Chapter 225: Prosperity in the War
Old Mu has lived in the Song family for such a long time. His monthly salary is one or two taels of silver, and no one says anything about how fast or slow he works.
It is quite interesting to modify things occasionally according to Miss Song's instructions. I have always admired Song Liyun's ingenious ideas, and now when I heard about adding a water wheel millstone, I immediately agreed.
Han Ming took the recipe and realized it was for feeding the rabbits raised by Xiao An at home, so he immediately put it away carefully.
There are more and more rabbits at home, and Xiao An spends half a day mowing the grass every day.
It would be much easier if we could really feed rabbits with feed made from these green stalks.
The Song’s Paper Box Factory has been collecting tree bark and wood chips. A month ago, it was also collecting wheat straw, and now it is purchasing corn stalks, sorghum stalks, and hay.
As soon as the news got out, farmers who saw that their fields had little harvest quickly cut their crops and sent them over.
The villages around Suijin Town have little income, so it's a good thing to be able to sell firewood for money.
Song Liyun didn't expect that just because she said it casually, the cardboard factory was almost submerged by corn stalks, sorghum stalks and dried grass.
After all, there is little land in the village for growing fine grains such as wheat, and most of the land is still planted with corn and sorghum.
With so many things to process, the cardboard factory had to start hiring more people and even cleared out a piece of land to build a shed for making feed.
The recipe Song Liyun gave was divided into several types according to the ratio and coarseness of grass powder, including rabbit feed, horse feed, and cattle feed of different ages. Han Ming was so busy that he had to hire people from the Acorn Shop.
Anyway, Acorn Workshop has stopped operations due to relocation and shortage of raw materials, so it's a good opportunity to transfer them here to work.
The house was so busy that Song Liyun had to go to Tianxianglou to work from time to time.
When she returned to the building on the third day, she realized that she had missed Chen Leyan's invitation to meet her at Jinxilou on the day she was harvesting rapeseed at home.
"If we delay any longer, the people from the winery will come again."
Song Liyun chuckled. After being invited once, there would be a second time. Tianxianglou would also need strong liquor after the weather got cold, but before that, the people in the winery had to panic.
This had been agreed upon long ago. Lin Tao didn't say anything, but simply opened the account book for Song Liyun to see: "Master Jiang said that he wants to withdraw a sum of money from Tianxiang Tower."
"Hmm?" Song Liyun paused as she tried to grab the account book. "What do you mean, Master Jiang wants to borrow some money?"
That's not right. Tianxianglou has only been open for more than a month. I have only just made back my investment of more than 300 taels of silver. There is no money on the books, and they are preparing to suck my blood?
Lin Tao shook his head: "From what Lord Jiang said, it's not about borrowing money, it's... it's..."
He didn't know what to say. What Jiang Feng meant was that he could use the money from Tianxiang Tower at will.
"Tianxiang Tower was allocated to the garrison by the government. If they want money, Captain Luo has to ask for it. We can't give it to him."
Song Liyun's heart skipped a beat when she thought of Captain Luo's words.
Captain Luo said that the title deed of Tianxiang Tower was still in the hands of the government, so he should not take it too seriously and not end up doing something that would be a favor to others. He would be heartbroken if the title deed was taken back by the government!
I didn't expect that I would be targeted as soon as I showed up.
"I showed the account book to Lord Jiang. When he saw that there was only fifty taels of silver, he didn't say anything else. He just said that I must withdraw one thousand taels of silver next month."
Song Liyun slammed the table and said angrily: "If you want to take the money, then you better dream on!"
Jiang Feng was the county magistrate. Except for the time when he just took over the mess of Tianxiang Tower and Song Liyun got the deed from the county government, they had no contact since then.
Although Tianxianglou and the county government have a tacit understanding in private, it has nothing to do with money.
Never mind him. If Jiang Feng wants money, just let Captain Luo come forward!
Tianxianglou's business is as good as ever, with mutton shipped in from the garrison every day.
According to Wang Junxu, the mutton came from people living on the grasslands.
Song Liyun went to Qili County every day after that. Huang Changsheng and Shen Leyan seemed to have forgotten about selling wine and never invited her again.
During this period, Qili County, which was free from war and disturbance, quietly changed.
There were suddenly more cars and horses on the streets. Some people who originally lived in the provincial capital began to come to Qili County to visit relatives and friends, sightsee and cool off, and they would stay there and not leave.
Rumors about the war also spread as the crowd moved.
The Dilu cavalry that broke through Qing'an Prefecture were truly brutal and brutal, and they did not want slaves.
In addition to transporting the looted food back to the grassland, they also wanted gold and silver.
Wherever they went, they even cut off the earrings from the corpses. The refugees fled to Pingyang Prefecture and gathered outside the city, numbering tens of thousands.
Prices in the city skyrocketed, and in panic, some wealthy people in Pingyang Prefecture thought of coming to Qili County.
There are garrisons here, and many Dilu bandits have been captured, and even Dilu cavalry have been wiped out, so there is a strong sense of security.
With these wealthy people coming to avoid disaster, Qili County's business suddenly flourished, and even the sighing Furui Winery's business picked up.
Zuichunlou wanted wine, Jinxilou wanted wine, and all the hundreds of jars of wine that had filled his heart were gone.
Other famous wine shops and restaurants also have a large customer base.
In troubled times, Qili County was strangely prosperous.
Tianxianglou had to start queuing, and the guys were running around like crazy.
Zhou Sizhu's children were the main people busy, and Song Liyun also came out in person to help serve dishes, wipe the table and count the sticks.
"Sir, you have eaten eighty-two skewers and a pot of wine, which costs one hundred and fifty silver coins."
Song Liyun was all smiles. She had just escorted a table of guests to the door when she saw the steward Wan, who had disappeared for half a month, coming over at dinner time.
"Wow! Steward Song is also serving dishes himself! Tianxianglou's business is so good!" Steward Wan joked with Song Liyun with a smile on his face.
Song Liyun knew that Manager Wan was a very busy man and would not come to see him unless there was something important. It must be that the handbag from a month ago had reacted.
She came over with a smile: "Uncle Wan, it's hot, let's go upstairs and have a glass of sake."
Manager Wan smiled and nodded, "Yes, we should have a good drink!"
The two were about to enter the door but were stopped by someone.
A woman wearing an emerald green dress and with two maids' hair combed stood in front with her hands on her hips, glaring at Song Liyun: "How can you be a servant? We came in line first and didn't get to eat, but this old man asked us to go upstairs as soon as he arrived."
Manager Wan was startled by the word "old man" she called him, but he was a merchant and would not get angry easily no matter how unpleasant the words were.
Song Liyun's face darkened slightly, but she didn't get angry.
The other party was a guest, so she had to endure it even if she was mistaken for a servant, especially in front of the steward Wan.
She calmed herself down and said with a faint smile, "Miss, Uncle Wan has already reserved a private room, so he doesn't have to queue."
"Hmph! Who are you trying to fool? We asked, and the shopkeeper said that the private rooms upstairs don't accept reservations. How could he have made one? We're all guests, and you're still dividing us into different levels!" The girl in the green dress spoke sharply, attracting several people who were waiting in line nearby.
Song Liyun frowned slightly. Tianxianglou indeed did not accept reservations.
Eating kebabs is basically fast food, and it all depends on the fast turnover.
There were no clocks in this era. If a customer made an appointment to arrive at noon, but arrived at noon and continued eating until the end of noon, two hours would have passed.
(End of this chapter)
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