In the days that followed, everyone in the Gu family was busy again.
By early March, the food street in the trading area was completed, and the restaurants in Kuncheng were also finished.
The snack street is managed by Gu Xin and Gu Si. The group of people from Qingzhou have learned most of the snacks from Gu Nian and Grandpa Gu. Some people in the city have also signed contracts with the Gu family. They learn the skills and hand over their earnings to the Gu family. Each snack costs 100 taels of silver. After handing over the money, the skill belongs to them.
As for the restaurant, since Peng Yizhu left, it was mostly being looked after by Grandpa and Grandma Gu. There was nothing Gu Shouxin could do, so he didn't let Cai Xiaolian do anything.
Fortunately, some of Meng Meng's group had decent cooking skills. After arriving in Kuncheng, they were trained by Grandpa Gu for a month and were able to take charge of cooking.
The vegetables that Uncle Gu planted were sown in the first month of the lunar calendar, and now some of them are ripening.
Finally, the Gu family decided that the restaurant and the snack street would open together on March 30th.
People from the five neighboring countries haven't come for over a month, and they're all still looking forward to the lively lantern festival, planning to come and see it at the end of March.
As for Gu Shouxin, things went much more smoothly for him with the help of others, and he had already started having roads repaired.
The road was built from the northeast gate of Kuncheng all the way to Cizhou.
He wrote directly to the government offices of Cizhou, Qingzhou, and Dingzhou, asking them to send some convicted laborers over, on the condition that they sell cement to them at a lower price.
Gu Shouxin had already sent Gu Nian to select people to take cement to the capital back in the first month of the lunar calendar. Almost three months have passed, and the Emperor has made a decision.
Anyway, he's the one in charge in Kuncheng, and he's planning to repair the roads there.
Kuncheng had many servants of merchants from various places guarding the area. When the road was built for dozens of miles and became passable, these servants would send messages back to their masters, reporting the situation in Kuncheng to them.
These people are here specifically to do business, so they have a good eye for things. Most of them want the host to get more goods. At the same time, the Gu family also has goods. Should we discuss with the Gu family and get their goods?
Once the road is repaired, the trouble of traveling back and forth will be much less. This is definitely a way to make money!
Gu Shouxin saw all of this.
Some of the quick-witted ones sent out visiting cards requesting an audience with Gu Shouxin.
Gu Shouxin knew they wanted to discuss business, so he brought Gu Xin and Gu Si to meet them.
Gu Xin and Gu Si were dressed in men's clothing, looking like young masters, and were now in charge of negotiating the Gu family's external business.
After meeting with a few people, Gu Xin went back to Cai Xiaolian and said, "Mother, I have an idea. Just like when we did business with the Li family before, we can let these merchants sell our goods. We'll just focus on production in Kuncheng, and they can come here to pick up the goods they need! Also, we'll only choose one store in each prefecture and manage it by region. In Qingzhou, we already have a store there, so we don't need to select anyone. What do you think, Mother?"
Cai Xiaolian raised an eyebrow. That wasn't a bad idea. After all, their family was small now and they couldn't afford to send anyone to do business in other places. Being a supplier in Kuncheng would be fine.
She went through the decision in her mind and then asked Gu Xin, "Have you decided on this price? Is it the same price we paid the Li family in Qingzhou?"
Gu Xin shook her head: "That's different. Before, our family didn't have enough manpower, so we needed the Li family to produce things for us, like packaging."
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