Traveling through ancient times, the empress insisted on having a child with me

Ling Chuan pulled Cao Huanchun aside and said, "Who are these three..."

Before Cao Huanchun came, he guessed that Ling Chuan would ask, and said directly: "The disabilities on their bodies are all injuries they suffered in order to protect the young lady. But don't worry, they will definitely have no problem doing their job."

As he spoke, he leaned closer to Ling Chuan's ear and lowered his voice: "They were all first-rate masters before. With them around, Master Ling's safety is guaranteed."

Ling Chuan originally wanted to say that this is not a shelter, and since the young lady was injured, why don't you just take care of them? Why make them work for him? But after hearing what Cao Huanchun said, Ling Chuan immediately thought of the man in black last night, and even the wound on his arm began to ache.

So he coughed lightly and came to the five people: "I don't care what contributions you have made to the Lu family before. I treat you all equally. If you do a good job, you will be rewarded. If you don't do a good job, you will be fired. The monthly salary is three taels of silver, plus bonuses."

After that, he looked at the three men again and said, "I'm a straightforward person. You three don't look good, so you definitely can't be the assistants in the front. So the three of you will work in the workshop in the back. Lao Cao said that you are first-class masters, so I will add another job of guarding the house, which means each of you three will get two wages. Do you have any objection?"

What Ling Chuan didn't know was that these three people were former masters of the East Factory, and they were survivors of the purge of the East Factory three years ago. It was because of Lu Xi's instructions yesterday that Cao Huanchun called these three people over. With these three people around, it would not be a problem to protect Ling Chuan.

The three of them had not had a good time in the past two years. Although Ling Chuan's words were not very polite, the two salaries were real, so the three of them bowed to Ling Chuan and said, "Thank you, Mr. Ling."

Cao Huanchun came forward and said, "Mr. Ling, I see we are open for business again today. How is business going?"

Ling Chuan chuckled, "Not much, less than half of yesterday's."

"Mr. Ling, the wound on your arm hasn't healed yet. Why don't you rest for a few days instead of working so hard?"

"Tsk, you know shit. Doing business is like sailing against the current. If you don't make money, you lose money."

Ling Chuan walked towards the central courtyard: "By the way, Lao Cao, go buy me a few jars tomorrow, just the same size as that one."

Cao Huanchun nodded in agreement, and Ling Chuan instructed: "Here, I plan to build a workshop for making sugar. Find a few craftsmen tomorrow. There are not enough workstations in the shop for making snacks, so we need to expand it. Move the snack counter directly to the outside so that customers can line up at the door to buy snacks. It would be best if customers could buy freshly made snacks in the future. Do you understand? Please discuss this matter with Aunt Rong."

As Ling Chuan gave instructions, Cao Huanchun nodded: "Don't worry, Master Ling, leave these matters to me. You should take good care of your injuries first."

In the next three days, Cao Huanchun found craftsmen and built a row of houses in the central courtyard according to Lingchuan's requirements. Ten large vats were buried in the houses, and a row of stoves were built next to them. Firewood was piled up in half of the yard.

Now Yun Fu Ji's counter faces directly to the street, and customers can buy dim sum directly at the door. The shop is directly inside the workshop, and customers can see the dim sum making process from the outside.

During these three days, everyone has gradually become familiar with this busy pace, and business is getting better day by day. Although it has not reached the turnover of the first day, on average, there are forty or fifty taels of silver every day.

On this day, the second batch of brown sugar was also boiled, a total of 123 kilograms of brown sugar. All these tasks were handed over to the three people who came later. Although they were missing some limbs, they were very dedicated when doing the work. Their main feature was their great strength.

Especially the mute, he had all his limbs intact and he did most of the work. Ling Chuan accidentally saw a dark hole in the mute's mouth, as if his entire tongue had been pulled out by the roots.

Lingchuan also asked the three people's names. The man who was missing half a leg told Lingchuan that they were people who had died once and their names were lost at that time. He asked Lingchuan to just call them the one-armed cripple and the mute.

Ling Chuan didn't know what they had been through, but he respected their choice and agreed silently.

The next day, Lingchuan took Cao Huanchun to Guangfenghao to purchase raw materials.

As soon as Liu Quan saw Ling Chuan, a smile appeared on his face: "Mr. Ling has been working hard recently, I believe Yunfuji's business is also booming."

"Thanks to Manager Liu's good words, business is pretty good."

After exchanging a few polite words, Ling Chuan said, "I came here today to settle the contract we had earlier."

"Okay, okay." Liu Quan took out the account book and found the previous contract. "When Mr. Ling came for the first time, he bought 20 kilograms of brown sugar. When he came for the second time, he bought 200 kilograms of brown sugar. According to the agreed 500 kilograms, there is still a shortfall of 280 kilograms of brown sugar."

"That's right. Take 280 kilograms of brown sugar today." Ling Chuan said, "280 kilograms is 42 taels of silver. Excluding the 10 taels of silver that you have pledged to Manager Liu, you still need to pay 32 taels. Is that right?"

"That's right." Liu Quan called to his clerk, "Xiao Qingzi, go get the goods for Master Ling. Be quick."

"Mr. Ling, have some tea." While Liu Quan was talking, he had already brewed two bowls of tea and brought them over. He also asked, "Mr. Ling's business is getting bigger and bigger. Do you need brown sugar in the future?"

Ling Chuan had originally intended to talk about this, but he didn't expect that the other party was more anxious than himself. He didn't know that he had already made an appointment with King Ning, so how could Liu Quan not try to get close to him.

Moreover, the fact that he bought 500 kilograms of brown sugar in less than half a month made him a big customer of Guangfenghao. This was not rice, flour, grain or oil. Ordinary grain and oil shops only bought ten or eight kilograms of goods. After all, brown sugar at two hundred wen per kilogram was not something that everyone could afford.

Seeing that Shopkeeper Liu had handed the initiative to him, Ling Chuan rolled his eyes and began to make up stories: "Come to think of it, I just happen to have something to ask Shopkeeper Liu."

"Mr. Ling, please speak."

"I recently met a fellow countryman. Coincidentally, he also sells southern and northern goods. When he heard that I wanted to buy black sugar, he said that he was the supplier of black sugar in the entire capital, and he gave me a price that was much lower than yours. Do you think he is a liar?"

Liu Quan understood Ling Chuan's meaning as soon as he heard it, and said immediately: "Mr. Ling, these northern and southern goods are sold in the north and south, and everyone has their own channels. Our Guangfenghao is one of the best northern and southern goods stores in the capital, and we have our own channels to purchase all the goods. This brown sugar is purchased directly from the place of production, and it is impossible for it to be supplied by others."

"To be honest, Master Ling, at a price of 150 wen, our Guangfeng Store is already unprofitable. You see, I still have so many employees in my shop, I have to give them a meal, right..."

Ling Chuan laughed and said, "Manager Liu, I believe what you said. I can't let you do business at a loss. But if the quantity is large, can you ask your supplier to lower the price a little bit?"

"Ask the supplier to lower the price?" Liu Quan was startled, then asked, "Mr. Ling, how much quantity do you want?"

"Five thousand kilograms." Ling Chuan spread his hands and added, "Five thousand kilograms every month."