The couple in the last days traveled to ancient times, farming and storing grain and meat in the war

When these wealthy families saw the diagram of the deseeding machine, they were also very surprised, their eyes lit up surprisingly. This would definitely make a lot of money.

Mr. Tao is a shrewd man in the ways of the world, so he will not take all the credit for himself. He will never let Jiang Yatou take all the credit for himself, so he said:

"This seed thresher was actually invented by the county magistrate's fiancée, Miss Jiang Ningning. Thanks to her suggestion, I was able to think of it. I can't just make money by myself, I have to help everyone make money together."

Which of the wealthy people present was not surprised? It turned out that Miss Jiang wanted to take them to make money together?

And isn’t the county magistrate behind Miss Jiang? Maybe this is also the county magistrate’s intention.

Although they donated a lot of money before, Miss Jiang and the county magistrate really didn't let them suffer any loss. Are they going to compensate them in this way?

Mr. Tao continued, "Miss Jiang also said that she doesn't want any share, as long as we set the price lower, but each quilt must not exceed the cost price of twenty cents.

I thought this was a great act of kindness, mainly to provide for the famine-stricken people. So, if a quilt costs 500 coins, I'd sell it for 510 coins. What do you think?"

Even if the net profit per bed is ten cents, it is still extremely profitable.

After all, when a person sleeps, he or she uses more than one quilt. At least there should be one to cover himself or herself and one to put underneath, right?

What's more, some families have many people, so they need to buy more quilts.

Furthermore, although it was mainly for the hungry, it was actually aimed at those in the entire Great Yan who could afford such a low-priced quilt...

Also, since Miss Jiang was the one who made money for them, they had to give her some face. Since this was Miss Jiang's request...

These wealthy families naturally agreed happily.

"Okay, then let's do this business together. I'll give you 200,000 taels," said Mr. Tao.

Immediately, a wealthy man said, "I don't have that much money, but I can offer 80,000 taels!"

"I also want 80,000 taels!"

"I don't have 80,000 taels, but I have 60,000 taels!"

"I have 40,000 taels"

"I have thirty thousand taels."

"I'll give you fifty thousand taels."

All the wealthy families present spoke up. They all knew how much money they would contribute at the beginning and what proportion they would receive. In the future, the money would be distributed according to this proportion.

The larger the proportion, the more money you will get.

But Mr. Tao is the richest man in the county, and he can easily come up with so much money. Others really can't come up with that much easily, and can only come up with tens of thousands of taels.

The minimum is 20,000 taels.

In the end, he managed to save up a total of two million taels as capital to start this quilt business.

As soon as the money was gathered, he immediately found a trustworthy carpenter to follow the blueprints and made 4,000 cottonseed threshers within three days.

At the same time, craftsmen were also asked to make other tools needed in the quilt production process, starting with 3,000 sets.

The construction period is only three days.

They also bought up cotton in large quantities.

There was no time to set up a quilt-making factory, so Mr. Tao and other wealthy families used their large empty warehouses at the dock as factories temporarily.

They also hired hungry refugees who had fled famine, and those who knew how to fluff cotton and make quilts were given priority.

At one time, all the hungry people in the resettlement tents in Dengping County were basically hired out, leaving only the elderly, weak, sick and disabled who were unable to work.

Even so, it is still not enough to hire the people for the factory that Mr. Tao and his team have built. Although it is expected to only hire for one month, it still requires too many people.

Word spread quickly, and even the unemployed hungry people from nearby counties flocked to Dengping County and started working in the factory.

This quilt factory alone employed thousands of hungry people.

The county magistrates of those counties naturally felt relieved, but at the same time, they thought Dengping County had gone crazy. What if these hungry people refused to leave after finishing their work and stayed in Dengping County? How could Dengping County afford to support them?

And I think it must have been allowed by Xiao Yan, the magistrate of Dengping County, otherwise, if such a large number of hungry people suddenly entered Dengping County, Xiao Yan would definitely not have failed to stop it.

At this time, Xiao Yan was extremely busy.

A large number of new hungry people poured in to work at the Dengping County Cotton Mill, and they had to be registered and resettled in detail. Almost all the government officials were sent out, and even after Xiao Yan finished dealing with the affairs of the government office, he had to rush out of the government office to help.

There are many tents set up at the entrance and exit of Dengping County from the north.

Someone was doing the registration, and the bookkeepers were so busy that they didn't even have to look up. The people distributing porridge were also so busy that they couldn't even take a break.

As soon as Xiao Yan got off his horse, he helped move the food that had been transported from the county and would be used to make porridge in the evening to the bottom of a shed specifically for storing food.

He naturally knew that these newly hungry people might not leave Dengping County after a month when there were no quilts to make.

By then, he will definitely face the survival issues of many people.

But if we don't hire so many people, we won't be able to produce so many quilts so quickly to keep the hungry people warm, and some people will freeze to death...

Besides, by hiring so many people now, at least these people won't face the risk of starvation for the time being...

In short, he would rather face more problems than let people starve or freeze to death.

Once people starve to death or freeze to death, they will never come back to life.

At worst, he can just find a way later.

He and his wife will definitely be able to come up with a solution.

I really couldn't think of any other solution, so I could only take food and heating supplies from his wife's space.

On this day, when Xiao Yan was helping out at the porridge stall again, Mr. Tao from the Tao family stood by the window for a long time, no one knew what he was thinking about.

Mrs. Tao was puzzled, but she walked over anyway. "The threshers and other things are almost finished, and we've harvested so much cotton that the warehouses are full. The hired workers, both men and women, are rushing to make quilts and cotton clothes. Everything's going well, but I see you looking worried about something."

Mr. Tao sighed, "I'm not worried about anything, but I'm thinking about Jiang girl's righteous act in this matter, and what Jiang girl said the other day, that if anything really happened to Qian Ting and the others, she would support all of Qian Ting's family members."

Madam Tao nodded and said, "Jiang girl really doesn't look like a girl. She is more courageous than a seven-foot man. Most men wouldn't say such words."

"That's right." Mr. Tao also nodded. "It's not a fish in the pond, it's definitely not a fish in the pond."

He also said: "She actually hired five people with such high skills to protect her family. I think she is preparing for a rainy day and is going to do something big.

I thought the county magistrate was so decisive and resolute that he was the one who wanted to accomplish something big, but I didn't expect that she was also the one.

Sure enough, I am old and can’t keep up.

It’s up to the young people.”

Madam Tao asked, "What do you mean?"

Mr. Tao did not say it directly, but asked someone to go to the academy to call Tao Cheng back.

Mrs. Tao hurriedly asked, "Why call him back? He is studying in the academy."