Chapter 118: Large-scale delivery, Madam Xiao is the village's God of Wealth
Except for a few families, the rest of the villagers are working hard to reclaim wasteland, including Fang Tieshan, Grandma Chen and others who originally lived in poverty.
Because of working for her, these two families earned at least two taels of silver a month, and their lives improved greatly.
Therefore, at least one acre of wasteland was bought. As long as Xiao Ying continued to purchase it at that price, the money spent on buying the wasteland could be earned back quickly, and even multiplied several times.
Xiao Ying had bought a lot of wasteland before, but unfortunately she had no time to plant crops recently, so she didn't bother with it. Selling condiments had already made her enough money.
Chen Xingyun's spicy sesame oil shop also hired more people. He was worried that it would be unsafe without anyone guarding it at night, so he specially hired a maid to live in the backyard, paying her 600 coins a month, which made the maid very happy.
On the seventh day of June, Chen Jie and others brought back peppers for the sixth time. This time the quantity was greatly reduced, with the four people carrying only a little over 4,000 kilograms.
After this period of purchases, the total amount has reached 65,000 kilograms, mainly due to the first three times, with more than 10,000 kilograms each time.
Among the four, Chen Tong purchased the least, mainly because several villages had already sold it once before. Although there were more mature ones later, the total amount was still three or four thousand kilograms less than that of the other three.
He purchased about 14,000 kilograms, which meant he earned more than 40 taels of silver, making his whole family happy.
But later on, they couldn't harvest much every day, so Chen Afu and Chen Xiaoniu became idle, so Xiao Ying asked them to help dry the peppers.
The wasteland she bought was almost full of drying peppers. Because three people were not enough, she hired a few people temporarily.
Some of the dried peppers are stored, and some are sent to the workshop for chopping. Nearly a thousand kilograms of peppers can be chopped every day, and they are consumed quite quickly.
Because the amount of peppers purchased every day is very small, Chen Tong, Chen Jie and others are not so busy, so only two people are needed to guard the store.
It just so happened that Xiao Ying needed to transport a large amount of seasonings to Ruyi Restaurant, so he invited several families with ox carts to come over.
He also asked Chen Tong to go to the county town with him, intending to train him to be the person in charge of the subsequent work. In this way, Chen Xinghai would not have to deliver seasonings in the future and could only manage the workshop.
When Chen Tong learned about this, he was overjoyed and felt honored. He vowed to do a good job and never let his second sister-in-law down.
On this day, the Chili Workshop was fully completed.
There were a lot of things placed in the three large warehouses. Xiao Ying counted each item personally, while Chen Zhuang recorded them excitedly.
From now on, he is the person in charge of the warehouse and feels that the responsibility is huge.
These three large warehouses are used to store dried peppers, empty jars and some seasonings, and finished products.
No matter who comes to deposit or take away, they must have approval from Xiao Ying or Chen Xinghai, including themselves.
Such a strict management model eliminates many people who have ulterior motives.
The drying yard specifically used for drying peppers has also been paved with stone slabs. This alone took several days to complete, and at least three or four acres of land were paved. It can be used in the future and does not need to be rebuilt.
The fifty or sixty villagers who went to work were all reluctant to leave. They had earned five or six hundred coins in the past ten days, which was much more profitable than carrying heavy bags outside.
They all told Xiao Ying that if there was such a job in the future, he must find them.
Xiao Ying simply hired them for another day and asked them to help reclaim ten acres of wasteland and plant five acres of peppers and five acres of potatoes.
She bought thirty acres at one time, and it was no problem to divide out ten acres for planting, so the villagers were naturally happy.
Seeing that she still had potatoes left, some clever villagers bought them from her and started planting them on the wasteland.
When she first sold potatoes to villagers for planting, not many people responded. Even if some did, each family only bought a small amount.
It’s different now. Everyone has money and has absolute trust in her, so they plant more even when they are just starting out.
Xiao Ying had less than 3,000 kilograms of potatoes left, and they were almost sold out in just a few days. Fortunately, the potatoes in the fairy palace were almost ripe, so she was not worried about not having enough to sell.
June 8th.
Early in the morning, a horse-drawn carriage and four ox-drawn carts were lined up outside the workshop.
The workers loaded the finished spicy sesame oil onto trucks, 500 kilograms per truck, for a total of 2,500 kilograms.
Led by Chen Xinghai, driving the horse-drawn carriage, they headed towards the county town in a mighty procession.
This is the first time that the workshop has transported seasonings on such a large scale, so everyone takes it very seriously.
The four ox carts behind Chen Xinghai were respectively managed by brothers Chen Jin and Chen Tong, father and son Chen Jie and Chen Yunshan, brothers Chen Ming and Chen Fu, and father and son Zhao Qing and Zhao Yong.
Originally, only one person from each family would be allowed to go, but everyone wanted to go to the county town and Ruyi Restaurant to broaden their horizons, so Xiao Ying naturally would not object.
Furthermore, this is also a good opportunity to train people. Her business will grow bigger and bigger in the future, and naturally she will need more people who can help.
After entering the county town, the convoy went straight to Ruyi Restaurant, attracting passers-by to watch.
Chen Jin and others were all happy and excited, except Chen Jie. He had been to the county town many times, but this was the first time he was watched by so many people.
When they arrived at Ruyi Restaurant, everyone was amazed again and impressed by its grandeur and luxury.
It's amazing that Madam Xiao can do business with such a restaurant.
Since both parties were already familiar with each other, Manager Yun did not come to greet them this time. Instead, a manager from the restaurant came.
The other party was very polite from beginning to end. What surprised everyone was that Chen Xinghai also knew how to act and act with a warm expression, completely different from the self-deprecating and introverted boy he used to be.
If you don't know him, you might think he is a noble young man from somewhere.
Chen Jie and others secretly sighed in their hearts that Madam Xiao's family had really made it, and the entire Chenjia Village had benefited from it.
While greeting everyone, Chen Xinghai also introduced everyone, which made everyone excited.
He especially introduced Chen Jin and Chen Tong, hinting that they might deliver the goods on his behalf in the future, so the manager spoke a few more words to the two of them.
Chen Jin was not used to this kind of occasion and acted very shy, while Chen Tong was very good at socializing and soon started chatting with the manager.
After all the jars were unloaded, the steward counted them and personally handed the silver and money to Chen Xinghai.
Although everyone couldn't see clearly, they were sure that there were at least a few hundred taels. After all, it was sold at 150 wen per catty in the town, and the price would definitely be higher if sold to Ruyi Restaurant.
Two thousand five hundred catties, even if it's two hundred coins per catty, that's five hundred taels of silver.
Thinking of this, everyone's hearts were filled with excitement. Madam Xiao's business was really profitable.
But the cost is also high. Madam Xiao spent at least a hundred taels just to build the workshop, not to mention hiring so many workers to do the work.
The price paid for purchasing the red strips was also high. Each of their families earned at least forty or fifty taels of silver in the past ten days.
Therefore, although everyone is envious, they do not develop any bad thoughts.
This made him even more determined to follow Madam Xiao in the future, as she is the village's God of Wealth.
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