Chapter 70 Main Business of Each Workshop
Speaking of which, Shen Jia is now even more outstanding than Shen Yan had thought before. She is not bound by her identity as a girl and has built a workshop into what it is today.
But he himself seemed to be restricted by this limitation. As he spoke, he glanced inadvertently in the direction of his daughter Shen Min's residence. All this was caused by himself, but he kept avoiding the problem.
Seeing Wu Wei so excited that he stood up and prepared to leave, he didn't feel like stopping him. After all, this matter was beneficial to both parties they were talking to and the people who would get involved later. Of course, things that were good for the people should be done as soon as possible.
Shen Jia had already anticipated Wu Wei's possible reaction if she made this suggestion, so she couldn't help but remind him again:
"Uncle, you better make a decision quickly. Next month is the best time to plant soybeans, so we have to take care of the farming season."
"Yes, yes, niece, you're right. I'll go back to the county government office while it's still light. I'll come visit you again next time I have the chance. I'll take my leave now."
Wu Wei saluted towards Chen Yan's position and was about to leave.
It was Shen Yu who followed Wu Wei to the door, and when he came back he asked Shen Jia:
"Jia Niang, how did you come up with this idea? From what you said, you thought of it a long time ago?"
"Dad, you still think too highly of me. I just thought we had to expand soybean cultivation, but I hadn't really thought through how to do it. If Magistrate Wu hadn't mentioned the lives of most people in this county today, I wouldn't have connected it with my family's workshop. Now we can kill three birds with one stone, so why not?"
"Right, right, right. If all merchants were willing to give up their own interests like you, the common people would have no trouble finding a living!"
When it comes to governing a region, perhaps no one is more familiar with it than the three father and son of the Shen family. They all served as local officials before, but the south has a well-developed water system and flat fields, so ordinary people can survive with a few acres of land.
But in the north, some places have little rainfall, let alone the per-acre yield of the fields. Their Linyuan County is still relatively good because there is a river passing through it, so it is often more difficult for ordinary families in the north to survive.
For everyone who heard the news, no one was not excited, and some even couldn't sleep all night.
The next day, Shen Jia went to check the situation of the three newly opened workshops. Now all their workshops use soybeans as raw materials, so Shen Jia and County Magistrate Wu had their own selfish motives when they made suggestions.
Everyone who heard it understood this. This was an open conspiracy. If there was no selfish motive at all, Wu Wei might have started to doubt Shen Jia's purpose.
Shen Jia first went to check out his newly opened oil press workshop, which seemed to be bustling with activity.
As for using soybeans as raw material to extract oil, after making some consideration and using the online browsing time rewarded by the system, Shen Jia chose the hot pressing method which was more suitable for him at the moment.
With the help of the mapping tool, they made the most advanced pressing machine today, which requires less effort and has a high oil yield. When their workshop is ready to sell products, everyone will see the charm of vegetable oil.
Because although there are other workshops producing vegetable oil nowadays, the craftsmanship is crude and there are many impurities, and the price is not low. Except for some restaurants that need to use it, ordinary people are rarely willing to buy it.
If you want oil, you might as well buy a pound of meat yourself. You can eat meat and squeeze oil at the same time. Killing two birds with one stone is more in line with everyone's interests. Apart from the disadvantage that animal oil can easily freeze in winter, most people don't have the conditions to care.
Because the preliminary crushing, steaming, puffing and drying steps had been carried out in the past few days, Shen Jia came today just in time to see the final pressing step.
"Hey! Ha!"
As a group of men roared and banged hard, soybean oil began to flow out of the small opening on the side.
Because the oil press workshop involves mostly manual labor, the employees of this workshop are all men, and the managers are the three male managers who have passed the previous assessment.
The workshop is also very close to the boys' dormitory, but it is separated from the Shen's Tofu Workshop and the newly opened sauce workshop and fertilizer workshop on the other side by a main road, and there are guards closely observing in between.
Although Shen Jia herself doesn't mind the environment where men and women work together, the locals are not yet at the stage where they can completely ignore other people's opinions, so she still cares about the reputation of the girls working there.
While Shen Jia was observing, Lin Miao, who was in charge of supervision, walked in and said to her, "Boss, would you like to see the oil? We have a spoon here so you can see the first pressing first."
As he spoke, he handed the white porcelain spoon he had prepared in advance to Shen Jia. Shen Jia took it and then bent down to pick up some freshly baked soybean oil from the small opening on the side. It had its own fragrance and the color was a bit dark, but it should be much better after the subsequent processing.
She nodded in agreement and said to Lin Miao beside her, "Quality must be strictly controlled. I will leave this to you with confidence."
"I will definitely supervise strictly according to your standards. Please leave this place to us."
Lin Miao was deeply grateful for Shen Jia's trust. It can be said that after coming to work in Shen's workshop, no one would not want to stay here for the rest of their life.
After checking the oil press workshop, she turned around to check the other two workshops, walking on the gravel road she had specially repaired. It was smooth and there was no need to worry about mud after rain.
When they reached the main gate, a tall woman shouted to Shen Jia, "Boss! You're here. Do you want to take a look inside the workshop? I'll open the door for you."
These are the only two girls selected for the guard team this time. They are born with supernatural powers. Unfortunately, they have been exploring by themselves before and have damaged many things at home. This time, they were pushed by their family to come and play, but they didn't expect that they would be selected.
After a few days of guidance from An Yun, they are now considered the most trusted guard team of their women's workshop. As long as she is there, there is no need to worry about anyone sneaking into the workshop.
"I'm just about to go in and take a look. You stay here and don't let any strangers in."
"Okay! I promise to complete the task!"
Shen Jia continued to go inside. The nearest workshop was her newly built sauce workshop. Currently, Shen Jia was planning to make some tofu-derived pickled products, such as fermented bean curd, which also had its own classification.
The bean paste and fermented black beans from the previous life can also be made, except that the chili pepper option needs to be replaced with dogwood, everything else is similar.
As soon as you enter the workshop, you can smell a strong and pungent smell. This is all thanks to the dogwood. People here like spicy food and have some resistance to this smell.
Seeing Shen Jia coming in, Li Chun hurried to greet him. Now she had a vague feeling that she was the person in charge of the sauce workshop. Not only was she talented in reading and calligraphy, but she also had a set of skills in managing people.
Before, everyone was a little dissatisfied that a young girl like her was the first one. Now, with Wen Zhaonan's advice, the two of them worked together and managed the workshop in perfect order.
In fact, Wen Zhaonan was not convinced at first that he lost to a young girl, but since she and Li Chun were from the same village, it depended on her whether she would agree to help outsiders bully her own people.
"Boss, do you have anything to tell me? I can go and gather everyone right now."
No matter how her identity changes, Li Chun's gratitude towards Shen Jia remains the same. When her younger sister reaches age, she also wants to send her to work here. Now she is studying and passing on what she has learned to her younger sister at home to prepare for the future.
If Shen Jia knew what she did in private, he would definitely praise her for such behavior. Now Shen Jia has only temporarily started the employee stage of learning. In the future, she will definitely go a step further and strive to get other younger children to join in, especially girls who are ignored by the world.
"It's okay. I'm just checking things out as usual. You don't have to follow me around. If you have something to do, just go and do it yourself."
Shen Jia rejected Li Chun's suggestion to accompany her. Anyway, she just came to see whether everyone's work processes and steps met the standards. As quality issues were the most important factor in determining a company, she still had to keep a close eye on them. When everyone felt that this was the way it should be done, she might relax a little.
The place is still arranged in the assembly line style that Shen Jia likes. Materials are added and processed smoothly according to the process. She couldn't help but nod her head when she saw that everyone was still obedient.
Just as she reached the end of the line, a refreshing female voice suddenly appeared in her ears:
"Boss Shen, no, boss, thank you very much for giving us this opportunity. If it weren't for you, we would have starved to death in this dilapidated temple. Now we have a job. I really don't know how to thank you."
The person who spoke was Chen Yaer, who had been caught and taught a lesson by Shen Jia and then let go. She had been working for free in the workshop before, and finally getting some food to fill her stomach was enough to make her happy.
Now she, her companions, and her sisters-in-law and aunts who had walked side by side with her all the way can also come in to work, and the monthly salary is so high that she feels ashamed.
Shen Jia glanced at her and said seriously, "If that's the case, then you should work hard and don't make me feel that my decision is wrong."
"Yes! Thank you, Boss."
Chen Yaer quickly made the promise, straightened her back and watched Shen Jia leave, and finally smiled at her companions who were assigned to the sauce workshop together.
The satisfaction here can only be experienced by these poor people who have been displaced and received help from noble people.
Shen Jia continued walking along the route towards the last workshop. Because the fertilizer produced here was bean dregs, which could mainly supplement nitrogen fertilizer for crops, Shen Jia chose soil with a relatively small smell for fermentation.
However, in order to prevent the smell here from affecting the food in other places, she chose the farthest place among the land she bought.
Now she walked towards the workshop and could see that the waste bean dregs produced by other workshops were continuously transported here.
She thought everyone must have gotten tired of eating bean dregs a while ago. However, now if anyone wanted to take some home, the Shen family would allow it. However, it was not seen on everyone's meals, which made some newcomers who had listened to the teachings of the old employees very confused.
Just as she was about to cross the threshold, a female voice called her: "Boss, wait a minute, don't go in yet."
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