Cai Xiaolian was taken aback, then her eyes lit up. That's right, they had considered opening a restaurant before, but after learning about Kuncheng, they felt the time wasn't right. But now, wow, Kuncheng not only has wealthy merchants from the Great Zhou doing business, but also people from the other five countries!
She was confident that no other place had as much food as Da Zhou, and that Gu Nian and Peng Yizhu had as much on their minds.
Their family has jade beads, as well as seeds of various vegetables and fruits collected over the past two years.
It's already the twelfth lunar month, and spring is just around the corner. After Uncle Gu clears the land, he'll plant the seeds, and we should be able to harvest around April next year. People from Qingzhou will be coming over in January, so there won't be a shortage of cooks then.
With that thought in mind, Cai Xiaolian asked, "Are people from the other five countries allowed to stay in Kuncheng?"
Madam Peng nodded: "It's allowed, but they can only enter through the west gate and cannot leave through other gates. Also, they are not allowed to carry weapons when they enter Kun City. Under normal circumstances, the people from the five countries will stay in Kun City for one or two days, and after the transaction is completed, they will leave."
Cai Xiaolian then asked, "Are there many restaurants in Kuncheng?"
In her opinion, there were only two people left in the yamen, so there probably weren't many restaurants left in Kuncheng!
Peng Yizhu laughed and said, "There are only a few small taverns, and business is not good on weekdays. They only do business on the few trading days. They are all good people living in Kuncheng who are neither military nor slaves. They make a living by doing business on the trading days each month."
Cai Xiaolian understood. Although it was called a county town, it was actually like a small town in an underdeveloped region in modern times.
She suddenly had a bold idea: to call the whole family together for a meeting that evening.
She wanted to make Kunzhou the most prosperous place in the vicinity, and to make Kunzhou the prefecture that paid the most taxes in the Great Zhou Dynasty, except for the capital and Jiangnan.
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That evening, Cai Xiaolian brought up the matter of the meeting.
Uncle Gu had a headache: "Sister-in-law, I've been out of town all day looking at wasteland. Can I go and rest? I'll listen to whatever you say."
Grandma Gu glanced at him.
Uncle Gu: "...Hey, after saying that, I suddenly don't feel tired anymore! Second brother, sister-in-law, you say it, you say it!"
Grandpa Gu smiled and shook his head. This eldest son needs to be trained to be more independent, otherwise who will be able to control him after the two of them are gone? The second and fourth sons both dote on their older brother, and the children also like him.
Cai Xiaolian took out a stack of papers, which she had rushed out after seeing off the Peng family. They were not very detailed yet, but she wanted to discuss them with her family before making a more detailed plan.
She handed it to Grandpa Gu first.
Grandma Gu has been with Grandpa Gu for so many years, and she has gone from being completely illiterate as a young girl to now being able to read without encountering any unfamiliar characters.
After reading it, the elderly couple planned to give it to Uncle Gu.
Uncle Gu waved his hand: "I'll listen, but if I watch, I really need to sleep."
Then Gu Shouxin took it, and upon looking at it, his thoughts, which had been blocked all day, suddenly became clear.
He knew where he had gone wrong. In the past, he had only thought about the cunning old foxes who maneuvered in the imperial court, and had never experienced the work of the lowest-ranking officials. Now, after reading Cai Xiaolian's incomplete plan, he knew what he should do.
He really wanted to hug and kiss his precious wife. What did he do to deserve such a wife?
Then Gu Nian watched it with her three younger siblings.
Gu Hui and Princess Jinghe went to the camp and could only go home once every three days, so they weren't there tonight.
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