The news that a large group of sergeants from the guard station went to work at the Song family soon spread to the town, and Xue Zhuang knew it clearly.
Song Liyun's cooking made her hands smell bad, so the people from the health department ran to Song's house with raw materials and asked her to help cook.
He wouldn't envy this kind of thing.
Xue Zhuang had mixed feelings during this period.
After sending the mother-in-law away, the house was indeed quiet. Xu Yaner was obedient and could even do things on the kang according to his wishes.
But the restaurant had to close.
Xu Yaner and Mrs. Cui have been working together for two months. They can cook porridge and steamed buns, but it is obviously not enough to cook a few dishes.
Not to mention Song Liyun's cooking skills, he doesn't know how to cook some novel dishes. Even the acorn tofu is salty and oily, or it's burnt, which makes people stop coming after a few times.
Without a big income, Xue Zhuang's money became tight.
Although he had established a relationship with the guards and got some small errands, he received a monthly subsidy of fifty cents, which was the same as those of the big-head soldiers, but it was obviously not enough to support his wife.
When Mrs. Cui was here, her family ran a restaurant and sold some acorn tofu for ten or twenty cash every day, which was a monthly income of five or six hundred cash.
Now that the mother-in-law has left, not only has her income been cut off, but she has also owed debts to the Weisuo brothers, and she must find a way to repay the money.
To be honest, Xue Zhuang had made up his mind since he knew that the Song family had fresh vegetables. He wanted to sell vegetables in his restaurant.
But the price was too high, and since the two families wouldn't deal with it, he didn't mention it, making it even harder to compete with the guards.
Now that Mrs. Cui is gone and Xu Yan'er has stopped making trouble, he just wants to get some fresh vegetables to sell in Qili County. Paying a higher price doesn't count as poaching the guards.
He had already inquired that Tianxiang Restaurant in Qili County was a high-end restaurant, and each dish in it cost one or two taels of silver, which ordinary people could not afford.
It's the New Year's Eve soon, and if I get some rare fresh vegetables to sell, I can at least have a prosperous New Year and buy my wife a new set of clothes that I've been dreaming about for a long time.
Just how to tell the Song family to make things difficult for him.
Just when he was thinking about what to do, he heard that Wang Qi and the others were cooking at the Song family, which aroused the praise of the guards.
This time, he could no longer sit still.
The next day, I went to the health center to find out the news from an acquaintance, and found out that the Song family now had to deliver the baby every two days.
He just wondered if he could negotiate with Wei Suo to sell some of the vegetables.
In fact, more than one person has this idea. The reason why there has been no movement in Ruijin Town is because Song Liyun had previously only handed over the acorn tofu to Boss Mu for sale.
Moreover, Song Liyun also said that everything she sells is exclusively sold, and others can only give away some at most.
Now that the food is in the Weisuo, no one dares to take the initiative to take a piece of the Weisuo's pie.
Seeing that he had no money to celebrate the New Year, Xue Zhuang bravely went to the health center.
Not long after, a messenger came to ask Song Liyun and Song Zhenping to go to the guard station, saying that Wang Jun needed to discuss something.
Song Liyun didn't know what was going on, so he hurried away with Song Zhenping.
Only when we entered the camp did we realize that it was Luo Baihu who had returned.
In the official hall of Luo Baihu, there were quartermaster Wang Zhong and two general bannermen whom Song Liyun had met. But unexpectedly, another person, Xue Zhuang, was also there.
Seeing Song Liyun and Song Zhenping, Luo Baihu patted Song Zhenping on the shoulder and laughed: "Song Zhenping, I didn't expect you to be able to grow so many vegetables at such a young age to keep us rough guys full in the winter.
Good taste, not bad, not bad!”
Song Zhenping blushed at his praise and could only rub his hands and laugh: "I have no other skills, I can only farm!"
Everyone else in the room spoke up: "Being able to farm is also a skill. A soldier can fight, and a farmer can farm. This means everyone can perform their duties."
"A sergeant is a hero when he goes into battle, and he is a capable person if he can do tricks in the fields."
Song Zhenping was almost stunned by the praises of these people, and couldn't say anything except laughing.
After everyone had praised him, Luo Baihu spoke again: "Zhenping! Let you brothers and sisters come here today. This is what happened.
Originally, the brothers in the guard station worked hard as soldiers and should be rewarded with some good food to reward their hard work, but... alas! They can't just care about themselves, as they have wives, children, and children at home waiting for military pay."
Listening to Luo Baihu talk about how hard Sergeant Yitong worked, Song Zhenping took it seriously. No one works hard just for himself, but more importantly, his family.
Song Liyun heard some clues. Was he trying to exchange food for money?
Sure enough, after seeing Song Zhenping express his sympathy, Luo Baihu changed his subject: "So, I want to sell your vegetables for money. From now on, your price will remain unchanged, and I will take as much as you want."
Song Zhenping was stunned for a long time, so he nodded along with Hanhan: "You should indeed sell some money to buy winter clothes for the soldiers."
Song Liyun was very worried. Why did he just set the price of his dishes without mentioning anything?
She just said: "Master Baihu..."
Luo Baihu had already turned his face, with a smile of success on his honest and honest face covered by a big beard: "Miss Song, your brother has already agreed, oh! You asked Wang about military supplies before, I can give you the goods, but still only
Can be mortgaged."
Song Liyun froze for a moment, her heart pounding, and she suddenly remembered that she had asked Quartermaster Wang Zhong what he wanted.
Yesterday I asked Wang Zhong about the items produced by the Di tribe. Wang Zhong also said at that time that it was a serious crime for the Wu Dynasty army to communicate with the Di tribe.
It seems that items cannot be bought and sold publicly, but they can be mortgaged privately.
It turns out that this can still be done!
Song Liyun's goal is not how much money the vegetables can sell. Besides, she doesn't put her mind on the vegetables. There are many ways to make money.
For example, Di people's goods only need to change hands for three hundred taels of silver.
How many vegetables should be sold for three hundred taels of silver?
Based on the current high price of seven taels of silver per month, it is only eighty-four taels a year, and vegetables will be worthless in spring.
It may take at least five years to earn enough, but you can easily get it by reselling a carpet.
Seeing Song Liyun accept to sell vegetables, Luo Baihu immediately told him his arrangement: because the Wei Station could not directly participate in local business, the only people selling vegetables outside were the people.
Of course the army's first choice is military households.
There are only two families in Suijin Town. Now the Song family is responsible for growing vegetables and Xue Zhuang is responsible for selling. The money and money are settled separately by the Wei Office to the two families.
In this way, with the health agency acting as an intermediary guarantee and providing security services, the two families would not have to worry about trouble when doing business in Broken Gold Town.
Naturally, the health center profited the most from this, and it was still a waste of money without paying any capital.
Several people in the room obviously knew about the wool carpet, and when they heard Luo Baihu talking about the mortgage, they all had knowing smiles on their faces.
There are plenty of those things in other brothers' health clinics.
The imperial court has always said that the Zhenbei Army was colluding with foreigners, and that the Di tribe's fur goods were monopolized by imperial merchants.
In recent years, in order to avoid suspicion, the army has tried its best to put aside its relationship with the Di people.
Fur products are obviously not easy to sell. They are occasionally used for mortgage loans or rewards, and the excess is piled in the warehouse.
Only Xue Zhuang didn't know what Luo Baihu was talking about. He only knew that the Song family had promised Wei Suo to let him sell vegetables. He immediately said happily: "Don't worry, Mr. Baihu, I promise to supervise Brother Song's vegetable planting. He can't be lazy even if he wants to."
Now everyone is happy, and Xue Zhuang also makes fun of Song Zhenping.
But no one liked his joke.
The two commander-in-chiefs looked half-smiling, Song Liyun's face dropped, and Quartermaster Wang raised the corners of his mouth and sneered slightly.