When everyone heard that there was something else to do, they no longer declined.

He Shaoyun continued: "Actually, it's not a big deal. After the construction starts, please help me publicize the benefits of this soap on the construction site. In the past two days, I will recruit 200 young and strong laborers to work on the construction site. Please help me from various sources.

The village needs to find more capable laborers.”

"Then how do you calculate wages?"

"The wages are calculated at fifty cents per day and will be settled on the same day. But these two hundred people must be hard-working people, and we cannot accept those who are cheating or cheating."

"These things are easy to handle, we will definitely help you do it." Ge Yuliang said.

"One more thing, I have to find a way to raise money. It's up to you to take care of the things on this construction site." He Shaoyun said to Ge Yu.

"Okay, of course I will take care of this matter. It is a matter of recruiting people and money. What are you going to do? Two hundred people are not enough."

"Don't worry about this, I will find a way."

Since there was no need for anyone to pay for it, naturally no one said anything else.

Old man He Sen said at this time: "Shao Yun did a great job in repairing the reservoir this time. All the young and old men in the village must remember this. When the reservoir is repaired, a merit monument must be erected next to the reservoir. Ask the school to

Mr. Shao Yun wrote the inscription, so that future generations will remember Shao Yun’s meritorious deeds. What does this family think?”

Everyone felt that they had received a great favor from He Shaoyun, so they naturally agreed. Then everyone left.

After everyone left, Zhiyuan Niang walked into the room angrily and shouted: "Why didn't you discuss such a big matter with me and just decided on it? One thousand five hundred people's wages for three months,

With so much money, you can take care of everything. Where can we get money?"

"You silly bitch! Our workshop has made money, and I will certainly be able to do something about it by then. How can you be so idle?"

"Then you can't throw away the money you've earned. This workshop has only been in operation for a few days. You haven't even earned the money yet and you're already thinking about how to spend it. Is there anyone more stupid than you?"

He Zhiyuan looked at the way his mother was scolding his father without showing any signs of weakness, and felt that this was a bit too much. The key now was how to coax my mother and prevent her from getting angry again. She felt sorry for Qianzi, and it would not make sense to reason.

.But if you make her feel that she is getting something cheap, she will naturally not get angry again.

So, He Zhiyuan said: "Mom, please keep your voice down and I'll tell you a secret."

Then he whispered in my mother's ear for a while.

She immediately beamed and said happily: "Why didn't you tell me about such a cheap thing earlier? It made me angry for a long time."

Then he said to his husband: "I don't care about this matter. You can do whatever you like."

A storm was resolved like this, leaving He Shaoyun baffled. He Zhiyuan laughed secretly because he didn't expect my mother to be so easy to coax.

On the second day when the reservoir construction site started, not long after breakfast, shopkeeper Xu and his assistants drove a carriage and inquired all the way to He Shaoyun's house.

As soon as they entered the house, shopkeeper Xu said to Mr. He: "He, Mr. He, I haven't seen you delivering goods in the past two days. My customers buying soap have almost demolished my shop."

"Oh, is it so easy to sell?"

"Yes, I only sold a dozen yuan on the first day, and more than 200 yuan on the second day. Yesterday, they were all sold out before noon. In the afternoon, more and more people bought soap, and some opened their mouths and asked for ten yuan.

A few dozen yuan. This morning

I came here with my guys to see how much stock you have here, I want them all."

"How much will Shopkeeper Xu prepare for this time? I have been busy with the construction of the reservoir in the village these days, and I haven't paid much attention to the things in the workshop. I thought it would take you a few months to replenish the goods, but I didn't expect it.

They sold so fast." Hearing what shopkeeper Xu said, he dropped a stone.

"Three thousand yuan, no, five thousand yuan. This time it's still in cash and the price remains unchanged." The reason shopkeeper Xu was so happy was because he knew that several stores in Juzhou City were also secretly inquiring about Zhou Ji's purchase channels.

He hurried over to prevent other families from taking action first.

"Shopkeeper Xu, it's a coincidence that you're here. I'm planning to go to Yishui, Rizhao and other places in a few days to find a few shops. There are five to six thousand pieces of soap prepared in the workshop. If you can take them all away, then I won't

Went somewhere else."

When shopkeeper Xu heard this, he immediately said: "Give them all to me. I will take them all away so that you don't have to run around."

"Okay, then I'll let the workshop prepare it. Shopkeeper Xu will sit down for a while."

When He Shaoyun walked out of the house, he did not go to the workshop to arrange loading of the truck. Instead, he went directly to the reservoir construction site, found Ge Yuliang, gave instructions, and hired a dozen people to come to the workshop to help move the goods.

After loading the goods, shopkeeper Xu finished counting and said to He Shaoyun: "He Li Chang, there are a total of 6,250 pieces of soap, eighty cents a piece, which is exactly 500 taels of silver." As he said, he took the bag from his shoulder.

He took out five hundred taels of gold ingots and handed them to He Shaoyun. Then he said to He Shaoyun with a smile: "He Li Chang, there is no need to go to other places in the future. Our Zhou Ji has a main number in Qingzhou Prefecture, and every state and county in Qingzhou has semi-colonies."

, how about we underwrite all your products from now on?"

"Of course that's good. Does your employer agree?"

"In a few days, I will go to Qingzhou headquarters to report to my employer. This will definitely happen."

"Thank you very much, shopkeeper Xu. Please go slowly."

Shopkeeper Xu and his waiter drove the carriage and left happily. Before leaving the village, the waiter Ding Fu flattered Shopkeeper Xu and said: "Shopkeeper, now we have made a big profit. With these five hundred taels of silver, we bought it.

You can earn a thousand taels in just a few days. After you get promoted as a shopkeeper, don't forget about the younger ones."

As soon as shopkeeper Xu and the others walked out of the village, a hired worker who came to help said to He Shaoyun: "He Lichang, you are selling too cheap. Yesterday I heard that the scholar from our village who went to the state to study came back to the village and said that the weekly diary in the city came from nowhere.

The stuff I buy is called soap, which is better than soap for washing clothes. It can also be used for washing your face and taking a bath. After washing, your whole body will be smooth and clean, and you will feel extremely comfortable. I heard that it sells for three hundred coins a piece. You can pay him eighty

Isn’t Wen at a loss?”

He Shaoyun smiled slightly and replied: "Small profits but quick turnover, if you make less, you will make more."

The next day, there were rumors everywhere on the reservoir construction site, about how the He Li Chang family's soap was selling well, how Zhou Ji was making a lot of money, how the He family was being cheated, etc.

On the third day, He Shaoyun summoned all the village chiefs, Jia chiefs and the clan chiefs of each village to come to his house to discuss matters.

After everyone arrived, He Shaoyun said: "Fellow fellow villagers, there are still more than 1,300 people needed on the construction site. Please go back to the village and talk about it. We are hiring a lot of people here."

"But my workshop still needs silver, and I have to consume more than a hundred taels of silver a day. This money is very tight. So I want to use soap as cash to pay you. I wonder if it is feasible? I plan to pay for a piece of soap in two days. Everyone thinks

How's it going?"

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately made calculations. Nowadays, a piece of soap in the market costs 300 yuan. Everyone knows this. Even with a 50% discount, it is still 150 yuan. A piece of soap every two days is equivalent to 75 yuan a day. Everyone

I still made a profit, which is much more cost-effective than paying in cash. The royal family chief was the shrewdest and asked first: "He Lichang, you are going to pay the wages with soap. This is a big loss."

"Now I am short of cash, and there is nothing I can do about it. Zhou Ji is pressing hard, as you can see, they are preparing to underwrite our soap. The workshop has to purchase grease every day, which requires cash. The repair of the reservoir,

If you lose a little, just lose, it belongs to the fellow villagers."

"Then what if this soap cannot be sold in the future?" Patriarch Wang asked again.

"This matter is easy to handle. In three months, when my cash becomes looser, I will take it back at a rate of one hundred and twenty cents. I will ensure that no one suffers a loss."

At this time, Ge Yuliang said: "Uncle Wang, you are worrying too much. Now everyone is rushing to buy it, how can it not be sold?"

After receiving He Shaoyun's guarantee, everyone felt relieved. In fact, everyone was not stupid. There was only one soap making workshop and no other branches. How could it not be sold?

If a piece of soap is sold every two days, even if it is sold at 200 cents a piece, everyone will earn more than paying cash. Only a fool will not agree. So the matter was settled smoothly. From tomorrow on, as long as you are at the construction site

Those who come to work must pay a bar of soap every two days, and no longer need to pay in cash.

The next day, after the news spread, the construction site immediately exploded. Is there such a good thing?

"I heard that a piece of soap can be sold for 300 cash, so wouldn't a piece of soap every two days be able to earn 150 cash a day? Aren't He Lichang and his son stupid?"

"I heard that Chief He wants to use cash to buy raw materials."

"Go and ask He Lichang if the construction site is still hiring?"

There was a lot of excitement at the construction site all day long. This was much more cost-effective than cash. Everyone was thinking in their minds which relative at home should come to work if they were still recruiting people.

After work was over that day, everyone did not leave immediately, but came to He's house one after another, and the yard immediately exploded.

"He Li Chang, my child's second uncle is from Xiahe Village. Can he come to work tomorrow?"

"He Lizhang, my second brother is sixteen this year, can he come to work tomorrow?"

"He Li Chang, my mother-in-law is only twenty this year and has a lot of strength. Can she come to work? A piece of soap will do for three days or four days."

He Shaoyun said loudly: "Fellow fellow villagers, I can't make the decision on this matter alone. I have to discuss it with the village and give everyone an accurate answer tomorrow. Let's go back first, and we will give an accurate answer tomorrow."

After much discussion, everyone dispersed. That night, He Shaoyun summoned the village chiefs and clan chiefs to discuss the matter.

The result of the final discussion was that as long as everyone did not contribute money, the village chief could recruit as many people as he wanted and build the reservoir as large as he wanted. Anyway, this would be beneficial to the entire village, so why not do it?

Finally, He Shaoyun and everyone agreed to recruit another thousand people, expand the size of the reservoir again, and build two small reservoirs in the north and west of the village.
Chapter completed!