Chapter 89: Jiangzhou Bao Family Wants to Cooperate
After checking the quality of Zuixianlou's dishes and confirming that there was no decline, Li Tiezhu packed up a few dishes and returned to Anju Village.
Anju Village at this time is no longer the same as it was a year ago, when the sky was filled with yellow earth and the land was green.
The road from the main city to Anju Village is built on a flatter and neater site than the roads in the main city.
The entrance to Anju Village is very grandly built, with two simple watchtowers and a bell tower on the wall.
Entering Anju Village is as strict as entering Liangcheng, and outsiders cannot get in easily.
After entering Anju Village, I saw that every household had built a building. Walking east along the river, I could see a farm covering dozens of acres from afar.
Within a year, after several expansions, the Gu family farm had grown to nearly 40 acres.
More than 90% of the families in the village are engaged in breeding with the Gu family.
Even those who are not involved in animal husbandry work on farms, and their wages are no less than those who are engaged in animal husbandry.
All this happened because a year ago, the Gu family cooperated with Zuixianlou and brought in the villagers of Anju Village to engage in the breeding business.
Although the villagers in Anju Village were hesitant at first, as the Gu family earned more and more money, more and more families in the village were willing to give it a try.
Until today, a year later, every household had earned at least several dozen taels of silver.
Now Anju Village not only does business with Zuixianlou, but also does business with other stores in the city.
Every day, horse-drawn carriages arrive at Anju Village to collect goods, one after another starting from early morning.
The Gu family, however, still stayed in the original place and did not move out, but just built the walls around the courtyard a little higher.
Li Tiezhu protected the food box all the way to Gu's house to meet the young master he had mentioned when he was in Zuixianlou.
This young master is naturally Gu Feixue, who is one year older than him.
"Young Master, the work is done."
In the Gu family courtyard, a charming young girl in purple clothes was sitting beside a stone table.
The girl was holding a stack of papers and reading them. When she heard Li Tiezhu's voice, she just looked up at him and then quickly lowered her head again.
"Young Master, these are the dishes I packed from Zuixianlou."
Gu Feixue raised her eyes and looked at the food box, and finally said:
"Let it go there. What do you think of the situation at Zuixianlou?"
Upon hearing this, Li Tiezhu told Gu Feixue what happened in Zuixianlou today.
When talking about the famous "First Village in Liangcheng" mentioned by other diners, a hint of pride finally flashed in Gu Feixue's calm eyes.
"Well done! If you encounter someone this unsophisticated in the future, you should respond in the same way. Just because you haven't tasted delicious goose doesn't mean it doesn't exist in the world."
After saying that, Gu Feixue folded the stack of papers in her hand and stuffed them into her arms, then walked hurriedly:
"I'll reimburse you for these vegetables, you can take them to the farm. I have something to go out for now, so you don't have to follow me."
The moment Gu Feixue was folding the paper, Li Tiezhu caught sight of the silver company's palm print and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Sure enough, nothing except silver could make the young master so focused.
Li Tiezhu was a worker hired shortly after the Gu family and Zuixianlou started cooperating on supplying goods. Due to his outstanding abilities, he was quickly promoted to farm manager.
This time, Gu Feixue asked him to go to Zuixianlou to try out whether the quality of Zuixianlou's vegetable market had fluctuated.
When thinking about the farm's profits, apart from the quality of the agricultural products, the level of Zuixianlou's kitchen is naturally what comes to mind.
If the quality has not declined but the cooking skills have fluctuated, affecting the reputation among diners, then the Gu family will naturally have a clue about it.
Zuixianlou's performance has been quite stable this year, but Gu Feixue still sends people to inspect Zuixianlou every month.
After leaving Anju Village, Gu Feixue went all the way to the silver bank in the city, took out the silver that she had previously deposited in the bank, and counted it to find that there was almost one hundred taels.
Adding the more than 400 taels left over from a year ago, she now has more than 500 taels of silver on hand, which should be enough to do what she wants.
At the same time, in the backyard of Zuixianlou.
"Boss, the farm's steward, Li, just came. He had his meal up front, packed up a few dishes, and then went back."
As soon as Bao Hongcai entered the restaurant, Zheng Cheng told him that Li Tiezhu had just come to Zuixianlou.
In the past, Bao Hongcai would always ask a few more questions after hearing this, but today was slightly different.
"I understand. We'll talk about this later. I have something important to do now." Having said this, Bao Hongcai shouted towards the door:
"You guys, bring the things in quickly."
Hearing Bao Hongcai's anxious tone, Zheng Cheng couldn't help but wonder what had happened that made Manager Bao so flustered?
Zheng Cheng didn't know that the reason why Bao Hongcai was in such a state was because a distinguished guest had arrived at Liangcheng Zuixianlou today.
He carefully instructed the workers to put the things they were carrying in the appropriate places.
Money trees, kumquats, expensive furniture, tea cups and tea leaves, etc., these were all bought by Bao Hongcai at a high price not long ago to show off his appearance.
Thinking of what the person who delivered the letter ahead of him said, Bao Hongcai couldn't help but feel a surge of heat in his heart.
The head of the Bao family, who lived far away in Jiangzhou, actually sent a steward to inspect the Zuixian Tower in Liangcheng!
In the past, only the prosperous cities like Jiangzhou had the privilege of being inspected in this way.
Once he is valued by the master, he will be able to expand the Liangcheng restaurant and win over more connections. In the future, he may even be promoted by the master to be the manager in Jiangzhou. This is a good thing that he dare not even think about!
Even though Liangcheng is developing well now, it is just a small city under Jiangzhou after all. How can it be compared with Jiangzhou?
If there are ten wealthy businessmen in Liangcheng, then there are more than a thousand in Jiangzhou, and the money they earn is naturally incomparable.
Bao Hongcai naturally had to entertain the guests from the master's family well.
After a busy day, on the second day, Bao Hongcai welcomed a distinguished guest from afar.
"You run a very good business. The master sent me to take a look. If you have the ability, I will naturally not ignore it."
As soon as they met, before Bao Hongcai could even say the flattery he had prepared, the person who came to inspect said to him with a smile.
Bao Hongcai was so proud at that time. If the shopkeepers in other cities knew that he, Bao Hongcai, was so valued by the master's family, would they be furious?
He said with great respect:
"Manager Qin is right. I will definitely live up to the master's trust." He looked calm and composed.
Seeing this, Qin Ren naturally showed a hint of appreciation on his face. After following Bao Hongcai's reception and visiting the scale of Liangcheng Zuixianlou, he was also very satisfied with Bao Hongcai's management.
After the visit, everyone naturally exchanged pleasantries while having dinner. However, what Bao Hongcai did not expect was that the manager Qin who came to inspect actually mentioned some people who surprised him.
"May I ask if there is a famous village in Liangcheng called Anju Village?"
Bao Hongcai was stunned when he heard this, and put away the chopsticks in his hand and said:
"Yes, there is this village, Anju Village, which is currently the supplier of duck and goose for Zuixianlou's signature dishes."
Although not all businesses in Anju Village are engaged in breeding, they are actually not much different.
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