Blue Silver Grass Guide

Putting down the last volume of account books in his hand, Ling Yi closed his eyes and deduced in his mind for a while before opening his eyes and looking at Mr. Jin opposite.

At the right time, Mr. Jin pushed over a cup of freshly brewed tea.

Ling Yi stood up, thanked him, took the tea cup with both hands, smelled the fragrant white mist water vapor, and took a sip of the clear and hot tea.

Putting down the tea cup, Ling Yi reached out and patted the account books and documents on the table in front of him, and said:

"Master, I have read the association's current accounts and various expenses in the past three months -"

Hearing this, Mr. Jin played with his little teapot in his hand. He first looked at the account books and documents, and then met Ling Yi's clear eyes. He asked expectantly: "How about telling me?"

In the past three months, because Ling Yi was away, Mr. Jin had to deal with these things by himself, and he felt like he was almost depressed.

He is an old man who has been wielding a hammer all his life. It is really difficult for him to face these restrictive things when he is old!

That is to say, before, Ling Yi would pass by "Muzhi City" every few months to help him sort out various matters within the association, formulate some development directions and action plans, etc., and he only had to follow the script.

In addition, Li Qiang, who was also in "Muzhi City", helped from time to time, so that the newly established [Blacksmith Association·Shuimu Principality Branch] did not fall into a series of situations such as unclear powers and unclear division of labor. .

However, when Ling Yi was away, Mr. Jin always felt in a hurry and unable to handle things.

It was not that he had not thought about recruiting some people to help, but he picked seven or eight people in a row, including various smart blacksmiths in the association, as well as some from the vice-president's family such as Li Qiang, Fu Shan, Long Ang, Qingqiu Li, etc. There are veterans in handling family affairs. Even his Lao Jin family has found members of the younger and older generations to assist him in handling various affairs within the association.

However, when these people arrived at the association, when they saw the complicated affairs, they were all dumbfounded and confused.

In the entire [Shuimu Principality], there are three big cities, hundreds of villages and towns, there are 70 or 80 senior blacksmiths, and there are nearly 700 blacksmith shops.

Here, the total number of intermediate blacksmiths, junior blacksmiths, and blacksmith apprentices totals two to three thousand!

Every day, when a customer orders ironware from the association, the association must coordinate based on the conditions of nearly 700 blacksmith shops.

For example, whether the customer orders directly from the blacksmith shop or from the association, whether the amount of ironware ordered is large or small, whether the requirements are high or not, whether the blacksmiths in each blacksmith shop are idle or busy, whether the technology is up to standard, and whether the requirements are high or not. More than enough…

In addition, there are some cases where customers come to buy some finished products made by blacksmiths in their free time in some blacksmith shops...

The blacksmith shops opened by master blacksmiths of different levels can subscribe for a share of the raw materials purchased by the association. What was the previous consumption? Is it more or less this time than last time...

There are too many situations like this. No matter who comes to see these categories, they will burst into tears on the spot.

Anyway, no one can stay with Mr. Jin for three full days.

Either he resigned on his own initiative, or he was kicked out by Mr. Jin and the people behind them.

Fortunately, every time Ling Yi passed by, he not only perfectly solved the affairs accumulated before by the association, but also left a general framework and standards that can be referenced and implemented for the subsequent operation of the association. Everyone also divided the work and implemented it. .

In the current association, it is like a replica of Xiao Gui and Cao Sui. It is not an exaggeration to say "Ling Gui Jin Sui".

Mr. Jin's happiest time now is every time Ling Yi returns to the association's headquarters to help him deal with the various account books and documents that make him read like a book from heaven.

Under the old man's eager gaze, Ling Yi always maintained a look of respect and humility on his face. He raised his hand and pointed at the account books and documents spread out to the north, and said warmly:

"Master, here... here... there are more than 20 people here. The materials they subscribed for last time, excluding orders from the association and what they consumed in their own free time, at least half are left... But I think they In this subscription application, the share written is about 10% to 30% more than the last time, which is a bit of a waste——"

"On the other hand, these dozen or so, their apprentices and junior blacksmiths are good at their skills. The quality of the ordinary ironware they have recently sold is much higher than what the customers require. They must have been promoted, and the consumption of materials is also more than before. Quite a few, but the share they applied for is a bit conservative. You can talk to them and put more burden on them..."

Looking at the names of the blacksmith shops that Ling Yi pointed at, and listening to the words ringing in his ears, Mr. Jin's expression became solemn. He matched Ling Yi's words with the memories in his mind one by one, and nodded from time to time.

"Also~"

After talking about the purchase of raw materials, the sale of finished ironware, and the distribution of orders, Ling Yi took out a few pieces of goose-yellow letter paper from under a pile of documents, and continued:

"Master Yuan from Qingshan Town applied for the senior blacksmith assessment. If he passes the assessment, he hopes to transfer the blacksmith shop in Qingshan Town to the association and let the association arrange for someone to take over. He himself hopes to open a new blacksmith shop in "Blue City" …

Similarly, Master Zhu from Hedongji in Daihewan Town applied for the intermediate blacksmith assessment. If he passes the assessment, Master Liu from Daihewan Town hopes to recruit Master Zhu into his own blacksmith shop. The blacksmith from Hedongji The shop will be merged into the name of Master Liu..."

After talking four or five times in a row, Ling Yi stopped and said to Mr. Jin: "Master, for these assessments, you'd better send a senior brother each from Uncle Li Qiang and Uncle Fu Shan to go down together and conduct the assessment together. Don't do it with the previous ones." It’s the same as every time, you only send one person to go through the motions, that way it’s easy for people to gossip and problems—”

Hearing this, Mr. Jin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll note this down. I'll tell Xiao Li and Xiao Fu later~"

Ling Yi looked at Mr. Jin and nodded in agreement, and then said: "Master, I looked at all the account books and compared them. Our work sharing needs to be improved. Sometimes we have to consider the distance between the blacksmiths' shops. Near and far, whether it is suitable for the final handover of the transaction..."

"In addition~" After a pause, Ling Yi took a deep breath and frowned slightly. After the old man's expression became solemn, he said calmly: "I found that the raw materials purchased together last month were more expensive than what we purchased at the beginning. At that time, it was nearly 20% higher.

However, I looked through what I asked Master to collect before, and there is no obvious upward trend in the sales price of iron in [Tian Dou Empire].

This shows that there should be no shortage or price increase of raw materials in Tiandou..."

"Is there something wrong with the raw material supply channel?"

As Ling Yi's last words came out, Mr. Jin couldn't help but have a somewhat complicated look on his face.

There is anger, frustration, helplessness...

Seeing this, Ling Yi did not continue to ask any more questions. After taking a look at the military information provided by Fu Shan, he changed his tone and said: "Master, please talk to Uncle Fu Shan later. Next, we will discuss with the Principality Army." To cooperate..."

"Cooperation? What cooperation?" Mr. Jin was stunned by Ling Yi's turn.

"If all the orders that the principality's military purchases from us are paid with raw materials, they will be 10% cheaper than the original price!"

"10%?!" Mr. Jin's eyes widened a bit when he heard this. He looked at Ling Yi and asked with some astonishment: "Ayi, if the selling price is 10% cheaper, then the profit will not be two percent higher than the increase in raw materials. Is it almost done?”

Ling Yi nodded and confirmed: "That's right."

Mr. Jin was puzzled: "Then——"

"Master~" Ling Yi shook his head and said: "Our profits will be cut anyway. Who will make these profits?"

"It would be better for the five marquises of the Five Military Headquarters to make money than to be made by those raw material suppliers in the [Tian Dou Empire]——"