She left some wheat seeds for Hu Chunshan, and then told him that the county government would sell grain seeds. "Those are high-quality grain seeds, and they ripen every two months. Remember to remind the village chief and ask everyone in the village to buy them. Don't save those few copper coins."

Since it concerns the crops in the fields, Gu Chunshan naturally kept it in mind and thought about going back to tell every household about it with his father.

Li Changle no longer had the money to collect the seeds. After all, his status was different now. He was the Minister of Agriculture who worked for the emperor.

It was stated explicitly that these wheat seeds were given by the emperor.

That was what the emperor asked her to send.

After all, she could earn back the contribution points tenfold, so she didn't lose out.

She didn't want to calculate the people's every penny.

There is no shortage of money in my pocket.

What you spend can be earned back elsewhere.

However, except in years of disaster, the county government would not allow people to eat for free.

Li Huai charges two cents for one acre of wheat seeds.

Although it is a drop in the bucket for the county's accounts...

But it's better than nothing. It would be good if we could give some subsidies to the yamen runners.

It is not easy for the common people, and it is also difficult for the government in years of disaster.

There has been no tax revenue for three years, and everyone in the government office has to tighten their belts.

Fortunately, the imperial court was tolerant of officials who performed their duties diligently in the disaster-stricken areas. Since the disaster was beyond human control, the imperial court did not excessively reprimand local officials, nor would it have a major impact on their performance evaluations.

Of course, in the face of disasters, corrupt officials and officials who fail to take action will not be punished so leniently.

People like Li Huaitong have been included in the reserve list for promotion next year.

Who can blame him for producing new crops with an output of over 10,000 kilograms per mu in the area under his jurisdiction this year?

Last year, we also busted several gangs of bandits.

During the disaster, many refugees were accommodated and given proper arrangements.

All of this passed through the hands of the Crown Prince and Gu Jingyan, and was reported to the emperor directly or indirectly.

Compared with those corrupt officials who took advantage of the national crisis to enrich themselves, the difference is obvious.

It's unacceptable that he still doesn't give me a promotion.

This is something for later, let’s not mention it for now.

Even now, he had been running around to the houses of the wealthy families crying poor, and he had been running so diligently that he had actually taken away most of their grain stocks to save them from the emergency.

Now that I've given them some sweet rewards, that relationship has been resolved.

Otherwise, Li Huaitong would like to give those big households a small sum of money to fill the deficit in the government's granary.

They would buy dozens or hundreds of acres of wheat seeds at any time. If he hadn't put pressure on them, saying that there were not so many wheat seeds available for order, they would have specifically wanted to buy seeds for a thousand or eight hundred acres.

The wealthy families own a lot of land and farms, and their families have connections in official circles. Many of the lands are registered in the names of people with honors, so even if it is not a disaster year, they can save a lot of taxes.

We have taken advantage of all the advantages.

Li Huaitong felt heartbroken when he thought about the tax exemption for the past three years.

Exempting the people from taxes for three years will give them a break and comfort them from the misfortunes brought on by natural disasters.

But if he lets these big players do whatever they want.

Not to mention whether Li Changle has so many grain seeds, just thinking about the emperor makes him break out in a cold sweat.

There are places in the north that need these wheat seeds more than Li County.

Those wealthy families harvested grain and their granaries were full, but they were only filling their own pockets.

His act of allowing the rich to indulge their appetites is to eat the biggest dishes.

Fortunately, every family in Li County has harvested a lot of sweet potatoes this year. If they plant one or two seasons of wheat, they will all have a good New Year.

At this time, Li Huaitong was talking about wheat seeds with his lawyer.

Both of them felt that what had happened in Li County in recent months was not real.

There is a ridiculous feeling of making money without doing anything.

Well, although the government is still poor.

But you can't calculate it that way.

The poorest times are over.

As long as the people live a good life, it doesn’t matter whether the government is poor or not.

After all, Li Huaitong was not greedy for money that did not belong to him.

However, he also gained a lot from Li County's efforts.

He probably won't have to run for re-election in Li County this time.

He now has... someone in the court, right?

The master was a confidant of Li Huaitong who had been with him for many years. He sighed for a moment, with some fear: "... Fortunately, at that time, you resisted the pressure from that person and did not obey his wishes to do anything to Leshan Manor..."

Speaking of that person, Li Huaitong's mouth twitched, "...I haven't been kicked in the head by a donkey before. Everything has a first come first served. That's General Gu's territory. I've lived enough and I'm stubborn, so why should I bump into him?"

"No, even if General Gu hadn't done this, I couldn't just... secretly do it for him without knowing the truth..."

Before he could even utter the word "kidnapping", the master hummed, "Sir!"

Li Huai agreed, "Humph! I wonder what secrets he has with that guy in Kyoto."

The old yellow flowers are already setting, but are still jumping around.

Is he the kind of person who is blinded by greed and does things insincerely?

If you want to curry favor and flatter, you don't know who is sitting on the position of Yichang prefect now.

The lawyer sighed inwardly, not knowing whether to say that his master was too conservative and inflexible, or whether to be thankful that his master was lucky after all, as a noble person came to help him at the last minute.

Even the young master has some friendship with the Gu family.

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Li Changle had no idea of ​​Li Huaitong's complicated thoughts. She had been working non-stop all day. Around two or three in the afternoon, she had already come out of the marinade processing workshop and was sitting in a private room of Wanjia Restaurant.

It was a hot day and she had just come out of the workshop. The hair on her temples was wet with sweat and stuck to her scalp. Li Ping gave her an ice basin and Leng Wu fanned her beside the basin.

Li Changle picked up the tea bowl brought by the waiter and drank two bowls of summer-heat-relieving tea before he quenched his thirst.

She asked Leng Wu to take a rest by himself, as he really didn't need too much personal service.

hot.

This girl, who spoke as little as Leng Yi and Leng Er, only responded: "I am not hot."

Li Changle: "...Okay, please do as you please."

He was wrapped in a black shirt and black pants, and accompanied her in and out for most of the day, without even a strand of his hair getting wet.

Okay, okay, she is the only one who is feeling as hot as an ant on a hot pan.

Li Ping asked the waiter to take her upstairs. After she sat down and relaxed for a while, he came over with the account book.

The restaurant's booming business in the past few months, coupled with the increasing number of orders for marinated ingredients, has made Li Ping even more motivated.

It seemed as if becoming the richest man in Dayan was just a matter of seconds.

The eldest son, Li Haibo, has already set foot on the more distant provincial capital.

All the useful people in the clan were integrated and management and training were strengthened. Liping wanted to mobilize all the family members and not let them just sit on the ancestral property and enjoy themselves.

Otherwise, future generations will have to work hard to catch up with others.

Seeing his confident look, Li Changle couldn't help but laugh and said, "Manager Li, you have the words 'making a fortune' written all over your face."

Li Ping subconsciously touched his face and said, "So obvious? Hahaha!"

"Shopkeeper, take it easy. Don't show off your wealth..."

Liping waved his hands meaninglessly, looking fearless.

The joy of earning a huge sum of money cannot be concealed at all.

Li Changle was hard to say. Just by going out and showing his face, he looked so smug that many shop owners on the street would want to sack him.

It is certainly annoying to see your own shop deserted and empty, but it is even more frustrating to see your competitor's shop packed with people. It really breaks your defenses.

Li Ping spread out the account book and flipped through the pages. "Mrs. Li, take a look. These are all the orders we just got recently."

Turning to the summary number at the back, "As of yesterday, the order amount has been this much."

Li Changle saw with his own eyes how busy everyone was in the huge processing workshop, and couldn't help but give Li Ping a thumbs up, "Manager Li, this money should be earned by you."

She asked herself, if she were to run this marinade business on her own, she would not be able to combine production, processing and sales channels in such a short time and let the products reach the vision of people from all over the Great Yan Dynasty as quickly as possible.

Even if I find someone else to work with, he or she may not be able to cooperate with me as well as I do.

Li Ping gave up many opportunities to gain more benefits for himself.

Li Changle is not stupid. She knows that people not only value the money she has, but also the "bigwigs" behind her.

In that case, it will be mutually beneficial.

Li Ping laughed, "Madam Li also made a lot of money, hahaha.

You wait, my eldest son doesn't have much patience for studying, but when it comes to business, he is better than me, and he will definitely bring us more orders."

Liping has been smiling like Maitreya Buddha every day recently, and there are a few fine lines at the corners of his eyes.

His wife at home told him not to be so happy.

Li Changle discussed the issue of increasing the amount of raw materials that he mentioned.

Finally, purchase more raw materials.

She has already expanded production with the raw materials in her hands.

In order to avoid untimely supply due to increasing orders, some adjustments will be made to the raw materials of the small marinade packages temporarily.

There are so many Chinese marinade recipes, so Li Changle went to the system mall to search, checked the details, and picked a few small recipe packages that contained purchased ingredients.

When the supply of goods is stable in the future, all the prescriptions can be sorted out and produced for the people to choose and buy.

Li Ping also agreed after hearing this.

Everyone has said that the supply is not sufficient at the moment, and no one has insisted that there is no stock.

I have to ask someone to adjust the marinade recipe, saying that the taste will definitely not be inferior to the previous one.

Li Ping consoled himself by saying that other people were self-aware and there was no need for him to bring it up, thus saving him from any worries.

What else can I be dissatisfied with?

As for the last thing Li Changle brought up, he wanted to ask him to help find two or three chefs who could cook.

After hearing her hiring requirements, Li Ping felt that this was not a difficult task.

He asked the waiter to call Li Haichuan up.

"Mrs. Li, take a look, is my second child okay?"

Li Changle was surprised: "..."

How can this be considered poaching someone else's talents?

Fearing that she would be quick to criticize him, Li Ping spoke quickly, "Although this boy is not very good at detailed work, he can still cook and stew meat, and the taste is still good."

Li Haichuan was called upstairs, and he didn't know why he was there. His father always liked to nag him, saying that he was not good at this and that, and that he was not as good as his brother at anything.

When have you ever praised him like this?

Although the first half of the sentence didn't sound very nice, Li Haichuan was a man who could climb up the ladder. "Madam Li, is your farm short of a cook? I can do it! I've been following the chef in the restaurant for many years!"

Although I was just an assistant in the kitchen most of the time, I had followed the chef for so long that I had learned some skills and could be considered a half-cook.

Li Ping glared at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense. You are not ashamed to say that with just a few moves!"

Li Changle didn't really want to recruit any famous chef to take charge.

The farm's barbecue and hotpot restaurants are rare in this era. The chefs who are hired have to learn all over again.

So if you have some basic knowledge of kitchen work, it is not difficult to learn.

Li Ping recommended two more candidates to Li Changle.

They are all diligent children selected from the tribe and trained.

"If what Madam Li wants is a great chef with good skills, then I will do my best to find one for you. But if a half-cook can do the job, then it will be much easier to find that person."

The cooking skills of half a cook were indeed enough. Li Changle thanked Li Ping for his help and asked the three people to find her at the farm tomorrow.

After being out for a day, Li Changle talked with Li Ping for quite some time and was ready to leave.

While seeing someone off downstairs, he kept asking about the lychees.

The restaurant hadn't sold fruit for a while, and the ladies and wives of the wealthy families sent people to ask for it every now and then, but they all returned empty-handed.

Lychee fruit tea couldn't be made either. Liping felt very sad because all the money lost was a lot of hard-earned money.

Li Changle thought about the orchard on Bijia Mountain, but he didn't really give up on them. "Other fruits, the shopkeeper's, are not suitable for sale anymore. You can't sell them as well as those from my farm. But you can continue to provide lychees, but you have to wait. They are not ripe yet."

What could Li Ping say but to bow and express his gratitude.

The manor was about to open for business, and Li Ping knew it. By then, it would definitely have some impact on the business of his restaurant.

As for himself, he was also eager to try it out and experience the fun.

But he also has an open mind. Every industry has competition, and one person cannot take over such a large market.

As long as it is healthy competition, it should be allowed to exist.

At most, in the future, the position of Wanjia Restaurant will be moved from first to second?

Li Ping felt very calm, as he and Li Changle had a win-win relationship.

Now he sent his son from his own restaurant to Leshan Zhuangzi to study.

He may be even busier next.

There are too many orders, so we have to keep a close eye on the processing workshop.

While busy on both ends, the real good days for the Li family are yet to come.

Li Changle, escorted by Leng Wu, got on the carriage and urged to go home quickly.

It's too hot outside.

If she hadn't heard that it had rained in Li County two days ago, she would have doubted whether the drought was not over yet.

This place is so hot in the summer and so cold in the winter.

When we got back to the village, the old man was having fun with Yu'er on Xiaole Mountain. He hadn't come back yet. The sun was setting, and it looked like it was almost time for him to go home.

When Li Changle arrived at the inner courtyard, he first took a warm bath to get rid of the heat.

After coming out of the bathroom, he collapsed directly onto the bed covered with mats.

Consciously open the system mall.

After searching and placing an order, Kuang Kuang spent thousands of contribution points.

After she felt cooler, she moved to the desk and lay there writing a letter to Gu Jingyan with a pen.

The lives of the people in Li County were originally better than those in the hardest-hit areas, and now their daily production is gradually resuming.

But the further north you go, the more miserable the people there are.

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