Chapter 261
"Alright, the technology has been handed over to you. Just implement it quickly according to our methods. Also, the new perfume product is about to be released. Make sure to spread the anti-counterfeiting label and precautions to all 179 shops in our area."
"As for those that haven't been printed before, Qiankuntang encourages them to consume them as soon as possible."
"I estimate that it won't be long before a new batch of Forget-Worry Valley products with anti-counterfeiting labels and precautions will suppress the current counterfeit products!"
"I dare not say that I can completely eliminate the appearance of counterfeit goods, but if someone wants to take advantage of this loophole to make money, the time cost they will have to spend will be infinitely large. Those opportunistic merchants will not be that stupid."
"As for what new methods may emerge in the future, we will wait and see."
Sun Jian's words were quite clear.
In modern terms, it means, "You may have a brilliant plan, but I have a way to overcome it."
The devil may be one foot tall, but the Tao is ten feet tall. With the mind and knowledge of a modern person, do you think I'm afraid of an ancient technology that's similar to the level of the Sui Dynasty?
To those counterfeit sellers, I have two words: "Bullshit!"
After arranging these matters, Sun Jian reminded Gu Hu to send each of the dozen or so ministers who had attended the banquet with him in Gaoling County five bottles of fine salt, five-grade Forget-Worry Valley, and five bottles of white sugar.
Old Jiang, Old Cao, Gou Sheng, and their group couldn't do this. Firstly, they had no status. Although their status and prestige had changed significantly by following one of them to enlightenment, they were still commoners in the records of the Great Journey.
Besides, even if we told them, they've never even seen those ministers!
Those ministers were all on equal footing with Sun Jian, so even if they could find out the location of the mansion, it would still be difficult to get them in.
Gu Hu was the most convenient person to do this kind of thing. Gu Hu himself was a captain general of the Left Guard Army of the Imperial Court. Although his military rank was not high, he would be considered a battalion commander in the National Army in later generations.
It shouldn't be that they can't get in the door. Besides, Gu Hu was with Sun Jian at the banquet, so it would be relatively convenient for him to do these things.
"Your subordinate obeys!"
Upon hearing Sun Jian's instructions, Gu Hu respectfully cupped his hands in a salute.
"Oh, right, there's one more thing!"
Sun Jian called Gu Hu back again and began to make arrangements for planting potatoes on the imperial estate.
Although the imperial estates cover a vast area and are scattered around the capital city of Chang'an, it is still necessary to try them out, since everyone still needs to become familiar with the cultivation and consumption of new grain varieties.
Furthermore, Gu Hu currently only has a thousand armored soldiers under his command. These thousand soldiers are divided into three groups: one group is responsible for protecting the area around the Sun residence, another group is stationed around the new workshop, and yet another group is responsible for protecting the transportation of goods. The manpower is already stretched thin.
Some might ask, didn't Sun Jian still have 30,000 elite soldiers?
How could we possibly be short of manpower?
In fact, there's no need to consider the Tiger Legion at all.
The Tiger Warriors are the emperor's army. Although Sun Jian is now the commander-in-chief of the Tiger Warriors, he has no right to use them to work for him.
The grand deployment of the Tiger Legion required the emperor's edict and military tally. If there was no war, such as when there was no military trouble or potential threat in the capital city of Chang'an, then Sun Jian's greatest power was to command all the Tiger Legion troops in their formations, training, and drills.
They have no other authority to allocate resources.
Of course, it's still possible to separate the Tiger Legion and station them near the new workshop to protect its safety from a distance.
If there is any alarm at the new workshop, the Tiger Legion can use the pretext of quelling the unrest in the area surrounding Kyoto to send troops.
Therefore, apart from Gu Hu's thousand armored soldiers, Sun Jian doesn't actually have many men of his own.
Although he has no army other than Gu Hu, Sun Jian now has quite a few retainers, retainers, and servants.
If you do the math, this group alone already numbers over a thousand people.
This number sounds like a lot at first glance, but it's actually not.
The more than 1,000 people were quite scattered, and there were basically not many who could be effectively commanded.
Let's start with the research workshop in the Sun residence, which has more than twenty people in total.
The vast majority of them were villagers from Xiansunjiazhuang, and a very few were selected from the earliest workshops under extremely strict conditions.
They are responsible for research and development, upgrading, producing samples, improvements, and so on.
Of course, Sun Jian also gave them a task: to produce a collector's edition, a deluxe edition product.
These products are either given as gifts or used by the Sun family themselves.
Take refined salt, for example, or Forget-Worry Valley...
Aside from the people in the research workshop, there were more than a hundred maids and servants in the Sun household.
They were responsible for the daily life of the master of the Sun family, including hygiene, kitchen, washing, growing vegetables, serving tea and water, and so on.
They were required to obey any order given by the head of the Sun family.
Even Chu Qingcheng, Gu Zijian, and Zhou Wan'er each have four personal maids serving them now.
These hundred-plus people are currently under the temporary management of Old Jiang, who is essentially the head steward of the Sun family's household affairs.
Then there were the servants, a total of more than one hundred.
Their main duties were similar to those of Gu Hu's guards, both being to protect the safety of the Sun family mansion.
However, Gu Hu's armored soldiers were stationed around the Sun residence, while his household servants guarded the interior of the Sun residence.
However, these servants were strictly forbidden from entering the inner courtyard. They could only patrol and stand guard in the outer courtyard, such as guarding the main gate, back gate, and side gate of the Sun residence, which were important entrances and exits.
Then they patrolled the outer corridors of the Sun residence day and night without interruption.
Without orders or warnings from the master of the Sun family, the servants had only so many rights.
These servants are currently under the temporary control of Old Cao.
Besides these people, the remaining workers in the new workshops numbered nearly 700, which was a large portion of the workforce. Finally, there were those who handled shop operations, transporting goods, and receiving goods.
So, although Sun Jian had many men under his command, he actually didn't have that many.
These people all had their own duties, and if it weren't for the turmoil in the Sun family, they wouldn't have been able to spare any time for anything.
Take, for example, the hundred servants of the Sun family. If we divide them into two shifts, that is, fifty people on the day shift and fifty people on the night shift. The Sun family mansion is so big!
Fifty people patrolling separately is actually a pitifully small number.
At this moment, Gu Hu hesitated after hearing Sun Jian's order.
He was torn because if he were to send some of his men to farm on the imperial estate, there would be very few soldiers left guarding the Sun residence.
Sun Jian understood Gu Hu's concerns and asked directly, "Gu Hu, are you worried that there aren't enough armored soldiers to guard the Marquis's residence?"
"Indeed, my lord!"
Gu Hu's eyes widened in surprise, and he once again cupped his hands in a fist salute in response.
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