Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

At the same time, we also encouraged and mobilized everyone, urging those who need to work to start working as soon as possible.

Day by day, although we live in a farm, they don't charge us rent for the time being. Apart from normal food and expenses, we don't have to spend any money. At least we have a place to rest. It is better than living in an inn with no privacy and people coming and going.

Therefore, while living in the manor was very private, everyone quickly picked up their work. They calculated what materials were missing, how much wine to buy for distillation, how much flour to buy for instant noodles, and all these had to be counted clearly.

This includes how much oil and how many vegetables and dried fruits are needed.

At this time, each family should not hide the extra money in their hands. Take it all out and pool it together. It can be considered as a loan from the public treasury. When you make money in the future, pay back the money that each family has borrowed first, and distribute the rest according to work.

As for the distribution of profits, naturally everyone had no objection, and they would divide the profits as they had agreed at the beginning.

Moreover, Grandpa Lin once again emphasized to remind everyone that no matter whether it was distilling liquor or making instant noodles, the third daughter of the Lin family would get a share of the profits according to her technology investment, and she would also need to take some time to go to the government office to finalize the profit-sharing contract with everyone.

It just so happened that the officials had left, and after everyone had gathered together, they had to go to the town again to purchase the scarce supplies. While doing so, everyone could go to the county government office again to finalize the contracts that needed to be drawn up.

Then, he took two jars of wine and went to thank the officer in the county government. While making friends with him, he also expanded his business.

Don’t think that those officials in the county government are not your potential customers. Didn’t you see that they had a drink in the inn yesterday and signed an order for 50 jars this morning?

Oh my god, they can't calculate it. If they calculate it, it's because they don't have enough materials. They have to go to the town to buy inferior wine. They have to distill it as soon as possible. The deposit for 50 jars has been received. For the remaining money, they have to roll up their sleeves and work hard.

In addition, we need to find ways to expand the sales of instant noodles.

Although they showed off some instant noodles when the officials were gathered together the night before, and they also made a small deal, but in the long run, that little bit of trouble was not enough.

But no matter what, whether the sales channels are opened or not, preparation work still needs to be done in advance.

It is said that opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. You never know when business will come to you. Don't wait until the buyer comes before you start preparing in a hurry, as the business will most likely fail.

As for the remaining seasonings and dried fruits and vegetables.

Isn't there a barren mountain behind the village? Why not go in and take a look? You might find some good stuff there. Wouldn't that save you money on buying meat?

As for going into the mountains, Lin Xiaoyue patted her chest and said that it was up to her and she would take charge of this area.

Speaking of going into the mountains, Lin Xiaoyue mentioned in passing that they had taken a shortcut to escape the famine, followed three doctors into the mountains, and dug up several old ginsengs.

Everyone suddenly remembered, yes, how could they have forgotten about this.

At that time, they followed the three doctors and dug a lot of old ginseng in the mountains. They thought that apart from keeping some of it, they would sell the rest in a clinic in a big city for some cash.

The epidemic is recurring right now, and not only are ordinary people worried and having a hard time, but all the rich people also want to stock up on some supplements to improve their physical fitness and prevent infection.

In this way, the wild ginseng will surely bring them a small profit.

After staying overnight in the manor, everyone realized the benefits and convenience of living in the manor.

Once the gate is closed and the wall is behind, people outside cannot come in casually. Whether people are making instant noodles or distilled liquor here, confidentiality is fully guaranteed.

Besides, it is really convenient for everyone to live together. If you want to do something, just stretch your neck and shout, and everyone can hear you.

However, if you live in a town, it's okay if the adjacent households are separated by walls. But if there are neighbors in between, and there are countless households between you, then to communicate or do things, you have to run a long way and call people from each household, which is very inconvenient.

When doing things, one has to be careful to prevent neighbors from peeking at the secret recipe, and one has to be secretive and stealthy in what one says and does.

It’s really better to live in a spacious manor.

After adding up all the big and small things, Grandpa Lin and everyone else really felt that it would be more appropriate to live in the manor.

So, with a common goal, every household did not hide anything and collected all their private money. After adding it all up, there was probably about one thousand taels.

But this is just a small amount of money, compared to the starting price of Zhuangzi that Team Leader Shen told everyone was 2,300 taels, there is still a huge gap.

Of course, the money for the old mountain ginseng is not included here.

Chun Xing estimated that a few ginseng roots could be worth about one thousand taels.

This is only in Wanbao Town. If I had remembered earlier and sold it in Yongzhou City, the price would definitely be much higher than in Wanbao Town.

There was no other way. Time was tight, the task was heavy, and there were a lot of things to do. There was no time for everyone to make another trip and take the old ginseng to Yongzhou City to sell.

If you really go, that would be crazy.

In short, no matter what, find a way to get the money together as soon as possible.

Just when everyone was discussing this, the head of the Luo family spoke up and proposed not to participate in the signing of the contract. His reason was quite high-sounding, saying that he wanted to go to Jiangnan to live with his wife's family.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

Shopkeeper Luo also knew that if he proposed not to sign the contract at this time, he would definitely be met with hostility from everyone. If nothing else, his family participated in the entire process of distilling liquor and making instant noodles. When the time came and the contract was just one step away, he proposed not to participate. No matter how he said it, it was unreasonable.

Everyone was really furious, staring at the Luo family with eyes full of anger.

"Manager Luo, what do you mean by this?"

"You are planning to secretly learn our secret recipe and compete with us for business, right?"

"Do you still have a conscience? If Niu Laogen and Dashan hadn't come into the city to look for Niu Tietou and taken you out of the city, you wouldn't even know where you are now."

"That's right. Your mother was infected with the plague earlier and it was thanks to Doctor Qiao's full efforts to treat her. Now that you have done such a treacherous thing, don't you feel guilty?"

Shopkeeper Luo sighed inwardly, knowing that he would be criticized and ostracized by everyone for what he said, but he could not agree to them going to the government to sign the contract.

Not to mention that he did have his own little thoughts and planned to leave the Lin family team after the epidemic was over. Relying on these two secret recipes was enough for him to take advantage of the situation and become a wealthy man.

Even if he is a royal merchant, he still has a chance to take a gamble.