mtl008 Chapter 353: Choosing a Site for the Cloth Shop with Shen Xingjian
Chapter 353: Choosing a Site for the Cloth Shop with Shen Xingjian
"Sir Shen, this is official business. We need to go and see it in person... Please go with me, this official."
He stammered and finished the sentence in a halting manner.
Shen Zheng found it a little funny and asked him, "Where are you going?"
"Xiahe Village."
"What are you going to do in Xiahe Village?"
Shen Xingjian pursed his lips and did not answer. Shen Zheng thought he was angry. The next moment he handed the booklet in his hand to Shen Zheng.
"You can take a look first... Lord Liang said that he and Mr. Qiao are in Tong'an County to look after the apprentices and cannot spare the time."
Now that Liang Fu was involved, Shen Zheng roughly knew what was going on.
"But are you planning to set up the cloth workshop in Xiahe Village?" she asked.
Shen Xingjian breathed a sigh of relief, nodded at her, and turned towards Xiahe Village.
Shen Zheng's eyes darkened when she saw this, and she quickly followed and asked, "Are you planning to walk to Xiahe Village?"
Shen Xingjian stopped talking and just nodded, as if he was ready to walk to Xiahe Village on foot.
"no......"
Seeing that he was still walking forward with his head down, Shen Zheng had no choice but to reach out and grab his sleeve.
Shen Xingjian staggered, stopped, and looked at her in confusion, his meaning was obvious: Go, ah.
"Master Shen, please wait a moment! Xiahe Village is neither close nor far. We will have to walk there until dusk if we just walk on foot."
Shen Xingjian was already accustomed to this distance and did not think there was anything wrong with Shen Zheng's protest.
His expression was normal, and he said softly, "I always walked there before."
He was puzzled.
It only takes a little over an hour to walk. Is it far? Are you tired? Not really.
Shen Zheng raised his eyebrows and took a breath, then decided to go for broke: "It's too far, I won't go. We have to take a carriage."
After she finished speaking, she stuffed the booklet in her arms back to him and said, "Wait for me here while I go to the carriage shop next door to rent a carriage."
She felt regretful in her heart. If she had known earlier, she would not have let Zhao Xiu and Xiao Yuan drink. Now the two of them were definitely driving under the influence.
Shen Xingjian realized it belatedly, raised his hand towards Shen Zheng's back, then put it down helplessly.
Social phobia is really difficult.
"Ta-da-ta-da-"
The carriage stopped in front of Shen Xingjian, and Shen Zheng poked her head out: "Sir, get in the carriage."
The driver was none other than Mr. Jia, the boss of the carriage and horse business. He had just seen Shen Zheng coming to rent a car and insisted on personally taking them to Xiahe Village.
After Shen Xingjian entered the carriage, Shen Zheng naturally took the booklet and began to look through it.
On the first page of the booklet, the approximate scale of the cloth workshop, the floor space it would occupy, and the number of people and tools needed were planned.
“Awesome…”
Shen Zheng sighed, "They are indeed the two talented people sent by His Majesty." Otherwise, if this first version of the plan was placed in her previous world, it would probably take a team several days to work on it, right?
She asked the question that concerned her most:
"Master Shen, why did you choose Xiahe Village as the location for the cloth workshop? Is it because Xiahe Village is next to a river and it is convenient to get water?"
Shen Zheng knew that if she said this, Shen Xingjian would be activated.
Shen Xingjian came over directly, stretched out his bony fingers, and tapped the book lightly.
"After discussing with Lord Liang, I decided to choose Xiahe Village as the location for the cloth workshop. There are three reasons."
Shen Zheng looked carefully at the place where he pointed, waiting for his next words.
"The first is what you just said, Lord Shen, that it is easy to get water. Lord Liang and Old Qiao are experts in this regard. They said that a lot of water is needed for washing or dyeing cotton cloth. Although all villages in our county have canals, we are afraid that there will not be enough water during the dry season. It is best for the cloth workshop to be near the river."
Shen Zheng nodded, motioning for him to continue.
"Secondly, most of the people in Xiahe Village are elderly, and many low-quality fields have long been reclaimed by the county government. No one has reclaimed them, and they are just lying there. Why not use them to build a cloth workshop, and save a lot of money on buying land?"
"Third, it's because Xiahe Village is next to a river. Don't you want to cooperate with the Canal Transport Bureau to transport cotton and cotton cloth?"
Shen Zheng was stunned when she heard this, and thought for a long time before looking up at him.
"Sir Shen, I don't remember ever telling you that I wanted to cooperate with the Canal Transport Bureau. How did you know about this?"
Shen Xingjian let out a laugh from his throat.
"You gave His Majesty 30% of the profits. If we don't use the Canal Transport Bureau, wouldn't that be a big loss? And I can't think of any other way for us to buy cotton in large quantities except through the Canal Transport Bureau."
Shen Zheng gave him a thumbs up and praised him generously: "Your Excellency is very quick-witted."
Shen Xingjian imitated her and raised his thumb, and asked, "What does this mean?"
Shen Zheng smiled and said, "You are amazing. Nothing can escape your eyes."
She turned the booklet to the back page and saw a "cost table" drawn by Shen Xingjian.
Shen Xingjian looked over and explained, "This page is not yet complete. I have only calculated the labor costs, the cost of textile machine construction, and the cost of various tools. As for the most basic construction cost, we have to select a location and calculate it together with Lord Liang before we can determine it."
After hearing this, Shen Zheng raised a big flag for Shen Xingjian in her heart.
Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, the Ministry of Revenue, and thank you, Shen Xingjian's parents, for sending her such an excellent tool.
"Oh, right."
Shen Xingjian took the booklet and asked her, "Sir Shen, have you reached an agreement with the Canal Transport Bureau on cotton?"
Shen Zheng pinched her fingertips and said embarrassedly, "Not yet... I informed Your Majesty in my last letter. I believe someone will come soon."
Oh my God, compared with Shen Xingjian, her execution ability is simply blasted away.
On the contrary, Shen Xingjian didn't feel anything unusual and even volunteered.
"Then wait for them to come over and I will negotiate the price with them. You just follow me and don't be afraid of them."
Shen Zheng had heard a long time ago that, of the more than 300 days a year, the people from the Canal Transport Bureau were on the ship at least 300 days out of the 300 days. Their personalities were somewhat strange, some were too bold and outgoing, some were too irritable or eccentric.
Because the Great Zhou had exchanges with several neighboring small countries on the sea, the Grain Transport Bureau also had a "maritime branch" that specialized in sea transportation.
As a result, many people in the Caoyun Bureau carried swords that had seen blood - piracy was rampant in the eastern waters, and today's sea routes were all fought out by the Caoyun Bureau with swords and guns.
But the Caoyunsi never found the pirates' lair. Some people speculated that the pirates might be hiding on a deserted island and hid the treasures they looted on the island.
However, due to the national hatred and family feuds in the previous life, Shen Zheng always has no good feelings towards the Japanese country today, and even does not mind speculating about them with the greatest malice.
——Those pirates, who knows...
Shen Zheng gnashed her teeth until they made a clattering sound. Shen Xingjian shrank back and called her, "Master Shen?"
Shen Zheng came back to his senses and subconsciously asked him: "Master Shen, what do you think of Japan?"
Shen Xingjian frowned upon hearing this, "It's nothing. It's very troublesome to negotiate with them when they come to pay tribute. Every time they bring some rare and cheap things from our Great Zhou, they want to exchange them for our Great Zhou's rare treasures. It's really a mean act."
is not that right!
Shen Zheng spat in her heart.