You can visit a brothel when you're in the area, but there's no need to open your own.

We firmly control the technology and processes, continuously develop new products, increase the production of existing products, and sell them to various regions.

The wise move would be to transform the workshop into the number one shop in the world and amass wealth from all over the land.

The most important thing right now is to expand production scale and introduce new products to the market.

"Old Cao, how's the matter I asked you to handle going?"

Sun Jian turned to ask Cao Cao.

Previously, Lao Cao bought a piece of land to build a new workshop at the foot of Mount Li, with Mount Li as its back.

At that time, they purchased 300 mu of land, and then added the surrounding slopes, bringing the usable area to a full 600 mu, equivalent to the size of ten international standard football fields in Sun Hao's later years.

Coincidentally, their new workshop was not far from the Tiger Legion's secondary camp, about eighty li away. In fact, the secondary camp's cavalry patrols even passed through that area.

Once the storm surrounding the Wei family has passed, Sun Jian will assume the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Tiger Army. At that time, he can also take care of the workshop's operation, killing two birds with one stone.

Most importantly, the time is ripe in all aspects, and Sun Jian has successfully obtained the emperor's promise. They have the strongest protection from above, so they don't need to worry about any major risks.

"Sir, everything has been taken care of!"

"The new workshop was completed the day before yesterday. We've been maintaining it, painting it, and cleaning up the mess these past two days. I estimate that we can move the workshop there starting tomorrow."

Listening to Lao Cao's report, Sun Jian nodded in satisfaction.

Old Cao is really efficient; in just half a month, the progress has been surprisingly rapid.

Once the new workshop starts, daily production capacity and output will increase several times over.

At that time, the backyard will only be used for product research and development and upgrades, and the R&D team and the production team can be separated!

"Okay! You're in charge of this whole matter. Remember to report to me once your new workshop is ready!"

"Everything can proceed according to the previous plan."

Old Cao clasped his hands in a fist and bowed, his face sincere: "Yes! Leave everything to me! Please rest assured, sir!"

Old Jiang chimed in, "Yes, sir, don't worry. There's plenty of money left in the accounts, enough to build the new workshop."

Sun Jian only wanted to be a hands-off manager, pocketing the money, and Cao Cao and Jiang Ziya's remarks were exactly what they wanted to hear.

"Yes! Once the new workshop is set up, you can hire another batch of workers to do the work. You don't need to do everything yourself."

"New workers can be paid a little more, so that people don't feel like I'm cheating them."

"hey-hey!"

Old Jiang and Old Cao exchanged a smile, their faces showing their simple and honest nature.

"Sir, you may not know this, but the wages we pay in our shop are already five times higher than elsewhere!"

"Now even the monthly allowance of a shop assistant exceeds that of the shopkeepers of other shops."

"Everyone is extremely grateful to our shop and admires you greatly!"

"It's just that no one has ever seen you before! Otherwise, they would definitely kowtow to you!"

Sun Jian smiled wryly and spread his hands: "There's no need for them to kowtow. It's pointless for me to make them kowtow. It's just a cooperative relationship, each getting what they need. They work hard, and I pay them wages. They don't owe me anything."

Upon hearing Sun Jian's remarks, everyone exchanged knowing smiles.

They all understood that this was due to Sun Jian's magnanimity and kindness.

How could the workers not owe Sun Jian anything?

His monthly wages exceeded the market price by more than five times, saving countless suffering people and families. It was only right that they erected a memorial tablet for Sun Jian and burned incense and prayed to him every day.

Chu Qingcheng smiled and said to Sun Jian, "Husband, you're wrong... Even I know that the Sun family now has 23 shops in the capital!"

"Each shop employs at least 6 workers, 3 assistants, and 1 general helper."

"There are several hundred people in total. Everyone has received your blessings and kindness, how could they not owe you something?"

Chu Qingcheng's family was originally a well-known silk merchant family in Jingzhou. She was familiar with business skills from a young age and had a lot of contact with the workers in the shops.

Aside from Sun Jian, this was the first time she had ever seen such high wages, and the first time she had ever seen a shop hire only people from poor and impoverished families.

Chu Qingcheng continued, "Husband, we just haven't seen you before, not that we don't want to pay our respects and thank you."

"All right!"

"The outside world probably doesn't know yet that the shop belongs to our Sun family, right?"

Sun Jian turned to ask Cao Cao and Jiang Ziya.

Both of them nodded.

"have no idea!"

"People outside know about the shops, but few know about the workshops."

"As per your request, our shop and workshop operate separately. Even when transporting or restocking goods, we go through the back gate of the Sun residence. We make sure no one is at the back gate before we go around several times."

"That's good!"

Old Jiang continued, "Sir, you don't know this, but every day countless people are eager to work at our shop, but Old Cao and I have turned them down most of them."

"Those people aren't interested in doing the work; they're clearly after our secrets and technology!"

"Old Jiang and I have already come up with a selection plan."

"All the waiters and shop assistants we hire must come from poor backgrounds and have a clean record."

"good!"

Sun Jian expressed his satisfaction and continued, "I'm taking a break at home these days, so I'll pass on the new technique to you! It's a bit too limited for a shop to always have only two products."

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard about the new product.

The three women, in particular, looked at Sun Jian with a hint of excitement in their eyes.

It should be noted that every invention Sun Jian made was a rare item that had never been seen before in the world.

I wonder what fun and useful things will come out this time...

"New process! Is it made with white sugar?"

Zhou Wan'er's eyes sparkled as she quickly asked.

Sun Jian pinched Zhou Wan'er's cheek and nodded.

"That's right, it's white sugar!"

White sugar?

What is this?

Sugar? Is it something you can eat?

Everyone looked surprised, as they had never seen it before and could only understand it from its literal meaning.

"Is it like that kind of dessert that looks like a sugar figurine, General?"

Gu Hu has now switched to his goofy mode again.

Gu Zijian smiled and explained to Gu Hu, "No, Xiao Hu, granulated sugar is similar to our refined salt; it's made up of tiny particles and is very sweet..."

"My lord, am I right?"

Sun Jian nodded. He had described white sugar to the three women when they were developing refined salt, and they remembered it. Sun Jian was not curious.

In front of everyone, Sun Jian began to give a general account of the production and process of white sugar.

The raw materials for white sugar can be either sugarcane or sugar beets.

Sugarcane in the north is sweeter than that in the south, so it's much more convenient to source sugarcane from Kyoto.