Since the whole village gave it as a gift, Shen Ruoxi accepted it. She smiled gently at the King of Jin: “Thank you, Brother Shen.”
The woman was wearing a light purple dress, her skin was as white as cream, delicate and flawless, the light sunlight fell on her flawless face, she smiled sweetly, like a purple peony quietly blooming in the morning light, beautiful and breathtaking... ..
The King of Jin's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but think of a line of poetry: "Only the peony is the true beauty of the country, and the capital is moved when the flowers bloom!"
After Shen Ruoxi finished speaking, he lowered his head and continued to water the dishes.
The king of Jin watched her pick up the ladle and scoop up some water, then gently sprinkle it on the vegetables in the garden. He couldn't help thinking: In fact, she is more beautiful than the peony. The peony is too gorgeous and domineering, while she is beautiful but not gaudy, beautiful but not coquettish. She has a kind of otherworldly softness, the kind that is fragile to the core, which makes people want to hold her in their arms and protect her well.
There are many concubines in the harem, all of them are beautiful and naturally good-looking. There are also some weak and beautiful women, but none of them can arouse his desire to protect them.
The King of Jin looked at her, then took the ladle from her hand and said, "I'll do it."
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The day before New Year's Eve, all the stock in the workshop was delivered to the shops in the city and town early in the morning.
The villagers fetched bucket after bucket of water to clean the workshop in preparation for the New Year.
Xingnong counted the accounts in the room and settled everyone's wages and bonuses.
After everyone was done, Xing Nong took the account book and whispered to everyone:
"This month, we sold 20,000 catties of pork jerky. After deducting the cost, we can earn 100 coins per catty, so we made 2,000 taels in total."
As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers gasped!
so much!
Although they all knew that they made a lot of money, they didn’t think too much about it!
Xing Nong continued, "The candy business made a total of nine hundred taels. The spice workshop made five thousand six hundred taels."
As for the candy, another customer ordered 10,000 handmade flower lollipops. A total of 30,000 lollipops were made, 20,000 of which were wholesaled and 10,000 were sold in the store. The wholesalers made 200 taels, and each lollipop sold in the store made 30 wen, making 300 taels, a total of 500 taels. As the other candies were too busy, only 20,000 jin of wholesale was made, and 10,000 jin of retail was sold in the store. The wholesalers made 200 taels, and the retailers made 20 wen per jin, making 200 taels. The total profit from the lollipops and other candies was 900.
Soy sauce and other condiments are low-cost, and the main ingredients are soybeans and water. Soybeans are not expensive, and water is even free. The biggest cost is the jar for soy sauce, so they make more money.
It happened that many seasonings were prepared and ready for shipment this month. As the end of the year was near, big restaurants like Yingbinlou and Yingkelou were advertising, so all the seasonings that could be shipped were sold out. Only 20 kilograms of each were left to be distributed to the villagers, about one kilogram per family.
The snack workshop and the seasoning workshop earned a total of 8,500 taels, leaving 1,000 taels as capital for the operation of the workshops, Xingnong could get 3,750 taels, and the rest was distributed to the villagers.
"We made a total of 8,500 taels from the snack and seasoning workshops. We'll keep 1,000 taels for the new year as cost. The total dividend for everyone is 3,750 taels, and each family can get 220 taels. The remaining 10 taels will also be kept as capital. Do you have any objections?"
"No! But, is it that much? Did you make a mistake, Xingnong? Are you subsidizing us on purpose?"
"Yeah! Why are there so many more this month?"
... ...
Each household received 220 taels of dividends per month.
This is a amount of money that a family could never earn in their entire lifetime.
Everyone was a little bit unbelievable.
Xing Nong smiled and said, "How could that be? We have been busy day and night and have not had a break for the past two months. This is what everyone deserves. And there will be more and more in the future. Next year, we will purchase sugarcane and make sugar ourselves, and we will be able to earn more. It is too expensive to buy sugar and make candy now."
"Then I'll plant more sugarcane this year! This way I can save the money on purchasing sugarcane!"
"Yes, I plant too! I plant soybeans! I used all the two hundred taels to buy land! I planted soybeans and sugarcane on all the land that can be planted! Miss Xingnong, if you need anything else for next year, tell us and we will plant some ourselves!"
"Yes, I'll buy some land too. Tell us what Miss Xingnong needs to plant, and we can plant it ourselves to save some money!"
... ..
Xing Nong smiled and said, "Your workshops are already busy enough, so it's better to purchase the raw materials. You can ask the villagers nearby who have idle land to plant more sugar cane, soybeans, peas, peanuts... ... and we will purchase them when the time comes. We run a snack workshop, so we can purchase anything that is edible, including fruits."
Everyone remembered what they heard, and they wanted to remind the elders and villagers in nearby villages to plant more seeds, and to plant more seeds in their own fields as well.
The village chief even thought of taking advantage of the New Year holiday to lead the villagers to open up the hill at the end of the village and plant fruit trees in the spring.
After dividends and wages were distributed, it was still early, and everyone happily took their money bags home and started cleaning the house or went to the city or town to buy things in preparation for the New Year.
I can finally have a good year this year!
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At Xingnong’s house, Gu, Xingqing, and Shen Ruoxi were doing the spring cleaning.
Xing Nong took Chen Nan, Chen Dong and Song Bai to continue tinkering with her Four Seasons Formation in the yard, and it was about to be completed.
Xinghui has gone home for the holiday, and is currently writing couplets for the villagers with the King of Jin, Shen Hanyu.
He looked at the majestic, vigorous and powerful calligraphy of the King of Jin and the graceful and elegant calligraphy of Shen Hanyu, and felt a little ashamed of himself.
His handwriting is still a little immature and lacks style.
The King of Jin saw Xinghui shyly hiding the couplet he had written, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Good boy! You have only been studying for a few months, and you have learned calligraphy so well! Not bad, not bad!"
Xinghui's face became hot: "It's not well written."
The King of Jin shook his head and said, "Don't underestimate yourself. This is already very good!"
Shen Hanyu took a look and said, “Not bad, you started school late, and the handwriting has begun to take shape, so there is no rush.”
Xing Nong listened to their conversation and turned to look at them: "Hurry up and write. It's getting dark and we have to deliver it to the villagers."
After hearing this, the three of them stopped talking and started writing quickly.
By the time the family finished their work, had their meal, washed up and returned to their respective rooms, it was already Hai time.
In the room, Xing Nong had an idea and checked if there was any letter from Chu Tiankuo.
In the past few days, Chu Tiankuo has successfully captured Jiangdu City, and also captured Jiangzhong City and Jiangxi City.
The Crown Prince of Zhao was trapped in Qiongshan with an army of 100,000, while King Xiang of Zhao and his son were trapped in the snowy mountains with 30,000 remaining soldiers.
The King of Zhao was completely panicked and began to surrender, sending officials to negotiate peace. Today was the day for the peace talks.
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