Chapter 268 The Next Jiangnan
The next day, Mrs. Hu returned to the county town.
"Work hard! Don't miss home!" At the village entrance, Wei, Zheng and other mothers held their daughters' hands and said goodbye reluctantly.
My daughter can make a living in the city by her own ability and become a shopkeeper or accountant like a man. As a parent, who wouldn't be proud?
You don't have to work hard all day long like me, facing the earth and back to the sky.
"Mom, it's saved by our daughter!" The girls were all excited, flapping their wings like birds about to spread their wings and fly.
"Sir, we are leaving!" Xie Qingyun, Pei Yuzhen, Wang Furu and Su Lu bid farewell to Su Ying.
"Do a good job! Come on!" Su Ying patted the girl's shoulder.
"You have two days off every month to go home to visit your parents. You go home in groups of two, staggered."
This was what Su Ying discussed with Mrs. Hu. The girl was hired, not sold, so she should have a day off.
"Well, it saves money!" The girls were even happier when they learned that they could go home once a month.
"Qingyun, take care of yourself!" Looking at the ox cart going farther and farther away, Madam Zheng shouted loudly, her eyes red.
“A-Lu, take care of yourself!”…
The mothers watched the ox cart go away and chased after it to give instructions.
"Mom, that's a relief!" The women turned around and waved.
It was not until the convoy turned the corner and disappeared for a long time that everyone slowly dispersed and went about their own business.
Fu Zhong and Hu Erlang visited the vermicelli factory and oil press.
Now the kudzu root, fern root and konjac have been almost dug up, and the output is getting smaller and smaller. There are only two large pots left to cook vermicelli, and there is not much left to dry in the yard.
"I'm afraid we can't get more of this vermicelli?" Fu Zhong looked at Su Ying.
"Well, the surrounding area has been almost dug up. It will take another one or two years to plant the corners." Su Ying nodded, not in a hurry at all, and felt confident.
"What will happen next? Not only in your Huanggou Village, but in the entire Wu County, including other counties, the total amount of vermicelli is decreasing." Fu Zhong asked.
"So how are your sales going?" Su Ying asked back.
"It's not as good as a few months ago. Other places have also learned how to make vermicelli, and a lot of vermicelli has appeared everywhere. It's not as easy to sell as before, and the profit is much lower than before." Fu Zhong replied.
Su Ying smiled. "We've achieved our goal! Kudzu root, fern root, and konjac are grown in many places from south to north. Selling vermicelli noodles will encourage more people to learn how to eat them, and will help more people find food during natural disasters."
"You're not selling vermicelli anymore?" Fu Zhong raised an eyebrow. "Wouldn't the people of Wu County lose their livelihood?"
"Aren't there honey and tea oil?" Su Ying smiled.
"There are hundreds of thousands of mountains here. Honey alone can bring in a good income all year round. In autumn, tea oil pressing can also bring in a lot of money. Add in the two rice crops, and the people can live well."
"What about you?" Fu Zhong didn't believe that Su Ying would buy so many belongings and just leave them there, wasting them.
"Us? We would also like to ask you to help us import some soybeans, so that we can press soybean oil and use mung beans to make vermicelli. These are high-quality products with high prices and high profits, and are specially sold to the rich." Su Ying stated her subsequent plans.
"Extrude soybeans into oil and make vermicelli with mung beans?" Fu Zhong didn't expect Su Ying to have such a plan.
"Will the cost of extracting oil from soybeans be too high? Can mung beans be used to make vermicelli?"
"The soybean cakes after soybean oil is extracted can also be used to make tofu. As for the bean dregs, they can be eaten by humans or fed to livestock. They are all good things and nothing is wasted.
"Mung bean vermicelli is thinner and more translucent, called vermicelli, and has a better taste and is longer-lasting, far superior to kudzu root powder or fern root powder," Su Ying explained.
"It seems that Miss Su has already made up her mind!" Fu Zhong smiled. Sure enough, she would not waste these assets in vain. "The soybeans are shipped from other places, and the cost is high. Why not build a workshop outside?"
Fu Zhong was puzzled. They had made and sold the winter melon candy in other places yesterday, so why not this one?
“Well, let’s not consider it for now. The cost will definitely be high, but the high selling price can make up for it.
If you want to sell at a high price, you must make the product scarce and valuable. If you roll it out all at once, you will save costs, but the product will not be worth the price, and it will push up the price of soybeans, leading to a serious shortage of supply.
Why not first let Huanggou Village and Wu County have enough food to eat, and then after three to five years, the technology will slowly spread out."
"Haha, Miss Su is smart! If Miss Su were to do business, she would definitely be a good hand!" Fu Zhong admired her in his heart.
People can make a lot of money by taking out anything, but they bring the whole village and the whole county with them. Wuxian is really lucky to have met Miss Su.
"The first of your two seasons of rice has grown so tall!" Fu Zhong looked at the lush green paddy fields and lamented that the changes here were too fast.
"Yes, in just over a month the ears of grain will appear and the flowers will bloom. It's so fast!" Su Ying sighed.
We will go to the fields to plant beans tomorrow. Fortunately, the land at home has been plowed and dried long ago. All we need to do is dig holes, plant beans, and cover them with soil. A few women and children at home can do it.
"If every farmer in every household is like this, our Tang Dynasty will truly be a country of peace and prosperity!" Fu Zhong said as he looked at the thriving scene.
"As long as the weather is favorable and the court is benevolent, the country will surely be peaceful and the people will be safe!" Su Ying smiled. Who doesn't want to live in a peaceful and prosperous era?
The group walked slowly along the village road, admiring the prosperity of Huanggou Village.
"Why is your road different from the official road?" Fu Zhong was puzzled when he came in.
How can there be such a road? Isn't it covered in dirt on sunny days and mud on rainy days?
"We use a mixture of lime, clay and sand to make mortar, and use bamboo strips as reinforcements to pave it," Su Ying introduced.
"You're quite clever, young lady. You've moved the wall to build a road!" Fu Zhong understood. "If you remove the rocks and build a road, it will be much more convenient!"
The last time I came here, I had to walk all the way here. This time, a carriage brought me directly to my door without even bringing a speck of dust.
"Not only us, but also the neighboring Jinfeng Village is building roads, and the entire Wu County is building roads, just to attract more people to Wu County and make it more convenient to enter and exit Wu County." Su Ying said with a smile.
"Your Wu County is really amazing, always leading the way! The roads are easy to travel on, so merchants will naturally want to come here." Fu Zhong sighed.
“If Lingnan is so easy to travel to, it will be the next Jiangnan in the near future!”
"It will be soon! In three to five years, the double-season rice in Lingnan will be fully planted and the roads will be smooth. Maybe it will be even more prosperous than the south of the Yangtze River!" Su Ying imagined the future.
"The road in Lingnan is difficult to build! It's remote and sparsely populated. Not everyone is as united as you are in Huanggou Village and Wu County! Besides, how many people can afford to build a mortar road like yours?"
Fu Zhong fell in love with this place. If he didn't have an important task at hand, he would have wanted to buy a house and land here to live out his retirement.
"That day will come!" Su Ying said affirmatively, "Come on, I'll take you to see some good stuff!"
"What good stuff?" Fu Zhong and Hu Erlang were surprised. What kind of treasure could be hidden here?
"Follow me!" Su Ying took Atang and Xiaotao and got on the horse.
Fu Zhong, Hu Erlang and Fu Wang each rode their horses and followed Su Ying out of the village and headed towards Qingshi Mountain.
Entering from the small path, you can see smoke coming out of the blast furnace from afar. A dozen men are busy there, all covered in dust, working very hard.
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