A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

When he arrived at the gate, Sun Li saw a plaque with the words "Zhang's Chili Oil Workshop" hanging on it, and he knew he had arrived. The air was filled with the smell of chili peppers, which was a bit pungent, but mixed with other smells, with a hint of rich fragrance in the pungent smell.

He jumped off the carriage and said, "Boss, we have arrived at Zhang's chili oil workshop. There is smoke above and there are people inside. I will go and knock on the door."

When Manager Dong heard Sun Li say where they were, he jumped off the carriage, walked to the gate, and said, "Well, go ahead!"

"Boom, bang, bang."

Zhang Yunyue was in the kitchen watching the aunties making chili oil when she suddenly heard a loud knock on the door.

So he walked out of the kitchen and went to the workshop door to open it.

Zhang Yunyue looked at Manager Dong in surprise, thinking that the person would come at noon or in the afternoon, but he actually arrived at the 9th hour.

"Oh, Manager Dong, you're here so early! Please come in."

Zhang Yunyue invited Boss Dong into the reception room near the main door, then went to the noodle-pounding room to call Grandpa Zhang over, and poured Boss Dong a cup of tea.

"Boss Dong, please have some tea."

"Who is this?" Boss Dong looked at Grandpa Zhang.

"This is my grandpa." Zhang Yunyue introduced.

Shopkeeper Dong stood up and clasped his fists towards Grandpa Zhang, "Hello, old man, your workshop is well built!"

"Hey, it's not bad. Isn't this the help from Tianxianglou? Thank you Tianxianglou for taking a liking to my mung bean jelly and chili oil."

Shopkeeper Dong waved his hands repeatedly: "You can't say that. Your mung bean jelly is very popular in Tianxianglou. I have received replies from Tianxianglou in other states before. It is very popular among dignitaries!"

"That's good, that's good. Manager Dong, you have been sitting in the carriage for a long time. You can rest here for a while, and we will weigh the chili oil."

"Okay, just by smelling the smell in the air, I can already imagine how much it will attract customers, hahahaha"

Shopkeeper Dong joked with a smile.

Then they chatted for a while, and Grandpa Zhang took Manager Dong to the warehouse where the chili oil cans were kept and opened all the lids of the oil cans.

"Boss Dong, please look here. These are all the chili peppers that our workshop has produced in the past few days. You can take a look."

Grandpa Zhang raised his hand and invited Boss Dong to check them one by one.

Following Grandpa Zhang's invitation, Shopkeeper Dong walked towards the oil tank and looked at the quality and taste of the chili oil one by one. Zhang Yunyue even took a small bowl and a spoon, scooped out some, and handed it to Shopkeeper Dong.

"Manager Dong, try this. Just looking at and smelling the food is not as good as trying it yourself, don't you think?"

Shopkeeper Dong took the bowl from Zhang Yunyue and took a bite. "Not bad, the same as the chili oil before. It's easy to like the taste."

"That's good, otherwise we would have let down Tianxianglou's trust in our chili oil."

Shopkeeper Dong handed the bowl back to Zhang Yunyue, then smiled and said:

"Mr. Zhang, Miss Zhang, there is nothing wrong with these chili peppers. You can arrange for someone to weigh them."

Grandpa Zhang smiled and replied, "Okay, okay, I'll arrange for someone to come and help weigh it."

Then Grandpa Zhang walked out of the warehouse and called a few people who were working in the noodle pounding room.

"Xiaozhong, Xiaolin, Zhang Yi, Zhang Dong, come and help with the weighing."

"Hey, here we come, Third Grandpa." Zhang Xingzhong and Zhang Xinglin responded.

"Okay, I'll be right there, Uncle Zhang." Zhang Yi and Zhang Dashan also responded.

The four of them came to the warehouse, and the waiter from Tianxianglou also followed them to move the chili oil jars to the yard one by one. While they were moving the oil jars, Grandpa Zhang called two people over to start weighing them, and Zhang Yunyue was responsible for recording the weight.

Before weighing, Zhang Yunyue took an empty ceramic jar that could hold 10 kilograms and weighed it. It weighed kilograms. This was to make it easier to weigh all the chili peppers and then subtract the weight of the ceramic jar.

After all the oil tanks were weighed, the workshop employees and the waiter from Tianxianglou moved the chili oil tanks onto the carriage and secured them with ropes.

After everything was moved, the workshop employees returned to the noodle pounding room to continue working, while the waiter from Tianxianglou stayed beside the carriage. Grandpa Zhang led Manager Dong to the reception room as before.

When Grandpa Zhang and Shopkeeper Dong sat down to drink tea, Zhang Yunyue calculated that all the chili peppers, including the pot, weighed 1921 catties, and 1751 catties without the pottery pot, a total of 87 taels and 550 coins.

After figuring out the result, Zhang Yunyue was afraid that he had made a mistake, so he calculated it again. When there was no problem on both sides, he handed the paper to Shopkeeper Dong to calculate it himself.

"Manager Dong, this is the amount I calculated for the settlement. Please calculate it again to see if there is any problem."

Shopkeeper Dong took the paper handed over by Zhang Yunyue and started calculating with the abacus on the table. There was no problem with Zhang Yunyue's calculation.

"Ms. Zhang's algorithm is very powerful. She can get the result without using an abacus. Moreover, the result calculated by me is exactly the same as Miss Zhang's. I admire you very much." After saying that, Shopkeeper Dong clasped his fists and bowed to Zhang Yunyue.

"Manager Dong, you are too polite. This is just a simple calculation of my own. It is not worth mentioning. If I were to use an abacus, I would be far behind, haha!"

Zhang Yunyue said embarrassedly, after all, there was no multiplication table and no nine-year compulsory education in this era.

Shopkeeper Dong took out the silver note from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Yunyue, giving Zhang Yunyue a silver note for 80 taels and another 7 taels and 55 wen.

"The silver note is from Wantong Bank. It can be exchanged at any Wantong Bank in the entire Yuanqi Country. Mr. Zhang and Miss Zhang, please rest assured."

Zhang Yunyue took the banknote and the silver: "Okay, thank you, Manager Dong."

Shopkeeper Dong stood up and clasped his fists towards Grandpa Zhang and said, "Mr. Zhang, Miss Zhang, since the oil chili peppers have been handed over, I will not bother you any more. We still have to transport all these oil chili peppers to the county town today."

Zhang Yunyue and Grandpa Zhang also stood up and saw Manager Dong out.

Grandpa Zhang: "Manager Dong, if that's the case, then I won't keep you here. Go slowly."

Zhang Yunyue: "Take care, Manager Dong. You are welcome to visit us again in five days."

"Okay, okay, Mr. Zhang, Miss Zhang, see you in five days."

After saying goodbye to the two men, Manager Dong got on the restaurant's carriage and headed for the town.

The people in the noodle pounding room heard Grandpa Zhang and Zhang Yunyue seeing someone off, the sound of the carriage gradually faded away, and the people in the noodle pounding room began to discuss.

"We just moved out 17 cans of chili oil, which must be about to kilograms. This Tianxianglou is really generous."

"Yes, we just loaded them onto the carriages, and there were five carriages coming to Tianxianglou!"

“But seeing that Tianxianglou sold so many chili oil, that proves that we can work in the workshop longer, right? Hehe, hehe.” After the person spoke, he smiled at everyone.