Entering February, one hundred acres of Dongyezhuang began spring planting. In addition, fifty acres of winter medicinal materials in Pingpo Village also began to be harvested. In addition to those harvested in the field, Zhufeng continued to purchase bulk medicinal materials in his capacity as a medical pavilion.
Farming medicinal materials.
Because of last year's precedent, this time it was obviously much easier. Zhufeng did not go there himself, but directly hired a hundred casual farmers to run errands. The area covered more than 200 counties and cities in Yinzhou.
A township.
As for Zhufeng himself, he stayed in Tongjiazhuang with more than a dozen people, including Mr. Xu and Lao Huang, to teach the long-term workers how to sow spring medicinal materials.
Because the land had been prepared in advance and medicinal seeds had been prepared, it did not take long for the long-term workers to learn how to sow, and the sowing speed was also very fast. It only took about ten days to plant a thousand acres of land.
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By the time Zhufeng was done with his work, all the medicinal materials in Pingpo Village had been harvested, and the teams that had gone out to buy them had also returned one after another.
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On this day, Zhufeng was settling the purchase price of medicinal materials with several farmers who delivered goods. After weighing the amount, he found that it was much less than other places. Zhufeng asked: "Are there very few medicinal farmers in Xiaoya Village?"
If it’s too little, you don’t have to go out to buy it door-to-door in the future.
After the four farmers exchanged glances with each other, one of them said aggrievedly: "There were quite a lot of them, but when we went there, someone arrived first."
Zhufeng frowned slightly and saw some scratches on several people's faces, so he asked, "Did you have a dispute?"
The farmer who spoke was hesitant because he was afraid of being blamed for not doing things well.
Zhufeng thought for a while, "Are they from the He family?" After all, the only ones who competed with him last year were the He family. But at that time, everyone was doing their own thing, and there was no conflict.
The casual farmer hesitated for a moment, and then said: "We didn't want to cause trouble at first. Everyone just collects what they have. The He family collects in the east, so we are moving to the west to collect.
But the people of the He family were too overbearing, saying that they wanted to collect the medicinal materials there, and they had to let us give up the medicinal materials. When we didn't do it, they started beating people. Then we couldn't suffer in vain, so..."
The fight started.
Another person continued: "But they are outnumbered and we can't win. In the end, we have no choice but to leave first."
Zhufeng nodded in understanding and gave each of the four two taels of money for running errands, "You should continue to collect your medicinal materials. If the He family takes the initiative to cause trouble again, you should remember this first and don't fight with them.
Get up, lest you get hurt or hurt yourself."
The farmers said their goodbyes one after another, paid their bills, and left.
Zhufeng returned to the main room and told Qingyu the number of medicinal materials he had just collected, "Xiaoya Village collected a total of twelve stones."
Qingyu took out a booklet from Xuannv Hall and wrote it down, then calculated the current amount, "Pingpo Village harvested 615 stones, and now it has purchased 13,439 stones."
Due to the increase in the number of employees and the sufficient capital, the crude drugs purchased this time were more than 5,000 dan more than last year.
Zhufeng made a rough calculation and said: "After making the dry medicine, there will be about 8,000 dan left, or should it be converted into grain?"
Qingyu nodded slightly: "In addition, we will leave a thousand stones of medicinal materials for our own use."
Zhufeng was all dressed up, and when he saw Qingyu wearing clothes for going out, he asked: "Are you going out?"
Qingyu put away the account book: "I want to go to the inn to visit. Caravans from various places should have arrived by now." After two months of fermentation, the seasoning at the seasoning ground has matured.
"Then I'll go with you." Zhufeng stood up.
"It doesn't matter, just me and my second senior brother will go. I'm afraid someone else will come to deliver the medicinal materials in the afternoon."
Zhufeng thought so, so he sent Qingyu and Shi'an out, and then stayed at home by himself.
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In spring, most caravans from other places came to Yinzhou for buying and selling. When Qingyu and Shian arrived at the inn, they saw many familiar faces.
The two of them first came to the caravan camp where they met for the first time. The leader of the caravan had a beard and a pair of guan gong eyebrows. He looked fierce, but he was a kind person and was respectfully called Liuye.
Maybe it's because Qingyu and Shi'an are young but very mature in their work. In short, although they haven't seen each other for a few months, Master Liu still remembers them both, and he burst out laughing happily when he saw them.
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"I was thinking about finding your brother and sister these days, but I didn't expect you to find them yourself. I went back and sold the fifteen cans of seasoning you gave me to local restaurants, and they were very popular.
Everyone is scrambling to grab it. Before we went out, we agreed on three thousand cans alone. How many do you have in stock now? I will take as many as you have."
Qingyu smiled helplessly, "Not many, only a thousand cans at most."
Mr. Liu hissed, which was a pity, "One thousand cans is not enough."
"This time, you can make a reservation with me first. I only charge a 40% deposit. It will be easier next time." Qingyu said with a smile.
Master Liu was suspicious, "Is it true that you can give me as much as I want?"
"We have a place that specializes in making condiments and exporting them to various places. If Mr. Liu is free, why not come with me and have a look."
Mr. Liu nodded quickly: "That's good." Being able to see the place in person was also a guarantee for him. Then he asked: "Then go now?"
Qingyu looked around and said, "Master Liu, please wait a moment. I have to find a few people." Then, without waiting for Master Liu to speak, she and Shi'an split up.
Fortunately, the other five large caravans that Qingyu was looking for were all there. So soon she and Shi'an gathered the six of them, and then the group headed towards the flavor making factory.
They were all large caravans, and they all ran in Yinzhou all year round, so everyone knew each other, so they talked non-stop along the way. Among them, Mr. Liu was the most active.
"These two children are not simple. I thought they found me, but I didn't expect that none of you were left behind."
Several other people also laughed and agreed. One person talked about the topic of seasoning, "I am very optimistic about this seasoning. I kept a jar for myself. It tastes really good and special. It is completely different from ordinary seasoning.
There is an indescribable fragrance, have you tasted it?"
Some people said they had tasted it, while others shook their heads with regret. Then everyone asked Qingyu various questions about the seasoning. Of course, Qingyu knew what should be answered and what should be avoided. Naturally, Qingyu knew this very well.
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Talking and laughing along the way, a group of people soon arrived at the seasoning field. When they saw the huge iron gate, the merchants were shocked.
"I have seen some places, but your seasoning place is really not small." Mr. Liu sighed.
After Qingyu ushered them into the venue, everyone was stunned. Thousands of people were busy in an orderly manner, and the sunbath was filled with cans.
Master Liu made a rough calculation and estimated that there were six to seven thousand cans. He asked, "So, little girl, you have already planned it? A thousand cans for each of us? No more?"
Qingyu smiled slightly, picked up a demonstration sample, pointed to the words on the can and said: "The three characters Juxianzhai are the symbol of our seasoning to prevent anyone from counterfeiting. As long as the lid is opened and the characters are scattered, that's it.
real."
As he spoke, he opened the lid of the jar, and the three words that were originally very eye-catching immediately disappeared. The eyes of Mr. Liu and the others were immediately widened, and Mr. Liu was even more disbelieving and said: "What method did you use?