I support the army through farming and business.

Chapter 75 Profit
While Zhao Tian was out recruiting people, the soybean oil mill also started working overtime to press oil.

Jiang Sheng continued to lead the men to harvest soybeans in his place.

The men delivered the newly received soybeans to the west yard. The women who had been waiting there worked together to wash the beans, dry them, and then stir-fry them on the newly built stove over high heat. They then put the stir-fried beans back into buckets and placed them at the door.

The men in the east yard who were in charge of pounding beans came out every hour to move the wooden barrels, then poured the soybeans into the stone mortar and pounded them hard with a stone pestle.

This job is tiring, but for people like them, it is also a rare job. If they just go out and shout, there will be plenty of people willing to do it.

The men spared no effort and quickly crushed the soybeans, poured them into buckets, and sent them to the South Yard.

Several women in the South Courtyard spread out the gauze, spread the crushed soybeans on the gauze with a wooden spoon, fixed it with a wooden ring, and placed it under the press.

Several men worked together to lift the thousand-pound stone plate, and then pressed it heavily on the crushed soybeans. After half an incense stick of time, the soybean oil flowed into the wooden barrel like water.

One by one, wooden barrels were filled with soybean oil. The men lifted the barrels and carefully carried them to the north yard, where they were placed in pottery jars and sealed. They would then be sent to Luoyang or Jiangnan as soon as a caravan was formed.

Seeing that everything in Changshou Village was in good order, and Aunt Fang and Hui Niang had finally learned addition, subtraction, multiplication and division under her guidance, Tang Zhao returned to Prince Xuan's Mansion with Gu Ci.

No silver was taken.

Tang Zhao lay on the big bed in the Bitan Courtyard, comforting himself that the rewards would be greater in the later stages.

"Miss, you are finally back. You are tired and thin." Chunfeng brought the meal that Xia Mo had just prepared. "Miss, please use some tonic."

Tang Zhao washed her hands and asked, "Did my husband send it?"

Qiuyu said as she set the table, "I've sent it over. These are all my son-in-law's favorites."

Tang Zhaoan sat down to eat.

After dinner, the Crown Prince's Consort Ming came over and said, "Sister-in-law is finally back. Is Fifth Brother feeling better?"

Princess Xuan announced to the public that Gu Ci was ill and went to a hot spring village to recuperate, and Tang Zhao accompanied him and took care of him.

Tang Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "Much better."

On the way back, she continued to travel day and night, and the skin on the inside of her thighs was rubbed off again!

"That's good. Since my fifth brother was poisoned, his health has not been as good as before. It's really hard for my sister-in-law to take care of him personally."

Tang Zhao laughed dryly.

"By the way, there is something I want to tell you. The daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery is engaged."

Tang Zhao thought about the plot and asked, "With whom?"

"Yang Zhui, the eldest son of the Yang family, General Charioteer, served as the left vanguard under the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery. At only twenty-three, he was already a fifth-rank military officer."

"Now that he's engaged to the daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, and with the support of his father-in-law, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, his future is limitless."

No, his future was very limited and he died young.

Tang Zhao silently lit three incense sticks in his heart for this unfortunate cannon fodder man number N, and asked strugglingly, "Can't I just not marry?"

"?" Ming was confused. She thought that Bai Rouyin was engaged and her sister-in-law would be the happiest person. Why was she still thinking about not getting married?

Ming interrupted her anticipation, "No, the two families exchanged engagement letters yesterday. The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery asked a fortune teller at Jing'an Temple to compare her horoscopes and predict her fortune. They said this is a once-in-a-century marriage."

In order to avenge her previous humiliation, the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery announced the marriage to everyone.

All right, Comrade Yang Zhui, Amen. Ming recounted the recent gossip inside and outside the palace, finally mentioning the storytelling, apologetically saying, "I wrote home about my sister-in-law's suggestion last time, but my father and brother disagreed about having actors perform the storytelling."

Tang Zhao was open-minded and said, "It's okay." She would come and shoot when she had money!
"The Return of the Condor Heroes didn't sell as well as the previous two books. The experiences of Xiaolongnu and Yang Guo are sympathetic and heartbreaking, but their relationship as a sister and disciple is a little shocking."

Tang Zhao haha, she knew it, so she deliberately changed the master and apprentice to senior and junior sister when she was writing, but she didn't expect that she still couldn't escape it.

Tang Zhao couldn't understand why, in an era where cousins, and two girls marrying one man were all acceptable in Dayu, it couldn't accept senior sisters and brothers being brothers?
This isn't just taking off your pants to fart!
But times are what they are, and the market is what it is. Tang Zhao had no choice but to say, "I'll write a few more chapters and see if they don't sell well. I'll just buy another one."

After receiving the letter, Ming finally let go of the worry that had been hanging in her heart. "Okay."

The two talked for a while until Nanny Ming came and then Ming left.

Qiuyu stuck out her tongue at Nanny Ming's back and said, "Your princess is busy, and our girl is busy too!"

"Miss, Mr. Song is waiting outside," Qiuyu came in and reported, "He's been coming here every day lately and insists on seeing you."

"Let him in."

Qiuyu agreed, and a moment later Song Sheng trotted into the house, knelt down with a smile on his face, and bowed deeply, "I pay my respects to the princess."

"Give me a seat."

"Thank you, Princess." Song Sheng sat down and took out the account book from his pocket. "Princess, please check the account."

Qiuyu handed over the account book. Tang Zhao flipped through it while listening to Song Sheng say, "Braised food has been selling extremely well this month. Braised lamb and pork are in short supply every day. Many restaurants have lines of people waiting in line every day, and they're getting anxious when they can't get their hands on it!"

Song Sheng was still a little scared when he recalled the scene at that time. Fortunately, his brother-in-law secretly arranged manpower, so their tofu shop did not suffer any loss.

"The tofu shop produces 3,000 kilograms of tofu every day, making a profit of 135 taels a month. The braised mutton and pork produce 700 kilograms a day, making a profit of 420 taels a month. The vegetarian braised meat produces 500 kilograms a day, making a profit of 150 taels a month. After deducting various expenses, the tofu shop can earn at least 630 taels a month!"

The result was the same as Tang Zhao's mental calculation, "Not bad."

Song Sheng carefully observed the princess's expression. Seeing that she was neither happy nor angry, he could not help but feel even more respectful. "I have come to ask the princess for instructions. Do you want to increase the supply to the tofu shop?"

"Wait a little longer. Eat your food one bite at a time and walk one step at a time." Seeing Song Sheng wanted to say more, Tang Zhao said calmly, "If you take too big a step, you might tear your balls."

Song Sheng coughed violently because of the saliva he was choking on.

Qiuyu kindly gave him a glass of water. Song Sheng held the cup and didn't dare to drink it. It took him a long time to calm down.

My goodness, the princess is so brave to say such words.

Song Sheng continued to ask, "Do you want to hire more people?" The people in the tofu shop work in three shifts day and night. If it weren't for the generous monthly salary and commission to support them, they would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago.

"That's fine," Tang Zhao gave him the power. "You can choose someone from the poor people nearby."

"Little understands."

"This princess has seen all your hard work. Send a message back that each of you will be rewarded with two taels of silver and one pound of braised mutton and pork each," Tang Zhao glanced at Qiuyu.

Qiuyu pulled a purse from her sleeve and handed it to him. "This is a gift from the princess. It contains ten taels of silver and five gold leaves."

Song Sheng took the purse, knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, Princess, for the reward!"

"My Lady Princess, if you can forgive me and give me another chance to serve you, I will be deeply grateful. I will do my best to help you in the future!"

Author: The support of the babies is my greatest motivation, I will definitely continue to work hard! ()
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