Chapter 6 Mobile Food Stall + Thermos Cup Plan
"My lord! My lord!"
Su Jinghe sat upright at the desk with a serious expression, seemingly thinking about how to deal with this empty shell kiln factory that suddenly fell upon him. In fact, he was already distracted, thinking about how the little drama in his mind would end if it went wrong.
Should he apologize by carrying a thorn stick on his back, or should he simply leave a letter and commit suicide? But the latter seems too much like suicide out of fear of punishment...
"Master Su!"
"Hey? Who called me?"
It took several calls to finally bring Su Jinghe back to consciousness, but He Yun was not dissatisfied at all. Instead, he said with a smile.
"Master Su! There's someone outside looking for us. It seems like he wants to join our kiln factory!"
"Could it be that Sanbaiyan, no, Chen Shiwu's conspiracy? Bringing some people you don't know to lurk in our kiln factory so that he can steal our core secrets?"
Su Jing was not sure about anything else, but this kind of little conspiracy and trick was something he had read a lot and had seen real cases in various novels, TV series and movies!
Art is drawn from reality, it has to be so!
As soon as he said that, He Yun also felt that it made a lot of sense.
"How about I kick them out?"
He Yun looked conflicted.
The kiln factory is now short of money and people. Of course, what it lacks most is orders. These people don’t want money, they just want to have enough food to eat.
However, after the "undercover" theory proposed by Mr. Su emerged, this "advantage" proved the possibility that these people were undercover agents.
"Of course not."
Su Jinghe recalled the layout of the kiln factory. "The core technology is about white porcelain, right? This must be done during the kiln firing. The kiln factory has more than just this job, so they put them somewhere else."
"Your Excellency is wise!" He Yun thought this was really great.
Su Jinghe also nodded. Under He Yun's flattery, he also felt that he had great leadership skills.
"Let's go and take a look."
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"What? He left all these people behind?"
When Zhang Dexiang heard the news from the secret guard, he felt very unwell and was about to get up, but was stopped by someone.
He turned around and looked at Lu Yijian who was stopping him. "Hurry up! If your apprentice really does hard labor in there for a few days, you won't be able to sit still."
"He's been given this assignment, but he's not attending court, and he hasn't arranged for my apprentice to go in. Does that mean you and I should go?"
Lu Yijian remained calm and what he said made a lot of sense.
At least Zhang Dexiang really couldn't go. He was comforted and sat down again. "Let's go. He knows my subordinate."
But before he could even sit down, he had a new worry: "Even if the money from the kiln factory is just for buying food and cooking, it won't be enough to feed so many people, right?"
The kiln factory was not very big to begin with. There were only about eighty people there before it left. Now fifty have left and a hundred have come in.
Is there enough money?
Lu Yijian also began to worry now. He sighed and glared at Zhang Dexiang again. The person being glared at didn't understand why. Lu Yijian used the tone of "I have suffered from Qin for a long time" to tell Zhang Dexiang that he was very upset.
"He's a child who only lost a few months of memory. If he follows someone else's example, wouldn't he dare to ask for everything?"
There is nothing to criticize. Zhang Dexiang admitted that he had such a locust-like personality in the court. He was like a quail and didn't care whether his subordinates could support the people.
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That night, Su Jinghe was finally able to get off work from the kiln factory.
He registered about a hundred people and arranged everyone's position. After truly experiencing the difficulty of being an HR, he had no extra energy left and even felt a little confused on the way home.
"Xiao Su? Xiao Su? Jing He?"
Su Jinghe was walking when he was stopped by someone. He looked and saw that it was him, "Uncle? Why are you here? Aren't you going home?"
Su Xun really didn't expect that after he stopped his nephew who was about to pass by his house without entering, he would be asked by his nephew why he hadn't gone home yet.
He's coming home!
"Look behind you?"
At the door was a medium to small stone lion that Su Jinghe was familiar with.
This was when he first arrived and discovered that the original owner didn't put anything at the door, so he specially asked someone to make it for him. Because he didn't have much money, the size was small, but it was very heroic!
There were no stone lions at the door, which was totally inconsistent with his stereotype of such an antique house!
"Ha, we're home. Come on, uncle, let's go in!" Su Jinghe stretched out his hand and hooked it on his uncle's shoulder. Fortunately, Su Xun was a rebellious person and didn't have any airs of an elder, so he walked into the house with his arm around his uncle's shoulder.
If anyone has been to Su's house before, they will find that it is very different from half a month ago.
Su Jinghe felt that he was quite good at matching things. After traveling through time, he brought a lot of things into the small house, adding a touch of living atmosphere.
But it is still not as good as my uncle and aunt. One of them has a literary style and the other has a refined style, which makes the courtyard quite warm.
"Why are you back so late?" Su Jinghe felt warmed by his aunt's concern. "Go tomorrow in the family car. I'll feel more at ease if someone picks you up."
He sat next to his aunt and took out the gift he had bought on the way back from his pocket, "Aunt, look!"
It wasn't a very valuable gift. He bought the flowers by replacing the original cheap flowerpots with broken white porcelain bought cheaply from the kiln factory.
"Hey? This white porcelain is beautiful. Where did you buy it?"
Aunt Cheng Jiamin took the small flower pot, looked at it again and again, and liked it very much. "Is this little gap made like this on purpose?"
Not to be outdone, my uncle Su Xun came over and said, "This flower is quite cute. It's very small and looks quite interesting."
Su Jinghe took back the words that were on the tip of his tongue: "It's both beautiful and cheap, and it's a perfect value for money." When his uncle and aunt were enjoying the elegant culture, his lowly nature seemed a bit out of place.
"It was made in the kiln factory I was transferred to. I bought the flowers on my way home from get off work. They're pretty cute, aren't they?"
Unexpectedly, after hearing his answer, the aunt put the flowerpot back in his hand.
Su Jinghe was a little at a loss. He took the flowerpot and looked at his aunt blankly, not knowing why she reacted like that.
Are the flowers not pretty? Or do you think they are too cheap?
The aunt could see that he was frightened, so she softened her expression and spoke in a gentle tone that revealed seriousness.
"Jinghe, you know that you should do your job, but you can't take bribes, right?"
"Yes, this flowerpot is beautiful, but our family has money to buy it, so don't take it." The uncle also came over and took out a small purse from his pocket. Su Jinghe knew that this was the small purse where the uncle kept his private money. The uncle quickly and forcefully stuffed the small purse into Su Jinghe's hand.
So that's what happened, Su Jinghe felt relieved.
"I'm not taking advantage of my position to bully others. There was originally a half-off sale going on, and everyone around the kiln knew about it. I just bought it to join in the fun."
After the aunt knew that it was not obtained through greed, she also took out a wooden box from her pocket and said, "Jinghe did nothing wrong. I apologize to Jinghe. I saw this when I was shopping today. It suits Jinghe very well."
When I opened it, I found it was a very beautiful jade pendant with a fish pattern engraved on it, which looked very exquisite.
"Aunt, this is too expensive..." Su Jinghe was about to refuse, but his aunt pushed it back, "If you don't accept it, you don't accept my apology."
This process was so smooth that Su Jinghe suspected that it was a sting operation by his aunt. That couldn't be right, right?
Su Jinghe was a little confused.
While he was concentrating on eating, his uncle and aunt exchanged glances tacitly.
Alas, my nephew suddenly grew up after he started working, and he no longer asked for money from home. Not only did he live in such a tight financial situation, he even lost his memory!
The two of them had no choice but to use this method to give their nephew money and things to maintain a decent life.
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The next day, Su Jinghe didn't have to get up early, so he slept happily until five o'clock. The kiln factory's working hours were also quite early, but after all, there was no damn imperial power to oppress people, and getting up at two o'clock was too inhumane.
As soon as he went out, he saw a donkey cart waiting for him. The servant on it was filled with warm smiles, completely different from Su Jinghe, a little loser who was easily tortured by life.
"Good morning~" Su Jinghe greeted people and received a surprised but more enthusiastic "Good morning" from the servant.
The half bow caused the food in the servant's arms to fall out. It was a piece of bread wrapped in cloth. It fell to the ground and covered with dust, but was picked up in time.
Watching the servant picking up things, Su Jinghe fell into thought. Food...
"There aren't many people here right now, so no one knows about it. Even if we sell defective goods at a discount, no one will buy them. If we add some mobile food vendors..."
A good idea came to his mind, and Su Jinghe didn't care about mourning for the servant's food. He quickly climbed onto the carriage and prepared to write down the plan for this mobile food stall. It should be able to be implemented after approval!
What a great idea!
The servant didn't understand what was going on, but after knowing that Su Jinghe was fine, he started driving the carriage seriously, determined to take his master to work.
"Follow me." When Su Jinghe's donkey cart passed through a small alley, another donkey cart followed him quietly.
The person in the car was none other than Lu Yijian's apprentice, the eleventh child named Song Shiqin. He was ruthlessly arranged by his master to work in the kiln factory. He was given a new name, Song Eleven, and relying on his ability to read and write and his strength, Su Jinghe mercilessly put him in the embryo-making position.
Song Shiyi, who had been “playing in the mud” for almost a whole day, felt terrible. After returning home, the teacher didn’t care at all whether he had suffered or not, but just wanted him to repeat Su Jinghe’s thoughts!
After knowing that most of his thoughts yesterday were about reviving the kiln factory, the teacher asked him to "lay in ambush" when Su Jinghe was at home today!
This is why Song Shiyi ambushed around Su Jinghe's house in advance, preparing to follow the car all the way to the kiln factory to work.
"What, open a mobile food stall?"
Song Shiyi felt a little confused when listening to Su Jinghe's thoughts.
Doesn’t this person know that he can make a reservation in advance at the restaurant he wants to eat at, and someone will deliver it to him at the right time?
No wonder he had dinner with the people from the kiln factory yesterday. Didn’t he know that he had lost his memory?
When they were almost at the kiln factory, Song Shiyi got off the car early and started running.
When he ran to the kiln factory, Su Jinghe also got out of the car and said goodbye to the servant. He turned around and saw Song Shiyi running towards him panting.
"Good morning~Have you eaten?" Asking if someone has eaten is one of Su Jinghe's most common ways of greeting. He still has a few fried dumplings in his pocket. He was so engrossed in writing the plan for the "mobile food stall" that he hadn't finished eating.
"I ate it." Song Shiyi looked at Su Jinghe and felt that he was about to turn around and leave to write his food stall plan, so he hurriedly took two or three steps to the side and began to "popularize science" enthusiastically.
"Master Xiao Su, is there anything you'd like to eat? If so, we can order together for lunch. A noodle shop I often eat at can deliver it."
After hearing this, Su Jinghe stopped walking. He tilted his head slightly and looked at Song Shiyi, who was smiling warmly. The smile froze on his face. Then he replied leisurely, "I brought my own lunch today. Maybe next time."
"Okay, I'll go get busy first." Song Shiyi felt that Su Jinghe suddenly became strange, and he couldn't figure it out, so it was better to leave first.
Anyway, whenever he is in an active mood, you can hear what he is thinking.
This is the conclusion Song Shiyi drew from his observations.
Su Jinghe looked at Song Shiyi's back, took out his homemade booklet from his pocket, turned to the middle, and wrote Song Shiyi's name.
He also had an impression of this person. Among the people who came yesterday, he looked the most educated. His character was that of a down-and-out scholar who came to earn some living expenses, but he refused the free meals and his salary was cut in half, which was suspicious in itself.
Now……
How could Su Jinghe not know that the Song Dynasty already had a takeout delivery industry? Even if he didn't have the money to order, he had legs and could walk. He could see it while shopping. There were idle people squatting next to popular stores. The people inside handed the idle people something, told them the address, and then they left, only to return with empty food boxes.
If this isn’t takeout, what is?
But would a down-and-out scholar choose to order takeout every day?
Suspicious, must be a spy!
It must be the spy arranged by Chen Shiwu, the guy with the three white eyes!
He completely misjudged the mastermind, but got the identity right.
Su Jinghe had no idea that he had accidentally skipped a step in solving the problem and got the correct answer.
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After Su Jinghe punched in for work and met with He Yun, he shared his ideas with He Yun and prepared to perfect his food stall plan, striving to open it today.
"We make thermal insulation equipment specifically for the wealthy, such as thermos cups and boxes, to open up new markets and attract new customers.
"Okay!" He Yun didn't ask how to attract it. He thought the idea was great.
"Ceramics are easy to break, so we'll just make the inner shell. When the time comes to make the outer shell, I'll ask my boss if he has steel...a bamboo weaving factory, and add a bamboo shell."
When Su Jinghe mentioned steel, he suddenly remembered that it was not right. This thing is under state control, and other aluminum alloys and the like are not mass-produced in the Song Dynasty, not to mention plastics. It is better to make bamboo weaving, which looks good and has an ancient style!
He Yun didn't expect that Su Jinghe only spent one night to come up with such a brilliant idea, and even provided after-sales service - and had connections with bigger bosses. He was so moved that he burst into tears.
"Sir, you are truly the savior of our kiln factory!"
"Not really." Su Jinghe's ears turned red from the praise.
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In the afternoon, Su Jinghe returned to his workstation with his plan.
There was no one at his workstation, and his colleagues even changed his flowers every day.
Good colleagues from the Song Dynasty!
"Hey? You're back?" Zhang Dexiang pretended to pass by and greeted Su Jinghe. He was about to leave, but was stuffed with a hand full of papers.
Kiln Factory Revitalization Plan - Mobile Food Stalls to Drive Traffic
Wow!
Zhang Dexiang was shocked when he saw the title. He never expected that this guy usually hides his abilities.
"You play first, I'll call you when I'm done."
Su Jinghe originally wanted to follow the boss, so that if the boss didn't know something, he could answer it on the spot.
As a result, he was stopped by a colleague, and the colleague said something that made Su Jinghe unable to stop.
"You weren't sent out!"
Damn it, what are you talking about?!
Who would have thought the next sentence would be even more explosive.
"A lot of people have been exiled recently, and some have even been sent to jail!"
"Tell me!" Su Jinghe was no longer sleepy after hearing this!
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