bookrebus Chapter 395 We also have to work
Chapter 395 We also have to work
Listening to Gu Waner's complaints, Ye Jintang couldn't help but laugh.
"I thought it was something. Cousin, you don't have to pay attention to those gossipers. They have their own mouths. Let them say whatever they want. If we get angry just because of these rumors, we will probably have trouble living in the future."
If the Qin Palace wants to gain a foothold in Ningchuan Prefecture, it is bound to offend many people and damage the interests of some people.
In this situation, it is normal for some people to gossip and speak ill of the Qin Palace. After all, they are not rich and cannot be loved by everyone.
If this happened in the capital, for the sake of his own reputation, Ye Jintang would definitely not let anyone talk nonsense outside.
But this is Ningchuan City, the fiefdom of King Qin. She doesn't care about those rumors. She has absolute power in her hands and can decide the life and death of countless people. Reputation becomes less important.
Besides, she would be so busy worrying about all kinds of rumors all day long that she would be overwhelmed even if she had three heads and six arms.
"All the cotton has been put into the warehouse. You better hurry up, or you won't be able to use up all the cotton in the warehouse until next spring."
"Don't worry, Madam. I have recruited more than 100 female workers. They are now working hard to learn spinning techniques. When they grow up, I'm afraid this amount of cotton will not be enough for them to use for a month."
"The weaving workshop is still counting the number of people. I roughly estimated that at least 400 skilled weaving women workers from several major cloth shops will come here. I have already arranged for some people to learn how to weave fine cloth on the machines. It won't be long before the scale of our weaving workshop will be expanded again."
Gu Wan'er was very confident in her female workers. No matter if they were recruited from refugees or from other weaving workshops, they all worked very seriously, fearing that they would not do well enough and lose this hard-earned job.
The messy rumors soon disappeared in the cold wind. The end of the year was just around the corner, and even gossips did not have extra time to talk nonsense. Everyone was preparing for the New Year.
Ye Jintang had already held a housewarming party some time ago, and the palace would no longer hold banquets before the New Year.
She wanted to have a few days off, but many people at the refugee camp were jealous of the female workers because they had jobs and could earn money, while most of the male workers were still unemployed.
So they asked the foreman to take a message to Xiao Mo, hoping that Xiao Mo could arrange work for them so that they could have something to look forward to.
Xiao Mo thought about it and finally had no choice but to ask Ye Jintang to come over.
"Jintang, help me think of a way to see if there are other workshops that can accommodate a large number of male workers."
"This is a bit difficult. Male workers usually do manual labor. In the cold winter, there is no manual labor for them to do."
The male workers in the refugee camp are more difficult to manage than the female workers. Petty theft and fighting are commonplace. Sometimes there are even group fights and bullying of female workers.
According to Ye Jintang's plan, she would take advantage of the cold winter weather and the fact that the refugees were hungry and cold to dampen the male workers' enthusiasm and make them behave themselves.
In this way, when next spring comes and she assigns them easy work, they will not be sneaky and try to play tricks on her.
Now that Xiao Mo asked her to advance her plans, she felt that it was inappropriate.
But making the male workers jealous of the female workers' work is not a long-term solution, as it is more likely to cause trouble over time.
After much thought, Ye Jintang finally came up with a way to deal with it.
"I originally wanted to start the pharmaceutical workshop after the Chinese New Year. Since the male workers are anxious, I will open the pharmaceutical workshop before the New Year."
"But it's not easy to open a pharmaceutical workshop. We also need to see how much medicinal materials Manager Qiao can get from the city. If the amount is too small, I'm afraid I won't be able to employ many male workers."
"Okay, you'll have to worry about this matter. It doesn't matter how many male workers we can accommodate. I just want everyone in the refugee camp to know that they can have enough food anytime I want."
"If they don't obey, they will only have one meal a day and have to clear snow from the streets."
As the ruler of Ningchuan City, Xiao Mo wants to tell everyone that he has the ability to control the life and death of everyone in the fiefdom.
Asking the male workers to clear the snow on the streets is actually Xiao Mo's way of controlling people. If the male workers do physical work every day, they will have no energy to cause trouble, and the public security in the entire Ningchuan City will be much better.
There are quite a few medicinal herbs in the mountains around Ningchuan City, and many ordinary people know how to collect them.
Manager Qiao looked around the city for medicinal herbs according to the list of medicinal herbs given by Ye Jintang. Unexpectedly, there were quite a lot of medicinal herbs in the city.
Ye Jintang asked Liuli to go with Manager Qiao to collect medicinal herbs. As long as they were on the list and the quality was similar, she would take all of them, no matter how many there were.
"The quality of the medicinal materials in the city is uneven, and most of them are of average quality. If they are used to make medicine for treating colds, I'm afraid the effect will not be very good after drinking it."
"We also want some of the ones with lower quality. The male workers in the refugee camp have never touched medicinal materials before, let alone making various pills and powders. Let's give them some of the ones with lower quality to practice with. This way we can save a lot of costs."
"After they have mastered the art of making medicine, we will let them use herbs of slightly better quality to make medicine. This will take two or three months and it will be enough."
"When all the male workers have mastered their skills next spring, we will be able to produce high-quality pills in large quantities and sell the powder to other cities."
After hearing Ye Jintang's plan, Liuli said no more. She only knew how to make medicine, and even if there were ten of her, they would not be as good as Ye Jintang in business.
After talking about the medicinal herbs, Liuli was about to leave but was called down by Ye Jintang.
"How is the injury on General Shi's arm now?"
"The burns on my arms healed the fastest. In just a few days, some places have already scabbed over and new flesh has grown. But the fractured bones are more difficult to heal. I estimate that it will take at least another month or two to fully heal."
"I have some bone-setting pills here. You can take them to General Shi. They contain several top-grade medicinal herbs and are very effective in healing broken bones."
As soon as Ye Jintang finished speaking, Luzhu took out a white porcelain bottle from the treasure cabinet next to her and handed it to Liuli.
"Thank you, ma'am."
Liuli bowed to Ye Jintang with gratitude.
Others may not know, but she knows the medicine in Ye Jintang's hand. The name sounds no different from those sold outside, but the effects are completely different.
"You don't have to be so polite. I gave General Shi the bone-setting pill just for your sake. Liuli, you've been with General Shi for such a long time, don't you have any thoughts in your mind?"
Liuli shook her head.
"My lady, I have long lost my heart. The reason I am helping General Shi recover is because of our friendship over the years."