After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

county seat.

Zhang Hujun and Zhang Hubing arrived at Manfulou. This was Zhang Hubing's first time delivering goods.

Together with Zhang Hujun, they carried the braised meat into the restaurant. Zhang Hubing paid the silver according to the weight weighed by Manager Hao. He was extremely envious.

After leaving Manfulou, the two walked back.

Zhang Hubing said, "Brother, Zhang Hulan is making too much money. One trip alone is over two taels of silver, which means over four taels a day. She must be making over a hundred taels of silver a month."

Zhang Hujun said, "Big sister is capable. We will rely on her to help us from now on."

Zhang Hujun paused, then continued, "Second brother, the eldest sister is your elder sister, so don't call her Zhang Hulan all day long."

Zhang Hubing curled his lips and said, "I'm used to her yelling. It's her fault for always beating me up."

Zhang Hujun laughed and said, "That's because you were naughty. When you were little, your mother couldn't bear to spank you. It was also thanks to your elder sister that she kept you under control. Otherwise, you would have been in trouble."

"You two stay..."

As soon as Zhang Hujun and his men left the city, Ding Mingao suddenly appeared and blocked their way.

Zhang Hujun looked at Ding Mingao warily and asked in a bad tone, "What do you want to do?"

Zhang Hubing asked, "Brother, what does this person do?"

Zhang Hujun whispered, "He also owns a restaurant. He wanted to buy Damei's braised pork recipe, but she refused to sell it to him. So his restaurant staff went to Damei's house to steal it."

Zhang Hubing's eyes widened immediately, and he was about to curse when Ding Mingao said, "Please don't misunderstand me, I'm here to apologize."

Ding Mingao bowed to Zhang Hujun and asked, "Isn't Boss Zhang here?"

Zhang Hujun asked, "What do you want?"

Ding Mingao bowed awkwardly again and said, "I'm really here to apologize. I didn't realize Boss Zhang was acquainted with the County Magistrate's wife. I was blind and waited here for Boss Zhang to apologize to him in person."

Ding Mingao took out several boxes from his carriage and placed them on Zhang Hujun's donkey cart. "This is a little gift from me. Please take it to Boss Zhang."

After Ding Mingao finished speaking, he got on the carriage and left.

Zhang Hujun and Zhang Hubing looked at each other. Zhang Hubing asked, "Are you really here to apologize?"

Zhang Hujun said, "It looks like it."

Since everyone had left, Zhang Hujun had no choice but to take the things back to Zhang Hulan.

When they got home, Zhang Hujun told Zhang Hulan about Ding Mingao's apology. Zhang Hulan opened several boxes, one of which contained pastries, one contained ginseng roots, and another contained rouge and powder.

Zhang Hulan asked, "Did he mention the county magistrate's wife?"

Zhang Hujun nodded, "Yes."

Zhang Hulan nodded. "It must be the County Magistrate's wife who contacted Shopkeeper Ding. I owe her a favor."

Zhang Hubing said, "I didn't expect you to have such a good relationship with the county magistrate's wife. She even stood up for you."

Xiang Chunhua made up her mind that she would cling to Zhang Hulan from now on.

Zhang Hulan gave the pastries to the children and let them eat them themselves.

Then he gave the ginseng to Li, "Sister-in-law, this is for you. You're going to give birth in a few months, and this is exactly what you need."

Li quickly waved her hands and said, "Big sister, this thing must be very expensive, you should keep it for yourself."

Zhang Hulan stuffed the ginseng into Li's hand and said, "Take it. Your Qi and blood will be deficient after giving birth. Go buy some Panax notoginseng to replenish your Qi and blood. You must nourish your body after giving birth, otherwise you will easily develop a chronic disease."

Wang was about to ask Zhang Hulan to keep it, but Old Man Zhang pulled her back and said, "My dear wife, if Dani gives it to you, just keep it. It's a token of her love."

Li was touched. Although she couldn't tell how old the ginseng was, it was a gift, so it must be good. It must be at least several decades old and worth at least several dozen taels of silver.

Li was deeply touched that someone worth dozens of taels of silver had given her this gift. She had never been valued like this before.

Li's eyes turned red as she said, "Thank you, big sister! But I don't need so much. I'll just cut some ginseng slices and put them in my mouth. The rest will be used to nourish Dad and Mom."

"Oh, it's just one ginseng and you're still giving it away. Sister-in-law, keep it for yourself. I'll buy another one for my parents later."

Zhang Hulan then gave the rouge and powder to Zhang Dahua, "Dahua, this is for you. You are a grown-up girl now. You should dress yourself up and find a good husband in the future."

Zhang Dahua's face flushed instantly, but as she looked at the rouge and powder in her hands, her eyes were filled with joy. Every girl loves beauty, especially girls of this age.

"Thank you, Auntie!" Zhang Dahua whispered her thanks.

Xiang Chunhua felt jealous again. The first wife got two good things at once, but the second wife got nothing.

Zhang Hulan looked at Xiang Chunhua and said, "Chunhua, don't be jealous. The ginseng just happened to be needed by my sister-in-law, and the rouge and powder just happened to be suitable for Dahua, so I gave them all to them."

Aren't you planning to have a baby? When you're about to give birth, I'll buy you some ginseng and Panax notoginseng to nourish your body."

Xiang Chunhua's eyes lit up immediately, "Really?"

Zhang Hulan smiled and said, "Of course it's true."

Xiang Chunhua immediately became happy.

……

The news that Zhang Hulan was hiring people to dig a fish pond spread quickly. The wages were 30 cents a day, and everyone in the village rushed to do the work.

Old man Zhang was so happy that everyone came to him to say nice things and wanted to work for him.

Old man Zhang didn't want anyone, so after asking Zhang Hulan for her opinion, he finally asked for fifty people to dig a fish pond.

Zhang Hulan felt that digging by hand alone would be too slow, mainly because it took too much time to transport the soil to the side. So after delivering the goods to Manfulou the next day, Zhang Hulan went to the cattle and horse trading market in the city.

Zhang Hujun asked, "Big sister, what are you doing here?"

"Buy a few donkeys and cows."

Buy donkeys and cows? And how many? Zhang Hujun thought he had misheard.

"Big sister, don't you already have a donkey cart? Why did you buy a donkey and a cow?"

"For digging fish ponds," Zhang Hulan said. "It's too slow to transport the soil out manually. It's faster to use donkeys and oxen to carry it out."

Zhang Hujun said, "That's not cost-effective. Cows and donkeys are very expensive. Although manual labor is slower, it's still cheaper overall."

"Brother, you don't understand this," Zhang Hulan explained. "Brother, I paid the workers' wages honestly. But I bought donkeys and oxen to carry the soil. Although it seems like a lot of money now, I can sell both the donkeys and oxen after I dig the fish pond. The price won't be less, so I'm making a profit from the labor savings, right?"

As soon as Zhang Hulan explained, Zhang Hujun immediately understood. His eyes lit up and he smiled innocently, "Yeah! Big sister is really smart!"