The Second Sister of a Farmer's Family's Path to Imperial Destiny

Inside the house, the two men reached an agreement on the location of the workshop and the profit sharing, but they started arguing on another aspect.

"The seasonings in the workshop should be provided by the workshop in Guojia Village, otherwise the taste will change!"

"Wouldn't it be the same if you sent some skilled workers to the workshop? Are you sure you don't want to give the power of raw materials to other workshops just because you want your workshop to make more money?"

Guo Xin was so angry that she gasped and said, "If I were so petty, would you still cooperate with me!?"

Zhao He sneered, "Aren't you forced to cooperate with me because of the situation? Isn't it because choosing to cooperate with me is the best choice?"

The quarrel between the two attracted the attention of Pei Yuan and Guo Ruo who were waiting outside the house.

Guo Ruo was a little worried about his second sister, so he asked, "Should we go in? Your master won't beat my sister, right?"

Pei Yuan shook his head. It was the first time he had seen the Sixth Prince being so sarcastic. However, the Sixth Prince was well-known for his good temper in the royal family, and he would never hit anyone. He said, "No need to go in. I know my master. He won't hit your sister. This is the first time I've seen him like this."

Guo Ruo was still worried, so he found a crack in the door and put his ear close to it, holding a broom from the yard in his hand, ready to rush in the first time if anything happened.

Guo Xin glared at Zhao He in front of her, not knowing how to explain. Although she had the selfish intention of making money for her workshop, those seasonings had to be processed using special techniques to ensure they would not deteriorate. This was something she had figured out after thinking about it for a long time.

If it were placed in the workshops in various provincial cities, even if the managers were very strict, the ingredients might spoil due to the selfishness of the workers. Wouldn't that ruin the reputation of the workshop and the hot pot restaurant?

Not only is the management of her own workshop very strict, but the workers inside are also carefully selected. They are all women of good character, meticulous and worry-free.

Nowadays, workshops are everywhere, and the workers they hire are definitely randomly found. It is far from enough to rely solely on strict management and skilled workers.

"What are you worried about?" After arguing for a long time, Zhao He suddenly realized that Guo Xin was so persistent most likely because he had some concerns, so he asked.

"I can make concessions, but I want to personally review the candidates selected by the workshop." Guo Xin said after thinking for a long time.

Zhao He understood immediately after hearing this and said, "You are afraid that someone has ulterior motives and has added something to the things in the workshop. If that is the case, you can rest assured. I plan to buy people directly from the dental clinic. Their deeds and lives are in my hands, so I dare not act rashly."

Guo Xin shook his head. Although some people might fear for their lives, if someone, out of jealousy of the profits of the workshop, offered to save the slaves' lives or let them enjoy the luxury of a nobleman during their lifetime, then there was no guarantee that the slaves would not turn to the other side.

"No, this is not safe enough. Not to mention the high cost of buying people, if the slave is not afraid of death, and something is added to the workshop, how can the reputation of the hot pot restaurant be preserved? You know that once something is tainted, it is difficult to remove it."

Zhao He did not speak, but tapped the table rhythmically with his fingers, and said calmly: "What you said does not make sense, I did not think enough, but if we review them one by one, I am afraid that the workshop will not be built in a short time."

Zhao He did not say the second half of the sentence. He was in urgent need of money now and could not build the workshop slowly. If it were in the past, he would have agreed to build the workshop slowly, but now was different from the past.

Guo Xin looked at Zhao He in front of him and knew that he might be eager to get the money. Otherwise, why would this high and mighty prince choose to come to this small house three times?

Then he said, "If you are in a hurry to build a workshop or a hot pot restaurant, I suggest you don't buy any servants. You can choose honest women like I did. They usually have good character, so you don't have to screen them slowly."

Woman?

It was the same as Aunt Mo's restaurant. There had never been any betrayal of the master in that restaurant. He had always thought that it was because of Aunt Mo's good methods that she managed the servants so well. But now, after hearing what Guo Xin said, it seemed that it was also because of the woman's good character.

Zhao He said: "Okay. Then let's do as you say."

Seeing that the matter was settled, Guo Xin added: "It's just that the hot pot base of the hot pot restaurant can only be made by my workshop in Guojia Village. This is the core of the hot pot restaurant. It's not that I don't trust you to hand it over to you."

"I just don't want more people to know how the hot pot base is made. If more people come, Shunan Hotpot Restaurant will not only be Shunan Hotpot Restaurant, but also Shunyi Hotpot Restaurant, Shunxin Hotpot Restaurant and so on."

Zhao He had no objection to this. He already took 70% of the profits of the workshop. If the hot pot base was unwilling to give up the profits, then the girl in front of him would probably ruin the workshop and would not be willing to cooperate with him.

Guo Xin was a little surprised to see that the man had no objection, but she would not ask any more questions, so she said, "Then I will take Master Liu out?"

When the two people outside the door heard this, they stood up straight instantly and quietly returned to their original positions to avoid the two people inside coming out and seeing what was really indecent.

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After seeing off Zhao He and the others, Guo Xin was planning to get involved in a new business. However, she didn't know many things and she only had some talent in cooking and cooking-related things, so for her next new business, she planned to be a middleman or something like that.

During the past few months in Suining City, she observed many markets and found that most of the markets preferred to sell the same kind of things. If she wanted to buy things of other categories, she had to go to another market.

At first, she thought it was a government regulation. Later, after talking to several shops and government offices, she learned that it was originally merchants who, for the sake of saving trouble and being on the safe side, saw that stores of that category were selling well, so they rushed to open shops in an attempt to get a piece of the pie.

But wouldn’t there be merchants who don’t believe in superstition and go to other markets to buy similar items?

Guo Xin became curious and asked some familiar merchants about these things. He found out that there were some merchants who did not believe in it. They thought that their stores would appear more unique in other markets and would attract more people to buy from them.

However, all the merchants who dared to try ended up in failure. After careful inquiry, they found out that people already had a fixed market for buying things, and no one trusted things that suddenly appeared in other markets.

Guo Xin wondered if he could open a supermarket like the one he had seen in his previous life, and do enough promotion in the early stages, he wondered if it would start a new trend.