Although he is not a mercenary person, he, Lin Yuanqiu, will never do anything for money.
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Near noon, people picking persimmon fruits began to return to the city one after another. The bulging bags, heavy burdens, and full baskets all showed the rich harvest this morning.
The first thing the people did after entering the city was to rush directly to Zhouji Workshop. In addition to excitement, everyone's eyes were filled with anticipation.
As for what we were looking forward to, needless to say, it was of course the money from selling the persimmons.
Zhou Ji Workshop will naturally not disappoint them, and a stall for harvesting persimmon fruits has already been set up. According to the order, first check whether there is any rotten fruit, then weigh it, and finally settle the money, which is convenient and fast.
In order to give the persimmon money to the people smoothly, Lin Dazhu and the others went to the bank to exchange two baskets of copper coins yesterday.
Seeing that the persimmons they picked were indeed replaced by copper plates, the excited people just looked up to the sky and laughed.
Then, people could be seen everywhere in Yongning City running home carrying empty burdens or baskets. The speed of their legs could be described as hot wheels.
They were all in a hurry to go home for dinner, and were preparing to go out to the city to pick persimmons, so that they could make some money selling persimmons in the afternoon.
Ouch, the more I think about it, the happier I am.
Lin Dazhu and Lin Yuanhuai, who came to the workshop early in the morning, were not idle at this time. Since the persimmon fruits had entered the workshop, they naturally arranged for workers to peel them quickly.
As for the peeling knife, I had it ready at home as early as last month.
And in order to rush to make persimmons, the work of making picture frames stopped first.
The large yard where wood was originally piled was now covered with bamboo curtains for drying persimmons.
Because they planned to make persimmon cakes, when they first bought land to build a workshop, the Lin family bought two more acres to build a yard, so there would definitely be no delay in drying the persimmons.
It's just that drying is no problem, but peeling is difficult. The reason is that there are too many persimmons delivered, and the peelers can't keep up.
The same problem was encountered by Lin Erzhu and Lin Yuanbai at the Dinghu County workshop.
You must know that the day when persimmons are picked is the best time to peel them. The skin of the persimmons at this time is tight, so peeling is the least laborious and will not damage the flesh.
After discussion, the family finally came up with the idea of recruiting more people.
I heard that Zhou Ji's workshop is hiring again, and the requirement is that they can peel persimmons. As for wages, regardless of age, they are all thirty cents a day.
Now, all the men and women in the city who can still walk around have come to the workshop to sign up.
What, you ask why all the people here are older?
Needless to say, of course the young ones are picking fruits.
During these days, Wu, Lao Lintou, and the wives at home were also helping in the workshop. The same goes for Feng and the others. After all, seasonal things like this can't wait for anyone, so naturally they have to work together to make the persimmon cakes first.
As for the embroidery workshop, only Gao Cui and Wang Yunxiang were left watching. Gao Cui was in Yongning City, while Wang Yunxiang was in Dinghu County.
It can be said that except for Zhong Yurou, who is still in confinement, and Lin Yuanqiu, who is on duty every day, the rest of the Lin family can be described in three words, that is, "busy."
No, even the younger ones in the family are no exception, but they are all busy with their studies.
Ever since Qin Xiucai took over the studies of the young master and young lady in the mansion, Mo Xuan, Mo Hao and Mo Sheng, the boys' daily routines have been specifically arranged.
Morning reading at 3:00 a.m., breakfast at 2:00 a.m., and after half an hour's rest, the day's classes began, with two periods in the morning and two periods in the afternoon. Then Qin Xiucai assigned today's writing homework and told it to be handed in tomorrow. He reviews.
Compared with the boys at home, Wanqing, Wanying and Wanxue, these girls are a little more relaxed. Qin Xiucai arranged for them to come to class every other day, but daily calligraphy practice was not allowed. Less.
Although the girl does not need to take the test, it is still necessary to have good handwriting.
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As November approaches, Yongning Prefecture is getting colder.
After more than 20 days of busy work, Zhou Ji's workshop finally made all the collected persimmon fruits into persimmon cakes.
Just looking at the hundreds of large pottery jars filled with persimmons, Wu couldn't help but smile.
In fact, not only her, but also Lao Lintou, Lin Dazhu, Lin Erzhu, and Feng Shi were not happy. Even Lin Yuanqiu was vaguely worried.
As for why, of course it was because I didn’t expect it.
Lin Yuanqiu never expected that there would be so many persimmon trees in Yongning Prefecture and Dinghu County. He originally thought that 30,000 to 40,000 kilograms of persimmon trees would reach the sky, but the actual number far exceeded his expectation.
The two places combined weighed more than 100,000 kilograms.
Lin Yuanqiu did the math. This time, Zhou Ji's workshop paid a total of 320 taels of silver to collect the persimmons. The labor cost 120 taels, and the purchase of clay pots cost 35 taels. All of this added up to a total of four hundred and twenty taels. One hundred and seventy-five taels of silver.
The water content of dried persimmons is almost halved, and more than 100,000 kilograms of persimmon fruit can be dried to produce 50,000 to 60,000 kilograms of persimmons.
This is indeed the case. Before the persimmons were put into the vat, they were all weighed, totaling more than 59,000 kilograms.
Logically speaking, if the capital of more than 470 taels of silver is spread out on persimmon cakes, it will be less than nine cents per catty. Such a cost, based on the previous selling price of 60 cents per catty, is not high.
But the cost of transportation on the road has not been taken into account. For nearly 60,000 kilograms of persimmons, it would take more than 100 carriages to hire. Calculating the cost of the carriages and the driver's food and accommodation, it is really scary.
What's more, it's not easy to hire so many carriages at once.
Therefore, he made a miscalculation.
Alas, after all, it was all because I didn’t expect there to be so many persimmons.
Thinking about his original plan again, Lin Yuanqiu felt that he must plan carefully for selling persimmon cakes this time. Otherwise, my future plans for Yongning Prefecture and Dinghu County may be ruined.
Lin Yuanqiu's original plan was to make Jixiang Ruyi Cake a specialty of Yongning Prefecture, which also means a signature.
The advantage of this is that whenever someone mentions Jixiang Ruyi Cake in the future, everyone will unconsciously think of Yongning Prefecture, because only Yongning Prefecture’s Jixiang Ruyi Cake is the most authentic.
In this way, after I leave Yongning Prefecture, the people here don't have to worry about the sales of Jixiang Ruyi Cake. After all, the most important thing for people at the time is "authenticity."
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Just when Lin Yuanqiu was at a loss for how to save costs, a turning point came unexpectedly.
On this day, a caravan suddenly came to Yongning City. It looked like there were about ten carriages.
After the group settled in the city, they immediately inquired about the location of Feng Ji's workshop.
When they heard that they were looking for Feng Ji's workshop, the people in the city were very enthusiastic and quickly showed them the way.
Several merchants who found the place immediately expressed their intention to purchase goods, and the goods they purchased were drawstring handbags and picture frames.
Feng, Zhou, Liu, and the three sisters-in-law felt that they were going crazy with joy.
Is it automatically delivered to your door so soon?
"Oh, Mother Cao, hurry up, hurry up, go and call the young master!"
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Chapter 198 Caravan
Feng's guess was correct, these people really came to their door by themselves.
However, the reason why they came to Yongning Prefecture was because of Lin Sanzhu's notification.
Just as Lin Yuanqiu warned, every time he sold something, Lin Sanzhu would give the shopkeepers a piece of letterhead written on Yongning Prefecture Fengji Workshop.
Speaking of which, Lin Sanzhu's sales trip did not go smoothly. The reason was that the price was too high.
So whenever Lin Sanzhu brought a sample to sell, the first reaction of all the shopkeepers was to lower the price, or even cut it in half.
Naturally, Lin Sanzhu didn't give them a penny. If he wanted to buy something, he would buy it. If he didn't want to buy it, he would give it up. Since he had already traveled thousands of miles, he would just have to walk a few more places. Anyway, he would never waste his energy and freight in vain. .
The result is that for every ten shops we ask, only one or two get the goods, and the shopkeepers who get the goods only pick one or two of each type, for fear that they will not be able to sell and the goods will be overstocked. But I feel reluctant to take them, after all, these cloth handbags and picture frames are so beautiful.
But what people didn't expect was that after the shopkeepers laid out the goods, every customer who entered the store didn't like them.
Especially the small picture frame placed on the desk, which says "it's rare to be confused" and "it's better to be half drunk than to be awake", is really beautiful. As for whether it's expensive or not, no one mentioned it at all. In just one day, everything was sold out.
As for those handbags, a rich lady or an official lady would buy them five, six, seven or eight, and they would be gone immediately.
Seeing that they had earned more than ten taels of silver in a blink of an eye, the shopkeepers were dumbfounded. They really didn't expect that these goods would sell so well.
So some store owners with bright ideas immediately started to draw gourds in the same way, and soon arranged for others to imitate them.
However, more shopkeepers are preparing to go to Yongning Prefecture in person. After all, when Lin Sanzhu left their shop, he told the shopkeepers one by one about Feng Ji's workshop and many new styles.
I didn't pay much attention when I heard it at the time, but now the shopkeepers are all interested in the new style, especially when they see that there are only a few decent imitations, they are even more determined to go directly to Yongning Prefecture to get the goods.
In this way, your family, my family, his family, and a few escorts were hired, and soon a caravan was formed to purchase goods in Yongning City.
But now, when they saw one beautiful cloth handbag after another, and one piece after another of pleasing Zen paintings, several shopkeepers stared at it intently, and at the same time, they had other plans.
Originally, the shopkeepers came here to buy goods and sell them back, but now they don't think so.
Since there are so many good products, why don’t you take some more and go wholesale directly.
Thinking like this, one of them hurriedly held his favorite set of rabbit cloth handbags in his arms, then turned to Mrs. Zhou and said, "Shopkeeper, I have packed all the handbags of this style!"
There are eight styles of this rabbit handbag, that is, eight different rabbits. Some are holding Ruyi in their hands, some are playing the piano with both hands, and some are holding plum bottles. Every rabbit looks cute and cute.
As soon as they heard that it was all-inclusive, the others stopped and said, "Shopkeeper Tian, it's very unethical for you to act like this. We all came together, so if we have good goods, we should share them equally."
"Yes, yes, come here together. If you have good goods, you should get a share."
"Yes, yes, everyone who meets us has a share, we will share equally!"
Although the three of them said this, they held no less favorite samples in their arms than the shopkeeper named Tian.
Therefore, when Lin Yuanqiu changed into casual clothes and came over, he saw several businessmen hugging the samples and reluctant to let go.
This was the first time Zhou had seen such a scene, and she didn't know what to do. When she saw her nephew coming, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Yuan Qiu, these shopkeepers have come to our workshop to purchase goods!"
Lin Yuanqiu nodded and said to Ms. Feng on the side, "Mom, you, the eldest uncle and the second uncle, go and count all the cloth handbags made today and put them in the warehouse. And send someone to Zhou Ji to see if there are any. The good picture frames are also packed into boxes, and the third and fourth brothers are asked to bring them over first."
"Hey!" The three sisters-in-law nodded together and quickly went to the workshop to order goods.
Lin Yuanqiu turned around and saw that several shopkeepers were still holding the samples and were reluctant to put them down as before. Such a scene made Lin Yuanqiu convinced that the business in the workshop today was definitely not small.
"Every shopkeeper, please take a seat." Lin Yuanqiu pointed to the chairs and asked everyone to sit down, and then said, "This workshop has a sufficient inventory and has recently released many new styles, so you will definitely be able to choose the goods you are satisfied with."
When they heard that the supply was sufficient and there were new styles, the shopkeepers finally felt relieved, and then couldn't help but secretly rejoice that they came directly to Yongning Prefecture.
When Ping An met his young master, he just said a few words, and the shopkeepers who were about to fall out and grab the goods calmed down, and they couldn't help but admire him in their hearts.
When he saw a woman waving to him at the door, Ping An hurriedly walked out.
After a while, several shopkeepers who were chatting happily with Lin Yuanqiu saw the boy who had just exited bringing up two plates of snacks.
