When everyone heard that there was something else, they stopped refusing it.

He Shaoyun continued: "Actually, it's not a big deal. When the construction starts, please help me spread the word about the benefits of this soap on the construction site. In the past two days, 200 young and strong laborers will be recruited to work at the construction site together, and we will trouble everyone to find more strong laborers from each village."

"What about wages?"

"The wages are calculated at fifty cents a day, and they are settled on the same day. But these two hundred will be hard workers, and they will not be able to steal and cheat. ”

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

"One more thing, I'm going 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, this matter is naturally up to me, it's this matter of recruiting people and money, what are you going to do? Two hundred people is not enough. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I naturally have a way."

Since everyone didn't have to pay for the money, everyone naturally didn't say anything.

Old man He Sen said at this time: "This time to repair the reservoir, Shaoyun has made great efforts. The old and young masters of the whole village should remember that when the reservoir is repaired, a merit monument should be erected next to the reservoir, and the gentleman of the school hall should write the inscription, and future generations should remember Shaoyun's merit. What do you think? ”

Everyone felt that they had inherited He Shaoyun's great favor, so they naturally agreed. Then everyone departed.

After everyone left, Zhiyuan Niang walked into the house in a menacing manner and shouted loudly: "Why don't you discuss such a big matter with me, and the two of you will decide?" Fifteen hundred people's wages for three months, so much money, you have a lot of money. Where are we going to get the money? ”

"You stupid! Our workshop has earned money, and I will naturally have a way to do it, which one of you are idle? ”

"Then you can't throw away the money you earn. This workshop has only been open for a few days, and I haven't made any money yet, so I think about how to spend it, is there anyone more stupid than you? ”

He Zhiyuan looked at the old lady scolding his father without showing weakness, and felt that this thing had been done a little too much, and the key now was how to coax the old lady and prevent her from going crazy again. She feels sorry for the silver, and it doesn't make sense to be reasonable. But if she feels that she has made a bargain, she will naturally not be mad again.

So, He Zhiyuan said: "Mother, be quiet, I'll tell you a secret." ”

Then he whispered in the old lady's ear for a while.

She immediately smiled, and said happily: "Such a cheap thing, why didn't you say it earlier, it caused me to give birth to half of the weather." ”

Then she said to her husband, "I don't care about this, you can toss as much as you like." ”

A storm was resolved in this way, which made He Shaoyun inexplicable. He Zhiyuan laughed secretly, he didn't expect the old lady to be so easy to coax.

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

As soon as he entered the house, the shopkeeper Xu said to He Lichang: "He Lichang, I haven't seen you deliver goods in the past two days, and the customers who buy soap on my side have almost demolished my small shop." ”

"Oh, so good to sell?"

"Yes, I only sold a dozen yuan on the first day, and on the second day, I sold more than 200 yuan at once, and all of them were sold out before noon yesterday. In the afternoon, more and more people bought soap, and some of them asked for ten or dozens of dollars when they opened their mouths. I came here early this morning with my buddies to see how much stock you have here, and I want it. ”

"How much does Shopkeeper Xu want this time? These days, I have been busy with the construction of the reservoir in the village, and I have not taken much care of the things in the workshop. I thought it would take a month for you to replenish the stock, but I didn't expect it to sell so quickly. Hearing what the shopkeeper Xu said, he fell to the ground with a stone.

"Three thousand, no, five thousand. This time it is still cash silver, and the price remains the same. The reason why Shopkeeper Xu was so happy was because he knew that there were several stores in Juzhou City that were also secretly inquiring about Zhou Ji's purchase channels. So he hurried over to prevent the other families from taking the lead.

"Shopkeeper Xu, you are so coincidental, I plan to go to Yishui, Rizhao and other places in a few days to find a few more shops. There are five or six thousand pieces of soap in the workshop, and if you can take them all, then I won't run anywhere else. ”

When the shopkeeper Xu heard this, he immediately said: "Give it all to me, I'll take it all away, and you won't have to run around." ”

"Okay, then I'll let the workshop prepare, and the shopkeeper Xu will sit for a while."

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

After loading the goods, the shopkeeper Xu finished counting and said to He Shaoyun: "He Lichang, a total of 6,250 pieces of soap, 80 pieces of Wen, exactly 500 taels of silver." As he spoke, he took out five hundred taels of ingots from the blanket on his shoulders and handed them to He Shaoyun. Then he said to He Shaoyun with a smile: "He Lichang, you don't have to go to other places in the future, we have a general number in Qingzhou Mansion, and all states and counties in Qingzhou have a semicolon, how about we underwrite all your goods in the future?" ”

"That's naturally good, the owner agreed?"

"In a few days, I will go to the Qingzhou General Account to tell the owner, this thing will definitely be done."

"Then thank you shopkeeper Xu, you go slowly."

Shopkeeper Xu took his men and drove the carriage away. Before he left the village, the guy Ding Fu flattered and said to the shopkeeper Xu: "Shopkeeper, now we have made a lot of money, buy these five hundred taels of silver, and you can earn a thousand taels in a few days." After the ascension of the shopkeeper, don't forget the small ones. ”

When the shopkeeper and his party walked out of the village, a hired worker who came to help said to He Shaoyun: "He Lichang, you sell it too cheaply, yesterday I heard Xiucai, who went to the state school in our village, to return to the village and say that Zhou Ji in the city did not know where to get soap, washing clothes is better than pancreas, and you can also wash your face and take a bath. I heard that they were sold for 300 yuan a piece. Wouldn't it be a loss for you to give him eighty wen? ”

He Shaoyun smiled slightly and replied: "Small profits are quick turnover, less profit is more money." ”

The next day, there were rumors everywhere on the reservoir construction site, how the soap of the He Li Chang's family sold well, how Zhou Ji made a lot of money, how the He family was cheated, and so on.

On the third day, He Shaoyun summoned all the lieutenant chiefs, the first chiefs, and the patriarchs of each village to come to the house to discuss matters.

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

"But my workshop still needs silver, and I have to consume more than 100 taels of silver a day, which is very tight. So I want to use soap as cash to pay you, I wonder if it's possible? I'm going to pay for a bar of soap in two days, what do you think? ”

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately thought about it. Now a piece of soap on the market costs 300 yuan, and everyone knows this, even if it is discounted by 5 percent, it is 150 yuan. A piece of soap for two days is equivalent to seventy-five wen a day, and everyone still earns it, which is much more cost-effective than paying cash. Patriarch Wang was the most shrewd, and was the first to ask: "He Lichang, you are going to pay your wages with soap, this is a big loss." ”

"Now I'm nervous about cash, and there's nothing I can do. Zhou Ji is urging tightly, and as you can see, they are ready to underwrite our soap. Every day in the workshop, the oil was purchased, and it was all in cash. The matter of repairing the reservoir is a loss, and it is all the villagers' money. ”

"What if this soap can't be sold in the future?" Patriarch Wang asked again.

"This thing is easy to do, three months later, when my cash is relaxed, I will take it back at one hundred and twenty yuan, and promise not to let everyone suffer."

At this time, Ge Yuliang opened his mouth and said: "Uncle Wang, you are too worried, now that everyone is rushing to buy it, how can it not be sold?" ”

After getting He Shaoyun's assurance, everyone was relieved. In fact, everyone is not stupid, there is only one soap workshop, and there is no other branch, how can it not be sold.

If a piece of soap is sold for two days, even if it is sold for 200 yuan a piece, everyone will make more money than paying cash, and only a fool will not agree. So the matter was settled smoothly, and from tomorrow onwards, as long as you work on the construction site, you will pay a piece of soap in two days, and no more cash.

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

"I heard that a piece of soap can be sold for 300 yuan, so wouldn't a piece of soap be sold for 150 yuan a day in two days, wouldn't he be stupid?"

"I heard that He Lichang wants to buy raw materials with cash."

"Hurry up and ask Heli Chang if there are still people on the construction site?"

The construction site was highly excited all day, which was much more cost-effective than cash, and everyone was thinking in their hearts that if they were still recruiting, which relatives of the family should come to work.

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

"He Lichang, my child and his second aunt are from Xiahe Village, can I come to work tomorrow?"

"He Lichang, my second brother is sixteen years old this year, can he come to ICBC tomorrow?"

"He Lichang, my mother-in-law is only twenty this year, and she has a lot of strength, can she come to work, a piece of soap for three days, or four days."

He Shaoyun said loudly: "Fellow villagers, I can't make the decision on this matter alone, and I have to discuss it with the village and give you a word of approval tomorrow." Let's go back first, and we'll give you a word tomorrow. ”

It's good to talk about it, and everyone disperses. That night, He Shaoyun summoned the village chief and patriarch to discuss the matter.

In the end, the result of the discussion was that as long as everyone did not pay money, He Lichang could recruit as many people as he wanted, and the scale of the reservoir could be repaired as much as he wanted. Anyway, it's good for the whole village, so why not?

In the end, He Shaoyun and everyone agreed to recruit another 1,000 people, expand the scale of the reservoir again, and build two small reservoirs in the north and west of the village.

After the news spread, almost all the male laborers from ten miles and eight towns came to the construction site, and even some half-grown children and young women came to the construction site, and the progress of the reservoir changed day by day.