Transmigrating into a Turbulent Era as a Soldier, Starting with Marrying a Wife

I entered Boss Qiao's hemp spinning workshop.

Li Yuan found that it was not very big.

Seven or eight women were working in the room.

There were five spinning wheels and two simple looms.

Li Yuan inquired about the hemp spinning process in detail.

Boss Qiao also answered everything he knew.

He patiently explained it to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan then asked where he could buy spinning wheels and looms.

Boss Qiao was stunned and hurriedly asked.

"Young Master Li, do you also want to start a textile workshop?"

Li Yuan nodded.

"That's exactly what I intend to do."

"In my village, there are many women who lack food and clothing."

"I pity them."

"Instead of watching them starve to death, it's better to find them some work."

"So, I also want to start a hemp spinning workshop."

"It can also help these orphaned girls."

Boss Qiao said with great emotion.

"Young Master Li is benevolent. If that's the case, I am willing to help you."

"I still have two spinning wheels and one loom in my warehouse that have not been used."

"I am willing to give them all to Young Master Li."

"In addition, I will also offer 50 dan of hemp thread and hemp silk."

"Young Master Li can take them away and use them at any time."

"If your workshop weaves hemp cloth,"

"My Qiao Family Cloth Shop is willing to buy it at full price. What do you think?"

This Boss Qiao could be considered a very honest person.

The goods and textile tools he offered were almost exactly worth 50 guan.

It was equivalent to repaying Li Yuan and the others in another way.

Li Yuan thought this was good, so he accepted Boss Qiao's kindness.

With the matter settled, Boss Qiao hosted a banquet at Drunken Fragrance House to treat the five strong men.

Li Yuan did not refuse.

Entering Drunken Fragrance House, the group went straight to the second floor.

Boss Qiao booked a private room, slapped two taels of silver on the table, and instructed the waiter.

"Bring up good wine and good dishes."

Before long, the table was filled with various dishes.

A waiter came up carrying two porcelain bottles on a lacquer tray.

"Gentlemen, this is our hotel's best wine, a bottle of Hundred Flower Brew and a bottle of Green Origin Pulp."

"This wine has a strong flavor. You have definitely never tasted it before."

When Li Yuan saw it, his face darkened.

Wasn't this the wine he had sold last time?

He picked up a bottle and asked the waiter.

"How much do you sell these two bottles of wine for?"

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of dishes, everyone ate very happily.

Li Yuan looked at the dishes on the table again.

Suddenly, he casually instructed the waiter who was serving beside him.

"Bring another plate of boiled tofu."

"I haven't eaten tofu for a long time, and I miss it a bit."

However, when he turned around, he found that the waiter had not gone to order the dish.

Instead, he stood there in a daze.

Li Yuan asked. "What's wrong?"

The waiter scratched the back of his head and asked embarrassedly.

"Sir, what is tofu?"

"I have never heard of it."

"Ah!"

This time, it was Li Yuan who exclaimed.

He immediately covered his mouth and his eyes darted around.

Suddenly, Li Yuan realized a problem.

He had been transmigrated for so long, but he had never seen tofu in Qingyuan County.

He had never seen a tofu workshop either.

Could it be that in this era, tofu had not yet been invented?

Thinking of this, Li Yuan was secretly delighted.

Then, in this Great Liang Dynasty, I will invent tofu.

After the banquet, the host and guests were happy.

After saying goodbye to Boss Qiao of the cloth shop.

Li Yuan came to the grain and rice shop in the city again.

The purpose of this trip was to buy soybeans.

He decided to go back and try making tofu himself.

After checking the price, soybeans were considered miscellaneous grains, slightly lower than the price of rice.

Li Yuan directly bought five shi of soybeans and loaded them onto the cart.

He found two business opportunities in the county town: hemp cloth and tofu.

The purpose of this trip had been achieved.

Li Yuan then led his four subordinates, along with the silk hemp and spinning wheel looms given by Boss Qiao, and the soybeans he had just bought.

They set off to return to Dongxiang Village.

The road back seemed much more peaceful.

They did not encounter any accidents.

The group returned to Dongxiang Village smoothly.

Each of the subordinates took five guan of money as a reward and happily went home.

Li Yuan first went to take a look at the winery.

Because a large amount of grain was stored in the winery, even at night, at least two orphaned girls would be on duty here.

Tonight, Cui Niang and another woman were on duty.

Li Yuan checked and found that the winery was well managed, and he was very satisfied.

He knew that in the past few days, Chu Wanjun had arranged for Cui Niang to be responsible for the temporary management of the winery.

The reason was very simple: Cui Niang could write and do abacus calculations.

Chu Wanjun wanted to cultivate Cui Niang as the manager of the winery.

Cui Niang handed Li Yuan a few sheets of draft paper.

Li Yuan took it and saw that it was a record of the consumption of grain and coal and the expenditure of wages in the winery in the past few days.

Each item was recorded very carefully.

Li Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

"You did a good job. Go to Wanjun tomorrow to collect fifty coins."

Cui Niang lowered her head and said.

"Young Master Li has given us orphaned girls the grace to live. These small things are not worth the young master's reward."

Li Yuan waved his hand and said.

"The thing I value most is clear rewards and punishments. If you do well, I will definitely reward you."

"You will be responsible for the accounts of this winery from now on. In addition, you will receive fifty more coins every month."

"Send me the accounts of the winery every three days."

Cui Niang could only nod in agreement.

Returning home, the girls were still waiting for Li Yuan with the lights on.

Nothing happened overnight.

The next day, Li Yuan found the village chief and the head of the hundred, and discussed buying the empty houses on the left and right sides of the winery.

The old village chief said that this matter was easy to handle. Those two earthen houses were currently uninhabited.

As long as they paid the village three guan for the land.

Li Yuan then asked the village chief if there were any larger empty houses for sale in the village.

The old village chief thought for a while and said.

"Young Master Li, do you still want to build a workshop?"

Li Yuan nodded and said.

"To be honest, Village Chief."

"Yesterday, when I entered the city, I found that the price of hemp cloth was very good over there."

"I thought about it, it's better to open a hemp spinning workshop in our village as well."

"That way, all the orphaned girls in the village will have work to do."

"With work, they will have money and food, and they will not starve to death."

Hearing this, the old village chief's eyes lit up.

He stroked his beard and said thoughtfully.

"Young Master Li is so noble, I admire you very much."

"Building a workshop is a good thing for our Dongxiang Village. The land in the village is not worth much, so you can use it as you please."

"It's just that many of the men in our village are also poor."

"Please use more of the men in our village for the labor of building the workshop."

"Give them a bite to eat."

Li Yuan hurriedly patted his chest and replied.

"Don't worry, Old Village Chief, this is what we should do."

"Naturally, we must use the labor of our local villagers to build the house to be at ease."

"I will definitely not mistreat my fellow villagers."

The old village chief nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

"Young Master Li wants to build a workshop to help the orphaned girls in the village. This is a great thing, and I, the old man, will definitely help you with all my strength."

"Don't worry, I will help you find suitable land these few days."