Hearing the result of their negotiation, Teng Yu also felt itchy in his heart, but he knew that with the participation of His Royal Highness Zhao Wang and the Rong family, he would have no chance to participate, but he didn't have much regret, just like Li Feng and Tang Chunming. The choice is the same, such things can't be kept for a long time in their own hands, and they must rely on a stronger background.
After the wine business is negotiated, the next thing is the food produced in Pingshan Village. The Rong family is also a wealthy family. Rong Yue has never enjoyed any good things since she was a child. Chunming's stuff knew that even the tributes in the palace were not as good as those here, so His Royal Highness King Zhao asked him to negotiate the deal in person.
But just like wine, it is impossible to meet the quantitative demand if you want special food. As for first-class and second-class food, you can expand it, but it is also very limited. In the end, Tang Chunming's family can only provide special and second-class food. Although they don't have high-grade rice and wheat, they provide Rongyue with a certain amount of grain every year. Although the grain grown is not as good as the top-grade ones, it is similar to what people in Pingshan Village grow. Of course, the grain types provided are also limited.
Everything is limited, Rong Yue has the urge to vomit blood, but he also knows in his heart that the more it is like this, the more precious it is, and it is impossible for good things to flood.
After the two parties negotiated, the contract was signed. At the same time, the contract with Teng Yu also had to be signed separately. For this reason, Li Feng invited Li Zheng over. In addition to Li Feng's family continuing to provide Teng Yu's food, he also signed a contract with the village. I signed a contract to buy some vegetables in the village.
The nature of a businessman makes Rong Yue's hands itch and wants to get involved, but think about it, Pingshan Village grows grain and farms, and there is little land, and there is no extra land to increase production, not to mention he can see it Out of Teng Yu's nervousness, he was afraid that the Rong family would take away this part of the supply, and Tang Chunming was a person who kept his promise, so he would not take the initiative to cut off the business relationship with Teng Yu.
Li Feng and Tang Chunming did not have such an idea, especially for Tang Chunming, Teng Yu was the first person to realize the value of his family's vegetables, which solved his family's urgent need at that time, not to mention that Teng Yu was guarded. Credibility and sense of humor, before Teng Yu made no mistake, he would not take the initiative to cut off contact with Teng Yu. For him, the consciousness of the small people still dominates. Even now, thinking of getting a lot of money every year, he has already planned for a comfortable life in the future, and he is not too aggressive, and he does not want to leave Pingshan Village. Live the life of a master outside.
After the negotiation was settled, Teng Yu left contentedly. He felt a sense of accomplishment and was full of energy for being able to take these things out of the master's hands calmly.
Rong Yue did not leave immediately, but let Tang Chunming lead him around the village and the back mountain leisurely. Last time Li Feng led King Zhao, this time it was Tang Chunming's turn to lead Rong Yue, and Rong Yue showed his love for the two children, and even took A Lin with him when he arrived at the back mountain. If it wasn't for the fact that A Sen was too young, he probably took A Lin with him. Perhaps it was because of my brother, A Lin was not as cautious towards Rong Yue as he was before towards King Zhao.
Someone followed from a distance behind, while Ah Lin and Er Mao chased after him in front, Rong Yue sighed enviously: "I really envy you for living like this, brother, do you still have your heart." With Rong Yue's eyes, of course It can be seen that Tang Chunming is a person who is easy to satisfy without too much ambition, and he has seen too many scenes of competing interests in the family and outside. His own parents died young because of entanglements in the family. A huge mess was left behind, and when I think about it now, I can't believe that I just walked out like this.
"I also admire Master Rong. Your current achievements are incomparable even if you are a man." Tang Chunming praised sincerely.
"Don't you think it's something that many people, especially men, can't bear for my brother to show his face outside and compete with men?" Rong Yue turned her head to look at Tang Chunming with bright eyes.
Tang Chunming chuckled: "Isn't the head of Rong doing better than most men? They only said those things because they couldn't do what you did, so they slandered you behind your back, just like when I was in the village. After the passing of the former head of the family, I was gossiped by many people behind my back when I opened my own household, but no matter how much they talk, I will not lose a piece of flesh because of this. Even if I am married to Ah Feng now, this outside said There are quite a few people who gossip about me, but look, they come in front of me and still flatter me and act with winks? As for who will take care of them behind this, wouldn’t it be too tiring to really live for what they say.”
"Well said!" Rong Yue's eyes were full of radiance, and his eyes became brighter, like a ball of fire, even the relatively ordinary facial features were reflected exceptionally well, "I'll call you brother Ming like everyone else, you Call me Ayue or Brother Yue, Brother Ming, what you said is really good. I often used these words to comfort myself during the most difficult days. No matter how jealous you are in your heart, you have to bow your head to me, and later, I just did it."
"Okay, Ah Yue," Tang Chunming responded with a smile, "It is true that few people can stand up to your height." He still admires Rong Yue, and he knows why he has thoughts and ideas that are different from ordinary brothers. It's because he has a man's soul in his shell, but Rong Yue is a local brother, it's not easy to go to this step with most people's eyes, and it's really worthy of admiration .
Tang Chunming also admired such people. Although Zhang Xiu and the others had similar temperaments, they felt that there was something missing. Thinking about it now, perhaps what was missing was this experience and vision.
Rong Yue also felt that the conversation with Brother Ming was very speculative, and said while talking: "This place has beautiful mountains and rivers. I will come here often in the future when I am free. Brother Ming, you have to welcome me." Because of the good mood, the words Also lighten up.
"Of course you are welcome. In the future, you can help me bring some books about anecdotes and geography and travel notes from outside. It will be treated as you paying the accommodation fee. With two children dragging me around in a short time, I can't run around like you " Tang Chunming said unceremoniously.
"No problem, it's a deal." Rong Yue laughed happily, and A Lin Ermao, who was running ahead, looked back curiously.
The rest of the conversation revolved around this mountain. Rong Yue went to see the chicken coop and sheep pen with great interest, and said that he went to Tang Ji's Quanyang Restaurant when he was passing through Anping County, just to see what it was like. The family attracted Zhao Wang's attention, but he was also attracted by the mutton in the Quanyang Restaurant, and he knew a kind of seasoning used in the Quanyang Restaurant. Tang Chunming understood that he was talking about cumin after hearing it. People who run around, apart from coming up with new things that are not in this world or have not yet been brought in from overseas, there are very few things that he does not know.
"In addition to the special seasoning, the mutton you use is also very good in taste. Seeing the flock of sheep in your place, I think it is still too little. It can supply a whole sheep restaurant at most, but it is not conducive to opening branches and expanding." After all, it was a businessman, and the topic was immediately brought up to business.
Tang Chunming smiled and said: "Do I have so much energy? The feed for my sheep is different from that of the outside world. I have to check it myself. Besides, Afeng and I can't spend all the silver flowers in our hands now. , I didn’t think about opening any more branches, just keep the Anping County family in business.”
"You're just too unambitious." Rong Yue also knew that what he said was in vain, and in his opinion, this kind of mutton depends on the water and soil here, just like farming vegetables. It really can't expand, "Fortunately, big brother's Your temper is also comparable to yours. You are not a person who is greedy for wealth and honor, otherwise the eldest brother would not have resigned and returned to his hometown. I have heard of the reputation of the eldest brother elsewhere, especially when General Wen wanted to recruit the eldest brother as his son-in-law For a while, Brother Ming, don't you know?" Rong Yue's words were full of jokes.
Tang Chunming gave him an annoyed look: "Are you kidding me? Of course I've heard it before. Don't you just dislike my Ah Feng for being ugly and disfigured? I don't want to think about who Ah Feng did it for." That's right, but it's good that the little brother doesn't like it, otherwise I won't be able to find such a man." Tang Chunming also laughed, he really didn't take this matter to heart, others don't know Ah Feng's goodness is someone else's loss, and once it is in his hands, he will never be able to escape again.
Whether it is placed in modern times or here, Ah Feng's character is so rare and precious.
"I think you are showing off proudly," Rong Yue continued jokingly, "You don't want to know the current situation of the little brother of the Wen family?"
"You know? Married?" Even a guy who looks like a man and a guy who has a man's inner core have a heart of gossip. Two people who are not ordinary guys meet and gossip about Wen's little brother, There is definitely a strong taste of schadenfreude.
For Rong Yue, he can't look down on such an ungrateful and vain brother. It's not a bad thing to pay attention to appearance, but General Li is a person who is kind to General Wen. Even if he disagrees with this marriage, he can negotiate privately Solve it, but this family ruined General Li's reputation in public. This is very abhorrent in Rong Yue's view. Grass roots.
Rong Yue said that after Wen's younger brother went to the capital with his mother, he first fell in love with General Zhen Guo's mansion. General Zhen Guo's youngest son, General Yao Xiao, was not yet married. The General's Mansion promotes his little brother, but they don't know that what happened to Li Feng has been known by the Yao family, and the relationship between General Yao and Li Feng is not the same as that of ordinary superiors and subordinates. After a while, he was driven out of General Zhen Guo's mansion. Although he didn't do it in front of other people, there were a lot of rumors in private. Obviously, this rumor was spread on purpose by General Zhen Guo's mansion, so many people were very concerned about Wen's mother and son. The two refused to pay attention.
It's not that the little brothers of the official family don't stay out of the door. There are also many parties between the little brothers. On such occasions, men of the right age will participate. It can be regarded as a blind date in disguise. On such occasions, Rong Yue is not Those who will participate are not welcome, because most people don't want a brother who is more capable than a man. On such an occasion, the little brother of the Wen family unexpectedly fell in love with a person, but that person already had a prince, and the little brother of the Wen family actually became that person's concubine in the end.
"What kind of family actually let a young brother of a military general who is not low in rank be a concubine?" Tang Chunming asked in disbelief. Li Feng knew about this, but he didn't mention it to Tang Chunming. He thought it had nothing to do with him. I just left it behind, but I didn't know that my husband would also gossip.
Rong Yue sneered, and said: "That is the well-known and suave little Marquis in Beijing. In addition to the Zhengjun, there are already a whole yard of side-lords and servants in the Hou's mansion. Maybe the little brother of the Wen family feels that he is The color is so good that it can stand out from the crowd of concubines and servants, so that the little marquis loves him so much that even the prince can be put aside."
"Haha..." Tang Chunming couldn't help laughing. Listening to Rong Yue's description of the little brother, he felt that he really might have such an idea. Just like Li Feng's cousin Li Conggen's little brother, he was also self-righteous. I am complacent about my appearance, rushing to be someone else's little girl, I am afraid that I will be able to climb up to the head of the royal family after I have a son. Although this phenomenon has been common since ancient times, it is not true for such a man's character. Chunming doesn't like it, if he likes this one today, he won't change his mind and like another one who is younger and more beautiful tomorrow.
Rong Yue also knew that Tang Chunming didn't like such people. He found that many of their opinions were the same. He could see that Tang Chunming was not very interested in General Li's past, so he changed the subject and pointed to the front The trees asked: "What kind of trees are these? Why didn't they be cut down like below to raise some livestock?"
Tang Chunming said angrily: "If all the trees on the mountain are cut down, the house below my house will also be in danger. This will easily cause landslides. Well, when there is heavy rain and heavy rain, there are no roots of trees on the mountain to hold the rainwater down together." If you rush, you will rush down with mud and sand, isn't that dangerous?"
"So it's because too many trees have been felled?" Rong Yue suddenly realized that it's not like he didn't encounter such things while walking outside. He turned to look at Brother Ming's house, which happened to be at the foot of the mountain.
Tang Chunming explained to him again: "These are wild pear trees, and I am planning to graft some branches of good pear trees in a few days, which can improve the quality of the fruits grown by these pear trees. As far as I know, some flower growers in the city It’s the same principle that a skilled person can cut flower branches of different qualities to the same branch to make the flowers bloom in different colors.” This is what Tang Chunming heard from Mr. He, so Tang Chunming used it for himself. There is no burden on the technique of grafting.
"I do know that." Rong Yue was born rich and knew more about this than Tang Chunming, but he didn't know that this kind of craftsmanship could also be used on fruit trees, so he said interestedly, "Then when the trees bear fruit If you come, let me know, and I will definitely come and taste it.”
Rong Yue was interested in everything on the mountain, and asked about the newly sprouted wolfberries and raspberries, as well as the wild jujube trees in the mountains. Tang Chunming didn't ask the two children to go back until he was tired from running. Tang Chunming didn't dare to let Alin run on the mountain for too long, he would easily get sick when he sweated and the mountain wind blew, but Ermao's physique was better than Alin's because of his martial arts training.
On the way back, I saw villagers greeting Tang Chunming from time to time, and I was very curious about Rong Yue's identity, but when I saw the guards following me, I guessed that the person coming must be some noble person, and I felt more and more in my heart that Li Feng and Tang Chunming were inseparable now. After testing it, I also felt that there would be no risk in following them, even some elders in the village did not hesitate at all about Li Zheng's suggestion.
Li Zheng just said that the nobleman who came here was discussing the sale of wine with Ming Ge'er's family, and he was just waiting for the village wine making workshop to be set up. They don't have to worry about the wine sale at all, they only care about how to make better wine. The wine can come out.
After all, Rong Yue was busy with business and couldn't stay here for a long time, so she expressed regret before leaving.
After sending Rong Yue away, Tang Chunming moved out the money box in the space, put a stack of silver bills in it, and said to Li Feng with emotion: "Isn't this money too easy to come by? A single distilling technique and steaming pot The production method sold for 2,000 silver, and I feel that we can't spend all the money in our lifetime, what should we do?"
Li Feng saw Brother Ming's appearance as a financial fan and didn't know how to use the money, so he couldn't help laughing, Tang Chunming gave him a hard look, and Li Feng said: "You must know that this method is in their hands." Earning is not a matter of one or two thousand taels of silver, so there is no need to be burdened, it is better for us to take out the money and buy a village nearby, and we can grow food and vegetables by ourselves in the future, and we don’t have to worry about the envy of the villagers.” He knew Brother Ming's thoughts, and he was afraid that the villagers would fear him and alienate them after he became rich, so he didn't buy any land in the village except for a barren hill, but he bought a Zhuangzi outside and the village would not Too many people know that Ming Geer can boldly try any idea in the future instead of being sneaky.
"Buy Zhuangzi?" Tang Chunming's eyes lit up, "It's a good idea. Our village has too little land, and we can't collect much food throughout the year. How can we provide it for Rong Yue, and our family can also live in Zhuangzi in the future. Is living here considered a vacation?"
The matter of buying Zhuangzi will be left to Li Feng, but there is no rush, the problem of grafting fruit trees on the mountain must be solved first.
Tang Chunming demonstrated the grafting technique to Li Feng on the mountain. He had done this kind of work with his father before, so there was no technical difficulty in doing it, and the vitality of the branches in his space was strong enough, so he was very confident in the grafted fruit trees. able to survive. At the same time, Dashan and other fellows from the village followed him, who had been helping Li Feng with work in Houshan last year. Both Li Feng and Tang Chunming needed enough manpower to do this job.
Both of them were busy, A Lin and A Sen were handed over to Mr. He and Zhang Xiu to take care of them. Sometimes Shen Fulang and Wang Mo would come to help take care of them for a while.
At this moment, Li was running up the mountain to look for the couple, with an excited look on his face: "Boy Feng, Brother Ming, I was just about to discuss with you about this workshop. Are you free now? How about it?" The operation still needs to be guided by you.” Unlike the vegetable selling business before, it is impossible for them to be hands-off shopkeepers in this brewery. It's all in their hands, and without them this workshop is completely an empty shell.
Li Feng and Tang Chunming put down what they were doing, glanced at each other, nodded and said: "Okay, uncle, we will take a walk with you, Dashan, and you will take care of the things here."
"Yes, Brother Dashan, you can do it as you did before, don't worry about making it bad, and I will check it with A Fengfeng, and do it again if it fails." Tang Chunming also said.
Da Shan and the others looked at each other, nodded and said: "Okay, then let's do it next, we will be careful."
The two followed Lizheng down the mountain. Tang Chunming not only used the branches in the space, but also soaked the incisions of the branches in the spring water of the space before grafting, which further increased the possibility of successful grafting. On the contrary, Li looked back while walking, and said cheerfully: "What new things did you young couple do on the mountain again?" In his opinion, Brother Ming has no time to spare, and he will come up with new things from time to time. The stuff comes, and every time it can be tossed successfully, it becomes a profitable business.
Li Feng and Tang Chunming smiled, and Li Feng explained to Li Zheng that the few men on the mountain who have been busy with this matter for the past two days have not disclosed it in the village, so the village does not know about it, otherwise they may know it again. After talking about it for a long time, of course no one will say that their family is messing around with money now.