The blessing of the splendid farm family is married to the world

Chapter 193 Communication
Snow flakes fell, but the streets were full of pedestrians.

In a teahouse, Mu Wen and other big households from Huoliang City gathered here early.

The World Expo is held at the Invention Restaurant opposite the teahouse, and no matter who you are, as long as you have something different from others, you can participate.

"With such a large scale, it's no wonder that the petty officials in the prefecture city said that they can make money by participating in this." Qian Dahu looked down, and said that the grapes were sour, "It's just that there are not many big restaurants in the city, why? Choose such a decent restaurant."

Everyone laughed at him: "Brother Qian, don't you want to show something?"

Qian Dahu waved his hand, "We haven't seen it before, so we dare not try it lightly." Looking at Mu Wen who was drinking tea without saying a word, he said, "Master Mu, did you send something in?"

Mu Wen said with a smile: "There is a servant at home who can make that mechanism bird. I thought it was exquisite, so I asked for a copy."

"It's just to give General Zong a face," Master Su said, "I heard that General Zong's wife who likes to do business wanted to do it. To avoid being picked on, my family also sent a portion of stir-fried vegetables."

After speaking, everyone couldn't help laughing.

There are two people who are not well informed and said: "In this case, my family will also send something. Do you want everything?"

Master Su nodded: "As long as it is unique to your family."

"Isn't this asking us for something in disguise?" Another person said: "I just paid 1 taels of Fulu tax to the imperial court some time ago, and the land scraper came again, and you still have to deal with it."

Mu Wen said: "Let's all stay calm and don't be impatient. The show will start later. Let's all take a look. Maybe we can find something useful to us."

Whoever takes a fancy to the items at the World Expo can negotiate business with them, and all order is maintained by soldiers from the northern camp.

Apart from worrying about the northern soldiers breaking the rules themselves, there is nothing to worry about.

On the road outside the city, An Xu and Zong Che rode the same horse, and from time to time they saw people passing by towards the city, and those driving the horse team and camel team. An Xu was very happy, so he asked Zong Che to take the horse. Er rushed a little slower.

Yan Diu and Yan Zhun each rode a pony, An Chong followed a little later, and the three of them had already gone far away.

An Xu actually didn't want to ride with Zong Che, but it snowed heavily just after leaving the house, she was lazy, so she agreed to Zong Che's invitation to ride with him, and then came out of the barracks, deeply feeling that this decision was correct.

Zong Che's cloak covered her from behind, preventing any cold wind from getting in.

As he was walking slowly, Yan Diu rode his horse back, with a bit of worry on his face: "Sister-in-law, brother, the front gate of the city is surrounded by many ragged people."

what happened?

I haven't heard of another disaster.

An Xu turned his head to look at Zong Che, Zong Che's face remained unchanged, he pulled the rein: "Go and see."

A group of people surrounded the gate of the city, among them those with knotted hair and disheveled clothes were already in a mess.

Ma He and Tieshu behind hurriedly led the people forward, rode around outside and scolded a few times, and those who seemed to have escaped separated from each other.

"Mr. Jun, Mr. Jun," a middle-aged man with a mole on his chin squeezed out from among those people, his slender face was full of smiles, "We didn't block the gate of the city on purpose, it's just that the people entering the city The guide was lost for a while. The villain’s family has gone home to get it.”

An Xu wondered: "Isn't this a refugee?"

Zong Che said: "It should be the people bought from outside by the traffickers in this city."

An Xu glanced over and saw that there were 40 to [-] of those people, men and women, and most of them were teenagers and girls in their [-]s and [-]s, and there were also a few boys and girls in their seven or eight years old.

She had never seen such a sight before when she was in the capital.

Seeing that she didn't understand, Zong Che explained: "If the court increases taxes, there will always be difficulties. The business of these people will be better."

Over there, Ma He had a serious face, not at all relieved by Ren Yazi's flattering words, and asked, "Why are you fighting?"

Han Sanhan pushed the two people around him aside, walked out and said, "Master Rong Bing, it's not that the little ones are making trouble on purpose, just now a kind grandma gave us two packs of pancakes, no, these poor people who haven't eaten good things The ghosts are like crazy, fighting for it."

Ma He took a look at those people, and they all looked like they didn't hear anything outside the window and only cared about their own food.

He shook his head, turned around and asked Zong Che who had already walked up to him, "Master, what should we do with these people?"

Han Sanhan didn't expect that there were adults, his calves were a little weak, and he was afraid of offending the adults, so he drove away all the people he took back with great difficulty.

Zong Che said: "Let them wait in the distance, check carefully before entering the city."

Han Sanhan breathed a sigh of relief, but he heard another voice saying, "Wait a minute."

Han Sanhan lowered his head even lower.

An Xu pointed out a middle-aged man in linen cloth with black feet from the cold, and asked, "You bought him from outside too?"

"I'm asking you something." Ma He scolded Han Sanhan who kept his head down and didn't speak.

Only then did Han Sanhan raise his head, "Ask me?"

An Xu nodded, and pointed at the middle-aged man whose whole body became stiff because of being touched by her.

Han Sanhan glanced at it and let out a high-pitched voice. He was about to speak casually, but he came back to his senses and hurriedly lowered his eyes and said respectfully: "This guy's surname is Lei, and he's from Yuguan City in the west. What about Fu Lu tax, his elder brother and sister-in-law didn't want to keep anyone, and he didn't have much money, so he took the initiative to come out with me. This time he also went to the south to help me."

Han Sanhan thought that after this group of people took action, they would directly keep Lei Er as a helper.

An Xu smiled: "So that's it, Ma He, you follow them, and when you enter the city, buy them all."

Her woolen factory and sock factory are still very short of manpower.

No matter how many plans Han Sanhan had, he didn't dare to say anything at this time, so he agreed with a smile.

But I almost burst into tears in my heart, I can't make any money now.Doing business with those soldiers outside, does he dare to ask for prices?

Zong Che remained silent all this time, and only after entering the city did he ask An Xu, "I know you are short of manpower, but didn't you say before that you need to distribute more leaflets to recruit people? Today, what are you looking for?"

An Xu turned his head to look at Zong Che. Does he have a mind reader?
"I saw a baby," she said.

Zong Che raised his eyebrows.

An Xu whispered: "Did you notice the rattan rope that the man used as a belt?"

Zong Che was really curious now, and said, "Could it be some kind of treasure?"

If you're not mistaken, it's a sweet potato vine.

And judging by the man's appearance, it doesn't look like he doesn't know the benefits of sweet potato vines.

"It's a high-yielding grain," An Xu said, before adding: "I read it in an agricultural book."

She now has a lot of agricultural books in her hand, some bought by herself, some were given by King Jin, and some were given by Mr. Gu, so she has a good source for making excuses.

When Zong Che heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he didn't intend to get to the bottom of it at all.

"Sister, brother-in-law, there are people surrounded by several floors in front of the building." An Chong's happy shout sounded from the front.

Before, my sister said that the name of the restaurant was good, so I decided to set the location of the World Expo here. At that time, he thought the location of the restaurant was not good, but he didn't expect so many people to come to it today.

"Master," Partridge had already arranged for his own counter to wait outside, hurriedly helped An Chong lead the horse, helped Master Dial and Master Zhun down, and then turned to An Xuan and Zong Che who had already walked over. Salute: "Miss, my lord. Everything is ready, you go in and have a look."

In the opposite teahouse, Mu Wen and his party also came down.

These people obviously didn't expect the governor and his wife to come in person, so they hurried over to meet Li.

Zong Che nodded and said, "Everyone, please do what you want."

An Xu smiled enthusiastically: "There are many good projects today, everyone should bring enough money."

These people also smiled and echoed, only Master Su who didn't invite and didn't want to follow, curled his lips, and then while everyone was walking towards the restaurant, he turned around and gave all the money in his pocket to the boy, let him Immediately sent home.

Don't have to apportion again, his family is completely out of money.

The restaurant has been remodeled. From the first floor to the second floor, there are all kinds of counters, some of which have already been placed, and there are only one or two people standing there watching.

Because it was not yet Sishi, there was a steady stream of people coming in from outside.

Many people looked bored and turned around to leave.

Then from time to time, the sound of announcing today's items sounded on the second floor.

What briquettes stove, nylon socks?

Two men with big beards and fox furs stepped over the threshold, and their eyes lit up when they heard the briquette stove.

They know this thing, they have seen it in the barracks outside and some people's homes on the grassland recently, and they don't want to have it here.

Other people's eyes are also bright, who doesn't know this briquette stove?It's just that I heard that it was produced in the military camp, and it can't be bought outside.

When it was almost time, Xia Yunfeng came in from the outside. He looked around and saw that Zongche and his wife had already arrived. No matter how reluctant he was, he went to the front of the stage, coughed, and said according to the note handed over by the servant in the barracks: : "The government announces here that on the 40st of the twelfth lunar month in the 21th year of Shuntai, we won the first World Expo in Liangfu and opened it."

The plaque covered with red silk hanging high on the second floor was also pulled down by someone at this time.

At this time, there was no habit of clapping. After Xia Yunfeng's words, applause came one after another from below, and it was found that the firecrackers specially prepared by Lou Dong's family were also crackling, which was quite a New Year's gesture.

Partridge talked to An Xu, and then went to take care of her at the counter.

Seeing the eyes of both Ma He and Tieshu chasing after An Xu, he was a little funny.

After the blind date banquet some time ago, there were several couples on the spot, and the partridges also attended. Ma He, Tieshu and the other two Zong Che's newly appointed guerrilla generals expressed their willingness to tie the knot with the partridges.

An Xu told Partridge and asked her to choose the most pleasing one, but she didn't expect that none of these people wanted to be with her because of her, and they all wanted to be with her as the governor's wife. The maid's title.

So, she had to choose one that was the best in every way.

After hearing this, An Xu felt that Partridge was a more rational person than her, so she didn't worry about it anymore. She told Ma He and others that they would wait for a month and then they would ignore everything.

But she saw that both Ma He and Tieshu really liked Partridge.

"Xu'er, look," Zong Che was holding a wooden clock, which was quite decently made, very similar to those brought by merchants from the Western Regions.

An Xu took it over and looked at it, and asked the person behind the counter: "Did you make this yourself?"

It was an old man in his 60s or [-]s. There was no one here, and the businessmen didn’t even care about the wood’s appearance. When someone asked him, he happily explained: “It’s just for fun, although it can’t be timed. Good stuff too."

An Xu: "Then do you have the confidence to make a timer?"

The old man smiled and said, "If I can dismantle a clock, I should be able to."

Today's desk clocks are much less useful for timekeeping than for decoration. The ones shipped by outside merchants are either gold or silver, or the one that Zong Che dedicated to the emperor is made purely from a whole piece of suet jade.

There were indeed many skilled craftsmen in ancient times, but their goal was not to be practical, but to strive for excellence in aesthetics and luxury.

An Xu also had the idea of ​​collecting skilled craftsmen for organizing this World Expo.

After asking the old man's name and address, An Xu took all the carpenters on his counter.

When An Chong led Yan Diu and Yan Zhun and the two came back, all three of them had food in their hands.

"What is this?" An Xu took a wooden stick from his younger brother, with a piece of mutton intestine stuck into one end of the wooden stick.

Looking at it, it is already in the original form of sausage.

An Chong said: "The stall owner said this is his family's exclusive and secret grilled lamb sausage. I tasted it very delicious."

An Xu nodded and took a bite, it was really good.

She took one bite, then passed the rest to Zong Che's mouth, and he finished it in one bite.

Yan Dial and Yan Zhun, who were about to give their elder brother a string, withdrew their hands.

Then the family watched together at this small and dense World Expo, and almost every booth was not missed.

When I walked to my high wine stall, I saw an acquaintance standing beside him.

"Doctor Zhang," An Xu greeted with a smile.

Doctor Zhang turned his head to look, and hurriedly greeted him.

There was a young guy behind the counter, he also met the ceremony and said: "Master, madam, this doctor has been asking us how to make this wine."

Doctor Zhang was a little embarrassed. If he asked for a prescription, he would directly take away his family's roots.

You must know that this belongs to Zongdujun's family, he will not ask.

Immediately explained: "The old man is not greedy for this high-strength wine, but feels that this wine is stronger than the wine we steamed, and it will have a better effect on cleaning wounds."

An Xu believed what he said, but Zong Che had someone make the high-alcohol wine stove, and An Xu let him make the decision.

Zong Che planned to use high-quality wine to sell to the Western Regions to make money, but it would be nice if a doctor could use it to treat injuries.

"The method can tell you," he said, "but I have a request."

Doctor Zhang hurriedly said: "General, just say it."

Zong Che said: "Starting from you, the next three generations need to work as military doctors in the military camp."

Three generations.

If it was him, Doctor Zhang agreed without hesitation.

But for three generations, the children and grandchildren have been trapped in the military camp, how can their own medical skills improve?

Zong Che said, "Think about it carefully."

Several people staggered away from Doctor Zhang and walked to the next counter.

The counter on the far side is to display their own wool and nylon socks.

I was worried that putting it in the front would cause congestion, so I put it in the end.

Facts have proved that this decision is correct.

No one came at first, but after a while, more and more businessmen from the Western Regions stopped here.

The partridge kept showing people the benefits of nylon stockings, and there was a boy next to him, with one shoeless foot, holding them up to show curious businessmen the benefits of nylon stockings.

"It's really tighter, and it's a bit more elastic, so it won't bind the feet too tightly." A man with graying hair and beard bent down to look at the socks carefully, and then pulled them with his hands.

So this wave of people asked without hesitation, "How much is a pair of these socks?"

Partridge smiled, "Liuwen."

It costs six yuan to buy it from here, and they can't sell it any higher. It's just a pair of socks. Can it be sold well?
Then these people started haggling again.

Seeing that the partridge was able to handle it with ease, An Xu went up to the second floor with Zong Che and the others after a while.

After most of the day of the World Expo, An Xu and Zong Che found two valuable things, one was a clock, and the other was the concrete for the walls of a small merchant surnamed Huang.

They hired clock craftsmen and ordered a large amount of Sanhe clay with the Huang family.

(End of this chapter)