"Miss, the workers in the workshop can't take it anymore. They have been working hard for several days in a row. If this continues, I'm afraid they won't do it." The person in charge of the workshop said with an embarrassed look on his face.
"If you don't have enough people, go recruit."
"good."
Another person in charge of raw materials said, "Miss, when they heard we wanted to increase the quantity, they raised the price by 3%. They're clearly taking advantage of our situation. Do you think we should find another supplier?"
Gu Pianran was deeply disgusted by people who broke their promises. Under normal circumstances, she would never compromise. But in this situation, every second counted.
Without raw materials, they can't do it.
"Promise them. The goods must be of high quality. When you receive them, be sure to check them carefully and don't let them pass them off as inferior goods."
"yes."
The person in charge of accounting, holding a notebook, looked at Gu Pianran with a bitter face, "Miss, with all the expenses at hand, the funds are totally insufficient."
"How much is left now?"
"There's about 30,000 taels of liquid funds left."
"How much do we need to spend now?" Gu Pianran asked.
The man calculated, "About 67,000 taels. This is a conservative estimate. If we continue to increase production, this amount of money will be far from enough."
Gu Pianran pondered for a moment and said, "I'll find a way to deal with the money. Give the money to Old Wu now and ask him to purchase the raw materials first. The money over there must be enough."
After sending everyone away, Gu Pianran thought of the dowry her mother gave her, which still had tens of thousands of taels.
"Dongmei, give me the key to the warehouse."
Dongmei immediately understood what she was going to do, "Miss, are you going to embezzle the dowry? This is absolutely not allowed."
"I have no money now, so I have no choice but to do this. When I earn more, the dowry will come naturally."
Seeing that the young lady was determined, Dongmei had no choice but to take out the dowry account book.
After reading it, Gu Pianran frowned tightly.
Many of them were shops and fertile fields, with 10,000 taels of silver available.
Gu Pianran picked out a few shops in remote areas and some not-so-good farmland, and said, "Put these up for sale."
"yes."
That evening, the Fourth Prince, Gu Fanzhi, invited Gu Pianran to go boating on the lake. Gu Pianran came dressed in her finest attire, and when Gu Fanzhi saw her, his eyes lit up, and he stepped forward and carefully helped her onto the boat.
"Greetings, the Fourth Prince." Gu Pianran bowed leisurely towards Gu Fanzhi.
"Why should this happen between you and me?"
Gu Pianran chuckled and said, "Etiquette cannot be abolished."
The two sat opposite each other. They were the only two people in the cabin, and all the maids and servants were waiting outside.
"I met someone from your house today and happened to see them selling their shop and land. What difficulties did they encounter?" Gu Fanzhi asked with concern.
"Those are some not-so-good shops and fields. Just buy them." Gu Pianran said with a smile.
"You don't even tell the truth in front of me. This is nothing like the tomboy I knew before." Gu Fanzhi missed the days when she dressed up as a woman and talked and laughed with him, speaking freely.
"You already said it, that's a tomboy. I'm a woman now, so I can't be so presumptuous."
"Tell me if you have any difficulties." Gu Fanzhi wanted to reach out and hold her hand, but was afraid of offending her, so he withdrew his hand awkwardly.
"I've already sent someone to the company that supplies you with raw materials. They don't dare raise your prices."
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