Traveling to Ancient Times: My Space Contains Weapons

Chapter 1516 The Father-in-Law in the Sugarcane Field

"Um...sir, I saw this by accident, I'll be going now!"

After saying that, Chu Chen grabbed Gou Shengzi and rushed onto the road as fast as he could. At that moment, the middle-aged man from the sugarcane field also dressed neatly and followed after them.

However, the harsh words he was about to say were swallowed back down.

He saw his wealthy son-in-law excitedly urging the young master who had just seen him studying human anatomy in the sugarcane field, respectfully calling him "Brother Chen."

“Niu Zi, how did you know this was my carriage?”

"Haha, such a sturdy carriage, even reflecting light, you must be the only one in the entire Song Kingdom to have one."

"Hey... Father-in-law, didn't you go to buy wine? What are you doing in the fields?"

After Niu Zi finished speaking, he saw Chu Chen's father-in-law, Wei Dequan, behind him and immediately shouted loudly.

Wei Dequan's face turned red. He never expected that the one who had caught him in the act was none other than Brother Chen, the very same Brother Chen his good son-in-law had mentioned, the famous figure in Seoul, Chu Chen.

If he were to tell anyone, his own family's tycoon would surely kill him.

“Father-in-law, this is the Brother Chen I’ve been telling you about, Chu Chen.”

"He is His Majesty's brother, Father-in-law, what are you standing there for? Come here quickly."

Chu Chen was delighted upon hearing this, thinking to himself, "Your father-in-law is quite interesting."

He immediately turned around, bowed, and said, "Chu Chen greets my uncle, my in-law."

"Brother Chen, this is my father-in-law, Shan Liu's father, Wei Dequan!"

"This humble servant greets Young Master Chu. It is an honor for Young Master Chu to grace us with his presence. Please, please, please invite him in."

Wei Dequan's heart was in his throat. He thought to himself, "Young Master Chu, please don't tell anyone. The 'hundred-ton king' in the family is no pushover..."

Chu Chen wasn't that stupid. He was just Niu Zi's father-in-law. Even if his own father-in-law wanted to do something, as his son-in-law, he wouldn't interfere.

So Chu Chen walked over to Wei Dequan and said, "Uncle, we didn't see anything just now."

Upon hearing this, Wei Dequan's eyes lit up immediately: "Wow, excellent! Young Master Chu is truly a remarkable person, young and promising, with a perfect balance between work and rest..."

Chu Chen merely nodded at Wei Dequan's approval, thinking that even if Niu Zi saw it, he probably wouldn't say anything.

The group went directly to Wei Dequan's house.

It was an ordinary house with stone and mud walls and newly tiled roof.

Seeing Chu Chen looking up at the new tiles on the roof, Niu Zi immediately said, "They were just built, and they weren't expensive!"

“Niu Zi, find some time to renovate this house too. They gave you their grown daughter, you should be grateful.”

"If you don't have any money, I'll give it to you. Next month, the three of us will also be splitting the profits, and then you'll transform into a rich lord."

Chu Chen was right. The winery's business had stabilized recently, with daily profits of several hundred taels of silver.

Although Chu Chen took most of it, Niu Zi and Pang Hu should have no problem getting ten thousand taels of silver each after next month's dividends.

Moreover, I came here with the intention of building the sugar factory here, so Niu Zi and Pang Hu's profits will increase in the future.

“We have money. Renovating this house won’t cost much. We haven’t even used up all the money you gave us, Brother Chen.”

Chu Chen promised them dividends and also paid them salaries.

Niu Zi and Pang Hu each received one hundred taels of silver a month, Shan Liu received sixty taels, and Chu Chen was generous to all the people he bought, each receiving one tael of silver a month.

You have to understand, one or two taels of silver a month is already considered top-tier among cattle and horses in the world, let alone the fact that they were bought.

Compared to others who can't even get enough to eat, their ancestral graves have been blown up.

The three Tito father and sons earned ten taels of silver each per month, which was much better than when they ran a blacksmith shop.

That's why those people were so devoted to working for Chu Chen.

You must understand that destroying Chu Chen is tantamount to destroying their own path to survival.

Chu Chen didn't want the kind of oxen and horses that would work themselves to the bone for a worthless pancake; he wanted oxen and horses that were well-fed and watered. Well-fed and watered oxen and horses would definitely be much stronger than those that were just eating worthless pancakes.

Upon entering Wei Dequan's house, Chu Chen saw Shan Liu leading a woman out to pay her respects.

After meeting the woman, Chu Chen completely understood Wei Dequan.

Goodness, it must weigh at least 300 pounds.

"Oh my, this must be Young Master Chu. This peasant woman greets Young Master Chu."

Niu Zi, standing to the side, introduced: "Brother Chen, this is your mother-in-law!"

Chu Chen immediately cupped his hands in greeting: "Chu Chen greets my mother-in-law."

"Young Master Chu, please come in quickly. Shanliu, go and make some pig's trotters for Young Master Chu."

Chu Chen glanced at Wei Dequan, his eyes filled with heartache, and sat down. Soon after, Shan Liu brought out about ten pig trotters and placed them on the table.

The method is very simple: just boil pig's trotters in water and add some salt.

Beside it, there was a large bowl of white rice and a pot of wine, which was local liquor.

Chu Chen refused Wei Dequan's offer to drink. He knew all too well that even though this kind of liquor had a low alcohol content, drinking too much of it would make you sick and unable to withstand the effects of alcohol.

Moreover, it's a fermented wine. If it's distilled, it's even more potent because the first distillation contains a lot of harmful substances, and nobody would be willing to throw it away.

Chu Chen ate a bowl of rice and said he was full, then sat down next to Wei Dequan and chatted about sugarcane.

Seeing that none of them were eating, Niu Zi's mother-in-law grabbed a pig's trotter and started gnawing on it.

He devoured six pig trotters before letting out a satisfied burp, then, trudging through the pile of fat, he and Shanliu tidied up the things.

Chu Chen called Wei Dequan and Niu Zi outside to discuss the sugar factory matter.

Wei Dequan spoke first: "Please forgive my wife, Young Master Chu, she is just like this."

Upon hearing Wei Dequan's question, Chu Chen also became interested: "Uncle, I wonder how you used to support Aunt?"

"Sigh, what else can we do? In times of famine, we have plenty of mountain produce here. If all else fails, let her gnaw on this stalk."

Genggeng is sugarcane.

Chu Chen was stunned after hearing this. Good heavens, eating sugarcane as a staple food? This is bound to cause diabetes.

So he stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, Uncle, from now on you'll be with me, and you can support ten aunties like this without any problem."

"Um... one is enough, one is already a problem."

Chu Chen laughed heartily upon hearing this. Indeed, whoever marries whom would be so clueless; their snoring at night would be deafening.

“Alright, let’s get back to the main topic. As Niu Zi probably knows, the reason I’m here is to set up a sugar factory here. So, I’ll need your help with a lot of things, Uncle.”