Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 111 Qingxi County in the Snow

"Dr. Xiao, I can't afford to pay you for your hard work?"

The first person Chen Qingsi greeted was Xiao Hong.

He was the first owner of a wine shop in Taocun. After moving to Qingxi County, he obtained the operating rights of the Chengnan wine shop in the most luxurious area in the city through bidding.

Later, he spent a lot of money to buy the mansion in the most prosperous area of ​​Qingxi County, which was originally occupied by the chief bookkeeper Du Chunbin.

Now he lives next to the county government office and is considered a neighbor to Chen Qingsi.

Xiao Hong was very young, in his thirties, with a big belly. He was sweeping the remaining snow with a bamboo broom in his hand. There were several servants beside him, working hard to clean the streets.

Xiao Hong bowed and said, "What are you saying, County Magistrate Chen? Aren't you a shame? You have been running around and working hard for Qingxi County, and I am just doing your best for your homeland."

Xiao Hong said flattering words, and then shouted loudly: "Work harder. This street entrance is the main passage for Magistrate Chen to come in and out. It must be cleaned up."

His words not only meant to please Chen Qingsi, but also came from the bottom of his heart.

When the four owners, Xiao, Gu, Hu and Xu, competed for the right to operate the restaurant in the south of the city, Xiao Hong spent a lot of money.

As the place where Chen Shuozhen started, Qingxi County has been repeatedly conquered and purged by the rebels and the Tang Dynasty rebels.

Because Xiao Hong lived in Taocun and had the highly respected Zhuang Minrui in charge, neither the rebels nor the counter-rebels were too presumptuous.

Although the Xiao family spent a lot of money to avoid disasters, it did not damage its foundation.

As Chen Qingsi's relocation plan unfolded, Xiao Hong set his sights on the restaurant business in the county, focusing on the best location in the south of Qingxi County.

But he is not the only one who has the vision. There are many people who want to compete for a good location to open a wine shop. Among them, the most competitive ones are not only his Xiao family, but also the Gu, Hu and Xu families who are determined to win.

In order to obtain the right to operate a wine shop in the south of the city, Xiao Hong almost risked his life and offered a high price that even the Gu, Hu and Xu families could not afford.

The Gu, Hu, and Xu families all laughed at him as crazy. Xiao Hong himself was a little uneasy, but he believed in Muramasa Minrui's vision.

Xiao Hongben estimates that the capital will be repaid within three years, and then profits will be made.

As a result, the business of Xiao's wine shop was far better than he expected. Chen Qingsi became the most popular scholar in Jiangnan. There was an endless stream of scholars coming and going to visit him. The Qingxi Poetry Society created the foundation of the prosperous Tang Dynasty poetry style.

King Luo Bin, Fu Jiamo and many Jiangnan scholars left works in his wine shop. The Xiao family wine shop is famous far and wide. With the sweet-scented osmanthus wine and sweet-scented osmanthus fish from Qingcheng County, the Xiao family wine shop can be said to be making rapid progress.

So much so that when a luxury home in the county center was put up for sale this fall, Xiao Hong won the first prize and settled in it.

Xiao Hong was doing business with Jinshan in hand, but his only regret was that he didn't get Chen Qingsi's poem.

Chen Qingsi's management of Qingxi County made Xiao Hongxiao's family become the largest businessman in Qingxi County, and they were full of respect for him.

Of course, there is another crucial point. Most scholars looked down on merchants, but Chen Qingsi was an exception. He did not reject them in any way, but instead encouraged them to expand their businesses.

Under Chen Qingsi's deception, Xiao Hong built a large brewery in Taocun, which solved many employment problems.

In short, the prosperity of the Xiao family where Xiao Hong lives today is inseparable from Chen Qingsi's overall development layout of Qingxi County.

Chen Qingsi didn't chat much with Xiao Hong. He had a mission. He just said hello and went to shovel the snow deep in the street.

"Old Hu, at your age, you should go in and rest!"

Chen Qingsi cleared part of the snow blocking the road, came to an old man in his sixties, and said hello loudly.

Hu Laosou was a little hard of hearing and obviously didn't hear what Chen Qingsi said clearly. He just heard someone behind him chirping. When he turned around, he saw it was Chen Qingsi. He grinned happily, showing his big yellow teeth that he could count on his fingers, and said: "I'm old, I missed it." If you use it, when I was young, the old man would own this street." Chen Qingsi was about to persuade the old man to go inside and rest.

Hu Laosou's wife came out with hot water and warmly greeted Chen Qingsi and the servant behind him to drink water.

Old Man Hu originally had three sons. The eldest died of starvation, the second son died, and the third son broke an arm. He was only half as strong as he was, and he had to support three pairs of children, so there was no hope at all.

Chen Qingsi invited the Zhao family from Suzhou to open a weaving and dyeing workshop in the county. The third child, recommended by Chen Qingsi, worked in the Zhao family's dyeing workshop. He had a fixed income and a promising life.

Old Man Hu just wanted to help within his ability.

Chen Qingsi drank the hot water and continued moving forward.

"Magistrate Chen!"

This time, before Chen Qingsi could say hello, Aunt Zhou with a loud voice had already called out.

"Yi'er, quickly, bring the Hu cakes from the pot."

Chen Qingsi said with some distress: "Aunt Zhou, stop working. As soon as I came out, I didn't do much work, but I took care of all the food and drink matters."

Aunt Zhou is over fifty years old and is very optimistic. She gets up early and works in the dark for her grandson, and she seems to have endless strength.

Aunt Zhou said: "There is a saying, throw me a peach, what will you do in return..."

Zhou Yi held the hot Hu cake and said: "You give me peaches and give me Qiongyao in return. It means repaying the benefits given to others ten times and a hundred times."

"Yes, yes!" Aunt Zhou kept nodding and said, "That's what I mean. County Magistrate Chen is a huge kindness to our family, and we can never repay it in full. Eating a few biscuits is nothing..."

Chen Qingsi touched Zhou Yi's head and knew that Zhou Kui might have returned.

Give me a peach, and give me a jade in return. These words come from the Book of Songs. Zhou Yi has outstanding natural beauty. If he was born in a wealthy family, he may be exposed to the Book of Songs because of his experience, but the environment he faces should not be separated from teaching. Scope of knowledge about materials.

County school enlightenment does not teach the Book of Songs.

But he didn't ask anything, so Quan assumed he didn't know.

All the way down the street, the people on the street greeted me warmly.

Thanks to collective efforts, the heavy snow did not have much impact on the people of Qingxi County.

Some people whose houses were accidentally collapsed by heavy snow were also placed in nursing homes.

The silkworm ladies in the nursing home even took advantage of the heavy snowfall that they had not seen for many years and began to use the weather to screen silkworm seeds.

Last year, because of the first large-scale breeding, silkworm seeds needed to be purchased from outside, Ji Wen destroyed the silkworm seeds.This year, Qingxi County has experienced a boom in silkworm production and has begun cultivating its own silkworm seeds.

The heavy snow did not crush the people of Qingxi County, but made them more united. They followed Chen Qingsi's arrangements and lived in an orderly manner.

On this day, Chen Qingsi was clearing the snow on the street as usual, but Wei Hao, who was sitting in Taocun, came quickly with a solemn look on his face.

"County Magistrate Chen! I have something to report!"

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