Chapter 150: Xiao Ying is praised, Zhou Yanqing is angry
In the end, it was decided that every household must provide one person, and those who were unwilling to provide one person had to pay one or two taels of silver, which would be used to buy a waterwheel.
In addition, money has to be raised to purchase four large water trucks, so that together with Xiao Ying's, there will be five water trucks, which can basically guarantee the daily water supply for several villages.
The county government was responsible for purchasing and installing the waterwheel, and eventually the price was lowered to eighty taels per piece.
This waterwheel is ten meters high and can fully meet the needs, which is why it is relatively expensive.
In this way, each village only needs to pay forty taels of silver, which is less than one tael of silver per household.
In addition, some people use money to pay for their work, so the amount each household pays is even less.
This is to help them solve the drought problem themselves, and the villagers have no complaints.
When I returned to the village that day, the villagers were beating drums and gongs to call the villagers to inform them that they would start deepening the canal the next day, so the task was very tight.
The river is more than 30 miles long. In order to save time on the road, each village is divided into sections of the river, with each village responsible for about four miles, or 2,000 meters.
Each village sent out forty or fifty people, and some had sixty or seventy people. When you count them this way, it doesn't seem that difficult to defeat them.
Xiao Ying's family also had four capable laborers, so Ling Yun, He Changgui, Li Jincheng and Yue Ming took turns digging the canal.
Whoever's turn it is to dig the canal will not only get an extra meat dish that day, but also be rewarded with 100 coins.
As a result, the four people not only did not complain, but instead competed to go.
Ling Yun took the lead on the first day. It turned out that he had taken detoxification pills for six or seven days and restored his strength to the third level of Qi Refining.
He just happened to have earth-type spiritual roots, so with such strength, digging canals was a piece of cake for him.
Chen Xingyue originally wanted to go, but the ten-acre pond in the deep mountains had not been fully opened yet, so she could only open the pond first.
It has to be said that after becoming proficient in earth magic, her digging speed is extremely fast. She can dig at least half an acre every day, and at least two meters deep.
When her spiritual power was exhausted, she would use the soul-restoring pills given by her mother to recover it. She pushed her limits over and over again, and after digging for a few days, she found that her strength increased much faster.
The next day, the villagers officially started excavation.
For a moment, the entire river section was bustling with activity. In addition to those who were working, there were also some villagers who came to watch.
Chenjia Village is responsible for the section of road leading from Taohua Village to the mountains. In order to facilitate construction, a dam was first built to block the river, so that people basically don't have to step in the water.
The dam will be opened after the construction is completed every evening, so that everyone can use the water and store water at night without any delay.
However, as we dug deeper, it was still very muddy. If we walked barefoot in the mud all day, our skin would turn white.
Xiao Ying asked Kang Ruolan to take people to the county town to buy a batch of oilcloth, and gave two pieces to every household that went to work, including the other villages, spending dozens of taels.
Oilcloth is waterproof, so after wrapping your legs and feet with the oilcloth, they will not come into direct contact with water.
Then put on straw sandals to avoid accidentally tearing the oilcloth.
The villagers tried it and found that it really worked much better, so they all praised Xiao Ying.
Later, Xiao Ying's feat of buying a waterwheel for herself was also spread. Except for a few jealous people, most people admired her and praised her good deeds.
Some people also asked about her background. When they heard that she was a widow, some single men became interested in her.
Especially when people heard that she had a spicy sesame oil workshop, more people were interested, but that’s a story for later.
Compared to the praised Xiao Ying, Zhou Yanqing was much sadder.
Ever since that incident, he never left the county government office again. Firstly, it was because of the pain in his back, and secondly, he was ashamed and angry. So after a few days, he left Yun'an County in disgrace.
When he left, he also took Zhou Wang's family with him. Zhou Wang's family was not large, consisting of only two families, him and his younger brother Zhou Fu, with a total of ten people.
Including Yu Qian's family of three who had made contributions, there were a total of thirteen people.
Originally, the Zhou family should have been transported in a prison van, but Zhou Yanqing was just pretending. After leaving the county town, he had them put on a carriage and even took away the handcuffs and shackles. He was too lazy to pretend anymore.
Ding Fang didn't dare to say anything. When he saw Zhou Yanqing, he hid like a quail. The other guards didn't dare to say anything either.
"Damn Ning Yuanze, he's just a bastard, a mere seventh-rank county magistrate, yet he dares to disobey my orders."
Zhou Yanqing's expression became increasingly gloomy. Before leaving, he wanted to destroy Chunjiang Tower, but was stopped by Ning Yuanze.
He also said that this would make the matter worse and spread his story more widely.
Zhou Yanqing was furious and wanted to kill all the people who knew the truth. He had never been insulted like this in his life.
Thinking of the person who insulted him, he started cursing Ding Fang again. Until now, he still couldn't accept that he had slept with a man, and he didn't know how many times he had slept with him.
Now I feel sick whenever I think about it. I can’t even muster any interest in seeing beautiful women, and I don’t have any impulses anymore.
Then he started to curse Xiao Ying again. Although he had no evidence, he knew it must have been done by that vicious woman.
"Damn woman! I will make you wish you were dead, but you can't live!"
His eyes were sinister, and he knew that this matter could not be let go like this.
"Humph, you think you can do whatever you want just because you're connected to the Ning family? What's that spicy sesame oil? It's just made with red strips. Once everyone knows about it, I'll see how you can make money!"
What he didn't know was that spicy sesame oil was indeed making money in Beijing.
Since Xiao Ying expanded production again, the daily output of spicy sesame oil has increased to 2,500 kilograms.
As soon as he collected 10,000 kilograms, Manager Yun ordered someone to deliver it to Shangjing at full speed.
As soon as he arrived in Shangjing, Ning Yuanchen ordered people to start selling in full swing. Today was the first day of opening.
Because of the special publicity by Ruyi Restaurant before, many people in the capital became interested in it. From high-ranking officials to ordinary people, they all wanted to buy some to try.
Shangjing is the capital of Yue Kingdom and also the most prosperous and wealthy place in Yue Kingdom. The people here are generally richer than those in Yun'an County or even the provincial capital.
Also, the population here is larger, with more than two million people in the entire Shangjing City.
Therefore, Ning Yuanchen raised the price again.
The spicy sesame oil, which was purchased at 500 wen per catty, was sold directly for two taels of silver after packaging, and even the unpackaged version was sold for one and a half taels.
Too expensive? No problem, there's always something worthwhile.
Those dignitaries would buy ten kilograms at a time, and this was despite Ning Yuanchen’s purchase limit.
Not only is each person limited to purchasing ten kilograms per day, the entire store only sells five hundred kilograms per day, so countless people try to get them but can't. This is a perfect example of hunger marketing.
Another reason he did this was that he was worried that subsequent production would not keep up, so he did it just in case.
If he has too much in stock later, he will naturally sell it.
In addition to Shangjing, the other dozen or so prefectures can also be rolled out slowly. He now only hopes that the production of spicy sesame oil can be more and more.
"That woman named Xiao Ying is truly talented. She can actually make such a delicious and popular seasoning."
He gently waved his folding fan, his peach blossom eyes full of smiles. After this busy time was over, he really wanted to go to Yun'an County in person and see how his fourth brother was doing.
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