After the fourth master finished eating the white porridge, he added another bowl for the first time. Although he ate slowly, he took one bite after another. After he finished eating and put down the bowl and chopsticks, Lu Mingtao asked someone to clear the table, "Fourth master, how do you feel?"
He asked with concern. "It's very good. The rice has a rich aroma and a pure taste. It makes your stomach feel good after eating it." The Fourth Master gently stroked his belly, "Mr. Lu, I'm sorry." Lu Mingtao felt relieved after hearing his words.
, finally there is food that makes him feel comfortable eating. "This is what I should do, Fourth Master, you don't have to be polite."
The fourth master waved his hand, "This is not Mr. Lu's responsibility." After saying that, he stood up and walked slowly around the room. According to his usual appetite, he ate too much today. "I wonder if this rice could be
Purchase in large quantities?" "According to Dr. Zhang, only two acres of land produce this rice. I don't expect that the yield of this rice is so high. Fortunately, I can plant about a hundred acres of it next year, and then I can purchase it." He said.
He then took out the list he copied from Dr. Zhang, "Look, Fourth Master, this is a recipe for peanuts and chili peppers produced by Miss Lin Zhu."
"An orphan girl has quite a lot of skills. I wonder where she learned them from? Have you ever asked her about her origins?" Fourth Master's eyes flashed. "I asked old doctor Zhang and he said that she was abandoned by her parents since she was a child.
, before she was eight years old, she had two people taking care of her, and after they left, she lived alone, but there was no news after the two people who took care of her left." Lu Mingtao also speculated whether Lin Zhu had an extraordinary background, but not only Lin Zhu
Zhu herself doesn't know who her biological parents are, and even her biological parents don't know her anymore. The only two people who knew her are dead, so Dr. Zhang didn't know her life experience despite searching. He only thinks that she is her parents.
Both of them were orphans. So Lu Mingtao also agreed with Dr. Zhang’s statement.
"It seems that Mr. Zhang values this Lin Zhu very much. He has recognized his granddaughter, but I wonder what the Zhang family will do if they find out?" The fourth master continued, with a lot of ridicule in his words.
The reputation of these young masters and young ladies in the capital is good. The young masters are quite literary and elegant. The young ladies can also be regarded as models of ladies in the family. However, they are not looked down upon by the fourth master. Apart from Old Doctor Zhang, the Zhang family
Besides, no one else looked down on him. "It seems that the people in the Zhang family don't know that there is such a Miss Sun. Even the person sent by that person to deliver things was Mr. Zhang's housekeeper at the beginning. He was also told by the dog
The servants who looked down on me made things difficult for me. But luckily I met him. I got a hundred kilograms of special white rice!" After Lu Mingtao finished speaking, he took out a few paper bags, "These are the seeds of the special watermelon, and there are a few ordinary things.
I also brought half of the vegetable seeds, and Mr. Zhang said he was greedy. Alas, it’s just some vegetable seeds." He shook his head and sighed as he spoke, how could this old doctor be so stingy.
"Then why do you insist on coming here? Don't act like a little guy who gets an advantage and behaves well. I can't stand it." The fourth master looked at Lu Mingtao's artificial look with disdain. If some of his admirers saw
I really want to see if Lu Mingtao will be disappointed after seeing such a scoundrel look. But since Lu Mingtao's appearance can attract a lot of business to Muyue Trading Company, let's let him go for the time being.
"I am also thinking about you, Fourth Master. If these vegetables can also grow special crops, your health will be greatly improved." Lu Mingtao said thoughtfully, "It seems that Linjia Village is bound to
Okay."
"It's good to know, but don't go. The goal is too big. Let Lao Du go."
"Yes." Lu Mingtao nodded in agreement, then remembered something and said, "I also bought these prescriptions from Mr. Zhang. Along with his return gift, I also gave a return gift to Miss Lin Zhu."
"Can Mr. Zhang take charge?" Fourth Master lay down on the recliner again.
"I promise to purchase all the output from her land at market price." Lu Mingtao poured a cup of tea and drank it slowly. "Let's talk about it after you get the right of first refusal." Fourth Master gently closed his eyes.
bunk.
After Lu Mingtao heard this, his previous feeling of confidence disappeared. He suddenly thought that if the food and other things harvested in Lin Zhutian were of the same quality as today, let alone the market price, even if it was double or five times the price.
Someone will buy it even at a higher price. Can the food that can even satisfy the Fourth Master's appetite be bought at market price? Thinking of this, Lu Mingtao felt a cold sweat on his back. Fortunately, the Fourth Master reminded him, otherwise he would have missed the good opportunity, and would have been purchased at a high price.
I almost lost my friendship with Xigua. It was too dangerous for the trading company.
He looked at the sleeping Fourth Master, Mu Qiyue, who was only 18 years old and the second son of the current emperor's uncle, Prince Qing. Ever since he followed him, everything had been calm and calm. Ever since the establishment of the trading company
, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions delegated power to him and didn't care about anything, but when he occasionally talked to him, what he said made him unable to feel contempt. He took a deep look at the Fourth Master and quietly left.
Wang Shudun and Wang Mu were dazzled by the bustling city, but they still remembered their duties, "Third brother, your grandpa said he would send you to study next year, so don't let him down.
Yeah." Wang Shudun said earnestly. "Don't worry, dad, I won't do it." After Wang Mu saw the prosperity of the capital, he secretly made up his mind that one day he would stand upright on this land.
The two of them found a seed shop in Fangshi. They inquired about it and found that this seed shop was very complete and had many novel seeds. So they went straight over.
Shiji is not the name of any restaurant or restaurant, but a seed shop with a strange name, but whether it is grain seeds, vegetable seeds or medicinal seeds, they are all seeds that can be eaten when grown, so it is called
Food diary.
The father and son of the Wang family took notes after eating, and found that there were many kinds of seeds but they were well organized. Several clerks were doing their own duties, and there were not many people in the store. There were also some people from poor backgrounds who were choosing, but the clerks were not impatient at all.
"What do you two want to order? The shop has all kinds of grains and vegetables. Let me introduce it to you." A waiter in Tsing Yi came to the Wang family and his son. "Uh, can we take a look first?" Wang Shudun hesitated.
He said, wouldn’t it be looked down upon if you didn’t buy enough from such a big store? “Okay, let me introduce it to you two, and see which one you need?” The Wang family and his son were surprised by the approachability of the clerk in this planting store. They were completely
Didn't mean to look down upon.
Under the introduction of the man in Qingyi, the Wang family and his son discovered that there are more than a dozen kinds of rice, some of which they have never seen before, some of which are said to be fragrant rice with long and slender grains, and also rice called glutinous rice, and their own rice.
White rice is almost the same. It is said to be sticky after being cooked, and there are also black and purple rice. The two were very curious, thinking that Lin Zhu might be interested in this kind of rice, so they asked the waiter the price of the rice, "Man, this glutinous rice is fragrant."
Rice and this black rice and purple rice, how do you sell it?”
"Glutinous rice and fragrant rice cost one tael of silver per catty. Black rice and purple rice cost two taels of silver per catty." The waiter's quotation shocked the two of them, thinking that it was really expensive. "Don't think it's expensive, you two. This is long."
The price of rice after it is grown is also very high. Glutinous rice and fragrant rice cost 100 Wen per catty, and black rice and purple rice cost even more 200 Wen per catty. As long as it is planted, more people will harvest it."
The Wang family and his son discussed it and asked for two kilograms of each type. Although the money given by Lin Zhu was small, they had never planted these before, so they were not sure and should ask for less. Eight kilograms of rice seeds cost twelve taels.
I felt a little trembling in my heart.
There were also wheat seeds. Before coming here, Lin Zhu told him to bring back some wheat seeds to plant, so the two bought another five kilograms of wheat seeds. They also wanted to look at various vegetable varieties.
The boy in Qingyi didn't expect that the two of them would be so generous. At first, he didn't have much hope that they would buy it. After all, although the seeds in this store are good, they are very expensive. Some country people only buy ordinary grain seeds, and this
The two of them were good at picking up and buying whatever they wanted, and they were happy to spend the money. So the waiter worked hard to introduce them to them.
Despite this, the clerk carefully asked the Wang family and his son what was suitable for growing in their fields, and would not introduce them randomly just to sell more things. So the two also bought some vegetable seeds suitable for growing in Linjia Village that they did not have.
After finishing the purchase, the two went to check out with the clerk. Suddenly someone came over to talk to the clerk, "Second son, where do you put those potatoes that came from behind?"
The clerk asked the two of them to wait a moment, and he and another clerk went to make arrangements. When they put some khaki-colored lumps about the size of a child's fist into a basket, Wang Mu curiously asked the clerk, "This is
What?"
"Ah, this is our shopkeeper's new one. He said it was brought back from the south and it is edible, but we don't know how to eat it. The shopkeeper cooked a few, but it has no taste, but it is still a fresh item.
So he asked us to take them out and sell them for ten cents per pound. Why don't you buy them back and try them?" the waiter said as he put the potatoes into the basket.
"Dad, do you think we want to buy it?" Wang Mu was a little moved, but Wang Shudun had to nod in agreement. "Since you can eat it, just buy some. If the seeds are so big, you can't plant many even if you buy a hundred or ten."
, buy less first." So the two bought potatoes. One hundred potatoes weighed fifty or sixty pounds, so they asked the clerk to pack them in sacks and put them into the car together with other things. The two of them finished buying.
, ready to return to the inn.
Wang Mu and his father and son drove the carriage and looked around. Passing by some stores, Wang Mu said to Wang Shudun, "Dad, it's hard to come to the capital. Let's go back and buy some things from the capital for grandpa and mother."
.Miss Xiaozhu also said that we should not rush on our way, we can just play here for a day or two."
"It's okay, you can't come back empty-handed once you come here." Wang Shudun took Wang Mu to buy some food and fabrics that he had never seen in Baihe Town, which were introduced by his clerk. But they didn't buy anything.
Those silk or satin fabrics are not suitable for their identity at all.
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