Don't worry about traveling through time, she has an all-powerful senior sister to help her

"They were divided into several hundred-household units along the way, with several hundred-household units every seventy or eighty miles, and there were both good and bad roads.

Xiao Zhuzi, did they say they would pick it up at your door, or do they want us to deliver it?"

After Shen Huai joined the Ministry of Workers, he carefully looked through a lot of information. He knew exactly where the materials were delivered and where this place belonged.

Moreover, he had to personally supervise some construction projects, so memorizing the routes on the map became common.

Shen Lingzhu was dumbfounded: "Aren't they camping twenty miles away? My aunt said it was a small valley where horses are raised.

And that guy named Zhuang Baibu only gave an address, what a loss! If he had to deliver it nearly a hundred miles round trip, it would have been two hundred miles, and the cost of the men and horses was also a cost."

She looked at her senior sister Shen Miaozhu: "Second sister, you really hit the nail on the head."

"Doing business is not easy. At most I will make less money this time." Shen Miaozhu wanted to go out for a walk and get familiar with the local customs and practices.

However, Shen Huai said, "Since they only left one address, there is no need for us to send it to other places."

"They will come to pick up the goods and pay the balance in ten days. I am mainly worried that the journey to measure the size will be difficult and will delay the work.

Since you don't have to run far, there's nothing to worry about.

Uncle, you don't know until you work. We are seriously short-handed, and what we have now is sawn and block planks. In the future, when we collect a lot of logs, we will need more manpower to cut and saw them." Shen Lingzhu looked up at him.

Then he whispered, "Is there any money left to hire a carpenter?"

Shen Huai and Hu exchanged a glance, both amused by her eager look. "Yes, Taoist Xuan Lingzi has already sent his disciples to escort the ox cart to deliver the money. After paying off the various families, we will allocate ten taels of the remaining twenty taels specifically for the capital of the bellows."

"Escort, is it all copper coins?" Shen Lingzhu, who should have been happy, was shocked. She turned around and asked her senior sister how many kilograms of copper coins were equivalent to three hundred and fifty taels of silver.

Just thinking about counting several carts of copper coins made her feel terrified.

While she was lost in thought, her elder brother rubbed her hair vigorously: "What are you thinking about? It's definitely impossible to bring in 3,000 kilograms of copper coins. Most of it is small change.

The Qixing Temple is deep in the mountains, so the incense isn't very popular. They have two or three hundred acres of thin land on the hills, and they mainly hire tenants to grow herbs to make money."

"The herbal medicine business is more profitable than farming." Shen Miaozhu seemed to be thinking about something. When she heard that her family had a hundred acres of sacrificial land, she also wanted to do the business of growing medicinal herbs, but sacrificial land became a luxury. The dense forest behind the house had shattered this idea.

Shen Lingzhu asked curiously, "Seven Stars Temple also has a tax exemption quota. Didn't the nearby villagers donate their land?"

Shen Huai said: "Yes, but now the land of each temple is limited to 500 mu or less, and the excess land must pay taxes according to regulations.

Taoist Priest Xuan Lingzi of the Seven Stars Temple has not yet been canonized, so he normally wouldn't exceed the rules and accept more donations."

……

The Xuan Lingzi they were talking about had just sealed the empty treasury. His senior disciple Zhiyuan said behind him, "Master, from last year to this year, the medicinal herbs have been affected by pests and weather, and the income has been declining. We are left with these few hundred taels of living money.

You were particularly generous and gave Mr. Shen a low interest rate."

"Isn't the rent from his land also money?" Xuan Lingzi didn't feel like he was at a loss.

"The land rent has to wait until the second half of the year, and the problem now is that the temple has no money.

A rain destroyed most of the medicinal herbs, but you refused to interrupt your free monthly consultations and sometimes didn't even charge me for the medicine.

The income was not enough to cover the expenses, so the two uncles, dissatisfied with the hardship they were living, separated and left. Zhiyuan was particularly dissatisfied with the uncles taking away most of the money, after all, it was the place where they were raised.

Xuan Lingzi smiled and said, "In the past, it was your two uncles who traveled around buying and selling herbs and performing rituals. It is only natural that they should share the inheritance.

Your master knows that you want to go to the capital to try your luck, but your cultivation is still shallow. If you really want to leave, you need to cultivate for another two to three years.

Go, deliver the silver to the Shen family and take the deed back."

Zhiyuan left reluctantly without noticing Xuan Lingzi shaking his head. The capital city is in turmoil right now, and the old Taoist dare not let you go at this moment.

Fortunately, after arriving at the Shen family, Zhiyuan had already put away his dissatisfied expression and handed over the silver and money smoothly.

When he was about to say goodbye, Shen Lingzhu came up to him to promote his own bellows and invited him to the kitchen to experience it for himself.

Shen Xianzhu thought that his sister seemed a little crazy these past two days because of the bellows, but he never expected that Taoist Zhiyuan would follow him to the kitchen so swiftly.

He was a little bit unbelievable that Zhiyuan, who was a Taoist with an immortal appearance, was fooled by Xiao Zhuzi: "Dad, is it so easy?"

"Haha, Taoist priests emphasize acting naturally and letting your heart follow yours." Shen Huai didn't stop the children from trying. He instructed, "Go find Second Grandpa and ask the village head to be a witness.

At 12:00 PM, please ask Second Grandpa to choose a place for everyone to collect their money."

"Uncle, you can't."

"Master is not right."

Shen Miaozhu and her aunt stopped them at the same time.

Shen Huai was puzzled at first, but after looking at the two of them and seeing Erwang trembling with fear as he guarded the money basket, he understood why.

Distributing such large baskets of money in front of all the villagers is equivalent to exposing every family's financial situation, which is likely to attract scoundrels.

He then said, "It seems that we can only deliver it to each house one by one, and it is not appropriate to ask the village head for help."

"Dad, I'll pay it back for you, oh, on behalf of my second uncle." It's not good to let Dad visit every family. If he meets a family that is a little timid, I'm afraid they won't know how to talk to Dad.

Shen Miaozhu also said: "The three of us brothers and sisters can go together, and be led by Second Grandpa or Mr. Xia."

"I'll invite Mr. Xia, and then he can recommend an old man from the village with a different surname to go with us." Shen Huai took a step forward and then took a step back. He had to wait for Zhiyuan to leave before he could go.

On this side, Zhiyuan was pushing and pulling the bellows repeatedly in the kitchen, feeling the changes in the fire.

Although Qixingguan focused primarily on talismans and rituals, alchemy was also practiced. Frequently working with alchemy furnaces, he quickly understood the key to this, "It's similar to the principles of the bellows."

Shen Lingzhu nodded heavily, he was indeed an expert, "How about buying one for the Qixing Temple as well?

Or, we can cooperate. When Taoist priests are invited by some masters to perform rituals, they can talk about the benefits of this thing.

Or, display it at your free clinic."

"What's the price? What's the profit share?" Zhiyuan is not afraid of making money.

After Shen Lingzhu quoted three prices, he pondered for a moment and said, "An ordinary family can afford one or two coins, while a wealthy family can afford at least five coins.

Don't ask them what style they want. I'll draw some runes for peace and prosperity for you and replace the wood with better quality. We'll split the cost fifty-fifty."

He didn't want much. If he could sell 200, he would get 50 taels, which could make up for his current deficit.

Shen Lingzhu felt a pang of disgust when he heard this. "Master, it's just a tool for the stove. No matter how beautiful the runes are, they will eventually become tarnished."

"Rich families are not short of money." Zhiyuan looked at her. The Shen family used to be a wealthy family, but unfortunately it fell into decline after only one generation, and its foundation was not good.

Shen Lingzhu asked, "How many wealthy families are there in Shun County? Can you visit every one of them?

If that's not possible, we, the people in charge of the raw material process, suggest a 70/30 split, with me taking 70% and you taking 30%.