After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

Chapter 137 Buying Old Cow

Zhang Hulan accompanied Wang Xingren around the farm and talked to him about growing lotus roots, feeding pigs and making vermicelli. Wang Xingren found that Zhang Hulan thought much more carefully than he did, and this had already formed a circular industry.

Wang Xingren bowed to Zhang Hulan and said, "I didn't expect Madam Zhang to have such a thorough plan. I'm really impressed."

"Mr. Wang is too modest." Zhang Hulan said with a smile, "Mr. Wang has already thought so much after just meeting us. It took me a long time to come up with this."

Wang Xingren asked, "Madam Zhang, do you agree with my suggestion to build a manor in each state capital?"

Zhang Hulan nodded. "I agree, of course I agree. But I also have a suggestion. What do you think, Master Wang?"

"Mrs. Zhang, please speak!"

Zhang Hulan said, "What I mean is that we should start setting up the braised meat workshops in each prefecture first. We won't split the profits for now, and all the profits should be invested. We should do it one place at a time, and not start all at once. What do you think, Master Wang?"

Wang Xingren asked, "Is Madam Zhang worried that the shop is too wide and she can't manage it?"

Zhang Hulan said, "We have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. Our business is not under threat, so we can move forward more slowly. If someone were to take our business, we could seize the market more quickly, but there is no need for that now."

The fifty people you prepared should not all disperse individually after training; they should be divided into groups of two or three to set up a workshop in one place first, and then separate after everything is normal in the workshop.

Each of them can take a few of the old people with them and find a few new people to work in the workshop. Once we are in the new place, things will start to develop faster and there will be fewer problems."

Wang Xingren understood what Zhang Hulan meant, which was that it would be better for the old to lead the new.

Zhang Hulan then continued, "The only thing we need to pay attention to is the confidentiality of the formula. As long as it is not leaked, there will be no competitors in the market for a while.

But it was bound to happen eventually. Even if it wasn't leaked, others would have developed it over time. The taste wouldn't be much different, so it wouldn't have much of an impact.

Sometimes, different tastes are also a good thing for people. After eating the same flavor for a long time, you will definitely want to change it.

So we can’t just stay the same, we need to change up our dishes frequently.”

Wang Xingren once again felt his shortcomings, and there was still much to consider. He bowed to Zhang Hulan and said, "Madam Zhang, I hope you will give me more guidance in the future. I am too young, and there are many things I may not have considered thoroughly. I hope you will give me more advice in the future."

Zhang Hulan said quickly, "Mr. Wang, you're too kind. I don't know much either, I'm just a little older."

"Mrs. Zhang is too modest. I still have a lot to learn from her."

After taking a walk around, Wang Xingren said goodbye.

Zhang Hulan invited Wang Xingren to have dinner before leaving, but Wang Xingren said he wanted to go to Ye Hongyun's place, so Zhang Hulan didn't try to keep him.

After Wang Xingren left, Dong Jianyong found Zhang Hulan, returned the remaining silver, and then told her about the conflict with Li He.

Zhang Hulan said after hearing this: "It's okay. We usually don't go to the capital anyway, so we probably won't run into each other again."

Zhang Hulan then stuffed the silver back into Dong Jianyong's pocket and said, "Uncle Dong, you've worked hard on this journey. Keep this silver. You can buy some good wine later to drink with Uncle Luo and the others."

"This is outrageous. We have wages and have enough money to buy wine." Dong Jianyong returned the money to Zhang Hulan.

As the two were pushing and shoving each other, Luo Changqi came over.

Luo Changqi said, "Niece, you have to buy some more cattle and plows, otherwise you won't be able to plow the 500 acres of land."

Zhang Hulan said, "I was just about to buy it these two days."

Luo Changqi said: "Niece, when you buy cattle this time, don't buy those old cattle. Buy some young and strong cattle."

Zhang Hulan felt a little embarrassed. The cows she and Zhang Hujun bought last time were all older and they probably wouldn't be able to pull the plow in a few years.

Zhang Hulan coughed dryly and said, "Uncle Luo, I'm still going to buy that old cow this time, but I'd like to buy some better ones. So, tomorrow we'll go buy some cows and plows, and I'm also planning to buy some servants."

Luo Changqi nodded, and then said, "Niece, I suggest you build the pig farm near the farmland.

Your house is here to avoid the bad smell in the future, and it will also be convenient to use manure water to irrigate the land.

Another option is to dig a canal from the ditch to bring water to the farmland, and dig a few fish ponds there to facilitate water use."

Zhang Hulan nodded. "Okay, let's do as Uncle Luo says."

"The other thing is about the farmhands," Luo Changqi continued. "At present, the wasteland on this side has been reclaimed almost completely. My niece said that the land on the other side doesn't need to be reclaimed too thinly, as we will plant trees later.

Then I asked them to clean up the wasteland over there, build a road, and then let them go.

If there are people willing to stay and work long-term, we will let them work on it slowly."

Zhang Hulan nodded again. "Okay, Uncle Luo will take care of the arrangements. I'll have someone build a house on the farm as soon as possible so that the farmhands can live there."

……

The next day.

Zhang Hulan and Luo Changqi went to buy cattle and plows.

Dong Jianyong also went with them. In addition to buying cows and plows, he also wanted to buy some servants.

Zhang Hulan also brought Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi with her. She decided to take them with her whenever she went out to do things in the future, so that she could influence her two daughters through what she saw and heard.

This time they did not go to Changning County, but to Ding'an Prefecture.

The talents of the dental clinic in Changning County have been selected, so I have to change to another one.

Moreover, Zhang Hulan also wanted to buy one or two literate maids and servants, so she had to go to a larger brokerage firm to buy better servants.

It takes most of the day to travel from Changning County to Ding'an Prefecture. If you go today, you won't be back until tomorrow.

Arriving in Ding'an Prefecture, they first looked for a good inn. Luo Changqi and Dong Jianyong then inquired about brokerage firms and places where cattle and horses were traded.

Find out the place and go home straight away tomorrow morning as soon as you finish your business.

Zhang Hulan didn't rest in the inn either. She brought her daughters out and of course took them shopping.

When passing by a teahouse, Zhang Hulan did not notice that on the second floor of the teahouse, a young man was standing respectfully in front of another young man.

The young man standing there was Hu Sanlang, who had confessed to Zhang Hulan several times that he wanted to marry her.

Hu Sanlang also didn't notice Zhang Hulan and her daughter passing by downstairs.

The young man sitting opposite Hu Sanlang and drinking tea was saying, "Hu Sanlang, it's not that I don't want to help you, but you didn't do what I asked you to do. Why should I help you?"

Hu Sanlang pleaded, "Master Luo, please help me. As long as Master Luo can recommend me, I will do anything you ask me to do."

Luo Hao sneered, "You can do anything? Didn't I ask you to do it? But you didn't do it well. Who can you blame?"