Chapter 121 Disabled Veteran
Jiang You didn't think it mattered. She and Andrei had long been accustomed to living in poverty, and they had no intention of relying on the help of their family elders to survive. Moreover, Annina had already secretly given Jiang You some "puppy food allowance," so if they really reached the end of their rope, that money would be enough to help them out.
Before, they were a poor shopkeeper and a poor knight who were struggling to make ends meet. Now, they are a poor lich boss and her poor lord who have made a lot of money but still have to raise money to build factories and carry out construction... Well, this is like playing some kind of business game. Although you make money, the amount of money you have to spend in the next stage will also increase simultaneously... Overall, it doesn't make a difference!
Jiang You even tried to comfort Annina: "Don't worry, the Dream Garden Restaurant is doing very well. Heidi has already paid the first dividend and the payment for the fish sauce together. We also have income from the traveling merchants. The main store and branches of our family's brewing workshop are also making money... We can still build a fish sauce factory!"
There's only one Crucible of Time. If you don't want to work yourself to death, you need to start building a factory early and achieve large-scale mass production. Sauce fermentation takes time, and it takes at least half a year from investment to finished product output. The sooner you start planning, the sooner you can get the finished product.
Large-scale time magic is considered a forbidden spell. Even if Jiangyou wanted to make it, she, a half-baked student with only an affinity for magic, couldn't do it.
But in her previous life, her family had managed to run a thriving sauce factory in a non-magical world, so there was no reason she couldn't do the same in this magical world. Although she still needed to use the Crucible of Time to maximize production in the next six months, once the factory was built, she could be making money without having to do anything!
You have to work hard in the early stage and persevere. Later on, when your career is on track, you can live a relaxed life. This is investment!
Fish sauce factory, soy sauce factory, fermented black bean factory, rice wine factory, vinegar factory, cheese factory... Once she runs these factories one by one, won't she dominate the entire seasoning industry in the Duchy of Huntington?
There's also tofu and its various derivatives, vermicelli noodles, rice noodles, rice cakes, salted and preserved eggs... There's so much potential for business, and the profits from one business can be used to subsidize the investment in the next. As long as you stretch your business out over a long period of time and take steady steps, you don't have to worry about a cash flow interruption.
However, sauces require a fermentation period, but the food business does not necessarily require one. Jiang You scratched his jaw and came up with another idea.
She scurried to the garden and found the knight, shirtless, brandishing his heavy sword in the sun, sweating profusely. "Andre, Andre! Can we open a snack bar at the Royal Magic Academy?"
Andrei took the towel from Jericho and wiped the sweat off his body. He thought for a moment and said, "Sure, I have a few acquaintances at the Magic Academy. Getting a store and a license shouldn't be a problem... But what are you going to sell? How are you going to sell it? Are you going to hire people?"
"In a university town, of course we have to make snacks!" Jiang You said confidently, "Egg waffles, starch sausages, octopus balls, and milk tea... We have carbohydrates, meat, seafood, and drinks. It's so delicious that those magic apprentices and magicians will even forget how to draw magic circles!"
Jiang You's home base is in the West City of Eston. Even if the Royal Magic Academy's business is booming, she won't stay here for long. She will definitely have to hire people. Besides, these snacks are not difficult to make.
In Jiangyou's past life, college graduates working part-time, even without any experience, could successfully operate a snack bar within a few hours. Now, she only needed to manage the raw materials and design the business process, and teaching a few workers how to run a snack stall wasn't a difficult task... The only problem was how to ensure that these workers would continue to work honestly after she returned to Eston West City, and not abscond with her money, ingredients, and business secrets to start their own business.
This is no longer the era where there are more than a dozen milk tea shops on one street. Snack stalls are full of value. If you are backstabbed by the hired workers, you will suffer a great loss!
The Witch Forest branch and Dream Garden Restaurant were both considered franchises. Lolisa and Meili were witches rooted in the Witch Forest, and even if the monks could escape, the temple couldn't. Dream Garden Restaurant was the first step in the partnership between the Lolisa and Dresden families. Heidi was an ambitious and calculating woman who wouldn't give up a long-term partnership for a small profit...
But it was hard to predict the fate of the random workers she hired. They might work for her one day and leave the next. Even if they signed an employment agreement, in those days without the internet, they could take their money and skills and flee to another city in the wilderness, and Jiangyou might never find them again.
Thinking of this, Jiang You's confidence suddenly weakened a bit. She looked at Andrei and said, "As for hiring people, I don't really have any way to find reliable candidates... Do you have any ideas?"
"Indeed," Andrei nodded. "My father has a group of veterans under his command, all of whom were forced to retire due to injuries. They are devoted to their country, doing their utmost to protect the border, never caring about their own safety. But healing magic has its limits, especially on the battlefield. Many people lack medical care and medicine, which delays treatment. After being sent back, they find that their injuries can no longer be cured, or require a huge amount of money to treat. With the retirement compensation, they can't even afford their own medical expenses in their lifetime.
"These days, let alone fighting, these people are having a very hard time. Some only have one leg left, confined to a wheelchair for life, while others are just lame or have lost a few fingers... These disabilities make it difficult for them to farm, forcing them to do odd jobs that don't require much effort. Their lives are extremely difficult."
"Do you want to hire these people?" The soul fire in Jiangyou's eyes lit up.
"That's right. My father has been helping these veterans for years, but simple support can't solve the problem. The number of wounded soldiers is always increasing. No matter how much money is distributed, how much can each person get? The key is to give them a suitable job." Andre said, "These people are very reliable. They were all heroes and suffered a lot on the battlefield. Now they can endure all kinds of pain and hardship. The most important thing is that they will not leak secrets, let alone betray us!
"I had originally wanted to bring a group of disabled veterans back to the territory to see if I could find them suitable accommodations. I've discussed this idea with many disabled veterans these days, and most agreed to go with me. However, several of my closest uncles were reluctant to leave the capital because their families were attending the magic academy."
"Hey, have you even found the specific candidates?" Jiang You was happy. She patted Andre's shoulder, very satisfied with her boyfriend's elastic touch. "I can hire them, but they have to pass my interview."
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