vrcanaries Chapter 907 Everyone is here
Chapter 907 Everyone is here
Shopkeeper Yang: “…”
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Boss, I actually have quite a few grouper fish. Do you want some?"
"Yes!" Shopkeeper Yang thought without hesitation. What does a restaurant need? Aren't these good things the only thing they need?
He flattered her, "Young Master is really very capable. He even managed to raise a grouper. As far as I know, this grouper is harder to raise than crabs in the north."
Zhou Guo said, "Thanks to the crab, the fish was able to survive after much effort. That's nothing compared to your boss. He was the first in the North to raise crabs, so these are no problem for him. But he spent so much effort, and he only plans to sell the crabs in the building?"
Shopkeeper Yang shook his head and said, "Our boss originally raised crabs just to satisfy his greed, and then he raised too many to eat them all so he just sold them in the building. But this year the farm downstairs seems to have raised more than in previous years."
Zhou Guo smiled. Just hearing this was enough.
Just as the food and wine arrived, she poured a glass of wine for Manager Yang.
Shopkeeper Yang was flattered. "Oh, how dare I ask you to pour me some wine? It's really embarrassing."
"Look at what you are saying. We have been friends for many years. What's the point of being mean? After all, I am just a businessman like you, and I have to rely on you to make a living."
After Zhou Guo poured him a glass, he also poured himself a glass, holding the glass and said, "Boss, we have known each other for several years. It has been a pleasant cooperation over the years. I toast you a glass."
Shopkeeper Yang was very touched. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all. He didn't expect that Zhou Guo had reached such a high position but still did not despise him. After all, he was just a servant. Who of such status would deal with a servant like him?
If he told this to others, no one would believe him and they would probably laugh at him for having such wild ideas.
After drinking it, I couldn't help but ask, "Do you really have a grouper in your hand?"
This stuff is good, and there are country people coming to their building every day to sell it.
But this thing is different from the one we raise at home. There is not so much of it. Sometimes there is too much and sometimes it is gone in a few days. If we can have a stable supply, it will definitely be better than anything else.
Zhou Guo smiled, "Of course, I wouldn't lie to you about something this big, but you also know that I have a lot of people and fish under me, and Yunzhou City definitely can't be the only one like you."
She was still counting on making money from the grouper, so she certainly couldn't just sell it to Baoyue Tower alone.
"Of course, the reason why Baoyue Tower can become the largest restaurant in Yunzhou is definitely not just because of a few excellent ingredients. The chef and the owner are the real reasons for the restaurant's prosperity. Without any of you, the restaurant would not be what it is today."
Shopkeeper Yang said, "I don't deserve it. The restaurant cannot do without the chef. Even without me, we still have Shopkeeper Wang and Shopkeeper Li. There are many shopkeepers."
Although he said so, the smile on his lips told her that Manager Yang was in a good mood at the moment.
Shopkeeper Yang only drank two glasses of wine and then got up and left.
Zhou Guo drank and ate by himself. He hadn't eaten Baoyue Tower's food for a long time and he really missed it. Every dish was delicious.
While drinking, she looked at the bustling streets downstairs. Life in the North seemed like a prosperous age. If she had the chance, she really wanted to go out and take a look.
A man kept drinking until the end of the Xu hour before leaving the building.
This meal cost her three taels of silver. In previous years, she alone spent the family's annual household expenses.
She looked at the street vendors soliciting customers on both sides of the street, opened her folding fan, and walked back swaying.
Hu Zi and Wu Jiang also arrived and were waiting for her in the house.
She asked, "How long have you been here?"
Wu Jiang said: "I just arrived, Hu Zi has been here for a while."
"Have you got a meal yet?"
They both said, "We've eaten."
Zhou Guo nodded and lifted his right foot, "Let's go to the study."
Several people sat down in the study, and Erpang served them tea and sat down.
Zhou Guo looked at them and said, "Let me make it short. General Zhou is leading his army southward. The army needs food. We have two million dan of food in our hands now. All of this food must be moved out and transported to the front within a month."
With an army of more than 300,000 and two million dan of grain transported to the front line, even if some of it was eaten, it would last for several months.
In a few months, it will be autumn harvest...
Several people gasped.
Erpang is no exception.
Although he followed Zhou Guo out, he had no idea what was going on and Zhou Guo didn't say a word.
Wu Jiang said: "Do you want us to transport them to the front line ourselves? I'm afraid there won't be that many people."
Hu Zi pondered, wondering if it would be enough to gather all the people together. But if he did that, wouldn't the farms be ruined? No one would run the shops, no one would ferment the fertilizer, and no one would even farm the land...
Erpang didn't dare to speak, as he had no right to speak here.
Zhou Guo said: "I have discussed with the Lord of the Mansion. We only need to provide food. The rest is not our responsibility. After all, we don't have the strength right now. Even if we can barely send it over, it will cost us a lot. Now is not the time to do that."
When they heard that they didn't need to send it off, they breathed a sigh of relief.
Wu Jiang said: "That's not a big deal. The spring plowing season is over anyway. We can mobilize all the livestock from the farms and transport all the grain in less than half a month."
Hu Zi said: "Half a month won't delay many things, and we can mobilize manpower."
The time of year is just right. If it were the spring ploughing and autumn harvest season, she would be in big trouble.
A few people discussed the details and half a night passed.
Erpang got up in the middle of the meal and ordered a few bowls of noodles. Several people picked up their bowls and ate them all up.
After Zhou Guo finished eating, he said, "Let's all go to bed. We have a lot of things to do tomorrow."
Early the next morning, Hu Zi and Wu Jiang left.
Wu Jiang returned to the village and took back the beggars he had picked up yesterday. They were already used to Zhou Guo's habit of picking up people, and in fact, they could also be considered as being picked up by Zhou Guo.
Hu Zi returned to Song County.
The Zhou family now has only three places to store grain, one in Cangshan Village, one in Song County, and one in Huaiyang.
After several lords of the prefectures arrived and everyone discussed the itinerary, Huaiyang had to go in person.
Within two days, the lord of the mansion sent someone to the door and asked her to come over for a chat. Several lords of the mansion came.
Zhou Guo brought Erpang to the house.
As soon as she entered the study, she saw that all the lords were present. She was about to kneel down and salute them. Zhang Lian said, "Alright, alright, we are not outsiders. Why should we salute you? Should we salute you as well?"
Several adults quickly said, "No need to salute, no need to salute."
They had never dared to let this young lady perform the ceremony before. If they asked her to kneel on the ground and perform the ceremony now, she would not know how she would die in the future.
Zhou Guo also stood up. Although he didn't want to kneel, he had to do it anyway. He didn't hear the Lord's last words at all.
He smiled and bowed, "Thank you, gentlemen. You are truly the parents of our northern land and you love the people like your own children."
Sat down in the last seat.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Lian waved at her and said, "Come here and sit next to me."