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Chapter 7 The hidden worries under the bright future

Manager Su finally encountered such a new vegetable, and the more rare thing was that it was so delicious, so he planned to buy ten kilograms at the first time. After all, the Pei family is big and the wife and sons in the mansion are a lot. They buy too little and they are not enough to eat. As for money, don't worry at all. Will the prefecture of the prefecture be short of money? But what he never expected was that the other party said he could not sell it to him.

"Why can't you sell it to me? Are you not planning to do business?" Manager Su said with a bad look at the moment.

"The guest misunderstood, because the number of bean sprouts we planted this time was not large, and they were only a dozen kilograms together. And our master said that this time we went to the city mainly to make the reputation of bean sprouts, so we could only supply in limited quantities, and each person could only buy one kilogram at a time!" The country man selling vegetables explained apologetically that he was Boss Liu, and his brother-in-law Zhang Feng, and the one who cooked the dishes was his wife. As for the method of cooking, it was naturally what Li Xiu taught her.

Manager Su was stunned when he heard Boss Liu's words, and then he understood the other party's master's thoughts. It seemed that the other party had a great ambition, and the limited supply would naturally allow more people to taste the deliciousness of bean sprouts. When they sell it next time, more people will definitely buy it. It seems that the other party's master's master is really good at doing business.

Although Pei Ji was of high status and powerful, he was extremely strict with his family and never allowed them to use the reputation of the Pei family to oppress the people. However, a pound was too small. Manager Su thought about it and suddenly pointed at the two slaves behind him and said, "We have three people here, each of them buys you one pound, right?"

Although Boss Liu is a farmer, he also has some vision. He knows that although the Manager Su is dressed as a servant, when he comes forward to ask for the price, the people around him dare not come forward. Without asking, he knows that the other party's master must be a famous figure in the city, so he dare not offend too much. He heard the other party's proposal and had to nod and weigh three pounds of bean sprouts to him. As a result, he finally got the sixty-fourth.

After Manager Su finished buying it, the people who had already tried it just now rushed up. You divided up more than ten kilograms of bean sprouts per pound. In the end, the bean sprouts were sold out. The people who did not buy the bean sprouts were still surrounded by Liu and the others and refused to let them go. This made Liu and the other two happy and helpless, shouting that they would definitely come to sell bean sprouts again in three days, and the number was more, which would definitely satisfy everyone. Just then, Wu Hou of the vegetable market also came, which made Liu and the others escape.

On the way back, Boss Liu and Zhang Feng were pushing the wheelbarrow and discussing excitedly. His wife was even more excited to sit in the car, holding a bag in her arms, counting the copper coins in one by one. Although it was not the first time she had seen so many copper coins, it was the first time she had made so much money so easily. When Li Xiu borrowed some beans from her house, she was still a little reluctant, but she didn't dare to say it explicitly, but she didn't expect that the beans that were less than a few cents would be exchanged for more than 300 cents. If this business could be done for a long time, how much would they have to make?

When people were in good spirits, Boss Liu and the others were also very excited. They had only half an hour back. At this time, Li Xiu and several other tenants were waiting in the yard of Mr. Liu. When Boss Liu's wife put the bag containing copper coins on the table and made a sound of copper coins hitting it, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile a little relaxed on her face. After coming to the Tang Dynasty, he finally solved the problem of eating.

"Master, you didn't see those people buying things today. At first, no one paid attention to us. Until my wife cooked the bean sprouts, the people immediately gathered up and rushed to buy them. After the sale was finished, the people still surrounded us and refused to let us go. In the end, the Marquis of Wu came and asked us to leave!" Boss Liu told Li Xiu about his experience of selling bean sprouts today. It was the first time that he had been watched and welcomed by so many people in his life. Zhang Feng next to him was also telling other tenants about their detailed experiences, which surprised the tenants and they had never seen the world.

"Uncle Liu, today is just a trial marketing, which can only be considered as a preliminary opening of the market. After the second batch of bean sprouts is launched in a few days, it will be considered to be a real profit!" Li Xiu said with a smile. Although Boss Liu couldn't understand many of the words in his words, he already understood that as long as he followed the master's family, he would have a great life waiting for them in the future.

Li Xiu did not move a penny for more than 300 yuan he earned today, but asked Liu to buy beans, mainly mung beans. As for soybeans, they could be put in later. In addition, Zhang Feng brothers knew some carpenter work, so Li Xiu asked them to make some simple racks. Several women used bamboo to weave flat bamboo baskets and placed them layer by layer on the rack. This was the method of producing bean sprouts that Li Xiu thought of. The bamboo basket was ventilated and permeable, which was very suitable for producing bean sprouts.

Of course, these things cannot be made in one or two days. In order to make the next batch of bean sprouts early, while busying these things, Li Xiu asked Boss Liu to collect some broken tanks and basins, and pile them all in a warm room to produce bean sprouts. Because there was not enough manpower, even the children were mobilized to water the bean sprouts every two hours.

Three days later, the second batch of bean sprouts finally came out. In order to maintain the continuity of bean sprout supply, Li Xiu asked someone to make a new batch of bean sprouts every day, so there will be a third batch and the fourth batch tomorrow and the day after tomorrow...

The first batch of bean sprouts have become a little famous in the vegetable market, so when the second and third batches of bean sprouts were on the market, they were snatched away almost in the blink of an eye. Some people even just guarded the city gate. As long as Boss Liu pushed the car by the city gate, they would run forward and stop the car to buy bean sprouts. Because there are too many people in the vegetable market, the output of bean sprouts is still insufficient now, so many times they can't grab it.

Relying on the sales of bean sprouts, Liu and his friends brought back more and more copper coins every time. Although many of them were used by Li Xiu to buy various utensils, there was still a lot of surplus in the end. Moreover, more and more people go to the city to sell bean sprouts every day. Now all the men in the Li family farm have already started fighting, and even some half-old children have followed their parents to the city to sell bean sprouts, which is also half a labor force. Women get up early and go to bed late every day to take care of the growth of bean sprouts. The entire farm has become a miniature bean sprout production base.

Half a month later, Li Xiu gathered everyone in the village together. This time, not at the old man Liu, but at the threshing farm outside the village. It was already evening and the weather was too cold, so Li Xiu raised a fire in the open space in the venue, and everyone sat around the fire. Originally, Li Xiu wanted Mr. Liu to buy some cooked meat and other food, and everyone was talking while eating, but most people opposed it because it was too wasteful money.

There were only five households in the Li family village, and there were 37 people, both old and young. Now they were all here. At the beginning, the entire valley was in a mess, with the noise of the children, the voices of women, and the laughter of men. It was not until Li Xiu stood up to signal everyone to calm down, and the entire valley was quiet.

"Everyone has worked hard during this period, but everyone's hard work has not been in vain. Now the bean sprout business has been on the right track, and the number of money is in the account every day. No one has to worry about not having money to buy food anymore!" Li Xiu said very directly, talking to these tenants without taking too many turns, saying what they want to say directly, so that everyone can understand.

After hearing this, I no longer had to worry about starvation. Everyone present cheered happily, but before Li Xiu finished speaking, he signaled everyone to calm down again, and continued: "I also see everyone's hard work, so today I invite everyone to come, and there is only one thing, that is - share money!"

After saying that, Li Xiu turned around and dragged a big sack from behind. Finally, he finally dragged the sack to the middle of the venue, and then continued: "Everyone, we have made a lot of money by selling bean sprouts in the past half month. In addition to the cost and some necessary expenses, according to the sharing standards I discussed with Uncle Liu and others before, I am going to share half of the net profit to everyone!"

"Wow~" As soon as Li Xiu finished speaking, the entire venue was immediately in an uproar. Except for the ignorant children, everyone looked at Li Xiu in surprise. Although they didn't know how much half of the net profit was, they could guess a lot of them just by looking at the weight of the sack in Li Xiu's hand, which made many people excited.

In contrast, although Boss Liu and several other men were also excited, they could at least control their emotions because they had known it in advance before. Even when Li Xiu proposed to share the profits to them, they still refused because they felt that the solution was thought out by Li Xiu. They only worked with Li Xiu for half a month, so Li Xiu only had to pay their wages. Just like in winter, men had two pennies a day, women and children had one pennies a day. In this way, each family also had hundreds of pennies a month, which was considered a very generous reward.

However, Li Xiu insisted on sharing the profits to Boss Liu and the others, because selling bean sprouts was originally intended to improve the life in the farm, which was also considered as his repaying the two bags of flour before. Moreover, for him, the income from selling bean sprouts was nothing. Now that he has capital, as long as he is willing, he can come up with more ways to make money. However, Boss Liu and the others think that this is taking advantage of Li Xiu. In the end, Li Xiu advised him for a long time, and Boss Liu and the others are willing to accept half of the profit.

At that moment, Li Xiu poured out the copper coins in the bag, and then divided them into five parts for Liu and the others to take them away. Each family was divided into more than two stakes, which made the entire threshing farm reach orgasm. The old man smiled so hard that he couldn't close his teeth. The children sang and danced. The women were excited to hold their own copper coins and refused to let go. They lived for half a lifetime, and this was the first time they had so many copper coins. And this was the share of half a month. If they worked until the end of the year, then all the families would become rich.

Seeing everyone's happy look, Li Xiu announced again that tomorrow is the beginning of winter, so he was going to buy a pig, everyone had a pig-killing rice, and then divided the pork to reward everyone. This has further aroused everyone's enthusiasm. The folk customs of the Tang Dynasty were open, and many people have already started singing and dancing around the fire.

Li Xiu looked at the smiling faces by the fire, and his face also showed a relaxed look. As the saying goes, "I give me a wooden peach and repay me with Qiong Yao." The tenants of Lijiazhuang sent two bags of flour when he needed help the most, and then he would repay these tenants with a rich life. For these tenants, having food and drinking is a prosperous era, and they will enter the prosperous era many years ahead of the rest of the Tang Dynasty.
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