Shopkeeper Yan seemed very happy to see his acquaintance.
He jumped off the bullock cart and walked to the carriage: "Are you going to Dahe Village too?"
Cheng Wanwan opened the car curtain and said with a smile: "We are from Dahe Village. What is Shopkeeper Yan going to do?"
"That's a long story."
Walking slowly towards Dahe Village, shopkeeper Yan started talking slowly.
After his ancestor's teahouse was sold, he suddenly had an extra thousand taels of silver on his hands, so he started looking for some small business.
I tried to buy a batch of goods to sell in Ping'an County, but I couldn't sell them, so I lost them all, and finally sold them to other shopkeepers at half price.
Unwilling to give up, he tried two other businesses one after another, but still lost money.
He lost more than three hundred taels of one thousand taels of silver in less than half a month. He did not dare to spend the remaining money indiscriminately.
Cheng Wanwan fell silent.
It turns out that there are really people in this world who are not good at doing business.
Others worry about having no capital when doing business. Shopkeeper Yan really does not have this talent. If he continues to do business, he will probably lose everything.
"I've lost my ancestral shop. I can't lose all my money, so I stopped as soon as possible." Shopkeeper Yan sighed, "I can't do business. I'll farm like that. I'll farm for others, and I'll specialize in it." I bought a cow, so I can’t be the only one without a harvest. I asked around and heard that there are more fields in Dahe Village and there will be no trouble buying land, so I came to try my luck.”
Zhao Ergou laughed: "Shopkeeper Yan really came to the right place. The land in our Dahe Village was awarded by the government, totaling three to four thousand acres, but it is all wasteland and needs to be reclaimed."
Shopkeeper Yan's eyes lit up: "Is the wasteland expensive? The money I have available is about four hundred taels. How much land can I buy?"
Zhao Ergou: "..."
More than four hundred taels of silver are used to buy wasteland. Can it buy more than four hundred acres? How many people in the Yan family can farm it?
Cheng Wanwan said: "Dahe Village is here, Ergou, take shopkeeper Yan to find Li Zheng, buy the land early, and open up wasteland in the winter. The land can be planted in the spring next year. There is no need to waste this time."
Shopkeeper Yan parked the cart at the edge of the field and let the cattle graze on their own, then followed Zhao Ergou to Li Zheng's house.
Li Zheng has been worried that no one will buy land recently. It is not a problem to have more than 3,000 acres of land left uncultivated. He is thinking about finding some people to farm the land and paying land rent to the village. But where to find people specifically? Still need to think about it carefully.
Just as he was worried, shopkeeper Yan came in.
After Zhao Ergou introduced both parties, he started talking about business.
Li Zheng asked about the capital budget and was immediately speechless. With so much money in hand, he came to settle down in the village. What was the purpose of this?
Everyone is eager to make money and buy a house in the city, but this guy is lucky enough to sell his house in the city and come to the village to learn farming.
However, Dahe Village has a large territory and not enough villagers. It is a good thing that some people will settle here.
Li Zheng showed great enthusiasm: "With more than four hundred taels of silver, you can buy more than two hundred acres of wasteland. The remaining two hundred taels can be used to build a brick house in the village. It is no worse than in the city. However, two hundred taels An acre of land requires at least ten laborers to work it. Does shopkeeper Yan have so many sons in his family?"
Shopkeeper Yan was a little panicked. He only had three sons. Does this mean that he was no longer qualified to farm?
He asked: "What can we do with these lands besides farming?"
Li Zheng could tell that this man didn't know anything about farming, and he was afraid he couldn't tell the difference between seedlings and weeds.
Li Zheng didn't want to turn away a big customer who could buy two hundred acres of land, so he also seriously helped him think about it.
After about a cup of tea, Li Zheng patted his thigh and said: "Dashan's family's soap workshop is getting bigger and bigger, and they need more and more things every day, such as honey. This thing is very expensive. Buy it." It’s very inconvenient to get up, but if the shop owner knows how to keep bees and specializes in selling honey, he won’t have to worry about running out of sales in the future.”
Shopkeeper Yan smiled awkwardly but politely: "I don't know how to keep bees."
"None of you have raised this thing before, so it's normal if you don't know how to raise it." Li Zheng said with a smile, "There is a goat-raising association. After a ewe gives birth, it produces milk for eight months. If you raise a dozen females, Sheep, goat milk is constant throughout the year, and a pound of goat milk is worth a lot of money. If you sell it all to Dashan Niang, you will definitely not lose money. Gee, I already want to raise ewes, but it’s a pity that I don’t have such a big place at home..."
Shopkeeper Yan wanted to say that he didn't know how to raise goats.
But under Li Zheng's confident eyes, he silently took back these words.
Regardless of whether he knows how to raise pigs or not, he should give it a try first. If it doesn't work, then he will raise pigs. I heard that raising pigs is the easiest.
Shopkeeper Yan nodded: "Okay, then I will buy two hundred acres of land first, and then build a house. I hope Uncle Li Zheng can come forward and find some people to help."
"This is easy to talk about!"
Li Zheng happily responded.
Dashan Niang's soap workshop has just been completed, and a large group of men are worried about finding work. Now, work is coming to their doorstep.
He found someone to measure the land that day, wrote the land deed, and went to the county with shopkeeper Yan to have his fingerprints pressed, and the matter was settled extremely quickly.
People in the village were talking a lot.
"I heard that rich people from the city came to our Dahe Village to buy houses."
"I bought two hundred acres of land in one fell swoop, and I'm going to build a house on this land. I heard it's a brick house."
"Oh, smoke is coming out of our ancestors' graves in Dahe Village. There are actually rich people coming here to settle down. I'm afraid it will be terrible in the future."
"All the ninth-grade children are in the village, which will definitely attract a lot of people. Before Li Zheng, he was worried that the wasteland could not be sold. As for me, if we wait for a while, these wastelands may not be enough to sell."
"I also plan to buy a few acres of land after the New Year. Will I be unable to buy it? No, I have to go to Uncle Li Zheng first to secure three acres of land. It cannot be taken away."
"Then I'll reserve five acres of land, and I'll write the title deed later when I have money."
"..."
There was an inexplicable wave of land buying in Dahe Village.
The villagers bought land for half a tael of silver per acre of wasteland. If they work in Cheng Wanwan's workshop for a month, they can afford an acre of land. It doesn't matter if they can't get it for the time being. Let Cheng Wanwan write an order here. Give the order to Li Zheng, and when the wages are paid, Cheng Wanwan will pay the money for the land directly to Li Zheng, which is considered a kind of advanced consumption.
For several days, Li Zheng was extremely busy.
The shopkeeper also sent the drawings for building a house, a large number of blue bricks were transported to the village, and the construction of the first blue brick house in Dahe Village officially started.
Shopkeeper Yan's house is not far from Cheng Wanwan's house. Standing on the stone roller in front of the house, you can see the bustling business there.
The people in the village watched the excitement for a while, and then went about their business.
At this time, Mrs. Zhao walked into the courtyard: "Boss, wife, today is the last day of the seven-day probation period you mentioned last time. Do you want me to call Yu'er and Erniu over to ask about the situation?"
Cheng Wanwan said: "Mother has been patrolling the workshop these days. She should have a basic understanding of the two of them. Why don't you tell me first?"
"Both children are very good at work and sensible. If I can only keep one, it's really hard for me to choose." Old Mrs. Zhao told the truth, "It's hard to judge my own family, so I'll call some wives to ask." Take a look."
Chen Erniu was responsible for filtering the plant ash, and Lin Yuer later switched to the mold casting process. Mrs. Zhao called the people in charge of both processes over.
The two persons in charge are both old employees and have been working in the workshop for more than half a month. If they perform well in the next half month, they will be promoted to team leaders. The team leader's salary will be increased by 200 yuan a month. He works overtime for more than half an hour every day and leaves only after dark. He has become the king of involution known to everyone in the workshop.
"Sister Xiu'e, Sister Shuiyan, you two sit down." Cheng Wanwan now addressed them directly by their names. She smiled and said, "I called you here because I wanted to ask where Yu'er and Erniu are. How is your performance in the workshop? Just tell the truth."
