Chapter 41 Chapter 41 Go Buy Cloth
Eat one bite at a time; you won't become fat if you eat all at once. This is what Lin Si reminds himself every day.
She wanted so many things, but the population of Li County was pitifully small, only 6,000 people, even though she had already raised her reputation and popularity to the maximum.
Her popularity value is only 29 now. It should be 30. She used up 1 to exchange for pens and ink, and her reputation value is only over 40 because she used a lot.
Forget it, let’s put the issue of introducing population on hold for now. After all, she has only been here for less than a year.
Lin Si had never seen a system with such a low setting value in his life, and could only feel indignant towards the goose yellow bracelet.
"Are you worried about setting the values to 0.01 and 0.005?"
The bracelet showed no reaction, so Lin Si had to give up.
Chunyi calculated the time and called out softly at the door, "County Lady, it's time to go inspect the textile workshop."
The textile factory spent a lot of time preparing equipment and waiting for the second round of planting of raw materials. The suburban fields of Li County were already full of cotton trees. Liang Nian hired people to fertilize and water the cotton trees. With Lin Si's method of fertilizing the fields, the second batch of cotton trees grew in just three and a half months.
After all the equipment was ready, the textile workshop recruited people and started work in one go.
Although more than half of this year has passed,
He opened three workshops, all of which employed prostitutes.
The girls walked down the street with their heads held high and their chests puffed out, full of confidence. They earned a good salary each month, and occasionally received bonuses.
Only when you make money can you have the confidence to speak at home.
Chunyi and Nanqiao followed behind Lin Si, one was responsible for guarding and the other was responsible for holding an umbrella.
Although it is late summer, the weather is still hot and the sun is so bright that people can't open their eyes.
Lin Si stipulated that the working hours are eight hours, which is four hours in ancient times. If the weather is like winter and summer, flexible working hours are allowed, such as going to work earlier and leaving get off work earlier.
Lin Si casually asked Nan Qiao how the children were doing in their recent physical education classes.
Nan Qiao blurted out, "It's better than before, but they are still too young to learn how to kill people. However, I was chatting with Madam Zhu a few days ago, and she mentioned some methods of poisoning. I think we can let the children try it."
Lin Si's face darkened when he heard this, and he interrupted Nan Qiao in time, "You should chat less with Zhu Shixi in the future."
She hasn't forgotten the vicious method of killing that Zhu Shixi provided last time, and now she's using poison to kill someone again.
She is not training a killing machine!
Chun Yi glared at Nan Qiao from the side, "Did you hear that? The county lady told you to stop talking to Madam Zhu."
Nan Qiao touched his nose awkwardly, "Madam Zhu has been busy training her apprentices recently, and I haven't spoken to her for a long time."
Yao Niang was waiting at the door of the workshop early to welcome Lin Si.
The female workers didn't know that Lin Si would come to inspect today until they saw a petite figure walking in surrounded by several people, and her shadow swayed on the wall.
The female workers were very frightened and didn't know whether to continue with the work at hand or stop to pay their respects to Lin Si.
It was Lin Si who spoke first: "Just continue with your work."
Lin Si took a look and found that each process was well organized, from removing cotton seeds, rolling cotton strips, spinning, to weaving, everything was carried out in an orderly manner.
The female workers also work very seriously.
It can be seen that Yao Niang is a good manager, and Shi Jin and Yu Anchun are also good squad leaders.
Lin Si came to inspect the workshop this time and also took the opportunity to take a look at a problem reported by Mo Jinglian.
Regarding the lunch issue for female workers.
Mo Jinglian said that her family's papermaking workshop in Shuozhou used to provide a simple meal at noon so that the workers could feel more at ease and devote themselves to their work.
Lin Si felt that what Mo Jinglian said made sense. After inspecting around, she found that some female workers even had to rush home to cook for their families during lunch time. It would be better for them to eat in the workshop and have a lunch break after eating.
Lin Si finished his inspection and called Yao Niang out.
"I plan to provide a simple lunch in each workshop, but you must emphasize to them that they can only eat here and are not allowed to steal or hide anything. Violators will be fired immediately."
Yao Niang lowered her head and said, "I understand."
Yao Niang first gathered Shi Jin and Yu Anchun together, and the three of them held a brief meeting.
Shi Jin is an unmarried girl and a die-hard fan of Lin Si. She wholeheartedly agrees with the decision to provide meals. She goes home to eat at noon. Now Shi Tou is the only idle person in the family, so he takes on the responsibility of cooking, although the food doesn't taste very good.
But the weather is hot now, and Shi Jin is very tired after walking back and forth.
If we really eat in the workshop, it would be much more convenient.
Yu Anchun is married and has children, but fortunately her husband is a decent man and her parents-in-law are not causing any trouble.
But many female workers in textile factories were not so lucky.
Yu Anchun sighed softly, "We have to catch a lot of them on the first day this staff cafeteria opens."
Yu Anchun and Yao Niang were the last ones to eat that day. They watched the female workers get their meals and eat. Some of them did want to secretly take some food back home, but in the end, perhaps out of fear, they did not do so and retracted their hands.
Yao Niang finally called the female worker in for a private talk, her tone cold: "This time I saw that you only had this idea, but didn't do it in the end. However, I still have to criticize you in public. If you do it again, you don't have to work in the workshop anymore. The county master's workshop will never hire you again."
The female worker was so frightened that she trembled and quickly said that she would never do it again.
The workshop was a very good job and she didn't want to give it up.
Before the female worker started working the next day, she was picked up by the worker's mother and asked to make a self-criticism in public.
She spoke haltingly, and at this moment she was extremely regretful. She had never felt that people's eyes and gazes could pierce her like a knife, making her unable to raise her head.
After the female worker finished speaking, Yao Niang asked her to go back to her post first and said, "You can enjoy this lunch because you are employees of the textile workshop, but your family members are not, so your family members are not qualified to eat it." After saying that, she pointed at the female worker who had committed the crime.
"Since Liu Shuiniang only had this idea and didn't carry it out, I will deduct half a month's wages from her. If anyone is caught carrying it out, they will be fired immediately and will never be hired again by the County Master's workshop."
With this example of killing the chicken to scare the monkey, the female workers in the workshops no longer dared to have such thoughts. After all, if they were caught, they would be fired and would never be hired again. No one dared to take the risk.
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The first batch of cotton cloth produced by the textile workshop was first sold to the people of Li County. Linen cost 300 coins per piece, while cotton cloth only cost 290 coins per piece, which was ten coins cheaper than linen.
Kang Zhuqing had already prepared the money for the cotton cloth and was waiting for the day to start selling it.
As the only idle person in the family, Shitou went with Kang Zhuqing.
As soon as he went out, he ran into Jiang Luo from next door. Kang Zhuqing felt unlucky, rolled his eyes and turned away.
The two families had a deep conflict, starting from last year when Jiang and Luo wanted to buy farm tools together, and then they were reluctant to spend money to buy a kang. On New Year's Eve, they knocked on their neighbors' doors one by one. The discord between the two families had long been an open matter.
Jiang Luo shouted anxiously: "Madam Kang, Madam Kang, don't go."
Kang Zhuqing could probably guess what she was planning. She must want to buy cotton cloth together with her!
Sure enough, "Although this cotton cloth is ten cents cheaper than linen, it is still expensive. I thought, why don't our two families buy it together?" Jiang Luo chased quickly from behind, shouting as he ran.
Kang Zhuqing snorted coldly, "My family has a large population and we all need to make new clothes. One piece of cloth might not be enough."
Jiang Luo blurted out, "Mrs. Jin also wants to wear new clothes?"
Kang Zhuqing was angry and turned away, "Jin Niang is the foreman of the textile workshop. Our family's first new dress must be made for her!"
Seeing that Kang Zhuqing was unwilling, Jiang Luo turned around and looked for another family, but no one paid any attention to her.
Every family has at least three or four people, and one piece of cloth may not be enough, so why would they share a purchase with others?
Kang Zhuqing originally thought that cloth was a luxury item after all, so not many people would buy it.
But when we arrived at the sales window, there was already a long line of people queuing up.
Kang Zhuqing smacked his lips, "Why are so many people buying it?"
Gong Jingxiu added, "Life is getting better now. Wearing linen clothes is really tiring. Once I buy cotton cloth, I want to throw away those linen clothes."
But there can’t be so many people wanting to buy it, Kang Zhuqing thought.
Another young man at the side said, "Every household has some extra money nowadays, and they want to wear something more comfortable."
Sun Chang and Fan Li were not short of money, so they also lined up and joined the chatting crowd.
But no matter how much we chat, we still have to queue up honestly.
Kang Zhuqing looked at the people in front of her, paid the money, and happily went home with the cotton cloth, but she felt scared in her heart.
It won’t be gone by the time it’s her turn!
Kang Zhuqing could only blame Jiang Luo. If she had known not to waste time talking to her, maybe she would have come earlier.
Gong Jingxiu tiptoed to look forward.
She had already decided to buy two pieces of cloth. Everyone in the family would have to make a new dress, especially her daughter Buyi. It was very uncomfortable for a child to wear linen. When the time came, she would buy some dyeing grass and dye the cloth.
Kang Zhuqing and Shitou queued for a long time until Shitou felt sleepy. Finally, it was her turn to pay for the cloth.
Shitou held Bu, and the two of them went back happily.
As soon as she got home, Kang Zhuqing couldn't wait to touch the so-called cotton cloth. It didn't matter if it was white and undyed. She could just burn some wood ash and find some indigo leaves.
Just as Kang Zhuqing guessed, it was soft and skin-friendly. It would be so comfortable to wear.
Shitou was happy at the side, "It's time to wear new clothes!"
Kang Zhuqing reached out and tapped Shitou's forehead. "Go out and find some indigo leaves to dye the cloth."
Kang Zhuqing thought about it and decided that wearing white directly would be unlucky, as if she was attending a funeral. If she made clothes that were all white from head to toe, it would be terrifying at night. If the indigo leaves were not enough, she could dye some patterns on them, as long as they were not completely white.
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