May 24, 2023Ai Hrist
Xiao Hanzheng knows that sugar cane can be made into sugar.
“Can this beet also make sugar?”
Shi Qingluo nodded, “Of course, besides sugarcane, sugar beets are also good.”
The raw materials of modern sugar making were mainly these two kinds.
“Let’s dig some and make some sugar first at home.”
“Then hire someone to dig all these beets back, and then let the people in the village open up some land to grow beets, and we can spend money to collect them in the future, and we can also open a sugar workshop.”
Regarding agricultural science, Shi Qingluo herself was an expert.
“Opening a few more workshops can also promote the development of our village and nearby villages so that everyone can live a good life and bind us with interests.”
In ancient times, it was very important to have a good reputation. Unite all interests that can be united, and don’t underestimate the power of the masses.
For example, if not many people know about you, no one will care about you when you die.
But if the entire county knows about you, and the interests of most people were tied together by you.
If something happens to you, even if these people are not harmed for their interests, they will speak out and reach out to help.
Xiao Hanzheng understood the meaning of his little wife as soon as he heard it.
This was good. Not only they can earn money, but also drove other people to make money and develop together.
To open various workshops, it will be impossible not to hire people.
Being happy alone was worse than being happy with others. People can easily get jealous, and jealous people can tear your flesh.
On the contrary, because everyone’s interests were tied together, they will have a good relationship.
He nodded and smiled, “Good!”
Whether it was lacquer or sugar, it will be very profitable to open a workshop.
The two dug beets together and filled the baskets before returning down the mountain.
Xiao Hanzheng took the initiative to lead Shi Qingluo away: “Where do you want to build a house?”
“I suggest that it is better to open a workshop for the old house, and we can choose another place to build a new house.”
The memory left by the original owner of the body is not very good.
Shi Qingluo smiled and said: “I’ve already picked up a place. Not only is the environment good, but it’s also good for our papermaking.”
“Isn’t there a wild bamboo forest near the river? We can buy that one, and the new house will be built in the open space in the middle of the bamboo forest.”
“Being in the bamboo forest, the environment is also very elegant. A small paper workshop will be built next to it, and the materials will be drawn from the surrounding area so that others will not know that we use bamboo as a material for papermaking.”
“The cut bamboo can be replanted. It is best to buy the entire hillside and plant it all with bamboo.”
Xiao Hanzheng was a scholar, even though he learned martial arts in his previous life and went to battle to kill enemies, he still prefers elegant things.
So he supported Shi Qingluo’s proposal: “Okay, the new house surrounded by bamboo forest is very artistic.”
Shi Qingluo said: “Let’s buy the mountain behind our house and use it for breeding.”
She then added: “After talking like this, we are quite short of money.”
They lack money for the initial investment.
If the breeding mountain and these workshops were built and operated, there will be no worries about making money.
Xiao Hanzheng said with a smile, “Just take your time, let’s build the house first.”
He wanted to give his little wife, mother, and younger siblings a comfortable living environment and life first.
Shi Qingluo especially agreed: “Old Xiao, we always have the same thoughts.”
Xiao Hanzheng chuckled: “Who made us husband and wife.”
Shi Qinglou lowered her eyebrows and smiled, “That’s right, husband and wife work together to earn money.”
She thought for a while and asked: “Are you still going to study in the county?”
Studying at home behind closed doors. Even if he was a genius, it won’t be easy to excel in the exam.
Xiao Hanzheng nodded: “I’m going to report to the county school next month.”
“Not long after, there will be a high-ranking official who will come. He is a former number one scholar, he will visit his relatives in the county.”
“And I will go to the county school to stay for a while. I want to see if I can make the other party my teacher.”
“It’s not difficult for me to take the Juren examination, but it is not easy to go further. My knowledge is still far behind.”
In his previous life, because he missed the way to continue taking the imperial examination, he later held a high position, but he read the exam questions every year after he left school.
He used these exam questions to write articles and show them to others, but the evaluations he got were all lacking.
What he lacks was the guidance of a famous teacher, whether it be on the county to learn lessons, or to worship a talented teacher, it was very necessary.
Shi Qingluo agreed: “It would be better if you could worship the other party as your teacher.”
The famous teacher’s guidance was very important in modern times, otherwise, why would everyone go to a prestigious school?
A high-ranking official knows the court very well, and he was the number one scholar, so he must be very knowledgeable.
Xiao Hanzheng nodded: “Well, I will try my best.”
It would be best to be able to worship the other party as a teacher.
Shi Qingluo raised her hand and made an encouraging gesture to him, “I support you!”
Xiao Hanzheng held her hand tightly, “Thank you, my wife!”
It feels so good that he was no longer fighting alone in this life.
Today, more people in the village were selling tofu, and they were all sold out.
The three brothers of Xiao Dashu’s family also borrowed a donkey cart and rushed to the county town to sell it.
People in the county were more willing to eat, so sixty catties of tofu were sold out at noon.
This made them even more excited, and when they went back to the village to publicize, more people were tempted.
More people want to buy tofu and resell it, so more people order tofu today.
The three Xiao Dashu brothers ordered a hundred catties this time.
People in nearby villages also heard about tofu, and some people came to exchange tofu early the next morning or bought it for resale.
The workload of the few people who came to make tofu increased greatly, and some people wanted to sell the tofu or sell it to their families after finishing their work.
Shi Qingluo wanted to increase their enthusiasm for work. After all, selling tofu was easier to make money than making tofu.
So she promised that as long as their family members came to get the tofu, they only need to pay three pennies if they will buy more than ten catties.
So to say, if they sell tofu, they can earn two pennies per catty, than others.
But they need to keep working in the workshop, if they leave, this benefit will be canceled.
The few people who were originally tempted to sell tofu no longer hesitated, and of course, continued to do it.
Because tofu was so easy to sell, all the tofu made in the morning was sold out, and some people didn’t get any replacements.
Everyone kept telling Mrs. Kong to make more tomorrow.
Mrs. Kong happily agreed. The business of the tofu workshop was getting better every day, which makes her more motivated.
Not long after the tofu went on sale, Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo went to the county seat.
The two of them went there by bullock cart. There was a person in the next village who specialized in pulling bullock carts into the county town for a living, and they went back and forth.
It takes about an hour to walk to the county seat. It doesn’t save much time to take a bullock cart, but at least, they don’t have to walk.
After getting off the cart at the county seat, Shi Qingluo rubbed her numb waist: “When we have money, let’s go buy a carriage.”
It takes only 20 or 30 minutes for the carriage to travel from their house to the county seat.
If the county town doesn’t have a lot of people, Xiao Hanzheng would have reached out to rub his little wife’s waist: “Okay, let’s buy one!”
When Shi Qingluo heard his heroic words, she felt very happy, and the more she got along with him, the more she felt that her husband was the best.
Fortunately, she acted preemptively and did not take advantage of others.
