Lin Wenyu looked at them and asked, "Is the cholera outbreak in Jinnan City over now?" Their village had never left, so they didn't know.
The waiter at the restaurant said, "Brother Wenyu, there was no cholera outbreak a few days ago, but the prefect was worried and only opened the city gates this morning."
"Alright, then you can go in." Lin Wenyu opened the doors wide. "Same as before, go in as you go out."
"Don't worry, Brother Wenyu, we remember." The workers and the manager nodded before hurrying to pull the cart inside.
The villagers of Taoyuan were still washing up when they saw a horse-drawn carriage coming to the village.
Xia Hua went over and instructed, "Mu Tou, have someone go to the workshop to prepare. Da Wa, Wen Qing, you two go and keep watch. I'll be back in a bit."
It seems the cholera outbreak is over. She told Shushu yesterday that she would go to Jinnan City in a couple of days, but now it seems she doesn't need to go. The other workshops can also get back to work. Tomorrow she will go to buy meat and wine jars, and also go to the porcelain shop to order a batch of porcelain jars.
Then take out several hundred large bowls from her shopping mall. The canteen has now been built. One room has been divided into two, one large and one small. The small one is used for cooking, and the large one is used for eating.
It's not officially in use yet; the floor inside was just plastered yesterday, and it will be ready to use tomorrow. The same applies to other workshops.
When the eldest brother and Lin Wenqing arrived at the workshop with their men, the carriages had already arrived as well.
The waiter from the restaurant jumped off the carriage and asked, "Brother Wenyi, we've come to get some ice. The restaurant charges eighty yuan for it. Do you have any?"
The leader nodded, "Yes, I'll move it for you right now. Wenzheng, eighty blocks of ice." The others who were waiting on the side went to move the ice.
After they moved in and I paid them, I went to another company!
The manager of Baomozhai said, "Young man, we're here to buy Xuan paper."
Before the eldest brother could speak, Wenqing said, "Manager Li, I'll take you to load the paper. Move the carriage a little further ahead."
"Okay, thank you, young man." The manager of Baomozhai still remembered him. This village was amazing. If he wasn't mistaken, these were all workshops. He didn't know what they did, but he was sure that one of them made ice and the other made Xuan paper.
Lin Wenqing said to Lin Changyuan beside him, "Uncle Changyuan, bring out all those Xuan papers and let the manager of Baomozhai check them. Bring out the smaller ones first, then the larger ones." As he spoke, he took out his notebook.
"Manager Li, we currently have 13,000 sheets of small Xuan paper and 3,000 sheets of large Xuan paper in our workshop." They produce 500 large sheets and 100 small sheets of Xuan paper every day, and sometimes they even work on them at night.
Manager Li wasn't too surprised after hearing this. After all, Aunt An had mentioned before that their village could make 100 large sheets of Xuan paper and 500 small sheets of Xuan paper a day. So even though they didn't have that many this time, he wanted Aunt An to make more.
"Brother, take them all away. I've brought the money with me."
Lin Wenqing nodded, "Alright, then Manager Li, please check it first. If there are no problems, then move it onto the carriage. There's one more thing I need to tell Manager Li: don't tear off the two sheets of oiled paper wrapped around the Xuan paper inside the box. They're waterproof and moisture-proof." These were made with inferior Xuan paper, and they were extra large enough to completely enclose the Xuan paper inside.
Shopkeeper Li opened the box and, sure enough, saw the two sheets of oiled paper. "Don't worry, young man, I won't tear them off." With such good quality paper, he could confidently transport it to other prefectures.
After checking and finding no problems, he then began to check the large sheets of Xuan paper, but there were no issues with any of them; each sheet was of excellent quality, and the quantity was also correct.
“Young man, the Xuan paper is fine.” He said, and he and the shop assistant unloaded the boxes from the carriage. “The small Xuan paper is 13,000 taels, and the large Xuan paper is 18,000 taels, for a total of 31,000 taels. I was worried that your village wouldn’t accept banknotes, so I exchanged them for silver. Is that alright, young man?”
After finishing speaking, Manager Li took out ten silver ingots from the box and pushed the rest to Lin Wenqing.
Lin Wenqing put the notebook in his pocket and looked at the gleaming silver. "Uncle Changyuan, bring me a box." He then counted out the silver coins one by one and put them in another box. Only after confirming that there were no problems did he close the box.
"Manager Li, no problem. Here's the bill. You just need to sign it." This is the bill, which Aunt Xia brought out.
"signature?"
"Yes, signing means you've received the Xuan paper and I've received the silver. If there are no problems, you can just sign it. It's similar to a contract."
Shopkeeper Li nodded, "That's good." He then signed his name on it. "Young man, no problem then. I'll take my leave now. I'll have my assistant come and pick up the Xuan paper in three days."
"Alright, Manager Li, take care." Lin Wenqing watched him drive the carriage away. "Uncle Changyuan, put the silver inside." Then he stood guard outside.
An Shuyi and Xia Hua only appeared after all the people who had been pulling the ice blocks had left, with Village Chief Lin following behind. In fact, they had arrived earlier, but they just wanted to see how Wen Qing would perform. Apart from his legs not shaking, everything was perfect. However, this was already very good, considering that last time it was only 1,000 taels, which scared him so much that he was shaking. This time it was more than 30,000 taels.
Moreover, Lin Changyuan and Lin Wenqi weren't much better off; they almost fell while carrying the boxes, but luckily no one saw them.
As soon as the two appeared, Lin Wenqing hurriedly came over and said, "Auntie, why are you only arriving now? Didn't you say you'd be here soon?"
Xia Hua looked at his face, which was as white as paper. He seemed genuinely frightened. "Why did we have to come? You did very well today. There were people from your tribe all around you. What are you afraid of?"
"Although Manager Li said he would come to pick up the Xuan paper again in three days, there are times when his timing is not right. It may take a month or two before he comes to pick it up. The amount of money will be just as much then. You have to get used to it."
Lin Wenqing nodded, "Auntie, don't worry, I will work hard." But only he knew how scared he was.
So much silver! A whole chest of gleaming silver, all ingots of fifty-one each. Not to mention him, even the clan chief had never seen so much silver.
Seeing that his complexion had improved a lot, Xia Hua said, "Put the silver in the corner and continue working. We'll divide it up tonight. The next time we'll divide the silver will be a month from now."
"Starting tomorrow, the braised meat workshop, the brewing workshop, and the skin care product workshop will also begin construction. We will make arrangements accordingly. We don't have much food right now, so we'll move it all to the canteen. Starting tomorrow, you can also cook in the canteen."
"Okay, Auntie."
Xia Hua turned to look at Village Chief Lin behind her, "Wood, if anyone wants to go to Jinnan City tomorrow, have their family take them. Just leave us five oxcarts to transport the goods."
Tomorrow I need to find a chance to remove the water pipes, and I also need to find a craftsman who knows how to build houses. It's going to be a busy day.
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