peasant young lady

Chapter 123 Ancient Bank
When Cheng Xia heard Aunt Han's words, she shook her head hastily, "Aunt Han, I really want to thank you and the shopkeeper. Without you, I wouldn't be who I am now."

Whether it is collecting winter melon candied fruit or opening a medicated food shop, the shopkeeper and Aunt Han have almost no hesitation, trust and affection are mutual, she is honest with others, and Aunt Han is even more caring for her. I don't think it's a problem to dedicate all the dishes about tomatoes and the method of making tomato sauce.

Seeing Cheng Xia's anxious look, Wang Hanxiao suddenly smiled, reached out and grabbed Cheng Xia's hand and stroked it, "Xiao Xia, Aunt Han knows that you have a kind heart, but if you don't say this thing, you will get it in the collection." If you sell it in the market, you can earn a lot of money, Aunt Han can't let you suffer like this."

Seeing Cheng Xia talking anxiously again, Wang Hanxiao covered her mouth with his hand, "How about this, tell me how to make this thing first." Wang Hanxiao pointed to the tomato sauce next to her.

Cheng Xia explained the steps to Wang Hanxiao in detail, saw her nodding, and then asked, "Aunt Han, isn't it difficult?"

Wang Hanxiao smiled softly, "It's really not difficult, but I heard Xiao Wu said that this thing is only found next to the dilapidated house in the east of the city. Doesn't it mean that it is difficult to grow in large quantities?"

"No," Cheng Xia calmly gave Wang Hanxiao a calming potion, thinking that Aunt Han might not be able to understand her own words, so she glanced around the lobby of the Herbal Food Workshop, just in time to see Xiao Wu coming Looking for Wang Hanxiao, I turned around a few times and saw the two of them, and rushed over, "Miss Boss, the shopkeeper is looking for you."

Wang Hanxiao nodded, "It's just right, Xiao Xia also said just now that she was looking for you."

The three of them went to the pharmacy together. Shang Liangzhong saw Cheng Xia nodded and smiled. Cheng Xia saw that the two had something to talk about, so he turned around and asked Xiao Wu to bring another tomato. After chatting, he brought himself into the inner room.

Cheng Xia cleaned the small porcelain jar that had just been filled with ketchup and put it aside, then washed the bright red tomatoes again. Seeing that Aunt Han was watching attentively, she smiled and cut the tomato in half with a knife .

Taking the small porcelain altar, Cheng Xia put the seeds inside the tomato pulp together with the gelatinous liquid into the porcelain altar, and when the seed liquid of the whole tomato was put into the porcelain altar, Cheng Xia tightly closed the lid of the porcelain altar. After sealing it, he looked at Wang Hanxiao and said, "Aunt Han, you can ask Brother Xiaowu to look at the land in the east of the city. I didn't look around, so I only know that there are tomatoes growing in that spot, but maybe the surrounding area may be full of tomatoes. There are other places that are suitable for growing tomatoes, and if there are a lot of them, we can take advantage of them.”

Cheng Xia said as he shook the porcelain jar in his hand, "Aunt Han, don't worry that you won't be able to eat it in the future. I just put all the seeds in this porcelain jar and sealed it. You saw it just now. The sealed ones are seeds and You don’t have to worry about the sticky things together, after two days, they will separate automatically, just like we need to ferment steamed buns, it’s a reason.”

Wang Hanxiao nodded, and Cheng Xia continued, "When the fermentation is complete, you add clear water to the porcelain jar and stir, so that the seeds will sink by themselves, and in this way, the foam other than the seeds will be skimmed off. Then, continue to add water to wash, do this a few times, the seeds can be completely peeled off. Then, put them on a clean gauze to dry in the sun, and turn them from time to time, the seeds will dry quickly and evenly. "

Cheng Xia looked at Wang Hanxiao with a smile, "Aunt Han will remember."

Wang Hanxiao said it silently for a few times, then nodded affirmatively, "I remember, it's easy to do that, right?"

"That's right, as long as the soil is fertile, it's not much different from growing Chinese cabbage."

Wang Hanxiao laughed when he heard Cheng Xia's words, "In that case, wouldn't I be able to eat tomatoes forever? And our family is the only one."

Cheng Xia covered her lips and chuckled twice, and then she heard Wang Hanxiao start talking to herself, "I asked the little general to search the entire Qingxian Village, but I will protect all the tomatoes, so that others can really I can't eat any more."

Seeing Aunt Han's careful look, Cheng Xia burst out laughing, unexpectedly, Aunt Han had a strong sense of copyright.

However, when Cheng Xia thought about the area east of the city, he suddenly felt that he had to say something, "Aunt Han, if you pick it, you'd better wait until the night is quiet. After all, there are still people living in the east of the city, so don't be discovered. As for For the tomatoes in other open places, if you want to send someone to protect them, you can protect them."

"Well, I see. I'll think about it slowly." Wang Hanxiao asked Cheng Xia to wait for a while, and then went out to the lobby of the pharmacy, but after a while, he lifted the curtain and entered the room again, and delivered a small parcel. Put it in Cheng Xia's hands.

Cheng Xia didn't know why he took it, and when he opened it, it turned out to be four ingots and one tael of broken silver. Most of the ingots in the Ming Dynasty at this time were five taels of silver each, and these four were a total of 20 taels. Cheng Xia was the first Seeing so much money for the first time, I was stunned, "Aunt Han, I said this is really to repay you, why do you do this, I can't accept it."

Wang Hanxiao rejected the package Cheng Xia handed back, and said earnestly, "Xiao Xia, can you see if this works? The 20 taels of silver will be considered as my prepayment for you in advance. After three months have passed, the profit of the medicinal food workshop will be calculated." Now, when the time comes, it will be deducted from what you deserve, do you think it will work?"

Cheng Xia sighed, she didn't know what Aunt Han meant, so she didn't refuse, and just emphasized, "It must be deducted when the time comes."

"Definitely," Wang Hanxiao smiled kindly, "The Medicinal Food Shop has just opened for a few days, and it may take time to recover the cost, but there are a lot of customers these days, which is better than the previous restaurant. 01:30 , I have the confidence to open the Herbal Food Shop, and with the ketchup given by Xiaohan now, there will be no problem."

Hearing Aunt Han's words, Cheng Xia also smiled contentedly, but with so many ingots in her hands, Cheng Xia definitely couldn't bring them back to the Yang family, not only couldn't they be stored, even hiding them wouldn't be safe.

Cheng Xia carefully recalled the knowledge about the Ming Dynasty, and looked up at Wang Hanxiao, "Aunt Han, is there a bank in Chong'an County?"

"You even know the bank?" Wang Hanxiao was surprised, realizing that he had overreacted, and quickly waved his hand, "I guess there is nothing you don't know, Xiao Xia. There is only one bank in the county, and it is in the next street. You can see it in the past.”

Cheng Xia didn't explain much, just nodded, "Aunt Han, I want to temporarily store the 20 taels of silver in the bank, and as for the two taels of silver," Cheng Xia carefully picked out half of it, and then handed the rest to the king. Han Xiao, "I'll have to trouble Aunt Han to ask Brother Xiao Wu to take me back to the village. I'm going to save some money now. Can Aunt Han buy me some porcelain jars? It's just money."

Cheng Xia said with some embarrassment, feeling that it was particularly troublesome to others.

"What's the matter?" Wang Hanxiao didn't take it seriously, "You just go, I'll let Xiao Wu go over and buy it, it'll be quick, without delay, I know you must make delicious food, I'll wait .” Wang Hanxiao said raising his eyebrows.

Cheng Xia happily thanked Wang Hanxiao, and went straight out of the pharmacy. After walking on another street for a while, he saw the Tianyou Bank. When Cheng Xia saw the name, he immediately wanted to kneel.

Oh my god, isn't it true, that Zhu Youzhao not only played around with the restaurant, but also dabbled in the bank?As a prince, he actually has so much energy to dabble in fields other than government affairs. Where did he get such great ambitions?

Cheng Xia scratched his head and stared at the name of Qianzhuang for a long time in doubt. Qianzhuang is the embryonic form of a modern bank, and it is also a credit institution that only appeared after the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Shanghai, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou and other places are called Qianzhuang, while Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Jinan, Shenyang and other places are called Yinhao. The two are the same in nature, but they are called by different regions.

Early banks were able to handle deposits and loans. For deposits, the bankers will issue invoices and bank notes for you. When you want to withdraw money, you can exchange coins with the notes.

Cheng Xia stared at Tianyou Bank endlessly, and she felt more and more that Jiajing was able to become emperor back then, was it because of his father Zhu Youju's strong financial resources?Shaking his head, he thought it was impossible. If the mentor knew that she was distorting history here, he might beat her to bleed.

Cheng Xia packed up her mood and entered the bank. The clerk saw that it was a girl, but still welcomed her in with a good attitude. Cheng Xia directly pointed out that she wanted to save money. Although the clerk was surprised, he still respectfully led her to the front of the stage. .

Cheng Xia inquired about the bank's rules a little bit, and it was the same as what she had imagined. The only difference from modern banks is that if you store your money here, not only will you not be able to generate money, but you will also have to pay corresponding management fees. More, if you withdraw 20 taels of silver within three months, you only need to pay [-] taels of silver, half a year is the price of one tael of silver, and if you deposit it for one year, you need to pay two taels of silver.The more money you save, the more you pay.

Cheng Xia expressed understanding that this is normal. It is a miracle that you can keep running an ancient bank, and it must be opened by a powerful and influential person, or have a backer, otherwise it will be easily ransacked.

Taking the stub of 20 taels of silver, Cheng Xia carefully carried it back to the pharmacy in his bosom. The porcelain altar had already been bought. Cheng Xia glanced at it, and there were at least a hundred of them. It was enough for a long time, and it was getting late , Wang Hanxiao had asked Xiao Wu to prepare the carriage, Cheng Xia said goodbye to Aunt Han and left.

Passing by the grocery store, Cheng Xia bought rice, noodles, vegetables, brown sugar and other necessities, and also bought a dozen steamed buns, and then returned to Yang's house contentedly.

At the door of Yang's house, Cheng Xia saw Chen Shi, Yang Lihua, Lin Xiu and Cuihua all gathered at the door of her room, and couldn't help being a little puzzled. Before she went out, she clearly asked Lin Xiu to take care of Xiaolong and lock the door. .Only she and Yang Dalang have the key, why is the door open at this moment?

Cheng Xia's mind turned a few times, and he realized in an instant that Yang Dalang is back! ! !
(End of this chapter)