Dressed as a young lady, she became rich by relying on Pinxixi

"Girl, do you know how much money it costs? Uncle knows you make money, but you have to buy land to build a house, and you have to spend money to support the master. In a year, you have spent several lifetimes' worth of food."

Xu Maoxin couldn't calculate how much money he had. Anyway, his family tightened their belts, and only his eldest grandson could go to school for a few years, learn to read and recognize some documents.

"Uncle Maoxin, don't worry about the money. Ten years is enough. After what happened last time, I thought about it. If our Xu family wants to become better and stronger, we have to leave Xinshan Village. But to leave Xinshan Village, we need skills. Our Xu family must not only be united, but also have courage and ability. Only then will we not be afraid of being bullied in the future."

Xu Maoxin knew that Xu Siyu was right, but he was also afraid that his descendants were all stupid and could not be taught even if he spent money on them.

He evaded the question, "Then let me think about it."

"Okay, I'll go talk to Master Du first about the relocation of the school. If you can't make up your mind, I'll bring my mother to explain to my uncles later."

Hearing that she was going to involve Xu Wangshi, Xu Maoxin immediately offered his consent, "Don't bother my sister-in-law with this matter. Siyu, if you're willing to involve our family, we're all happy to help. Are you sure you want that piece of land at the entrance of the village? How much do you want? There's no one in charge of the village right now, so I need to go to the county household office and ask someone to come over to survey and sign the deed."

With the civil left and the military right, another five mu of land was left for building a house. Xu Siyu held up three fingers and said, "Three mu."

After the land is determined, the next step is internal and external communication.

Xu Siyu went to find Mr. Du, and Xu Maoxin wanted to talk about this matter to several families.

Xu Siyu went to the Du family private school for a chat and a break. Master Du agreed when he heard about the new school building. "My house is old. When it rains or blows, I don't dare let the children study here. When autumn and winter come, the outer hall is open and very cold. The children have to reluctantly go to the classroom to study. It is a torture for both their body and mind."

In the southwest, it rarely snows in winter, but that doesn't stop the north wind from making people's teeth chatter. The conditions that Mr. Du can provide are limited, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want to be comfortable.

Xu Siyu remembered the notice she had seen on the town bulletin board a few days ago about the sale of coal granules in Sanxi Township, and she made another promise to Master Du: "Master, I heard that coal has been dug up in nearby Sanxi Township. I'll buy some and make cakes from it, and put it in the school building."

"Oh, that's great. Wanniang, have you learned how to make fragrant coal cakes? If you can't remember it, I'll copy it down for you. If you can make it, you'll definitely make a fortune when winter comes."

If you spend money, you have to make up for it. Mr. Du doesn't want to just take advantage of others.

"Okay." Xu Siyu accepted it happily. Although she hadn't thought about it in detail, she felt that this was a business that could be done.

Sanxi Township is the most remote and poorest place in Changjia County. It is fifty miles west of Xinshan Village and another twenty miles into the mountains.

It was in such a small place that coal was suddenly dug out on the south slope.

Nowadays, there are official kilns and private kilns. Changjia County designated Sanxi Township as a private kiln, levied mining taxes every year, and allowed it to trade freely within the county.

Seeing that Changjia County let the people of Sanxi Township run the coal trade and make profits, it actually put pressure on them. How to earn enough annual mining taxes in the countryside was the first problem.

Nowadays, the people in Sanxi Township are mining for the first time, and they are not proficient in the excavation and firing techniques.

There are definitely not many skilled craftsmen in this field in Changjia County, so Xu Siyu thought she could try coal processing.

Do it as soon as you think of it. After leaving Mr. Du's house, Xu Siyu found Xu Chengjie and asked him to organize a few people to choose a day to buy coal.

But before that, she had to finalize the house repair and Master Wu's matters.

In addition to the few people who were already studying in the Du family's private school, several families in the Xu family gathered three boys between the ages of six and ten according to Xu Siyu's request.

It was also because Cheng Qi, Cheng Jie and Cheng Lin were all newly married, and Cheng Qi's eldest daughter had just been born, so no matter how anxious they were, they couldn't enroll her in school at this time.

"I remember a few nieces who were about the same age?"

"You mean Nian Dong and Nian An? Do they want to learn too?"

"Learn it, just like we chant the moon. Learn to write and keep accounts. They will always be useful in the future."

"Okay, I'll sign them up. That's five people."

“Alas, the clan is not prosperous, and all the brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces need to work harder!”

A seventeen-year-old unmarried girl spoke like a seventy-year-old ancestor, which made everyone present feel embarrassed.

The fact that the Xu family took Master Du and opened a clan school became one of the reasons for the people of Xinshan Village to secretly resent them.

Although children with other surnames can still register to study, they feel uncomfortable at the thought of studying under the name of the Xu family.

Also, the martial arts master they hired would not accept their children. Of course, even if he did, they could not afford the monthly tuition of one or two taels of silver.

They just watch other companies getting better and better, but they can't do anything about it, which is really frustrating.

Master Huang was the escort leader's biological father, a veteran escort leader with extensive experience and skills. After inheriting his father's business, he had some free time. He was so bored that he jumped at the chance to become a martial arts master.

My children have their own families and didn't come with me, so now it's a good opportunity for me to keep Master Du company.

The two old men chat about everything in their spare time, and they are very interested in life.

The two old men also changed the two stone walls of the house built for them by the Xu family into one, making the two families look like one.

Three acres of land, with blue bricks and black tiles.

The Xu family school, which cost nearly one hundred taels of silver, is the most spacious and bright house in the entire Xinshan Village, no, in the entire Shiliang Mountain.

Not only that, all the children in the Xu family have a set of four treasures of the study and training clothes.

Xu Maoxin, who was fully aware of Xu Siyu's contributions, established a rule in the Xu family that any child in the family who was attending the clan school and was assigned to work in the workshop could only receive half of the wages. In addition, they had to take turns to take care of the teacher and Master Wu's meals, and Xu Siyu was not allowed to pay any more money.

Speaking of the Xu family workshop, the coal processing workshop was located between Xinshan Village and Qingshan Village, on the site of the former Du family private school.

The house remained unchanged, except for the roof repairs and some waterproofing. The workshop was ready for use.

Refer to the ancient recipe: "Pound coal into powder, sieve it with light silk, and mix it with pear and jujube juice to make cakes."

The first fragrant coal cake was made by Xu Siyu herself.

Coal cakes come in small solid plum blossom shapes, and also in large hollow plum blossom shapes that resemble honeycomb coal with stamens.

Xu Chengjie and his cousins crushed the remaining coal, mixed it with mud, filled it into molds, and dried it to make ordinary coal balls and honeycomb coal.

Since the coal in Sanxi Township was really cheap, Xu Siyu made the final decision and signed a long-term purchasing contract with them.

After calculating the costs by breaking down the processes of transportation, production, and sales, it was finally decided that ordinary coal briquettes would be sold at thirty cents per pound, and honeycomb coal at forty cents per pound; while fragrant coal cakes would be sold individually, with a small plum blossom at ten cents and a large plum blossom at twenty cents.

This time, they really asked for external help from the beginning. Xu Siyu asked Xu Chengjie to hire several copper masters from the county, and re-mold and customize them based on the antique hand warmer and standing rabbit stove she bought from Pinxixi.

Some clay stoves suitable for burning ordinary coal were also made, and with the arrival of the Beginning of Winter, new business began in the market.