It was a quiet night, and Li Chun was lying on the bed, asking in a low voice.
Li Po snorted twice, and came back in embarrassment today. People in the room were asking for help. Even though it was warm at the beginning, it became a bit annoying at the end.
"It's okay, go to bed quickly."
"Brother, are you going to kill someone again?"
In the darkness, Li Po frowned. These words sounded awkward, so he couldn't help scolding him: "Killing is a joke? Do you think our lives are in danger?"
In the darkness, Li Chun pursed his lips in grievance and muttered: "If big brother goes out at night again, why don't you take Xiaochun with you and wait alone? I'm afraid."
"Sleep with you. Your eldest brother is not a god. He can kill everyone who offends him. If you want to kill some people, you will kill them. Some people you can't kill even if you want to. Okay, in two days, follow me.
Let's practice swordsmanship together, this world is really not peaceful."
Li Chun nodded his head fiercely on the bed, filled with joy, thinking, after practicing the sword, if anyone dares to offend the elder brother, he will quietly kill the person himself, so that the elder brother will not be upset. In this world, except for the elder brother, there is no one else.
Who cannot be killed?
In fact, when Li Po came back with scars all over his body, who could understand the anger in the child's heart?
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The days finally calmed down, and the tax official sent someone to deliver two pieces of money, which was quite kind.
But after Li Po collected the money, he would never go to the city gate to deal with the tax collector. Being too close to such a person would not necessarily bring much benefit, but it would be really dangerous.
However, these two sums of money solved his urgent need.
There is a small shop in the market, and food flags have been set up at the door of the big house.
Li Po and his men dug a very scientific ditch in the backyard and connected it to the ditch in the market, so he no longer had to pour out sewage desperately in the cold weather.
A few days later, the Shi brothers came over and were surprised to find that the merchant where they forcibly sold firewood that day was owned by Li Po. The two brothers couldn't help but marveled.
The arrival of the two brothers also made Li Po happy.
The matter of firewood fell on the two brothers, which also solved the manpower problem here.
A few days later, several big men full of mountain and wild atmosphere entered the city and went directly to the market. Not only did they bring a lot of firewood on their backs, but several people stayed behind.
Speaking of which, it's quite helpless. There are quite a few people in the house, but there are not enough manpower. There is no other way. A group of old, weak, women and children are about to catch up with the shantang.
If it were any other place, it would have been overwhelmed by the mouth. This is not how restaurants operate.
But Li Poxun's business was really tricky, and he was able to feed them well and take care of those who stayed in the refugee camps. The Beicheng Porridge Peng was completely deserted and looked very desolate.
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These big men are the thugs of the small shop. They don't have to do any work, they just look after the shop. According to Li Po's idea, this place is not a good place. There is no one to guard it. Sooner or later, someone will come here to cause trouble and will not care about you.
Who do you know, and is it a fucking haunted house...
Just like him, a homeless man who had nothing earlier dared to bring people here to sell firewood, and he still made a profit. This actually explains the problem.
The two sums of money given by the tax collector also cost Li Po less time.
The main hall of the big house has become the main body of the shop, which actually looks similar to an inn.
After getting some tables and chairs, the big house became a small shop.
All the documents and deeds required to open a store are omitted. This is not due to the skills of the city, but to the tax collector's blessing.
The big house is occupied for nothing, and you can actually do whatever you want without having to worry too much. You don't even have to pay taxes.
Li Po was well prepared. He actually didn't understand much about business, but he couldn't help it. He had seen and heard too much. When it came to business, there really weren't many people who could speak to him better these days.
Three and a half-year-old children, one boy and two girls, became the waiters and waiters of the small shop after being taught by Li Po.
There was no fuss when it opened, and the food flags were erected quietly.
The business was so-so at the beginning, and most of what was produced went into the store's own mouth.
However, soon, when the two janitors who patrolled the market began to frequent the shop and became more and more familiar with the young shopkeeper, the reputation of the shop spread in the market.
There were finally a few more customers, but not by much. After all, Li Po had never concealed the main ingredients of the food in this shop, which put many people away.
However, the store's income is still increasing day by day, and there are more repeat customers.
Time gradually comes to the end of November in the sixth year of Daye.
Mayi has also entered the coldest season of the year.
At this time, treasure soup has finally entered the menu of various merchants in Mayi Beibianren City.
Because during this season, the food eaten is very simple, but soup adds a lot of color to each family’s recipes.
Many people have gradually become accustomed to getting up in the morning, grabbing a bowl of steaming soup, and eating a sweet breakfast with the store's new noodles.
Of course, the business of the small shop is getting better and better, not only because the mutton soup is very suitable for the taste of northerners, but also because word of mouth has spread.
It’s also because, in the winter of this year, the price of rice and noodles is gradually rising.
In such an era, it is a very terrible thing that the price of rice and noodles, the staple food of the people, rises in winter.
This is because the government usually deliberately suppresses grain prices in winter to avoid resentment among the people. Moreover, after the autumn harvest, whether in or outside the city, the people will face a long waiting period for the next autumn harvest.
If food prices go up in the winter, what about the spring? What about the summer?
In fact, this is the reason why the ability of the north to resist famine is far weaker than that of the south...
However, in the autumn of the sixth year of Daye, there were no disasters or wars in Mayi, but food prices began to rise in the winter. The impact on the people of Mayi would be far-reaching and huge.
Of course, Li Po would not think too much. He was only happy to see that the business of the small shop was getting better and better. What was a little distressing was that the newly launched noodles were not cost-effective to sell.
So, I no longer wanted to make some soup cakes.
In fact, it is precisely because the price of haggis is low and it can make people feel full that it is so attractive to customers.
At this time, after the price of rice and noodles rose, the men living at the bottom of the city were the first to feel the pressure.
The large warehouse grain storage system started during the reign of Emperor Wen made Emperor Wen proudly say that it could be used by the people of the world for ten years. In other words, everyone could eat for ten years without doing anything.
It can be seen how abundant the warehouse was in the last years of Emperor Wen.
But by the Daye period, after only six years, the government was unable to stabilize food prices.
Of course, this is not only because the emperor has been struggling a lot in the past six years and the treasury has gradually become empty, but also because no one dares to open a position easily.