Granny Hong didn't dare to fight Xu Ping to the death, and it didn't take long for someone to send a sheep. She has already expressed her attitude, she can't really mess with Xu Ping, and she can't clean it up.

At this time, there were already two jars of wine, and Xu Ping ordered the sheep to be slaughtered.

Gao Daquan volunteered: "I am at my brother's place, and I specialize in these jobs. ”

Xu Pingxin said: "Your brother has sheep herding, sheep estimating, and sheep slaughtering, just a dragon." I also have sheep in my village, but I can't let this guy get started, otherwise he will be sold at some point. ”

Gao Daquan went to the sheep's side, put on a stand, and suddenly bent down and grabbed the sheep's front and back legs, and the sheep was lifted up by him with a "bleating" sound.

After checking it in his hand, Gao Daquan threw the sheep on the ground, and said to Xu Ping: "Official, this sheep is so fat, I'm afraid it won't cost more than 40 catties of meat!" ”

Xu Ping said with a smile: "Don't go out to sell, don't care so much, just slaughter!" ”

Zhuang Ke had already taken the knife, Gao Daquan took the knife in his hand, dragged the goat's horn to the wall, and with a strong hand, he pulled his head and went down with a knife.

Xiuxiu didn't dare to see blood, and turned her head with a low cry.

Xu Ping smiled and whispered to Xiuxiu: "This tall Daquan is a peer with your family, and they all learned the craft from the Niu Yang Division, what are you afraid of?" ”

Xiuxiu said: "My family is just shepherding, and if I die, I will lose a lot of money." ”

Xu Ping knew that what she said was exaggerating, and the court was not so unkind, depending on the breed of grazing, there was a statutory loss every year, and there were rewards for giving birth to more lambs. However, if the regulations are so, it is not easy to say how many of them will fall on the heads of the shepherds at the bottom.

Seeing Xiuxiu closing her eyes, she deliberately teased her: "You are herding sheep at home, don't tell me that you haven't seen a sheep slaughterer, if you haven't even eaten mutton, I don't believe it." ”

Xiuxiu was silent for a while, and whispered: "I just haven't eaten mutton." ”

Xu Ping was stunned, and then remembered that the current mutton is not cheap, and it is normal for Xiuxiu's family to not afford it. Isn't it the norm in history that weavers can't afford to wear clothes, and those who farm can't eat enough? Why should sheep herders be able to afford mutton?

However, what he just said is because mutton is the most popular meat at this time, and there are many reasons for this phenomenon, and it is difficult to break it down. But don't think that pork is cheaper, in fact, it is similar to later generations, pork is just cheaper than mutton.

He didn't dare to ask Xiuxiu if he had eaten pork again, so as not to be embarrassed.

It didn't take long for Gao Daquan to slaughter the fat sheep.

The cauldron in Xu Ping's courtyard was boiling wine, so he asked people to go to the kitchen and take another cauldron, set it up in the courtyard, chopped the mutton into large pieces and boiled it in the pot. Xu Ping asked Xiuxiu to put away the leftover mutton bones, put them in the pot at night and cook them into mutton soup to drink tomorrow morning.

It didn't take an hour for the meat in the pot to be fragrant, and several jars of wine were steamed over there.

Some of the bankers had already brought salt, spices and coriander and various seasonings, and they usually hunted game around, and these things were fully prepared.

The coarse porcelain bowl brought from the kitchen was laid out on the ground, and Xu Ping personally held the wine jar and poured the large bowl full of steamed wine.

After pouring, Xu Ping picked up a bowl, but found that all the villagers were looking at him with blank eyes.

Xu Chang smiled and said, "Da Lang, what do you have to say now." ”

Say what? Xu Ping was stunned for a moment. He didn't have much to say, just to join in the fun on a whim. In his previous life, he had this habit, either to do experiments, or to go to the countryside to investigate, and after a busy day of inviting migrant workers, he would invite everyone to pick up cheap wine and large pieces of meat in a small street shop, and have a lively meal. Their department does not have much money, and it is only this grade. He originally meant that he planted a small plot of peanuts today, and although he didn't live much, he still came according to his habits, and he didn't have any other ideas.

But depending on what everyone means, they don't think so in their hearts. Especially when he quarreled with Granny Hong just now, these people inevitably had strange thoughts, thinking that they wanted to win them over against Granny Hong. Xu Chang has been in charge of the village for several years, and he gets along well with these villagers, but suddenly a woman comes, and everyone is naturally not used to it.

Let's just say it, Xu Ping thought for a while, and said loudly: "In Xiayuan, he is a prodigal child who walks horses and fights dogs in Tokyo City, and there is an accident at home, so I came down to this grange and you to make a living from this field." It is often said that people cannot grow up without suffering and hardships in the world. After this hardship in my family, the boy also wanted to open up, and since then he has changed his mind and only begged for a living in this land. This grange is vast and flat, but there is more sand and less soil, and it is somewhat barren, and since two years ago, my Lao Tzu bought it with 2,000 yuan of money, and there is no interest. If this continues, the family will not be able to support it. From now on, I hope that you will work together with me to dig out mountains of gold and silver in this land, and you will definitely be indispensable! ”

After speaking, he picked up a large bowl and took a sip of wine: "Drink together!" ”

Everyone applauded, took a big sip of the bowl together, and went to divide the meat.

Sun Qilang bit a piece of mutton in his mouth and shouted loudly: "Little official, if you have such a large piece of meat to eat every day, don't say that let us work hard, it will kill people and set fire to you!" ”

A group of bankers coaxed together.

Xu Ping was taken aback, most of these villagers belong to the category of homeless people, their families have no permanent property, and they have no wives and children, what they want is to eat and drink spicy food, be willful, and kill people and set fire is not necessarily a big deal in their eyes. Especially that Gao Daquan, Xu Ping remembered that Jeju Yuncheng was the old nest of Liangshanbo, although it has not yet reached that era, and the history is not like the Water Margin, it is more based on the Yang Mi uprising as the background, but the folk customs who want to come there must be fierce.

hurriedly said: "Seventh brother, don't say these rebellious words in the future, so as not to cause trouble." As long as everyone works hard, wine and meat are nothing. ”

The crowd drank one after another, and some of them rolled to the ground with weak wine. This is a high degree of liquor, they are used to drinking rice wine, where can they bear this kind of liquor.

Gao Daquan drank a bowl, his eyes lit up, he squeezed in front of Xu Ping with his arms dangling, and shouted: "Little official, this wine is so powerful, and the taste is mellow, I don't know if the taste of wine sweat is better than the heavens!" I came to work in your village, and it was a blessing from the previous life! ”

Xu Ping smiled reluctantly: "Since you say that, as long as you follow me in the future, there will be benefits you can't think of!" ”

He didn't drink much himself, first, the amount of wine was not large, and the taste of freshly steamed wine was still a little strong, and he couldn't afford to enjoy it.

Seeing that everyone was already staggering, Xu Changcai came to pull Xu Ping aside and said in a deep voice: "Da Lang, how did you come up with this method of steaming wine?" ”

Xu Ping said: "What else do you have to think about this? How simple it is! There is wine sweat in decoction, and it is strange if the wine cannot be steamed! Why do you ask this? ”

Xu Chang sighed: "Da Lang has a long mind, he used to learn badly in Tokyo City!" In the future, this grange will be prosperous with you in charge! The little dare to ask, has Da Lang ever thought that this method of steaming wine is a way to make money! The sake lees are not worth much, so use it to steam the wine, how much koji money you save! ”

Xu Ping lowered his head and muttered: "Let me think about it." ”

After a while, Xu Ping raised his head and said to Xu Chang: "Don't care, don't mention this in the future, the steamed wine is only in the village for everyone to drink, and the more can be saved." The imperial court is very strict with the law on wine and vinegar, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, not a joke! ”

Xu Chang shook his head and didn't say anything more.

Xu Ping sighed secretly in his heart. Xu Changyi said that he was also excited, how many successful people who crossed over relied on distilled liquor to dig the first pot of gold, not to mention himself as an expert. But when I thought about it, I found that this method was of little use to me. In the final analysis, my Da Song's wine is monopolized! How much is at stake in this monopoly? In the words of the Song people, the imperial court spares no profit from the people's wealth, how can there be this way for you!

The profits of business, the big head is nothing more than one in and one sale, these two ends are just stuck, and the profits from steaming wine all have to come from their own homes. The Xu family opened a restaurant in Baisha Town, and the Song people's saying is to buy a shop, not the restaurant, but the surrounding market, and only he is the only one in Baisha Town who is legally operated, and it is illegal to sell other home wines. Speaking of inputs, as a wine maker, there is a fixed wine class every year, not to mention, there is also a fixed number of koji bought from the government at a high price, this amount is definitely more than the market needs, how can it leave a hole in private brewing for you to drill?

As for selling wine to other places, don't even think about it, it's called smuggling, although now it's not as good as when the country was founded, smuggling wine doesn't kill people, and Xu Ping won't find this kind of trouble for himself. At this time, there were two official liquor offices in Zhongmu, that is, official restaurants, which were in Wansheng Town and Zhongmu County. Not to mention the county seat, there is a large army stationed in Wansheng Town, and the officials of these two big markets have a monopoly, and it is uncomfortable to infringe on their interests.

Speaking of which, in my Great Song Dynasty, if you want to make money and make a fortune, it is most reliable to dig food from the soil. And what Xu Ping is good at is precisely farming.

Everyone was full of wine and food, and Xu Ping called a few people who were still sober, such as Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang, and took Xu Chang out to explore the land together. He had to go to his parents and ask for the management of the grange, and he couldn't talk about it.

This grange is more than ten miles in circumference, but it is mostly wasteland, with ponds and swamps interspersed, and the salt is everywhere, according to his previous life, it is very salinized, and there are very few fields that have been reclaimed.

To the northeast of Zhuang is Baisha Town, which is ten miles away. Five miles to the north is the Jinshui River, this river is the water source of Bianliang City, the imperial court is very strictly protected, can not fight the idea of water there. A river turns from the west side of Zhuang to the south side and flows into the Jinshui River, which is the South River. This river originates from the swamp that connects the Mingsheng servant of Zhengzhou, the water is abundant, and almost all of it is located in the village, and if it is used well, this grange has a lot to offer.

Xu Ping brought a pen with him, drew in circles on the paper, drew the general topography of the grange, and then carefully drew the flow of the Nanhe River, where to open a ditch, where to open a ditch, first drew a rough idea.

After the Grange was roughly finished, it was late evening. When I returned to my accommodation, I found that most of the guests were still drunk in the room.

The Song people generally don't eat lunch, one meal in the morning and one meal in the evening, and the people in the city are in the mood to have a supper. As for the countrymen, they rest early when the sun goes down.

After saying goodbye to Xu Chang and Zhuang Ke, Xu Ping returned to his small courtyard.

Xiuxiu was still waiting there, and when she saw Xu Ping, she hurriedly asked him, "Have the officials had dinner?" I also got two buns from the kitchen. ”

Xu Ping said: "Take it, and cut a plate of leftover mutton at noon, and then give me a bowl of wine, and get drunk tonight!" ”

He heard that Xiuxiu had never eaten mutton, so when it was cooked, he asked her to cut a large piece of good meat and put it away, leaving the two of them to eat by themselves.

After eating with Xiuxiu, drinking wine, and asking her to put the noon mutton bones in the cauldron and boil, Xu Ping felt dizzy, so he went to bed early.

The night was a very deep sleep, and the dreams continued, and the identity of the previous life was wonderfully combined with this grange, and he dreamed that he had created a wonderful model manor in this world.