"That's natural. We'll come over in the afternoon to hear the news."
Song Qiu nodded, led the people away from the village chief's house, and bought half a basket of eggs from someone else. He returned to the deserted beach resting place and asked Yue'er to boil the eggs, which was considered a meat dish.
After lunch, everyone rested in the car to rest and rest.
After noon, Song Qiu took the people to the village again.
Maybe they had already discussed it with the villagers and everyone was convinced. When Song Qiu and the others came in, many people followed them to the village chief's house.
When they arrived at the village chief's house, these people did not go in, but gathered around the door to watch.
It is common for people in the village to join in the fun.
The village chief invited Song Qiu and others in, sat down in the main room, and asked his daughter-in-law to serve tea. Then he replied to Song Qiu, "I have discussed it with the villagers, and the deserted beach can be sold to you."
This was also expected by Song Qiu. After all, the deserted beaches were left there wherever they were, and they could not be reclaimed into cultivated land. They could only be left abandoned and sold for money.
"Just sell it at the price of the wasteland, do you think it's feasible?"
Song Qiu nodded, "No problem." As long as it can be sold, it's easy.
The wasteland was not expensive, costing thirty taels of silver per acre. The village chief and his men measured it in front of Song Qiu and others. The wasteland was just over three acres. The village chief sold the extra two cents generously.
, and it doesn’t count as silver.
For three acres of land, just nine taels of silver will do it.
Song Qiu gave a total of ten taels of silver and signed the purchase and sale document with the village chief. The extra one tael was the management fee for the village chief to go to the town office, report the place, and stamp a land deed.
After buying the land, Song Qiu rented an old empty house in the village with the village chief as a temporary residence. He cleaned it up in the middle of the afternoon and cooked dinner in the house in the evening.
After eating, everyone took a rest.
Everyone has bedding, and everyone has their own use. Wherever they leave it, the bedding is left.
After getting up early the next morning and having breakfast, Song Qiu went to the village chief to hire help.
Villagers are all good at building houses, but they are just simple mud houses and thatched houses.
An all-wooden inn like this would be possible, but no one has it, and I don't know how to start.
Fortunately, there were carpenters in the village. Song Qiu asked Mo Changping to take people to Qingyang Town and hire a carpenter who specialized in building houses.
The strongest laborers in the village just follow orders and work.
In addition, Ping'an Village is backed by mountains for the wood needed to build houses. The so-called "mountain-mountain dependence" means that it does not belong to anyone's family, and the government does not care about it. The villagers can cut it down, and Song Qiu can use it.
But in order not to be criticized, it would sell well, and the people who opened the inn here would also take care of it, so Song Qiu directly paid money to buy it, and asked the villagers to go up the mountain to cut down the trees and give them money according to the price.
People are very energetic when it comes to making money, but in one day, the villagers have to carry a lot of trees down the mountain.
A carpenter was hired to take care of the trees and polish them into lumber.
As soon as the craftsmen were in place, Huangtan began to be busy with work.
What Song Qiu wants is to build it as quickly as possible, so every one in the village counts, and as long as there are free and strong laborers, she will take them regardless of the number of people.
With so many people and great strength, it can be built quickly.
In addition, several carpenters were specially hired from the town to make tables, benches and other furniture needed for the inn.
In mid-to-late April, the deserted beach outside Pingan Village already had a brand new look.
Song Qiu appointed Mo Changping as the shopkeeper here, Shanzi and Axiu worked together in the kitchen, Xiaoma ran the hall, Fangzi was in charge of the tea shed, and hired two women from Ping'an Village to help.
Another branch of Songji Service Inn - Ping'an Inn was officially opened.
On the first day of business, business was very good.
As more and more Song Ji service inns were built along the official road, the caravans who often traveled north and south had already known about Song Ji. Whenever they passed by, without asking, they would know it was Song Ji once they saw the style.
There is no reason not to come and visit an inn.
It is also a kind of kindness to be able to see a familiar inn when you are away from home in a foreign country.
On the second day of opening, when closing time in the evening, two fast horses galloped from the direction of Qingyang Town, raising clouds of dust.
The sky was darkening, and when I saw the outline of Ping'an Inn from a distance, someone immediately said, "I wonder if it's here?"
When he arrived near the inn, he stopped his horse.
In the inn, Xiao Ma had heard the commotion a long time ago and ran out to see. When he saw a guest, he immediately came to greet him.
The two people on the horse dismounted, handed the reins to the pony, and strode towards the inn.
Entering the inn, he saw Song Qiu sitting at a table watching Mo Changping settle accounts. Xiong Er immediately grinned, "Miss Song!"
Song Qiu looked up when he heard the sound and saw that the guests who arrived just before closing time turned out to be old acquaintances. He was also happy to see the Xiong brothers who had not seen each other for a long time after entering the capital.
"Why are you here!"
The Xiong brothers strode over and sat down. Xiong Er said: "I just passed through Jingshi Town and rested for one night at the Lianpinggang Inn. I asked shopkeeper Guo about it. I know that Miss Song, you are going to the next place."
Come here, now that I see that this inn has been completed and opened, I am afraid that you have already left here!"
"This inn just opened yesterday. If you had come two days late, we would have left without saying anything." Song Qiu said with a smile, "Is everything settled in Beijing?"
Xiong Da nodded, "Our brother's wanted order has been revoked. Because of the merits of the expose, the prince originally asked for a favor and recommended our brother to join the Jinyi Guard. However, we two were used to it and rejected the prince's kindness.
, when things were certain, we left the capital."
Xiong Er's eyes sparkled as he answered, "We brothers were able to escape because of Miss Song. If it weren't for Miss Song, we would still be wanted criminals even if we were not dead!"
Being wanted, the two brothers had to hide for the rest of their lives for fear of getting into trouble.
"I will never forget this kindness from Miss Song." Xiong Da said solemnly: "So we two brothers have discussed it and want to stay with Miss Song and help her in the future."
Follow her? Help her with things?
Song Qiu raised his eyebrows. It was a waste of talents for two people to serve as her bodyguards.
She quickly waved her hands and said no. Frankly speaking, she was not of much help in this matter. If there was no prince, even if she saved them, she would still get into trouble, and she still could not help them clear away the wanted charges.
But the Xiong brothers insisted on being grateful to Song Qiu. Although the Crown Prince helped a lot, they would have died in those two times in Chunlin Town and Daxing Inn if it hadn't been for Miss Song.
What's more, thanks to Miss Song's help, they were able to arrive in Beijing safely and meet the Crown Prince. Otherwise, where would they have met Prince Changshan?
Seeing their persistence, Song Qiu couldn't shirk it. After thinking about it, she really had some use for the Xiong brothers.
She had planned earlier that she would have her own fleet of vehicles that would travel back and forth all the time to deliver goods to various inns and also conduct patrols.
There is also an accounting steward in the fleet, who patrols various places and can also do accounting and collect the income and expenditure from various places and bring them back.
After all, when more inns open, it will be necessary.
Otherwise, just ask the shopkeepers everywhere to report the accounts every three months and bring the money back. As time goes by, the shopkeepers somewhere will have other ideas.
Therefore, her confidants must be there to inspect at any time.
The Xiong brothers have martial arts skills and are willing to help her, so this matter can be left to them.