The next day.
Li Zexuan didn't laze around in bed. He got up early. He still had to go to the Han Village to deliver the plough today. As for the business of Qiqu Pavilion, Li Zexuan had already told his father last night to send a reliable shopkeeper to take care of it today. Qiqu Pavilion's reputation had already spread yesterday, so the rest of the work just had to be done step by step. Li Zexuan didn't need to stay there every day. It was best for him to be a shopkeeper who didn't do anything.
Before Li Zexuan ate breakfast, he asked San Bao to quickly go to the carriage house to hire four carriages that were specially used to transport goods. San Bao didn't go with Steward Wang to buy chicken seedlings today. Li Zexuan asked Wang Zhong to take Fu with him. He wanted San Bao to go with him to the village today.
After breakfast, he went to the door to see if San Bao had returned. In the end, he didn't see San Bao. Instead, he saw Cheng Chumo.
"Hey, Chou Niu, why are you here?"
After Cheng Chumo went back with a bloody nose and a swollen face last night, he naturally couldn't avoid being interrogated by Cheng Yaojin. When Old Cheng saw him like that, he thought that he had run out to fight with someone again. Cheng Chumo explained for a long time before Cheng Yaojin reluctantly believed him. He glared at him angrily.
"Useless thing. How can you fall like this from playing with a lousy carriage? You're really embarrassing me."
Cheng Chumo also knew that he had lost a lot of face this time, so he stood there silently and didn't dare to talk back.
Who knew that Cheng Yaojin would continue to say,
"Another day, ask Xiao Xuan to make one for me. I want to see what kind of carriage can make you fall like this!"
Cheng Chumo cursed in his heart. I'm afraid that when the time comes, you'll fall even more miserably than me.
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Cheng Chumo suddenly remembered something this morning. Yesterday, he had planned to ask Li Zexuan why his family was buying so many chicken seedlings. However, he fell down and forgot about it. Therefore, he came to look for Li Zexuan right after breakfast.
At this time, he saw Li Zexuan at the door. Cheng Chumo wanted to pull him to a corner and ask him about it.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Pulling and pulling in broad daylight, what kind of scandal is this?! "
Li Zexuan saw that Cheng Chumo didn't say anything and came to pull him. Suddenly, his chrysanthemum tightened. He was not gay. He quickly slapped away Cheng Chumo's claws.
Cheng Chumo's face was full of black lines. "Little Xuan, what are you thinking? I have something important to discuss with you. Come here quickly."
"Oh, you should have said so earlier! Come in and talk. It's not appropriate to talk outside. "
Li Zexuan tidied up his clothes and brought Cheng Chumo to the front hall.
After the two sat down, Cheng Chumo couldn't wait to say, "Little Xuan, I'm here to ask you something today. Don't fool me."
Li Zexuan took a sip of tea and said casually, "What's the matter?"
Cheng Chumo leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Little Xuan, why did your family buy so many chicken seedlings yesterday?"
"How do you know?"
Li Zexuan was shocked and asked hurriedly.
"Hey, there are only so many things happening in Chang 'an all year long. How can you hide such a small thing? Those who are observant will know as long as they pay attention. Little Xuan, tell me honestly, why did you buy so many chicken seedlings? Will the price of chicken increase next year? Do you know that you've almost emptied all the chicken seedlings in Chang 'an? "
Cheng Chumo laughed sinisterly. As long as there was profit to be made, he also wanted to go back and ask his father to buy a batch of chicken seedlings.
Hearing Cheng Chumo's question, Li Zexuan fell silent. He couldn't tell anyone about the locust plague prophecy. Not only would no one believe him, but his family would also be in trouble. However, he couldn't tell Cheng Chumo nothing. This guy was the first brother he had made since he came to the Tang Empire. From the previous few things, Cheng Chumo was the kind of person who would sacrifice himself for a brother in a critical moment. Maybe he could give him a hint. After hesitating for a long time, Li Zexuan asked,
"Chou Niu, how many fields do you have in your family?"
Cheng Chumo was stunned by the question. He didn't know why Li Zexuan asked him this, but he still answered, "I'm not too sure about this. It should be about five thousand mu. Little Xuan, why do you ask?"
So much. This was a big landlord. Li Zexuan sighed in his heart. He estimated that the locust plague next year would cause even more losses for his family.
At this moment, he suddenly looked at Cheng Chumo seriously and said in an extremely serious tone, "Chou Niu, if you really believe me, then go back and ask Uncle Cheng to buy more chicken seedlings for your family to feed. As for the specific reason, I really can't tell you now. In June next year, you'll know why. In short, if you really believe me, then do as I say. Don't worry, I, Li Zexuan, will never harm my own brother. "
Cheng Chumo was also shocked by Li Zexuan's serious expression. After Li Zexuan finished speaking, he carefully pondered over Li Zexuan's words in his heart, but still couldn't figure out the reason. However, the second half of Li Zexuan's words did make sense. Cheng Chumo also firmly believed that Li Zexuan wouldn't harm him.
"Little Xuan, since you have difficulties that you can't tell me, I won't force you. When I go back, I'll try my best to persuade my father. I believe that you won't harm your own brother. I, Cheng Chumo, may not be as smart as those literati, but I'm quite good at judging people. "
Li Zexuan smiled.
"Thank you for your trust, Chou Niu. In June next year, you'll definitely be rewarded generously."
"Young Master, the carriages are here. Young Master Yan is also here to look for you."
San Bao suddenly came in to report.
Li Zexuan nodded and quickly walked out. As expected, four carriages were parked in the courtyard. Yan Shaoning was also here.
"Brother Shaoning, you're here."
"Yes, I shouldn't be late. Eh, Chou Niu is here too? "
Yan Shaoning was surprised when he saw Cheng Chumo coming out with Li Zexuan.
"Little Xuan, Shaoning, where are you guys going with so many carriages?"
Cheng Chumo couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw so many carriages and heard Yan Shaoning's words. It seemed that they were going out today.
Li Zexuan explained to Cheng Chumo since there was nothing to hide about the curved shaft plough.
"Little Xuan, is this curved shaft plough really as amazing as you said? No, I'll go with you guys today. If it's really that amazing, Little Xuan, you have to take care of me first. My family's farmers also complained that they didn't have enough cattle this year. Some of them might miss the spring plowing. "
"No problem, let's go to the workshop now to pull the curved shaft plough!"
Since Cheng Chumo wanted to go with them, Li Zexuan naturally wouldn't reject him.
Li Zexuan let the four coachmen drive the carriages while he, Cheng Chumo, and Yan Shaoning rode behind them. The group rushed to the workshop.
What surprised Li Zexuan was that he actually saw a few naughty kids on the road. They were riding on scooters and racing with each other. The other naughty kids around them were looking at them enviously.
Li Zexuan smiled knowingly. All of this was within his expectations. The naughty kids who bought the scooters would spontaneously promote the Strange Taste Pavilion. In the following period of time, the sales of the Strange Taste Pavilion's scooters would snowball and experience an explosive growth.
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(Uh, the title should be persuading people to buy chickens. I'm too lazy to change it now. It should be more interesting this way. I don't care if you guys believe it or not, I believe it. This isn't a clickbait, right?)
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