Female supremacy: leading the whole family to change their family

Chapter 118 Building a Factory

"Xiao Shu, how is it in Beijing? Are Sister Qian and her family doing well? Is anyone bullying them?"

Although Gu Yao could not protect them openly, she could at least secretly bring them some daily necessities and money.

After all, she and Qian Xiumin were good sisters, and she had received help from Qian Xiumin before, so she could not forget her loyalty.

Although she couldn't let the whole family live as before, Gu Yao was still able to protect their lives and prevent others from bullying them.

Gu Xiaoshu said immediately after hearing this: "Don't worry, Madam. I have sent people to take care of the Qian family. No one in the small village dares to bully them. After all, you are backing them up, so they are living well. Although they are a little poor, at least they can survive."

At the beginning, she had always been paying attention to the Qian family. Seeing that the eldest lady was always protecting them, the Qian family was indeed living a good life.

At least everyone was safe and sound in that small village, working from sunrise to sunset.

But they were a bit poor, and after all, Gu Yao couldn't give them too much money at once.

You have to know that their property was confiscated. If they suddenly had too much money, wouldn't it tell others that they had hidden a large sum of money?

That's why Gu Yao helped them buy some land and build a house, so that they could live there peacefully.

When the second year came, Gu Yao was very excited because she knew that this year was the potato harvest season, and her success depended on now.

She also knew that many people planted potatoes, but when they didn't pay attention, many people were unwilling to do it, but she didn't force them to do it.

When they see the harvest, they will naturally plant it, but at that time they can no longer buy the seeds for free.

Gu's mother was smiling all the time this year, after all, Gu Yao's official position was promoted quickly.

Moreover, the family is very harmonious. All the granddaughters and grandsons in the family are very ordinary. Even her eldest granddaughter is very knowledgeable and will be able to graduate in two years.

A few days later, the potatoes were fully ripe, and Gu's mother had already sent people to collect all the potatoes from the farm.

Gu Yao even asked people from the government office to go to various counties to inform villagers that the potatoes could be harvested.

The county magistrate and the town under Shicheng have already started to notify, and Gu Yao is looking forward to it.

She plans to start building a factory after the potato harvest, and then buy potatoes from the villagers so that she can start making potato flour.

Whether they are willing to sell is up to the villagers, after all, they also have to collect taxes.

So Gu Yao is very casual about these things. Some villagers are willing to sell them because they can be exchanged for money.

During the following period, people in Shicheng were busy harvesting potatoes.

Everyone exclaimed in amazement when they saw these potatoes. They never thought that what the prefect said was actually true. These potatoes could really produce a high yield.

The people who planted potatoes and those who took good care of them were overjoyed, thinking about how much money they could sell them for, how much grain they could harvest, and that they would never go hungry again.

Those who did not follow the instructions were in tears, wondering why they did not do so in the first place, as these were free seeds.

Then every day you see couples arguing, even fighting, or even when several members of a family are arguing, they all think it is the other party’s fault.

They said that the other party stopped them from planting potatoes, but this matter had nothing to do with Gu Yao, and he had no sympathy for these people at all.

You have to bear the consequences of your own choices. Besides, it’s not that you can’t plant it later. You can still plant it in winter.

What's more, potatoes are resistant to drought, so these people just look at the excitement and turn their backs on it.

Gu Yao was delighted when she heard the government calculate the number of potatoes in each village. It seemed that these potatoes could really help her make a fortune in Shicheng.

She gave another order to build a factory in the suburbs of Shicheng.

And he was a remote servant, but he was rich, earning twenty cents a day.

In the past, remote labor service was free, after all, every household had a quota for labor service.

However, when these villagers heard that they had to pay money, they wished that several people from each family would send out.

After all, this is twenty cents, enough to buy eggs or a little meat.

Gu Yao's recruitment capacity is limited. It is impossible to recruit everyone who comes, so only one person is recruited from each family and only thirty people in total are enough.

After all, she doesn't plan to make the factory too big, and will only expand it after making money in the future.

I was naturally disappointed that I didn't recruit anyone, but I thought that since the producer wanted to build a factory, I would definitely meet others later.

So they thought that since the adults were so generous, they should pay close attention to these announcements in the future, and if there was any good news they would definitely come over quickly.

Gu Yao was very happy with the bumper potato harvest, and the factory was completed after more than half a month.

At this time, Gu Yao asked Gu Xiaoshu to recruit both male and female workers, and they could get 30 cents a day.

It can be said that this amount of money is one of the best in Shicheng, and it even includes food and accommodation.

This announcement caused a great sensation in various places in Shicheng. They did not expect that the prefect would be so generous.

This also attracted many people from the suburbs to apply for worker positions.

Gu Yao naturally made all the potato noodles, and even made spicy and sour potato noodles for the whole family to taste.

"My wife, this potato noodle is really good. I also like it when it's hot and sour."

Lin Wulang was sweating all over after eating. After all, there was chili in the dish. But she wanted to eat another bowl. She didn't expect that there was such a delicious dish in the world.

"If it tastes good, eat more, but don't eat too much, otherwise your stomach will feel uncomfortable."

Gu Yao thought that they were probably not used to eating such spicy food, so she tried to persuade them to eat it, so that their stomachs would not be overwhelmed at night.

Gu Yao felt relieved when she saw that the potato flour was accepted by the whole family, and even her mother said that it would definitely be sold at a good price.

This potato flour is her plan to make a fortune, and it will make Shicheng have this specialty.

And I also know that she has been promoted to prefect in just over a year and will not be promoted in the future.

What's more, she didn't want to leave Shicheng too early, after all, there was still a fight for the throne in the capital.

Shicheng has been her base camp in recent years. If she wants to live a good life here, then it must be prosperous and the people must be able to have enough food and clothing.

Almost a week later, all two hundred workers had arrived.

Gu Yao felt very comfortable seeing this. When she thought about making money in the future, she immediately spoke to the factory.

What she said was that the uncle told them to work hard, and that their wages would definitely increase in due time, and that they would also receive a wave of benefits when the factory made a profit.

This made the workers' eyes red and they were even very excited. Among the two hundred workers, there were one hundred men and one hundred women.

It's not tiring when men and women work together, so Gu Yao recruited these men.

Men are more careful, so they can do the delicate work, while women do the heavy work.

The whole Shicheng is very busy now. After all, they are all watching what the prefect is going to do.

These merchants were excited to see the governor build a factory on campus to make potato flour.

Over the past year, they all knew that whatever the prefect wanted to do would be successful.

They were also promoted to the fifth-rank prefect within a year, which made people admire them.

They know that potatoes have a high yield, and if they can really make potato flour, they can make a fortune.

These merchants naturally wanted to follow behind and get a piece of the pie. However, they did not dare to move unless the prefect said anything.

The merchants in the court are indeed looked down upon. Although they are rich, they have many restrictions.

However, some merchants in Shicheng gained some face and respect from many people in Shicheng because of the plaque of Gu Yao's "Family of Good Deeds".

Because of this, these merchants want to follow Gu Yao, thinking that they don’t know what they can get.

Later, some businessmen wanted to use Gu Xiaoshu's connections to meet Gu Yao.

Naturally, they were favored by Gu. Gu Xiaoshu watched them pick out one or two of the merchants who had donated money before and bring them to Gu Yao.

Gu Yao looked at Madam Jia in front of her and smiled: "Madam Jia, I didn't expect you to come to see me today..."

Madam Jia said flatteringly, "Sir, I also want to share your worries, so I want to come and see you today. Please give me a chance."

Gu Yao was naturally willing to listen to her. After all, she still wanted people to invest, but she would not easily agree to let her join in directly, for fear that these merchants would do something tricky to her.

Although merchants do not have a high status, once the money is in place, collusion between officials and businessmen will naturally occur. Otherwise, why would there be tycoons or corrupt officials? Isn't it because of these people?

"No need, these were all done by my subordinates. Besides, there is no need to trouble Madam Jia for these."

Upon hearing this, Madam Jia smiled and said, "I really want to share your worries, sir. Besides, your factories need merchants, right? I am willing to be the first to step forward and be the vanguard for you."

Then he said: "I am willing to give you 20,000 taels of silver, and I will help you make more money in the future."

And of course Mrs. Jia was willing to do so, after all, this was a way to get close to the prefect.

If they could get the upper hand, the Jia family would probably become rich, so she was still willing to pay this little money.

Gu Yao was a little surprised when she heard this, thinking that the merchants in Shicheng were not too wealthy.

It was already very good that she could come up with 20,000 taels of silver, which also meant that the businessman was willing to follow her path.

"If Madam Jia is willing, I will accept it. But Madam Jia, don't worry, the blessings of your Jia family are still to come."

Gu Yao is still willing to give the Jia family this opportunity, as long as they don't go the wrong way, otherwise she will take back this blessing.

When Mrs. Jia heard this, she immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Gu Yao. She had been waiting for this day for a long time.

In this dynasty, among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants had the lowest status and could only take imperial examinations after three generations.

So why do these businessmen want to curry favor with officials? Isn’t it just to have a backer?

The main reason they didn't make it up was that the people before them didn't do much.

The prefect had not thought of this, so he let them wander around in Shicheng.

Now that the new prefect is willing to support their business, Mrs. Jia is naturally so excited that she almost wants to cry on the spot.

After returning home, Mrs. Jia told her family the news.

Her doctor, Lang Yu, smiled and said, "That's great, my wife. It would be great if we could curry favor with her. At least she is the boss here. It would be great if we could get some benefits. When our great-grandson is born, we can definitely change her family and let her study."

Yu naturally wanted a scholar to emerge in the family. After all, scholars are different.

Having a scholar in their family means that they are respected, and they won’t have to be laughed at in the future. Even fewer people dare to treat them as fat sheep.

Now that their great-grandchildren haven't appeared yet, and even their grandchildren haven't been born yet, they can only think this way.

Madam Jia sighed: "Fortunately, I am thick-skinned, and the prefect did not say anything. She is willing to give me this opportunity, so I must work hard and will never let her down."

With the help of Madam Jia, Gu Yao's factory was run very neatly and efficiently, and he could even start doing business after next month.

Naturally, she planned to bring more things, not only potato flour, but also some mountain products, which she was willing to do.

He also asked Gu Xiaoshu to post a notice, asking people in Shicheng to send any good specialty products they thought were good to the prefectural government.

And if Gu Yao adopts it, he will naturally give them some gold and silver.

She felt that there were treasures among ordinary people, unless someone discovered them. Wasn't it the people she sent who discovered these potatoes?

Two months later, the caravan returned, this time bringing good news.

All their potato flour had been sold. Looking at the huge sum of money that had been shipped back, Gu Yao was very excited and said to Gu Xiaoshu, "Xiaoshu, that's great. We succeeded. As long as we make potato flour well, we will definitely make a fortune. I can also prepare to start the next project."

Gu Xiaoshu naturally knew that her wife was ambitious, but he didn't know what her next project would be.

And I’m really excited about this potato. I didn’t expect that this potato could be sold for so much money. It’s really surprising.

But as Gu Yao's confidant, she will naturally try her best to help Gu Yao achieve his goal.

Since this potato flour was successful, she was naturally happy for Gu Yao.

Especially when she saw the silver being transported in and the sounds coming from the workshop not far away, she thought that it seemed like she would really get rich by doing business.

Gu Yao didn't care. She felt that since Shicheng was gradually gaining money, the money must be put to good use.

The money that the common people earned from selling potatoes had already been given to them. These common people were really excited. They didn't expect that they could make money just by growing potatoes.

Some of the potatoes were not enough for their own consumption and could not be sold. Although it was a pity, they wanted to reclaim some land this time and plant all of them.

Gu Yao encouraged them to open up wasteland and said with a smile that they could be exempted from taxes for three years if they did so. She was the one who made the decision on all these, after all, she was the top leader in Shicheng.