Liu Zhiyuan's rather tough attitude made Chen Bing a little hesitant. She bit her lower lip and said nothing, as if she was struggling in her heart. Liu Zhiyuan saw the anxiety in his eyes, so he changed his words and asked: "

Erniang, please do the math. If these two acres of land are used to make sauce, how much will it cost, including manpower and materials?"

Chen Bing didn't know what he meant, but he still followed his words and calculated silently in his heart. Liu Zhiyuan was not idle either. He ordered a cup of tea for Chen Bing and himself, and then he leaned back on the back of the chair with a smile on his face.

He smiled and looked at Chen Bing, who was as calm as a clay sculpture.

After about a cup of tea, Chen Bing moved slightly, counted with his fingers, and said to Liu Zhiyuan: "If we use soybeans produced locally, one pound is ten cents, and the amount of this sauce jar is

We need around 30 kilograms of food, which costs 300 fen, and the firewood needed to steam 30 kilograms of soybeans is about 10 fen. A sauce vat is worth about 100 fen, calculated based on four months.

One jar is worth about four hundred and ten cents. Oh, and we also need to include manpower. If we calculate ten jars for five days and ten cents, the manpower required for one jar for four months is twenty-four cents, so the cost of a jar of sauce is four hundred cents.

One hundred and thirty-four coppers. Based on one vat occupying one foot of land, two acres of land can hold approximately four hundred vats, and a total of one hundred and thirty-six hundred vats will be required." After Chen Bing finished speaking, he held up the tea in front of him with both hands.

Hold the cup and sip the tea soup inside.

After hearing this, Liu Zhiyuan nodded and said: "One hundred and seventy-three thousand six hundred yuan, that is one hundred and seventy-three guan, which is a little more. It is not much, but it is not much."

Chen Bing also nodded and sighed: "For you, it's not much, but for me, the money is simply sky-high. Zhixing, if you really want to make sauce here, you don't have to make four sauces at a time.

Baitan, in my opinion, the only way to do this now is to do less in order to reduce some investment."

But Liu Zhiyuan shook his head and said disapprovingly: "I am more familiar with eating food than you. Since I dare to say that the future of this soy sauce is good, it will not be too bad. Erniang, I know you are making yourself angry.

You have made some money, can you tell me how much money you can give?"

Chen Bing thought for a while, stretched out three fingers, and said truthfully: "Except for asking Fang Mengshan to buy sulfur, saltpeter and other items, the remaining money he can use is only thirty guan. Hey, my money and one hundred and seventy

Compared to the three strings, it's far behind."

Liu Zhiyuan said rather boldly: "It doesn't matter! One hundred and seventy-three guan, just count it as 180 guan. I will give you 150 guan, and you will give the remaining 30 guan. You and I will cooperate in this

Let’s just buy and sell soy sauce.”

"Cooperation?" Chen Bing didn't seem to understand yet.

Liu Zhiyuan smiled and said: "Yes, cooperation. According to common sense, you and I will each contribute a share of money. If I contribute more, you will contribute less. If this business loses, then the one I paid more will also lose more.

The one who pays less will naturally lose less. If this transaction makes a profit, then the one who pays more and I will make more, and the one who pays less will make less. But it’s just you and me.

There is no need to calculate so carefully. You and I add to the money earned two to five, and each of us can get half of it."

Hearing this, Chen Bing was speechless and was extremely shocked. He never expected that Liu Zhiyuan would propose such a generous offer. He was extremely happy and thought that if this could really be done, then the sauce maker would be better than making a fire by himself.

Having made a lot, I can do a better job in promotion. This big devil is really a noble person. Thinking about this, Chen Bing blushed slightly and said: "Zhixing, I, I, thank you..."

Liu Zhiyuan waved his hand hurriedly and said: "Stop it! Don't say thank you to me anymore. I said, these are all sales, and I also want to make money. Saying thank you to me will only show that there is a quarrel between you and me."

Already."

Chen Bing was not a shy person. He had been with Liu Zhiyuan for a long time and knew his temperament, so he smiled and said: "Okay! I have no reason not to agree to the conditions you offered, but I can say something ugly upfront. If I lose,

You can't rely on me for your one hundred and fifty guans."

Liu Zhiyuan laughed loudly and said: "Er Niang, you are really cunning. There is no one who can only make a profit without losing money in this business. If there can be a business that is sure to make a profit but not lose money, people in this world will compete for it."

If you do it, if there are more people doing it, it will become a business that is guaranteed to lose money but not make any profit. I understand what you said. If you really lose money, you will also pay a big share of my share. I will admit it. You

Don't worry. Well, from what I see, there's no rush to make the sauce. I've sent people to compact the ground in the backyard in the past few days, and then I'll pick it up.

I will take care of the purchase of soybeans and sauce jars. After all, I am in the restaurant business, so I know the quality of the soybeans. After all these are done, I will hire four people for you. You can teach the four people.

Give me some tips on how to make sauce, that will reduce your labor."

Chen Bing nodded, then shook his head and said, "What you said is very good, but can you give me the right to hire people?"

Liu Zhiyuan said: "Oh? Does Er Niang already have a candidate in mind?"

Chen Bing nodded and said: "Yes, I do have a candidate in mind. I want to find those people in the next few days. If you are willing, it would be great. If you are not willing, it is not too late to find someone."

of."

Liu Zhiyuan naturally agreed to this, and sighed in his heart: "Since Anxu's uprising, the once prosperous Zhejiang East Road and Zhexi West Road have also become very depressed, and Huahu Village has suffered a military disaster due to the transportation of Taihu stones.

She is even more trapped. I think Erniang wants to find some villagers to work as laborers, so she can earn some money to supplement the family income." After thinking about this, she smiled and said, "Okay, you are more familiar with the people in the village than I am.

If there are many, it would be better for you to do this, and the manpower found can also suit your wishes."

Chen Bingyanran took Liu Zhiyuan's tea cup, spooned a teaspoon of ground tea powder into it, and lit the tea according to Liu Zhiyuan's instructions. Liu Zhiyuan could see clearly, and was amazed and happy in his heart.

, I kept asking myself: "Did you order this tea for me? Did you order it for me?" But he said, "Er Niang, what are you..."

Chen Bing laughed and said: "After drinking all the cups of tea you ordered, you don't want me to order one for you? This is my first time ordering tea, and I don't know the depth of it. I'm going to make you laugh at me."

After saying that, Chen Bing brought the lit tea cup to Liu Zhiyuan and said with a smile: "Zhixing, please have some tea."

Liu Zhiyuan smiled slightly, feeling happy in his heart. He took the tea cup and looked at Chen Bing. Unexpectedly, Chen Bing also looked at him. Their eyes met. Liu Zhiyuan's face turned slightly red. He coughed lightly.

He turned away slightly, put the tea cup in front of him, and took a sip of the tea soup. It was already the end of summer, and there was no new tea. Although the tea Liu Zhiyuan brought was the extremely precious Biluochun, it was a tea that was on the market in early spring after all.

, so it is considered old tea now. Although the tea soup is rich and delicious, it still has a bit of bitterness. But when Liu Zhiyuan drank it, there was no bitterness at all, and it tasted as sweet as honey. He finished the cup of tea soup

, praised: "It's the first time I can order tea with such skill. Er Niang is really amazing, really amazing."

Chen Bing put his hands flat on the table, sat up straight and leaned forward, looked at Liu Zhiyuan very seriously, smiled slightly, and said softly: "Zhixing, you have done so much for me, I don't know how to thank you."

Liu Zhiyuan knew what he was referring to. He stood up and inserted a lotus root flower that Qian Neizhi had given him when he was packing the dishes into an empty vase. He said, "You and I are on the same boat now. To use your fisherman's words,

The two of us must be in the same boat and work together. From now on, you and I will both prosper and suffer, so what difference does it make to each other? Besides, I promised to help you before, have you forgotten? Oh, by the way, my new

The yard we built has not been named yet, but it is now being used by Erniang for making sauce. Please give me a name for it." New

Chen Bing found it very interesting and did not refuse. After thinking for a while, he said: "This Huahu Village is close to Taihu Lake, and the most planted trees on the shore of Taihu Lake are willows. And Liu Qiqing has a famous saying, where will I wake up tonight? Willows

Shore, the dawn wind is waning and the moon is waning. And your surname is Liu, and you have the same surname as Liu Qiqing. In my opinion, this courtyard should be named Yueliu Garden. What do you think?"

Liu Zhiyuan nodded slightly and said: "Yueliu Garden? Very good! Although Liu Qiqing's poetry cannot be said to be the best in the world, his attainments are indeed extremely high in our dynasty. There are many pear trees in the garden of my Liu family in Huating.

Every spring, the scene of scattered pear blossoms is like dancing snow, which is extremely magnificent, so my father called this garden Qingxue Garden. Moon Willow Garden and Qingxue Garden are indeed a perfect match. Yiyiyue Liuxue Qingyao, Jade

The bones are crisp and the fragrance is far away under the moon. I am drunk with the flowing clouds and you look far away. The king of heaven is willing to accompany you to the court. Well, it seems to have such an artistic conception."

Chen Bing understood Liu Zhiyuan's limerick, and her whole little face turned red. She stood up abruptly, covered her cheeks with her hands, and said coquettishly: "Big devil! You

What are you talking about? I, I won’t tell you anymore, I, I’m going back, hum! You won’t even think about eating the food I cooked these days!” After saying that, Chen Bing ignored Liu Zhiyuan and walked

He ran straight out of the east wing.

Liu Zhiyuan knew that he was in the wrong and did not go to keep her. After watching Chen Bing's beautiful figure leave the house, thinking about Chen Bing's shy look just now, his face felt a little hot. He hurriedly washed his face with a handkerchief.

, suddenly felt cool and refreshed, but his heart was like ants gnawing at him, he still felt agitated and itchy, he sighed, sat cross-legged on the step bed, secretly practicing his internal energy, about as much as a stick of incense.

After a while, all the internal energy was exhausted, and his heart became much calmer and clearer. He stood up, patted the dust on his clothes, and called in a low voice: "Wuji, come here."

Liu Wuji didn't know what kind of movement he used, but he suddenly appeared beside Liu Zhiyuan. He bowed and saluted and said, "What are your orders, young master?"

Liu Zhiyuan asked: "How is the investigation of the woman's abduction? And Chen Tianbao, have you returned to Huating again? Did you find anything?"

Liu Wuji lowered his head and said respectfully: "Young master, I have some clues. The reason why the Chen family was ruined back then was because someone set up a trap. Chen Tianbao's mother, Chen Fang, was quite beautiful, and her temperament was very dissolute.

Chen Tianbao had a close relationship with his neighbor Zhang Erlang, and the two exchanged glances with each other, and they hooked up. Chen Tianbao had quite a lot of money in his family, but his father, Chen Shouxi, was lazy and loved gambling.

Chen Shouxi was afraid that he would ruin the family and had tried to persuade her not to listen. Now that she was hooking up with Zhang Erlang, she had to find a way to get the family property. The two colluded with a charlatan sorcerer and set up a trap. Chen Shouxi

At first he was unwilling to shut up, but he couldn't stand the sorcerer's persuasion for days, so he finally took up the road and fought with him for several days. In the end, he wiped out all the family property and owed as much as seventy guans. The sorcerer saw that

His family had no wealth and only had a son and a daughter, so he came up with the idea of ​​these two people. Unexpectedly, Chen Shouxi actually proposed to use his two children in exchange for the money he owed. The sorcerer was doing a business without capital.

Naturally she agreed, but Chen Fang was a cold-hearted person and didn't care much about her children. She and her daughter-in-law, Zhang Erlang, left Huating overnight with their money. The warlock also ran away after reselling the children.

Without a trace. I just pity Chen Tianbao and his sister."


Chapter completed!