The two of them chatted some more gossip, and it was not until after the afternoon that Xu Zheng and Xu Chang came back.

Xu Zheng was overjoyed, and said in his mouth: "My son is really a natural wine connoisseur, and if lime water is added to the wine, it is really not sour." And your method of steaming wine, pass it down together. ”

Where did Xu Ping have the mood to tell him this, his mind was all on the transformation of the fields in the village, and said to Xu Zheng: "There are many people in the restaurant, and they are seen, and they don't know what to say when they go out, and they can't explain it in a lawsuit, so it's better to take it back to the village." ”

Of course, Zhang Sanniang helped her son: "My son is right, there are a few small servants in the restaurant who are newly hired, and they are not as stable as the people brought down from Tokyo." Old man, you are dozens of years old, it is better for your son to think about things thoroughly, and pay more attention to business in the future. ”

Xu Zheng didn't care, and after dealing with the problem of sour wine, he was full of joy.

Sitting down and having a cup of tea, Zhang Sanniang handed over the drawing drawn by Xu Ping to her husband, Xu Ping talked about the plan again, and finally said: "The fields in the village, although the place is vast, but the marinade is everywhere, if it is used to grow wheat and millet, it must be beyond its means, and even the seeds cannot be recovered." According to the child's thoughts, if you want to treat salt brine, you can only open the field and plant rice in a convenient place with water. Where it is not easy to get water, only sorghum alfalfa is planted and slowly conditioned. Raising more cattle and sheep in the village is also a way to make money. ”

Xu Zheng took the picture in his hand, looked at it again and again, and said slowly: "How did you come up with these truths?" Does it really work? ”

Xu Ping said: "Read some miscellaneous books, run around the field more, and naturally understand." This is the truth of the generation of heaven and earth, and there is no high depth, as long as you think with your heart, there is always a way. ”

Xu Zheng didn't speak, and pondered for a long time before he spoke: "According to you, how much money do you have to make a book to get things done?" ”

Xu Ping was stunned, this dad is really a businessman, this is asking about start-up capital, as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked the key point, but he didn't think about this fatal question.

Xu Zheng saw that his son didn't speak, and said leisurely: "I'll give you a hundred yuan of money, just get it according to your ideas, don't ask for much interest, as long as you don't fold the capital, this is the first priority of our agent." ”

Xu Ping nodded stupidly.

Xu Zheng said to Xu Chang again: "Everything, you are an old adult and have an idea in your heart." You have to be careful about this money, Da Lang is still young, don't look at him and don't mess around. ”

Xu Chang hurriedly crossed his hand and promised: "Xuchang Province." ”

Xu Zheng said again: "Granny Hong has returned home, and when she returns to the village, she will inevitably pass through the store, and we will tell her to hand over the keys to the warehouses everywhere, and you must be careful when you go back." ”

Xu Ping didn't expect things to go so smoothly, so he hurriedly agreed.

Xu Zheng and his wife gave a few more instructions, and then asked Xu Ping and Xu Chang to return to the village. Originally, Zhang Sanniang wanted to keep her son for a night, but Xu Zheng was worried about the sour wine, and urged him vigorously.

When she was about to leave, Zhang Sanniang suddenly remembered and stopped her son: "Da Lang, don't put your mind on these things when you go back, just tell your subordinates to do it." You study hard yourself, fight for breath to get a jinshi in front of the emperor, and earn me a life to come back. ”

Xu Ping smiled bitterly and nodded, this is not so easy.

After riding on the donkey, Zhang Sanniang stopped again and said to Xu Ping: "My son, I will come to visit your father and mother every three or five days in the future, don't let us worry." ”

Xu Ping hurriedly agreed.

Next to him, Liu Xiaoyi drove an ox cart, loaded with rancid wine, and accompanied Xu Ping and the two back to the village.

It wasn't until she couldn't see her son that Zhang Sanniang turned around and asked her husband: "Old man, do you understand what Da Lang said?" How can I hear it in a fog? ”

Xu Zhengdao: "How can I sort out the things in the field!" ”

Zhang Sanniang said curiously: "Then you will give Da Lang a hundred yuan!" Normally, letting you take a penny out is like cutting meat, there's no reason to be so generous! ”

Xu Zheng sighed: "How can our agent not lose money for the rest of his life?" This is my own son, and it's not worth a hundred yuan to make capital for him? ”

Zhang Sanniang thought about it and nodded yes.

Xu Zheng said again: "Besides, in previous years, in the city of Tokyo, Da Lang's temperament was developed, and hundreds of yuan a year were also used. This hundred times is enough for him to operate for a few years, how much I will save me! ”

Zhang Sanniang was stunned for a moment, and then took a closer look at her husband, and sure enough, he was still an old man shrewd. The son spent a long time talking and talking, but it was actually useless, but it was calculated by the father. Although Zhang Sanniang is strong, in the Xu family, she doesn't care about anything involved in outside business, which is not unreasonable.

The road is still the same road that came in the morning, and the reeds are still bushed on both sides, revealing salt brine from time to time, but Xu Ping feels much more pleasing to the eye. Occasionally, a wild duck flew in the distance, and drew his thoughts to the sky.

The future work is to cure salt and alkali, which he has seen in his previous life, although he did not do it himself, he still understands the basic truth. In the previous life, there were three main methods that could be used in this era: first, silt irrigation, but it was not adjacent to the Yellow River and Bianhe, and it could not be done without an official unified organization; Another is to plant saline-tolerant crops, such as sorghum alfalfa, common tamarix, ash, almond, purple locust and even mulberry; The most effective method is to use the combination of water conservancy irrigation and drainage, irrigation is to wash alkali with clean water, and drainage is to reduce the groundwater level, so the combination is a way to cure the root cause.

Xu Ping planned carefully in his heart, and followed Xu Chang and Liu Xiaoyi slowly towards the grange.

In fact, what is the point of doing these things, Xu Ping didn't think about it, and he didn't think about it. This is just the inertia of his work in his previous life, his duty is to change the world, although the previous life is only a small part of the place he can manage, and there are many constraints, but doing things gives him a sense of fulfillment. In this world, the world is vast, there are more things to do, and no one talks nonsense, and he actually has the joy of happiness coming suddenly.

When we arrived at the Grange, the sun had set in the west, and the heat had faded, which made people feel much more comfortable.

Several bankers were sitting in front of the door, and when they saw Xu Ping coming back, they came up to help carry the wine.

Sun Qilang trotted back to his residence, and after a while, he took a pheasant in his left hand and a wild duck in his right hand and came out to Xu Ping: "Thanks to the kindness of the officials yesterday, today I will send the officials a pair of game to express my gratitude." ”

Xu Ping took it with a smile and thanked Sun Qilang. If you want to say that the land is vast and sparsely populated, there is no need to worry about no game to eat all year round, and he has not eaten serious game in his previous life. Sometimes when you go down to the countryside, the whole village knows that there is a hare in the village, and a group of people surround the net every day, which is like now.

Everyone moved the wine into the courtyard, Liu Xiaoyi drove the ox cart back to the town, and Xu Ping arranged for someone to steam the wine.

Instead of water, the sour sake is poured into the pot, and the sake lees left over from yesterday are still put into the retort, and the steam out is a high-grade liquor. However, the sake lees have no fragrance after repeated use, and the essence of the production is the low-cost and inferior liquor of the previous life. Xu Ping has already told his father not to sell it alone, but to mix it into light wine to enhance the taste.

Xu Ping didn't want to be too messy in his yard, so he found another cauldron to steam in the yard. Seeing that it was dark, he took the pheasants and ducks and returned to his residence to open a small stove with Xiuxiu.

Xiuxiu was busy working in front of the stove, Xu Ping moved a stool and sat on the side to make an idea, looked at it for a while, and couldn't help frowning.

Xiuxiu was too small, standing there not much taller than the pot, and she had to step on a stool to brush the pot.

I couldn't help but ask Xiuxiu: "Is there a coal seller near here - oh no, is it coal?" ”

Xiuxiu hugged the firewood and replied: "Shi Tan, we don't have it nearby, I heard that there are many people in Tokyo City, maybe there are in Zhongmu County." ”

Xu Ping nodded and didn't say anything more.

If there is coal, break it and make it into briquettes, and then make a briquette stove for Xiuxiu to stir-fry, so you don't have to work so hard to deal with this cauldron. If you want to open a small stove, you have to get the guy right, and let Xu Chang buy it tomorrow.

Xiuxiu put the cleaned pheasant into the pot and boiled it, and asked Xu Ping with the wild duck: "Official, what do you do with this duck?" Do you want to put it in and cook it together? ”

Xu Ping thought for a while and said, "That's not good, what will it taste like when it's cooked?" The duck is still roasted, right? But it's not good to say, you put it away first, and when we're done eating, you can cook it into a pot of duck soup. ”

The roast duck tastes good, but in the previous life, it was a specially raised fat duck, and it is estimated that there are not a few taels of fat on the wild duck, so it can be said that it will not be roasted into what it will look like. It's a pity that I can't make a plate duck, otherwise it would be good to get a saltwater plate duck.

When the chicken soup was ready and it was already dark, Xiuxiu lit the lamp and moved the soup and rice into the hall.

Xu Ping saw Xiuxiu standing aside and said to her, "You just sit down." ”

Xiuxiu lowered her head and whispered, "That's not good, others will scold me when they see it." ”

Xu Ping smiled: "I just said okay, who would dare to meddle with my affairs." ”

Xiuxiu insisted for a while, but she couldn't resist Xu Ping, and sat down at the table, but she didn't dare to sit down, just sat in vain.

After eating, Xiuxiu cleaned up, and went to the kitchen to cook duck soup, and Xu Ping sat in the hall to eat.

After everything was cleaned up, Xiuxiu returned to the hall and said to Xu Ping: "Official, it's not early, you can rest, don't you have to get up early tomorrow?" ”

Xu Ping was used to going to bed so early, and said to Xiuxiu: "It's still early, don't worry." ”

Xiuxiu stood aside and did not speak.

Xu Ping sat for a while and felt bored, and said to Xiuxiu: "Let's find something to do." By the way, didn't I say I was going to teach you how to write during the day? You go and prepare the pen and ink. ”

Xiuxiu was stunned for a moment, but she liked it in her heart, and happily went to the study.

When he arrived in the study, he saw Xiuxiu standing at the table, looking at himself with a blank eye, and Xu Ping also felt that he was getting taller. When I got to the table, I grabbed the brush, but how awkward it was, I didn't care about it, I felt that it was easy. Dip it in ink and write the word "Shang" on the paper.

Xu Ping's handwriting in his previous life was not bad, especially with the old stationmaster's drawing, he was not used to using a computer, so he taught Xu Ping to practice a long imitation of Song characters horizontally and vertically. However, the brush is not used to it, the strokes are thick and thin, and the place where the pen stops is like shaking two pools of ink there.

Xiuxiu read the word, covered her mouth and snickered, and didn't speak.

Xu Ping wrenched his face and said: "This is the word 'up', the 'up' up and down." ”

Xiuxiu followed and read: "It's a 'shang' word, it turns out that the word 'shang' looks like this." ”

After teaching Xiuxiu upper, middle and lower, Xu Ping felt a little dazzled and asked Xiuxiu: "What kind of lamp is this?" What kind of oil is burned in it? It's so dark that I can't see clearly! ”

Xiuxiu said: "Why did the official say such a thing? This is a good grease, it is already very bright, where can ordinary people afford it? ”

Fat oil is sesame oil, which is indeed a first-class product.

Xu Ping put down the pen and said to Xiuxiu: "My eyes are a little sore, you can practice these words yourself, and I will rest for a while." ”

But I thought in my heart, with this brightness, isn't it uncomfortable to read at night? Remembering that wine was steaming outside, a thought arose, why not make an alcohol lamp?