In mid-July, since the announcement of the recruitment of craftsmen by Ling Molin in Daegu County, people have been gathering here from nearby towns and villages. Steward Yuan Sihai personally greeted every visitor, feasted countless times, everyone gave the best hospitality, and the hired people gave them good fields and beautiful houses, and even the unsuccessful ones were given travel expenses to return home. After the diffusion of such courtesy, there are more and more craftsmen who come to Lianshan Village, which are not limited to the neighboring towns, and many craftsmen from Yanzhou and Lizhou have also come to Lianshan Village.

At first, these people had the idea of coming and seeing, but when they arrived in Lianshan Village, they were deeply attracted by the farmland and the peaceful and cheerful living atmosphere. Coupled with the generous treatment of 'Lotus Villa', most people chose to stay. Yuan Sihai set aside an area to build residences for the 160 craftsmen who remained, and each of them was given 10 acres of Yongye land under his name, so that his family could have land to plant.

Most of the 160 craftsmen were blacksmiths, a few were stonemasons, and some carpenters. In mid-August, after a month of rectification, the craftsmen began to devote themselves to construction, and according to the plan, three furnaces and eighteen hidden fortresses were completed by the end of September.

In the Great Xia Dynasty, private construction of furnaces was not allowed, so the location of the furnace was chosen in the Shepan Mountain, and eighteen hidden castles were distributed on the main road near the furnace, which is why these craftsmen were given such generous treatment.

The location of the furnace chosen by Wei Wuxian was in an open valley between the second and third mountain ranges. There are two reasons for choosing this place: one is that this place is hidden and few outsiders will set foot in it, and the other is that the surrounding resources are abundant, and the red mud and other materials used to build the furnace are inexhaustible, and there is a small black iron mine ten miles away, which can be mined for iron smelting.

Such a large project requires a lot of silver, and the current operation of 'Lotus Villa' basically relies on the gold and silver he obtained from He Xinyin in the early stage. Later, the Wei family handed over the inheritance left by the Wei family to him, and the funds were still abundant, but no matter how much gold and silver he had, he would run out sooner or later, so during August, Wei Wuxian made an appointment to meet his two uncles.

Wei Yueqiao and Wei Yuean now run more than a dozen rouge shops, which are not large in scale and have good profits. Since the Wei family was raided by Emperor Xia, the two of them have no heart for Great Xia. I don't want to enter the career again, and I turn to business, which can be regarded as a small achievement after so many years.

Wei was a smart man, the Wei family was weak at that time, and if he rashly took out the inheritance left by the Wei family, not only could he not help his two brothers, but would harm them. Because the Ma family and the Liu family will definitely not let the two of them sit big.

Now the situation is very different from before, Wei Wujian and Wei Wuxian are dead, and most of the Liu's first line is wasted, and only the Ma family's first line is left. Wei Wuxian himself is also a ninth-level cultivator in the Qi refining period, and there are still a group of people for him to drive, his strength is not the same, and his status in the eyes of the King of Northern Yan has also risen, so he no longer needs to be as timid as before.

Since Wei Wuxian took the 'Tianyi Heavy Water' as the Dao base, his comprehension and use of the water attribute technique has reached a higher level, and the second grade of the water spirit technique is almost at will, and the use of it is superb.

The essence of water not only nourishes the valley, but also rejuvenates sagging skin when applied to the skin. Wei looked ten years younger after using it, and King Yan stayed for a lot more than before.

This thing Wei Yueqiao and Wei Yue'an's eyes were hot for a long time. Wei Wuxian usually brought enough portions to his mother-in-law, and he asked Wei Wuxian many times to let him put it in his own rouge store for distribution, if this thing came out, those rich ladies would not break their heads to buy it.

Wei Wuxian certainly knew the huge stakes. In the early stage, he was not short of gold and silver, and the time for cultivation was too short, so how could he absorb the essence of water and sell it for this. Now that we need to increase construction and expand financial routes, I thought of this.

Wei Yueqiao and Wei Yuean got the news and came to Lianshan Village in a hurry. It wasn't the first time they had been here, they had traveled here a few times before when they were doing business, but this time they were really shocked by what they saw. In my impression, the small mountain village of dozens of families is now not inferior to some big towns in Yanzhou, with strange traffic, chickens and dogs, and a prosperous scene.

Wei Wuxian personally greeted them outside the villa, and when they entered the villa, Wei Yueqiao and Wei Yue'an waited for Yuan Sihai, who was serving tea, to retreat and couldn't wait to see the goods. No wonder they are in a hurry, as the number of stores under their command increases, the competition they face is becoming more and more fierce. The business of rouge gouache is basically the right and rich people to get involved, which is related to the consumer groups they face, the main consumer groups of rouge gouache are the ladies and girls of those large families, and they can't play without a certain connection.

Wei Yueqiao and Wei Yue'an are the brothers-in-law of King Yan, and they are born with an advantage over others in this business. After the death of Wei Wujian and Wei Wushu this time, the Liu family began to shrink the scope of business, and the concubine Liu was born in a wealthy family in the Central Plains, with strong assets, and the family business has a branch in the entire Great Xia, among which there are rouge gouache shops in Yan, Ling, and Lizhou, which are more than twice the size of the Wei brothers.

The accidental death of Wei Wujian and Wei Wuxian was a huge blow to the Liu family, and the concubines who had no heirs had a weak influence both in the palace and outside, for this reason, the Liu family endured the grief in their hearts and gave half of the family's rouge gouache shops in Yan, Ling, and Li to the Wei brothers, and the largest grain and water production was given to the Ma family, and the posture of showing weakness was done enough.

The Wei brothers suddenly tripled the number of shops under their hands, and while they were excited, they began to have headaches again. The competition of rouge gouache is very large, before their scale was not large, advance and retreat freely, now the scale is large, the so-called ship is difficult to turn around, and the slightest carelessness will face huge losses. And because of this, it has to compete head-on with another big rouge merchant of 'Fu Lu Tang'.

'Fu Lu Tang' is a long-established rouge shop, with more than 1,000 branches in the Great Xia Dynasty, and the owner behind it is said to be the old father-in-law of the Xia Emperor of the Dynasty, Gu Tong Shu. In terms of scale and background, as well as raw materials and styles, 'Fu Lu Tang' is the 'Yuan Heng Ji' created by crushing the Wei brothers.

The two of them had only finished merging Liu's rouge shop when they felt the pressure exerted on them by the giant next to them. Now they urgently need a way or a high-quality, differentiated product to open up the situation and stabilize the internal people's minds.

Wei Wuxian didn't disappoint them, and the two of them left early the next morning with the first batch of fifty small jade bottles of water essence. They had to hurry up because these water essences kept in the jade bottle only had an expiration date of fifty days, and after expiration, they would decompose into ordinary water on their own, losing their effectiveness. They have to arrange for the delivery, carry out promotion, and pinch the head and tail, and the time they can use is actually only one month.

In addition, these water essences can improve people's skin, but the same effect can only last for a few months, and those who buy it need to use it continuously if they want to maintain delicate skin, and its value for 'Yuan Heng Kee' is immeasurable.