There are many people fleeing famine, and some of them are prospering like the Gu family tofu stall. Many people fleeing famine are selling their children, or even begging, in order to survive.

Only then did Shuli Lu and Shuli Zhang from Silifang know that the land was bought by the Gu family tofu stall.

The two of them were very surprised, and Secretary Lu said: "Those families are really capable."

Recently, Lieutenant Jiang and Magistrate Xu have become close. Magistrate Xu praises Captain Jiang again and again. He leaves many important matters to Captain Jiang, and he is much colder towards Magistrate Zou.

Those families were protected by Captain Jiang County.

After weighing the pros and cons, the two scribes, Lu and Zhang, felt that they should be honest and not cause trouble with those families, so as not to get involved in the fight between Jiang Xianwei and Zou Xiancheng.

But after all, the chief of the two of them was Zou County Cheng, so as usual, they wrote a letter and sent it to Chef Li at Fugui Building, asking him to send someone to Zou Mansion.

When Chef Li received the letter, he sent a waiter to deliver it to Zou Mansion without saying anything.

However, Chef Li felt that it was not worth telling the county magistrate that the Gu family's tofu stall had purchased more than ten acres of land. The Gu family could earn dozens of taels of silver a day by selling tofu and seasonings, and could buy more than ten acres of wasteland.

Is there anything you can specifically report?

Zou Xiancheng was very disappointed when he received the letter. He had also thought about that piece of wasteland in his early years. After all, it was in a town and he could make a fortune by buying and building a shop.

But he failed to find the owner of the wasteland, and after many years passed, he gave up.

At this moment, when he learned that Qin Gu Luotian's family had bought wasteland, even though they only bought more than a dozen acres, he felt unhappy and wanted to send someone to rob the land.

But before he took action, something even more coveted appeared in Tianfu County and several neighboring counties - soybean oil!

I don’t know who made the soybean oil, but it suddenly appeared in a very special place, including various temples and temples in several counties.

The first people to eat soybean oil were the masters in Taoist temples, and these masters gave the soybean oil to believers who came to offer incense.

The believers felt that the things given by the masters were blessings, so they happily received them and took them home to cook.

Not to mention, although the taste of soybean oil is not as strong as that of meat oil, the dishes produced are also very delicious, with the aroma of oil, and the oil and water are sufficient, which makes you strong after eating it.

After those common people finished eating and went to the Taoist temple to offer incense, they asked the masters if there was any soybean oil? They didn't need the masters to give it to them, they were happy to pay for it.

The masters told them about a shop, and those people went to the shop to inquire, and found out that soybean oil was sold very cheaply, only twenty cents per pound, which was a full ten cents cheaper than meat oil.

Farmers in several counties were crazy with joy, and many families who could not afford fatty meat began to buy soybean oil.

Zou Xiancheng was not stupid. He knew that the soybean oil was not only profitable, but also a good thing that benefited the country and the people. He immediately asked Master Shao to investigate in person to find out who made the soybean oil.

However, several wealthy families in Fucheng were faster than him and had already taken action to find out who made the soybean oil so that they could get a piece of the pie.

But after searching and searching, I found Zhongzhou!

After a few days of investigation in Zhongzhou, several wealthy families in Fucheng have stopped trying to make soybean oil. The mountains are really getting higher and higher. The wealthy families in Fucheng like them are not as good as one of the three major trading houses in Dachu.

, and the noble families in the capital.

Master Shao had a classmate who worked as a retainer in a wealthy family in Fucheng. When he learned that Master Shao was checking the owner of the soybean oil, he reminded him: "Stop checking, stop it quickly. It belongs to the noble family in the capital.

Let’s not try to get a share of the pie.”

In the eyes of the nobles of the capital, the magistrate of a county or a wealthy family in the city are not even worth mentioning. If they dare to take advantage of other people's things, they may even lose their lives.

Master Shao was shocked when he heard this. He hurried back to Zou Mansion and informed Zou County Cheng of what he had found.

When Zou Xiancheng found out, he was so frightened that he never dared to do soy oil again.

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When Zou County Cheng and others were thinking about soybean oil, Gu Jinli had already drawn three drawings and showed them to several adults when they came to settle the daily accounts.

Luo's father looked at the two back-to-back courtyards on the drawing and said in surprise: "Xiaoyu, are you going to build two courtyards?"

The shops in the town all have three front berths, plus four side rooms in the back.

But in the drawings Xiaoyu drew, in addition to three front rooms and four rooms in the backyard, there was also a wall built in the middle, and behind the wall, there was another courtyard of the same style.

There are two back-to-back courtyards separated by a wall, each with its own front door, and a small door opened next to the separating wall, connecting the two courtyards and forming a deep, large house.

Gu Jinli nodded: "Uncle Luo is right, these are two yards. We have a big land, so it doesn't matter if we build an extra yard. When the time comes, the four rooms in the front bunk will be for the guys to live in, and the yard behind will be for us.

Living by yourself is convenient, safe and quiet.”

"Xiaoyu, what are you saying, we need to hire a waiter?" Ms. Chen called out, shaking her head and saying, "Why waste that money? We have hands and feet, and we can do whatever work we have ourselves."

Mrs. Chen is reluctant to spend money to hire a man. If she really wants to hire a man, give her the money and she will work hard.

Gu Jinli said: "It's not necessary to hire a waiter. I just need to prepare the house first. The main purpose is to truly separate the front bunk from the back house and prevent the people in the front bunk from disturbing our lives."

The third grandma nodded when she heard this: "We really should separate the front bunk from the back house. We live in the back house ourselves and there is a girl's family there. The front bunk is for business. There are many people coming here, so it's better to separate them."

Aunt Tian said: "This shop has an extra yard, so it will cost a lot of money, right?"

Although the family has been allocated a lot of money, they still need to buy fields, build houses, and save money for the second wife to marry, but they cannot spend it arbitrarily.

Gu Jinan has already calculated: "Now it costs fifty taels to build a brick house. If we build an extra yard, the price will double to one hundred taels. Plus the money for digging a well, the total will cost one hundred and twenty-five taels."

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Third Grandpa looked at the adults and said, "It's almost the same as the budget we had to buy a shop before. If you don't have any objections, Dashan and Dafu will find someone tomorrow and we can quickly build the shop."

The family has always listened to the Third Grandpa, so naturally they will not object: "Hey, I will listen to you."

The next day, after Gu Dashan finished his work in the workshop, he called Gu Dafu and followed He Shiliu to Yanfu Village.

He Shiliu was looking for stones to sell. Over the years, he traveled to many places and visited Yanfu Village several times. He also wanted to make friends with the Gu family, so he recommended himself to guide them.

On the way, He Shiliu said to them: "In our Qingfu Town, only Yanfu Village sells green bricks. There is also a team of more than ten masons in their village. If you want to build a shop, just go to Yanfu Village."

"Yuan Laorong from Yanfu Village is a capable man. When he was a child, his family was extremely poor, but he was a thief. He knew that rich old ladies like to go to Taoist temples to offer incense, so he went to the Taoist temple with a broken bowl.
Chapter completed!