This situation is a good thing for Zhao Xian.
Master Qin then helped Zhao Xian come up with ideas, and Zhao Xian accepted his business strategy. Despite not increasing his workshop or the number of employees, his output increased significantly.
This is certainly not about exploiting employees; Master Qin's approach is somewhat similar to a company-plus-farmer business model.
Take the oil used to make soap, for example. In the past, Zhao Xian would buy pork fat and render it into lard himself.
Master Qin directly arranged for the supplier to provide lard, which saved manpower and time, and greatly improved production efficiency.
With the help of the Qin family, Zhao Xian felt much more at ease. He planned to expand into some new industries and use his modern knowledge to produce products that met the needs of the times.
Zhao Xian dared not rashly produce products that would influence the course of history; he could not change history for the sake of making money.
During this period, Zhao Xian and Qin Yuanwai carried out a series of production and business planning.
By this time, Qin Xiaowen had emerged from the shadows and began to demonstrate his business acumen in the business world.
In order to expand and strengthen his business, Zhao Xian tried to introduce modern enterprise management models into production and operation, and boldly used talents to give full play to their abilities.
In general, people in ancient times were simpler and easier to manage. As long as you trust them and give them what they need, they will follow you wholeheartedly and serve you.
Before long, Zhao Xian had a number of business elites around him, which led to a rapid increase in his wealth.
That day, Zhao Xian was discussing business matters with Master Qin when someone came to report that Zhao Xiaoshan and Liu Xuan had returned.
Zhao Xian was delighted. Zhao Xiaoshan and Liu Xuan returned together, seemingly conveying some kind of message: there was something going on between the two.
In fact, Zhao Xian had noticed something a year ago, but he couldn't be sure if their return today was about something between them.
Zhao Xian was already quite looking forward to it, so he hurried over to see Zhao Xiaoshan and Liu Xuan.
At this moment, Li Xiaoshan was overjoyed, while Liu Xuan stood shyly beside him.
"Brother, I'm back."
"cousin……"
"You're back! Please sit down." After saying this, Li Guang ordered someone to serve tea.
Zhao Xian's politeness made the two of them a little uncomfortable, and they didn't know what to say for a moment.
After a moment of silence, Zhao Xiaoshan found a topic and began to speak:
"During this period, barbarian troops invaded. When we heard that an army of 100,000 was attacking Shuixian Village, we were terrified. Later, we heard that Shuixian Village had wiped out the 100,000 barbarian troops, and we were overjoyed."
It wasn't until recently, when all the barbarian troops around Qing'an Prefecture were wiped out, that the people finally breathed a sigh of relief.
During this period, people enjoyed listening to storytellers tell jokes. The jokes were mostly about how the elder brother led the soldiers and civilians of Shuixian Village to defeat Shang Wei's 100,000-strong army, and also about Li Guang's battle against the Jin army. They were really great to listen to.
Everything in Qing'an Prefecture has returned to normal, so we came back to take a look.
Zhao Xiaoshan rambled on incoherently for a long time. After listening, Zhao Xian nodded and said:
"Don't worry, everything is fine at home. How's business in Qing'an Prefecture? How are Qinghe Restaurant and its franchise stores doing?"
"During the period of the invasion by foreign troops, the restaurant's business slowed down, and the development of franchise stores was not as fast as before."
"As the war ended, the restaurant's business improved day by day, and the franchise stores also saw strong growth," Liu Xuan, sitting to the side, remarked.
"Besides checking on the family, is there anything else you're here for this trip home?"
Zhao Xiaoshan, who had just calmed down a bit, became nervous again. He glanced at Liu Xuan and stammered:
"Brother, I... I've started dating my cousin."
After Zhao Xiaoshan finished speaking, he lowered his head, and Liu Xuan was also embarrassed to lower her head.
"Haha, this is a good thing. Actually, I've seen it for a while now. You two aren't young anymore. Xiaoshan will be nineteen after the New Year."
How about this, I'll have my aunt act as matchmaker, and we'll go to my cousin's house tomorrow to propose marriage. We'll try to get your wedding done before the end of the year. What do you think?
Zhao Xiaoshan immediately became excited and nodded quickly, saying, "We'll listen to our brother."
After dinner, Zhao Xian found his mother, Li Chun'e, and told her about the relationship between Zhao Xiaoshan and Liu Xuan. Li Chun'e was overjoyed to hear this.
Liu Xuan is not only beautiful, but also well-educated and polite, and she is good at both home and work.
Zhao Xiaoshan is barely literate, so it's entirely thanks to the good deeds of his ancestors that he was able to marry such a woman.
Thinking of this, Li Chun'e asked, "Xian'er, what do you think we should do about this?"
"Mother, please go to Uncle's house and ask Aunt to go to Liu Xuan's house tomorrow to propose marriage."
"When your aunt goes, bring plenty of nice things. Liu Xuan's mother will definitely like them, and this deal is guaranteed to work out."
"Okay, okay, I'll go to your uncle's house right now and have your aunt come over to propose marriage."
Everything proceeded according to Zhao Xian's plan. The next afternoon, his aunt returned from the marriage proposal and went directly to Zhao Xian's house to tell Li Chun'e.
"His second aunt, I went to Xuan'er's house to propose marriage this morning, and Liu Xuan's mother had very high standards and a very high attitude."
This is understandable, as Liu Xuan is no ordinary girl in the village. She earns more money by herself than the entire village combined, and her family is already one of the wealthiest in the village.
Liu Xuan's mother was very materialistic, and ordinary people were not good enough for Liu Xuan. Therefore, those who wanted to propose marriage all gave up.
When I told her it was to propose marriage for Zhao Shaofu's younger brother, she readily agreed. Later, when I took out the betrothal gifts and said they were all bestowed by the Emperor, her eyes widened in amazement.
Let alone in the countryside, even in the city, how many people have ever seen anything bestowed by the emperor? In the eyes of ordinary people, everything bestowed by the emperor is a treasure.
"Thank you, Auntie. You've really worked hard for Shan'er's marriage. Liu Xuan's mother said when they'll get married."
"Liu Xuan's mother said that they will get married after the New Year. I am very happy that Xuan'er can become your family's daughter-in-law."
"That's great, it seems we should start making arrangements for them now."
"By the way, Auntie, how are Tie Niu and Tie Dan doing? Which family's daughter have they taken a fancy to?" Li Chun'e asked.
Upon hearing this, the auntie immediately became excited.
"Thanks to Xian'er for teaching our family how to make preserved eggs, we have made a lot of money in the past year or so. We not only bought a storefront, but also renovated our house."
A few months ago, Tie Niu took a fancy to a girl who could read quite a few characters. Tie Niu's father and I were very happy, so we asked a matchmaker to propose marriage.
When the girl's family learned that we lived in Narcissus Village and that Tie Niu was Xian'er's cousin, they immediately agreed to the marriage.
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