Traveling through time and space to meet a replacement bride? But I’m a man!

Apricots that have been dried in the sun for two days.

Xu Wenyan tasted both varieties. The oil apricot was sour, while the yellow apricot was average.

I also took it to sell in Lan County, and the effect was pretty good. Most of the buyers were from the Central Plains, and it was more to their taste.

There were still a lot of apricots, so Xu Wenyan gave them to Jiang Wanru to try. If the deal was successful, it would save a lot of trouble.

Surprisingly, his wife likes sour food very much.

Jiang Wanru asked Xu Wenyan to tell him the production method, and the two of them would still share the profits from future sales.

In fact, Xu Wenyan prefers this model. Although he can earn more money if he does it himself, it is tiring, time-consuming and laborious.

It would be different if a wealthy businessman took over your business.

How much can he accomplish alone? But the Jiang family has a solid foundation. If Mr. Jiang is serious about it, all the apricots from Xinghuagou must be transported to the Central Plains to be sold.

After discussing with Jiang Wanru, it is also 30%, but Xu Wenyan has to provide him with the source of supply, otherwise the profit will be too little if the apricots are collected from several places.

"Master Jiang, I can provide you with a place with a stable supply of apricots, but we have to sign a contract first."

Jiang Wanru shook his head helplessly: "You are still so cautious."

After the two signed, Xu Wenyan put away one copy with satisfaction.

When Jiang Wanru was told the production method, he looked unconvinced.

"It's that simple?"

"I didn't say it was difficult." Xu Wenyan chuckled.

Jiang Wanru was in trouble this time, but the contract had already been signed and there was no way he could go back on his word.

"Okay, tell me where the stable supply is."

"Master Jiang, please harvest some nearby recently. There are quite a lot of jujubes grown in jujube village. It will be no problem to sell them in the next ten days or half a month.

Another thing is that you have to find me more people.

I plan to build a farm for you there to make these dried apricots, and then transport them to you by horse-drawn carriage."

Jiang Wanru played with the walnut in his hand and thought for a while: "Okay, I didn't expect you to have thought of this for me."

"We can't let you suffer any loss, right?"

The main reason is that he can earn more this way, and Xu Wenyan is already preparing to launch his own almond milk.

"Master Jiang, I want you to buy a large piece of land in a village in the capital and raise dairy cows and sheep.

Our future drinks will require a lot of milk, so you will lose a lot."

Jiang Wanru had never tasted Sanyan drinks, but had only heard people around him praise them highly. The only one he had was the watermelon jelly made by Xu Wenyan.

I have been eating that jelly for more than a month and now I am a little tired of it.

"Then I have to try it first to see how it tastes."

"to make!"

Xu Wenyan peeled the ready-made apricots, then carried the basin to the grain store.

Only there is a stone mill.

It doesn't matter since milk can be bought everywhere.

After grinding, cook it.

"Madam, please go first." Jiang Wanru handed the almond milk to Madam Jiang.

Xu Wenyan saw that Jiang Wanru was a henpecked man.

Just because Mrs. Jiang said she liked to eat it, she contracted the preserved fruit business for me. It seems that if I want to get more benefits from Jiang Wanru in the future... and have more cooperation with her, I have to satisfy Mrs. Jiang's appetite.

However, most women like this kind of milky drink, and the fact is not beyond Xu Wenyan's expectations.

Mrs. Jiang liked it very much, and she was in poor health, so she just liked to drink hot drinks.

Now that the milk problem in the Central Plains region was solved, Xu Wenyan began to discuss with Jiang Wanru the issue of building a factory in Xinghuagou, Yili.

Jiang Wanru also picked up a bowl of almond milk and drank it: "Tell me what you are going to do."

“That depends on how many people you give me. I will build a new factory in the local village and solve the drying problem directly there.

If there are a lot of people, we can pick the apricots directly, and if there are few people, we can recycle the apricots. However, I think it is better to send more people.

After all, it’s a big factory over there and it would be difficult to watch over it without enough people.

We can ask the local villagers to harvest them. As far as I know, the purchase price of apricots there is very cheap, and we can just make apricot preserves with our own people."

After listening to Xu Wenyan's words, he finished a bowl of almond milk: "How much do you plan to price this almond milk? I see you've been busy making this little."

"In Feng County, I will set the price at thirty cents. You can consider it, but it is better not to exceed fifty cents.

The prices in our store are in the middle of the price range for drinks. If they were too high, we would be destroying our reputation.”

Jiang Wanru nodded: "I will give you fifty people. This is all we need now. I will buy some more slaves and send them over later."

The most expensive slave here is only a few hundred coins, and the cheapest ones are actually cheaper than livestock.

And there is a contract, so he is still loyal.

Xu Wenyan also had the same idea. Buying slaves would save much more money than hiring workers.

Besides, I don't treat them harshly, so it's better than buying them from those unscrupulous merchants.

But let’s talk about this later.

"Then we will set out tomorrow. The apricots will only be ripe in one or two months, so your people don't have to stay here all the time.

It’s just right to go in July and return in September.”

"Well, I'll send someone to the entrance of your village tomorrow, just wait."

Xu Wenyan stood up and reminded: "It's better to bring more carriages and camels."

When I returned to Kare Village, there was actually nothing to prepare.

Both of them had traveled far before, so this distance was not a problem for Xu Wenyan.

This route was not easy to find by myself, so I went to the home of the village chief Baibu to ask carefully.

The village chief gave the map, which was left by his father.

There were many places drawn on that ancient parchment scroll, and the farthest place was the territory of the Hu people.

Xu Wenyan studied the map all night and could sleep in the car tomorrow.

If they go to the wrong place, all their efforts will be in vain. The apricots will not wait for them, especially those that have not been sprayed with pesticides.

Later on, it was almost eaten by insects and birds.

The sky is slightly bright.

A large army gathered at the entrance of the village. At a glance, there were more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages.

After the leading young man asked Bayibu, Bayibu did not let them go to find Xu Wenyan but asked Aman to go.

I have to say that the old village chief has quite a lot of life experience. Because there are so many people coming, he can't tell whether they are good people or bad people.

A quarter of an hour later, Chen Sanlin arrived in a horse-drawn carriage.

To be on the safe side, we should take a camel, but if even the horse-drawn carriage can't get through, there's no point in transporting things in the future.

Transporting by camel is a bit slow.

When he got closer, Xu Wenyan could see clearly the young man in front of him. The man was about thirty years old and was dressed in dark blue silk clothes.

He looks average, but quite polite.

"You must be Shopkeeper Chen, right? My name is Jiang Shicheng, and I will be responsible for the matter you discussed with my father."

Although Jiang Chengshuo is a few years older than Xu Wenyan, Xu Wenyan is Jiang Wanru's friend, so he naturally has to show a little respect to Xu Wenyan in terms of etiquette.

"It turned out to be Mr. Jiang."

Being able to send his son to take over this matter, it seems that Jiang Wanru attaches great importance to the apricot business.

"I'll have to trouble Shopkeeper Chen to lead the way. My father said that we should obey you first in everything that happens."

Xu Wenyan nodded, and after the two of them bowed, they officially set off.