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Chapter 352

Heavy snow fell, and the world was covered in silver.

In Xiaozhuzhuang, Wang Zhong and Wang Erxi were sitting and drinking. On the desk was an earthen stove with a charcoal fire burning in it. On the stove was a pottery pot filled with water. There are two white porcelain jugs.

"Sanlang, come, have another bowl!" Wang Erxi held the wine glass and invited Wang Zhong to drink again.

"Come on! Do it!" Wang Zhong raised his glass with both hands, touched Wang Erxi, and then drank it down with his head raised.

"Saburo is good at drinking!"

"Hahahaha!"

Wang Erxi laughed very boldly.

The two of them exchanged cups, and they drank pickled radish and stir-fried soybeans till the end of the drink. Looking at the snow-covered snow scene through the window, Wang Zhong couldn't help but recite a poem: "New wine made from green ant fermented grains, and a small red clay stove. , It’s like snow in the evening, I can drink a cup!”

"Good poetry! As expected of a scholar!" Wang Erxi immediately gave a thumbs up.

Wang Zhongdao: "The poems written by Bai Juyi, a layman in Xiangshan in Tang Dynasty, are naturally good poems."

Wang Erxi was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, picked up the wine glass and invited Wang Zhong to have another drink.

"I didn't expect that in just a few months, Sanlang bought Zhuangzi and opened a restaurant, and he became an outsider!"

Wang Zhongdao: "Licking blood with a knife is not a long-term solution. I have to prepare some property for my sister-in-law and sister Qian!"

"That's right!" Wang Erxi said with emotion: "It's a pity that I'm not as smart as Sanlang, I'm afraid I'll have to rely on this strength to fool around in the arena for the rest of my life."

Wang Chong said: "I heard from my sister-in-law that Yu's sister-in-law is happy again?"

Sister-in-law Yu is Wang Erxi's daughter-in-law. Wang Erxi's father and Wang Zhong's father are from the same village. They were resettled together in Baishui Village at the beginning, and the relationship between the two families has always been good.

Wang Erxi nodded and said: "The doctor has seen it, he said it has been more than two months!"

Wang Erxi is nearly thirty years old, and he already has two sons and a daughter under his knees, and this makes him four.

Wang Zhong looked at Wang Erxi and asked, "Second brother, have you considered the future?"

"In the future?" Wang Erxi looked at Wang Zhong with some doubts.

"Uncle has passed the year of destiny, Dalang is also ten years old, right?"

"In two months, I will be ten years old!" Wang Erxi said.

Both of them are talking about one year old.

Wang Zhong asked: "Second Brother, have you thought about it, what will Dalang Erlang do in the future when he grows up? Should he follow Second Brother to help the gangsters, or stay in the village to farm?"

Wang Erxi didn't even think about it, and replied directly: "Of course I stay in the village to cultivate the land! Fighting in the rivers and lakes, licking blood with knives, that is to tie your life to your belt to make money..."

But as he was talking, he suddenly came to his senses, looked at Wang Zhong who was looking at him, and asked, "Why did Sanlang suddenly mention this?"

Wang Zhongdao: "Now that my sister-in-law and sister Qian have settled down, I will take part in the imperial examination this year. If everything goes well, I might go to Tokyo. In the past few years, if it wasn't for my second elder brother, there would be no one for me, Wang Zhong. Today, I am busy studying and preparing for the exam, and there are many things that I cannot do by myself, if the second brother is willing, how about coming to me and helping me?"

Wang Zhong suddenly cupped his hands and extended the invitation, saying very sincerely.

"This..." Wang Erxi was taken aback by Wang Zhong's sudden invitation, he didn't react for a while, and he didn't know how to make a decision.

"Second brother, don't worry, it's not to ask the second brother to completely break up with the Cao Gang. I think there will be many things at home in the future, and I need to ask the brothers of the Cao Gang to help. It's just that there is really no trustworthy and capable person around the younger brother, and the second brother is unwilling. Just pretend that the little brother didn’t mention this matter, let it go!”

"Sanlang, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that this happened too suddenly, all of a sudden, I..." Wang Erxi really didn't know how to explain it to Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Second brother don't need to remember to answer, when you go home at night, you can discuss it with your uncle and sister-in-law."

"Thank you brother for your understanding!" Wang Erxi picked up the wine glass and drank another drink with Wang Zhong.

After a meal of wine, it was almost dark. Although Wang Erxi felt a little drunk, he was obviously not drunk yet, so Wang Zhong asked Yu Chuer to take Wang Erxi back home.

It has been less than half a year since I came to the dungeon world, and this body is also fast, Wang Zhong has not been idle, he has read the four books and five classics, all kinds of scriptures, and repeatedly read "Song History" and "Song Law" After several times, he also searched out and read all the Jinshi articles that have been circulated in the market over the years. Coupled with the profound knowledge accumulated over hundreds of years, the imperial examination was not too difficult for Wang Zhong.

It was night at Wang Erxi's house. Wang Erxi put his arms around his mother-in-law, Yu Shi, and told Yu Shi about Wang Zhong's advice during the day. It was still in the middle of the first month, and the weather was cold. , but also warm.

Mrs. Yu got up suddenly, and took up the quilt. The cold air hit, and Wang Erxi shivered from the cold: "What are you doing, I'm freezing to death!"

Wang Erxi hurriedly hugged Yu Shi back, tucked in the quilt, and then heaved a sigh of relief.

"Master, I think what Sanlang said makes sense. Sanlang is a scholar and a smart man. If his elder brother hadn't had that incident, he would have taken the imperial examination a long time ago. Look at Sanlang, but he has been with you for a few years. , I saved so much money, bought Zhuangzi, and opened a restaurant, and I changed you, can you do it?"

"Er..." Wang Erxi was a little bit offended by what his mother-in-law said, but after thinking about it, he has worked hard in the Cao Gang for so many years, and he is still just a young man, and he has saved some money. But compared to Wang Zhong, it was still much worse.

"Sanlang is a scholar. If you run errands for him by his side, our son may be able to study with Sanlang in the future! If Sanlang really gets fame and becomes an official, our family can also benefit from Sanlang's blessing!
If you do well in your errands, do you still worry about your future? "

Compared to her husband messing around in the Cao Gang and earning money with his head pinned to his waistband all day long, Yu obviously prefers to let her husband follow Wang Zhong, even being a guard is better than licking blood with a knife.

The couple talked with each other for a little while.

Early the next morning, after reporting to his father, Wang Erxi made a decision and went directly to Wang Zhong to express his feelings.

"Since that's the case, the second brother will be a steward by my side first! How about the monthly money?"

"Good! Good!" A smile appeared on Wang Erxi's face immediately.

If you earn one match a month, then you can earn twelve matches a year. Although it is not as much as earning in Caobang, it is still a lot.

Wang Zhongdao: "There is an errand right now that needs to be handled by the second brother!"

"Sanlang just follow orders!" Wang Erxi patted his chest and said.

Wang Zhongdao: "The oil mill next to Zhuangzi, has the second brother been there?"

Wang Erxi shook his head and said, "I haven't been there yet."

Wang Zhongdao: "The oil workshop has been built for more than a month, but it suffers from the lack of soybeans and rapeseeds. The second brother has worked in Caobang for many years. I wonder if there are any acquaintances in Runzhou, Jinling and other places?"

Wang Erxi said: "Jinling and Runzhou both have sub-rudders of the Cao Gang!"

"If I trouble my second brother to be a bridge, and entrust the Cao Gang to buy soybeans, I wonder if it will work?"

"Of course!" Wang Erxi patted his chest and said, "It's not me, Wang Erxi, who is boasting. I have been in the Cao Gang for many years. Although I have no great skills, I have also met many brothers who are loyal and loyal. It is just a matter of buying some soybeans."

"Second brother, don't worry, I won't ask my brothers to work for nothing. Nowadays, a catty of soybeans in the grain shop is only three pennies. No matter what price the Caobang brothers collect, I will buy them at four pennies per catty." , but it is not easy to store, and the scale of the oil workshop is also limited, and it is our first time doing business, so the limit is five hundred shi, how about it?"

"There shouldn't be any problem." Wang Erxi said, the new year just passed, and the weather was cold, so even the brothers from the Cao Gang had to spend the new year with their family and friends, right?

Wang Zhong took out five ingots of silver from the back room, put them in front of Wang Erxi, and said: "Twelve taels to one ingot, a total of 50 taels, it will be used as a deposit, and the rest of the money will be settled together when the five hundred shi soybeans arrive! "

Five gleaming silver ingots were placed in front of him, and even Wang Erxi, who had traveled all over the world for many years, couldn't help but be overwhelmed by Wang Zhong's handwriting.

It's not that Wang Erxi has never seen so much money, but Wang Zhong's trust in himself, and now he has not even seen the shadow of the Cao Gang, and the deposit of 50 taels was taken out without frowning.

The thinking of the ancients is different from the thinking of big guys in reality. The ancients paid attention to the death of the confidant, especially Wang Erxi, the kind of reckless people who mess around in the rivers and lakes.

Wang Erxi is not an ignorant person, so he put five silver ingots into his bosom one by one, solemnly cupped his hands to Wang Zhong and said, "Don't worry Sanlang, I will go to the city to find Big Brother Shi, who is the second helm of the sub-rudder." Lord, as long as Big Brother Shi agrees, the matter will be half done."

"So I'm going to trouble my second brother!"

"What are you talking about? Alright, I'm going now!" Wang Erxi has never been the kind of procrastination, he just did what he said, and immediately bid farewell to Wang Zhong, and went straight to the deputy helmsman of the Cao Gang. up.

The task given by the system is to survive. Although Wang Zhong has never lived in such a feudal and autocratic society, Wang Zhong also understands that the current Song Dynasty can barely be said to be a prosperous country and the people live and work in peace and contentment. To overthrow the rule of the Great Song Dynasty is extremely difficult, and even the poor king Zhong would be difficult to complete in his life.

Since the difficulty is too great, then naturally we can only take shortcuts. Anyway, there is no punishment of obliterating if the mission fails. officer's life.

Wang Zhong is also very clear that it is difficult to move a single step without money. Whether it is in modern times or in ancient times, this saying is a wise saying. If you want to be an official through the imperial examination, don't say anything about management. The cost of studying alone is not a small sum.

Pen, ink, paper and inkstone, a subset of classics and history, the scriptures and meanings annotated by sages and great scholars, the articles of Jinshi in the past dynasties, all expenses on the way to rush for the exam, food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc., etc., everything costs money.

Fortunately, Wang Zhong's space has a lot of large and small yellow croakers, jewelry and jade, rice noodles, beef and mutton are not rare.

The only regret is that fruits and vegetables can't be brought here.

But after thinking about it carefully, Wang Zhong can also understand that the fruits and vegetables of the later generations are all excellent varieties selected after years of cultivation, and many of them are things that do not exist in the timeline of this dungeon world.

And Wang Zhong is buying Zhuangzi, building oil workshops, building pigpens, and preparing for large-scale breeding. These are all things Wang Zhong has practiced in many dungeon worlds, especially in the world of "Old Farmer". As a farmer, he led the villagers of Maixiang Village to unite many industries and formed an agricultural product group that funded and completed the ecological chain.

These have all been tested in practice.

After Wang Erxi left, Wang Zhong came to the pigsty about a hundred steps outside the village, a dark-skinned, not tall but rather strong man saw Wang Zhong coming, he rushed to greet him and greet him.

"I've seen your son!"

This man is Yu Chuyi, the eldest son of Lao Yutou, who is now the steward of the pigsty. He has followed Wang Zhong since the construction of the pigsty. Although he is not as smart as Yu Chuer, he is better than being honest and diligent. , Wang Zhong taught him the skill of raising pigs, and recorded all the things that need to be paid attention to in raising pigs, and handed it to Yu Chuyi.

"Are there any abnormalities?"

"Nothing unusual!"

"Well! Let's take a look!" These piglets were collected by Lao Yutou and his two sons from ten miles and eight villages after the pigpen was built a year ago. It was Wang Zhong who checked them one by one and confirmed that they were in good health.

Except for the reserved breeding pigs, the rest of the meat pigs need to be curbed!
The so-called pigs are castrated piglets, and the meat pigs that have been castrated have less fishy smell than those that have not been castrated.

The method of killing pigs has been spread, but it is not widespread. After all, people nowadays are not thinking like later generations. They are worried about teaching apprentices to starve to death. You have to wait until you are about to die before you are willing to pass it on. Some people die too hastily, and they don't even have time to explain their funeral, so the skills are lost.

I walked around the entire pigsty, and it was true that as Yu Chuyi said, the growth of the hundred and twenty piglets was quite good, and there was no case of illness so far.

"That's right! You must remember to keep it hygienic and clean. The pigsty must be cleaned every day, and the water must be supplied in a timely manner. It must be clean..." Before leaving, Wang Zhong yelled at Yu Chuyi again. exhort.

Whether it is raising pigs or raising chickens and ducks, the most feared thing is the epidemic. Once it becomes large-scale, it will lose everything. However, as long as good protection and hygiene are maintained, it can still play a preventive role to a certain extent.

"Young master, don't worry, everything is done according to your request." Yu Chu said.

"If these piglets grow up to be ready for slaughter, your reward will be indispensable!"

"Thank you son, I will do my best!"

Although Yu Chuyi is not as clever as his younger brother Yu Chuyi, he is not a fool either, he is just a little dull at ordinary times.

Now the pigsty has become a large scale. After spring, Wang Zhong plans to raise chickens in Xiaozhushan and ducks in the small lake. The water system in the south of the Yangtze River is well developed, and many Huaiyang dishes in later generations are related to ducks.

Like Jinling's famous duck blood vermicelli soup, roast duck and so on.

It's not that Wang Zhong doesn't know how to make soap, brew wine, purify coarse salt, and refine sugar, but these things are too profitable, and the things involved are too sensitive. Wang Zhong is just a white man with no status at all. If you launch these things hastily, it is not to make money, but to kill.

Although Wang Zhong is not afraid, there is no need to get himself into trouble.

An An'an and steady development, gradually growing step by step, is the same as the so-called building walls high, accumulating food widely, and becoming king slowly.

Time passed day by day, and just a few days into February, the first batch of five hundred shi soybeans from Caobang was delivered to Baishui Village.

Even though Wang Zhongdang led a group of farmers into the oil workshop, he personally instructed the farmers to use soybeans to extract oil.

Extracting oil is a technical job, whether it is frying or milling, it is very particular. Fortunately, Wang Zhong is an almost omniscient and omnipotent master, and under the guidance of precepts and deeds, the farmers get started very quickly.

Wang Erxi, on the other hand, is temporarily in charge of the oil workshop.

The oil workshop had already started work, but Wang Zhong was not idle, but found a few senior elders from the Yu and Li families of Baishui village.

"Junior Wang Zhong, I have seen three elders!"

"Brother Chong, are you looking for us?" Among the three, Mrs. Li was the first to speak.

In terms of seniority, Mrs. Li is the grandfather of Wang Chong's sister-in-law, Li's family. Although they are separated from each other, this time is different from later generations. The concept of clan is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"I would like to invite you today. There is indeed a reason. Seniors, please listen to the younger generation slowly!" After Wang Zhong bowed his hands to the three of them again, he said slowly: "In the early years, my elder brother brought disaster, if not for the elders. The folks protect the family of the younger generation, how can the younger generation be today."

"Although my Wang family is a foreigner, the Yu and Li families in the village have kindly taken in my Wang family, and they are one of the helping hands. They are kind and rebuilt together. The younger generation is not a ungrateful person. Now Bo has a family and wants to repair the village. The middle school, entertaining the teachers, and teaching the children in the village to read and write, all the expenses will be borne by my royal family, I wonder what the three elders think?"

"Brother Chong is serious?" The three elders were quite shocked when they heard the words.

"Of course it is true!" Wang Chonglang said.

Old Mrs. Yu said with emotion: "Since Mr. Lu passed away and Houting moved his family, the school in the village has been idle for many years. It is easy to repair the school, but the teacher may not be easy to find!"

Wang Zhongdao: "Let's repair the school first, and then look for the teacher slowly."

"It's just that the juniors have to prepare for the end of this subject, and they have to prepare for the exam. The repair of the school requires the three elders to take a lot of care."

Hearing that the three elders were all stunned, the three pairs of eyes fixedly looked at Wang Zhong in unison, with a bit of shock in their eyes, Old Master Li even hurriedly asked: "Is this year going to end?"

"Because of trivial matters at home, it has been delayed for nearly four years. Next autumn will be the rural examination. This year, I will take the test first. Even if I fail, it is all about accumulating experience!"

"Hey!" The three elders sighed unanimously when they heard the words, they all knew about Wang Zhong's family, when the people from the gambling house came to Baishui Village to collect debts, they were the ones who protected Wang Zhong and Li's mother and daughter.

"That's good too!" Old Master Yu said, "One more test, one more chance."

Second Grandpa Li said: "Since that's the case, Brother Zhong can study at home to prepare for the exam, and leave the repairing of the school to some of us old fellows."

Wang Zhong bowed his hands again and said: "When the younger generation returns, I will explain clearly to my sister-in-law, and I will ask my sister-in-law to collect all the expenses."

"It's so good!" The three old men stroked their beards and said with a smile on their faces.

Wang Zhong's voice changed: "There is one more matter, and the three elders need to make up their minds."

Old Master Yu asked, "What else?"

Wang Zhongdao: "The soybeans that the younger generation entrusted the Cao Gang to purchase have all been delivered a few days ago. Have the three seniors tasted the first batch of soybean oil?"

The three elders nodded one after another.

Wang Zhong asked again: "How does it taste?"

Mrs. Li said: "Although the taste is slightly inferior to meat oil, it is not bad!"

Old Master Yu stroked his beard and said, "Very good!"

Second Grandpa Li: "..."

"Nowadays, there is a lot of oil in the warehouse of the oil workshop. The younger generation wants to sell this oil to the common people at a low price. However, the reputation of the oil workshop is not good, and there are not many people available for it. I would like to ask three elders to help!"

"Selling oil?" The eyes of the three elders lit up when they heard the words.

Immediately, the three of them discussed with Wang Zhong, and finally decided that the price of oil would be set by Wang's oil workshop, but for every pot of oil sold, the oil seller would have a penny profit. Provided by the oil mill.

The people recruited by the three elders only need to be in charge of selling.

The reason why Wang Zhong came to look for the three elders was also because of the lack of eloquent sales talents under his command. Yu Chuer can barely count as one, but Yu Chuer alone is definitely not enough, and most of the farmers are honest and dull people , few can speak well.

After all, selling oil is also a business, and a thick-skinned person who can speak well is indeed more advantageous than a dull person.

Within a few days, three elders brought people to look for Wang Zhong. Apart from a few people from the village, there were also a few relatives-in-law who were from the same village, and they were all eloquent.

After signing a contract with everyone and conducting simple training, these ten or so people pushed the cart and pulled the soybean oil produced by Wang's oil workshop, selling oil for ten miles and eight items.

As the oil mill and pig farm gradually got on the right track, Wang Zhong was also slowly handing over these matters to his sister-in-law, Li Shi.

In the city of Yangzhou, the old man Wu and his son, who have been selling braised pork and all kinds of offal for several months, finally got Wang Zhong's approval for their dishes, and the restaurant that had been in preparation for many days finally reopened .

There was already a foundation laid by selling stewed pork for several months. Once the restaurant opened, the business boomed. The old man Wu and his son were good at cooking, and they had several months of advice from Wang Zhong, plus cooking. It is novel, and Wang Zhong is willing to spend money, so please help to promote it everywhere, but in just a few days, the restaurant is full every day, and the old man Wu and his son are very busy every day.

Wang Erxi also held a banquet in the restaurant, and invited the brothers who had been friends with Caobang to eat several times. With the help of everyone in Caobang to promote it, those businessmen who stayed in Yangzhou, there were inevitably a few who wanted to try it.

This taste gave the name of the restaurant a name.

In the second year of Jiayou's reign, a restaurant called Wangjianglou established a firm foothold in this Yangzhou wharf.

At this time, Wang Zhong also came to the city of Yangzhou and lived in the courtyard he had rented before. He was preparing to take the exam in a few days and officially embarked on the road of imperial examination.

(End of this chapter)