Chapter 152 Dog-eat-Dog
Regarding the trade fair, Lu Shili still did not show up himself, but let Chen Yin take the lead in organizing it.
He not only posted messages to merchants in Raoying County, inviting everyone to participate in the trade fair, but even some farmers with special skills received invitations.
Zhao Jia's second brother received an invitation from Shen Yin.
Ever since Jiang Tangtang ordered gift boxes from the Zhao family and made the Zhao family realize the value of bamboo weaving, the Zhao family rarely let Zhao Chuan work in the fields.
Now, in addition to making the gift boxes that Jiang Tangtang needs, Zhao Chuan also designs bamboo baskets, bamboo vases, and other decorative items. Other members of the Zhao family also learn a little bit when they have free time.
Hearing that merchants from all over the country would participate in this trade fair, Zhao Chuan decided to attend without thinking twice.
It doesn't cost money to participate anyway.
It was Jiang Tangtang who suggested that the trade fair should be free of charge.
She believed that the people of Da Zhou had no idea what a trade fair was. The most important thing now was to increase the popularity of the trade fair and attract more people.
If they don't charge fees, they might need to invest some money upfront, which might seem like a loss, but in the long run, they'll definitely make money.
Like Zhao Chuan, many people planned to try their hand at the trade fair. Without any publicity, word of the trade fair spread like wildfire, from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred, until everyone knew about it.
And many people are discussing this new thing called trade fair.
Even customers at the Gaosu Restaurant asked, "I heard that Chengbeilou is going to hold a trade fair on the 15th of next month. Will your Gaosu Restaurant participate?"
Jiang Tangtang had already told everyone that the Pastry House would be participating in the trade fair. Zhang Lu and Du Mudan were already working on new products according to Jiang Tangtang's requirements. When someone asked about it, Li Xiangchen naturally replied, "Yes! Yes!"
Someone immediately asked, "Does your shop have any discounts when you get it?"
The cakes at Gaosuguan are delicious, but they are too expensive.
Li Xiangchen said: "Yes, we will sell some delicious cakes at a discounted price."
After hearing his words, the guests became more and more excited about the trade fair. Some even went to the Chengbei Building to see what it looked like now.
When Yang Changsheng heard about the trade fair, a scornful smile appeared on his face. This Chen Yin was indeed a prodigal son from a wealthy family.
What kind of trade fair is this?
Just the North City Tower would cost over a thousand taels of silver to buy, and people entering the exhibition are not charged. Isn't this just throwing money away?
What is there for him to fear from such a prodigal son?
His dyeing factory will probably go bankrupt before it opens for three months. Only then will the Bai family realize the merits of his Yang family.
Yang Changsheng was convinced that Shen Yin would not be able to achieve anything great, so he stopped panicking and focused his energy on other businesses of the Yang family.
In the past, Nie Xiuying had been in charge of both the Rouge Shop and the Bakery. Now that Nie Xiuying was lying in bed, it was natural that all of these businesses would fall under his control.
Only after the steward brought Caizhizhai's account book did he understand why Nie Xiuying was so impatient.
Since the opening of the cake shop, his Caizhizhai's business has dropped by half.
Yang Changsheng frowned, "Tell Mr. Hao that when the owner of the cake shop goes to their tooth shop to recruit people, find a way to help me get a few people in. After the task is completed, there will be a generous reward."
The steward had done this kind of thing countless times and was used to it. He said, "I don't know who the master wants to send in. I'll go and make some preparations in advance."
"Find some people who can cook."
Yang Changsheng only said one sentence, and the manager understood his deep meaning and hurried to make arrangements.
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Lu Shiyan sent back a new woman two days ago. The woman looked skinny, but she was surprisingly strong.
He easily lifted the large water jar in the yard where the water lilies were grown. With one blow of his fist, he shattered the hard bricks into pieces.
With such a strong woman by his side, Lu Zhixi felt very safe. He took the initiative to ask Jiang Tangtang to lead the work of setting up a workshop in the countryside and recruiting people.
Jiang Tangtang had some free time, so she took Zhao Xun and Guo Yu to look for materials needed to make soap, skin care products, etc. every day.
After traveling outside for more than a week, they finally found a large area of coconut trees in a small fishing village in the south.
Jiang Tangtang was overjoyed, but the locals had a misunderstanding about coconuts. They believed that eating too much would cause bloating, indigestion, weight gain, joint pain, laziness, and inability to relax, and the limbs would become stiff.
Jiang Tangtang bought a large coconut grove for only 150 taels of silver.
Jiang Tangtang even felt that this was a bit of bullying of the local residents.
It was especially refreshing to see that many children in the village had no shoes and were walking barefoot on the ground, and the villagers were also wearing tattered clothes.
She sighed inwardly and said to Zhao Xun, "Go ask the villagers if they are willing to work with me."
Once the workshop is established, it will definitely require a large number of people.
The core personnel who master the technology, even if they are not slaves whose indentures are held in their hands, must be carefully selected and highly trusted people.
But we can recruit some ordinary villagers to do odd jobs and rough work.
Of course, although he sympathized with these villagers, Jiang Tangtang still handled the matter of recruiting people for work in an impartial manner.
Those with flawed morals and who looked restless were rejected. In the end, Jiang Tangtang selected ten people.
Five men were responsible for looking after the coconut grove. The other five were two middle-aged women and three strong middle-aged men. They followed Jiang Tangtang to Zhounan Village and initially did some odd jobs.
Of course, it wasn’t just the local villagers who took care of the coconut grove. Jiang Tangtang also sent five people over.
A team of ten people is composed of people who, in addition to taking care of the coconut grove, are also responsible for harvesting coconuts.
In addition to the great harvest of coconut groves, she also discovered several olive trees deep in the mountains.
There was no way to buy the olive tree deep in the mountains, so Jiang Tangtang could only quietly move two smaller trees into the space.
We are planning to find a way to cultivate saplings and plant them on a large scale in the future.
Guo Yu and Zhao Xun were asked to remember the location of the largest olive tree in the deep mountains and come back to pick olives in the autumn.
After being busy for several days, Jiang Tangtang finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the necessary materials were almost ready.
But just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, someone came to report: "Boss, something bad has happened! Master Zhang was hit when he went out today."
Jiang Tangtang immediately asked anxiously, "How is the person? Has he been taken to the hospital?"
"He's fine, but his waist is injured. The doctor said he needs to lie in bed and rest for a few months." Li Xiangchen was also anxious.
Now Zhang Lu and Du Mudan are the mainstays of the cake shop. If Zhang Lu is injured suddenly, how can Du Mudan handle the job alone?
Jiang Tangtang said, "It's good that everyone is alright. I'll figure out a way to deal with the manpower issue."
Zhang Lu rarely went out, so how could she be hit once she did? Jiang Tangtang thought something was fishy and asked someone to investigate. Unexpectedly, it was the Yang family's doing again.
Jiang Tangtang was immediately furious. She cut a few slices of the ginseng she had taken out of the space last time and gave them to Guo Yu, saying, "Find a way to put it in Nie's tea and let her eat it."
Guo Yu's eyes widened, and he asked in confusion, "Sister Jiang, do you have a fever? Then why did you give ginseng to that vicious old woman? Isn't that a waste of good things?"
"It's a bit of a waste of good things." Jiang Tangtang nodded and said, "But I need them to fight each other!"
The fight between the two of them this time was definitely more intense than before.
"Also, find a way to spread the news that Yang Changsheng and his third brother's wife had an affair and gave birth to a child."
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