Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

The next morning, after Liu Xu finished practicing, she took Qiao Yun to the village chief's house and brought with her the tea and dried fruits she brought back from the city. As for the pastries, they were made by the cooks at home.

She asked Uncle He to deliver the goods to other families.

When we arrived at the village chief’s house, the old man was about to go out to inspect the progress of the wall and ditch at the foot of South Mountain.

The two ponds in the village were completed yesterday, just waiting for the rainy day to come.

Seeing Liu Xu coming, Liu Dahai smiled like a chrysanthemum, "Xu girl, I heard from your grandfather earlier that you went to the capital city, and now you are back!"

Then he raised his voice and called to the kitchen, "Old lady, the girl Xu is here, bring the snacks that San'er brought back yesterday."

Then I heard Da Wang's hearty response.

Liu Xu hurriedly declined, but the old couple ignored her. The old man walked in front and led the people into the main room.

The village chief's house is also newly built. His family had not been divided before, but this time they just divided it to build a new house.

It was just a small division, meaning that the family was divided but not the household. If the imperial court recruited soldiers, their whole family only had to contribute one part, which was very common in rural areas in that era.

The old man thought that Liu Dashan's way of dividing the property was a good idea, so he also divided the property among his three sons.

Now the old couple lives in a small courtyard of their own. When their sons are busy, they send their grandchildren to their home, living a comfortable and happy life.

After entering the main hall, Liu Xu handed over the things, "Grandpa, this is the tea and dried fruits I brought for you from the capital. If you want to drink something you like, tell me and I will buy it for you next time."

The old man's face wrinkled even more when he heard that. He scolded her for spending money recklessly, and at the same time he smiled at those things.

At this time, Mrs. Wang also came in and not only brought snacks to Liu Xu, but also made her a bowl of sugar-water eggs.

"Doctor Meng said that you should drink less tea, so grandma made you a sugar-water egg." Da Wang said with a smile.

Perhaps because life is better now, the shrewd look on the old lady's face is gone, and she looks much more comfortable.

"Thank you, Grandma. Please try some. I brought you some dried fruits from the city."

"Hey, good, you are such a thoughtful girl!"

Da Wang ate two dried apricots and went about her own business.

"Are you not just delivering something to the old man today?" Liu Dahai stroked his beard and asked with a smile.

Liu Xu finished the sugar-water egg in the bowl, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and then replied: "Well! In addition to bringing you something, I also came to discuss with you about building a cured meat workshop."

Liu Dahai was surprised. "It's going to be built now? Didn't they say they would wait until autumn?"

"Well, let's build it now. We can't just make preserved meat. If we do that, the workshop will be empty for half a year. Isn't that a waste?" Liu Xu paused, and seeing that Liu Dahai seemed to be thinking about something, he continued:

"The peppers I asked everyone to transplant earlier have bloomed and borne fruit in just over a month. Although we don't grow a lot of them in our village, I planted a lot on my farm. I plan to use the free time to make sauce!"

"Soy sauce?" Liu Dahai blinked. "Can that thing be sold? Doesn't every family know how to make it?"

Dongsheng State has broad beans and peas, both called Hudou, which are divided into large Hudou and small Hudou. Because the yield is lower than that of soybeans, people usually plant a little beside the wheat field to make sauce or fry it for children as snacks.

"It's not the sauce we made. I'm going to make chili sauce and mushroom sauce."

The weather has gotten hotter, and as wild mushrooms have come out, the price and sales of their mushrooms have been affected. Compared to winter, the price has dropped by half.

We have to lower the price. We can’t let Zuiyunxuan lose money.

After everyone built their new houses, they expanded their mushroom houses. I remember that Uncle He and his servants worked for half a month to cultivate mushrooms. Now the mushroom production in the village has doubled.

If Mu Jiajun hadn't taken over, her warehouse would have been full.

Liu Xu planned to let Chang Yifei contact merchants outside Yongshun Prefecture to prepare for export.

Moreover, once the external sales channels are opened up, the supply may not be enough to meet the demand. She is considering whether to hand over her mushroom cultivation method.

As for mushroom sauce, she suddenly thought of it when she was thinking about chili sauce. If mushroom sauce was made, people would not take mushroom cultivation so seriously.

However, she can teach the villagers how to cultivate mushroom strains, so that even if those people grow mushrooms, they will still have to rely on the people of Liujia Village in a short period of time.

Liu Xu told her grandfather about her idea, and the old man agreed with it.

Now that their family has other businesses, there is no need to grab these small things. It can also win the hearts of the villagers.

So after talking about building a workshop, Liu Xu also told Liu Dahai about this plan.

The old man hesitated for a moment. The reason why everyone is so well off now is all thanks to growing mushrooms. If this gets out, everyone will grow mushrooms, and then this thing will be worthless, right? Then everyone will lose a lot of income.

"Grandpa, let me tell you this. Once our workshop is built, we will make sauces and preserved meats and sell them to all of Dongsheng. By then, we can make more money than from these mushrooms. There are only so few people in our village. How can we have enough mushrooms?"

"You can't just place an order and then say there's nothing to make, right?"

Liu Xu carefully analyzed with him the benefits of handing over the mushroom cultivation.

By growing mushrooms on a large scale, they can make a lot of money by selling mushrooms. The price of mushrooms will also drop, which will reduce the cost of making mushroom sauce.

Unlike the previous sale of mushrooms, they are the only ones who can make mushroom sauce, and there is no seasonal restriction. When the time comes, it will be supplied to various states in Dongsheng Country. Even if the profit is lower, it is more profitable than growing mushrooms now.

Liu Xu even did some calculations for Liu Dahai. Even if they only made two cents per can, and each can weighed half a pound, they could at least sell thousands or tens of thousands of cans a day. Just imagine how much they could make in a month. Besides, how could Liu Xu only make two cents per can?

Liu Dahai was so stunned by Liu Xu's trick that only countless silver coins were flashing in his eyes. He immediately agreed.

However, the old man suggested starting with the in-laws first, and asking them to do things for you and accept their favors, so that you won't be manipulated by others when you harvest mushrooms in the future.

So, the old ones are the wisest. The grandfather and grandson grumbled for a while, and Liu Xu asked the old man to teach foreigners about mushrooms. By the way, he asked the villagers to come in three batches to learn how to cultivate mushrooms.

The matter of enclosing land for the workshop was finalized. Liu Xu planned to buy land to build a workshop. The old man waved his hand and saved the money on buying the land. He couldn't take advantage of everything in the village.

Originally, he planned to build the workshop by themselves, and Liu Xu would just buy the materials. But Liu Xu said that in order to ensure the cleanliness of the workshop, underground drainage pipes and some equipment had to be built. Therefore, this matter could only be handed over to professionals.

It was almost noon when they finished talking. Liu Dahai and his wife invited her to have dinner, but Liu Xu declined on the grounds that she had something to do with Liu Changshun.