Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 153 Samurai Guest

The fleet was repaired in Yangzhou, and it is impossible not to repair it, because most of the Lingnan people are still unable to adapt to the cool autumn weather in Yangzhou. September here is already comparable to the coldest season in Lingnan, and many people have symptoms of cold and typhoid. Therefore, the entire fleet stopped to treat them, and it was inevitable to buy some clothes. The leather boots that Sun Xiangfu planned to sell in Yangzhou did not need to be sold, and they were just given to everyone to wear. Some arrangements were delayed. One day, the next day was free, and Sun Xiangfu came to the farm outside Yangzhou City.

Lu Quanyou, who longed for the stars and the moon, finally hoped for Sun Xiangfu. After the dogwood was planted in the ground, he basically didn't care about it. Therefore, for more than half a year, he just burned pottery pots in Yangzhou, with more than 200 households and more than 1000 people. Kouziren, after burning for half a year, the finished products are almost piled up into a mountain, but they just don't see any use.

"It's all there! You guys will be busy next time." Sun Xiangfu smiled and glanced at Lu Quanyou, who was full of charcoal fire, and patted him on the shoulder.

"I've been waiting for this day for too long. The village chief, please tell me what you're busy with! Erniu in Luoyang and Ma Zhong in Yizhou have both produced. I've planted a bunch of them here. The dogwoods are not sold out, and so many people eat and drink, and they have spent the money they brought from the village, so there will definitely be no dividends at the end of the year."

There is no food grown in the fields. Except for some fish cages, Yangzhou’s farms can be said to have no output. At least, seeing other people taking money at home while he was spending money outside, Lu Quanyou naturally felt uncomfortable.

"Don't worry, everything will be there. Tomorrow, organize people, organize cars, and go to the pier to fetch spices and salted fish. This time, I brought you two boats of salted fish. It's six thousand stones. You all chop them into pieces. Add it to the soybean paste that will be made in the future, and seal it with a clay pot. From now on, your farm will mainly do this job.”

Even in later generations, Laoganma has become a world-class township enterprise. What's more, in this era, Sun Xiangfu has designed three products for this industry in different grades. One of the most common is salted fish diced with cornel. There is also an upgraded version that adds various spices to these soy sauces. The most luxurious is of course the canned sea fish that has more fish than soy sauce. The fish used are small thornless sea fish, and the taste is very particular. , Even in Wangjiang Tower, it is a delicious dish that can be served on the table.

Sun Xiangfu, the finished product of salted fish bean paste, has tried it in Lingnan. The taste is absolutely delicious for people of this era. You can eat it with rice alone, and it can also be used as a seasoning in dishes. Moreover, the price It’s not too expensive either. Those who live at home can basically afford to go to farmers. The Yangzhou farm has been gaining momentum for more than half a year, and it’s just waiting for this to explode.

After distributing the production of the secret recipe and some work to be done later, Sun Xiangfu rushed to the mansion of the warrior Xun in the city. In Yangzhou, he is still the official in charge of power.

"Ying Gong seems to have had a lot of wine."

Before the table in the study, Sun Xiangfu looked at the samurai sitting opposite him and said.

"Hehe, the old man is a magistrate now, and there are imperial envoys passing by, so naturally he has to treat him well." The red-faced warrior Xun smiled indifferently, but his expression was a bit lonely.

When he was in Chang'an before, he had never looked at Wei Shuxie and Li Gongyan seriously, the ranks were not on the same level at all, now!As soon as they came, he needed him, an elderly person whose rank was still above them, to greet them, so he couldn't help but feel a little bit disappointed.

"Actually, Ying Gong doesn't have to be so careful. The more worried a person is, the worse he will be physically and mentally, and he will easily become depressed!" Sun Xiangfu persuaded from the side.

Samurai Xun is not a mediocre person, he is very smart, but some of his cleverness is misunderstood by his cleverness. Smart people tend to believe in their own judgments, so when he misjudged Li Shimin, he is doomed to be in a bad mood for the rest of his life up.

"Okay, the old man knows that you are not here to chat, let's talk about something!" the warrior said bluntly.

"I would like to know the situation of soybeans in Yangzhou City." Sun Xiangfu asked directly without turning the corner.

"After the autumn, the soybean harvest in Yangzhou was bumper again, with an average yield of nearly four stones per mu. Of course, with this bumper harvest, the price of soybeans also fell to eighty pennies a stone, but there were too many stocks squeezed in the market. However, there are few people there. In order to prevent ordinary people from being damaged because of the low price, the Yangzhou government bought 150 million shi from the common people, and it has been put into the official warehouse. On the market, there are at least 200 to 500 million shi soybeans, basically all of which are stored in the village.

Waiting for sale in the warehouses of those family landowners. "

Hearing this data, Sun Xiangfu was a little surprised. He had heard that the land in Huainan was fertile, but he didn't expect it to be so fertile. In just one state, 800 million shi soybeans could be planted in one season.

"The Superintendent of Cuisine received 200 million shi of soybeans? How did Lin Wenfu have such courage?"

After only a little distraction, Sun Xiangfu felt that something was wrong. You must know that even if the tofu sold by the Food Supervisor is good, it will not be able to use up 200 million shi soybeans. Tofu with many stones is not bad, but there are thousands of stone tofu, hundreds of thousands of catties, which is enough for every family to eat one or two catties.

How much is 200 million stone?Counting the tofu he makes [-] shi of soybeans every month, it is enough for all the people in Yangzhou to eat for more than three years.

"Hehe, Lin Wenfu, one of your subordinates, has received a lot of favors from the four major families, and he has gained a lot of benefits!" The warrior Xun said with a smile.

The Food Supervision Department is not an imperial yamen, but an industrial institution of the royal family. Therefore, even if the warrior Xun knew about these situations, he couldn't take care of them, but Sun Xiangfu was very angry.

"Short-sighted guy, let me see how he consumes these 200 million stone soybeans."

Sun Xiangfu broke a sentence, but he didn't get entangled in this issue, and said, "Now, my farm in Yangzhou wants to start a soybean business, and I want to collect a batch of soybeans. What do you think is the right price?"

"If the quantity is large, the old man estimates that someone will sell it for sixty pennies a stone. You know, as long as the government's decree is not revoked, the old man will let them plant soybeans in the fields next year."

This is the advantage of having a policy. The warrior Xun is not afraid of the impeachment of the four major families in the court. He came to Yangzhou to do these things.

For the imperial court, it is a great thing that Yangzhou grows more soybeans. In addition to making soybean products, soybeans are also the main ingredient for raising horses. If there are more soybeans, the price will drop, and the cost of raising horses for the imperial court will also follow. Li Shimin is naturally happy to see that the same investment can support more horses and cavalry. Therefore, as landlords, the Huainan family can only eat this bitter fruit with a depressed head.

"Hehe, sixty Wen? It's too high. Now the price of food in many places has plummeted, and it can only be sold for more than 100 Wen per stone. Now, whoever can buy the backlog of soybeans in their hands will be their savior. Next time I feel that this price can be lowered further, I wonder if I can ask Yinggong to help, and invite the representatives of their big families to come out and talk."

After the Tang Dynasty's grain arrived in the Zhenguan Dynasty, it would decline step by step. This was related to Li Shimin's political ability. During the difficult times in the first few years, no one worried about eating at all.

"It's not difficult, let's go to Chunjiang Tower at noon tomorrow!"

No matter what the samurai Xun said, it is also a long history of being in power in Yangzhou. No matter how good the four big families are, they dare not give him face. All they need is a message, and people from those families will definitely arrive tomorrow.

"In addition, the farm below may have a large amount of boat expenditure in the future, and will build a pier for its own use. Please give me a convenience and allow them to build it."

The waterways in Yangzhou are crisscrossed, and the farms outside the city are naturally close to the water, but the wharf is related to the tax revenue of the imperial court, so it is not something that anyone can build casually, especially the cargo throughput of the wharf that Sun Xiangfu wants to build in the future may be very large. The samurai Xun greeted him well, and also avoided any situation after he left office.

"Since it's a pier for private use, after reporting to the Yamen, you just have to pay a certain fee." Samurai Xun nodded, which meant that he would help with this matter.

Sun Xiangfu was a little embarrassed to keep asking the warrior Xun like this, but didn't give him half of the benefits. He said, "I want to share [-]% of the output of the Yangzhou farm with Yinggong. I wonder if Yinggong is willing to accept it?"

The samurai Xun didn't say yes, and he didn't say no, so Sun Xiangfu took it as his acquiescence. With the untrustworthy local forces in Yangzhou and his own lack of foundation, Sun Xiangfu could only rely more on the samurai Xun.

"By the way, the old man recruited some people for you before, and those people are all raised in the old man's house for free! Do you want to meet?"

"Well, in a few days, I will return to Chang'an, so let's take this opportunity to take a look!"

Speaking of this, the warrior Xun sent someone to pass the order, and a group of singing and dancing artists and servants were quickly summoned by the housekeeper. When Sun Xiangfu and the warrior Xun came to the middle courtyard, there were already gathered Two to 300 people, it is very lively.

Sun Xiangfu did not test these artists one by one, but let them show their strengths in general, knowing what they lack and what kind of training they need. After that, he will bring all these people to the Luoyang, in the Luoyang branch, it takes at least half a year to learn from the artists who came from the Chang'an main store, so these people will not be needed this year.

Such a big commotion in Wufu naturally alarmed many people, two three or four-year-old girls came to the middle courtyard to watch the excitement.

"What a spiritual little girl, but Ying Gong's daughter?"

Sun Xiangfu looked at the two little girls who were holding the samurai's calf and timidly looking into the crowd and said.

"Hehe, this is the eldest daughter Shunniang and the second daughter Meiniang. I haven't seen your elder brother Sun yet." The warrior Xun said with a rare happy smile when he saw his two daughters.

The older Shun Niang might be shy, but just imitated the grown-up appearance and bowed to Sun Xiangfu, but the younger Mei Niang didn't admit her birth at all, she ran to Sun Xiangfu and pulled his sleeve and said, " Brother Sun hugs."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu smiled, it turned out that this girl was tired from standing and watching the performances of the artists, but when she thought that she was hugging the only queen in history, Sun Xiangfu felt sympathetic. Slapping the world to pieces with her wings, I don't know if she can still be a queen.

"Brother, you smell so good."

Just when she got on Sun Xiangfu's body, Wu Meiniang's little nose twitched.

Only then did Sun Xiangfu remember that he was wearing a lot of agarwood ornaments on his body, such as bracelets, belt buttons, and a piece of agarwood carving hanging on his waist, so he simply took it off, handed it to Wu Meiniang and said, "This The agarwood carving pendant, let it be your meeting gift from my brother!"

Wu Meiniang took the wooden carving pendant as a matter of course, and said happily, "Oh, Meiniang has a meeting gift, but Eldest Sister doesn't."

Well, since it was given to Wu Meiniang, of course Wu Shunniang's must be missing, so Sun Xiangfu also took off the kit hanging from his waist, which contained a small bottle of toilet water, and gave Wu Shunniang even the toilet water and the kit.

The performance continued. After Sun Xiangfu watched it, he asked the accompanying guards to arrange boats for them. Under the leadership of Sun Xiangfu, many artists packed their bags and prepared to go to Luoyang.

"Hey, no, it seems that something is missing."

When Sun Xiangfu walked out of the Wuzhong courtyard, he realized that the young Wu Meiniang was such a thieves, begging for two things from him for nothing, and even touching a small box of lychee rock candy in his arms After leaving, the left and right are just a few snacks, so it's not easy for Sun Xiangfu to turn around and ask for it.

(End of this chapter)