farm lady

Chapter 177 The amazing profit of the carbon field

Yi Xue was thinking, thinking, and fell asleep lying on the chair for some reason, and Qiu Shui put a coat on Yi Xue.

When Tianjia came, he was blocked by Qiushui. After waiting for an hour, Qiushui felt a little chill and woke up.

Seeing Yi Xue wake up, Qiu Shui hastily fetched water and washed his face, and then said, "Miss, Manager Tian is here to find you"

"Well, let him come in," Yi Xue said, and then took a sip of water, and her dry throat felt better.

Tianjia came in, first bowed, and then handed an account book to Yi Xue, "Miss, this is the account book of the carbon farm for half a month. The yamen servant and the village chief have already read it and pressed their fingerprints."

Yi Xue took it, and didn't look through it, but asked, "Tell me, our carbon farm should be profitable, right?"

Tianjia nodded happily, "Just now the county government sent a message and sent an account book for the lady to look at. Master Wen said that the account book will be kept by the lady in the future, and the county government and the village will jointly check the accounts every quarter."

Yixue nodded, this was already decided at the beginning, "Well, how is the profit situation?"

Tianjia saw that the eldest lady did not look at the account books, but asked herself, and was very happy, which showed that the eldest lady believed in herself, "Missy, we produce 37 catties of carbon in half a month, and the sales at the government office are very good. All but seven or eight hundred catties were sold out, and the supply was in short supply.”

Yi Xue knew this would be the result, so she just nodded. 37 jin, if it is converted into tons, it is only more than 180 tons. The manpower is indeed too pitiful.Yi Xue thought about the coal mines that cost tens of thousands of tons a day in her previous life, that would be huge profits.

Seeing that the eldest lady didn't interrupt, Tian Bing said pleasantly, "In the past half month, the sales silver was 700 taels, the workers' wages were 85 taels, and the profit was 610 and [-] taels."

"What?" Yi Xue was startled by the number that Tian Bing revealed, more than 2000 taels of silver?

She knew that selling carbon was a huge profit, and although she had expected it, she couldn't help being shocked when she heard it.

"Miss, the carbon field is booming now. Many big households have come to the carbon field to determine carbon directly, and some large households are asking for [-] catties at one go," Tianjia said excitedly.

Fifty thousand catties?Yi Xue smiled, really not much, only [-] tons.

"Tianjia, you represent me to discuss the price with the village chief and the county government. If the price is lowered, let's calculate it at eight Wen. That's it, many people can't afford it," Yi Xue said.

She remembered that when she first came here, in order to see a doctor for herself, the eight cents that Xiaojun earned was really worthless.

"Miss, will the profit be too small?" Tianjia asked with some reluctance.

Yi Xue raised her head and said, "Master Tian, ​​the common people want to burn carbon, and if the common people can't afford it, then don't sell it, and we are not afraid, small profits but quick turnover, and a steady flow of water."

"Missy said yes, I know", Tianjia was ashamed, she felt that she was still not as open as Missy, and she did not have the realm of Missy.

The carbon farm started to make a profit, and Yixue got [-]% of the money in half a month, but the money could not be distributed until the end of the month.

"Okay, you go down, let me think about it," Yi Xue said.

After Tianjia went down, Qiushui said happily, "Miss, the carbon field has made a profit, and the family has made money again."

In fact, what Yi Xue didn't know was that the county government was already in chaos, and many wealthy households were queuing up to buy charcoal.This new kind of charcoal is better than firewood, with a longer burning time and higher temperature, and it is only two pennies more expensive than firewood.

Because the county government has made a regulation to limit the amount of purchases, people queue up early every day to buy, and they have also created a group of scalpers who specialize in reselling carbon charcoal, from ten cents per catty to thirty cents, or even fifty cents. arts.

Yi Xue didn't know about this matter yet, Master Wen had already received the news from the people below, frowning in displeasure.He has issued a ban to prohibit private hoarding and reselling, but this kind of thing is difficult to control, and it has caused many people to be unable to buy carbon.

This is not terrible, the terrible thing is that the surrounding people know that there is such a very good kind of charcoal, and immediately go to the county government to buy it, causing the county government to surround hundreds of people every day, and it is sold out within an hour every day. .These carbons are far from enough for the needs of the people.

Mr. Wen has a headache. If there are many such things, every household will burn them in winter. How big a political achievement is that?But does Mr. Wen care about political achievements?

Mr. Wen had no choice but to reserve a car and go to Kao Village.

Yi Xue was lying on the table, researching carbon mining issues, the team of carbon mining had to be expanded, and secondly, manpower had to be left in the county government to be responsible for the sales there, and also to prevent people from hiding and reselling.

While she was studying seriously, Qiu Shui came in and said, Master Wen is here.

Yi Xue hurried out to greet her and told her mother to come over.

Master Wen was brought by Tianjia to the lobby of the outer courtyard, Yi Xue brought Mrs. Zhang in, and greeted each other.

"Uncle Wen, why are you free to come to my place today?" Yi Xue asked.

Master Wen said with a wry smile, "Carbon is a good thing, but it also causes a lot of trouble."

Yi Xue looked at him puzzled, and then Master Wen explained the existing problems.

Yi Xue thought about it for a while. Although she had guessed this problem, she didn't expect it to be so serious. Fortunately, she had already noticed the possible problems.

"Uncle Wen, do you mean to expand production?" Yi Xue asked.

Wen Taichang nodded, "This amount of carbon is really not enough for the people, so in order to let the people have a good year this year and not suffer from cold, I wonder if I can expand the production."

Master Wen didn't know much about mining, so he had to ask Yi Xue for advice.

"This is fine, but in winter, it may be too cold to mine and it will be more difficult, so we can only seize this time to mine more."

"And we must strictly prevent some people from reselling and hoarding carbon charcoal, so I thought, simply set up a carbon charcoal market, set up distribution stores, and set up all four directions in the county, so that people can buy more conveniently."

"The county government can issue a set of decrees to strictly prohibit private sales, otherwise the penalty will be doubled according to the amount of hoarding"

Yi Xue talked endlessly, telling everything she thought of.

Master Wen's eyes lit up immediately, and he said, "That's it."

Yi Xue hummed, and said to Tianjia, "Director Tian, ​​go over and invite the village chief and the district chief to come over, and we need to discuss the details later."

After a while, the village head and the head of the village came to see Mr. Wen.Then they informed each other about the whole thing.

"In this situation, the manpower of the carbon field is obviously not enough, so we can only recruit labor from other villages," Yi Xue said.

The village head nodded, "That's the only way."

After everyone discusses the plan, the village head will be responsible for recruiting people, and Mr. Wen will be responsible for the affairs of the government. , Tianji used to be responsible for the arrangement and recruitment of distribution stores.

"By the way, Yi Xue, I have already reported this matter to the imperial court," Master Wen said.

Yi Xue naturally agreed, and said with a smile, "Uncle Wen has done such a great merit, I'm afraid he will be promoted."

Wen Taichang chuckled, "I don't care about this, but this thing is new after all, and it is beneficial to the people. If you don't report it, I'm afraid the royal family will blame it. And I want to send some to the royal family. The provincial royal family thinks that we cherish our brooms."

"That's natural, so let's transport [-] catties. Of course, it will be better if the royal family will use this place as an internal offering in the future," Yi Xue said with a smile.

After finalizing, each went to work.

"Miss, there are fewer people in our family," Qiu Shui said with a smile.

Yi Xue rubbed her head, there was no way, the newcomers were not fully familiar with them yet, and said with a smile, "It's not that there is something missing, it's just that we're not at home, it looks like we're going to buy a yard in the county, otherwise people in the county Do you have no place to live, can you not be punished?"

"Miss is kind-hearted, and even considers this," Qiu Shui said with a smile.

"If you follow our family, you should take good care of you. What can we say about this?" Yi Xue said lightly.

"Miss, what are you doing now?" Qiu Shui asked.

"Sleep", Yi Xue stretched her waist.

"Miss, let me light a fire, this kang is a hot spot," Qiu Shui said.

Yi Xue thought for a while and said, "The weather is getting cold, let a woman take care of the heating from today on."

After arranging everything, Yi Xue calculated the money, and there is no shortage of money at present, there are 5000 taels, to buy a small courtyard in the county town, and then open a shop.The idea of ​​opening a store was also pondered by Yi Xue in the past few days. What kind of store to open, Yi Xue probably has some plans in her mind, mainly restaurants, and this is the only thing she can do now.Thinking about my own advantages, I have fresh ingredients, and, by the way, Yi Xue suddenly thought of Beggar Chicken, and then thought of the famous Peking Duck in the past.Yes, open a roast duck restaurant.

The source of the ducks has become a problem. It seems that everyone in this place raises ducks. I don’t seem to have seen them in the town. I don’t know if there are any in the county.

There are a few ducks in my own space, but I put away all the eggs I laid.

It seemed that the ducks had to be hatched, so I did it as soon as I said it. Yi Xue took out all the duck eggs, and then told Lao Zhangtou to do it.Lao Zhangtou is also very busy now, taking care of the greenhouse and watching the door, and now with hatching ducks, Yi Xue had to ask Tianjia to ration Dichou to Lao Zhangtou.

"Miss, Mr. Zhang is here," Qiu Shui came in and said.

Yi Xue was busy these days, so she didn't bother to check how the new house was going. Hearing that Zhang Xian had come, she immediately knew something good was going on.

Zhang Xian walked in, saluted, with an elegant expression on his face, he swayed his back, and sat opposite Yi Xue.

"Miss Yixue, the new house will be completed tomorrow, and I'm here to report to the girl." Zhang Xian showed a smile, very sincere and very proud.

Yixue's new house is unique in the entire empire, with various details inside, such as the layout of the heating system, the drainage of the sewer, the orientation of the garden and so on.If it wasn't for Yi Xue's ability to draw it, Zhang Xian would never have thought of such an exquisite design.This is enough to make him proud, and he is also grateful to Yi Xue for letting him reflect his own value.

"Tomorrow I'll go and have a look, and then I'll pay my respects," Yi Xue said.Then he gave Qiushui another order.

(End of this chapter)