Tong Wen Yao brought Manager Zhang to the study. Xin'er, take Wen Jiang to play with Aunt Shu. She should be embroidering in the small hall now.
Xing'er went to the kitchen to boil some water, and then took the new tea leaves from the carriage to make tea. She had been good at making tea in the capital before, and now that she was here, after this period of experience, her tea art had made another leap forward.
After pouring the tea leaves three times, a fragrance with a hint of coolness emanated from the teacup.
Shopkeeper Zhang also smelled it and said, "Wen Yao, the people around you are extraordinary! This tea art is quite good."
Tong Wen Yao smiled and said, "Yes! If you like, you can drink more." Manager Zhang did not refuse. After two drinks, he told her the purpose of his visit.
"I want to set up a construction team. When the time comes, the goods will be brought to you, and then I will build houses for them." Tong Wen Yao was not surprised to hear what Manager Zhang said, but she was still worried. If Manager Zhang set up the team in Yuguan County, the market share would also decrease, and then her brothers would have no work to do!
Seeing Tong Wenyao remained silent, Shopkeeper Jiang spoke up, "I promise you, the team will never be in Yuguan County! We will never steal Yuguan County's business. The main thing is, if I want to establish a business, it's in the capital! My family's parents were very interested in the cement house you mentioned, so they asked me to be their lobbyist."
The master of his family is Pei Guanyu. Why does he want to build a cement house out of the blue? Can't he live in his own mansion?
Tong Wenyao thought for a moment and said, "Prince Pei wants to build a house for them?" Shopkeeper Zhang said while practicing Tai Chi, "Wenyao, don't worry. Since I've made a promise, I won't compete with you for business in Yuguan County."
When she heard what Shopkeeper Zhang said, she smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Zhang, if that's the case, how do you want to cooperate?"
After hearing this, Shopkeeper Zhang said, "You teach my people how to build houses. The tuition is one thousand and two taels of silver. Afterwards, we will buy cement building materials and transport them back to the capital!" After he said this, Tong Wen Yao knew that this deal could be negotiated. Not only was it difficult for her to do business in the capital at the moment, but now that there was someone paving the way in front of her, she didn't have to run around looking for ways to sell cement and lime.
"That's fine. Why don't we sign the contract first? You send someone to the county cement construction company, and I'll tell them to teach your people."
Shopkeeper Zhang nodded and said, "People will be assigned in two days. You can just order them around when the time comes."
Shopkeeper Zhang handed her the drafted contract. Tong Wen Yao carefully read it and confirmed that there were no problems before signing it. The contract did not stipulate that she could only sell to Shopkeeper Zhang. If that was the case, and the contract could not be changed, then they would have to give up the cooperation.
After signing, Manager Zhang gave her a silver note of five hundred taels. After Tong Wen Yao took it, she put it in her pocket, but actually put it in the space. She asked Uncle Du to send Manager Zhang out. Tong Wen Yao brought Xin'er and Wen Jiang to her villa. Aunt Shu had planted a lot of flowers at the door of the villa. Now it was spring, and there were many buds on the flowers. Some of the early ones had already bloomed.
She brought the two little ones in. There was a soft sofa in the hall. It was specially made by Aunt Shu. After going up to the second floor, you can see the scene in the hall on the first floor from the second floor.
Tong Wenyao let the two children find their own homes while she went to her room to write down the process of making glass. She had originally planned to cooperate with the county magistrate, but then an epidemic broke out and he couldn't handle it, so she didn't do it. Now it was spring planting time, and Master Ji had to monitor the planting situation in each village. Although they had a plow, remote areas could only use it after the wealthy villages had adopted it. Fortunately, she had improved it before, and only a small amount of iron was needed to make a curved plow!
The main material of glass is silicate, mainly composed of silicon dioxide. Sand can solve this problem. Limestone can be added in proportion. Adding limestone increases the stability and hardness of the glass. There are many rivers here. Tong Wenyao called Xing'er and said, "You ask Dongshun, Nansui, Xiping, and Beian to scoop some fine sand from the river and transport it to the lime workshop in the back mountain."
She bought these four from human traffickers when she was short of manpower. It was also at that time that she met Xing'er.
She also needed to find a large crucible for firing, and there happened to be some ore for firing in the back mountain, which was one of the reasons why she came here.
When I was almost done writing, Uncle Du came over and said, "Young Master, the village chief is here."
Uncle Du, Manager Zhang of Yiqing Pavilion still owes us five hundred taels of silver. After they send people to the county to build cement buildings, you should find someone to teach them how to build houses. After they have learned how, let him pay the balance.
"Yes, young master." Tong Wenyao continued, "Shopkeeper Zhang will come to us to buy materials in the future. We can pay him below the market price. In addition, after receiving the final payment, we can give appropriate rewards to those who have done a good job."
When the time comes, you can withdraw fifty taels of silver from the account. This is my reward to you. For Min Zhi, you can withdraw forty taels. You can give the amount to the others as you wish.
After hearing this, Uncle Du was moved and worked even harder.
She looked at Uncle Du and said, "I'm not an exploitative landlord. If you do a good job, I will naturally reward you. Now, let the village chief come in, otherwise he will be waiting anxiously."
After hearing this, Uncle Du agreed repeatedly. He almost forgot about the village chief.
The village chief came in and said, "Wen Yao, when the epidemic broke out, thanks to you for telling us that sage was a good herb for treating it, we went up the mountain to pick it and sent it to the government. Now the government has sent us the money, and I want to thank you on their behalf."
Tong Wenyao looked at Zhang Fu and said, "Village Chief, you came here for more than just this, right?" After being exposed, Zhang Fu did not feel embarrassed at all. Instead, he said, "Wenyao, I just heard Lao Du say that you guys fermented manure, so I came to ask you how you do it."
Hadn't she already written down the composting method to Master Ji? Why didn't he promote it? Did he not believe it or did he think it was impossible?
However, since Zhang Fulai asked, she told him the method.
Zhang Fu asked, "Wen Yao, where did you learn this method?" Tong Wen Yao explained, "Village Chief, you can observe whether weeds grow lushly next to the toilets, and whether vegetation grows well where there are rotten leaves."
After hearing what she said, Zhang Fu thought that it was indeed true. Her observation skills were even more careful than theirs. He had to admire her for being able to revive the previously declining ceramic workshop. He was not jealous at all.
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