Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 83 Moon Cake
Arriving at the entrance of Chunfenglou, Yang Shen looked at the setting sun in the west and couldn't help sighing.

When Xiaosheren woke up, he won a big victory in Yongan and succeeded in Shougong County. At that time, everyone thought that he was a genius and would be rich in the future.How could he have thought that since returning to Ruzhou, there has been such a big change.What you do is more unreliable than the other.

It is good to say that when building a new village, kiln workers and other idle workers must always be resettled.Now he has to build various field services, and according to his intentions, he has to do it in a big way, Yang Shen can only shake his head.Is business so good?Yang Shen's family spent a lot of energy running this restaurant.Build up all the field services that Wang Xiaohun said, not to mention how many reliable people you need, as long as you lose money, Ruzhou can't afford it.

The servant came up to greet him and cupped his hands: "Master, the guests you invited today have arrived. The little one is looking for Ji Chu Pavilion on the second floor. They were waiting there early. It's just that the guests are a little impatient."

Yang Shen said, "Got it. I'll go say hello, you can do it."

After he finished speaking, he entered the Spring Breeze Building and went all the way to the second-floor pavilion.Shao Ling, Cao Zhiyan, Xie Linong, Yu Huan, and Niu Gao who were already sitting here stood up and saluted each other.After the salute, they took their seats.

Xie Linong said: "Xiaosheren called you to go to the state, what are your orders?"

Yang Shen said: "There are two news, one good and one bad. Which one do you listen to first?"

Cao Zhiyan said: "Of course, listen to the good news first. It's okay to not tell the bad news, there is no reason to break everyone's mood!"

Yang Chen shook his head.Said: "Good news, Xiao Sheren told me about everyone's salaries. In the past, there were no miscellaneous items in the imperial court, only stipends and Lumi. Our salary is about [-] yuan a month, and Lumi five shi. "

"What a great handwriting! Xiaosheren really is Xiaosheren, I know he won't treat us badly!" Xie Linong was overjoyed when he heard this.

Shao Ling said: "If so, it will cost a lot of money a month. Where will the money come from?"

"This is the second bad news." Yang Shen sighed. "In order to make money, Xiaosheren wants to build a large-scale business. There is no business that is not available in the market. Where do we have the capital? Xiaosheren will owe it. When we first came to Ruzhou, we owed money. , let the people think of us? Xiaoshe people don't care, and don't know where the confidence comes from."

After hearing this, a few people look at me and I look at you, but they don't speak.Dajian field work, this is easy to say, but it is difficult to do.Doing business to make money, who doesn't know?It's not like the Song Dynasty never did this.It was only later that most of them exploited the people, or even forced buying and selling, but they did not make much money.With lessons learned, everyone is very cautious about this kind of thing.

After a long time, Shao Ling said: "Xiao Sheren is young and energetic, I think he doesn't know the story of the past. You didn't persuade him?"

"I persuaded him, but Xiao She won't listen! What can I do?" Yang Shen spread his hands and shook his head helplessly.

Xie Linong said: "Don't think about it so much! We have money to spend! Forty bucks a month, why do I need a villager in the countryside! In two days, I will bring all my family to Ruzhou city, and all the land in the countryside. sold!"

Yang Shen said: "There are more than [-] people in your family, do you move to the city to support you?"

Xie Linong said: "If the money is low, they will naturally find a way to make money. It's more than [-] ounces a month, enough to eat, just stay at home."

Yang Shendao: "Xiaosheren said, forty kebabs a month, they are raised by grandparents, parents, husband and wife, and children, not siblings. Going back to three generations, is our current algorithm. You have to move to a new home. In the city, brothers and sisters let them make their own living."

Xie Linong couldn't help but be stunned: "Is there such a saying? According to the law, the grandfather is not allowed to live apart from different wealth. According to this method—"

Yang Shen waved his hand: "The law is the law, how can the people take care of this! When the brothers are older, most of them have to separate their families. How many families actually live together? What Xiao Sheren said is very reasonable, don't go against it. Think about it, if you don’t raise siblings, you will have forty days a month, and you will have meat every day. If your family lives together, you might not be able to.”

Shao Ling said: "It makes sense. For real ordinary people, brothers grow up and naturally separate families, and living together has constant conflicts."

Xie Linong thought for a while, and couldn't help but sighed: "I've been out for more than a year, and I've become a leader, good or bad, and the people around me have a good face. If I let my brothers and sisters go out, wouldn't it be shameful?"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help laughing together.Indeed, compared with the status of more than a year ago, these few are very different.In particular, Xie Linong is a local. When he went home, people from many miles around came to watch, and he didn't know how beautiful it was.Even at a loss, he wanted to bring his brothers and sisters to the city.For nothing else, the scenery.

Yu Huan asked Niu Gao next to him: "With forty salaries a month, no matter how large your family is, you can still support your family. Commander Niu, your home is in Lushan, so it's inconvenient, why don't you move to Ruzhou. This is a big city. , everything is convenient."

Niu Gao said: "If you really have so much money, it's okay. I was poor since I was a child, and I lived a life of eating chaff and veggies. My mother is more than [-] years old. Living this kind of life is not a waste of life."

Yu Huan sighed: "Unfortunately, my family has been separated, and there is only one person left. No matter how much money is there, what's the use?"

Cao Zhiyan said, "I'm a monk, and I haven't even seen my parents since I was a child. I don't sigh, what are you sighing?"

Everyone laughed together.

Yang Shen saw that everyone no longer cared about the construction of the field, so he let the store serve wine and food and drink with everyone.This restaurant will be sold in a few days, and all the good wine hidden in it will be moved out, so that the brothers can enjoy themselves.

Several people were drinking and gossiping at the same time.It didn't go away until late at night.

Early the next morning, Yang Shen arrived at Dianmao, the prefecture.After returning to the official hall, he was called to Wang Xiaohun again.

After entering the door and bowing, Yang Shen said, "What's the matter with Xiaosheren calling the next official?"

Wang Xiaohun said: "The Mid-Autumn Festival will be in a few days. We will eat moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, appreciate the moon and beg for cleverness. The moon cakes used to be too rough. This year I specially ordered people to make them more delicate. We will build a pastry shop in the future. Some craftsmanship."

Yang Shen smiled and said, "Moon cakes are just for fun, they don't taste good. In this season, everyone will eat them, and they can be sold if they taste good or not. Why bother."

Wang Xiaohun shook his head again and again: "If we want to make money from the construction of the farm, we have to do it very well. Only when we do it well, the people will come to buy it sincerely. We have made money, and we have to thank us. "

After finishing speaking, together with Yang Shen, they left the prefecture and went to a nearby house.

Near Ruzhou Prefecture, is one of the largest porcelain markets in the Central Plains.In the past during Taiping, I don't know how many merchants did business here.Jin soldiers attacked, the world was in chaos, the porcelain was not burned, and these merchants scattered.There are many houses left, many of which have been taken over by the government.

This used to be a china shop.Now that it has been refitted, there are more than a dozen people in it.

When Yang Shen saw it, he couldn't help but wonder, "When did Xiao Sheren open a shop here?"

Wang Xiaohun said: "A few days ago, I ordered my soldiers to clean up the house here and recruit some people from outside. What if there is no capital? The wages of the people here, the money for buying flour and various materials, are all on credit. To be honest, I'm not a zhizhou, so they may not give me credit. But now I can't control that much, and the business is good."

While talking, he took Yang Shen to the store.

I saw seven or eight women behind, sitting around a table.There is flour on the table, along with various fillings, where the mooncakes are wrapped.

There are moon cakes at this time, but they are very rough, far from the exquisiteness of later generations.Moreover, the most important feature of moon cakes in later generations is high fat and high sugar.Now the fat is okay, there are sesame oil, lard and mutton oil, etc., sugar is precious.Without sugar, moon cakes would be a lot less meaningful.

Yang Shen stood aside and watched the women busy.After a while, he said, "This is the first time I've seen moon cakes like this."

Wang Xiaohun smiled and said, "It's baked in a while, let's taste it together. As long as it tastes good, are you afraid that it won't sell for a good price?"

(End of this chapter)