I took a trip to Pingjiang Mansion and saw a lively cooking competition. I also participated in it, won second place, and took home a hundred taels of silver.
In addition, we also visited several places mentioned by Gao, and it was a worthwhile trip.
All the way back to Jingshi Town, even the inn at Shaoyang Lake in Pinggang has almost been built.
It has the same layout and style as the previous Yushugou Inn and Luofengpo Inn, with an inn tea shed and a large yard for parking and storing goods.
After two days of preparation, it will be ready for opening.
Before opening, you still need to arrange manpower.
This inn is also taken care of by the Shao family, and Song Qiu also plans to stay six people.
The shopkeeper is Guo Wenxing, the boss is Zhang, Axiu is the assistant, the nail waiter is the waiter, and the tea stall is Fangzi and Steamed Buns.
This arrangement is quite appropriate.
I found someone to look for a good day and decided on the eighth day of March. Lian Pinggang Inn opened prosperously.
The reason why I say it is booming is because Mr. Shao also came to join in the fun. He is the most fun. I heard Xue Erlang mention before that Song Ji's dishes have unique taste. I am here to support him and come to try it.
So I brought a bunch of friends with me.
The guests who haven't passed by yet, Mr. Shao's business alone, has occupied half of the tables in the inn.
At nearly noon, people passed by one after another, stopping to have tea in the teahouse and eating in the inn. Soon, the Pinggang Inn became very lively.
There are so many customers coming all at once that we don’t have to worry about being overwhelmed.
Song Qiu was coordinating the kitchen. In addition to the original six people in the inn, Huang Qimian and others were also helping, so there was no panic at all, but everything was orderly.
Don't ask guests to wait for long periods of time.
After three days in a row, Zhang and the others were successfully led by Song Qiu. Only then did Song Qiu let go and only let the six of them work. He watched for two days and found that there was no problem, so he decided to leave.
There were six fewer people on the return trip and one less mule cart.
The journey back was a familiar one, and it was easy to walk.
After passing Jiyang County, there was a steady spring rain, which delayed us for a few days before we continued on our way.
At the end of March, we arrived at a small town called Qingyang in front of Taozhen.
Qingyang Town is not far from Qingping Fucheng, only a day and a half away.
On the other side of the road to Qingping Fucheng, about thirty miles away, there is a village called Ping'an Village, which is adjacent to the official road, but there are no other villages within ten miles, and it is also nearly thirty miles away from Pingyang County ahead.
miles of distance.
When Song Qiu and the others passed by here before, they went into Ping'an Village to buy dry food.
When it was time for dinner, we were still in town, and we didn’t have many snacks with us, so we simply went into the village to buy some dry food.
Yes, buy it.
Because there is only one village in this area, Ping'an Village, Ping'an Village will provide conveniences to passers-by all year round. Whether you want to stay overnight or anything else, you have to pay money.
Song Qiu took a fancy to this deserted beach outside Pingan Village.
In fact, this place looks similar to their place in Songshan Village. The village is backed by a mountain and there is an official road in front of the village. However, Ping'an Village is closer to the official road and there is no more than a mile of road into the village.
Moreover, the deserted beach in front of the village is also adjacent to a river, but this river is not as big as Songshan River. It is more appropriate to call it a small ditch.
When he passed by before, Song Qiu planned to book his return trip here.
When they arrived at the place, it was almost noon, and the group stopped at the deserted beach to let the horses rest. Others came down to do some activities, fetching water from the ditch to boil, and soaking in dry food to prepare for the lunch.
While the others were busy, Song Qiu took Aling, Huang Qi and Mo Changping to Ping'an Village.
Pingan Village is not a big but not a small village. There are about 60 households in the village. The cultivated land on both sides of the village belongs to their village. In addition, they can rely on the mountains behind to pick up some mountain products and hunt.
Yes, this is what I do for a living.
I had been here before and had some familiarity with it. I also knew where the village chief's home was. As soon as I entered the village, I went straight to the village chief's home.
When people in the village saw outsiders coming in, they didn't take precautions. They just thought they were going to buy dry food or something.
This area is peaceful, and there are no bandits. There are sixty or seventy households in Ping'an Village, and there are many strong laborers. They are not afraid of people who pass by and rob their homes, so they are not exclusive. They provide accommodation to passers-by, which is also an income.
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We are currently busy with spring plowing and sowing, and the village needs to eat three meals a day. At this moment, the village is filled with smoke.
When we arrived at the village chief's house, it was almost time to have lunch. When he saw outsiders coming, the village chief just thought they were here to buy dry food. Before they could say anything, he said, "Just the two families at the head of the village.
There are also dry foods for sale, just go to any of their houses."
Mo Changping stood up and approached, "Village Chief, we don't want to buy dry food. We came to the Village Chief to ask if the barren beach by the river outside your village belongs to your village?"
Hearing them ask this, the head of Ping'an Village immediately became wary, "Aren't you buying dry food? Why are you asking that?"
Mo Changping immediately told them about their plan to buy land and build an inn there.
The village chief raised his eyebrows when he heard this. Building an inn? What kind of inn should we build in this wilderness?
However, considering that throughout the year, they in Ping An Village often encounter people staying overnight and people buying dry food. If they open an inn, the business will not be bad. No wonder these people are so smart.
But if they open an inn, it won't rob their village of this income.
At that moment, the village chief shook his head: "We won't sell that land."
As soon as Song Qiu heard this, he was sure that the deserted beach belonged to Pingan Village. He could just buy it from the village chief, and he didn't have to go to the town office.
Hearing him shake his head in rejection, Song Qiu might have guessed what he was thinking, so he smiled and said, "Is the village chief afraid that opening an inn here will block your village's income?"
The village chief had a bad look on his face and didn't answer. Anyone could tell that this was what he thought.
Also, who wants to be robbed of their business?
Song Qiu added: "How many times a month can I meet someone who stays with me, and how much money can I earn? There are many people with ten or one hundred coins, but if we open an inn here, the eggs, vegetables and melons of people in your village will
Fruits and other things, as well as prey hunted in the mountains, can be sold directly to our inn, which saves you from having to go all the way to the town to sell them, and sometimes they still can't be sold."
The village chief's brows twitched when he heard this, but this was a good thing. He could occasionally meet someone staying overnight in their village a few times a month, but those who could stay in their village were ordinary passers-by and didn't have much rent money.
generous.
In other words, having such an input is better than not having it at all.
But if they built an inn like this girl said, all these things in the village could be sold directly to them, which would save a lot of effort.
Besides, if an inn can be built here, it will be lively.
Besides, you have to hire people to build an inn, right?
Although it is spring plowing now, it can still free up the strong labor force, and it is not bad to earn some money to build a house.
The village chief pondered for a while and then said: "It's not impossible for you to really want to buy that deserted beach, but it belongs to the village and I have to discuss it with the villagers."