After hearing what the woman said, Mr. Guan's expression froze. "Don't talk nonsense. Boss Lin is a man of integrity. Even though he stopped doing bean sprout business, he still made sure everyone's balance was paid in full, without delaying a single penny."

The old woman felt even worse after hearing this, and began to cry and complain about their misery.

But Uncle Guan couldn't really help. His family had made a little extra money selling beans this winter, and when Boss Lin came that day, he'd asked if they'd be harvesting them later. He told them to plant whatever they wanted, and he'd buy whatever they could, even from the entire Elm Village. But the people in the military dependents' village were so ungrateful, so fence-sitters, it was really frustrating. He decided not to tell them about the bean harvest.

The craze for bean sprouts finally died down from its booming stage. Finally, the price of bean sprouts stabilized, maintaining a market price of one cent per pound. However, after the novelty period, very few people bought the products, forcing many new vendors to return to the wasteland to cultivate the land.

They are not like Lin Rui who has no reclamation tasks. If they fail to complete the quantitative tasks, they will be punished by the Xing family army.

The people from the Lin family seemed to be addicted to doing business. After finishing their work in the fields every day, they would gather at the house of the clan leader Lin Rui, and they all wanted to do business again, both openly and secretly.

Generally speaking, it is really difficult for people who have done business and made money to calmly return to their hometown to farm. This is the case with young people like Lin Zicheng and Lin Zijun.

Although Lin Zizheng and Lin Zikun had never gone out with their brothers to sell bean sprouts, every day they saw their eldest brother going out with a full basket and coming back with a clean basket with a happy smile on his face. They knew that this business made a lot of money, otherwise how could the family have bought the land!

Lin Rui felt that the market had cooled down a bit, and said, "It's not like there's no business. Are the beans I asked you to store still there?"

Lin Zijun, Lin Changtai and the others nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, they are all here. You instructed us not to make bean sprouts out of these beans and to preserve them properly. We were absolutely clear about that."

Lin Rui nodded. "Yeah, that's good." He wanted people who obeyed him, people who didn't need to ask why, people who didn't have their own ideas, people who just relied on him to help them complete the first phase of wealth accumulation.

Zhao Qing also looked at his brother-in-law curiously and asked, "Chief, do you have any new ways to make money?"

Lin Rui smiled and nodded: "Haha, indeed there is. But before that, Dad, uncle, you have to go to Baituo Town and order a large millstone."

"Is this also related to our business?"

"Of course."

"Okay!" Lin Changtai, Lin Changxi and others immediately took silver from their wives and drove the ox cart to Baituo Town. Now Baituo Town has become more prosperous with the support of the Xing family army, and most of the needles, thread, knives, axes and farm tools that ordinary families need can be bought here.

Thanks to the efforts of Tao Chun and his brothers, the Tao family finally had enough land to own two acres. Although the land was small, at least they were no longer rootless duckweed. Since ancient times, where the fields are, the roots of the people are at home.

Tao Dong looked at his eldest brother Tao Chun, who was looking in the direction of Lin, and couldn't help but ask with a smile: "Brother, what clues have you seen?"

Tao Chun didn't smile, but looked envious: "The Lin family has started a new business again?"

Tao Dong's face lit up with joy. He hadn't forgotten that the first pot of gold of their Tao family was given by Lin: "Then big brother, you..."

Tao Chun shook his head regretfully: "I really can't see it this time."

Lin's ox carts have been coming and going these past two days, and the things on them have been mysteriously covered with a piece of cotton cloth.

"Who are we guarding against?" Tao Chun couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Lin Rui really didn't intend to guard against anyone, but his father, second uncle, brother-in-law and cousins ​​were still upset that the secret of growing bean sprouts was so easily replicated last time. This time, no matter what he said, it couldn't be seen through so easily, so of course he had to hide it as tightly as possible.

Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of ropes for ten years!

To systematically manage the tofu business, Lin Rui planned to redevelop the Lin family's land. Previously, the Xing family's military plan had divided the land into plots based on the number of households. Now, Lin Rui wanted to create something similar to a small-scale industrial zone, which would definitely require consolidating the Lin family's land.

Since the patriarch had spoken, the others naturally had no objection.

The first step was to surround the planned land with high fences to form a complete internal space. Secondly, some low and narrow workshops were demolished and rebuilt to build large workshops that could accommodate dozens of people working together. In comparison, the small mud house used to grow bean sprouts could only be called a younger brother.

The renovation work lasted for half a month, and it was so noisy that even the manager of the new land came over to take a look out of curiosity.

Lin Changxi was still somewhat intimidated by these officials, but Lin Rui stepped forward, bowed, and stuffed the prepared silver and money into the steward's arms: "Please bear with me, steward."

This frightened the steward so much that he immediately stepped back, hastily taking the silver from his arms and throwing it on the ground. "What are you doing? Bribing an official is a serious crime. If I report you, you'll be punished with a stick!"

Oh my! Lin Rui couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in joy. The doctrine of the Xing family army is too good. Is the discipline so strict?

He apologized repeatedly: "I was reckless. I didn't know the steward was coming this time..."

The steward spoke frankly: "I see you're going to such great lengths to repair the wall here, what are you trying to do?"

Lin Rui did not hide it: "I plan to do some business, so I can earn more money."

The manager knew that Lin had run a bean sprout business before. When the price was two cents per pound, he bought a lot of bean sprouts back home to improve the children's meals. After all, in winter, the status of vegetables to ordinary people was second only to meat.

It was also known that the simple trick of growing bean sprouts was soon cracked, and then these bean sprouts were sold throughout the border market, and some people even brought them to Baituo Town. Business was good at first, but then it suddenly dropped, and prices continued to fall, so the Lin family stopped doing this business.

The steward had a favorable impression of the Lin family. Merchants prioritize profit, but Lin Rui, being the first to try something new, didn't sell his fresh bean sprouts for exorbitant prices on the winter frontier. After all, there were plenty of wealthy families in Huangmo Pass willing to pay for them. Those wealthy people, constantly mulling over how to let others know they're wealthy, were truly baffling.

"Then I wish you a prosperous business." The manager smiled, patted Lin Rui on the shoulder and left.

Lin Rui said goodbye to him with a smile. After the man left, he picked up the purse on the ground and returned to the workshop yard in a good mood.

Change the water for the beans soaked the day before, mix them in a ratio of 1:5 between beans and water, fill the stone mill with soybeans, and start grinding. The soy milk will slowly flow from the stone mill into the wooden basin at the bottom to catch it.