Unlimited Food Plan

I have been busy for more than a month, and basically spent March and April planting wheat and researching potatoes.

During this period, Du Changqiu wrote to Baron Polly, saying that he had researched sweet cider, and brought him several large barrels of cider.

What came back was a secret letter sealed with wax seal.

Du Changqiu opened it and saw that there was a title deed for a piece of land, which happened to be the other half of the half-la manor allocated to him.Followed by a letter from Baron Polly, he said that Mercer Weir's distant nephew, who was not up to date, had not inherited the manor for three months. He drank too much and somehow killed himself in the winter.

Their family could no longer find an heir, so Baron Polly simply gave the whole land to Du Changqiu, and made it together. It just so happened that there were hundreds of people in it.

Baron Polly wrote: "My beloved Charlie, I know your heart for me, so don't think I am generous,? In fact, my feedback to you is not equal to one-tenth of what you have to me." There is "Since this sweet cider needs a lot of apples, this year I will change the tax from wheat to apples, and then I will give you half!"

I have to say that Baron Polly has a very simple mind, that is, if you treat me well, I will treat you well.Du Changqiu has dealt with smart people for a long time, and it is very worry-free to meet such a boss once in a while, which is why he is willing to send the recipe of sweet cider up.

"Look, what do you do with so many twists and turns, you have to be like the baron, and I can save trouble." Du Changqiu read the baron's letter to Fan Xing, and said after finishing reading, "Actually, this is the real smartness. Earning money, employing people is not suspicious and others are not, the baron is very powerful."

Fan Xing expressed that he was not interested in these human affairs at all, he put his head on Du Changqiu's back, and insisted on continuing to ask for sweet cider.

"No more, no more!" Du Changqiu laid him on the carpet, and the furry touch touched his waist, making him itchy all over his body, and he was out of breath from laughing, and said repeatedly, "It's just a bucket. , there are new apples in autumn, are you planning to finish drinking them today and wait until autumn to drink them?!"

When he said this, Fanxing stopped unhappy.

Du Changqiu did it on purpose, he didn't want Fan Xing to become a habit of drinking too much.At this moment, Fan Xing finally calmed down and promised to make him some butter cookies that he had talked about several times, Du Changqiu finally got a chance to escape.

At this moment, Du Changqiu's originally planned fields were all planted, and the green wheat seedlings had already faded.

And the peasants had just finished the work of paying taxes, borrowed oxen and plows with great interest, and had already worked in their private allotments.

Du Changqiu thought of the Messer Will family's manor, their fields, and hundreds of laborers who had never been there before.Immediately arranged for Aili Nuofu, let him take people, go over there quickly to see if the spring plowing has started.

If not, you have to start spring plowing as soon as possible. If you start, supplement and compost according to the situation.

"I'll leave it to you two to do this." Du Changqiu sent Andre and Pompeii who was guarding him with a serious face to a village a few mountains away.

The two set off with a team of soldiers and horses, and the vitality in the manor suddenly became much empty.

There are still too few people, Du Changqiu sighed with emotion.The next day, Butler George, who had been away for more than two months, came back in a hurry, with a small convoy behind him. Du Changqiu was taken aback by his travels and dust, and hurriedly asked what happened.

"Sir, I sold almost all the sugar, and I also got a big order for sweet cider." George took a sip of the cider, his face flushed with excitement, and he spoke quickly to Du Changqiu.

It turned out that George was lucky to go out this time!

He had just reached the third city, which was still more than half the distance from the royal city. Most of the sugar was scattered and sold, and a lot of cider was also sold.It's sweet cider, which has never met particularly rich customers. George dare not take it out to entertain those poor little nobles with green eyes, for fear that if they don't do anything, they will directly join them if they can't afford it. Kill the goods.

When George was in distress, he ended up attending a banquet of a big businessman on the way. Before George could talk to the Arabian businessman who was said to have a hand and eye, he happened to meet the younger brother of Gaia II, Prince Jikro Your Highness's doorman.

This prince of Chikro does not have titles in vain, he has money in his hands, and a wealthy fief in the seaport. What is comparable to his wealth is his pickiness.

He was always dissatisfied with everything, not with the food, not with the wine, in short, Prince Chikro's fastidious whole Kansai knew it.

Knowing his identity at that time, George immediately made friends with him. After the two had a pleasant conversation, he invited the doorman to come to his door and entertained him with sweet cider.

The doorman took a sip of the sweet cider, and his eyes lit up as if he had seen a honey bee. He forced himself to spend a high price that day and bought all the stocks in George's hand.

Not to mention, he also agreed with George that if His Royal Highness likes it, he will write to him immediately, and they will come to Wilt Manor to place an order in person in the spring of next year.

"Sir, sweet cider is sweet indeed, and its profit is astonishing! I paid ten times the price for that sweet cider, and Anthony didn't bargain at all. Twenty-five hundred pounds, and he took it all!" said George. When I got here, I put my hands on my chest, afraid that my heart would jump out.

"What did you say?!" Du Changqiu was startled, and he whispered, "1 pounds?!"

"Yes, but it also includes more than half of the ordinary cider, which he said is also good to drink." George said quickly.

Du Changqiu's scalp is going to explode, who cares about that ordinary cider!

The apple field in Wilt Manor is very large, hundreds of acres, but because of poor management and natural breeding, the original apple yield was two to three thousand catties per mu, but their yield seems to be several hundred catties per mu. The harvest also has [-] to [-] catties.

Very scary numbers.But Kansai’s apples are really worthless. Let’s not mention that apples are harvested in autumn, which is a shilling per quart, which is 25 catties, which is about the same price as oats. Not all of them can be sold.

Selling to merchants, the prices of merchants are unbearably low.Most of the time, half of the goods are sold and half given away, and more than half of it is left for myself to eat every year. After a little bit of hard work, I can earn back tens of pounds.

And in Charlie's memory, this was even a large amount of income.Because those apple trees are naturally raised, they are indeed sitting on the mountain to collect money.

George had always felt the same way.

But today he realized how much they lost!

"These merchants are really black-hearted!" George thought of this comparison, forgetting that they didn't know how to make cider before, and couldn't help complaining about these profiteers.

Du Changqiu was not in the mood to answer Butler George, because he was still in shock. He made a lot of sweet cider this time, but not much!He made less than [-] to [-] catties of cider, and he made [-] to [-] gallons of sweet cider.

Normal cider costs two shillings a gallon.

He sold over a pound a gallon!It's about the same price as wine!

The sugar used was only about [-] catties... Ah, thinking of this, Du Changqiu felt relieved.

Although the cider is cheap, but he used so much sugar, it was worth the money!

Anyway, at this price, only the rich can afford it, so don't worry!

After thinking about this matter, Du Changqiu was left with only joy, and before he had time to happily count the gold coins brought back, Butler George kept saying beside him: "Sir, can you make some more cider this month? I want to rush to Wangcheng before the summer festival to try to sell the cider, so that we can establish relationships with various big businessmen, so that not only His Excellency the Duke can drink it!"

What George said was cryptic, but Du Changqiu understood in a second why George rushed back all night, firstly, dozens of boxes of money kept him awake at night, and secondly, there is no perfect law and order in this era. If Prince Chikro feels good after drinking wine, in case he is in a good mood, he wants to get this handicraft...

If there is no check and balance from other forces, even Baron Polly will be in danger.

The gap between the two sides is too great, and this terrible thing must be avoided.Du Changqiu thought about it, quickly thought about the spring plowing of the whole manor, and then said to George repeatedly: "Tomorrow, I will ask people to take out the remaining apples in the cellar, and then let everyone come back and start working overtime, and try to catch up with the production in this month." Some cider."

"Sir, you don't have to worry about the raw materials. I have already placed an order with the merchant, and they will be delivered in about three days." George said softly, "Please forgive my self-assertion."

He was a little nervous, because he did not have Du Changqiu's consent.Although there was not much money to order these apples, George did make his own decisions, and the last thing a servant needs is self-determination.

"George, you are not self-assertive. On the contrary, you are a very good housekeeper." Looking at his expression, Du Changqiu knew that George was actually trying to test him. He was very willing to give him some reassurance and smiled. Patting George on the back, he said in a gentle voice, "An excellent housekeeper will make the best judgment and defend the interests of his own family when the situation requires it."

George looked up sharply.

This was the first time that the butler, who had been elegant for half his life, showed such an expression of surprise that he couldn't hide. He looked at Du Changqiu and repeated in disbelief: "Sir?"

"Why are you so surprised, George." Du Changqiu smiled and said softly, "Your grandfather and father both worked for the manor all their lives, and so did you. You were born here and grew up here. To you, Wilt Is the manor not your home?"

"Sir, my sir..." George's eye circles turned red in an instant, and he looked at Du Changqiu choked with sobs. For a moment, the always elegant butler George couldn't restrain his surging emotions at all. Voice, said repeatedly, "Sir, I, I..."

"No need to say anything, George." Seeing how excited he was, Du Changqiu comforted him repeatedly.

Nearly [-] gold coins were moved to the castle's treasury and locked up layer by layer. In addition to the largest amount of sweet cider, there was also money for selling half of the sugar.

It was a terrible sum of money, and it would be safer in the castle.

After finishing all this, Du Changqiu and George's housekeeper were relieved. Du Changqiu personally ordered to make the scallion butter cookies made by Aunt Mary. After the meal, George seemed to be a different person, full of energy and radiant If Du Changqiu hadn't tried his best to stop him, he could almost wish he would set off that night and meet Joseph, where he would wait for the passing merchants and wait for the cider to be brewed before delivering it.

Du Changqiu tried his best to stop it, but George still set off the next day with the sugar that the sugar factory had just produced in the past two months.

In the early morning of the next day, Du Changqiu said goodbye to George, told him to let go to do things outside, and then watched George leave.

Seeing that George has changed into a different person, he used to be stylish, but there is no energy or even murderous look in his eyes today.

Du Changqiu sighed in his heart, in fact, people are really easy to be satisfied.Many bosses always say that employees have no subjective initiative, but in fact they don't want to pay money or spend their time.

Such a capable housekeeper as George, why was he so excited when he heard Du Changqiu say that Wiltshire Manor was his home?

In fact, it is because there is a promise implied in it.This promise is to tell George that no matter what your future holds, Wirth Manor is your home, Wirter Manor will provide for you in the old age, and you can live a decent life in Wirth Manor even if you are old and unable to work in the future.

This is a very heavy commitment, which is equivalent to a pension contract.There is also a major benefit implied in it, that is, if George gets married and has a child in the future, the child will be nurtured and will be supported by the Werther Manor.

This is actually not common, and it is only possible for subordinates who are very loyal and have made great contributions.This is not only a promise and grace, but also a proof of glory and grace.

For example, George's grandfather and father have always served the Wirth Manor, but they all work when they can, and then find someone to marry in middle age.Then when the children grow up, they start to train the children, and then they get older and the children take over, and they themselves lose their wages.

This is doomed, a lifetime of glory, but in his later years he can only watch the children's conscience live.

In fact, most people are like this, but when people are old, they have to take every bite of food from their children, and when they are idle at home, eating and drinking must not be as good as when they were with their masters, so they can't help but feel desolate.This is something that children can't change even if they are filial.

George just watched his father being so depressed, such a decent person, although he tried his best to maintain his demeanor in his later years, he was not happy.

For people in this era, getting old is really a very tragic thing.

But if this promise is made, when he gets old in the future, Butler George can still keep his own room in the manor, and he can be taken care of by his master in a dignified manner, and he can also be taken care of by servants.

For Butler George, this was nothing less than a shot in the arm, scratching his most itchy spot all at once!

Mr. Charlie gave George this precious promise, how could George rest in the manor with nothing to do?He didn't want to do anything now, he just wanted to travel day and night quickly, meet up with Joseph who was looking at the goods, and then attend a few more merchant banquets, distribute cider and sell sugar bricks.

Butler George was full of fighting spirit, and so was Du Changqiu.

He announced something that almost made the whole winery boil.

"What did you say? Elinofor, you said, we will get wages?! You mean, money, pennies made of copper, right?!" Because Dere took people to do spring plowing in the next village At this moment, everything in the sugar factory is under the watchful eye of the head of the sugar factory, Ai Linuofu, and all the problems of everyone are all directed at Ai Linuofu.

"Yes, listen to me!" Elinofor is not like Dere's family. There are many relatives in the family. His father died long ago, and his mother is a widow. , there is only one younger sister of the same blood, who is only eleven or twelve years old, and is not in the winery.

There was a distant uncle who used to take care of De Lie and worked in the winery, but he was also dull-tempered. He wanted to help Elinofor, but he couldn't say a word after holding back for a long time.

"Shut up all of you! You're all yelling like that, what can Eleanor say?!"

"That's right, Kendela, you are the one who yells the most, do you still want to get paid?!"

Fortunately, just when Elinofor was about to get angry, relatives of Dere's family stood up, and Dere's cousin, Qian Ning, stood beside Elinofor, yelling at the thorns and started to yell. He scolded and kicked a few people directly, which quickly shocked the excited people.

Eleanor's heart was relieved, he instantly had a better impression of the men of the Andre family, and he also regretted that he didn't bring the patrol team and gathered everyone directly to announce the resumption of work of the winery in order to rush for time.

But fortunately, there was no danger. After learning the lesson, Elinofor wrote down the matter, and when everyone was quiet, he said repeatedly: "Yes, Mr. Charlie said that because of everyone's hard work, the manor has not only guaranteed In addition to the fixed working meals, everyone has a salary!"

Without waiting for everyone to ask questions, Eleanor went on to say: "The apple cutters get a penny every two days, the men and women who make wine and carry heavy things get a penny a day, and the team leaders of each group get three pennies every two days." !"

"Some food and money?! So much!!" Everyone's eyes lit up immediately, and even Dere's relatives didn't care about winning the trust manager's favor, and they all looked at their family members, showing ecstasy expression.

At this time, a penny is not a penny!A quart of oats for a shilling, or twelvepence!

With food and housing included, after a month, it is thirty pence, a full two and a half shillings!

Even a slightly older woman who is only responsible for cutting apples costs more than one shilling a month.

What does this represent?

This means that as long as there are family members who work in the winery, they can afford black bread at home!Black bread with nothing added!

Everyone suddenly boiled!

"Don't just be happy. Mr. Charlie said that this is a reward for working overtime. What does overtime mean, do you know? From now on, this month, we have to rush to make wine besides sleeping!" Eleanor was afraid of this. The gang guy was only dazed and yelled.

"Elinofor is right. We are going to move apples now. Starting today, each of us will live in the winery! What do you think?!" Channing immediately said to everyone when he heard this.

It caused everyone to roar and applaud.

Originally, Qian Ning had been assisting De Lie in managing the winery all winter. Everything was cleared up. With his help, there was no problem at all. The winery was very busy soon.

And the family members of the workers in the winery also soon learned of the explosive good news. They were so excited that they all showed off. The winery is better, but the winery can get money!

On the other side, Veronica was looking at the silver and copper coins in the frame, and stared at Du Changqiu dumbfounded.He asked incredulously, "Brother, do you mean to pay wages to the female workers in addition to food?"

"Yes, Veronica." Du Changqiu looked at Veronica. As for Charlie, his own sister, he had seen the girl change more and more recently. After entering the sugar factory, I quickly got started, and gradually had a few useful managers around me.

This made Du Changqiu very happy. He felt that Veronica was more talented than he thought, so he often asked Veronica to listen in when making judgments, including the arrangements for George's housekeeper and the family's income. Nor did he hide from Veronica.

This made Veronica grow faster, but she was still surprised. She was a little worried, took a few deep breaths, and couldn't help but ask: "But brother, they still only do these jobs, but we give them a higher salary. Does that make girls greedy?"

Hearing her question, Du Changqiu was happy to answer her doubts. He said to Veronica: "Maybe some people will, but Veronica, if a person has been working wholeheartedly, but they can only get Food to satisfy the hunger. It may not be so good in a short time, and even in the midst of hardships, people can still burst out with valuable character."

He looked at Veronica who was getting more and more puzzled, and said, "But if you get benefits, but refuse to share even a little bit with everyone, after a long time, everyone will have resentment in their hearts. At this time, you think maybe I think I give too generously, but Veronica, George just came back, and he told me that the craftsmen in the city are the most common kind, and they already have an average of about two shillings a month. wages."

This is true. George saw the "rich and prosperous" outside after his trip. He was very shocked by the middle class in the city. The sense of superiority he had when he went out disappeared, and he became more cautious.

Du Changqiu knew that Veronica definitely didn't know all this, and sure enough, she showed a shocked expression at this time.

But Veronica still cared a little bit, she frowned and said, "But you came up with the formula, brother."

"Which apprentice didn't learn the formula from the master?" Du Changqiu said with a smile, "Veronica, you remember, if a businessman wants to make money, he doesn't rely on reducing costs. To the limit, but always rushing to the forefront, to get the latest and what people desire most. Of course, this is a first-rate businessman. If it is a second- or third-rate businessman, it must rely on similar kindness to raise a group of loyal Underlings, let them twist with you, and only then can there be hope of turning around."

If nothing is pulled out, wealth will be like water entering a tank, and there will be no waves.

But if wealth pours in like a sea, and then spreads out like rivers, lakes, and sea tributaries, the dry land will be nourished, and then it will turn from a desert into an oasis, and from an oasis into a prosperous city of pearls.

Veronica listened to the latest business lecture of the current century.This includes many things, such as how to find talents, how to judge whether the direction is correct, and finally how to win people's hearts.

Whenever Veronica felt that she had learned everything her brother had taught her, she would find that she had only learned a little bit from scratch.

This time too.

After she went back, she tossed and turned all night. On the second day, she called Lili and asked her servants to carry the basket of money to the sugar factory.

The sugar mill girls saw money for the first time; they had never seen a penny before.

"Do you want to keep the money yourself, or give it to your relatives at home?" Veronica talked about the arrangement since then. With salary, the poor one bread a day is nothing. The wages of the female workers were on par with those of the winery. Now, the girls heard that they could earn more than a pound a year. If they were not all strong, they would have to die a few times.

"I, I choose, send half back and keep the other half!" Hathaway is now a senior manager, 45 pence a month, a full 3.75 shillings, and after a year, she can save 2.25 pounds!

This is definitely a huge fortune!

Hathaway recently learned some bookkeeping and writing from Ms. Veronica, and quickly calculated her income, and immediately calculated it in her head. The first month will be given to the family, and they will be exchanged for some food. It is best to Buy some more meat.

This amount of money is quite a lot, enough for the family to buy food and meat. Hathaway's family is only two people, and they plan carefully. I'm afraid there will be some food left when the money is delivered in the second month.

The other girls were not as fast as Hathaway, but they quickly asked the people around them, knowing how much money they could have every month, and how much they could get in exchange for food, their eyes almost lit up. "Then let everyone register to receive their salaries every month, and then arrange how much to send, and put them in a small cloth bag." Veronica saw the excited expressions of the girls, looked at them, and there was a smile on her face. With a smile.

She ordered softly, in exchange for cheers from the girls.

Not to mention how happy everyone in the village was when they got the news, all the things that George's housekeeper ordered arrived in a few days, including a large amount of cotton and cotton seeds that Du Changqiu had ordered, as well as apples that seemed to be endlessly long.

Tens of thousands of catties of apples filled the cellar in an instant, and the warehouse, which was only half eaten, was filled with a large amount of smoked fish, bacon, ham, and new livestock.

George spent a lot of money this time, coupled with the fact that the meat started to thaw after winter, and the merchants were afraid that the meat would spoil if it was put down, so the price was more than half cheaper than last year.

George guessed that there were so many jobs in the village, and Mr. Charlie was so special that he could eat and make things, so he wanted to give everyone food every day.

No, just round up the leftovers of several merchants.

This made these people very happy, and they sent all their brains here.Of course, because Wilt was poor and partial, none of the hosts came, they were all butlers running errands.

The cellar couldn't fit at all, and the room where the food was stored had never seen such a battle, it was crowded, so I had to move a lot of apples to the winery overnight, and barely filled more than half of it.

The cooler rooms in the castle are all full. According to the consumption in the village, there is no way to run them all out!

Do you want to watch these things rot?

Du Changqiu was in distress. He had gone to Pompeii for more than a week and rode thousands of miles overnight, and suddenly appeared in the village full of dust.

As soon as he entered the door, he didn't drink any water, and said to Du Changqiu repeatedly: "Mr. Charlie, Dere and everyone are besieged in Vail Manor!"

"What?!" Du Changqiu was startled, and asked repeatedly, "How could this happen?!"

"Lord Mercer Vail and his nephew ate and used up everything. Last year, after Vail's nephew inherited his manor, he found that there was no stock, so he forced everyone to pay for the firewood for the winter, which was five or six times more expensive than in previous years. times, and even robbed the wheat seeds that everyone will plant in the next year..." Pompei did not dare to delay, he spoke quickly, and kept saying, "As soon as we went, the desperate villagers surrounded us, and even the magistrate turned against him and protected the villagers! It was not until three days ago that I found the tunnel of the castle and escaped overnight, so I can come back."

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