I rely on pancakes to become rich [farming]

Cao Bai took a closer look at the letter paper sent by Shi Jinshi, and it was indeed clearly written with the words "Jianhen wood processor of Shi Jinshi's firewood workshop".

——Don't bully him for his lack of knowledge, he has also eaten at the assorted food in the past few days, and the charcoal burned under the grilled fish pot, according to the people who participated in the interview together, it is called Jianhenmu!

He Cao Bai is quite famous now, even if he is not good enough in front of the half-step master, he will not be sent to chop firewood, right? !

—It's so humiliating!

Cao Bai was so angry that he raised his hand and wanted to tear the letter into pieces. He paused and changed his mind: During the interview, those interviewers were clearly very satisfied with him, so how could they intentionally humiliate him?Could it be that the servants were careless and made mistakes in their work?

After thinking about it, Cao Bai decided to go and have a look. If it was really just a mistake made by his servants, wouldn't it be a waste of a good opportunity if he was too impulsive?

...

"There is no mistake, the job assigned to you is Jianhen wood processor." After careful checking, the shopkeeper in the firewood workshop said with a smile, "Cao Shaoxia, please follow me."

Cao Bai took a deep breath and tried his best to calm down his anger: "Shopkeeper, I waited for the first-class recruitment of Assorted Foods, so you want to humiliate us?"

"How come?" The shopkeeper's face was obviously surprised, as if Cao Bai had said something inconceivable, "We sincerely invite you to take up the post."

"Then why did you arrange for me to work as a woodcutter?" Cao Bai touched the hilt of his sword behind him, and said in a low voice, "You asked first-class masters to chop wood?"

The shopkeeper was not afraid of Cao Bai's faintly threatening words, and he still had the same smile on his face: "Cao Shaoxia may have misunderstood. It is not a humiliation to arrange this job for Cao Shaoxia, but the firewood we use for our assorted meals." Sword mark wood, indeed only first-class masters can chop it."

This Cao Bai is really not clear, he is from a small sect, and he has not been in the rivers and lakes for a long time. He only stays in the impression of such a high-ranking sect as Jianzong. How can he know the characteristics of Jianhenmu, a special product of Jianzong?

Cao Bai was a little suspicious, but the shopkeeper told him not to believe it, so he took him to the backyard and pointed to the maroon tree branches on the flatbed over there: "There is Jianhenmu over there, Cao Shaoxia might as well give it a try."

After recruiting first-class experts, old man Jiang was released from the Jianhen wood forest outside Qingzhou City, and Yan Moji also re-adjusted the cutting strategy of Jianhen wood.

Before, the old man Jiang directly cut the wood into small pieces in the Jianhen wood forest, just because there was no manpower to further process the Jianhen wood here.Swordmarks cut into small pieces are actually much more troublesome to transport than bundles of branches.

Therefore, now that the manpower is sufficient, Assorted Food has assigned a person to chop the dry thick branches in the Sword Mark Forest, and after transporting them to Qingzhou City, they will be specially cut into suitable sizes, which can also be adjusted according to the needs of different shops.

Cao Bai was assigned such a job.

Cao Bai glanced at the smiling shopkeeper, walked to the side of the cart suspiciously, and pulled out a branch of the sword-marked wood.

After getting it, it is really different from ordinary wood, quite heavy.

——But there is still wood that needs a first-class master in the rivers and lakes to split it?

Cao Bai didn't quite believe it.

He looked at the shopkeeper's faintly optimistic face, and great fighting spirit surged in his heart.

He picked up an ax from the side, weighed it in his hand, and without using his internal strength, he directly struck the sword-marked wood with the axe, and then felt a strong counter-shock force from the axe, shaking His arms were slightly numb.

——This branch is really weird...

Cao Bai became more cautious, and using his internal strength, he was finally able to split the firewood into two pieces.

- But that's all!Using [-]% to [-]% of the internal force will...

The shopkeeper remained motionless in front of Cao Bai's provocative eyes, and smiled slightly: "Cao Shaoxia has good internal strength! Then please continue to process according to the required size."

size?

Cao Bai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, took out the letter from his arms, flipped through it, and sure enough there was a detailed picture of the size of the firewood needed, but he was stunned by the job of "woodcutter" at the time He nodded without looking back.

Naturally, the charcoal stoves in hot pot restaurants are the ones with the greatest demand and the most delicate requirements, which only need one to two inches of wood.

Cao Bai carefully looked at the size listed on the letter, and then at the sword scar wood that was as thick as his own thigh, and he was a little stunned for a while.

——It takes [-] to [-]% of your internal strength to split the firewood. If you want to chop such a large firewood into small pieces, wouldn't you be exhausted?

The shopkeeper looked at his face from the side, and deliberately added another sentence: "If Cao Shaoxia finds it difficult to do it, I can also ask the boss if he can change Cao Shaoxia to an easier job."

Cao Bai's eyes suddenly sharpened.

...

In the new year, the development momentum of assorted food is getting stronger and stronger.

Because of the addition of a large number of first-class masters in the rivers and lakes, many development strategies that cannot be rolled out due to manpower problems have been activated.

The first is to open branches in the villages and towns below. After several pilot projects a few years ago achieved surprising results, Yan Moji took Qingzhou City as the core and spread out various villages and towns branches, trying to make Assorted Food The reputation resounds all over the country.

In addition to these existing stores, Shishishi also opened a shop selling and exchanging pancakes, just like dealing with the difficulties of Baishanlou in the small town at the beginning.

When she first came to Qingzhou City, Aunt Zhang proposed such a plan, but after she conducted an investigation, she vetoed it herself.

It's not because the pancake shop can't sell, but because the market cakes in Qingzhou City are too big.

Qingzhou City is prosperous and prosperous, and every household has some wealth. They are willing to spend money and will not treat themselves badly on food. Although pure dry food pancakes can sell well, it is obviously not worthwhile to invest in the manpower shortage of assorted foods at that time. Concentrate on doing other more profitable business.

By this year, Assorted Food has become the most famous catering brand in Qingzhou City. Although it cannot compete with big merchants such as Longquan Restaurant in terms of high-end, it is no longer comparable in terms of being close to the people.

The entire industrial chain of assorted foods in Qingzhou City has stabilized. Every day, there are a steady stream of people who want to work in assorted foods, and pancake shops can also be opened.

Moreover, in the small towns below that are not as prosperous as Qingzhou City, the market for desserts and snacks may not be as good as multigrain pancakes.

On the other hand, after multiple considerations, Yan Moji personally discussed with the penny-pinching "Iron Feather Scholar", and used a part of the shares of Assorted Foods to pull Hua Chongyu onto the boat.

Yan Moji naturally trusted Ji Mingwu's half-step master martial arts, but in Qingzhou City, the one with the greatest deterrence and credibility was naturally Hua Chongyu who guarded Qingzhou.

Unless necessary, Yan Moji doesn't want to reveal the relationship with King Qi and cause trouble. After all, logically speaking, the identity of "Second Young Master Yan" can still be regarded as a fugitive. It's not good to go up.

And besides Hua Chongyu's reputation as a signboard, there is a second virtual motion master in Assorted Foods, who can also share the pressure of Brother Wu to guide those first-rate masters.

After all, with Yan Moji's plan, he will definitely expand his business further in the future, at least to the capital.

Although he was told by Yan Mojian that there might be turmoil in the capital in the near future, he was told not to act rashly.

But when the weather is calm, when he and Brother Wu go to Beijing, these first-class masters can't all follow him to the capital, can they?

...

Ji Mingwu has been thinking these days whether he should tell Ah Ji that the poison on his body is spreading.

Originally, his idea was that as long as A-Ji didn't take the initiative to ask, he wouldn't say anything clearly, so that A-Ji would think that the poison of "rude heart" was well suppressed by him in his right leg.

It's just that what Brother Chu said before leaving Qingzhou made Ji Mingwu hesitate.

Comparing his heart with his heart, Ji Mingwu thought carefully, if they changed positions, he definitely didn't want Ah Ji to hide such a thing from him.

And as time progressed step by step, the time for Aji's coronation ceremony was getting closer and closer. At the beginning, I promised Aji that I would consummate the marriage with him after Aji was crowned, and I must not be able to hide it anymore...

But if he told Aji, Ji Mingwu could already predict Aji's panicked look.

Although Yan Moji has always been very optimistic and cheerful, Ji Mingwu naturally has a very deep understanding of the person next to him.

——Aji cares about him very much.

Ji Mingwu can vaguely feel that this kind of care is not only based on the relationship between them, but also based on Aji's concern for his family.

——For some reason, Ah Ji was very afraid of losing his family.

Ji Mingwu didn't quite know why Ah Ji had such panic. He speculated that it might be from being abducted and trafficked in childhood, or from Qiao's not-so-happy childhood.

But regardless of the reasons, he knows that under his always gentle, playful, and strong appearance, there is a heart longing for his family hidden.

Therefore, the problem of the poison on his body may make Ah Ji panic more easily than ordinary people.

Ji Mingwu lowered his eyes, thought for a long time, and finally decided to tell Yan Moji.

Brother Chu is right.He once promised to Ah Ji that he would not lie to him again, even if it was "for his own good", it was not an excuse for him to hide the truth.

It's just that the timing is still early, he needs to make more preparations and make more gadgets to make Aji happy, so that Aji can distract his attention at that time, so as not to be too anxious.

...

Yan Moji was a bit late this day at Shi Jinshi, and Ji Mingwu stayed with him as usual.

Walking home side by side with Ji Mingwu, Yan Moji looked up at the faintly twinkling stars in the sky, blinked, and suddenly said with emotion: "Time flies so fast, Brother Wu."

Ji Mingwu glanced at him slightly, a gentle smile flashed in his eyes: "Indeed."

——Counting the days, it seems that without realizing it, it has been two years since I came to this world...

Yan Moji took a deep breath of the cool spring night air, and then slowly spit it out. While thinking about the menu for tonight's dinner, he asked casually, "Brother Wu, do you have anything you want to eat tonight... Brother Wu?"

Ji Mingwu didn't answer him, but stopped.

He didn't seem to hear the suspicious voice of the people around him, his face suddenly darkened, he just stared at the front of the road, stretched out his left hand to stop Yan Moji in front of him, preventing Yan Moji from continuing to move forward.

At the same time, his right hand clenched the crutch tightly, as if he wanted to crush the wooden crutch that had been with him for several years, and Yan Moji beside him could hear the crunching sound of the crutch.

At the intersection ahead, a figure suddenly appeared.

She was dressed in a gorgeous golden and blue robe, embroidered with fine mountains and rivers, and her aura was as deep as an abyss like a sea, unfathomable.

Ji Mingwu and Yan Moji looked up, only to see that the man's face was covered with a mask carved with intricate vermilion patterns, and he could only see two eyes that did not contain a trace of emotion, looking at him from a distance halfway away .

Yan Moji felt something was wrong from Ji Mingwu's seriousness, and subconsciously hid behind Ji Mingwu.

Ji Mingwu stared at the person across from him, his face was more solemn than ever: "Your Excellency?"

The man looked at him without any emotion, his eyes were indifferent, as if there was no warmth, and a slightly hoarse voice came from under the mask: "This seat is the master of Jinxiu Sect."

The master of Jinxiu Gate!

One of the three great masters in the world today!