"When should I start? I need to prepare in advance. I know best who in the village is capable of doing the work," the village head asked.

"Let's start now. Uncle Village Head, go arrange the manpower. I'll go home and prepare." After saying this, Zhao Xian hurriedly left.

There is a large open space to the left of the old house. This land also belongs to their family, and it is large enough to build a workshop.

Before long, the craftsmen invited by the village head arrived one after another. They began to measure the land and draw lines. After completing these tasks, they began to lay the foundation.

By this time, all the personnel had arrived and started to get busy. Under the arrangement of the village head, the villagers began to bring over adobe bricks, some carrying them on their shoulders and others pulling them by cart. The adobe bricks on the ground piled up more and more.

Zhao Xian asked Qin Shiyu and Qin Yingying to come out and help him count the number of adobe bricks and make payment on time.

The villagers were very curious when they saw that the scholar's family had two beautiful girls. They started talking about it and seemed to work even harder.

The family didn't have many copper coins left, and the money for buying adobe bricks was quickly used up, so Zhao Xian hurriedly asked Old Mrs. Zhao for help.

At this time, Zhao Xiaosheng and Zhao Xiaoshan had not yet returned from delivering the goods, and Old Mrs. Zhao had not yet left because she had not received the money; she was helping to pickle vegetables.

Zhao Xian roughly calculated that Grandma's family must have earned quite a bit of money during this period, which should be at least ten taels of silver.

“Grandma, I urgently need copper coins to pay for the adobe bricks. Here are ten taels of silver. Please exchange them for the copper coins in your household.”

Grandma Zhao's family has recently collected a large number of copper coins and was considering exchanging them for silver at a money exchange. Now that her grandson needs to exchange them, isn't this perfect?

"Okay, I'll go back now and have Youcai bring the copper coins over." The old lady took the ten taels of silver, put them in her bosom, and left.

A short while later, the old lady and Zhao Youcai came over together. Zhao Youcai was carrying a burlap sack filled with copper coins, which was very heavy.

The villagers who were waiting to pay their bills were very surprised to see Zhao Youcai carrying so much money. They were astonished that the Zhao family had suddenly become rich and was carrying money in sacks. This completely overturned their understanding.

Qin Shiyu and Qin Yingying put the copper coins into a wooden basin and continued to settle accounts with the villagers.

At this moment, Zhao Xiaosheng and Zhao Xiaoshan returned from town. They were not surprised to see so many people working at home. Their brother had mentioned building a workshop long ago, but they did not expect it to happen so quickly.

The two returned to the house and began helping to make kimchi. No matter how busy they were outside, the chores at home couldn't stop.

Outside, the work was in full swing, and everyone was working very hard. As the scholar had just said, wages would be settled daily, and with money, they wouldn't go hungry.

Around noon, the village headman calculated that there were enough adobe bricks. One villager brought over all the adobe bricks he had prepared for building his house and settled the bill for several taels of silver.

The house can be put on hold for now; we can make our own adobe bricks. It doesn't cost much, just a little effort. With money, we can buy food and won't go hungry.

In rural areas, great importance is attached to laying the foundation when building a house. Under the supervision of the village head, the craftsmen spent a whole day laying the foundation.

When the work was finished in the afternoon, the villagers who had come to work all received their wages of thirty coins, and they were all smiles.

Zhao Xian bought a bottle of low-alcohol liquor in the system, but even so, it was considered high-alcohol liquor at the time.

These wines were sealed in earthenware jars, giving them an antique feel. After Zhao Xian tore off some of the markings, it was impossible to see any modern touches on them.

“Uncle Village Head, I have prepared a pot of old wine for the day. Last time I went to the county town, I happened to meet a wine seller who was shouting along the street, so I bought a case, a total of six jars.”

I estimate this workshop will take five or six days to build. Here, take all this wine. I don't know how it tastes yet; if it's not good, I'll buy you new ones.

Wang Lizheng took the wine, his eyes narrowing into slits with a smile, his face so wrinkled it could trap a fly.

"This wine smells wonderful, and I'm sure it tastes good too. I won't say any more; I'll go back and taste it." After saying this, the village head carried the wine jar home.

After seeing Wang Lizheng off, Zhao Xian went back into the house. His family was making white sugar. He calculated that there were still five or six days until the white sugar was delivered next month, and they had to produce fifty or sixty catties of white sugar every day during these few days.

The workshop will take at least five more days to build. During this time, he will need to make some filtration and distillation equipment, which will greatly improve the efficiency of white sugar production once put into use. It will be able to produce 300 catties of white sugar a day without any problem.

Furthermore, the entire sugar-making process is completed inside the equipment, which is invisible from the outside. This ensures that the sugar-making method is not leaked, allowing for the recruitment of workers to produce it.

Now, my family members are becoming more and more skilled at boiling sugar, and it's not difficult to produce fifty or sixty catties of sugar every day.

Making white sugar requires a lot of firewood, and the firewood we collected was simply not enough. Zhao Xian decided to buy more, charging ten coins per load of firewood. Once the workshop was up and running, the demand for firewood would be huge.

The family needed to assign someone to keep the books, be responsible for purchasing firewood, and pay the workers' wages. His two younger brothers were illiterate, so Qin Shiyu and Qin Yingying were very suitable candidates, and he trusted the two sisters very much.

Qin Shiyu is an invaluable talent in business, and I will likely need to take her out to discuss business frequently, so I will leave Qin Yingying at home to manage the accounts.

"Yingying, the family business will grow bigger and bigger in the future. Product production is important, but financial management cannot be ignored. Starting tomorrow, you will be in charge of the family's financial management."

Today you and Shiyu purchased adobe bricks, paid the workers' wages, and managed the accounts very well, with clear records of income and expenditure. From now on, you will be in charge of the family's finances. How does that sound?

Qin Yingying was stunned. The head of the family entrusted her with such an important task, which showed how much trust he had in her. She had to carry it out unconditionally.

"Okay, I will definitely do this well and won't let you down," Qin Yingying said firmly.

“Starting tomorrow, you will be in charge of managing all the family’s income. For safety, I will have the carpenter build you a safe tomorrow, so that the money will be safer.”

After Zhao Xian finished speaking, he handed the remaining ten or so taels of silver in his pocket to Qin Shiyu.

"We need to buy a large amount of firewood tomorrow. After the workshop opens, the daily firewood consumption will be very high, so we need to make preparations in advance."

"Yes, Master." Qin Yingying took the silver, then took out the account book and began to record the transactions.

The next morning, Zhao Xiaosheng and Zhao Xiaoshan continued to deliver pickled vegetables to the town. As soon as they left, the village head came over.

"Scholar, what kind of wine did you give me yesterday? It was so strong, and so satisfying. I didn't want to finish it after just one cup; I wanted to savor it slowly." The village headman said excitedly.

The village head's reaction was exactly what Zhao Xian had expected. In ancient times, the wine brewed could only be considered a type of rice wine.

Modern wines are produced using alcohol distillation technology, resulting in a much higher alcohol content than rice wine.