Chapter 577： When you cross the river, tear down the bridge!

Chapter 577: Break down the bridge when crossing the river!

“How big of a workshop does your adoptive father plan to open and how much money will he invest?” Jiayin’s eyes were shining.

It’s not that this matter is profitable, but that she has always wanted to help her adoptive father, and now she finally has the opportunity!

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw her looking so positive.

Mrs. Li rubbed her granddaughter's hair and joked: "Someday, Hongying will think about it carefully. When this child was born, was he holding money in his hands? Was it because we were too busy and didn't see it?!

“This is simply the reincarnation of a money-lover. He is just like everyone else. But when he mentions the word “money”, his eyes can’t help but shine.”

Tao Hongying also smiled and agreed, "I think this child was born with a job in hand, and he has been greedy since he was a child!"

Jiayin was not angry when grandma and mother made fun of her. She gritted her teeth and said, "Grandma and mother are right. I was born with a rice bowl, and there was a big silver in the bowl!"

“Bah, bah, that’s a beggar!” Mrs. Li glared at her granddaughter, and everyone laughed even harder.

Jiayin then sat down opposite her adoptive father and asked: "My adoptive father hasn't said yet, how big of a workshop will we need and how much money will we invest?"

The Marquis thought for a while and said: "Excluding those who chose to return home and those who were resettled in our village, there are still more than 200 wounded soldiers brought back from this expedition. Among them, more than 80 are seriously injured. Heavy and inconvenient to move.

"They are competent at the best workshop work, and the wages they earn are enough to survive. As for the money invested...it should be within one thousand taels!"

Hearing the good news, his little face turned into a smile, "Father, I really have two ways here, please wait a moment."

She got up and ran back to the backyard, and quickly brought two things over, a large folded paper and a handful of dry noodles.

Everyone was curious. Jiayin handed the dry noodles to the Marquis and said, "Father, you should know about these noodles, right? My family always sends a lot of them to the dock. You and your father have also taken them out when you went on an expedition. As long as there is water, you can eat them." It will be more delicious if you eat it with meat sauce, right?"

Master Hou nodded and guessed, "This kind of noodles is not afraid of spoilage and is really convenient to eat. Do you want to open a noodle workshop?"

“Yes, foster father, making this noodle is a very troublesome process. It takes at least three days from rising to drying. It requires a lot of hands, and it doesn’t require much movement. You can just sit down.

"Besides, the sales will definitely not be bad. After all, there are many people coming and going from the new capital to the southern state capitals every day. Even ordinary families carrying two kilograms of dry noodles during the New Year's Day, or visiting the elderly or women who have given birth. A great souvenir.”

Mrs. Li couldn't help but interjected: "Fu Niu'er is right. Life is not easy for ordinary people, and it is difficult to even eat a bowl of noodles. If you go to visit, it is indeed a good gift to bring two kilograms of dry noodles. "

Tao Hongying also said, "These dry noodles are best sold with meat sauce. Then we need to open a farmhouse sauce workshop, which also requires manpower."

Jiayin smiled and praised grandma and my mother, "Grandma and my mother are so amazing, that's it."

Tao Hongying said: "Master Hou, leave this matter to me and my mother. We will make dry noodles tomorrow and see how many dry noodles are produced per pound of noodles. Calculate the cost, and then calculate how many people are needed for each process. Finally, Let me tell you another fact.

“Fu Niu’er, this girl, has only seen us do it before, but has never done it. She can’t do these things.”

“Mom, you are trying to burn bridges across the river. I came up with a good idea, but you brushed me aside and despised me!”

Jiayin pouted and complained, but was slapped by my mother, "I gave birth to you. Why do I dislike you? Do you have any opinion?"

"No, as long as you are happy." Jiayin shrank his neck and hurriedly hid next to his adoptive father, making everyone laugh.

The Marquis opened the big piece of paper and asked, "Fu Niuer, is this a map?"

"Yes, it's a map, a simple map!" Jiayin became energetic again and said enthusiastically: "Father, look, this map only shows the line along the canal to Quanzhou, with the prefectures, counties and small towns on both sides. They were all simply marked by my brother.”

She pointed to a few places with pictures of steamed buns, "Every time my uncle's fleet goes to these places, he has to buy things. Last time, I saw a man ask his uncle to take a package to one of these places and give it to his wife's uncle. , for this reason, I even invited my uncle to drink. Thank you for your help!

“Father, what do you think about those people who don’t know my uncle? They have letters or things to carry with them. Do they have to find other caravans? If they can’t find them, can’t they communicate the news?

"If we send veterans to settle in Xindu and these docks, mark the packages and letters collected from various places, and send them out. Then we can send the letters and packages sent from various places to the recipients' hands. That would definitely require a lot of people.

“And you can do this work even if you have no hands or feet. If you travel far, you can even buy a donkey cart. As the news spreads, you may not have to go everywhere to receive the goods, and people will find them at the door..."

Jiayin said excitedly and pointed to the southwest location of the map, "Also, foster father, if someone doesn't want to sit in the workshop or deliver packages and letters, then go explore.

“For example, here, there is a medicinal material called Panax notoginseng. I have always wanted it, but my uncle’s fleet only goes to Quanzhou and does not go here at all. There are also many delicious fruits here, and I want them too!”

After saying that, she pointed to the location of Jiangbei and said, "Father, these veterans are most familiar with Jiangbei.

"If any wealthy family in Xindu wants to find something more valuable or rescue someone, or like the Guo family, they definitely want to recover the bones of their children and grandchildren. I am afraid they will be willing to spend a lot of money to hire people. …”

Before Jiayin could say anything, he was suddenly picked up by the Marquis and spun around in circles several times.

“Fu Niu’er is so amazing, you helped my adoptive father solve a big problem!”

The good news made me dizzy, but it was rare to see my adoptive father so happy, so he also started to giggle.

Li Laoer was also smiling from ear to ear, "We still need Fu Niu'er to take action! Mr. Hou has been frowning for a day, and he even scolded the young lady from the Wu family away..."

“Who is Miss Wu?” Mrs. Li was the first to ask.

The flames of gossip among everyone were immediately ignited. Even Jiayin grabbed his adoptive father by the collar and joined the melon-eating team at the speed of light, "Father, who is the Miss Wu family? Is she my future adoptive mother?"

"No, don't listen to your uncle's nonsense!" Mr. Hou coughed dryly, put down the good news and said, "You guys sit down, I will write down and sort out what Fu Niu'er said."

After saying that, he strode back to the next door.

Everyone couldn't help but snicker when they saw him like this, and finally pulled Li Laoer to investigate carefully.

Li Laoer didn't know much, so he could only say: "In the afternoon, I was going to have dinner with the Marquis at the Marquis' Mansion to discuss the placement of wounded soldiers, but as soon as I arrived at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, I was stopped by a girl.

“The girl said that she was from the Marquis of Jiangning’s Mansion, that she had liked the Marquis since she was a child, and asked why the Marquis didn’t want to marry her?”

(End of this chapter)