Seeing that the cup of storekeeper Liu was empty, Cao Xiangnan poured him another cup.

"How much is this wine?" Storekeeper Liu came closer and asked.

"I can't say for sure, not much." Not much either, Cao Xiangnan smiled slightly.

He now found that he had more and more potential to be a profiteer, and he was working hard on this path. It's true that it's not much. There are so many Yipinzhai in Fengchao, and each one will definitely not get much.

"Not much." Storekeeper Liu looked at the boy, and if he said it wasn't much, it definitely wasn't much. He sat up straight and said first, "Remember to save your brother's share first, don't give it all to Lao Fang."

"Of course, I must save my brother's." Cao Xiangnan nodded seriously. What good things did he not send to storekeeper Liu first? But Fang, the shopkeeper, has the majority of the wine. Nanyang is much larger than Fenshui. There is nothing that can be done about it.

Grapes are only available at this time of the year. All wines are brewed at this time. After this season, grapes can only be brewed next year. This year, we did not make preparations in advance. We will brew as much as we can. After we have experience next year, it may be much better than this year.

"This wine has just been brewed. I'll bring it over to you to try first. This is all I have now. Brother, you can leave a few bottles upstairs for the guests to try first, and ask someone to send the rest to Nanyang for Fang, the shopkeeper?" Cao Xiangnan smiled ingratiatingly, not hiding his purpose at all. The delivery still had to pass through the hands of Liu, the shopkeeper.

"You kid." Shopkeeper Liu felt that this kid was getting better and better at business, but he didn't hate him either, after all, the things he sent to him were really good.

As for such good things, he couldn't decide the price. He also knew that their boss also valued this kid very much. Shopkeeper Fang even specifically told him to treat Cao Xiangnan well. He would not neglect his God of Wealth without Shopkeeper Fang's instructions. The reason why his business is so good now is entirely due to this kid.

"Okay, I'll ask someone to send it to Nanyang tomorrow morning." Manager Liu was also straightforward. He sent the stuff over there. As for the price of the wine, he would wait until Nanyang placed an order. He wouldn't let this kid down. He also told Cao Xiangnan, "How much is your wine? Give me a rough idea first?"

"We'll talk about the price later. Send it to Manager Fang first to see how the customers react. Then we'll talk." Cao Xiangnan was not afraid that Fang Ziye would cheat him. This thing would definitely be delivered to Fang Ziye.

"Haha, good, good. By the way, what is this wine called?" Manager Liu looked at the red wine in the glass. It tasted mellow and had an endless aftertaste.

"...This is called red wine. There is also a green wine, which is different in color. I'll send it to you when it's ready." Red wine is made from red grapes, so its color is naturally red. Green wine is made from green grapes, and now it looks like a whitish white. As for how it tastes, we still have to wait until it comes out to know. Cao Xiangnan can't say for sure now, but it's definitely not bad. Manager Liu picked up a bottle of wine and looked at the bottle carefully in his hand. "This bottle is good." He said.

"I asked my elder brother about this bottle, and then I went to Meijia Village and found Master Mei San and asked him to make it." Talking about this bottle, Cao Xiangnan also wanted to thank Manager Liu for his guidance. He toasted Manager Liu and said, "Xiangnan has what he has today, and he also wants to thank elder brother. I will never forget your kindness."

"What are you talking about? You and I are still talking about this? You kid, you have to drink a glass of wine." Manager Liu knew that Cao was not an ungrateful person. After he got in touch with their big boss, he still treated him, a small manager in Fenshui Town, the same as before. He knew that this kid was grateful.

Don't say who owed him the blessing, he also owed it to this kid.

After drinking a glass of wine with the storekeeper Liu, Cao Xiangnan also asked the storekeeper Liu about the recent business of Yipinzhai. From the smile on the storekeeper Liu's face, he could tell that the recent business of Yipinzhai must be good, so the money he could get from Yipinzhai would definitely not be less.

"Just a little snack, you can take it back to your children at home." When they were leaving, the storekeeper Liu asked someone to bring a food box over. Knowing that Cao Xiangnan had children at home, he prepared snacks for him to take back, which was also thoughtful.

"Then Xiangnan, you're welcome. Xiangnan will say thank you on behalf of the children." Cao Xiangnan smiled and brought it up, and didn't say anything polite to the storekeeper Liu.

After coming out of Yipinzhai, passing by a bookstore, Cao Xiangnan took Liu Baishu to the bookstore to buy books, preparing for Liu Baishu to teach the children to read tomorrow. After entering the bookstore for a while, he took Liu Baishu to their shop in the town after buying things and went over there to take a look.

It was past noon and there were many people eating in the store.

"Baishu, come and try the most delicious food in our store." Cao Dapeng saw someone coming and without saying a word, he brought a bowl of steaming pork offal rice noodles over.

"..." Liu Baishu thought he should let Wang Dahu come over, he would definitely be very happy. He had just come out after lunch. He had just had tea and snacks at Yipinzhai. Now, looking at such a big bowl of food, he really couldn't eat it.

"Eat it, try how it tastes." Cao Xiangnan sat down with Liu Baishu, and then went to Aning to boil a bowl of spicy hot pot. He ate a few meatballs himself and waited for Liu Baishu to eat the rest.

"Well, it tastes very good." Liu Baishu felt deeply that they would never starve to death in the general's place. In these years, he didn't even dare to think about having a full meal, but now he could eat a lot. He used to not eat pig offal. The pig offal in the bowl had no taste at all. He didn't know how it was made. It tasted very chewy and tasted very good.

His stomach was already full, but he managed to eat all the food for the night.

"I knew you would like it. Everyone who has eaten our pork offal rice noodles can't forget the taste. They all say it's delicious." There were not many people in the store now, so Cao Dapeng also came over to chat with them. He was proud of the food in their store.

When he got on the carriage again, Liu Baishu was surprised that his stomach was round and full. He ate too much. Cao Xiangnan noticed Liu Baishu touching his stomach and laughed. Then he said with emotion, "In the past, we were often hungry and couldn't eat two meals a day. But now... we can fill our stomachs with three meals a day."

I'm afraid that the whole Caojia Village was like this before, but now they can fill their stomachs with three meals a day.

"Bai Shu, do you know why?" Looking ahead, the carriage slowly went back home. Cao Xiangnan thought about this question, not knowing whether to ask Liu Baishu or himself.

Liu Baishu thought for a while and asked, "Why?" He was also very curious.

His mind was clear for a moment. Cao Xiangnan thought for a while and said, "For example, for example, a person only wants to have a meal every day, and he works hard for a meal every day. If one day, in addition to wanting to eat one meal every day, he also wants to eat two or three meals, and then he wants to eat well, then he works hard for this purpose."

This is how desire can motivate people to get what they want, but can desire alone support your ambition? Obviously not.

"How can you get what you want through hard work? This is about methods, and you need to use your brain. There is a man who is very good at farming, but he can only eat one meal a day, and he is still not full. What do you think is the reason?" Cao Xiangnan asked.

Liu Baishu thought that he had read a lot of books, but he had never thought about these problems. Now he could only shake his head after hearing what Cao Xiangnan said.

"But think about it in another way. When people buy the vegetables grown in the field, people will grow vegetables. When people buy the things made by carpenters, people will become carpenters. People who grow vegetables and sell them and have money will go to carpenters to do work, and carpenters will have money. Carpenters with money will buy vegetables. Then, in addition to having vegetables to eat, people who grow vegetables can also have money to buy meat from meat sellers..." Cao Xiangnan smiled. A farmer will cause a butterfly effect.

"You mean buying and selling?" Liu Baishu seemed to understand a little.

Cao Xiangnan nodded. The self-sufficiency and self-isolation under the small peasant economy will only make a place poorer and poorer. Exchange and trade can promote the development of a place. This is the difference in their minds that has lasted for thousands of years. "Take Caojia Village for example. If every household in this village grows crops, they will have fruits and vegetables every day. Naturally, they don't need to think about buying things from others. First, they have food to eat, and second, they have no money."

"But one day, they found that in addition to farming, they could also build roads. If one person in the family built roads, the family would earn ten copper coins a day. If two people built roads, the family would earn twenty copper coins a day. But the fields at home also had to be cultivated. In order to earn these ten or twenty copper coins, they also wanted food from the fields. So they would reasonably allocate other people in the family to do these tasks. In this way, the food in the fields could be grown well and there would be money."

In fact, if all the family members went to farm, it would be a huge waste of labor, because farming does not require so much labor. This part of the labor could produce more products. Cao Xiangnan suddenly felt that it was necessary to open an economics course in their new school. At least, the minds of people of this era should be changed ideologically, so that people would not be confined to the current framework and could not jump out.

Something flashed through his mind, and he didn't catch it for a moment. Liu Baishu listened, not quite understanding.

Now he still couldn't figure out what Cao Xiangnan said today, but gradually in the future, he understood what Cao Xiangnan meant by what he said, which brought him a new understanding.

On the way back, Liu Baishu saw people who were repairing the road. He remembered what Cao Xiangnan said just now, and looked at Cao Xiangnan with a little inquiry. Cao Xiangnan noticed that Liu Baishu was looking at him. He smiled and said, "I paid for the people in the village to come and build the road. Some people from other villages have also come. I think the road will be built before winter."

Liu Baishu's eyes lit up when he looked at Cao Xiangnan. He now seemed to understand why their general was willing to follow such a person and do some chores.

They went to Master Feng's place and saw the progress of the house here. They thought it would be almost finished by the end of the month. Cao Xiangnan talked to Master Feng about the construction of the school. The two chatted for a few words and made an appointment with Master Feng to have a drink at his place in the evening. They would discuss the details then.

"Okay, I'll go after I'm done here." Master Feng said, as he couldn't leave here.

"Okay, Master Feng, I'm leaving now. See you later." Cao Xiangnan drove the carriage and waved to Master Feng. The carriage went back home.