The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

The drawings drawn by Yan Lide have smooth lines and look very neat, just like those made by CAD, unlike Li Fu, who draws boxes and extension lines horizontally and vertically with a ruler, just like mathematical drawing.

Either draw boxes or circles, although it is understandable, but when it comes to aesthetics, there is no beauty at all.

Xiao Yu left the manor after the spring plowing ceremony and said goodbye to everyone in the school. Although he was a little reluctant, he also knew that at this age, the court was the place where he could fully display his talents, not to mention that there was a big event this year, and he was worried.

Jiang Que led people to repair the river project, and Ma Zhou also became busy. He was busy helping Yan Lide and Jiang Que deal with the accounts during the day, and came back at night, holding books and enriching himself with reading.

In comparison, Li Fu was much more relaxed.

Originally, whoever worked on the farm was responsible for the accounts. For example, when the house was built last year, Yan Lide was in charge of all the work on the construction site, and he also had to do the accounts.

This year, it was easy, and he only focused on the engineering work. All the trivial accounts were thrown to Ma Zhou. Ma Zhou handled the accounts, and he also had to coordinate the staff and communicate with Zhang Huan in time.

As a result, there were still not enough people.

After all, the commotion in the farm this year was too big, and even though Ma Zhou was very capable, he felt that he was overwhelmed.

Li Fu now has the title of Yitong Sansi in the government, but Ma Zhou is the only official in the government.

Li Fu sat in the study, looking at some accounts piled up by Lao Zhou.

"My dear, these are the accounts that have been processed and sent by the chief secretary. These are the accounts that are about to be spent. Please take a look. These are the accounts that need to be spent urgently. What they mean is that it would be best to get a reply today, so as not to delay the subsequent employment."

Li Fu sighed and picked up the account book resignedly.

Who made me want to toss these things?

In the end, the house had to pay money. Before paying, they dared not make decisions on these accounts without authorization, and finally had to take them to me for review.

After I wrote my reply and stamped my seal, I could show it to the accountant in the house. After that, the storehouse in the house would be opened to take out the money and silk for them to use.

"What's the situation at the granary?" Li Fu asked.

"There is only one empty granary left. Many people have come to exchange for wine these days. Carts of grain have been pulled here. We have run out of the Wude wine we brewed last year." Lao Zhou said, "We will keep some of the new wine brewed this year for this place and the palace in Chang'an City. We will use it ourselves, and the rest will be exchanged. Even so, there is still a shortage of supply."

"Then increase the exchange price." Li Fu said, "If it is still not enough, collect the fixed amount of grain, and then agree on a time to deliver it on time."

"Yes." Lao Zhou responded, "I will tell Manager Ma in a while."

"Fill up all four granaries as soon as possible. The winemaking workshop also consumes a lot of grain. It is important to consume and store it at the same time to have surplus grain." Li Fu said while looking at the account book.

Lao Zhou responded repeatedly.

After reading the account book, Li Fu made a reply on it and found no problem, and then took his seal and stamped it.

"Leave it to them." Li Fu said, "There are many people working. One day of delay means one more day of expenditure. We can't let them hold back on the money matters in the house."

Old Zhou took the account book with both hands and nodded.

"By the way, send ten jars of Wude wine to the Duke of Ying's mansion." Li Fu said.

"Yes." Old Zhou agreed.

Around Chang'an City, some new workshops quietly appeared in several villages, all of which were making eggs. The workshops sent people to the village in carriages every day to collect eggs.

In Jingyang County, including some places near Jingyang County, eggs were collected by Li Fu's workshop, but other places could still collect them. It's just that other places don't raise poultry like the people in Jingyang County, so the number is not as good as that in Jingyang County.

But they still go to the village every day to collect.

The people in the village looked at it and wondered why someone came to collect eggs every day?

And the price offered was quite tempting. How about raising some chickens and ducks at home?

With this idea, many people started to act.

Take out money and buy some poultry.

If they can't buy them around, they go to Chang'an City together.

Some even go to Jingyang County to buy them.

Because they have heard about the things here, they know that there must be something to gain here.

In just a few days, Li Fu raised poultry at home.All the poultry outside the house were sold.

The family didn't expect to make money from this. Basically, they sold them for a little more than what they bought.

After all, they were still kept in the house for so many days.

The trend of raising poultry began to spread from Jingyang County to the far distance.

Li Fu smiled when he heard the news.

"The relatives of the old Li family acted quickly. The workshop has been built and put into use." Li Fu smiled.

"My dear, if this continues, the price of eggs will fall." Old Zhou was a little worried.

"That's for sure." Li Fu explained, "It's not a valuable thing in the first place. The reason we were able to make the first money from the eggs was purely because we had this thing on our farm. Scarcity makes things valuable. If this thing is not scarce in the future, won't it be cheaper? Maybe even the recipe will be spread in the future, and then every household can make it and eat it.

But I'm afraid it will take quite a long time."

Now that the relatives of the Li family have got the recipe, they are all rolling up their sleeves to make money.

There is no need to worry about the saturation of the market in Chang'an City. These relatives of the Li family also have some industries in other places and have caravans under their command. They will take the eggs to other places to sell, and even build another workshop where they have industries.

With their appetite, just an egg-changing workshop is not enough.

You have to make a business.

They are different from Li Fu. When Li Fu started the egg-changing workshop, he didn't have that many people under his command. But they have been running the business for generations, so they have a lot of available people, or they can just find people locally.

They don't have to be as cautious as Li Fu in using people to increase profits.

This also led to the fact that the egg-changing workshop had no way to expand at all.