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Chapter 436 It’s time to open the market

It is the end of the year in a blink of an eye. After a year of hard work, many fruit trees and flowers have been planted on the hilltop behind the mountain.

The market center at the foot of the mountain has also been built.

There are two streets intersecting in a cross shape, and the street is surrounded by a gate shape. The other side is the entrance to the market.

As for the shops in the center of the market, Liu's father distributed some of them according to previous discussions. He bought a few from Shen Wanshan and planned to keep the rest of the shops to attract more investors slowly.

Father Liu looked at the shops in the market. The cross-shaped shops in the middle were all small shops. Some of the shops owned by the company had already started to be renovated and organized, preparing to open the market before the New Year.

Father Liu first released the investment promotion information to several nearby villages. Villagers could try the shop for free for three months and then decide whether to rent the shop after three months. Of course, the rent of the shop was set at the beginning, and there would be no discount after the three-month trial.

Another option is to sign a one-year lease contract, which allows you to enjoy a 50% discount. This way, it is definitely more cost-effective to rent for a year.

The village chiefs of the east and west villages first rented a shop from Liu's father, while the villagers were still waiting and watching.

However, the villagers have now found better conditions because they work in Zhonghua Village. Also, seeing the booming business in the back mountain, some people are still optimistic about the development of the market.

After a few days, several more villagers came to rent the shop.

It's not that Liu's father doesn't want to sell the shop, it's just that it wouldn't be cost-effective if the shop was sold at a low price. They have already sold some of the shops, all of which belong to people with connections. Even if people in the village want to buy them at a low price, few can afford it.

Just at the end of November, the new emperor ascended the throne and issued a general amnesty. All taxes for the next year were halved, including agricultural and commercial taxes.

Liu's father held a formal opening ceremony in December.

Many officials and their families in the city were invited, and some invitations were also sent out by merchants in the city. For Luo Hong's sake, these merchants would definitely send people to participate, even if they had to send their unfavored descendants.

Father Liu didn't care, as long as someone came.

The most common items at the market are things produced by Liu's father and his family. The food factories now produce more types of products, and many of them are suitable for long-term storage, such as rice noodles, sweet potato noodles, potato noodles, dried tofu skin, dried tofu sticks, and the cooked food area also has a variety of biscuits, glutinous rice noodles, instant noodles, instant rice, etc.

Of course, there are also shops selling food. Delicious spicy hot pot, braised meat shops, kimchi shops, fast food shops, and dim sum shops are all opened on the most conspicuous street.

The villagers’ shops have also opened, including shops selling handicrafts and woodcrafts, shops selling their own agricultural products, and shops selling snacks, including local specialty snacks.

Liu's father also opened a restaurant and a teahouse on the street, and introduced mahjong as an entertainment activity in the teahouse. Lin Weizhong took Shen Wanshan and others to play in the hall, and also taught others how to play.

Gambling is not encouraged. Chips are used to win or lose. At the end, the chips are counted and the person who loses the most chips will treat the others to a good meal at a restaurant.

However, gambling cannot be completely banned, but as for mahjong, as long as the stakes are not too big, winning or losing is not a big deal and it can be treated as entertainment.

Father Liu has set the market time for the 2nd, 5th and 8th of every month, which means there are nine market days in a month. People can come on other days, but it won't be as lively.

When the fruit trees and flowers on the hill behind are in bloom and the tourism project is developed, the market here will be very lively.

Gradually, more and more people came to the market.

It also attracted many businessmen.

There were also some shipping merchants at the docks who saw business opportunities after trying the food at the market.

So these merchants came to the market spontaneously, and the number of people increased.

These people come to the market to wholesale goods, then ship them to other counties by ship to sell them, making a profit from the difference.

Liu Caixia asked Liu Xiaolu to write a lot of flyers, similar to business cards, and distribute them to customers and merchants coming to the market.

The flyer contained very detailed information, and gradually the market became famous.

Gradually, more and more people came to the market to rent shops.

Some chambers of commerce come to rent shops to wholesale their own products, including food, clothing, and daily necessities, all kinds of goods.

The Chinese New Year is just around the corner and business is always brisk on market days.

As more and more people came, many came in empty-handed and left with large and small bags.

Liu's father's inn has also opened. This inn is on the left side of the market and is a row of two-story courtyards.

Merchants from other places who come to the market and stay there too late do not have to rush back to the city to live, they can spend the night at the market.

Liu's father also developed a food street, which is full of food.

On market day, the street is brightly lit from early morning to midnight.

Liu Caixia launched food stalls and barbecues. Many people fell in love with this novel food after trying it. There is no man who doesn't like to have a couple of drinks with barbecue.

Liu Qianxue and Sun Yaqing opened a sweet water shop, selling drinks such as milk tea and fruit tea, which is very popular among women and children.

With the popularity of the market, time is tight and the task is heavy. What should we do if the demand is high and supply cannot meet the demand?

We must recruit people and expand production!

The family’s food factory, pig farm and rabbit farm underwent a second expansion.

They spread the word that they were recruiting, and people from several surrounding villages came to sign up. Liu's father and mother were in charge of the recruitment work at home. After all, they were the ones who cooked, so the requirements were definitely strict. People who were sneaky, dishonest and had bad behavior would definitely not be hired.

With the help of the village chief, Liu's father screened and finally recruited another group of workers.

At the end of the year, Liu's father arranged to slaughter the New Year pig, make sausages, smoke bacon, make smoked rabbit, etc. These things can be sold at the market after they are finished. These things can be stored for a long time and transported to other places to sell.

In the blink of an eye, it’s time to settle accounts at the end of the year.

I spent money in the first half of this year, and the most profitable time was the more than two months when the market was open.

Pig farms and rabbit farms have the largest output at the end of the year and make the most money.

The food factory also has good profits. Liu's father also sells the potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers and other crops grown at home to the food factory at cost price, and the money earned belongs to their family.

After all the workers' wages were settled, Liu's father took out all the money he could share.

This year everyone is still quite confused as many things are combined together. By next year, the division of labor will be clearer, and it will be much clearer when we do the accounting at the end of the year.

Father Liu took out the account book and explained everything to everyone. Finally, he divided the money among everyone according to the proportions agreed upon previously.

Everybody was satisfied, took their share, and went home happily. Some people were even planning to buy some fixed assets such as fields, shops, and houses.