My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 133 The Soap Business Starts Up

In recent days, there have been more and more travelers traveling to and from Anyi.

I heard from people who went north that there was a fight on Hongnong's side, and the tragedy of Hedong was repeated. The Baibo army burned, killed and looted everywhere.

Fortunately, this time it was relatively close to Luoyang, so Dong Zhuo had no choice but to send his son-in-law Niu Fu to counter the rebellion, but with little success. The Baibo army always seemed to be able to know the movements of the Han army one step ahead of others, and cleverly dealt with Niu Fu .

Niu Fu led an army of [-] people exhaustedly running around, fighting here and there, and was fooled by being played around.

It's messed up anyway.

Many aristocratic families of Hongnong fled one after another, some fled to the south, and some fled to Hedong in the north.

The Wei family has been passed down for 300 years, and naturally there are many old friends and families in the surrounding counties, among which the Hongnong Yang family is the one with the best personal contacts.

The two families were quite married, and Wei Cheng had two aunts who married into the Yang family, and now they all ran back, bringing dozens of people with them.

In addition to the Hongnong Yang family, there are many other small aristocratic families. It is heard that the Wei family has repelled the Baibo army, and many of them have traveled all the way to join them.

Of course, the most common people were the innocent victims. In just a few days, nearly 30 or [-] refugees were added to the border of Hedong, causing chaos in the counties that had started to recuperate.

Perhaps because of hearing about Xu Huang's heroic deeds, Anyi County has become the first choice for refugees to gather based on the principle of hugging their thighs.

The county town, which originally could only accommodate 10 people, is now forced to squeeze in [-] to [-] refugees. Due to helplessness, Wei can only come forward to coordinate and organize manpower, and hire refugees to expand the satellite city outside the city.

The entrance to the new farm.

Wei Cheng was sitting in the carriage, next to the manager of the farm who was reporting.

"According to the second master's order, we dug two moats along the city wall, diverted the Fen River, and hired many fishermen to catch live fish and put them in. So far, the survival rate is about [-]%, which is a remarkable achievement."

"...Yesterday, another three hundred flower deer and nearly a hundred black masters were collected. So far, everything is going well, but the daily feeding costs are quite a lot. Fortunately, those black masters eat a lot. what."

"The fourth master came here this morning and said that we can no longer send wheat bran as feed. Now that the population in the city is increasing rapidly, if we want to survive until next spring, the amount of wheat bran must be controlled. There is not enough for people to eat, and it is even more impossible to use it for feeding. Master Hei."

Wei Cheng's expression changed, can wheat bran be eaten?

However, he didn't say it, otherwise he would be suspected of "why not eat minced meat". You know, people can eat soil when they are so hungry, let alone wheat bran. It tastes better, but it's a bit choking.

After listening to the steward's report, Wei Cheng nodded and said, "I will send some young chickens and ducks over later, and there will be special feed. You have to be careful to serve them. By the way, I will let you finish the other shacks you built. Yet?"

Hearing this, the steward hurriedly clapped his hands and said, "It's finished. Now it's time to fire the stove. The craftsmen will work overnight, and it will be completed in at most two days. The charcoal is also ready, and it will be no problem to burn it for a winter."

In fact, the steward has a question in his mind, why is there a special stove for heating the chickens and ducks?The refugees outside the city are not treated like this.

It seemed that he could see his confusion.

Wei Cheng said: "Just do as I said, and next year you will know why you need to heat the chickens and ducks. When the time comes, everyone in custody will treat you as an uncle and sing praises to you."

The steward hastily clasped his hands and replied, "Don't dare, don't care, the little ones dare not take credit."

"Okay, go get busy if you have nothing to do. It will be winter soon. Go back to the mansion to get work clothes. All the hired workers in the farm will get a share."

"Work clothes?" The steward was stunned.

Xu Ding who was beside Wei Cheng said, "You will come to me directly later on. Apart from work clothes, there are also some special benefits, which are all for your hard work and preparation."

The steward was overjoyed, bowed respectfully to Wei Cheng, and said loudly, "Thank you, Second Master, for the reward."

Wei Cheng waved his hand, Xu Ding lowered the curtain of the carriage, Xu Chu who was sitting in front waved his whip, and the carriage drove straight towards the city gate.

After returning to the mansion, Wei Cheng came to the residence.

Cai Yan was reading a book in the yard, while Aning and Niu Niu were chasing and fighting, and the aroma of stew came from the back kitchen. Aunt Niu has improved her cooking skills recently, and after getting used to the various seasonings provided by Wei Cheng, she made it The food is more and more like the taste of later generations.

Seeing Wei Cheng coming back, Cai Yan put down the bamboo slips in his hand, stood up and said, "Husband came back early today, are you tired, I made ginseng tea, and the mung bean cake that Aunt Niu made in the morning."

Beside, Ah Ning and Niu Niu walked hand in hand, raised their heads and said, "Mung bean cake is delicious, Brother Wei will definitely like it."

Niu Niu also nodded, licked his lips, and replied, "It's delicious."

Wei Cheng chuckled, bowed left and right, hugged the two little girls respectively, and said with a smile: "It's so delicious, you will keep it for me, I'm afraid you stuffed it all in your stomach, where is my food?" share."

Aning heard the words, blushing and defended: "I don't have any, I just ate three yuan, which is less than Niu Niu."

Niu Niu lay on Wei Cheng's shoulder with a blushing face, stretched out her little palm shyly, and gestured in a low voice: "I ate five yuan."

Wei Cheng touched Niu Niu's small head with his forehead, which made the little girl shy again and again, and said softly: "Well, Niu Niu needs to eat more, and it will look good if he eats as meaty as his sister."

By the way, Ah Ning has really changed a lot. I heard that Wei Cheng was completely different when he saw her for the first time. At that time, Ah Ning was thin and small, with yellow skin, and looked like he was malnourished for a long time. Now, fleshy and flushed.

Sitting opposite Cai Yan with her two children in her arms, the situation is as warm and sweet as a family of four.

Cai Yan took out the mung bean cake from the food box, and looked at Wei Cheng and the two children with a smile on his face...

"Yo, Cheng'er is back!"

The rare and warm moment was suddenly interrupted, two noble ladies walked in with their three children at the gate of the courtyard.

These two are Wei Cheng's two aunts, the one with two children on the left is the eldest aunt Wei Min, and the one with a girl on the right is the little aunt Wei Ning, who is also one of Wei's beauties. Even Han Lingdi wanted to accept her as his concubine.

Auntie Wei Min is 37 this year. Apart from the two children she is leading, she also has two adult sons who have been promoted to Xiaolian as local officials.

Little aunt Wei Ning is only 28 years old this year, only three years older than Wei Cheng. She is the youngest daughter of Mrs. Wei. He is even more like a father, and has always raised her as a daughter.

The two sisters married to the Yang family successively. The eldest aunt was the first wife of the current head of the Yang family, and the younger aunt married a famous figure in the Yang family: the famous scholar Yang Xiu.

"I wonder why there are magpies calling outside the window this morning. It turns out that the two aunts are coming."

Wei Cheng had a good impression of the two of them, and complimented them at the right time.

The two girls looked at each other and smiled. They all felt that Wei Cheng had changed and became more humane. The former Wei Cheng looked sick and rarely communicated with them. The next person is getting close.

Now it is cured, not only the illness is cured, but also the person has become more energetic, more confident and cheerful.

"Fu'er, Mei'er, this is your second cousin, and you haven't been called yet." The aunt pulled the two children forward and said.

Yang Fu is half a boy, 13 years old will soon be 14 years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, tiger head and tiger brain, but he is a bit short, otherwise he must be a handsome guy when he grows up; Yang Mei is about the same age as Aning, a chubby little girl , chunky and chunky.

After all, they were born in the Hongnong Yang family, and they are also considered to be descendants of famous families. The well-educated Chao Weicheng and Cai Yan saluted and greeted them with a sense of ritual, which seemed not close enough, but a little distant.

What surprised Wei Cheng was little aunt Wei Ning's daughter, the little girl was about four or five years old, her eyes were quite bright and bright, she imitated the movements of her older brothers and sisters, and yelled crisply, "Cousin, cousin." ’ He also bowed to Aning and Niu Niu, "Hello, sisters."

Aning and Niu Niu looked at each other, their eyes were shining brightly, and felt that this younger sister was very good-looking, and it would be great if they could play with her.

Seeing this, the little aunt smiled and said, "Xu'er, go, go play with the two older sisters."

The eldest aunt also said to the children: "Yes, you guys go to play too, just play nearby, don't run far away."

The five children got together and quickly became acquainted, playing hopscotch that Wei Teng gave to Aning in the open space beside them.

Wei Cheng also invited the two aunts to sit down and made tea for the guests, while Cai Yan went to the back kitchen and asked Aunt Niu to prepare two more dishes.

After some chat.

The eldest aunt Wei Min touched the thigh of the younger aunt Wei Ning from time to time, blinked her eyes a few times, and pouted at Wei Cheng.

Little aunt Wei Ning was annoyed by her, so she gave her an angry look, then looked at Wei Cheng, and asked a little embarrassedly: "Xiao Cheng, do you still have soap here?"

Wei Cheng had already noticed the little tricks of the two aunts. Hearing this, he said with a smile, "Of course the aunts want it."

The eldest aunt's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said: "I heard that this soap was conceived unintentionally by Cheng'er. So, only Cheng'er knows the recipe of the soap?"

Wei Cheng was stunned, hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "Indeed, I think, no one will be able to make a second bar of soap in a short time."

The eldest aunt had a pair of water hyacinth eyes, and then asked: "That's good, that's good, Cheng'er, what do you think of this, the aunts are partners with you, how about we run this soap business together?"

Wei Cheng was stunned for a while, and looked at the two aunts.

Wei Ning didn't expect the eldest sister to be so straightforward, and hurriedly said: "Xiao Cheng, what your eldest aunt means is that if such a good item as soap is only used internally, its real value is obviously wasted; in fact, buying and selling is secondary. We can exchange it for many unexpected benefits, such as the various herbs that Cheng'er likes the most."

"Uh, yes, yes, you scholars can speak." The eldest aunt echoed.

"Change the herbal medicine?" Wei Cheng was moved.

The little aunt seems to be more reliable than the big aunt, Wei Cheng asked curiously: "Can the little aunt tell you in detail?"

Wei Ning nodded slightly, and saw that she took out a roll of tissue paper from her cuff, and it was written in beautiful handwriting.

"Look, this is the list that dragged us to find you to change the soap."

Wei Cheng took the tissue paper, and a refreshing fragrance came to his nostrils. Wei Cheng raised his eyes and looked at his little aunt. Can be called a goddess.

Withdrawing his mind, Wei Cheng looked at the words on the silk paper.

The first one made Wei Cheng's heart skip a beat, and he exclaimed, "Is this Wenxi Pei going to exchange my soap with velvet antler, or wait for the exchange?"

No wonder Wei Cheng was surprised, if anyone in the future generations heard that someone traded a catty of deer antler for a catty of soap, he would definitely have the same reaction, because there is a huge difference in value between the two.

However, Wei Cheng soon slowed down, after all, he had experienced the outrageous story of exchanging gold for soap.

Little aunt Wei Ning said: "Equal weight is definitely not acceptable. This is the price proposed by the other party. The so-called open-air extortion to pay back the money. I think three catties is about the same for one catty. Your eldest aunt also said five for one." .”

The eldest aunt said arrogantly: "Who doesn't know that old lady of the Pei family, they are so stingy, and it is rare to have a chance to make them bleed. If you want me to say, it is five for one."

Wei Cheng chuckled, looked at the second item again, and muttered: "This Zhou family wants to exchange it with cloth?"

"That's right, the Zhou family is one of the largest families in Yuzhou. Their family is rich in all kinds of cloth, among which red cloth is the most precious. They also have a kind of gauze, which is said to be woven from silk. It is as thin as a cicada's wing and light. Biyunyan is known as plain gauze gown."

"Uh, cough, plain yarn clothes?" Wei Cheng was really surprised this time.

"Don't you know plain gauze gowns?" The elder aunt was startled when she saw this, she casually pulled the younger aunt aside, violently lifted her collar, pointed at the thin layer of gauze on the younger aunt's chest, and said: "Here, this is the plain gauze gown. This is the inner type, and there are outer ones, which are more expensive. One can be exchanged for five fine horses."

"Gulu!" Great.

Wei Cheng quickly looked away, and said awkwardly: "Uh, this plain gauze gown is not bad, it's big and white, you can change it."

The eldest aunt looked indifferent, and when Wei Cheng said that it was possible to change, she said excitedly: "Then I will give Zhou a big blow later."

The little aunt was blushing, she tightened her neckline, glanced at Wei Cheng, pursed her lips and said: "The Zhou family has a longer history than my Wei family. There are many good things in the family. This plain gauze gown is just one of them. Turn around." Let’s see if we can exchange for some thousand-year-old treasure medicine.”

"Is there still a thousand-year-old treasure?" Wei Cheng was really surprised and delighted this time.

The little aunt knew that Wei Cheng liked herbal medicine, so she nodded and said, "It's not just a thousand years, the Zhou family has a private medicine garden, and it is said that the first emperor wanted to refine the medicine of immortality, and even asked the Zhou family for ten thousand years of ginseng... But, Zhou's Shi tried to force her by setting fire to the medicine garden, but she refused."

"Ten thousand, ten thousand years?!!!!"

Wei Cheng was very moved, and immediately took the case and said: "Fuck, the two aunts are free to do it. You can use as much soap as you want. If you can exchange it for the precious medicine of ten thousand years, I can exchange it even for the prescription of soap. "

My good fellow, a thousand years is already amazing, ten thousand years... that's not enough to become a master!
(End of this chapter)