Song Liyun glanced at him; he was a thin, middle-aged man. "If you don't believe me, you don't have to do it."
Song Liyun was looking at him, and so were the others; everyone looked somewhat bewildered.
Obviously, if you can't accept being disliked by an acorn your whole life, you can solve it this way.
"Miss Song, if you want a good reputation, then go all the way and be a good person..." the man continued to ramble on.
Song Liyun did not reply.
At this point, someone will naturally intervene, and the response to the questioner is a powerful punch.
The gaunt middle-aged man fell to the ground with a thud.
"If you don't believe it, then don't do it. You don't understand human language."
Hu Qing jumped up and kicked again, and the man screamed in agony.
The scream startled the others, who all said, "Thank you, Miss Song."
"This is truly a great deed of accumulating virtue and doing good deeds."
"I will remember your immense kindness for the rest of my life!"
Saying nice things doesn't cost money; you'll know if it works for yourself once you try it.
Immediately, everyone in the courtyard expressed their gratitude, ignoring the man who was being kicked and rolling on the ground.
Song Liyun smiled and said, "You don't need to thank me. I just hope that everyone will be prosperous in the future and have the opportunity to go to the grasslands to find their relatives."
This time, the people in the courtyard didn't continue to express their gratitude; instead, they murmured with tears in their eyes.
Indeed, as long as there is enough money, there is a chance to go to the grasslands to redeem and find one's own people, instead of just waiting around every day.
After hearing his sister finish explaining, Song Zhenping stood up with a sullen face and said dryly to Xue Zhuang, Old Man Zhang, Manager Mu, Hu Qing, and the others beside him: "The method of Liyun Sect is real. You all work hard. As long as this method works, the whole mountain will be full of grain. You can sell acorn flour, acorn noodles, and acorn vermicelli. No one can take it away even if they want to."
What he wanted to say was that in the past, the gold in Broken Gold Town was panned from the water and would be stolen, but now, things earned through their own labor cannot be taken away by others.
After the brother and sister finished speaking, they left the Broken Gold Guild Hall.
Song Liyun still has a lot of work to do.
Amidst the complex emotions of the crowd, Manager Mu moved swiftly. Just as Song Liyun lifted her leg to leave, he had already taken a few steps to Song Zhenping's side and said with a smile, "It's dark, and the road is difficult to walk on. Let me see you off."
It's currently last month, the stars are shining brightly, and there's absolutely no problem with the journey.
No one in the courtyard paid attention to Manager Mu's behavior; at this moment, everyone was excited, and some were eager to go home and tell their families.
Only Old Man Zhang stood still.
When Song Zhenping said, "Even if others wanted to take it, they couldn't," it was like a bolt from the blue to Old Man Zhang.
This is the wealth of Broken Gold Town; we cannot let others take it away.
He darted to the courtyard gate and kicked it shut with a bang, startling the person who was about to leave.
"Uncle Zhang, what are you doing!"
Old Man Zhang slammed the door shut, then turned and glared fiercely at the still agitated people in the courtyard: "Listen up, everyone! This method can only be known to the people of Suijin Town. This is the wealth of our Suijin Town. Anyone who tells anyone will be killed."
Xue Zhuang, Hu Qing, and the others also realized what was going on and echoed Old Man Zhang's words: "That's right, this is what Miss Song gave to us, which is why she asked everyone to gather here to talk about it, not for you to go out and spread the word."
"You want to be robbed again?"
Old Man Zhang brandished his severed arm and roared.
Although his hand wasn't directly cut off by the Di barbarians and bandits, they ruined his life.
He had no ambitions or desires if he was simply trying to survive.
But now, seeing such a unique fortune right under his nose, his heart has come alive again.
I must earn more money to find the children.
Having experienced the pain of sudden wealth, the people in the courtyard fell silent after being reminded of this.
They are unwilling to have their own things taken away by others.
Soon, the first business confidentiality agreement belonging to Broken Gold Town was negotiated and established in the Broken Gold Guild Hall.
At Old Man Zhang's insistence, the names of the Song family members were written as the first clause: "This method was given by Song Zhenping and Song Liyun and is only for the use of the people of Suijin Town. It must not be spread outside or kept by anyone. Anyone who breaks this promise will be exiled to the grasslands."
No one disagreed with this point.
Everything revolves around the concepts of "fame" and "profit".
By giving away money, one should win some people's hearts.
On the other hand, everyone understands that those who remain in Broken Gold Town have varying abilities.
Over time, those with strong capabilities, such as those currently making acorn noodles, will easily monopolize the resources.
The reason for putting the Song family name first is to let future generations know that this thing is not something that any one person can possess alone; it was given to the entire Broken Gold Town by the Song family.
The next question, naturally, was how to keep the secret and what punishment would be given to the person who revealed it. They argued heatedly about it.
On the street outside the guild hall, Song Liyun looked at Manager Mu with some amusement and said, "Uncle Mu, why aren't you inside sharing power? What are you doing following me out here?"
Manager Mu rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "As Miss Song knows, I am not from Broken Gold Town. If I had known that this was what we were talking about, I would not have gone. Now, how could I have the nerve to pretend to be here?"
Song Liyun said "Oh," realizing that she had indeed forgotten that Manager Mu was not from Suijin Town.
Manager Mu simply walked up to her and asked in a low voice, "If you don't mind my stupidity, please let me know if there's anything I can do for you in the future."
Now that Song Liyun has handed over the entire acorn business to Suijin Town, he, who used to profit from the price difference, has no place to stand and can only sell some miscellaneous goods as before.
Song Liyun really did need his help, after all, Manager Mu was a local.
"Uncle Mu, then I won't stand on ceremony."
After seeing that even the expensive lamb chops from Tianxianglou in Qili County were packaged in leaf wrappers, she took the idea of producing cardboard boxes to heart.
Upon returning, Song Liyun immediately began cutting down the mulberry trees outside the courtyard wall.
Paper mulberry bark is the best raw material for papermaking.
There are many small groves of miscellaneous trees along the way out of the town, mostly paper mulberry trees, which grow very fast.
Spring has arrived, buds are sprouting, and the bark is no longer dry, making it the perfect season for peeling bark.
The peeled paper mulberry bark is dried in the sun for one or two days, and then the dried bark is thrown into the river to soak.
This soak will take another ten days.
Finally, they cut down the miscellaneous trees to reveal the open space, built a wooden shed, set up a large stove, put all the soaked bark into the pot, and cooked it with wood ash.
Now, the bark that has been soaked in the river in advance has been put into the pot, and it's just waiting to be boiled for two days until the wood is soft and mushy.
Rinse it clean, cut it into small pieces, and pound it into wood pulp.
The wood pulp is then placed in a water tank, stirred evenly, and finally a layer of even pulp residue is scooped up in a wooden frame made of fine yarn. After filtering, it becomes a layer of paper.
But there's no large sink at home.
She asked Manager Mu to help her find a carpenter to quickly make a large sink and wooden frame.
Song Liyun then instructed the carpenter that Manager Mu had found to make a wooden frame for the water trough.
The carpenter's surname was Mu, and he was a cousin of Manager Mu.
Shopkeeper Mu said the craftsmanship was good, but the work was slow; it was the kind of work that required patience and meticulousness.
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