Hearing her say that, Luo Baihu was immediately discouraged. He could arrange manpower at Tianxianglou, but he couldn't open a food workshop.
Because this is the source of income for the people, if he were to interfere, it could very likely incite public anger.
Seeing Luo Baihu's disappointment, Song Liyun didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "Baihu, the town's food workshop is about to be expanded. If the garrison has extra manpower, you can go and work there."
In addition, my cardboard box factory needs a lot of manpower.
Song Liyun wasn't lying. The couple at Tianxianglou had just prepared the ingredients and started selling spicy beef jerky and five-spice beef jerky, so they urgently needed paper boxes and bags.
There are also soft napkins.
In addition, acorn starch also needs cardboard packaging, and Wanjia Leather Goods and Bags Shop also needs a large number of cardboard boxes, as well as stuffing for the bags. Cardboard box factories are currently operating at full capacity and are still unable to meet the demand.
She had long wanted to expand the paper mill, and now Luo Baihu was practically handing her a death sentence.
Upon hearing that it could solve the problem of idlers, Luo Baihu quickly nodded: "Alright, alright, as long as they can get money and not be idle all day long, that's fine."
The main problem that military households need to solve is dealing with their group of bored wives.
Compared to grinding acorns into powder, these paper boxes are much easier and more convenient to fold and dry at home.
Although the acorn food workshop was not successfully established, the matter of making money was resolved, and Luo Baihu happily returned to the garrison.
He urgently wrote an official letter and sent it to the Qili County government, requesting the county to conscript laborers for corvée labor.
Because Song Liyun said she wanted to build a cold storage facility and expand the cardboard box factory downstream of the Huangsha River.
But to get rich, you must first build roads; the official road from the prefectural city is not good enough.
Apart from having the soldiers of the garrison repair the path along the Huangsha River, the official road leading out of Suijin Town needs to be widened.
In short, she needs a lot of migrant workers.
On the same day, Jiang Feng received an official letter from Suijinwei Garrison, which immediately distributed the number of laborers and corvée laborers to each village.
Yang Hua only stayed at Baolinju for one day, and left after Song Zhenping finished setting her bones.
The two are getting married in a month, and she needs to prepare her dowry; it's not appropriate for her to stay in the Song family.
Xiao An is now more sensible. He not only takes care of Song Zhenping, but also helps manage the vegetable garden in the backyard and his rabbit hutch.
Now the backyard has a heated floor, and the temperature needs to be checked frequently.
Lin Tao's wife not only came to Baolinju to tend the vegetable garden herself, but also brought a group of young wives and girls from military households. After finishing their farm work, they would go to the cardboard factory to collect cardboard and paste cardboard boxes every day.
Those with male members in the family went to the acorn food store; everyone had something to do.
Song Liyun didn't have a single free day. She and Uncle Han went to the foreman who was building the shop to talk about building a cold storage facility.
The unfinished houses of the ten shops have now been completed, and the workers are doing the fine work such as doors, windows, floors, and walls.
Song Liyun wanted to immediately renovate three of the rooms, digging down the ground and thickening the walls to create a raised, partitioned structure.
She plans to fill the middle of the wall with loess to provide insulation.
The foreman was completely bewildered!
Most ordinary families would dig a cellar for storing vegetables, but a large house like Baolin Residence, with two-story cellars and an ice room, is already the best in Suijin Town.
Now, following Song Liyun's instructions, it turned out to be a cellar house that he had never even heard of before.
Since he was paid to do the job, the foreman had no other complaints. After reviewing Song Liyun's drawings of the vaulted icehouse, he immediately had people tear down the walls and rebuild them with bricks.
The walls are one meter thick, with starch slurry used for grouting on both sides and rammed loess in the middle. There are no windows in the walls, only small doors in each ice room.
According to Song Liyun's plan, she would build five ice cellars, each ten meters apart.
Apart from Han Ming, no one knew what this was for.
A one-meter-thick wall, five ten-meter-high structures—this is far too much work.
In Suijin Town, Song Liyun, like a general commanding thousands of troops, methodically arranged and coordinated various matters.
She had just sat down to enjoy her tea when Zhou Xiang arrived at Baolin Residence to discuss matters.
Three days have passed since Song Lao Er left Qili County, and Song Liyun has not gone back to Qili County.
Song Zhenping had just undergone surgery to treat her leg and was currently in excruciating pain, so she needed to stay home to take care of her.
In addition, she needs to urge the cold storage to start immediately, as the best time to harvest ice is in the twelfth lunar month every year, but the ice room has not yet been repaired.
When Zhou Xiang came to town, he first went to Manager Mu, who was in charge of sales, to get various paper products. Then he went to Song Liyun to discuss the Tianxianglou business.
Zhou Xiang said, "Huang Changsheng brought a message saying that they also want to sell kebabs and buy mutton from Tianxianglou. We can decide the price. They also asked when you are going to the county town."
Song Liyun snorted coldly: "No matter what price he offers, I won't sell a single pound of mutton. Whenever I go to Tianxiang Restaurant, I will never see them."
These people really have a clever plan.
As winter approaches and the weather gets colder, the barbecue business in the county is booming, and sales at all the barbecue shops that are franchised with Tianxianglou are increasing.
People from Fucheng also came to negotiate, wanting to sell Tianxianglou's barbecue skewer ingredients to them, including beef jerky.
Song Liyun naturally agreed to this. She needed to quickly establish the reputation of Tianxianglou barbecue seasoning, as well as various flavors of beef jerky.
Lamb soup has also been added to the menus of most restaurants and eateries in Qili County, including Jinxilou and Zuichunlou.
Young Master Lin returned to the prefectural city yesterday, and Shen Leyan and Huang Changsheng went to Tianxianglou Restaurant. They not only wanted to buy mutton, but also wanted to open a barbecue franchise.
"Are they out of their minds?" Song Liyun thought to herself with a sneer. "Why would I care about a few pounds of mutton? What I want are Jinxi Tower and Zuichun Tower."
It's too late to try and curry favor now. Since Young Master Lin got involved in the Song family's affairs, Shen Leyan and Huang Changsheng have no other choice.
Since Young Master Lin has invested half of the shares, let's just destroy both buildings.
Besides business matters, Zhou Xiang also mentioned Xiao Gu Shi and Song Xiao Bao, who were abandoned by Song Lao Er.
"The day after Song Lao Er left, Song Lizheng left with Constable Jiang and the others. De Kui is still staying at the inn. He said he doesn't want to go back to Songfeng County... Miss Song, if you have time, please try to persuade him!" He said it somewhat vaguely.
Song Liyun was taken aback: "Uncle Kui hasn't left yet?"
She's been busy these past few days and hasn't really thought about Song Dekui.
Zhou Xiang said, "De Kui wants to join the military household. I've been trying to persuade him these past two days not to act out of spite. If there are other options, he shouldn't jeopardize the future of his children and grandchildren."
Although he was a military household, he never regretted it. However, military households had many restrictions, and it would be best if he could avoid changing his household registration.
Of course, since both he and Song Liyun were military households, there were some things that couldn't be said too clearly. The Song family had voluntarily changed their household registration.
As the two were talking about Song Dekui, Xiao An ran over from the gate: "Second Sister, Uncle Kui is here!"
Behind him stood Song Dekui, who looked like a skinny bamboo pole.
He's been feeling down these past few days, unable to eat or sleep properly. He was already incredibly thin, but now he's completely emaciated, his face looking like nothing but his nose and eyes.
As soon as he saw Song Liyun, he started shouting, "Xiaoyun, your second aunt... ptooey, ptooey, that woman, Madam Gu, has taken the child and left!"
Song Liyun was surprised. It was perfectly normal for Madam Gu to leave with Song Xiaobao. She didn't want to keep her.
Zhou Xiang frowned and said, "Didn't you leave with Village Chief Song a long time ago?"
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