In the years of ancient traders

"Of these dishes, garlic and bean sprouts are the cleanest."

The wedding banquet was over, the guests dispersed, Song He and Cheng Erniang entered the bridal chamber, Sanniang Song Shu, Guo Boss and several others cleaned up the yard.Cui Wuniang brought two large wooden basins for washing and washing vegetables. Sanniang poured the leftovers into one basin and put the dishes into the other.

"Shiro, shopkeeper Wang bought it just now?" Sanniang asked Song Shu.

Song Shu's alcohol has not subsided, and his face is still a little hot. "I bought two catties of garlic and one catty of bean sprouts, saying that I want to go back and honor my filial piety." Song Shu said.

Sanniang whispered secretly, this shopkeeper Wang is already the most unobtrusive among these people, and he just bought so much for his own food, the money in the hands of these wealthy households is really beyond their imagination.

"I see that Mr. Yang and Fu Shaodong's family are also very interested." Cui Wuniang said, she helped Sanniang put the empty dishes into the basin, and asked Boss Guo to come and wash them after they were full.

Sanniang glanced at Song Shu who was also tidying up, but said nothing.Everyone can see the interest of Mr. Yang and Fu Shaodong's family, not only them, but which farmer present is not interested at all.The winter is long, and they are thinking about the least valuable wild vegetables in spring, not to mention the bean sprouts and garlic yellow that they have never seen before.If the price is not too expensive, those farmers will probably buy some.

The peasants had no money, but Mr. Yang and Fu Shaodong's family had some, and both of them were engaged in related businesses, but they only asked the price and didn't buy anything.

Sanniang was very thoughtful, after Song Shu's quotation came out, she had thought about it several times.

In the past, whenever Song Shu had a new thing, he could always offer the farmers a price that they could afford and make money.Only then did more and more hawkers from the neighborhood gather in their villages, carrying steamed buns, soybean oil and silk to be traded, and then Xianghe City came into being, and now every household in Xianghe Village can eat and wear warmly.

But this time the garlic yellow and bean sprouts are quite different. Sanniang wanted to ask, but she also deliberately avoided Cui Wuniang and Guo Boss. Humane, it's always bad for her to ask so rashly.

After roughly tidying up, some dishes that were too late to wash were piled up in the backyard, Boss Guo and Cui Wuniang left one after another.

Song Shu boiled hot water to wash his feet, but saw Sanniang standing at the door, hesitating to speak.

"What's the matter?" He put on his socks and beckoned Sanniang to sit down at the low table.Song Anan was still outside to deal with the aftermath, and he couldn't come back for a while. He planned to wait for Song Anan to come back before going to sleep.

San Niang sat down, now that there were no outsiders, she expressed her doubts all over her head.

Song Shu listened quietly at the side, his alcohol had receded, and Sanniang's speech was not fast, but the content was orderly.He is busy with various workshops every day, and he is always thinking of new tricks, so the communication with Sanniang is not as good as when he first arrived.

It's just that Sanniang was very patient at such a young age. After careful observation and hard thinking, she immediately discovered the difference in this business.

"Sister is right." Song Shu said, "I do have some considerations. The ones we sold before, such as steamed buns and soybean oil, are all used and eaten every day, and they can be called necessities. Silk quilts and brown It is more expensive to tie a bed, but it is still a guy who sleeps every day.

"But this garlic yellow is different from bean sprouts. Fresh vegetables in winter are enough to make people crazy. When the snow is falling and the vegetation is withering, everyone is looking forward to the spring and the flowers, looking forward to eating a bite of the cheapest way When buying side wild vegetables, I can take out fresh vegetables. This satisfies more than just appetite."

Sanniang seems to understand but not understand. For her, being able to eat and wear warm clothes is the happiest thing in the world.But Song Shu came from modern times. In the era of information explosion, even if he didn't experience it himself, he also saw a lot of glitz.The red carpet of the film festival is only more than ten meters away, but it is so large that stars spend 10,000+ or ​​even millions of dollars for just one night of beauty.

If the beauty of the stars can still bring traffic, what about those rich people who collect famous cars, watches, diamonds and antiques, and those diners who fly for a Michelin dinner?Whether it is a hobby or a show off, no matter ancient or modern, rare and expensive things are always sought after by people.

Maybe next year or the year after that, people will figure out how to grow garlic and bean sprouts, but at the moment, this is a rare treasure in winter, and it's really a pity not to sell it at such an astonishingly expensive price.Furthermore, Song Shu's ambitions are definitely not limited to this Xianghe village. To expand the business, money is absolutely indispensable.

As for the attitudes of Yang Jian and Fu Wen, Song Shu was not worried at all.

After all, garlic yellow and bean sprouts are worth a few hundred taels of gold.How to sell it after buying it, how to publicize it, and how to sell it at a high price all need to be planned. There are so many people who are not suitable for business talks tonight, and it is prudent for them not to express their views.

Although Sanniang didn't fully understand, she figured it out, said a few more words, and went back to sleep.Song Shu waited for Song Anan to come back, put out the candles and lay down, this was a big deal, if he said he wasn't worried at all, it would be a lie, I just hope those people don't make him worry for too long.

Early the next morning, his reassurance came.

It's just that this person was somewhat beyond Song Shu's expectations.Second Sister Li appeared outside the Song family's door wearing a silver fox fur jacket. She had a smile on her face, but she didn't see the sharpness in the rumors at all.

Song Shu took her into the main room to discuss business, but Second Sister Li asked to see the garlic and bean sprouts field.Song Anan brought in a basket of freshly picked ones, and leaned against the door with arms folded.

"Except for shopkeeper Wang, Song Silang hasn't been sold yet, right?" Second Sister Li picked up a root of garlic and twisted it between her fingers.

Song Shu didn't speak.

"Why don't you only serve me all your dishes, and just follow what you said, one tael of gold per catty, how about it?" Second Sister Li said.Early this morning, shopkeeper Wang brought a basket of garlic to show off. They have known each other for many years, but she was used to showing off any good things to each other.It's just that this is the first time I've heard of the fresh vegetables in winter, they are very fresh.

Second Sister Li runs a salt merchant business and travels away all the year round, so she already cares about the value of the garlic and bean sprouts.In Xianghe Village, it was one tael of gold per catty, and it would be more than that when she transported it by water to the more affluent south or the colder north.Today the world looks poor, but the gold and silver are concentrated in the hands of very few people, and the money in the hands of those people is something she dare not guess at will.

"Second Sister Li was joking, I really don't have to worry about selling this garlic yellow and bean sprouts. If you want to make them round, you'll probably get this price." Song Shu raised his right hand and showed five fingers.

"I'm afraid this is too much." Second Sister Li squinted her eyes, her brows and eyes were slender, and such sharp eyes were not lacking in style.

"Hehe." Song Shu smiled without saying a word.He is a monopoly, how could he be so stupid as to let Second Sister Li reap the fruits of monopoly. "Or we can also hold an auction and inform all the wealthy households in the county, as well as the foreign merchants. I believe many people will be interested."

"You threaten me."

"Second Sister Li is serious. I am a small farmer, and it is rare to have something to make money. Of course, I have to work hard to make money."

Second Sister Li wanted to be the first, but she underestimated this farmer, he talked about gold, but there was no hint of greed in his eyes, as if the business of a few hundred taels of gold was no different from a few pennies.Of course, five taels of gold per catty was impossible. In the end, Second Sister Li gave up her idea of ​​monopolizing and bought three hundred catties of garlic yellow at Song Shu's price.At least, this season's Garlic Yellow is unique to her Second Sister Li.

It was almost evening when Fu Wen arrived with Guanshi Li, and Second Sister Li's car had already left with garlic yellow.

Song Anan moved a box of gold ingots into the room and placed it in the corner of the main room where he and Song Shu lived.There are several locked boxes next to them. They were supposed to be full of copper coins, but in fact, the contents inside were transferred by Song Shu's magical ability, and I don't know where they went.Song Anan didn't care much about this matter. The money wasn't here, so he didn't have to bother to look at it, which was fine.

"The garlic is gone?" As soon as he left the room, he heard Fu Wen wailing.He went back and discussed with Aye and Master Jia for a long time, and even thought of the name of the new dish, but the main character disappeared?

"There are still bean sprouts," Song Shu said.

"how many?"

"About two hundred catties." Song Shu made an estimate.

"I want it all!" Fu Wen shouted.

200 taels of gold business, even if he rarely has Wanghailou, but eating fresh vegetables in the severe winter has never been done before, Fu Wen gritted his teeth, even if he went back to be scolded by Aye, he would take all these bean sprouts !

After the bean sprouts cart left, Song Anan brought another box of gold into the house.

In the early morning of the next day, Yang Jian arrived in front of Song's house in a luxurious carriage with dozens of servants and five carriages carrying goods.

However, the garlic yellow was gone, and the bean sprouts were gone, and he was holding a pile of gold, which was useless.

"When is the next batch of garlic yellow?"

"In 20 days." Song Shu counted the days.

"I want them all." Yang Jian said.

"We'll talk about it later." Song Shu said slowly.Vegetables don’t need to be placed, it’s better to come first served. If someone orders, and then delays for a day or two, he will cry to someone if his vegetables are delayed.

"The bean sprouts?"

"Oh, soon, in four days." Song Shu said.

"I want it all!"

"We'll talk about it later." Song Shu remained indifferent.

Yang Jian gritted his teeth, but he had no choice but to agree. He returned to the carriage and smashed two teacups.

At the time of the winter solstice, and the Chinese New Year will come soon, many merchants who travel all over the country to do business on weekdays have returned to the county.It was inevitable to treat guests to dinner when they returned home. They called friends and came to Wanghai Tower, but they saw several new works hanging in front of the building, which said stir-fried bean sprouts.

These bean sprouts sound like some kind of vegetable, but are they newly made pickles in the building?someone asked.

Xiao Er immediately pointed to the poster posted on the wall of the hall and explained to the new guest.The guests were stunned when they heard it. In this winter, Wanghailou can still get fresh vegetables?His mouth is getting angry from eating meat and drinking these days, those pickled vegetables are annoying to see, it is a good thing to be able to eat fresh vegetables.

"Let's have two first, we have a lot of people." The man took a friend and sat down in the lobby. Although there are private rooms upstairs, they are all for distinguished guests. Ordinary wealthy businessmen like them should sit in the lobby.

"Guest officer, this bean sprouts dish is a golden plate, look..." Xiaoer had to remind, this stir-fried bean sprouts is the most expensive dish they sell in Wanghailou.

The man was really dead.The friends beside him started to boo, this fried dish that is worth more than gold must be tasted, the emperor is not so lucky.In this way, although the stir-fried bean sprouts are expensive, they sell well, especially the distinguished guests in the private room upstairs, and some come here to try it out.

In addition to these guests, Wanghailou also received managers of many big restaurants in the surrounding counties and even Hengzhou City that day. Fu Wenzao released the rumor about the bean sprouts, and they rushed here one after another after the listing, and they all wanted to buy some Go back and add some green to the winter menu of your own restaurant.

The stir-fried bean sprouts in Wanghailou are very popular, but Li Erjie’s garlic yellow is like a disappearance, and it doesn’t appear in Datu County at all.

Yang Jian sent his shopkeeper to live in Xianghe Village. When the new crop of bean sprouts and garlic yellow was harvested, the shopkeeper waited in front of Song's house early on, paid gold as soon as the harvest was harvested, and immediately arranged for carriages and horses to go directly to the official's house. The post road was sent to the imperial capital of Guanzhong at high speed.

The vegetables that the wealthy households in Datu County still have to worry about are just another winter pastime for the wealthy and aristocratic families in Guanzhong.

Yang Jian's first batch of bean sprouts was rushed to the imperial capital by eight hundred miles, and several good horses ran to death on the way.

That night, at the family banquet of Yang Ding, the prime minister of the dynasty, Shang Shuling, stir-fried bean sprouts appeared.The bean sprouts have been carefully selected, the heads and tails are cut off, and the ones that are too short or too small are discarded. Each plate is worth two gold.

The prime minister had a banquet, and the name of bean sprouts was known all over the world, and the three hundred catties of bean sprouts brought by Yang Jian's fast horse were robbed overnight.

In the next few days in the imperial capital, there will be countless bean sprout banquets. Today the county king will hold one, tomorrow the great Confucian will hold one, and the day after tomorrow some prince or princess who is very elegant will come to hold one. If there is a banquet, poetry is indispensable. After several rounds of banquets , Even more than a hundred poems specifically describing bean sprouts have been recited.

With the grand occasion of bean sprouts, garlic yellow is even more popular when it arrives, and it has already been booked before entering the city.

Garlic yellow and bean sprouts are shipped in batches, and their reputation has risen. Ordinary farmers can only look forward to the sprouts, but the Song family has no shortage.

"Today we have scrambled eggs with garlic!"

Somebody yelled, a few cellar-digging men were walking slowly, and upon hearing this, they immediately rushed into the soybean oil workshop.

No one expected that their boss would be so generous. Today the woman in charge of food and beverages fried two large pots of scrambled eggs with garlic yolk.Today, the soybean oil workshop, the steamed bun workshop, the silk quilt workshop and the temporary workers who dig the cellar all eat together.Every noon, everyone will carry their own bowls and come to the stove of the steamed bun and soybean oil workshop to line up.

The food in the Song Family Workshop is notoriously good, not to mention steamed buns, soybean milk and corn porridge, but also ramen, topping soup cakes, kebabs, scallion pancakes, deep-fried dough sticks and various stir-fried vegetables from time to time.Of course, there is always not enough good stuff to eat, and if it arrives too late, there will only be leftovers.

The men who dug the cellar came a bit late, carrying bowls, and kept counting the number of people queuing up ahead.Fifteen more... Another fourteen... Another one left... Hey, why did you come back?Auntie, shake your spoon, shake it, how can you give so much garlic scrambled eggs?

They lined up obediently, watching the golden scrambled eggs with garlic yolks decrease little by little, and they almost wanted to rush up and beg the aunt who served the rice to save some.The cellar has been completely completed, this is their last meal in the Song family workshop, where will they be able to eat stir-fried vegetables that are priced like gold in the future.

[-] scoops left...

a spoonful of...

There is still a little... ah, the aunt gave it to the little lady in front.

By the time the first man who dug the cellar was in line, the large pot of scrambled eggs with garlic yolk had been completely emptied.

The burly man almost wanted to cry.He was from a neighboring village, and Song He couldn't come to the field on the day of his marriage. He heard his workers brag about the scrambled eggs with garlic for a few days, so he thought he could taste them today.

He was aggrieved and ready to go forward, but he heard the aunt call him suddenly: "Hey, don't you want it?"

I saw the aunt bent down and brought out a large plate from under the table, which was filled with golden garlic scrambled eggs, and the aroma was tangy.

"I want it! I want it, I want it!" The man immediately became energetic, and obediently handed over his big bowl like he was waiting for his mother to serve dinner when he was a child.

After the winter solstice, it gets colder and colder.

Except for the days when the garlic and bean sprouts were shipped, Song Shu didn't bother to move.He was wearing a newly made silk underwear, lying in the room like a salted fish, there were a lot of TV series in the hard drive of his space, and now he opened a Jimei TV series casually, closed his eyes and started watching them in his head.

Outside the house, Shichiro was wearing new clothes, shaking his rattle non-stop, giggling while shaking, and calling sister to listen.

After Liu Niang finished eating the scallion pancake, she caught sight of Song Anan who had just returned from chopping firewood, and went to pester him to learn Kung Fu.

Sanniang and Cheng Erniang took out the rouge they had just bought from the county, and were testing their colors.

Song He came back from the bean oil workshop, twisted his arms, he was not used to the newly made silk underwear, it was too slippery, the one Cheng Erniang made for himself is better.

Wu Niang asked Song Shu to bring the account books of several workshops, hid in the room to make plans, and went to Li accountant again in the afternoon.

In the village, everyone has slack for farming. Because the weather is too cold, the villagers in this village are too lazy to carry steamed buns and soybean oil to sell.Although not as exaggerated as the Song family, they have also made a lot of money over the past half a year.

Most people have built fire walls or kangs in their homes. Even if they are not built, their stoves will not be short of firewood this year.

All those around who make firewood and charcoal fires like to come to Xianghe Village. The villagers here are friendly, and they don't buy things at random, and they buy more at one time.Although they didn't have such good luck to be neighbors with Song Shu, their business has improved a lot because of the gradual prosperity of Xianghe Village.

Because of the cold weather, the business of silk quilts is getting better and better, and the price is getting higher and higher. The mother-in-law quilts that originally sold for seven to eight hundred yuan a piece can now be sold for fifteen or six hundred yuan. was attracted.The silk quilt workshop is surrounded by many people all day long, and every time a quilt is made, it is immediately sold out.

On March [-]th, Song Shu distributed charcoal supplements to the workers in the three workshops.

The workers were all beaming when they got the extra money, but the eyes of other villagers who didn't get the chance to work were staring at them.

On this day, Song Shu came out of the house wrapped in cotton clothes, and the dripping water turned to ice outside.

Song He just came back from the outside and said: "The big river in the northwest is frozen, but it's thick."

"Really?" Song Shu was overjoyed, "Brother, Liu Niang, please go out and take a look around, just say that our family recruits strong laborers, thirty yuan a day, and meals."

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