The Zhou family bought eight servants, and the next day it was like a gust of wind spread throughout Yi Village. There were all amazing, unbelievable, envious, and jealous.

"The Zhou family is really developed. They actually bought eight servants at one time."

"I have never heard of a wealthy family who have servants. This is the first time I saw a small farmer who also called his maid."

"I heard that Zhou was born in a wealthy family and now he has money in his hands, so it's not surprising that he buys a maid."

"It's only been more than a month, and their family has changed a lot. I'm afraid they will have to move to the town next year."

"The phoenixes flying out of the rich family cannot be locked up in our remote countryside."

The villagers were talking, and the entrance of the village became lively again. It turned out that people from Taohua Village were sending ducks. Hundreds of ducks, a large group of them came to Zhou's house.

"There are more ducks in this batch than the previous few days, right?"

"No, I heard that Awan made that sauce-flavored duck and sold very much. The rich families in the town liked it very much."

"These hundreds of ducks are sold for a lot of money."

There were a total of 600 ducks. After counting them, Ji Wan gave the remaining 16 taels of money to Yang Lizheng from Taohua Village.

"Please go there yourself."

"You have helped our village a lot, I should thank you."

Yang Li was grateful and sincere, "Our village provides poultry to big restaurants every year, and they are experienced. If the girl wants more, I will ask each family to raise twenty more ducks next year, which will add up to nearly two thousand."

Ji Wan calculated it in her mind. Now she has agreed to buy ducks with eight villages, and there are ten villages in Yi Village and Taohua Village. Each village has 2,000 ducks, which is 20,000.

"If they want to raise a few more, I will collect them all."

At the latest, we will buy a house in the county next year, and then we will build a cellar to store food.

Yang Lizheng was overjoyed, "Okay, I'll tell them when I go back."

"You go slowly."

Six hundred ducks were not easy to deal with, and even if there were servants at home, they couldn't get busy. Ji Wan also asked Ji Hai's family and Feng's family to help.

The man was responsible for killing the ducks, and the women of Miao Gao pulled the ducks' hair and took their internal organs. Feng Yue and Feng Mei and the Hu sisters helped clean the ducks, and after washing, they took them to the kitchen.

Ji Wan taught Huang and four maids how to marinate ducks and put them in the cellar. In this era, she didn't know how to make ice art. She could do it. The cellar was full of ice. The ducks were stored in the ice cellar for one night and roasted tomorrow.

I worked hard all day, and it was not until late at night that all the ducks were marinated. I woke up early the next morning and started roasting them. In the afternoon, I took them to the town to sell them. Six hundred ducks were sold for 300 taels of silver, plus the 350 pieces of stocks sold before, one hundred and seventy-five in quantity, totaling 525 taels of silver. The cost of ducks, labor, seasoning, firewood, wear and tear of ox carts, etc., was as much as 60 taels of silver.

Net profit of 465 taels.

This is much more profitable than sausages and bacon.

In the evening, Ji Wan counted all the money she earned during this period with her mother twice, and eliminated all the expenses and the hundred taels of gold given by the Lord, and a total of eight hundred and fifty-four taels of silver.

Zhou was also shocked by this number.

More than 800 taels are worth a drop in the bucket of wealth, but in this remote village, it is already a huge fortune that ordinary people can't get for several lifetimes.

"Mom, don't our family still have 50 acres of fertile land granted by the emperor? After the spring of next year, we will rent them all to tenant farmers, and we will not sell the white flour we handed over. We will keep it ourselves. Although the weather has been good in recent years, the north is bitter and cold, and it is not guaranteed that there will be drought and no grass will grow, or snow disasters. We can save more food to prevent problems before it happens."

More than 70 acres of land can make nearly 10,000 kilograms of white flour.

Zhou nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Ji Wan smiled, "I have decided to buy a second-hand house in the county, and renovate the garden to buy furniture, etc., so I have to prepare 500 taels of silver. I also want to open a sauce-board duck workshop nearby. Do you think it's okay?"

"You are in charge of the business at home, just make the decision on these things." Zhou's eyes were doting and caring, "There is no money to be earned, don't be too tired of yourself."

"Don't worry, mom, I'm a good person."

Ji Wan felt the affection that she had never received in her previous life, and her heart was warm and satisfied. "I would like to buy a few more people at that time, because the number of sauce-flavored ducks we will make will increase every year in the future, and other merchants will definitely buy them in large quantities, so I need to prepare enough goods."

"OK."

The family’s business is getting better and better, so Zhou naturally supports his daughter with all his strength. “Buy more people, you don’t have to do everything yourself.”

She pulled the eldest daughter's hand, and her originally delicate hand grew thin calluses because of long-term thick work. "I asked the housekeeper to inquire. There is a dairy farm in the western suburbs of Deng County. After the New Year, I will buy two dairy cows and come back. From now on, you sisters will use milk to soak their hands every day, and don't do any rough work."

Ji Wan was stunned, and then she smiled so hard that her eyebrows were curved.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

But when it comes to milk, she thought of many delicious foods that can be sold all year round.

"By the way." Zhou thought of one thing, "Why don't you think about opening a sausage workshop? Although you gave the sausage recipe to the young general Lu, he also said that the recipe would not be leaked and would not be used for sale. You can collect pigs from all over the place to make sausages and bacon, and then sell the pigs in the water and pig trotters to Zuixianju, and maintain long-term business dealings with them."

"Mom, I understand what you mean." Ji Wan said with a smile: "A big restaurant like Zuixianju must have a backer behind it. Otherwise, we will deliver the goods to Zuixianju and provide them with recipes, and someone has come to Guming to snatch it."

In fact, after the pancake fruit was sold, some people imitated it and bought ham from her directly. But there was no spicy sauce or thin crispy. The pancake fruit tasted greatly. Even if it was cheap, not many people bought it.

As for the recipe for ham sausage, some people also pay for a high price. Ji Wan didn't let go, and even Zuixianju could only buy finished products. Those who were jealous could only give up their thoughts. This is enough to prove that Zuixianju has a strong backer and most people can't afford to offend them.

"But I want to open the sauce-ban duck workshop first." Ji Wan said: "You have to do things step by step. Even if you raise pigs, you have to do the second half of the year. Next year, we will collect ducks earlier. When the buyers make them cooked, we will open a sausage workshop to avoid the trouble of novices and making trouble."

"Well, you're thoughtful."

Zhou touched her head with relief, "It's getting late, go back and rest. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Let's have a good New Year this year."
Chapter completed!