Five days later.

Qin Huaidao couldn't go out and didn't receive any customers, so he concentrated on distilling liquor. He finally brewed 10,000 kilograms, two kilograms per person, which was barely enough. After sealing the wine, he went to Dongshi and strolled to his shop.

The number of people buying fairy fruit seemed to be less than before, with only a dozen people queuing up. Madam Liu was busy receiving them. When she saw Qin Huaidao coming, she quickly asked a girl to take over and greeted him: "Young master, you are here, but

Is there something wrong?"

"Come and see, are you okay?"

Mrs. Liu quickly said: "More than half of them have been sold. It is estimated that they will all be sold before the year. By the way, there is a lot of money. Xue Lang will come over and transport it back in a while, and we will sell it all..."

"There's no need to explain the accounts. Just remember it yourself and report it to He'er later. There aren't many customers now. I'll ask the owner to bring over the stove and briquettes later. How about you sell them together?" Qin Huaidao interrupted.

Mrs. Liu quickly said: "There is also one in the stove shop, and it is very useful. The people who came to buy the fairy fruit are still asking if they can buy it. If they do, they should be able to sell it, but they are afraid that if it sells out, they will not have enough manpower."

"Then some women who are literate and good at arithmetic will be transferred from the village to help, and you can manage them together." Qin Huaidao said, seeing the sound of gongs not far away, he looked over curiously and asked: "Over there

What is it for?"

"Back to the young master, the imperial court has started selling rice. It will be sold at this time every day. The purchase limit is one pound per person. Before, it was five cents. Now it only costs three cents. If the imperial court hadn't sold rice to bring down the price of food, where would the common people have eaten?

"I'm afraid I don't know how many people will die." Liu quickly explained and looked into the distance.

"Are other grain merchants also Sanwen?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"Yes, Dusanwen. The court sells grain every day. People are not stupid. One pound a day is enough to eat. Why do they still buy from grain merchants? Grain merchants can't sell it, so they can only lower the price. Moreover, they don't limit the purchase of Sanwen."

Qin Huaidao laughed when he heard this, and a sense of accomplishment arose spontaneously. He finally brought down the price of grain. The price of three cents was half less than usual. The common people benefited from it. He could barely maintain his capital, but the grain merchants lost money. However,

It has nothing to do with you, it’s time to buy the bottom.

At this time, a voice came: "Young Master!"

"Brother Xue is here. I was talking about you just now." Qin Huaidao waved to Xue Rengui to come forward and said to Mrs. Liu: "Sister-in-law, you go and do your work first."

"Say hello if you need anything." Mrs. Liu saw that the two of them had something to say, so she agreed and went.

After Xue Rengui came up, Qin Huaidao said in a low voice: "Don't transport the money back, use it to buy rice. Find more fresh faces to buy from different grain merchants. Don't go to the house. Qinjiazhuang's faces are fine, then go to Zhao Shuwen."

Their people also came forward to avoid arousing suspicion, and agreed on a time to start at the same time. Fifty thousand stones were secretly transported to the house for backup, and one hundred thousand stones were transported to Qinjiazhuang. It needs to be done quickly, and it will be done today. I am worried that the price of food will rise due to large purchases."

"Understood, I'll make arrangements here and get it done before dark." Xue Rengui agreed without asking any more questions. In Xue Rengui's view, food was expensive, so it was the right way to reserve more while it was cheap, and left in a hurry.

Qin Huaidao greeted Mr. Liu and came to the place where the imperial court bought rice to watch. The positions were in order, the identity and confidence were checked, the cashiers, and the grain weighers all cooperated very well and moved very skillfully. They sold so much grain in a row.

, all of them have become skilled workers.

Gradually, Qin Huaidao realized that something was wrong. There were not many people queuing up to buy food. This was unreasonable. He found the person in charge of the scene, showed his identity and asked: "There are not many people at the scene, or is it always like this?"

The other party was a small official in the Ministry of Revenue, with no rank or rank, but he also heard that the recent troubles in the Ministry of Revenue were related to the person in front of him, so he quickly saluted and replied: "Sir, there have been fewer people since yesterday."

"Do you know the reason?"

"I'm not sure. I'm busy organizing the sales and haven't taken care of other things. Why don't you go down and find out?"

"No, go and get busy." Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of the question, Qin Huaidao waved his hand to signal the other party to leave. After pondering for a moment, he came to a grain merchant's shop. When he went in, he saw that the price of polished rice and noodles was three cents, but the coarse rice noodles only cost one and a half cents a bucket.

It's equivalent to half the usual fare, and you immediately realize it and leave in a hurry.

About half an hour later, Qin Huaidao came to Qinjiazhuang on horseback. He happened to meet Xue Rengui who was leading people to purchase. He stopped him and pulled him aside and whispered: "We will quietly purchase another hundred thousand shi of coarse grains, including wheat bran, sorghum, and rice bran."

They all need to be packed separately and transported back to the house quietly."

"Understood!" Xue Rengui agreed and hurried away.

Qin Huaidao watched everyone leave and smiled. People are greedy for benefits. Although coarse grains are unpalatable, they can fill them up. When the price of coarse grains plummets, they will definitely buy coarse grains and save them. They can mix them with refined grains in the future. This leads to

Fewer people buy refined grains.

As long as bargain hunting reduces the amount of coarse grains in the market, the number of people buying refined grains will inevitably increase.

There are many grain merchants in Chang'an City, and they must have more than 100,000 shi of coarse grains. Qin Huaidao does not want to do anything, and deprive the poor people of their choice, but it does not prevent them from taking the opportunity to eat a batch. 100,000 shi is just right, and Qinjiazhuang has nearly a thousand more mouths.

It's definitely not possible to feed without food, and the extra food can be used to make wine.

Afterwards, Qin Huaidao came to the iron shop, preparing to make a fine steel horse stall for use in the Khitan battle. Seeing that Mr. Huang was there, he stepped forward to say hello. Mr. Huang motioned aside and whispered: "Young Master, from Zhaojiacun

It's been a few days since I came here, and I have to arrange some things, but I can't just wait and see."

"What do you think?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"I don't know, the Qin Family Village can handle the current matter by itself, there is no need to increase manpower, but it is not appropriate to provide food every day, the impact will be too fast," Huang said.

Qin Huaidao nodded knowingly. Everyone in Qinjiazhuang was paid for their work. If other people were arranged to come in, it would mean that everyone would be robbed of the opportunity to make money, which would definitely lead to conflicts, but it was not appropriate to just keep it like this. After thinking about it,

Said: "I just have something to discuss with you."

"You say!"

"For this period of time in Qinjiazhuang, I have been providing food and drink for everyone, and I have also made some money for everyone's work. We cannot continue like this, what do you think?"

"It's really not possible. I have meat every day and I still take care of it. It is already a great favor. I also give high wages. Young Master is a great kindness and kindness. No one in the Qin family village dares to forget it. It is really inappropriate to continue like this. Young Master, even

Even if there is a mountain of gold, it will be eaten up by everyone. Anyway, everyone has made some money, so everyone should eat what they have." Huang Lao said.

Qin Huaidao was a little worried. He had gone from luxury to simplicity since ancient times and asked: "Can everyone accept it?"

"What is unacceptable about this? Originally, the young master saw that everyone could not survive, so he gave everyone food and drink, and paid wages. Now that he has earned money, he should live his own life. How can he let the young master raise him? That is not a fool.

, let’s see who dares not to agree.” Mr. Huang said solemnly.

"You can't just leave it alone. In this way, each person will be given one stone of grain, and the young master will give it to everyone. With this stone of grain, it will be enough for the winter, and coal will be used for cooking and heating. Each person will be given two hundred grains, and the vegetables will be eaten by himself.

"Prepare, we won't make unified arrangements for meals in the future, what do you think?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"No, we all have some money, so we can solve it ourselves." Mr. Huang refused.

Qin Huaidao made a decision and said: "Then let's do it this way. Once the food is bought, it will be distributed to everyone. The wages will remain unchanged. If anyone has any objections, please ask Mr. Huang to explain."

"Who dares to have any objections and kick them out of Qinjiazhuang? We are all tenants, not domestic slaves. How can we let the young master raise us for the rest of our lives? We have been eating and drinking well for so long, and we still pay such high wages. This is so benevolent and righteous. I can't think of it.

He is an unreasonable lazy man. Keeping such people will only ruin the folk customs of Qinjiazhuang."

"Anyway, please." Qin Huaidao said. There was no way before. Everyone was sallow and skinny, and they were too poor to open the pot. In addition, they had to work manually, so they took care of the food in one place, so that everyone could have more time to do things. But now it is different. Everyone has recovered to the same extent.

It's not appropriate to continue to take care of the food when you have a salary.

To win the favor of rice is to win the hatred of rice.

It must end before everyone has formed a habit. If you cancel it after a long time, resentment will arise.

Moreover, Qinjiazhuang can manage nearly a thousand people. Now that there are more people in Zhaojiacun, there may be more people in the future, thousands of people. How can we manage them after all the people are gone? They can only be separated.

After signaling Mr. Huang to leave, Qin Huaidao asked a blacksmith to help him. He first forged two iron rods to remove impurities. Luo Zhang would also follow him. He had to prepare one for Luo Zhang.

The iron rod is a bit long, and it was not finished forging until dusk. This kind of work cannot be done in a hurry.

After the meal, Xue Rengui came back and informed that all the food purchases were completed. Qin Huaidao breathed a sigh of relief. With the food, he was not panic at all. Luo Zhang happened to come back and took the two of them to the iron shop to help. Luo Zhang told himself

I am very excited to build a stainless steel horse stall.

Until late at night, the two horses were finished and buried in the furnace and carburized into steel. When they returned to the ancestral hall, they saw Jia Youcai waiting. Qin Huaidao came in and asked, "Uncle Jia, is there something wrong?"

"Young Master, Lao Huang told me that we will not eat together in the future. Is it true?" Jia Youcai asked bluntly. When Qin Huaidao nodded, he continued: "It should have been like this a long time ago. Eat and drink well every day."

Now, it’s almost making people lazy, what about Zhaojiacun?”

"Similarly, they will make their own food, and support them as much as possible if they need it. Come and seek refuge from afar, and don't let your heart be cold. In addition, those who work in Qinjiazhuang should eat together." Qin Huaidao warned, there are many people in the family.

Wei has transformed into a kiln-burning technician, regardless of whether it is inappropriate or not.

Jia Youcai quickly said: "Then I will distribute the food tomorrow, and Zhaojia Village will treat it the same? And should we arrange something for them to do?"

"It's all the same. You are your own people when you come. You can't treat them differently. There are always people there. Don't act rashly to avoid resentment. The mountains near the cave extend to the Weihe River. Let them dig through them all and plant sorghum next year. Adults and children

Same, ten cents a day, only children over six years old are considered workers, too young to move to avoid injury, principle of voluntariness, no compulsion, the excavated stones are piled together for building houses in the future."

When Jia Youcai heard that the price was ten thousand for a child and one hundred thousand for an adult, the price was reasonable and he agreed. Qin Huaidao thought about it and continued: "In addition, the wind can be released, and the bamboo pole can also be exchanged for honeycomb briquettes. The bamboo should be larger than a fist, and the bamboo pole can be exchanged for briquettes."

Only long knots are suitable, not too small. Don’t use bamboo knots that are too short. The more the better.”

Bamboo poles can be used to make paper and can also be made into bamboo tubes to hold wine and take it to the battlefield. You can't burn a wine pot for each person. It is too luxurious and not easy to make.

When Jia Youcai agreed, Qin Huaidao asked: "How is the production of briquettes now? How many furnaces can be made?"

"One hundred thousand are taken away every day, and after the exchange, there is not much left. Nearly 10,000 stoves have been made. Everyone is still working on it. Do you want to stop it?" Jia Youcai said quickly.

"No, keep doing it. In addition, we will add one hundred people to make briquettes. They will be drawn from the people in Zhaojia Village. They will be treated the same. The extra briquettes will be sold in the shops. Then three women who are literate and can count will be taken over.

Listen to my sister-in-law’s instructions.”

Jia Youcai was startled and asked: "I'm a simple man, what's the price?"

"Ten cents per cent, buy two hundred at a time and get a stove for free. The stove is not only sold, but given away." Qin Huaidao warned that the cost of the stove is not low, and it would be embarrassing to sell it directly. Simply give it away. The best way is to boost the sales of honeycomb briquettes. Two hundred

Briquettes are enough to recover the cost of the stove, but once people get used to it, they will buy it again, which is regarded as a big market demand.

Jia Youcai didn't understand the reason and said with some pity: "That stove is not easy to make and it looks beautiful. Wouldn't it be too much of a loss to just give it away?"

"It doesn't matter, just do it." Qin Huaidao said, two hundred briquettes are given to each stove, and ten thousand stoves are given out to two million briquettes, which is 200,000 yuan. Two hundred people can make it in less than twenty days.

There are two million briquettes, and the wages of two hundred people for twenty days are less than 100,000 yuan. They earn half of it, which is offset by the cost of the stove and there are still tens of thousands of yuan in profit.

But the cost of the stove is one-time, the briquettes can be used for a long time, and the long-term flow of water is the way to go.
To be continued...