In the afternoon, I first looked for Jia Yu.

Let him find a blacksmith who can be trusted, and the technology also needs to be passable, and first make a few furnaces and a mold for honeycomb coal, so that there are specific things and the explanation is more intuitive.

Then, I called Wangcai, Tiezhu, and Zhang Fu and went to the grocery store.

The soap is ready to go on the market, and this store still needs to be inspected on the spot, otherwise it is really not at ease.

This shop is not far from Ningrong Street, only two or three streets away, the location is also good, the storefront is okay, but as soon as he entered it, Jia Cong immediately frowned.

There are too many goods, too miscellaneous, and the placement is also disorganized, and the smell is not very good, even the small shops I have seen in my previous life are not comparable.

This will definitely not work, it will be too low-grade, and good things will not be sold at a high price.

There is a shopkeeper in the store, surnamed Liu, who is called Liu Shopkeeper, and there are two guys, and three people are in charge of the entire grocery store.

When the shopkeeper Liu saw Zhang Fu following behind a teenager, he guessed that the owner was coming, and immediately greeted him.

"I've seen the third master, how can the third master have time to come to the store."

Jia Cong looked at Shopkeeper Liu, who was not tall, a little thin, and had a shrewd face.

"Well, I'll come over and take a look, this store looks a little messy, how is the business? How much money can you make in a year? ”

"Back to the third master, there are a lot of things in this store, it seems a little messy, the business is still passable, and you can earn about 100 taels of silver a year."

Jia Cong looked back at Zhang Fu, Zhang Fu nodded and said, "Third Master, this number is about the same, and the grocery stores in the city are in similar condition." ”

Jia Cong nodded, and went to the back warehouse to take a look, which also had a lot of goods stored.

This store has to be renovated, otherwise the rich will not want to come in.

"Steward Zhang, shopkeeper Liu, this store is too messy, and the layout is not reasonable, this look, a little bit of identity, or rich people, don't want to come in at all, I'm going to redecorate."

"It's good that the third master decides, what do you need us to do, just tell us directly."

Next, Jia Cong said his thoughts and some of his own ideas.

Shopkeeper Liu listened, his eyes lit up, this is good, why did you think of it before? It seems that this little master is really not simple.

After all, Shopkeeper Liu is in this business, and he also put forward a few opinions, and finally the three of them unified their opinions and decided on the decoration plan.

The decoration of the store was handed over to Zhang Fu and Shopkeeper Liu, and told Shopkeeper Liu that he was selling new soaps, and asked him to prepare in advance, and by the way, make a billboard to publicize it.

When the store is decorated and reopened, it will be the day when the new soap will be launched.

When I help Jia Yu settle down the coal business, I will go to Zhuangzi by myself, and improve my strength while cultivating the team, and I will ignore other things for the time being.

The next day, Jia Cong finished his cultivation, and after breakfast, he pulled Ping'er aside.

Ping'er asked suspiciously: "Third master, do you have something to do with me?" ”

"Sister Ping'er, you went to Sister-in-law Feng's place today, and inadvertently mentioned in front of her that my master and I are going to do business together, if she is interested, let her come to me before dark."

"Third master, do you want to pull the second grandmother into the gang to do business?"

Jia Cong nodded and said: "Yes, it's all done anyway, it's nothing to have one more person, and it also allows you to earn a favor in front of her, after all, you have been with her." ”

"Third master, is it a soap business? In fact, the third master doesn't have to give them the benefits for me. ”

Jia Cong smiled and said: "You can think about me, I'm very happy, it's not a soap business, we do it ourselves." My husband and I are in a coal business, I just want to participate in shares, I don't want to do things, so I brought my second brother in and let him come forward to manage it. ”

Ping'er smiled: "I am following the third master now, naturally for the sake of the third master, do you want the second master Lian to be a coolie for you?" ”

"Almost, after doing these things, I'm going to take a while of penance and improve my strength. When Sister-in-law Feng asked you, don't say anything business, just say that it is very profitable, and you can earn more than 100,000 taels a year, and you say that you occasionally heard me talk about it. ”

Ping'er is also a smart girl, after thinking about it carefully, she understands that Sister Feng is greedy for money, and if she says this, she will definitely attract her, and she will remember her own adult favor, thinking of this, she can't help but smile.

"Thank you Third Master for thinking about me, I will definitely let Second Grandma come to you."

Jia Cong smiled: "Don't be polite with me, I'll go to the Grange to have a look later, and I guess I'll be back in the afternoon." ”

"I know the third master."

Jia Cong came to the front yard, called the coachman, took Wangcai, Tiezhu, Zhang Fu, and called five guards to follow, and the group went out of the gate and went to the grange outside the city.

After walking for nearly half an hour for thirty miles, the road conditions outside the city were so bad that sitting in the car was a sin, and it seemed that I had to find time to learn how to ride a horse.

In the future, if you train your team in the Grange, you will definitely come and go back to the Lodge often.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, looking at the endless fields in front of you, these are all your own, 6,000 acres of fertile land, and there is a small river in the south, which can irrigate the crops, which can be regarded as a high-quality field.

The group came to the village, and the head of the village led people to greet them.

"The slave has asked the third master to say goodbye, and the third master is invited to the village to talk."

Jia Cong asked as he walked: "How much grain can be harvested in a year for one acre of land here?" ”

"If you go back to the third master, when the year is good, this acre of land can hit more than 300 catties a year, and if the year is not good, it will be about 200 catties."

"Isn't there a river over here? Why is there still a time when the year is not good? ”

Zhuang Tou said with a bitter face: "Third master, our land is too big, if you carry water for irrigation, you will be a little too busy." ”

Jia Cong shook his head, this is obviously a pretext, there is water not far away, you would rather the crops be dry than water to irrigate, is this possible? Let's wait until we actually see for ourselves.

"How much rent did we collect in the past, but how much can we earn in a year?"

"Back to the third master, we will collect 30% of the land rent, and if the year is good, we can earn about 2,000 taels."

Jia Cong looked back at Zhang Fu, Zhang Fu nodded and said, "Third Master, it's basically this number, not much worse." ”

This yield is too low, and it will take a hundred years to recover the money for buying land, so it is too cost-effective.

It seems that I have to rectify it well, first check the entire terrain nearby, and then see how to rectify it.

Soon came to a three-way courtyard.

Jia Cong came to the hall and sat down, rested for a quarter of an hour, and instructed Zhuang Tou to arrange lunch.

Then he took people to the hill to the west, and carefully circled the whole mountain, exploring the terrain.

There are many trees on this mountain, the vegetation is quite dense, and occasionally you will encounter a few pheasants and hares.

"Is there a lot of prey on this mountain? Does the mountain have a home? ”

"Third master, this mountain has no owner, there are not many prey on the mountain, many people come to the mountain to hunt during the slack time, only rabbits and pheasants."

They went down the south side of the mountain until they reached the small river, which was five or six meters wide and about two meters deep.

After lunch, I took a short rest, circled around the 6,000 acres of fertile land, and explored the terrain.

The water level of the small river in the south is a bit low, and it is indeed impossible to irrigate directly, so it seems that you can only use a water wheel, which is not in a hurry, and you need to water the ground when spring opens, so take your time.