☆, Chapter 52 I almost got into a fight with him
The person who came was Liang An. He had been asking for directions all the way here. When he was at the foot of the mountain, he was not sure if this was the Zhao family. He thought to himself, "How can Miss Zhou, who is so capable, live on the mountain?"
When he finally saw Zhao Yunjing, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Brother Zhao, is Miss Zhou here? I've come to talk to her about something."
Zhao Yunjing put the water pump aside and went to the embroidery room to call for someone: "Ajiao, Liang An is here."
Upon hearing the name 'Liang An', Deng Sanya and Tian Erya's DNA stirred again.
Ma Dalang came in the morning, and he even brought her love letters from another man. Liang An came in the afternoon... Zhou Mujiao met several men in one day. Even if she and all those men were innocent, it was still too much, wasn't it? What husband could tolerate his wife being so close to other men?
No wonder Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao didn't react at all; the Zhao family simply doesn't think much of Zhou Mujiao!
However, he didn't dare to show it in front of Zhou Mujiao, and even tried his best to shrink his head when Zhou Mujiao looked over.
Tsk.
Zhou Mujiao shook her head and went out to see Liang An.
Upon seeing her, Liang An sighed, "Miss Zhou, I am truly ashamed. I have failed to fulfill the task you entrusted to me and have truly let you down."
"Your employer is unwilling?"
"It wasn't just that I was unwilling, I almost got into a fight with him."
Liang An recounted his affair with Boss Zhu, and then talked about how he had encountered setbacks at other cloth shops in Taohua County, looking quite worried.
Zhou Mujiao's lips curled slightly: "So, Brother Liang came to see me today to tell me to give up?"
"How could we possibly give up?!"
Liang An was agitated. "I've lost my job and offended the entire cloth shop in Peach Blossom County. If I give up like this, how can I ever hold my head up again?! Miss Zhou, I have two paths now, but I'm not sure which one to take, so I came here today hoping you can help me decide."
"Go ahead and speak."
"If the cloth shops in Peach Blossom County won't cooperate with me, then I'll go to other counties, or even the prefectural capital. Boss Zhu's reach isn't that far; he can't interfere!"
“The second way,” Liang An gritted his teeth, excited, but then kept everyone in suspense, “Miss Zhou, what do you think?”
Zhou Mujiao became interested: "Could it be that you went directly to the dye shop?"
Liang An's eyes widened, his expression excited: "Miss Zhou, you're amazing! You guessed that! That's right, I went straight to the dye shop! And I ordered three thousand bolts of cloth!"
"A portion of the deposit has already been paid. Once you, Miss Zhou, have finalized the design, the dyeing workshop can start production immediately! By eliminating the fabric shop, we can save some money! The dyeing workshop has also agreed that if our orders are consistent, they'll allow us to send two people to oversee the quality!"
Liang An gritted his teeth: "That bastard Boss Zhu wanted to cut off my path, didn't he? I'll cut off his path in return!"
Zhou Mujiao clapped her hands: "Sister Liu's judgment was indeed correct. Brother Liang's courage is what he should do! However, Boss Zhu is very powerful. If he puts pressure on the dye shop and the dye shop dares not sell cloth to you anymore, what do you plan to do?"
Liang An paused, looked up at Zhou Mujiao, and saw her smiling encouragingly. In a moment of impulse, he quickly continued, "I noticed that the dyeing workshop is quite large, with about twenty workers. I also found out that each worker's monthly salary ranges from two hundred wen to half a liang. I was thinking that if it really comes to that, I'll take out all my savings and poach a few workers so we can dye the cloth ourselves!"
Zhou Mujiao, finding it rare to encounter someone on the same wavelength in this strange world, couldn't help but chime in: "If Boss Zhu from the weaving workshop also gets involved, then we can go straight to the cotton fields and open our weaving workshop right there. That way, from weaving to dyeing to finished garments, everything will be handled by our people. No matter how powerful Boss Zhu is, he can't do anything to us. Once we've scaled up, we might even be able to turn the tables on him and make him..."
Liang An was so excited he almost jumped up. He quickly replied, "Make him kneel down and beg me! Beg us to sell him the cloth!"
Zhou Mujiao said with admiration, "Brother Liang is indeed a man of great courage! Since you've already planned the route, you can start doing it yourself without coming to me."
"To be honest, Miss Zhou, the reason I dared to do that was on the premise of cooperating with you. With you backing me up, I have more confidence. At the very least, your embroidery workshop can handle a portion of the demand. If I were to do everything on my own, I would have to find a cloth shop to cooperate with, or find an embroidery workshop myself. I don't have that kind of ability!"
Zhou Mujiao laughed: "You certainly know how to think."
"To put it bluntly, it's because we're not brave enough, which is why we need Miss Zhou to direct us from behind. Anyway, I'm just like Xiao Liu'er. I'll follow Miss Zhou wherever you point and I'll do whatever you say! I don't even need to think!"
Zhou Mujiao chuckled: "If you don't use your brain, why would I bother cooperating with you?"
Liang An scratched his head: "Then, Miss Zhou, shall we just take the second route?"
“You’ve already started, you have to keep going, and besides, your methods are quite unconventional, I really like them.” Zhou Mujiao went back to her room to get the silver notes. “Take these to place an order, and I’ll have someone bring you the fabric color at the next market day. Also…”
Zhou Mujiao smiled and said, "Since you're already prepared to open your own weaving and dyeing workshop, shouldn't you open a few more clothing stores?"
"What does Miss Zhou mean?"
"Take advantage of these two days to quickly build your own team. Remember, reliability and competence are both indispensable! After that, go and visit a few neighboring counties to find some shops. We'll spread out our operations and fill all eight counties in Yuzhou Prefecture first."
What happens after it covers all eight counties?
Of course, we should continue to expand!
Once their shops are all over Daliang, won't he make a fortune? He'll be the number one merchant in Daliang!
Oh, the number one merchant is Miss Zhou, and he can just be the second or third!
The two discussed some details in private, and then Liang An left happily, almost floating on air, humming a little tune.
Zhou Mujiao chuckled.
Liang An is quite a remarkable person. He seems impulsive, rushing straight to the dye shop, but in reality, he has a plan and a clear mind. He can understand things with just a little guidance, listens to others' opinions, and is aware of his own shortcomings and weaknesses. He is incredibly clear-headed. She believes that with a little training, Liang An will become an excellent market developer.
Ma Dalang is not bad either. He looks like he has a big face but no brain, but he is a very good person who can judge the situation and lose face at any time. His methods are beyond question. He also has a wide circle of friends and can get along with all kinds of people. It is a good idea to entrust the logistics company to him.
The next step is simply to get the cotton planting, weaving, dyeing, garment manufacturing, and sales processes running smoothly.
At this time, Zhao Yunjing's water-pressurizing device was completed and taken to the well for testing.
Several children gathered around, chattering excitedly. Zhou Mujiao couldn't help but come over to pay attention. She saw that after pressing down on the wooden handle a dozen times, the icy well water really did come up!
The children clapped and jumped with joy. Shiba simply dragged the wooden basin over and insisted on taking a bath. Zhao Yunjing tossed Shiba aside and casually used bricks to surround the basin, making it into the shape of a shallow basin.
On the sixth and ninth days of the lunar new year, they couldn't resist and blocked the water outlet with stones, filling it with water, and then went in to roll around.
Zhao Yunjing chuckled.
When he looked up, he met Zhou Mujiao's adoring gaze, and his heart fluttered, but he immediately lowered his head again.
“Brother Zhao!” Zhou Mujiao immediately called out to him, “I have something to tell you.”
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