The first step to a rich country is to get rich first and then get richer

Chapter 154 Preparing to build a factory

Almost a month after this incident, the emperor's edict finally arrived.

The emperor learned about Lan Ning and his companions' story and admired their courage. He awarded them twenty acres of land in the manor and two thousand taels of silver.

It’s not a small amount, a lot. Although the two thousand taels are very little to Lan Ning now and are not worth mentioning, it’s better to have it for free. It brings him one step closer to the goal of becoming a strong country. If he becomes stronger, the country will also become stronger.

Now that she had land in places other than their village, she planned to do something big. However, she didn't want to be in the limelight and was ready to give this opportunity to others.

The county magistrate already has the opportunity to be promoted, so there is no need for me to present my achievements to him.

Unless he can continue to protect himself and her family.

He never dreamed that the person who would finally take on this task would be Mu Zhongting, an ordinary man in their county.

As usual, Lan Ning told Mu Zhongting about this little trouble and asked him for help.

Lan Ning still remembered that he couldn't hide his surprise when he heard about this, but he didn't take charge of the matter immediately. Instead, he sat there and pondered for a long time.

Lan Ning didn't pay any attention to his expression and was still immersed in his own world.

It was not until Mu Zhongting called her name in an extremely serious voice that she came to her senses.

"what happened?"

"I'll do this."

"Ok?"

Lanning suspected that she had heard it wrong.

"Brother Mu, don't be impulsive! This matter is not a small matter. If the officials find a reason to pull you down, you will only have the reputation to yourself. It will not be worth it."

Although Lan Ning did not know the moral character of the officials in this dynasty, there had been both good officials and bad officials from ancient times to the present.

Although the county magistrate she met was quite nice, not every official was like that. There were always those who used crooked means to climb up.

Besides, this matter is not small, which is why she has not helped those poor people improve their lives for so long.

The first is that I don’t have that ability yet.

The second is the fear of meeting jealous people, in which case I would lose both what I want to do and my family.

Mu Zhongting's eyebrows, which usually always showed a smile, were slightly wrinkled at this moment, and there was no expression on his face. It could be seen that what he said at this moment was from his heart.

"I've made up my mind, Sister Lan, don't worry, I will definitely take care of this matter.

Although you don't bear the reputation of this matter, I will not let those who benefit from it know your efforts. "

He must take responsibility for this matter.

He and his grandfather have been away for so many years and have never dared to go back because of the serious rumors in his family in recent years.

There were several families that had grudges against his family and they showed their disdain in front of the emperor, causing him to become suspicious of his father. However, his father was the best doctor in the palace and the emperor's most trusted physician. Therefore, although the emperor was suspicious of his father, he did not punish his family.

In order to avoid being in the spotlight and to prevent him from becoming a thorn in the eyes of others as he grows up, his grandfather was forced to bring him to this small county town.

That's why his father was able to live safely in the capital for so many years.

As an imperial physician, he could not make significant contributions like those civil or military officials, and there was no way for him to gain the emperor's further trust in his father.

Now the opportunity has come. If we can accomplish this, they will be one step closer to returning to the capital.

The matter was handed over to Mu Zhongting, and Lan Ning did not try to persuade him too much.

This is a good thing, a good thing that will make her meritorious, but she is not lucky enough to enjoy it. It depends on Brother Mu whether he can seize this opportunity firmly.

This dynasty had experienced several natural disasters in previous years, as well as constant wars of varying sizes on the borders, so food was generally scarce and the population was sparse.

Sweet potatoes and potatoes are now saturated in their village and two or three surrounding villages.

If the seeds of these two foods were spread to other places, it might save many people's lives.

Once sweet potatoes and potatoes become popular, corn will also become acceptable to them.

Therefore, the task that Mu Zhongting needs to do is to spread sweet potatoes and potatoes so that other people besides them can grow and eat them.

But the task is not that easy. These two foods are good things for them, and they also know the fillingness of these two foods.

But other people don’t know, and even if they did, they might not necessarily plant it.

Planting wheat and rice has always been their habit. Habits cannot be changed easily, nor can they be changed because of someone else's words or a little food. So the effort required can be imagined and it is very difficult.

Lan Ning didn't care about these things anymore because there was a bumper harvest of peppers in her village, as well as in the neighboring villages. As usual, Lan Ning and her family collected as many peppers as they could. Her family's bean paste was simply not enough to sell every year, which showed that she didn't grow enough peppers.

But there was limited manpower. Although she asked several women in the village to help, she was still busy all day long. Chopping peppers alone was a huge project.

Every woman wore gloves made by Lan Ning and his team to prevent their hands from being hurt by the spicy peppers.

There were five cutting boards, and there was a woman sitting in front of each cutting board, holding a knife in each hand. She cut the peppers at a very fast speed, as if she had a grudge against the peppers on the cutting board.

"This still won't work. I decided to build a factory to relieve us from the job of making bean paste. There are not enough peppers now, and when we expand the scale and there are more peppers, we won't be able to handle it.

And every day the house was dirty and filled with the smell of fermented bean paste.”

Lan Ning made a suggestion, but Bai Tian and Meng Anran of course did not make any suggestions. They fully supported Sister Lan.

Grandma Lan felt sorry for the money. She thought she was still strong and in better health than before. She could work more and sleep less every day. There was no need to spend money to open a workshop.

"Grandma, can you handle all that work? Money is not saved, it is earned."

If they opened a factory with the money they earned, there would not be much left. The investment involved would definitely be huge, but she really didn't want to continue like this.

It's very tiring and she earns little, she doesn't want to continue like this. If possible, she plans to expand Doubanjiang on a large scale and make it popular in this dynasty.

As a Sichuanese, she really can't stand cooking without adding bean paste. She thinks the dishes made in that way will be soulless, and she disagrees.

Grandma Lan always refused at the time, but would agree later, so the huge task of opening a factory began.