold freely, and you have a sandbox. When the terrain is explored, I will play with you, or live at my house, and chat with my grandpa and grandpa Xiaobao."
Wang Juan found that the old man was lonely, and wanted to find something for the old man. There are a lot of chess and card games at home, as well as croquet. If you want to come to the old man, you won’t be so lonely anymore, his grandfather and Xiaobao’s grandfather. But no matter what the identity of the other person is, that kind of concession will not occur.
"Okay, okay, I'll go to Haitao Pavilion tonight. You don't need to live there. When you are fine, you can go and have a look and tell me, how does your family plan to manage this side? Has your father told you about it? ?"
The old man agreed to Wang Juan, then looked at Zhang Xiaobao and asked.
Zhang Xiaobao swallowed the soup and nodded: "As I said, everyone here will unite in the future to form large and small businesses, and then these businesses will form a chamber of commerce, and when buying and selling things, they will negotiate prices with others. , So that you are not afraid of others deliberately lowering prices and breaking them one by one."
"A good way. Unfortunately, I also know that this is how your home is. There are no such means in the official homes of other places. Those who have the means have to be coerced by the official. There is still competition between each other, and there is very little time to unite. There is no big business here, just one leader is missing, and there is no need to worry about the government's interference.
In addition, your family has its own large fleet, new sails are used on the ship, and transportation is convenient. The goods here are not easy to sell because there are seas in Qinzhou and the surrounding areas. The reason is that the goods are all the same. Ship the goods to the capital or It is the land of Sichuan and Shu, and then transported back from there, it seems that it can't be sold after transporting it back? "
The old man heard about Zhang Xiaobao’s method and thought it was feasible, and it would also allow locals to make money in the future. He assisted in the analysis there, and found the problem as he talked about it. There are only a few people here and the goods shipped from there. Soon people here will no longer have to buy it.
Zhang Xiaobao saw that the old man was just talking and not eating, and put down his chopsticks, and said to the old man: "Does the old man think that the supply of these goods exceeds demand when they are sold to a certain extent? Simple, build roads, while there are no such goods. To get back and forth, repair the road in the same direction next to the place.
Since Qinzhou is stuck with us, let’s repair the roads to Lianzhou, Su Maozhou, Shangsizhou, and Yangzhou. Mountains and bridges can be built in Lianzhou. The money will be paid out of the chamber of commerce, and the state yamen will also pay part of it. Every state pays labor, we pay, as long as we work hard to repair it, the road can be repaired in less than a year, and the road will be expanded according to the original path. "
Wang Juan also said: "When they want goods from the north, there will be caravans here to buy them, and at the same time, they will also transport the products from their states to sell. In fact, there is no census willing to do something bad. That's it, otherwise it would be possible to unite early.
Circulation can be prosperous. There is no shortage of goods here. The main thing is that there is no means of circulation, so that the originally worthless things in the two places become high prices. Qinzhou is stuck with us. Then we will use the same method to stuck it without us. Come to do it, and the local businessmen will force the governor of Qinzhou to come and ask for peace. "
The old man understood now. He looked at Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan and said, "You two little boys have learned a lot. Unfortunately, I don’t know much about the old man. Otherwise, I have to teach you well, just like Bi Gou. It’s hard to find a good disciple. I know other states, but Su Maozhou and Lianzhou are on both sides, next to the sea. Why don’t you let the ship go and sell them directly?"
The old man really didn't know much about business matters. The main reason was that business was also about politics. He didn't know what political economy was, so he had to ask who would let these two children be guided by experts at home.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan knew why, making money is not the goal, but helping Zhang Zhongcai is the most important thing. Wang Juan said to the old man, "In fact, it was on purpose. Otherwise, what roads would they build? Let them buy here to speed up the circulation and increase the flow of the state. The population size, these people need to eat and live in a shop.
Some caravans will arrange people to wait for the goods here, which requires a special department to appear, intermediaries, and organize the supply of goods everywhere. Some people think that the state is good, then they will stay and live in the mountains. People who are attracted are also a kind of attraction, don't you believe that they don't want to live better? "
Now the old man understands that everything is for Zhang Zhong to accumulate political achievements. The Zhang family’s financial resources have always followed Zhang Zhong. People have to admire the Zhang family’s efforts to Zhang Zhong, even in the business. Pay a little bit, such as uniting with the locals, which will make the Zhang family less profitable, and even if it is, it has to bear and pave the way for Zhang Zhong.
Thinking of this method, the old man couldn’t stay anymore, and the speed of eating accelerated. The reason Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn’t finish eating was just waiting for the old man. When eating with guests and elders, the host and younger generations should not finish eating first. , Very rude.
Seeing that the old man had eaten, the two speeded up. It happened that the old man finished eating, and the two of them also finished eating. They started to clean up the dishes and put them in the kitchen.
The old man found that he couldn't fault the two children, but only loved them. He took Wang Juanchong's tea and sat there and said with emotion:
"If people in the world can be like you two, then I am worried about the surrounding countries. I have to write down this method and send it to the master to see if the master can understand the things and learn it. Trying to find a way out for the people over there."
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On the way to the prefectural office, Ninghai County magistrate Sulai and Huaqing County magistrate Huo Qisheng, two people led a group of people in the two county offices rushing anxiously.
Sulai, the magistrate of Ninghai County, rode a donkey on the mountain road there, and said to the people behind him: "When I get to the place, I have explained my sins clearly. I usually collude with Zhang Yi because I don't know about it? What's going on now? If you are not good, this officer will be affected by you."