Song Qiu took the time to go to Zhuangzi again, checked the progress of making vermicelli, and ordered a large amount of starch from Fang Fang's grocery store in the town to be delivered to his door, so that the process of making vermicelli could continue.
I also told Yuan Cheng and others that they would not have a holiday until the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and they would only have a ten-day holiday before work would continue.
Everyone who has received their wages is very energetic, and they wish they could take a holiday.
After cutting the radishes and squeezing out the water, before it was time to mix the seasonings, Song Qiu had some free time, thinking that he hadn't visited the dessert shop in some days, so he took Du Chuanfu to the town early in the morning.
Go up.
As soon as the twelfth lunar month enters more than ten miles, the town becomes busy every day. Villages in ten miles and eight villages seem to buy endless New Year's goods, filling the streets and small markets in the town to the brim every day.
At this time, it doesn't matter whether you have a mule, a cart or a horse carriage, it's better to walk faster than anything else.
So the carriage was left at the entrance of the town, and the two of them walked into the town.
Even walking is very crowded. There are people carrying backpacks and carrying bags everywhere. You can be bumped into if you are not careful.
Fortunately, the dessert shop was not far from the entrance of the town, and the two of them managed to get into the shop without having to squeeze for more than two blocks, avoiding the crowds.
It was still early in the morning, so there were no dine-in customers in the shop, and no customers came in to take away the food.
In the kitchen, the Yangs were busy preparing, and there were freshly baked desserts just placed on the cabinet shelves.
Song Qiu looked around and saw that everything was in order, and the kitchen was in good order. There was nothing she needed to worry about, so she found a table outside to sit down and take a rest. There were no guests anyway.
Du Chuanfu, on the other hand, was talking to Yang Dalian at the door. The two of them came to the Song family together in the first place and were the most familiar. They hadn't seen each other for several days, so naturally they had something to say.
Zou quickly asked Xi Meier to make a cup of hot milk tea and bring it to Song Qiu. Then she took the account book and came to Song Qiu to report.
It has been exactly one month since the dessert shop opened. Song Qiu has already checked the account once and settled the profit once in the first half of the month.
Business was good during that half month. After all costs, the shop made a net profit of thirteen taels of silver.
As for the past half month, Song Qiu probably knew it well. Except for the first few days, which were deserted, the rest was pretty good. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to Du's house to order more goat milk.
But after Zou reported the account, the final net income was only eight taels of silver.
Song Qiu raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
Ms. Zou hurriedly said: "Business was good in the first few days. It was not enough every day. During the opening days, business was good. However, after increasing the amount of goat milk from the Du family, business has been stagnant these days.
There was quite a bit left over every day, because the girl had already told me that what was not sold out the day before could not be kept for sale the next day, so I followed the girl's instructions and gave the leftovers to the beggars and homeless people passing by outside after closing time.
Yes, I was planning to report this matter to the girl, but by chance, the girl came today."
Song Qiu couldn't help but be surprised when he heard that business had been bad these days, "What's going on?" Is it the taste or something else?
When Zou saw Song Qiu like this, he knew what she was worried about, and said hurriedly: "It has nothing to do with our taste. In the past few days, except for the grain and oil shops, the business of many shops has been very deserted."
"In the first few days, there were rumors that a war was about to begin in the south. Changle's 300,000-strong army was deployed outside the Mayang Pass. The rumors spread to some people, and some people in the town were panic-stricken. But most people just thought it was just a rumor.
What about the rumors? After all, it’s almost the New Year, and Changle Country is also celebrating the New Year, so why would they invade at this time?”
"But just the day before yesterday, another big news came from the county. It was said that King Hou of Changzhou had colluded with Changle Kingdom. This was already a rebellion. Now the three states south of Changzhou are all ruled by King Hou.
Now, it’s a dilemma because Mayang Pass is cut off! If it weren’t for the Lingnan Pass lying there, King Hou would have already annexed our Jingzhou Prefecture!”
"The news this time cannot be false. I heard that many people in Fucheng who escaped from the vicinity of Changzhou said it personally! Changle Kingdom and our Dali are really going to war!"
"The news has already spread in the town, but it didn't spread to the lower villages so quickly. There has been a lot of food stocking in the past two days, but the business of other shops has slowed down. Since there is a war, the food prices will skyrocket."
Song Qiu hadn't been to town for a few days, so he really didn't know such news.
Is there going to be a war? King Hou colludes with Changle State to rebel?
She had known earlier that this King Hou was not a good person. He was really capable of colluding with outsiders to commit treason.
This is because he wanted to be an emperor so crazy that he even did things like colluding with the enemy and betraying the country.
It’s not that she said that if the Zhenlun royal family is the legitimate descendant, even if it abdicates now, the person who is qualified to hold that position is also King Changshan, and it is not the turn of the side branch King Hou!
So, no wonder we want to rebel?
Song Qiu quickly calculated in his mind that if this was true, the army of King Hou and Changle State would sandwich Mayang Pass like a meat bun, and the army of Mayang Pass would hardly be able to fight.
Coming up from here, coming from Changzhou, is Lingnan Pass. If Lingnan Pass is broken, Jingzhou Prefecture will be the first to suffer.
This is really going to start a fight...
It's going to be chaos, it's going to be chaos.
Chinese New Year is coming soon, so why don’t you spend it comfortably?
Then the Changle Kingdom is not a foreigner. It also celebrates New Year's Eve. Why can't it be so difficult to think about what kind of war it must be to start a war during the New Year? Is this because you are full?
Song Qiu was thinking a lot in his mind, but after he finished thinking, he calmed down again.
There has been no war in Dali for many years, but that doesn’t mean that they are just soft persimmons who can be slaughtered by others. The Changshan Army led by the great Changshan King is an incredible heroic army. Xiangzhou Prefecture is not far from Jingzhou Prefecture.
If you really call me, there's no need to be afraid.
Besides, it's just outside Chen Bingguan and the fight hasn't started yet.
If you are worried about the past now, you are just scaring yourself. What if you can't fight?
They are ordinary people, so they should live their lives well.
But even though he was so relieved, Song Qiu still gave many instructions to the Zou family to keep the news in the town. If something really went wrong, leave the shop alone, quickly close the door, pack up, and return to the village. Everyone was in a pile.
important.
After leaving the shop, Song Qiu went to Wuji Grain and Oil Shop to buy a lot of brown rice, and asked the waiter to help deliver it to his carriage at the entrance of the town, so that the carriage was filled.
She just bought a lot of brown rice here. In the afternoon, all the grain and oil shops in the town, regardless of whether they were brown rice or polished rice, had increased their prices, at least half of the price.
When Song Qiu returned to the village to tell the news to the villagers, none of the villagers had any land to buy food. When they hurried to the town to buy food, they learned that the price of food had increased. In the end, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and buy some.
bring back.
Originally, the father and son, who were running around the town for five pounds every day, should have been able to bring the news circulating in the town back to the village. However, the father and son took over the job of hauling goods to other places, and they have not been back for a few days.
If Song Qiu hadn't come back and said it, they wouldn't have known about it.
Now even the price of food has increased. Even if everyone doesn't believe that there is going to be a war, they have to believe it.
As a result, Songshan Village, which had always been peaceful thirty miles away from Panshi Town, became a little uneasy. Although the Chinese New Year was about to come, everyone was not at all happy and excited.
Our ancestors all escaped from adversity. If there really was a war and the world was in chaos, they would have to flee.
Where can I escape?
Escape is a matter that will kill people, many people will die!