Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 263: Hongshan Town

Xu Qing was dragged around the house by the girls. Just now they had heard a lot of Xu Qing's embarrassing things. At this time, they asked him to speak out and identify the scene of the "crime".
Coming down from the room where Xun Xueer used to live, Xu Qing happened to meet Liu San coming back from the horse.Liu San said to Xu Qing: "Why did the young master come out, it's so cold outside."

Xu Qing smiled and said: "It's okay, I haven't seen the former residence for a long time, and I miss it a little." After speaking, Xu Qing turned to the girls and said, "Go and play by yourself, Xiaoyue is familiar with this place..."

The few girls only had Xu Qing to discuss something, but they couldn't help much, so they left in response.Seeing this, Liu San quietly asked, "Master, where are those two girls coming from?"

Liu Sanzhi was naturally Huang Shimei and Luo Xiuxiu.

Xu Qing smiled and said: "One is everyone's daughter, and the other is a girl from a different race. Liu San, you know my temper. From now on, Xue'er will be the same as them. Don't neglect anyone or short anyone in any service."

Liu San hurriedly nodded and agreed: "That's of course only the mistress was here just now, I'm not good..."

The mistress is here, as a servant, she naturally has to be indifferent to other "concubines".Xu Qing nodded and said, "Okay, I want to ask about Hongshan Town, do you know the details?"

Liu San paused and asked, "Master, haven't you been to Hongshan Town yet?"

Xu Qing returned with a smile: "I haven't been there, I entered this house directly from Luonan."

After hearing this, Liu San seemed to have received a great honor, and said with a smile: "Then I will be the first person to see the young master, hahaha, old man Zheng and old man Xun have lost me this time!"

Xu Qing shook his head, but he just saw him first, there is no gain or loss.Liu San smiled and asked: "Master, you don't know that Old Man Zheng and Old Man Xun also live in Xuzhuang, right?"

Xu Qing shook his head and said, "No, Liu Long and Liu Hu have already told me."

Liu San was slightly disappointed, then patted his chest again and said, "Young master, although I don't get involved in Hongshan Town, I still know its operation, scale, profit and loss. What the young master wants to hear is business matters, or something short-sighted by the parents. Something new?"

Xu Qing thought, I don't know any parents in Hongshan Town who can ask about their family background, so he said, "Let's talk about the business in the past two years..."

"Come on, young master, there is still a burning fire in my room, it's warm there, let's talk there."

"Okay, talk while walking..." Xu Qing had heard what Liu Long and Liu Hu said before, and he wanted to know the development of Hongshan Town even more.

Liu San cleared his throat, and after a little thought, he said slowly: "After the young master goes to Hebei, I, Old Man Xun, Old Man Zheng and Yang Wen will take care of everything at home."

"There is a movement of ten taels of silver, and we need the joint consent of several of us to complete it. Later, Yang Wen raised a few things, and we felt that the risk was too high, so we didn't agree. But later, it turned out that Yang Wen It was indeed a great opportunity to make a fortune, and we missed it."

"After a few times, everyone felt that this way of handling things was not good. Because except for Yang Wen, the three of us knew nothing about managing family wealth. So we got together to discuss and changed to Yang Cheng reporting income and expenditure on a monthly basis. As long as it is profitable Enough, I will not hinder his plan. He can set up a factory or expand the street. This has been implemented for three months. Hey, the money in the account is more and more every time. We don’t believe it. Let’s take time to go to Curry Check. That guy, the copper coins are stored in two large warehouses, and many of them are converted into silver and stored in gold. Now we are convinced and report it every six months."

"Old Man Zheng and I live in Xuzhuang with peace of mind. The castrated pigs, I'll go and have a look, and the threshing, the two of them will go and have a look. Hey, speaking of setting up a factory, this is Hongshan Town It's really a way to get rich. Young master, do you still remember the Lu family?"

Xu Qing nodded and said: "Well, I know, the Lu family gave me a few carts of farm tools, which played a big role."

Liu San continued: "Well, that's the Lu family. Didn't they ask for the young master's secret recipe of candied haws? Later, the ordinary people didn't know where to learn that recipe. The workshop run by the Lu family went bankrupt. Seeing the opportunity, I bought it for a small sum of money.”

"After buying it, Yang Wen changed his method. He continued to make candied haws, but he also continued to introduce other foods. For example, he mixed the young master's fried rice with the maltose he bought, and then patted it into cubes. Once sold, It was out of stock immediately. Yang Wen took the opportunity to sell it to other prefectures and counties, and printed the word "Xu Ji" on the candy and packaging. When it was first sold, all counties looted it. Later, although the common people researched it, they were able to make their own. There are also imitations for sale, but those who are a little rich, but above the middle household, only recognize the word "Xu Ji". So for so long, there have been constant orders, and it is said that they have been sold to Luoyang recently."

"Yang Wen has a flexible mind, and he has launched several candies, all of which are produced by Xu Ji, and they are very popular." At this point, Liu San's eyes lit up, and he suddenly lit up, and took out the candies from the cabinet next to them. Get some boxes out.

Opening the box, it was fried rice candy. Xu Qing tasted a piece, and it was really good. The aroma of fried rice and the sweetness of maltose were perfectly blended together, and it was not sticky to the teeth and had no burnt taste.

Liu San laughed happily: "Just because of this candy, Hongshan Town has three more factories, and there are hundreds of carpenters just for making wooden boxes!"

Xu Qing said dumbly: "There are so many, where did the carpenter come from?"

Liu San sighed and said, "At first, there were not many carpenters, but Yang Wen paid a lot of wages, so some young people squeezed their heads in to learn. Up to now, how many hundred carpenters are there every day?" ah."

Xu Qing suddenly said: "So that's the case. What about the other things? Liu Long and Liu Hu said that Hongshan Town is more lively than the county government. Just because of this candy?"

Liu San had a displeased face, and cursed softly, "You two brats can't even learn to speak."Liu San explained: "Master, what's wrong with that, Hongshan Town is obviously ten times more lively than this county town!"

Xu Qing was shocked again, and hurriedly asked, "Why did Yang Wen attract so many people? Could it be that you raised taxes and started doing business?"

"Where, the young master misunderstood," Liu San said slowly: "Yang Wen said that our land in Luonan is small and there are not many people. Even if we are the first profitable business, we don't have much money, so he contacted the person in Chang'an. A person, that is, a fairy brew..."

"Immortal Noodles?" Xu Qing asked, "Could it be that Luonan also set up a factory for Immortal Noodles?"

"No, the people in Chang'an didn't tell the secret recipe and how the machine works, so this matter didn't work." Liu Sandao: "Finally, Yang Wen saw that Xianren brew was very popular in Luoyang, but the journey was too far, and the merchants were unwilling to buy it. Yang Wen asked Changan to send Baitan over every month as a consignment..."

(End of this chapter)