Huo Xi and the wet nurse closed the door and went to the weaving workshop.
The weaving workshop is not far away. Cousin Yang helped us rent it. Although it only has two and a half entrances, it is quite a big place.
The first entrance of the courtyard was converted into a weaving room, and the second entrance was several rooms. Some weavers usually rested and stayed in the weaving room.
Upon entering the courtyard, ten looms were set up, and in addition to Ma Ma and the nanny, eight young ladies were invited to weave.
There is still a lot of space left, and it is possible to put twenty more looms. If we make use of the second courtyard and half of the garden, it is not compact to put fifty looms in this house.
Huo Xi followed the wet nurse into the weaving room. Even Mammy, everyone did not raise their heads, and worked hand and foot, so busy that they had no time to look at them.
Mother Ma only glanced at her, nodded, and then immersed herself in the loom again.
Huo Xi could hear only the chirping sound of the loom, and the weavers in front of her were moving quickly and looking attentive.
The rules of the weaving workshop set by Ma Ma and the nanny, they are all weavers. They know the difficulty of the weaver, so they do not treat the weaver harshly. If they weave more, they will get more. The quality of the cloth is good, and they can complete one piece a day.
You can also receive an additional bonus every month.
The weaver girls invited were all clever ladies from Songjiang Prefecture and the surrounding countryside. The second room was given to them free of charge and no rent was charged to them.
The weavers here can earn more than one tael of wages a month, which is better than ordinary men.
Whether they save it for dowry or take it home to supplement their family income, it is still a good wage.
Songjiang Prefecture has a lot of weaving and weaving. There are many young ladies who grow mulberry, raise silkworms, grow cotton, spin thread, and weave cloth. Half of the family's income is earned by women, and the women's family status is also high.
You can see women busy everywhere on the street. It is not difficult to hire a weaver. Nowadays, there are not so many looms, and the Songjiang shop has just opened, so there is not much money to use.
Huo Xi stayed away from weaving for half an hour, then left her wet nurse and went to Guangfeng Shui's shop in Songjiang Mansion to check it out.
The shop is not at the dock, so it is not easy to rent a shop there. And it is not on the main street. However, because Songjiang Port connects the inland river and the outer sea, the geographical location is excellent, and the whole county is extremely lively.
The second shopkeeper, the accountant and several clerks were all present in the shop. Yang Fu was also there. He went to the shop early in the morning to check the account book and the status of incoming and outgoing goods.
After Huo Xi arrived, she walked around the shop, went to the warehouse to look at the incoming goods, and listened to Yang Fu's introduction to understand some of the situation. Then she stayed in the shop and watched the flow of passengers in and out.
The shop is like a wholesale grocery store. It sells silk, cotton, cloth, clothing, food, housing and transportation, etc. It also has a sign. It buys grain, cloth, silk, cotton, wood, bamboo, linen, lacquer, tung oil, etc. all year round.
There were many customers coming in and out of the shop, some came to buy goods, some came to sell goods, and some came to inquire about prices.
Business looks good.
From the second shopkeeper to the accountant to the clerk, Huo Xi was very satisfied with his attitude and courtesy.
Like all the shops in Guangfengshui, in Songjiang's shop, in addition to receiving a salary every month, everyone also gets money for selling and receiving goods. The more goods you sell and the more goods you collect, the more you earn. At the end of the year
There will also be a dividend.
Therefore, in other shops, the shopkeeper and the accountant are just holding a shelf. The shopkeeper is okay, the accountant does not have time to leave the shop, but the shopkeeper in Guangfengshui is different. He can't wait to go out to receive customers and solicit customers.
If you can earn more money, who would be stupid enough not to take it?
Huo Xi and Yang Fu walked around the city, trying to buy some goods to sell to others to make some money, or looking for some rare items, but they found that she couldn't pick them up.
Buying goods from domestic merchants and selling them to foreign merchants is more expensive than domestic merchants selling them directly to foreign merchants. Everyone is not stupid. The domestic merchants sell goods cheaply to foreigners because they want to exchange goods with them and attract them at a low price.
It was not cost-effective for her to buy goods in Songjiang and sell them to other people. She could only buy them elsewhere and ship them over.
After wandering until it was almost dark, Huo Xi decided to go back to Beijing. He took the hundred stones of cane sugar he bought at the dock with him, trained them quickly, and then exchanged some goods with foreigners.
The wet nurse didn't know that she was only staying for one day this time, so she held her tight and was very reluctant to let her go. Huo Xi comforted her: "I will come again in a few days. I will see you again then."
The nanny nodded with red eyes.
But Mother Ma handed her a letter: "I want to introduce this person to you. You bring this letter to her. When she reads the letter, she will follow you if she is willing."
Huo Xi was stunned for a moment, then introduced him to her: "Who is he?"
Mother Ma did not explain: "If she agrees, you will know. If she doesn't agree to follow you, she is not your destined person. It doesn't matter if she doesn't understand."
Huo Xi endured the surprise in her heart: "Okay, I will definitely deliver the letter."
The ship set off and soon left Songjiang Port. It took a few days to return to the capital with a cargo of cargo.
Shopkeeper Shen heard that she had exchanged tens of thousands of sucrose for a shipment of goods, so he rushed over to see that 10,000 kilograms of sucrose only cost more than 300 taels of silver, and he probably wouldn't be able to get anything back if he sold it to foreigners.
Until I saw a boatload of foreign fabrics, spices, jewelry and ornaments, my eyes bulged.
"Is this all for those ten thousand kilograms of brown sugar?"
Huo Xi nodded: "I can't tell you yet what I'm going to do with the sucrose. It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that the matter is so important that one less person knows and there's less risk. Shen Luo is going to take the imperial examination.
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When Shen Qianzhong heard that she was thinking about Shen Luo, he had no other thoughts at all: "Then the boss should be more careful. There is endless money to be made. We should just be consistent in not taking risks or getting ahead."
"Yes, I know."
Before a boatload of goods had been put on the shop floor and they were still being sorted, Mu Yan approached her.
"What, you want to sell this batch of my goods in your shop?"
Did this person install a surveillance camera on her or something? He was so well-informed and wanted to steal her goods?
Mu Yan glanced at her indifferently: "I heard that the batch of goods you have is very good. If I put it in your shop and it can't be sold at a high price, I might as well put it in my Langguang Pavilion."
"You opened Langguang Pavilion?" Huo Xi's eyes widened.
There are several shops in the inner city that specialize in selling high-quality goods from all over the world, and you can definitely find them in those shops.
Langguang Pavilion is not outstanding among them. It has only been open for two or three years, but I heard that Langguang Pavilion can accept reservations. For example, if you want to find something in a certain place, as long as you pay enough, Langguang Pavilion will find it for you.
Come.
It is said that the owners behind several boutique shops in the inner city are not simple people. Huo Xi could not get in touch with such people, but unexpectedly, one of them blew himself up in front of him.
Mu Yan nodded lightly and nodded in recognition: "If you sell it twice in your shop, it will be sold at a high price, but if you sell it in my shop, I can make it sell at a higher price."
Huo Xi curled her lips, it was just the brand and packaging, as if no one knew about it.
"Then how do you calculate the profit?"
"I'll take 30%."
"You take 30%? I will also give you 20% of the shares at the end of the year, why don't you grab it?" Huo Xi glared at him.
"Doing stocks at the end of the year doesn't count."
Huo Xi raised an eyebrow, so good?
Just 30% is too much. If you don’t do anything and just sit back and enjoy the results, you should take 30%?