Liuji Restaurant
As soon as Ke Xin arrived, he was invited by the shopkeeper Fang to a special private room upstairs. He smiled as cheerfully as his young master.
"Young Madam, what would you like?"
Ke Xin pinched her jaw and ordered a few ordinary side dishes. "Have someone divide these dishes into two portions and send them to the roast duck restaurant and the dim sum shop respectively. As for me, you can just serve two light side dishes!"
Shopkeeper Fang smiled and said, "It's great to have a sister. No matter where you go, there's always someone thinking about you. It's really enviable!"
After saying that, he walked away with a slightly disappointed look on his face. Although Ke Xin didn't know the story of Shopkeeper Fang, seeing his sour look, she thought that he didn't have any girls.
At the dinner table, the shopkeeper Fang had someone serve a dish of fish head with chopped peppers, a lighter dish of fried eggs with cucumbers, a dish of boiled pork, and a dish of husband and wife lung slices. After all the dishes were served, this person barely dared to come.
Ke Xin looked at him and said sarcastically, "Hey, how many hours have you taken to get here? What's the matter? You're so reluctant to leave that land of comfort!"
As if feeling jealous, Liu Feiyang pulled the corner of her mouth: "You talk nonsense all day long!"
After saying that, Xiao Wu also came up to him with a basin of water. While Liu Feiyang was washing his hands, he said with a smile: "I have good news for you. The emperor has passed away and the prince has succeeded to the throne. After the New Year, we will go to the capital!"
This was extremely good news. Ke Xin blinked her eyes, her eyes sparkling with stars, and grabbed his sleeve and asked, "Then we are safe now, right?"
"That's the case for now, but we can't let our guard down. If someone gets greedy, they might take action!"
Ke Xin: "So this is all because of money!"
All in all, there is no major danger, but minor frictions will still occur from time to time. If this is the case, how long can her Sanda skills protect her?
"I'll have to find Qi Lu later and ask him to get me some poison or drugs. If I encounter danger, no matter who they are, I'll just sprinkle some drugs on them and make them faint first!"
Liu Feiyang: .....
Seeing that his wife's words were so firm, he couldn't bear to break her fantasy. However, he was not worried about her safety. If she really encountered any problems, she could hide in the secret garden.
After dinner, Ke Xin threw one hundred and sixty taels of silver onto the table with a dull thud: "This is the profit from the two shops. Here you go!"
Liu Feiyang grinned and pushed the silver to her again: "Didn't we agree that you would be in charge of the money? Why are you giving me anything to do?"
Ke Xin did not refuse and accepted it. No matter how little meat there was on a mosquito's leg, it was still meat.
When I got home, as soon as I entered the door, I was invited to the main room.
There was a strange man sitting on the armchair. He looked to be in his thirties, wearing a black hat and official uniform. On his right sat the mayor. She knew this man. It was he who reminded her to kneel down when she received the imperial edict.
Sitting below the two of them were her grandfather, father, and two uncles. The rest were familiar village chiefs. As for who was the village chief of which village, she couldn't remember clearly.
Jinping Town Mayor Wang Tao stood up and said with a smile, "Madam Liu, we just met a while ago. I hope you are well!"
Ke Xin smiled and nodded at him: "Hello, Mayor, please take a seat!"
Wang Tao laughed awkwardly. With the magistrate on his side and the emperor's new favorite in front of him, how could he dare to do anything? He smiled awkwardly twice and said, "Madam Liu, let me introduce you. This is Cen Jiu Ming, the magistrate of Puping County."
After saying that, Cen Jiu Ming stood up from his chair, bowed slightly towards her, and smiled gently on his gentle face: "Please forgive me for disturbing you today, Madam!"
Ke Xin didn't dare to accept the gift, and immediately dodged it sideways, while also returning the greeting with a squatting gesture: "It is an honor for my humble family that you have condescended to come here. How dare I blame the magistrate!"
Wang Tao watched the two sides complimenting each other, and stood aside, listening quietly for a few words. After seeing that they stopped praising each other, he sat down. However, the mayor gave up his seat and let Jiang Kexin sit down.
She smiled and shook her head: "My grandfather, uncle and father are all here, how could I sit in the first seat!"
"Mayor, you are also a local official, so it is most appropriate for you to sit there. It won't interfere with our conversation even if I sit there!" After saying that, Ke Xin found an empty bench and sat down.
It’s a good thing that there are so many people at home and so many benches, otherwise, for all the people who came today, they would have to stand~!
When the mayor saw that she sat down readily, he sat back in his original seat.
After exchanging greetings, Cen Jiu Ming stated his purpose for coming: "I heard that Anjia Village is planting some kind of chili peppers. I heard that Liuji buys fresh chili peppers for 100 coins per jin, and dried chili peppers for 1 tael of silver per jin. I also heard that the yield per mu of chili peppers is quite high!"
After saying that, he paused for a moment and asked her with a smile, "I wonder if this is true, Madam?"
Originally, Ke Xin didn't know why the magistrate asked him to come, but after he said that, Ke Xin understood.
She nodded calmly, "Chili peppers are both a vegetable and a seasoning. The current price of chili peppers is indeed what it is, but this is based on a premise: they're not widely grown, so the high price is normal. If everyone were to grow them, the price would definitely drop."
After she finished speaking, Cen Jiu Ming and everyone else nodded. They all understood that if there were too many of this thing, it would be worthless. But before they could say anything, Ke Xin continued, "No matter how high or low the price is, if no one can grow it, then it's all in vain!"
"Because our village is poor, and I'm the head of Anjia Village, I have to lead our village to plant the first batch of peppers. This means we face two choices. The first is success, then everyone will make money. The second is failure. Not only will everyone work hard all year and not make any money, but they will also lose a year's harvest and miss out on the money they could have earned from odd jobs!"
After she explained the severity of the rupture, she looked at the other village heads in the room and asked, "So, does anyone in your village have any of these?"
"Once the trees are planted, can you accept success or failure without causing trouble?"
Everyone fell silent. Who could guarantee that they wouldn't cause trouble if they failed? That was a year's worth of food, and everyone depended on it for their livelihood. They couldn't afford to gamble!
Jiang Kexin lowered her eyes, looked at the magistrate for a moment, and said with a smile: "The villagers in our village are afraid of poverty, so everyone in the village dares to follow me to take a gamble. If we win, we make money. If we lose, we will learn from the failure and continue planting next year. Of course, if the planting is successful, we will also lead other villages to plant together!"
When the other village heads heard this, they started whispering to each other, their faces filled with joy. Seeing this, Ke Xin could only sigh that people are selfish.
Cen Jiu Ming glanced at Jiang Kexin. From her calm expression, he could tell that growing peppers should be a sure thing. Success would definitely outweigh failure. Otherwise, she wouldn't dare to joke about the names of the whole village, young and old.
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