As soon as Zhao Yuande, Zhao He, and Shao Yunan arrived at the door of Yizhangxuan, Shopkeeper Xu came out, and I don't know if they were waiting here specially. After Shao Yunan introduced the two parties, the three followed Manager Xu to the room where Manager Xu worked behind Yizhang Xuan. Zhao Yuande and Zhao He took out the four bottles of jam from the back basket. Shao Yunan explained that the four bottles were all made by Zhao He, and two of them contained sweet-scented osmanthus. Shopkeeper Xu immediately brought a spoon to taste.

The taste of the two bottles of jam without sweet-scented osmanthus is naturally not as good as what Shao Yunan gave to the shopkeeper Zeng, but it is not bad. Shopkeeper Xu still charges at the price agreed yesterday. This jam with sweet-scented osmanthus has another taste. Shopkeeper Xu will charge it, and the price will be added 50 cents each on the original basis. After all, sweet-scented osmanthus is also a cost. Zhao Yuande and Zhao He had no objection at all, and shopkeeper Xu immediately ordered someone to write the deed. Shao Yunan mentioned preservation again. If Zhao Yuande did the fresh-keeping treatment first, it would be difficult for shopkeeper Xu to inspect the goods after he got the goods; if shopkeeper Xu and the others did the fresh-keeping treatment themselves, they could avoid any bottle of jam that did not meet their requirements. , affecting each other's integrity.

After Shao Yunan said that he provided free fresh-keeping methods, shopkeeper Xu said that they should still do the fresh-keeping. They still had to check the quality of each batch of goods, and they would keep them fresh, and they were good at canning. In addition, they will provide jam jars without Lizhengjia paying for it. Zhao Yuande and Zhao Hezhen didn't know how to thank Shao Yunan. In this way, another fresh-keeping contract was signed, and Shao Yunan immediately stated the method of fresh-keeping. There were many words here that he could not write, and it was written by the shopkeeper Xu himself.

The best way to keep jams fresh is definitely the preservatives, but not here. The method provided by Shao Yunan is to boil the prepared jam in a jar with hot water, cover it with a layer of cloth or paper for about ten minutes, and quickly seal it with paraffin or mud, similar to the preservation of wine. Another is to pour paraffin on the top of the bottle, then slowly invert the jar, let the air out, and finally seal it. Just scoop out the paraffin when you eat it. Of course, the paraffin used here must be edible paraffin, but there was no petroleum in ancient times, and the refined paraffin was basically non-toxic and harmless paraffin.

After the two deeds were written, shopkeeper Xu expressed his hope that the first batch of jam could be delivered as soon as possible. As long as the quality of the jam is up to the standard delivered today, that's how much you charge. The deed also stated that Yizhangxuan would only receive jam from Lizheng's house. The jam with sweet-scented osmanthus is half and half without. If the jam with sweet-scented osmanthus is more popular, then increase the order. Shopkeeper Xu immediately paid a deposit of fifty taels of silver.

After handing in four bottles of jam, he took back fifty taels. Zhao Yuande went out and got on the ox cart, his hands still shaking. Zhao He was not much better. This time Shao Yunan taught him the method of making jam directly, and Zhao He didn't know how grateful he was. He is a male wife and has only one child. Although he has Zhao Yuande's love, he will always feel sad in his heart. Now that the jam is mainly made by him, Zhao He does not know how much confidence he has increased.

Back in the village, Shao Yunan first told Li Zheng and his wife about the matter, and then went to instruct Zhao He to make jams in large quantities. Aunt Zhao Liu, Zhao Yuande and Li Zheng handled the fruit. There are too many fruits to be harvested, and they must be dealt with quickly. In this batch of fruit, Li Zhengjia is not going to invite others to help, they are tired when they are tired, and when this batch is sold, they will really have a bottom line, let’s talk about it.

The steward of the Land Department came in the morning, just as Shao Yunan was at home. Yu Lizheng took him, and the steward led someone to measure the land. The two homesteads plus ten acres of mountains made a total of ninety-eight taels, which was much less than Li Zheng had estimated. The life of the common people is not easy. In those places that have suffered disasters and wars, many lands are deserted, and there is no human race. So now the land is being sold cheaply, and the imperial court also hopes that the people can return to their hometowns to farm with peace of mind. Upon seeing this, Shao Yunan immediately expanded the new homestead, bought another ten mu of mountainous land, and bought ten mu of dry land not far from the new home, adding an additional forty-six taels. Shopkeeper Xu gave one hundred and fifty taels of silver to thank him, even if he didn't move Wang Shijing's "private house", Shao Yunan was not short of money.

The steward kindly reminded that if you buy so many fields, if you don't plant anything, you will be fined silver, and there is no one-year tax holiday for the ten mu of dry fields. Shao Yunan said that they would plant and pay taxes on time. But seeing him spend more than a hundred taels of silver in one breath without blinking, he already knew that Shao Yunan and the magistrate seemed to have a good relationship and didn't say much. Immediately went to Lizheng's house to write the deed in triplicate, which were respectively in charge of the Land Secretary, Lizheng and Shao Yunan. Wang Shijing was not at home, and Shao Yunan pressed his handprint and wrote his name, but Li Zheng didn't say much. Wang Shijing said before going up the mountain that the land and house of the family were written in Shao Yunan's name, and Shao Yunan made the decision.

The steward took the people away. Before leaving, Uncle Lizheng had not yet given a small jar of freshly made jam to return favor for Shao Yunan. The steward immediately smiled and spoke a lot more politely. Shao Yunan was not polite to Li Zheng. He is now a man who owns a house and land, and happily brings his two children home. As soon as I entered the house, I took the land deed and house deed into the space while the two children were away.

Wang Shijing only came back in the evening, and when he came back, he was faced with "rumours" that "the Ishijing family spent more than 140 taels of silver to buy a large piece of homestead and 30 acres of land". Wang Shijing ignored it, and returned home with a group of young men who were full of baskets. Shao Yunan saw that they had returned with a full reward, and his eyes were crooked with laughter.

Wang Shijing asked Wang Qing to borrow a scale, weighed it on the spot, and gave the money after the weighing. The tea they picked was also Longjing. Wang Shijing asked the seven or eight young men who went with him to store the tea according to the grade of the tea. For the best fresh leaves, Wang Shijing gave 150 cents a pound, the worst, 50 cents a pound, and the medium ones 80 cents a pound. Shao Yunan didn't care, he just gave Wang Shijing the money bag.

After everyone left with satisfaction, Wang Shijing explained: "You said that this tea is best harvested in spring, and you will pay more at that time. They have just started picking, and there must be some bad points, so I will Don't give so much. If the difference between the worst and the best is too much, then the best ones will be picked in the future. You said that as long as the tea leaves are made by you, even the worst tea will be bought. Good fresh leaves After all, it is a minority, so I added the price of inferior tea."

Shao Yunan kissed his index finger and tapped it on Wang Shijing's lips: "You're very business-minded. I'll leave the tea collection to you in the future."

Wang Shijing pulled Shao Yunan over and put his chapped lips on Shao Yunan's lips. Wang Qing hurriedly dragged Nizi into the kitchen, seeing no evil.

A total of more than 120 catties of fresh leaves were collected in this trip, and about 30 catties of tea can be produced. This is because the villagers have picked tea and sold it in the county before. The mountain king Ishijing in the west didn't take anyone there. It was their own. Although he hadn't bought it yet, he took someone to run around the safety areas of other mountains in the village. tea tree. However, it may be that there were many villagers who picked them, and they had crab legs, but they were not as good as what they found in Xishan. The harvest was only ten kilograms. Wang Shijing didn’t give any money.

After picking so many fresh leaves, I have to work again at night. Shao Yunan cooked early, and after eating, the two children arranged their own affairs. He and Wang Shijing handled the fresh leaves. It's not that people in the village don't wonder what Lizheng's family is doing with so many red sour fruits and wild peaches. A few families have guessed whether they want to make jam, but it's Lizheng's family, and no one dares to ask questions. As for Wang Shijing's collection of tea, the villagers guessed that they might want to make tea and sell it for money, but they all doubted it. Is the tea made good? The tea in the shop is very expensive, and the most inferior tea is not something that ordinary people can afford. As far as Shao Yunan and Wang Shijing can make tea? If they could do it, the Wang family and the Shao family would have already made money.

Wang Shijing and Shao Yunan closed the courtyard door to cut off any rumors. The two spread out the tea leaves, and Shao Yunan sprinkled the essence of the spiritual spring water with his hands first, and then began to make tea after drying. He didn't sleep all night, Wang Shijing only squinted for two hours in the morning and left again with a wallet in his hand, and Shao Yunan let him rest for a day, but he refused. He was going to Shanyang Village, and Zhao He asked him to go directly to his father, and his mother and father collected fruit in Shanyang Village. When Wang Shijing left, Shao Yunan wiped his eyes, wiped his eyes, and brought him two gourd water, especially telling him to keep the water for himself.

Wang Shijing wanted to finish harvesting and producing the tea before the busy farming season, and then he went to find someone to build a house, and he had to reclaim the 30 acres of newly purchased land and plant food. Originally, he wanted to ask the villagers to help build a house after the busy farming season, but it was cold at that time, and Wang Shijing was now afraid of freezing Shao Yunan. Anyway, there are many refugees in the county who have lost their fields and come from other places to find work. The family is now too small and too poor. The big bathroom that Shao Yunan was thinking about was always pressing on Wang Shijing's heart.

Wang Shijing went out that day and came back that night, so the fresh leaves that he harvested could not be put away. Shao Yunan couldn't bear him to be so tired. When the tea was recovered, he rushed Wang Shijing to rest, and he took care of it. Wang Shijing went out early and returned late every day, and Shao Yunan was too tired. Although there was spiritual spring water and spiritual milk, but he did not dare to drink the spiritual milk directly, he would still feel tired. Over the past few days, Wang Shijing lost weight. Several times, Shao Yunan couldn't help but talk about the space, so that the fresh leaves that were collected could be put into the space and dealt with slowly, and there was no need to hurry.

In addition to Wang Shijing and Shao Yunan in the village, Lizheng's family is the busiest. The day before, I signed a contract with Shopkeeper Xu, and that night, the Lizheng family worked all night, making three jars of goat's milk jam and a large jar of peach jam. In order not to attract attention, when the sky was dawn, Zhao Yuande and Zhao He drove the cattle and sheep and pulled four jars of jam to the county seat. When Zhao Yuanqing and Li Caijuan came back, the couple also joined the busy work. After discussing with Aunt Zhao Liu, Li Zheng called Zhao He's adoptive parents over to help.

Zhao He's adoptive parents are his only son, Zhao He's adoptive father is also an only son, and the two are tight-lipped and sincere people, and they didn't hide their jam. When they found out, they immediately said that they would never tell others. , and even let Li Zheng tell them how to make the jam, they only do the preparatory work. The attitude of the two made Li Zheng and Aunt Zhao Liu feel at ease, and also made Zhao He very happy. The attitude of his parents made him more comfortable in his "in-law's house".

In the midst of this busyness, the farmers are busy. The Lizheng family also made jams and sold them to Yizhangxuan, except for the goat's milk fruits and wild peaches that they had collected for Shao Yunan. Osmanthus li is not looking for villagers to collect, and it is enough to go to the mountain to collect some. Zhao Yuande has already made plans to buy more acres of land to plant fruit trees in the spring, and then buy all the open space in his backyard to transplant sweet-scented osmanthus, as well as goat milk fruit and fruit trees. For the future, the Lizheng family is full of confidence. And the reason why they are so rich is because the income finally calculated by this transaction makes them think that they are dreaming.

They collected more than 300 catties of goat milk and fruit, and more than 200 catties were removed from Shao Yunan. They collected more than one hundred catties of wild peaches. All the jams made are sold, not counting the fractions. The profit is 174 taels, and the cost of harvesting the fruit plus labor is at most 20 taels, which is equivalent to the net profit of Lizheng's family at least 150 taels, deducting 10% of the profit for Shao Yunan. , there are also 135 taels. It took only ten days of work, and I earned 135 taels! The Lizheng family has worked hard all year. When the year is good, it is only thirty or forty taels. Now it is not bad to have twenty taels a year, but now, they earn 135 taels in one breath! Give Shao Yunan 100 taels, and they still have 35 taels!

Li Zheng felt that he was about to breathe, so frightened that Zhao Yuande and Zhao Yuanqing hurriedly rubbed their father's chest. Aunt Zhao Liu was too happy to close her mouth, so she quickly asked Zhao Yuande to send him the 100 taels of silver owed to Shao Yunan. This time, they really took advantage of Shao Yunan and Wang Shijing. Shao Yunan only received 50 taels first, and Lizheng's family also received red dates and hawthorn, so he was not in a hurry to use the money. Zhao Yuande was not polite to him and put down 50 taels.

Sooner or later, the jam thing will spread. Yizhangxuan's jam business has already opened. It is said that it is extremely hot, and the supply is in short supply. But the red sour fruit was gone, and the wild fruit was almost extinct at this time, so shopkeeper Xu had to sell it in limited quantities every day. Because of the preservation method, Yizhangxuan immediately sent people to deliver some of the jam to the prefecture after receiving the jam, and even sent a few jars of jam to the capital. Zhao Yuande has been paying attention to the situation on Yizhangxuan's side. Seeing that the jam is selling so hot, he knows that the jam will not be hidden for too long. Zhao Yuande, his father and brother made a lot of calculations. Before the villagers realized that the jam was related to their family, they quickly collected red dates and red hawthorn. This time, the price was higher. A pound of text.

Wang Shijing and Shao Yunan were buying houses, land and cattle and sheep. Old lady Wang, who was always worried about Shishi's money, was angry and anxious. Wang Zhisong persuaded him, but how could he have no idea in his heart. The two of them spent tens of hundreds of taels. If the family can give him the money, he can buy a good pen and ink, go to Fucheng to buy better books, and even manage some relationships around, maybe he can still Entering the Imperial College of Fucheng. But Wang Zhisong didn't dare to ask his parents to ask for it, so he could only persuade him again and again.

Wang Chunxiu is also not to worry about it. With that money, the family has enough to buy a girl. Does she still use those dirty and tiring jobs? Moreover, with that amount of money, how many good materials and jewelry can be bought for her, and the only thing she has on her body is a silver bracelet, which she asked her mother for a long time to buy for her. That little **** Wang Ni is wearing white jade earrings!

The whole family felt aggrieved, seeing Wang Shijing spending so much money on tea. Although it was said that Shao Yunan sold a good idea and made money, no one in the Wang family believed it. As Shao Yunan was born with mud legs, he could have a good idea and sell it for so much money. If there was a good idea, the Shao family would have made money long ago, and he would definitely be reluctant to marry Shao Yunan like that. The Wang family still firmly believes that Wang Shijing is carrying the money in their private house, or they still have stones in their hands.

The more she thought about it, the more unwilling the old lady Wang went to the patriarch Wang Wenhe. She didn't go to Lizheng. The last time she was scolded so badly by Lizheng, she knew that Lizheng would definitely not decide for her. When Brother Guo Zhao was not there, Mrs. Wang took Wang Chunxiu with her. This time, I have to get the family to get some money out of their hands!