Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Farmers' Market

Today is the opening day of Bing'er School, and after Ouyang Shuo went offline, he hurriedly finished washing up and took Bing'er downstairs. After a brief breakfast downstairs, I hurried to school. Finally, I arrived at the school before nine o'clock.

Soon after returning from school, Sun Xiaoyue's game pod was delivered and installed in her bedroom, so that she could start playing tonight.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Ouyang Shuo logged on to the game again and practiced the big gun pile and Bajiquan for two hours as usual. When he passed by the grocery store during the Lantern Festival last night, he suddenly realized that since the establishment of the grocery store, he, the lord, had never been in it once, and he was a little incompetent.

The grocery store is one of the few primary shops in the territory at present, and the shopkeeper is Li Fugui, a junior merchant. This middle-aged shopkeeper with a rich appearance and a big belly was so shocked that his jaw fell when he saw Ouyang Shuo, and he said incoherently: "The adults are here, the small shop is really shining, please come in, please come in." ”

Grocery stores sell daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea, and apart from salt, they are basically goods that cannot be produced in the territory. The reason why the grocery store was able to realize the great shift and conjure these goods out of thin air was because of the magical shelves on the back of the merchant.

The shelf of the merchant, similar to the market function, can realize remote trading and transmission. When the transaction volume reaches a certain scale, the shelves will be upgraded, and the level of the merchant and the level of the grocery store will also increase. Unlike the market, the shelves can only purchase daily necessities, and they can only buy but not sell.

In the face of Ouyang Shuo's visit, Li Fugui couldn't wait to reveal all his family background and expose the secrets of the grocery store without reservation. In his previous life, Ouyang Shuo was just an adventurous player, where did he know the doorway in the grocery store, but this time it was an eye-opener.

"My lord, the grocery store actually has a hidden function." Li Fugui said mysteriously.

"Oh? What is the feature? ”

"In principle, grocery stores can only buy and not sell, with the only exception being territorial specialties. If an item is classified as a territorial specialty, it can be sold through a grocery store with a transaction tax of only 10%. Li Fugui explained that what he didn't say was that selling specialty products would improve the experience of merchants much faster than selling daily necessities, which was his selfishness.

"Specialty?" Ouyang Shuo frowned, he didn't know if Guilin Sanhua Wine was a specialty of Shanhai Town, after all, there was no Guilin Mansion in the Nine Royal Cities. It seems that I have to find time to go to the brewing workshop to see how the development of Sanhua wine is, and it is always right to give it a try.

"Yes."

"Okay, I see, I'll keep an eye on that." Ouyang Shuo nodded and said.

After leaving the grocery store, Ouyang Shuo walked into the intermediate market. He had to buy a batch of vegetable seeds to prepare for the construction of a vegetable patch. In ancient times, there were so many vegetables that could be grown in the spring, and in order to enrich the residents' vegetable baskets to the greatest extent, he did not pull down any of them, such as garlic, cabbage, cucumbers, eggplants, spinach, lettuce, carrots, peppers, pumpkins, green beans, tomatoes, zucchini, and green onions.

Then he bought some seeds of common medicinal herbs to prepare for the establishment of a medicine garden. The construction of a medicine garden is more difficult than that of a vegetable garden, and many medicinal herbs need to be transplanted from the wild.

When he visited the grocery store, he realized that there were still so many goods in the original territory that he could not be self-sufficient, and he was proud to have established a relatively complete variety of industries before. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he spent 30 gold coins to buy the "Aged Vinegar Brewing Technology Manual" and the "Soy Sauce Brewing Technology Manual".

After returning from the market, Ouyang Shuo called Sun Yannong, Du Xiaolan and Zhao Dewang to his office and explained to them his vegetable basket plan.

"Vegetables are planted intensively, and the Department of Agriculture should separately reclaim 200 acres of vegetable land for planting all kinds of vegetables. The material department should prepare vegetable sales stalls. The Construction Department should cooperate with the Materials Department to build vinegar workshops, soy sauce workshops and tofu workshops, and improve the condiments and non-staple foods for residents. In addition, this plan will be implemented in the two dependent realms, and you will urge them. ”

The three directors naturally had no objection and nodded in response.

"My lord, after the vinegar workshop, soy sauce workshop and tofu workshop are officially opened, do you want to set up corresponding shops for sales?" Du Xiaolan asked.

Ouyang Shuo's mind flashed with inspiration, and Du Xiaolan's question inspired him to have an idea, and said excitedly: "No, no." With more and more types of commodities to be sold by the Material Division, we can't just build a shop with a new commodity, which is not scientific. My suggestion is to simply build a large farmers' market, move the former grain and butcher shops into the farmers' market, and sell all agricultural products such as vegetables grown in vegetable fields, fruits from orchards, fish and poultry eggs from Beihai Village, soy sauce condiments, and tofu non-staple foods. ”

Du Xiaolan's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: "My lord, this idea is too good. In this way, not only can it be greatly convenient for residents, but everyone can buy all agricultural products in one place. It also facilitates the management of the Materials Division and reduces the number of personnel deployed. ”

Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "Not only that. The establishment of farmers' markets can also facilitate the centralized collection of taxes by the tax department. More importantly, farmers' markets provide a platform for self-employed individuals to further stimulate the territorial economy. For example, those who raise chickens and ducks at home can take the eggs or duck eggs that they can't eat enough to sell at the farmers' market in exchange for household subsidies. When they taste the sweetness, they will spontaneously expand the scale of raising chickens and ducks without our urging. In the future, we will gradually relax the restrictions on vegetables, fruits, tofu and other agricultural products, allow self-employed businesses, and further support the development of self-employed individuals. ”

Du Xiaolan and the three nodded again and again, impressed by the adult's foresight.

"The reason why we require centralized vegetable cultivation is not to compete with the people for profit. Rather, it is for the sake of the overall planning of the territory, and if it is not controlled, then there will inevitably be a situation where vegetable fields are blooming everywhere, which is not conducive to urban planning. Therefore, the restriction on vegetables and fruits is only possible if residents settle in the planned suburbs of the city. Ouyang Shuo further explained.

Sun Yannong nodded, and finally dispelled the doubts in his heart.

"The construction of the farmers' market will be handled by the Construction Division. Although I know that the construction of the city walls and moats is now entering a critical period, it is still necessary to find a way to recruit craftsmen to build the farmers' market as soon as possible, including the three workshops mentioned earlier. Ouyang Shuo finally said to Zhao Dewang.

"My lord, don't worry, I promise to complete the task!" Zhao Dewang said loudly.

"Okay, let's get busy!" Ouyang Shuo took the opportunity to end the conversation.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo was in the office reading the "Planning for the Establishment of Government Personnel and Salary System of Various Divisions" formulated by the Administration Bureau, and the porter came to report: "My lord, the master of the martial arts hall Lin Yue Pavilion asks to see you!" ”

"Ask him to come in."

Ouyang Shuo was still very polite to this boxing master, personally poured him good tea, and said with a smile: "This is this year's new tea, Master Lin try it." ”

Lin Yue picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Good tea!" Gently put down the teacup and said embarrassedly: "Don't hide it, my lord, Lin came this time to ask for something." ”

"Master Lin, why should you be so polite, you have the grace to teach me art, as long as it is not against the principle, even if you open your mouth, I will never refuse." It is rare that this low-key boxing master has something to ask for, how could Ouyang Shuo let go of the opportunity to pull in the relationship between the two parties.

"That's right. The five disciples accepted by Lin have already been able to become teachers. Lin wants to find an errand for these bad gangsters in the army, and hopes that the adults will be successful. Lin Yue said.

Ouyang Shuo was silent, moved by Lin Yue's character. With his younger brother Lin Yi's influence in the army, it was easy to arrange a few martial arts apprentices to serve in the army. What's more, that's not against the law. But he didn't do this, but gave up his face and begged Ouyang Shuo to come here, obviously to avoid suspicion. Such a clear distinction between public and private is really admirable to him.

"Martial arts hall disciple, thanks to Master Lin's true inheritance of Bajiquan, it is naturally excellent to be able to join the army. I promise that as soon as they enter the army, they will be able to take up the position of fire chief. If you perform well in the follow-up, it is not impossible to be promoted to team leader or squadron leader. Ouyang Shuo nodded and said.

"Thank you, sir!" This kind of treatment is obviously the adult's affirmation of him Lin Yue, how can he not be grateful.

After Lin Yue left, Ouyang Shuo took the time to go to the barracks. The current barracks have been upgraded to high-level barracks, and both the area and various facilities are not comparable to the previous middle-level barracks.

After Shanhai Town was promoted to a second-class township, it was not in a hurry to expand its army, and still maintained a cavalry squadron and an infantry squadron. It's not that Ouyang Shuo doesn't want to expand the army, but he lacks generals and blindly expands the army, and he doesn't even have a person to lead the army.

Ouyang Shuo found Zhao Sihu and told him about the arrangements for the disciples of the martial arts hall. According to his meaning, these five martial arts disciples were arranged to serve as fire captains in the infantry squadron.

Zhao Sihu nodded in response, he had already passed the transfer room of the senior military camp, transferred to a junior general, and officially assumed the position of squadron leader of the infantry squadron. is worried about the choice of the fire chief, this is undoubtedly a charcoal in the snow.

[Name]: Zhao Sihu (Black Iron Grade)

[Identity]: Squadron Leader of the Infantry Squadron in Shanhai Town

[Profession]: Junior general

[Loyalty]: 85 points

[Commander]: 28 [Force]: 35 [Intelligence]: 20 [Politics]: 15

[Exercise]: Not yet

[Equipment]: Exquisite ring head knife, gold leather armor, exquisite shield

[Evaluation]: Born in a reckless manner, after the tempering of blood and fire, he was promoted to a ninth-order elite soldier and turned into a general.

It can be seen that a military general like Zhao Sihu, who has been transferred through a ninth-order elite soldier, is still worse than a junior military general like Lin Yi, and the most important gap is that he does not have his own exercises.