Chapter 197
The world's money cannot be earned
After the Haizhou turmoil, the residence of Tofu Xishi and the next door of Shizhai built the cellar at an astonishing speed. The house originally planned to place the entrance of the cellar in the kitchen, but Tofu Xishi considered that the kitchen was always a place where servants entered and exited, and handed over his precious property to the servants for supervision. Tofu Xishi felt very worried and persuaded him, and asked Shizun to change the entrance and exit to his own bedroom.
At dawn, a woman sneaked in and out of the man's bedroom, which seemed ambiguous, but for Tofu Xishi, she no longer cared about such things because she had followed seven men in and out of the bedroom.
Shi Chuan was busy moving away the heavy cabinet in the bedroom. Tofu Xi Shi suddenly said behind Shi Chuan: "I'm sorry... why don't you scold me?"
But why did Shi Chuan scold Tofu Xishi? Just because she wanted to find someone else to marry?
What qualifications do you have to prevent Tofu Xishi from looking for men when Shideng?
"This cabinet is so heavy," Shi Chuan said in a humming voice. Tofu Xishi felt Shi Chuan's indifference. She bit her lip and said along the topic: "Why is your cabinet so heavy? What kind of treasures are there in it?"
The sky gradually became brighter, and the sunlight coming in from the window made Shi Zhun's face mottled. He grinned and said with a chuckle: "It's all gold and silver, but it's a baby."
The iron plate leading to the basement was exposed. Tofu Xishi stepped forward and lifted the iron plate under the cabinet. A downward staircase appeared at the dark hole. A scent of wine immediately floated up. Tofu Xishi looked back and cursed: "Is it so easy to make money? I saw that you came to Haizhou with nothing. This gold and silver are not leeks planted in the ground. They have been cut one after another. In the blink of an eye, how can you fill the cabinet with gold and silver?"
Shi Chuan picked up a sheepskin lantern, knocked on the fire sickle, lit the candles in the lantern. The dim light illuminated the steps leading to the basement. Shi Chuan hung the lamp down and his face was immediately hidden in the dark. Today, he seemed to be in a particularly good mood, and he quarreled with Tofu Xishi with a joke: "Have you heard of the wonderful hands in the Tang Legend? I am Kong Konger."
Thanks to the development of printing technology in the Song Dynasty, Xi Shi heard about this story. She jumped out of the tunnel, took it and walked down, while whispering without any hesitation: "Who is your junior brother Jing Jing'er? Will you miss a single hit and make a thousand miles away?"
Shi Chuan then jumped off the steps and joked, "How did you know I don't have this ability?"
In the morning of the Song Dynasty, the sun was shining brightly, and the tofu Xishi and I squirted with each other. Although these two people talked back and forth, they did not have any fireworks. At this moment, they were very warm and comfortable.
The jar was opened, and the aroma of wine and the aroma of fermented bean curd made people feel comfortable to smell. Tofu Xishi thought the light was too dark, so she carried the jar up the steps, walked out of the house, and came to the sun.
The surface of the fermented tofu is covered with a thin layer of white hair. This layer of white light looks very crystal in the morning sun, as if it is made of crystal, with morning dew on it. The tofu Xishi was carefully picked up with chopsticks, watched it against the light, and then carefully delivered it to the lips, stretched out its bright red tongue, licked it, and looked intoxicated: "Now, I'm busy making tofu day and night. When I close the store at noon, I have to buy fresh beans, soak it in water, and then grind the tofu night and night. From sunrise to sunrise, I occasionally take a nap on the counter...
Now that I have this thing, I don’t have to worry. From now on, I will only sell tofu, and all the tofu will be made into fermented tofu. I will save a lot of effort and make more money."
Shi Chuan nodded: "When you make more money, you can hire a few more guys and let them grind more tofu for you, and then you can make more time to sleep."
Tofu Xishi hugged the jar tightly: "The imperial examination will end in two days..."
Who is the one who wears at the time? He is very clear about sales skills in modern society. When he heard Xi Shi say this, he just talked: "Then wait a few more days. When the imperial examination is on the day we will present this jar of fermented to Xie Yuangong, let Xie Yuangong write poems, and then named this fermented tofu 'Haizhou Jieyuan Fermented Tofu'."
Tofu Xishi nodded vigorously, and then she woke up and jumped out of the tunnel and shouted at Lu Madam: "Lu Madam, don't rush to sell tofu today. Hurry up and find Lin Yaren, we will hire two more helpers."
Tofu Xishi's voice was too loud. When Huanniang heard this voice, she jumped into the yard with her hair dispersed and shouted: "Li Sanniang, have you fired me? Tell you, my brother is Chengxinlang. According to regulations, if you fire me, I need to notify me in advance and give me my three-month salary. Then I won't go to the government to sue you."
Xishi didn't pay for this jar of tofu, and she didn't even pay for the jar of tofu. She couldn't sell the ingredients for this thing, and it was almost rotten tofu. Now that she was about to get a big profit, Xishi also became generous. She pulled out a silver hairpin from her head and said generously: "I'll reward you. This hairpin has four ounces. Your salary is 2 cents a day, 60 cents a month, and 180 cents a month, which is cheaper for you."
Huan Niang shouted: "What a salary of two cents - you need to include food and accommodation, your food is not included."
Tofu Xishi was very generous: "Xiao Huan, you have to settle the accounts with me carefully. How much food costs are there in three months? This is a silver hairpin worth four thousand yuan, and is you planning to ask me for money?"
Huan Niang was stunned and immediately grabbed the hairpin angrily, turned around and walked into his room, muttering as he walked: "I don't keep my word, I only pay 4,000 yuan. Now, Huan Niang, I'm going to be idle for another three months."
The quarrel had woken up the other girls. Watching Huan Niang holding her hairpin in disappointment, the girls laughed in unison. Mo Shao walked by her side and said with a smile: "Our Huan Niang said she would not eat idle food. In fact, this little Huan Niang who did not eat idle food has earned the most during these days. Her sisters have been plundered by her a lot. Now her house is full of all kinds of treasures, and she doesn't know that she can save tens of thousands of dollars when she gets married."
As she was talking, Huan Niang showed her head out of the room, looked at Shi Chuan trepidly and asked: "Brother, are you patrolling today?"
Shi Chuan nodded: "Okay, I'll accompany you today, but we have to set a rule from now on: If you want to go shopping, just go shopping, but you are not allowed to accept anyone's things, even snacks."
Seeing Huan Niang's face full of bitterness, Mo Shao quickly explained: "The food that Huan Niang collected was not in vain. We couldn't eat those things, so she sent them to the temple and gave them to the beggars... Besides, the families came and went, and they sent food to Huan Niang. They sent three or five copper plates of food every day, but did not pay the 'clean street money' of ten copper plates every day."
Shi Chuan laughed and then the little black servant got on the carriage and changed the carriage to the Indian stable manager. Huanniang, as usual, didn't like to be in the carriage, but prefer to sit on the roof to watch the scenery.
This is Shi Chuan's second time on the street patrol. Unlike the first time, Huan Niang paid for the purchase of food, but she refused to do so.
There is also a certain precedent for bounty hunters in the Song Dynasty to contract public security in the neighborhood. The security fees collected by these generals were not just protection fees, they also needed to clean the streets, so this fee was also called "clean street money". In other words, when the generals in the Song Dynasty contracted public security, they were both auxiliary police officers on the streets and sanitation workers.
Haizhou County allocated three streets to Shi Chuan, but Shi Chuan had two generals to support him. The streets in the city were contracted by three people in groups. West Street was originally fat, and the county government could not bring some idle people. However, the business in the city had long been developed and improved, and every inch of land was valuable. Even the street stalls next to the shops might have a proprietary history of decades and had no potential to tap.
Since this is the case, Shi Chuan felt that it was a problem to sweep the streets for this purpose, or hire someone to sweep the streets. Because the income from Jinxiu Street and Zuoxie Street was at the bottom, Shi Chuan simply asked the two assistants to charge "clean street money" and be responsible for the environmental protection issues of West Street throughout the process. He only needed a nominal "control" power, and of course, he also had to share a little, symbolic fee.
Since then, the shop owners on West Street have initially acted out of unconscious behavior, but later they have taken the initiative to give Huanniang some worthless things to rely on the "clean street money". Businessmen always value their own interests. If this were not the case, Huanniang accepted bribes on the street every day, and someone had already used this to impeach him, causing Shi Chuan to lose his official position.
After patrolling all the way, West Street became quiet. When I passed by Li Dalang's "Iron Furnace Shop", Shi Tong went in and flipped through the account book. Li Dalang was respectful to Shi Tong's arrival, but he had a clear expression of grievance in his emotions. He seemed very dissatisfied with Shi Tong's technique of making scissors to his rival Duan's rival Duan. Shi Tong felt as if he was unaware of anything, he left Li Dalang's shop and advanced towards Duan Xiaopiao's Duan's blacksmith shop.
When Duan Xiaopiao was goodbye, he became more and more respectful. He respectfully invited Shichong in and sent someone to play with Huanniang. Shichong entered the backyard of Duan's blacksmith shop for a long time. He went out to say goodbye at noon. Duan Xiaopiao, who was covered in fireworks and sweating, was exhausted and mixed with irresistible excitement. After sending Shichong away, he turned around and explained to his shopkeeper with satisfaction: "The master said that each furnace is one in ten days, and each furnace produces five hundred kilograms of steel (more than two hundred kilograms). In my opinion, as long as the materials are sufficient, we will work harder and produce one furnace in five days. Three thousand kilograms of steel a month will make a lot of money now."
The shopkeeper narrowed his eyes and reminded him implicitly: "Young Master, your master reminded me that this salt and iron are a specialty thing - the money in the world can never be earned, so we should not be too eye-catching when doing things."
Duan Xiaopiao was silent for a while and said, "Then follow the master's instructions, one furnace every ten days, a thousand five hundred kilograms a month is already eye-catching."
Chapter completed!