Beloved Concubine

Chapter 81 White Eyed Wolf

Chunhong walks out of Chunji Snack Restaurant with her burden on her back.

She glanced back.Her name was written on the rental contract here, and the opening of the snack bar was filed in the Yamen in her name.She has all the evidence that the canteen is hers.

However, Brother Fang's martial arts are so high, Chunhong dare not do this.She was afraid of being retaliated by Brother Fang.

But she felt that it was necessary to make it clear to the landlord and the yamen.In the future, if you have anything to do at Chunji Snack Restaurant, don't come to her.

Thinking of this, Chunhong found an inn to stay.

One day later, the landlord came to find Chen Xiao and Fang Yu, and was very upset to see that they had built a wooden house in the courtyard.Chen Xiao smiled apologetically, saying that the wooden house could be demolished because there were not enough rooms to live in, and they would restore the yard to its original state when the time came, without destroying any part of him.

The two parties re-signed the agreement again, this time renting it in Chen Xiao's name.

Then people from the Yamen came to Chunji Snack Restaurant. They heard from Hu Chunhong that Chunji Snack Restaurant can sell more than 300 taels of silver a month.According to regulations, they should pay 30 taels of tax silver a month.

They have been concealing the report before, saying that the average monthly sales of small restaurants is more than 100 taels, and after deducting the cost, the monthly net income is 40 taels.So the government charged them eight taels of tax silver per month.

The commercial tax in South Vietnam is quite humane.The lower the income, the lower the tax rate; the higher the income, the higher the tax rate.

Hu Chunhong took the initiative to go to the yamen to confess her actual income. The yamen came to collect money and asked them to pay back taxes and fines.

Chen Xiao obediently paid taxes and fines.All of a sudden, more than 100 taels of silver were gone.

Xiao Shitou was annoyed: "Hu Chunhong is not a thing! She forgot how we helped her back then, if it wasn't for us, she would have been taken away by the Ruan family long ago. Now she is doing this with us!"

Chen Xiao also felt that he met a white-eyed wolf.It's really a dog that can bite people, don't bark!
Fang Yu comforted Chen Xiao: "Don't be angry, I'll make money right away to buy you land and build a house."

Chen Xiao glanced at him: "Am I angry? I'm not angry."

"Sister, you are still not angry when you meet this kind of person?" Xiao Shitou was angry.

"What's the use of being angry, can you bite her?"

"I'm going to bite her!"

"Don't mess around, we are just ordinary people. If something happens, we can't settle it."

Xiao Shitou was filled with righteous indignation, thinking about how to take revenge on Chunhong.

……

Soon, market day arrived.Fang Yu bought a pile of stones.

Chen Xiao saw that this was a stone they had seen on the street.At that time, Fang Yu said it was a tiny spiritual stone, the seller said it was jade, and Chen Xiao thought it was quartz stone.

"What do you want to do with these stones?"

"Smelting."

"Smelting stone?"

"Correct."

Fang Yufa gave Chen Xiao a sledgehammer and said, "You have a strong hand, come and help me smash rocks."

"Want to smash it open?"

"Yes, break the stone. The more broken the better."

Fang Yu himself gave a sledgehammer, Chen Xiao gave a sledgehammer, and the two began to smash rocks.

After smashing a large basket of gravel, Chen Xiao asked what to do next.Fang Yu said that when her peppers were harvested and the land was vacated, he would build a furnace and smelt stones.

The peppers in the small courtyard are almost finished, and the peppers in Nangou Village can also be harvested.

Chen Xiao took Xiao Shitou to Nangou Village to collect peppers. He hired some people in the village to weave the peppers into strings while picking and weighing them.

In order to help Chen Xiao save money, Xiao Shitou didn't spend money to rent a warehouse, but went to find his mother outside the west city and asked her to borrow their warehouse.

He knew that his mother helped Gao Can manage a textile workshop. They had a big place and a lot of warehouses, so it would be no problem to vacate a warehouse.What's more, he was relieved to have his mother look after the peppers for them.Putting it somewhere else, he was worried about being stolen.

Zhou Huiqin asked Gao Can, and Gao Can agreed to let them put peppers.

When Gao Can saw their chili peppers woven into strings and hung on bamboo poles to dry, he suddenly felt that his nephew was very stupid.Their chilies are spread out on the ground to dry.

He asked Gao Xiang to come over to see how they dry the peppers.When Gao Xiang saw the woven pepper strings, he also wanted their people to weave the peppers into strings, but because there were no pepper handles on the peppers when they were picked, there was no way to weave them.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-August, and all the peppers were harvested.Fang Yu also refined his treasure - Liulizhan.

Those crushed stones are the basic material for making colored glaze, which are smelted at high temperatures to obtain crystal stones.The spar is then smelted at high temperature to obtain glazed stone.During this process, many auxiliary materials were added.

Then add different metals to the glazed stone and smelt it at high temperature to obtain colored glazed stones of various colors.

Melted glazed stones of various colors together, poured them into molds, and finally got colorful glazed cups.

They made several large baskets of broken stones, and finally made four glazed cups, each of which was the size of a wine glass.

The mold carved by Fang Yu is in the shape of a lotus flower. In terms of the shape of the cup, it is not too special, but the color pattern naturally formed after the colorful glass melts, each cup is different, colorful, crystal clear, very amazing.

Xiaoshitou and Cao Yong have never seen such an exquisite cup. They heard that it is easy to break, so they dare not even hold it.

"Brother Fang, what is this thing called?"

"Glass cup."

"How much can this glazed cup be sold for?"

"I don't know. I'm going to ask Nie Feng to help estimate the price."

Fang Yu then went to find Nie Feng.

Nie Feng was amazed when he saw the glazed cup. Hearing that they made it themselves, he said he would buy it for 400 taels.

"Only 400 taels?" Fang Yu was not satisfied with the price.

Nie Feng sneered: "You let me earn some money too!"

"I asked you to help with the valuation, not to sell it to you."

"Brother Fang, just sell it to me! I'll bring this glazed cup to the capital, and many dignitaries in the capital will want it. Then you can make more and sell them to them."

"To be honest, how much silver can a glazed cup be sold for?"

"This..." Nie Feng thought for a while: "This thing is priceless, it's really hard to estimate."

Fang Yu put away the glazed cup: "I shouldn't have come to you, I should have gone to Gao Can."

"Don't! Brother Fang, you can discuss how much money you want."

Fang Yudao: "I want to use these four glazed lamps to exchange for [-] acres of land on the edge of the county. If you can help me with this, the glazed lamps will be yours."

Nie Feng said: "Twenty acres, at least 800 taels of silver."

Fang Yu said with a smile: "That's the general purchase price. If the county magistrate and Mr. Liu come forward, it shouldn't cost so much money."

Nie Feng frowned and thought about it, and said, "Brother Fang, twenty acres is really not enough. Tens of acres is possible. Or...how about making a few more glazed cups?"

Fang Yu sneered: "You think it's so easy to do."

Nie Feng leaned forward and said flatteringly, "Why don't you teach me? I'll get you twenty acres of land."

Fang Yu: "I can teach you, plus 1 taels of silver."

Nie Feng was discouraged: "How can I have so much money!"

Fang Yudao: "You help me get 1 acres of land first, and I will consider teaching you. If you don't have [-] taels of silver, you can owe it first. When the time comes, make colored glaze and sell it, and the silver will be deducted from it."

"Really?" Nie Feng's eyes lit up.

"Really." Fang Yu nodded.

"Then let's make a written statement."

This time, the other party asked Fang Yu to set up a written certificate, and he agreed.

The document stated that he would teach Nie Feng to make colored glaze without reservation. If he violated it, the land would be taken back and Nie Feng would be compensated 1 taels of silver.

Nie Feng didn't want him to pay money, but wanted to learn how to make colored glaze.

Liuli is a treasure!Can make a lot of money.

(End of this chapter)