A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

In the future, we will open hot pot restaurants and barbecue restaurants in county towns and prefectural cities, and then chili peppers and other dishes will flourish everywhere.”

Zhang Chao: "Yueyue, your idea is good. Besides, I have another idea. Since we have expanded the sales channels, can we let the delivery people collect the peppers locally and send them back to the village? Otherwise, we will have to rely on your uncles and there will be a shortage of peppers."

Zhang Xingyun: "Xiao Chao is right, Yueyue, if this is the case, and we can charge according to the price we give to uncles, then the guards will be more motivated."

Zhang Xinghao: "Yueyue, if that's the case, then the twenty or so people the village has currently recruited may not be enough, and we have to continue recruiting."

Zhang Yunyue: "It's like this, I've thought about it, Uncle Li, Brother Ahai, and Brother Ahe will stay with us, and then Uncle Zhao from the village will be responsible for recruiting and training people temporarily, or recruit another 20 people.

After the other uncles bring the trained people to the provincial capital, you will follow them and start visiting the various counties.

By the way, Uncle Li, please tell my grandfather that we need to expand the workshop and hire more people. Otherwise, if the cooperation is finally concluded, our workshop will not be able to meet the demands of the other party, which will affect the reputation of our workshop."

Li Da nodded: "Okay, I got it. They have learned how to drive a carriage during this period. I will check them out when the time comes. There shouldn't be any problem."

"Okay, Uncle Li, be careful when you go back tomorrow."

"During this time, Big Brother, Second Brother, and Brother Xiaochao, you should first find out how many counties and towns there are in Yunzhou, where they are located, and how far apart they are. Let's first understand the basic situation clearly, and we can set off directly as soon as Uncle Li comes back."

"Okay, Yueyue."

Next, Li Da drove back to Zhangjia Village with the 1,200 taels of silver given by Zhang Yunyue.

Zhang Xingyun and the other two began to collect basic information about the counties under the jurisdiction of Yunzhou.

Li Da drove the carriage back to Zhangjia Village with the silver bills.

The carriage stopped in front of the Zhang family's house. Grandpa Zhang, who had just returned from a visit, saw Li Da who had just stopped the carriage.

He walked up quickly and asked with concern: "Oh, it's really you, Li Da, why are you back today? How are Yueyue and the others?"

Li Da: "Uncle Zhang, I'm back to pick up the goods. Yueyue asked me to bring you a message. I'll pull the carriage to the yard behind the old house and talk to you later."

"Oh, okay, okay, you go first."

Grandpa Zhang returned to the house first and waited for Li Da in the main room. Grandpa Zhang also called back other family members.

Li Da drove the carriage to the stable and locked it up. He fed some fodder to the carriage, said hello to Zhao Hu and others, and went to the next door first.

He greeted several people sitting in the main room.

Father Zhang said, "Li Da, you are coming back to transport goods this time, right?"

Li Da nodded: "Yes, in addition to the needs of the food store, Yueyue has signed a contract with several grocery stores in the city. In the future, the peppers from our workshop will also be sold in several grocery stores in the city. This time we came back to get the goods they need.

One thousand kilograms of each, a total of four thousand kilograms, Uncle Zhang, Brother Zhang, Ah Cheng, how many days do you think it will take to prepare them?"

Father Zhang thought for a moment and said, "Well, Li Da, I'll go ask Xiao Zhong later. I think it might not be enough. After all, we have to leave some for Tianxianglou. There can't be any loss of goods for Tianxianglou. After all, we have cooperated for several years and are already old customers.

According to the two you asked for, I guess we will have to keep everyone busy at night these days to catch up with your needs."

Li Da: "Okay, by the way, Uncle Zhang, Brother Zhang, Ah Cheng, I have to tell you first that Yueyue and the others are now collecting information about the counties and towns under the jurisdiction of Yunzhou, and are preparing to sell the peppers from the workshop to the grocery stores in these places for direct cooperation.

So Yueyue asked me to tell you that you may have to increase production. If the workshop is small, expand it and hire more people. Otherwise, when there are too many orders and the workshop is out of stock, it will be bad. "

Grandpa Zhang: "Okay, I understand what you mean, we will discuss it here."

"Oh, by the way, the guards I recruited this time will come in handy. Yueyue asked me to go to town and buy fifteen more horses. From now on, we will have our own people to transport goods. Otherwise, it will be inconvenient to rent a carriage every time."

Zhang Cheng: "Really? That's great. In the future, I can ask you to deliver the goods from the county town, and I can make fewer trips. Hahahaha."

"Oh, by the way, Yueyue and the others have discussed that after delivering goods, the escort team can also purchase peppers and peanuts locally and bring them back to the workshop.

Otherwise, when the workshop has a large volume, we will have to rely on the surrounding villages and towns for supply. At that time, we can charge them according to the price of peppers at home, and let the guards earn some money for oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, so that everyone can work more actively. "

Grandpa Zhang nodded: "That's right, we should do it this way."

"Uncle Zhang, that's all. Tomorrow morning I will take people to the town to buy horses and carriages. Yueyue will give me the money for the carriage."

"That's fine."

“Okay, Uncle Zhang, now that we’ve finished talking, I’ll go to Dashan’s house first, tell him about Xiaochao’s situation, and then I’ll go home.

In addition, Yueyue and the others asked us to tell you that they are all doing well in the capital city, so you don’t have to worry.”

"Okay, I'll take you there. Thank you for taking care of the kids during this time."

Grandpa Zhang, Father Zhang and Zhang Cheng stood up and prepared to see Li Da out.

Li Da waved his hand and stood up as well: "Uncle Zhang, from what you said, this is how it should be."

When they arrived at the door, Li Da refused to let Grandpa Zhang and the others see him off. He turned around, took his luggage and went to Zhang Dashan's house.

At Zhang Dashan's home, he told Zhang Dashan about Zhang Chao's situation in the provincial capital, reported that he was safe, and then went home.

I plan to take a rest tonight and then come back to the Zhang family’s old house tomorrow. I will bring the martial artists with me and go to the town together.

Had a night's rest.

After breakfast, Li Da went to the Zhang family's old house.

At this moment, Zhao Hu and his men had already started training at the Zhang family's old house.

Li Da called out to Zhao Hu from a distance: "Zhao Hu."

"Brother Li, you are here."

"Well, let me see how they are practicing first."

"Okay."

Then Zhao Hu shouted to the people who were practicing, "Everyone stop for a moment and listen to me. I will teach you martial arts. Practice it from beginning to end for Brother Li."

"Yes."

So Li Da watched everyone's exercises from beginning to end.

"Zhao Hu, that's great! You've practiced well." After saying that, he patted Zhao Hu's shoulder heavily.

"Okay, I'll take them to town to buy a carriage today. I'll have something to talk to you guys about when I come back."

"Okay, then go do your thing first."