Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

It took seven days to build the docks on both sides.

Two small ticket houses were built next to the docks on both sides.

Specialized in selling tickets.

It costs 5 wen for a person to cross the river, 10 wen for livestock, 25 wen for a carriage, 20 wen for a cart, and 100 wen for every 5 jin of cargo. A person cannot carry more than 50 jin of cargo, and a carriage or cart cannot carry more than 200 jin of cargo.

The price is the same as before when I fled from famine.

Two large bamboo rafts, one on each side.

The boat coming from the other side leaves at the hour, and the boat coming this way leaves at half past one.

The departure time is fixed every day.

There were a total of 40 servants, 20 in a group, 14 rowing the boat, 1 responsible for ticket checking, 2 ticket sellers, 2 weighing, and 1 responsible for loading livestock on board.

The day after the dock was built, Zhao Yuanzhen hung a customized flag and started business.

Both sides were planted with red flags with black and gold lettering.

【Zhangdukou Market】

They also set up a bulletin board under the flag to introduce the various functions of the ferry, including various shops, markets, and the transportation of goods.

After setting off firecrackers, the bamboo raft bus officially started operation.

There were many small boats on the shore, charging for ferrying people, but they were driven away by Zhao Yuanzhen.

You can ferry people across the river, but you cannot make a profit at your own ferry. You can row the boat yourself, but you cannot solicit business.

Everyone found that the ferry was very cheap, only 5 cents each.

And this raft looks big and safe.

Therefore, there are many people taking the raft.

Here on the shore, the first thing built was the kitchen and canteen.

Because of the foundation, the cafeteria took 9 days to build, but it is big enough.

The public canteen adopts the model of Zhuangzi Canteen, where three dishes and one soup are free.

It is only limited to family members and servants. Others who cross the river are charged 15 cents per meal.

There are also menus, and you can order dishes and meals individually.

It's summer now and it's not cold. The dormitories can be built last. The shops and the market should be built first.

Shop Zhao Yuanzhen planned to build a grocery store, a clinic, a drink shop, a grain shop, etc.

She had calculated before that 40 servants were enough, but now she realized that it was still not enough.

There is no one transporting the goods yet.

Make some arrangements and then go back to buy some more.

In the backyard of the canteen, farmers have cut bamboo to enclose a large vegetable garden. There are many bamboo forests and they are free, so it is best to use them. We won’t be sad if they are washed away.

The bamboo wall is three meters high and surrounds several acres of vegetable garden.

We planted various vegetables. It’s a bit late now, but we can still have a few crops to eat.

The market has built a 4-meter-high thatched shed with a cement floor, which is 20 centimeters higher than the ground, effectively preventing things from getting wet by rain.

The walls on three sides are all made of bamboo, making the market a shed with walls on three sides. Originally, there was no plan to build a wall because people were afraid that it would be too cold in winter and building a wall could block the cold wind.

The shed is supported by strong pillars.

It is just a place to shelter from rain and sun for those who set up stalls in the future.

After giving orders for the work, Zhao Yuanzhen planned to go back home and bring some people and goods over.

Before leaving, he left behind a lot of food and various fruit trees for the farmer to plant.

He returned alone on horseback.

He first went to a pawnbroker, and bought 60 servants, and took them to transfer the property.

30 were taken to the Yellow River, 30 were left behind, and 20 formed a transport team to transport goods from home to the Yellow River. Zhang Dao selected the one with the best swordsmanship to lead the team.

When I'm not transporting goods, I practice martial arts.

Went to the grocery store.

Ask the grocery store to sort out all the items purchased previously and load them onto the carriage.

There were many and varied items, filling more than 10 carriages.

The shopkeeper handed over all the accounts to Zhang Pushang, and he followed him to the ferry.

The ingredients for the drink shop were also packed and loaded into the carriage, and a wave of ice cubes was also replenished for the shop.

The drink shop took away two cooks, one newly trained and one experienced cook, and went to the dessert shop to bring Zhang Yu and a trained shopkeeper.

After some shopping, we set off again without stopping.

The first shop built was given to the grocery store.

【Zhang Huanghe Grocery Store】

The plaque was made in advance, and the carpenter built the shelves and counters.

The renovated grocery store began to display goods.

Arranging goods is a job that requires patience and carefulness. Zhao Yuanzhen was unwilling to do it, so she asked the grocery store owner to hire a few servants to do the arranging.

Of the 30 servants, 16 were first assigned to the ferry, with 8 on each side to help carry the goods.

The remaining 14 people should demonstrate the spirit of a screw and go wherever they are needed.

It took two days to get the grocery store neatly arranged and in good shape.

Setting off firecrackers and opening the business.

The grocery store has a complete range of items and they are cheaper than in Beijing, just around one cent.

The main product is still instant noodles, and the canteen also mainly promotes instant noodles.

A bowl of soaked or cooked food in the cafeteria costs 12 cents, plus an additional 2 cents for labor.

There are many villages on both sides of the Yellow River, but because they are far from towns or provincial capitals, it is inconvenient to go shopping.

Ever since the grocery store opened, the boatmen have been advertising every day, saying that the items in the grocery store are abundant, good and cheap, and the food in the cafeteria is abundant, delicious and cheap.

Brainwashing people crossing the river every day.

Gradually more and more people came to the grocery store and the cafeteria.

Basically, people crossing the river are either buying or selling things.

Some people also try to set up stalls and do business here.

Half a month later, the 10 shops and the market were completed.

We built a few more shops, but we don’t know what they are used for yet, so we use them as warehouses.

A warehouse was also built on the other side of the canteen, otherwise there would be too much stuff to store.

Finally, we started building dormitories.

Pharmacies, clinics and drink shops also began cleaning and decorating, stocking up and opening for business.

The drink shop also sells a variety of teas. The main tea is a cheap large bowl. For an extra penny, you can add some ice cubes. The herbal tea is not to be missed.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought all the furniture and medicinal materials for the clinic through the system. She had been thinking about finding a way to purchase them, but she had forgotten.

I had to buy it in the mall at the last minute.

The cabinet containing medicinal herbs was also bought from the mall, half a day's distance from the nearest town to the Yellow River.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought a house with a yard there just to use it as a warehouse to attract attention.

I placed all the things I bought in the yard and asked a car company to transport them all to the ferry.

I also bought a lot of fresh, various vegetables in the mall, as well as fruits to store for this trip back home.

Send them to the ferry together.

A huge procession of carriages and horses.

I sorted out and arranged everything the herbal medicine shop needed, kept some vegetables and fruits, and sent them to the canteen, asking everyone to distribute some fruit.

The rest was all given to the servant.

They all set up stalls to sell, driving the development of the market.

Soon everyone noticed that there were constant shouting sounds coming from the market shed.

"Fresh vegetables, picked this morning, so juicy, cucumbers, only 4 cents a pound, crisp and fragrant, come and buy some."

"It's Chinese cabbage. Fresh and juicy Chinese cabbage. It's tender and fragrant."

"Horned melon..."

"garlic..."

"eggplant..."

Various dishes are being hawked for sale.

Zhao Yuanzhen's clinic was opened after two days of cleaning up.

The main business of the medical clinic is to see patients, collect medicinal materials, dispense and buy medicines, etc.

Since the clinic opened, the crew members have had new jobs and started bragging about how powerful the doctors in the clinic are. There is nothing they can't cure, including colds, coughs, infertility, headaches, stomachaches, pain in the limbs and back, and bone setting.

This medicine can cure any disease.

The effect was so good that some people who were crossing the river to go to the capital for medical treatment came here to have a look with half belief and half doubt.

It's really true. This female doctor can really treat anything, just as everyone says.

Many stubborn old diseases have been cured.

The title of Zhao Yuanzhen, the female doctor, spread further and further.

When the dormitory was built, Zhao Yuanzhen found that there were many people who needed accommodation, so he built an inn next to the dormitory with a backyard for parking carriages and feeding horses.

The inn selected four servants to clean the place.

4 servants feed the horses etc.

The owner of the drink shop was trained by Zhang Yu.

The clinic is run by himself, the grocery store is run by Zhang Huangchao, the canteen is run by Zhang Xinbai, and the inn is temporarily handed over to Zhang Yu, who is asked to train a shopkeeper to take over the inn. The job of the innkeeper is simple, with a fixed price, charged by the day, and if there are horses, there is an additional charge for feed.

Zhao Yuanzhen gets up early every day to deliver a batch of vegetables. In order to develop the market, she doesn't even sleep in.

During the day, he basically spends his time taking pulses and treating patients in the clinic. Occasionally, when he is not busy, he inspects the various businesses at the ferry.

Instant noodles gradually became popular, and many people came to buy them in large quantities.

Seeing that the stock was running low, Zhao Yuanzhen returned to the capital.

I went back and filled in some materials for each shop and checked the account books.

I went to Zhuangzi and asked the printing house to start printing enlightenment books, as well as the Four Books, the Five Classics, and some common books needed for reading.

Zhao Yuanzhen planned to open a bookstore at the ferry to sell storybooks and study books, as well as various study items such as pens, inks, paper, and inkstones.

The paper mill was also rushing to produce a batch of paper of various qualities.

Gave the farmers rapeseed seeds.

Ask Zhang Shang to find someone to build a cement drying yard next to the farmland to facilitate drying of crops.

The rice harvesting method in Daliang Dynasty relied entirely on thrashing, which was very slow.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought a few stone rollers to thresh grain.

Tell the farmers that the rice harvest is over and to immediately tidy up the fields and plant rapeseed.

It is July now, and many fruits and vegetables have matured in the orchard. I keep some for home, dry some and make jam. I keep enough for the shops to sell, and take the rest away.

Also bring the stock from the instant noodle warehouse.

I went to Butler Xiao to settle the dividends for the past two months, and I received almost 100 million.

They picked out four clever and literate maids and took them away. Lan Ying wanted to go with them, so they took her along as well.

A huge convoy.

Zhao Yuanzhen was afraid that something might happen to the convoy, so she followed the convoy, wandering around for three days.

There are already several people in the clinic waiting for her to come back.

The next day, the people at the ferry were surprised to find that not only had the doctor returned, but there were also five more little girls in the clinic.

Zhao Yuanzhen planned to train these people to be doctors, and he couldn't stay here all the time.

In order to get started quickly, she did not learn all the herbs first and then move on to the next one as she would do on her own.

She asked them to memorize the commonly used herbs in her medicine cabinet.

Then, I will prescribe the prescriptions myself for how to treat various diseases and how to get the medicine. I just need to increase or decrease the dosage according to the condition of the disease.

Those who have memorized the medicine cabinet can come and learn the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases. It is a learning-while-teaching process.

Over at the market, the new batch of fruits, vegetables, eggs, etc. that Zhao Yuanzhen brought back greatly enriched the market.

Everyone found that people were selling many fruits and vegetables that they had never seen before at the market.

Those who are curious will buy some to try.