Chapter 462: Brewing Vinegar
“I’m really scared of you. I’ll eat steamed buns dipped in chili sauce. That’ll be fine!”
The female doll let go of the third beard in her hand and grinned. He laughed and even put his fleshy little hands together and patted them again and again.
Seeing his daughter smiling happily, Butcher Hong forgot about the pain in his jaw just now, and walked happily to the backyard, calling his wife to prepare hot steamed buns with chili sauce for his daughter.
When Mrs. Fang heard this, her eyes stood up, "You are such a young kid. He talks about pepper all day long, and you don't know who he is following!"
But even though he said this, he still lit a fire to heat up the steamed buns.
Butcher Hong took off the beard on his chin and pricked the girl, making her giggle and smile playfully, "Yeah, I don't know who I followed!"
Xia Mingyue left. After the butcher shop, we spent some time on the street.
Looking at the hustle and bustle of the streets, I also saw the hesitation on the faces of those who were fleeing the famine. Seeing that it was getting late, I returned home.
After arriving home, I found that there were guests at home.
It's Pei Chenghe.
"Master Pei." Xia Mingyue was blessed.
"Ms. Xia, you're welcome." Pei Chenghe hurriedly raised his hands and saluted uprightly.
"I just went shopping on the street. I didn't know that Mr. Pei was visiting. I'm really sorry." Xia Mingyue explained while asking Yinqiao to change into a cup of hot tea.
"I also came to disturb you suddenly. Madam Xia didn't know about it, how can she be blamed?" Pei Chenghe looked humble, "If you want to talk about it, you have to blame me for coming suddenly. It's just me. I have something to discuss with Madam Xia, so I don’t have much to worry about.”
"I wonder what Mr. Pei wants to discuss with me?" Xia Mingyue asked.
“Since Madam Xia went shopping on the street, she should probably have seen that there are many refugees fleeing the famine in the city.”
“Exactly.” Xia Mingyue nodded, Taking the opportunity to ask, "I heard that there is going to be another war, is this true?"
"Yes." Pei Chenghe lowered his voice, "This morning the prefect ordered someone to send an official document, mentioning the urgency of the border war. , this matter should be close to home. "
"It is precisely because of the frequent wars that the number of refugees has increased, so that the nearby prefectures and counties have continued to have refugees, and conflicts have occurred frequently, making them very unstable. "
"The new pacification envoy, Mr. Cao, has issued an order to allow all states, prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction to resettle the refugees as appropriate, so as to prevent the refugees fleeing from famine from destabilizing the people everywhere and causing unrest."
" I am an incompetent official. Although I intend to resettle the refugees arriving in Jinqiu County, all I can think of is building border defenses and repairing river embankments. However, this can only accommodate young and middle-aged laborers. , many women and children don’t have a better solution, so they want to ask Lady Xia.”
“Mrs. Xia’s Xia Ji business is quite good, and the franchise model is very novel, so it is suitable for women and children. I want to see if Mrs. Xia can give more Xia Ji franchises to these refugees, so that they can have something to do. After the border is settled and they return to their hometown, they can also This is how we can settle down and make a living.”
“I understand what Mr. Pei means,” Xia Mingyue said, “I just don’t hide it from Mr. Pei. Although my Xia Ji business is okay, the more the merrier, the better. It is about reaching a balance point in order to develop healthily. If everyone learns, they will have something to do when they return home, but it will be easier during this time outside. Competing with each other means that no one can make much money."
Hearing this, Pei Chenghe nodded after thinking for a moment, "That's true, and everyone should learn these cooking skills, even if they are not. People can do business legitimately, but they need someone to buy food, otherwise it is useless..." "I thought it was easy!" Pei Chenghe looked ashamed.
"Master Pei is also thinking about the people and wants to properly resettle those who have left their hometowns. It is understandable that caring about them will lead to chaos."
Xia Mingyue thought for a while and said, "But since we want to resettle these people In addition to learning to cook and eat, refugees can also make some Next to it."
"Ms. Xia means..."
"I have been in Jinqiu County for a long time and have been in the food business for several years, and I discovered that the oil and salt here are good. Sauce and vinegar are all imported from outside and not produced locally.”
Xia Mingyue said, "Let's not mention that salt is under the jurisdiction of the government. Among oil, soy sauce and vinegar, especially this vinegar, the local quality has always been poor. Except for some who want to buy it cheaply, most families are not short of money. , and those of us in the food business use Vinegar is almost always sold from Yilong County (fictitious). "
"I also learned the craft of brewing from Yilong County. Magistrate Pei might as well set up a vinegar-making workshop in the name of the county government. Those women and children work in the workshops so that these refugees can have food to eat. The vinegar brewed in the workshop can also be sold for profit, which can also be considered as an additional income for the Yamen."
"This method is very good." Pei Chenghe nodded repeatedly, but was quite worried." However, although the yamen was not wealthy, it had money from the court. I have to go, but if the county government gets too much money in the future, I'm afraid there will be some trouble..."
It's okay that the Jinqiu County government is a Qingshui government office, at least others won't think about it. If this money is used in the future, Earn money in a hurry and become a piece of fat, just afraid of being stared at.
At that time, all those who can serve as magistrates of Jinqiu County will be people from Jiji Yingying, and it will be difficult to predict the lives of the people. Even the vinegar-making workshop has no guarantee of what kind of gold-making place it will become. .
Therefore, you need to plan ahead to avoid these incidents.
Seeing this, Xia Mingyue felt quite relieved, "If Mr. Pei is worried about this matter, it will be easy to handle."
"Mrs. Xia, can you do something?"
"Well." Xia Mingyue continued, "It requires a certain amount of money to set up a vinegar-making workshop. This money cannot come from the hands of the yamen, but it can be "Using the estimated amount of silver from the hands of the people, divide the amount of silver into equal shares, and issue an announcement. The people of Jinqiu County will purchase the shares and register them in the register after paying. After the workshop makes money, the money will be distributed to each person according to their share. ”
In this way, this vinegar making workshop has nothing to do with the Jinqiu County Government, but a workshop that belongs to the people, and he, as the county magistrate, can be regarded as bringing benefits to the people.
In order for the common people who become workshop owners to make money for the workshop, they will also promote and buy vinegar from the vinegar-making workshop on their own, and future sales will not be a problem.
Do multiple things with one stone!
"This method is very good." Pei Chenghe nodded repeatedly and affirmed again, "It is very good!"
Then he said, "To prevent wealthy businessmen from controlling the workshop, we can limit the quantity purchased by each person. , and you are not allowed to buy it on behalf of others. If found, it will be confiscated immediately. ”
"The vinegar making workshop also needs to choose a spacious, clean place near a river or a well. Mr. Pei still needs to worry about the location." Xia Mingyue said.
"It's within my responsibilities." Pei Chenghe patted his chest, "I will also do all the things like building a house, getting materials, and coordinating relationships."
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