After He Jiuniang returned, Lu Lao Er brought over the small parts that she had asked him to find a blacksmith to make.
"It's quite a coincidence, this was just made and brought back yesterday."
Lu Lao Er chuckled. He had thought the blacksmith couldn't make those complicated drawings, but he hadn't expected that he would actually figure them out.
He Jiuniang took it in her hand and examined it carefully, comparing the dimensions with the previous drawings one by one, and found that it was indeed very well made.
"Great! Second brother, go find those blacksmiths again and make a hundred sets of these things. I need them very much!"
Lu Lao Er didn't ask her why she was doing so much, he just nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take care of it!"
"Remember to go ask your mother for the money!"
He Jiuniang waved from behind, saying that making machines should of course be done with public money.
"knew!"
Sun had long known that He Jiuniang wanted to research something, but she didn't want to ask too much because she wouldn't understand anyway. She just quietly provided the money. In business, they were all willing to listen to He Jiuniang.
Within two days, He Jiuniang handed over the blueprints for the remaining parts to Lu Lao Er, entrusting him with full responsibility for the parts.
According to He Jiuniang's idea, we should first make a set of the remaining parts. After the parts are complete, we should assemble one machine to show everyone. We should at least find one person to learn how to use it. After mass production, we can put them all into the workshop.
After returning from the prefectural city, Manager Ren preferred to consult He Jiuniang whenever he needed something. He also had his young apprentice inform her of all the incurable illnesses they had encountered before.
These were all well-off families who were worried about the illness. Now that they heard it might be curable, they couldn't wait any longer. He Jiuniang had become Yuyuantang's "expert appointment," and it was hard to get an appointment with her.
He Jiuniang is much busier than before, traveling back and forth between the county town from dawn till dusk every day. She goes out with the three students in the morning and comes back with them in the evening.
Manager Ren was a shrewd man; he arranged a personal coachman for He Jiu Niang to pick her up and drop her off every day, saving Boss Lu a lot of trouble.
Fortunately, no matter how late He Jiuniang returned home, her family always waited for her to eat together. Although they had told her several times not to wait for her, they still insisted.
Especially Mrs. Sun, who would retort without hesitation whenever she brought up the matter: "What's it to you? This old woman is waiting for my grandson!"
He Jiuniang: ...Well, what can I do? The three of us who were studying came back with her.
Unlike other families who observe the rule of not speaking while eating, the Lu family members are all very busy and can only talk together during meals. Basically, all matters are decided at the dinner table.
After gulping down a few mouthfuls of food to satisfy his hunger, Zhang Song said, "Recently, someone with ulterior motives discovered that our feather clothing business is making money. This morning when we went to collect the feathers, we found that they had already been bought by someone, and at a high price. The restaurant owner raised the purchase price in order to make more money."
It's only a matter of time. As soon as an industry starts making money, a lot of people will flock in.
He Jiuniang said nonchalantly, "It's alright, this is the only one of its kind in our family, no one can take our business away from us."
Not to mention having such a unique design master like her to ensure a wide variety of styles, even something as simple as using feathers to deodorize is not something anyone can do. That deodorant was taken out of her space, something that could never be made in this era.
"I think so too, but they've started buying feathers, and we don't have enough left. What are we going to do?"
Zhang Song wasn't worried about the business, but rather about the quantity of feathers. They had received many orders and were still waiting for the feathers to be used.
Recently, my family has started to move towards the high-end market. Our unique haute couture designs use down, which is a delicate craft. A single down jacket can sell for 20 or 30 taels of down, and that's just in the county town. If we went to the prefectural city, the price would go up even further.
This requires countless feathers and down.
He Jiuniang thought for a moment and said, "Let's encourage everyone in the village to raise chickens, ducks and geese in large numbers. Our family will buy them all, and the price will be two copper coins higher than in the county town."
The Lu family had previously purchased a large plot of land. After building a workshop, they also fenced off a large open space to raise poultry. However, those poultry were not yet usable, as they were too small. Moreover, relying solely on their own resources would be insufficient to meet the demand. It would be better to encourage the villagers to raise poultry together and become wealthy through animal husbandry.
“That’s a good idea. I’ll go talk to the village chief in a bit and ask him to help spread the word.”
Old Lu was the first to speak. He had been on good terms with the village chief lately, especially after he showed off the gift Gou'er had bought him, which made the old man incredibly envious.
“Dad, I don’t think we need to trouble the village chief. We have quite a few people in our workshop now. We can just talk to them first thing tomorrow morning and ask them to go back and rally the neighbors.”
Ms. Yu felt embarrassed to go to the village chief for everything, since it wasn't a big deal.
“The eldest son’s wife is right. We shouldn’t owe too many favors. I’ll leave this matter to the eldest son’s wife to inform them.”
Sun looked at Yu with satisfaction, thinking that her eldest daughter-in-law had been behaving well lately and was now offering her opinions when discussing matters at home, whereas before she was completely unresponsive.
Now, the pressure fell on Qin Shi. Lu Guilan was usually quite talkative, but Qin Shi was the quietest. After feeling Sun Shi's gaze, Qin Shi swallowed and asked cautiously, "Then... then we only want the feathers, what should we do with the rest of the meat?"
Believe it or not, this is actually a big problem.
"How about we sell it to a restaurant?"
Shen also found an opportunity to speak, and everyone thought this was a good solution, but they all looked at He Jiu Niang and waited for her to make a decision.
“I don’t think it will work,” He Jiuniang shook her head. “The restaurant has been open for so long, it must have some special channels. If we go now, we will be taking away their business. Moreover, the restaurant may not be willing to replace us. Besides, we bought it for two copper coins more than in the county town. It’s not worth it to sell it to someone else.”
"Did your sister-in-law already have a plan?"
Looking at He Jiuniang's calm and composed demeanor, Lu Laoda guessed that she must have something on her mind.
"Hehe, I do have a new idea, but it will require everyone's hard work."
"Third sister-in-law, please speak freely!"
Lu Lao Er spoke very generously. During this period, they had taken turns going out to sell clothes and had accumulated a lot of experience. They used to be not very talkative, but now they dared to speak up and participate in some discussions.
"Here's the thing, I plan to start a food business, specializing in chicken, duck and goose, and sell them like clothes do now, but at a higher price."
He Jiuniang had long planned this, after all, there are so many ways to eat chicken, duck and goose in modern times, and they are loved by people of all ages.
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