Two days later, the market turned around.
In the early morning, the sun has just risen in the east, but the sky is not completely bright yet, and everything is still gray. It was very quiet in Dapan Dun. After all, no one wanted to get up so early in the cold wind.
Suddenly, Liu Yan opened the door and walked out. At this time, Liu Yan had already put on the shabby mandarin duck war jacket and was holding his own spear in his hand. Although the clothes were shabby, he looked very mighty.
Liu Yan looked around and saw Chen Xun and others on the observation platform, and couldn't help but nodded. Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew, which made Liu Yan tremble. He put the spear next to him, moved around, and started practicing martial arts.
The incident in Huangshan Dun is over. It is said that the armor commander of Huangshan Dun was beheaded and all the Dun troops were severely punished. Liu Dayu was appointed as the armor commander of Huangshan Dun on the same day. Such speed was beyond Liu Yan's expectation.
After Liu Yan finished practicing, he simply tidied up and began to patrol the pier.
At this time, Wang Yuezheng enthusiastically called on several military households and dismantled the simple cattle pens in the pier. Then a few people came to the outside of the pier and found a relatively flat open space. After demarcating the area, they began to get busy building a new cattle pen.
Seeing that Wang Yue and others were busy building a new cattle pen, Liu Yan nodded with satisfaction. Villains like Wang Yue also have advantages. As long as they are used in the right place, they are very useful for doing chores.
Then Liu Yan came to the soap workshop. Chen Jiang was busy with a dozen strong women. Because they were boiling a large amount of plant ash, the room was filled with water vapor and the white flowers were so white that even his vision was a little blurry.
In order to increase the output of the soap workshop, Liu Yan sent additional manpower to the Chen Jiang family and selected several honest and hard-working strong women from the ten military households to add them to the soap workshop.
"It's Commander A who's here."
Chen Jiang was using a wooden stick to stir the plant ash in the iron pot. He looked up and saw Liu Yan looking around. So he handed the wooden stick to a woman beside him and told her to keep stirring evenly, and then smiled. He came over and said, "What are your orders, Commander A?"
Liu Yan took a look and found that the soap workshop was now on the right track. With Chen Jiang's leadership and these women performing their respective duties, the output this month would definitely increase significantly.
"It's nothing, I just came to take a look."
Liu Yan stood in front of an iron pot and looked at it. The plant ash boiled in it had been completely mixed evenly. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Is there any problem?"
"Don't worry, Director A. There are no problems in the workshop now. Everyone is working hard and the delivery date will not be delayed."
"That's good."
After this period of testing, Chen Jiang's ability is quite useful, his personality is reliable, and he is Chen Xun's wife. Liu Yan considers telling Chen Jiang about the soybean oil and plant ash in two months. , Chen Jiang is fully responsible for the soap workshop. After all, Liu Yan cannot devote himself to the soap workshop all the time. He still has a lot of things to do.
Liu Yan watched for a while and then came out of the soap workshop, and saw Wang Yue coming towards him.
"Commander A has someone coming from outside."
"Who's coming?"
"It's the armor commanders of Shagou Dun, Huangshan Dun, and Fengshan Dun. They all came here with some Dun troops, saying they wanted to deliver goods to the armor commanders."
Liu Yan was stunned at first, and then he remembered Wang Wenzhen's promise, so he smiled and said, "Let's go and have a look."
Outside Dapan Dun, the three armor commanders from Shagou Dun, Huangshan Dun and Fengshan Dun were talking in a low voice. Behind the three of them, there were more than a dozen ragged Dun Jun who were looking around curiously. In the eyes of everyone, the prosperous Dapandun is so different and has an indescribable attraction.
The soldiers all had a carrying pole with two bulging cloth bags attached to it, and they didn't know what they contained.
After Liu Yan came out, Wang Yue stepped forward and introduced Shen Wenyun, the chief of Shagou Dunjia, Liu Dayu, the new Huangshan Dunjia chief, and Liu Qunyi, the chief of Fengshan Dunjia.
Liu Yan looked at the three of them. Shen Wenyun was thin and tall, with a pair of triangular eyes that showed shrewdness and ruthlessness.
Liu Qunyi, on the other hand, is a burly man with a scar on the left side of his face. At first glance, he looks like a tough guy.
At this time, the three of them handed over their hands, and Liu Yan returned the courtesy with a smile, and then said: "Three of you are here, but you are not welcome at a distance. I don't know what you are doing."
As he said that, Liu Yan looked at the Dunjun soldiers brought by the three of them, and he already had some calculations in his mind.
Shagou Dunjia Chief Shen Wenyun was considered the leader among the three. At this time, he said with a smile: "General Liu Qi is so courageous. He took the initiative to stand up for farming. I admire him very much."
"Haha, no, no, it's just to share the worries of the team leader."
Shen Wenyun smiled arrogantly, and his voice was so unpleasant that Liu Yan couldn't help but frown slightly, and then asked again: "What advice do you three have?"
Shen Wenyun said: "That's right, the team leader sent someone to tell us that General Liu Banner needs a lot of plant ash here, and ordered me to deliver it regularly every month, and I can deliver as much as I can. No, the three of us have an appointment today. Together, we sent three thousand kilograms of fine plant ash to Mr. Liu, and asked Mr. Liu to accept it."
Liu Yan smiled and said, "Thank you, three of you."
After saying that, Liu Yan asked Wang Yue to collect the goods. Wang Yue took his four Dunjun soldiers and called several young military households to inspect the bags one by one.
During this gap, Liu Qunyi said in an angry voice: "I'm talking to Mr. Liu Qi, we've also delivered all the plant ash. When are we going to pay the bill?"
Liu Yan couldn't help but frown slightly. When Wang Wenzhen told him about this, he was talking about support, but he didn't mention spending money to purchase it.
Liu Yan glanced at Shen Wenyun and saw Shen Wenyun smiling sinisterly from the side. He understood something in his heart, so he said with a smile: "Well, let's talk about it after the inspection is completed."
"That's pretty much it."
Liu Qunyi walked to Shen Wenyun and Liu Dayu again, and the three of them whispered something. When the two of them were talking to Liu Yan before, Liu Dayu stood aside and watched coldly.
"Hmph! You want to come to my place to enjoy the autumn breeze, but I think you made the wrong calculation!"
Liu Yan calmly found a place to sit down, and glanced at the dozen or so Dunjun soldiers carrying burdens. He saw that most of the Dunjun soldiers were looking intently at the inside and outside of the market, their eyes full of yearning.
It's no wonder that although everyone in Dapandun is not very wealthy, everyone has hope in their hearts and their hands are full of energy. After the past few days of recovery, everyone's faces have become rosier.
On the other hand, the Dunjun soldiers brought by Shen Wenyun and others looked numb and thin. Liu Yan was even worried that a slightly stronger wind would blow them down. These were not the guardsmen of the Ming Dynasty, they were worse than beggars! It can be seen that Shen Wenyun, Liu Qunyi, and Liu Dayu exploited their subordinates on weekdays.
"Since you took the initiative to extort money from me, don't blame me for doing it!"
Liu Yan already had a countermeasure in his mind, and it happened that Wang Yue had already finished inspecting the goods. It must be said that although the conduct of Shen Wenyun and others is not very good, the plant ash they brought is still good, there are not many impurities, and it can be considered to be of high quality.
At this time, Shen Wenyun, Liu Dayu, and Liu Qunyi also came over. Shen Wenyun said with a smile: "What, the plant ash we brought is good, right?"
"Well, it's indeed very clean."
Liu Qunyi asked loudly: "How do you calculate the price?"
Although Liu Dayu didn't speak, he looked at Liu Yan with a sneer, which made Liu Yan very uncomfortable.
"How about I give you one penny for every ten pounds of plant ash?"
According to the price given by Liu Yan, three thousand kilograms of plant ash cost thirty taels of silver. Liu Dayu was filled with joy when he heard this, and Liu Qunyi also grinned. Only Shen Wenyun sneered and said: "Mr. Liu is doing a good business, I have heard about it. This plant ash is used to make that soap, soap." Nowadays, there are many popular products in Lingshanwei. I think General Liu Qi has made a lot of money. Now he only gives us such a small amount of money. Does this make sense? "
As soon as these words came out, Liu Qunyi and Liu Dayu both looked over, and they obviously felt that the price was low.
Liu Yan laughed loudly, and then deliberately said loudly: "You three don't know, I did make some money, but now I have to farm, I have allocated farmland to all the military households and Dunjun under me, including cattle, seeds, All the farm tools are mine, and even everyone's rations are on my head. Not only can I have enough to eat every day, but I also have meat every five days, and wine every ten days. This money is like a waterfall, flowing like water. Now that I’m out, I’m also cash-strapped!”
Shen Wenyun, Liu Dayu, and Liu Qunyi didn't know for a moment whether Liu Yan's words were true or false, but the expressions of the dozen or so soldiers under the three men over there changed drastically. At this time, everyone no longer looked forward to and envied, but their eyes. Looking at everything in Dapandun with enthusiasm, not only were some people talking in low voices, but two people even took two steps towards Dapandun without knowing whether to live or die. After Liu Qunyi glared at him fiercely, the two people stepped back in fear.
"snort!"
Shen Wenyun said: "Even so, our three thousand kilograms of plant ash is a waste of effort. Mr. Liu should not lower the price too low. Otherwise, we will not send it again next month."
Liu Yan secretly laughed in his heart: "Even if you send it to me in the future, I won't bother to ask for it. The soap business is so profitable, and I don't want too many people to get involved!"
So Liu Yan pretended to be in a difficult position and said to Wang Yue: "Since the three of you have said so, then go and see how much money we still have, so that I can increase it appropriately."
Wang Yue looked at Liu Yan's expression and immediately understood. He agreed and ran into the pier.
After a while, Wang Yue came back with a depressed expression and whispered: "Chief A, we only have more than fifty taels of silver left."
Liu Yan's eyes suddenly widened and he said in disbelief: "There are only so few left!"
Then Liu Yan smiled bitterly and said to Shen Wenyun: "In this case, I can't treat the three of you badly. How about this, one yuan and five for every ten kilograms of plant ash?"
Shen Wenyun and the other three looked at each other, and then agreed.
Liu Yan asked Wang Yue to fetch forty-five taels of silver, and counted it twice in front of Shen Wenyun and the others before handing the money to Shen Wenyun.
After collecting the money, Shen Wenyun and the others were about to leave, but they saw that the dozen Dunjun soldiers they had brought were looking at the inside and outside of Dapan Dun with envious faces, and two Dunjun soldiers were talking to the people in Dapan Dun.
At this time, Shen Wenyun and the other two people were immediately angry. Shen Wenyun and Liu Dayu were still standing aside and yelling angrily, but Liu Qunyi had already picked up the whip and started beating people.
"You bastard, you're embarrassing me here!"
After a while of beating and scolding, the dozen or so Dun soldiers were taken away in disgrace, leaving everyone in Da Pandun stunned.
Liu Yan smiled and said to Wang Yue: "Okay, you can understand what I mean with one look. This play is well performed!"
Wang Yue said excitedly: "It's all under the leadership of Commander Jia, but now the three of them are still in the dark."
"That's not entirely true. I think Shen Wenyun will understand it soon. This plant ash will probably be gone next month."
As Liu Yan spoke, he began to make calculations in his mind. During this time, he spent some of his money in the east and some in the west. Now he only had more than fifty taels of silver left in his hand. Liu Yan suddenly sighed that he couldn't help but spend the money.
Suddenly, Liu Yan heard Wang Yue say loudly on the side: "Have you all seen it? What is the situation in other Yandun, and what kind of life are those Dunjuns living? Compared with them, what you are living in Dapandun is like a fairy. It’s an ordinary day. From now on, you must work hard with Commander A and don’t be lazy!”
A group of Dunjuns and military households also saw the appearance of the dozen Dunjuns. At this time, they listened to Wang Yue's words and thought deeply. So everyone agreed one after another, and many women and old people even knelt down and knelt down to Liu Yan.
Liu Yan smiled slightly when he saw this: "This Wang Yue is really considerate and useful."
