Chapter 510 The cannon fodder cousin of the hero of the imperial examination essay (32)
Xu Yin is really relieved to have a capable and diligent person like Xu Kui helping her.
If it weren't for the government's monthly salary increase regulations, she would have wanted to directly increase him to one hundred taels. One person could be used as three people, but she wouldn't be willing to give him three times the salary?
Later, Xu Yin thought about it and decided that it would be okay if the monthly payment could only be increased by twice at most at a time, and the rest would be regarded as his shareholding.
She plans to turn Xu's Fragrance Industry into a group company. At present, besides her, Xu Kui is the first senior executive to invest in the company.
Taking some time to sort out Xu's current projects, I found that in addition to the Qizhen Pavilion and ordinary spice business in Beijing, in just two years, the group's business has expanded to three more businesses, namely fragrance, wine, and greenhouse vegetables.
…emmm, the last item feels a bit confusing.
It has nothing to do with the system tasks she wants to complete.
But I have to deny it: in the winter when root vegetables such as cabbage, potatoes, and radishes are mainly stored in cellars, it is such a blessing to have fresh and tender green vegetables to eat!
Although at present, with the planting volume of No. 1 and No. 2 Greenhouse Bases, plus the Lin Mansion, it is estimated that they can only barely supply the wealthy class in Luo City.
However, as greenhouse technology becomes more and more sophisticated, businessmen see business opportunities and invest in greenhouse cultivation. Sooner or later, green vegetables will be on the tables of ordinary people in winter.
As she expected, this winter, there were a few fresh greens on the dining tables of the powerful people in Luo City.
If these powerful people only display seven or eight dishes of green vegetables during important festivals such as Laba Festival, on ordinary days, they can only eat two or three dishes of green vegetables at noon, and they are only available on the dining table of serious masters. Those unpopular concubines, concubines or concubines, it would be nice to have one.
It is really snow-covered winter, and the fresh vegetable market is so popular.
You can’t buy anything with money.
Lin Mansion, which is also growing along with Xu Yin, has done a great job this winter: even for breakfast, you can see long, green and delicious melons.
“I really admire the idea of a good niece!”
Since the beginning of winter, Mr. Lin has been praising Xu Yin every day for eating the green vegetables provided by his own farm.
I don’t know if Xu Yin kept sneezing or not, but Mrs. Lin’s ears felt like they were getting numb.
She smiled and said: "This is what I am talking about. Even the magistrate praised her! If it weren't for the filial piety period, the magistrate's wife would have wanted to invite her to the wedding banquet on her birthday."
"The days go by so fast. We will be filial piety in three months, right?" Mr. Lin counted the time and sighed, "Unknowingly, Xu Ningxiang and his wife have been gone for almost three years. Things really are unpredictable!"
Mrs. Lin thought of another thing: "After the filial piety, the Xu family may not be able to live in peace. Yinyin is also at the right age to talk about marriage, and all the young men of the right age in Luo City may want to marry her. "
Marrying her is equivalent to marrying the huge family property of Xu Mansion!
Let alone the filial queen, even in the past two years, when she attended some tea parties and flower viewing parties, she could hear several voices inquiring about Xu Mansion and Xian's niece.
“In this case of my virtuous niece...” Mr. Lin analyzed slowly while stroking his beard, “The most suitable thing is to recruit a son-in-law.”
"Same as her mother?" Mrs. Lin shook her head, "My thoughts are different from those of the master. Those who are willing to marry into a wife are often from poor family backgrounds and are forced to move into the girl's family. Who from a good family is willing to marry into a wife? But how many people from poor families have great potential? Let’s not talk about others, let’s talk about Yinyin’s father. He is a good person, kind and responsible, not greedy or lazy, but what about others? After studying with the old man for many years, he is still lacking. After a while, isn't it Xu Ningxiang who takes care of the business? I think that Yinyin should find a young and promising husband with a similar family background. After getting married, she can still take up the family business and have more children in the future. , let a child named Xu inherit the Xu family business, just like my natal cousin-in-law, she is also an only daughter, and has three sons and one daughter. The second son will take her surname." "Madam, what you said is wrong." Mr. Lin shook his head, "If you marry into an in-law's family with a similar family background, you will still have to deal with all the affairs of the in-law's family after you get married. How will you have time to take care of your mother's family's business? As for the children, it is even more uncertain. What if, like the Xu family before, a single generation will pass on to the in-laws' family? Will you allow your only grandson to be named Xu?"
Mr. Lin hit the nail on the head: "I dare to judge: Those who know the situation of Xian's niece, but still diligently seek marriage but are unwilling to marry her, are obviously coming for the family property behind Xian's niece. How can they agree that their grandson's surname is Xu? If the surname is Xu, Cheng If the Xu family is gone, what does everything about the Xu family have to do with them?"
Mrs. Lin was stunned by the master, and then quickly figured it out, and stood up in a hurry: "Then I have to go and say a few words about Yin Yin."
“Hey! Madam, you are too anxious again, and you haven’t even done your filial piety yet!”
"…"Too!
Xu Yin had no idea that someone was worrying about her life-long events right now.
She was warming herself by the fire comfortably, eating cucumbers grown in her own greenhouse, and looking through the account books sent by shopkeepers including Xu Kui.
As the new year approaches, each store begins to take stock of this year's income, and after the stocktaking is completed, send it to Xu Yin for review.
The Xu family’s business has hit a new high this year, with both traditional spices and newly launched fragrances selling well.
The profitability of wineries and greenhouse vegetables is still difficult to say.
The former was just purchased, and it mainly supplies vodka alcohol stock for flavoring, and occasionally makes some ordinary wine.
Besides, what is being sold out this year is the old wine left in the winery.
How else could it be said that Xu Kui had great luck. For only five hundred taels of silver, he not only purchased a winery with complete wine-making facilities, but also bought several large jars of aged wine for free.
After a facelift, it was given the auspicious name of "Zhuangyuanhong", which attracted scholars as long-term customers and launched a wave of advertising for Xu's Winery.
There is such an effect in the early stage, but as long as you maintain stability in the later stage, old masters, old men, and old equipment, the wine produced will be as good as ever. Is it still far to make more money every day?
Let’s talk about greenhouse vegetables. Although the rich and powerful are rushing to buy them, the initial investment is quite large.
Base No. 1 in Xujiacun used the original rafters and columns of the nunnery. It was relatively small in scale and the cost invested was mainly labor.
But the Zhuangzi in Nanlu Mountain was built from scratch. The entire Zhuangzi was converted into greenhouses. How big is the scale? The foundation, rafters, roof... If you want to withstand the winter snow, you need to build it extremely solidly.
Excluding this large expense, and subtracting various labor and trivial costs, the loss will not be lost, but the profit is really not much.
However, a good start is half the battle. If you invest mainly this year, you won’t lose money. How can it be any worse if you just wait for dividends next year?
Xu Yin finished flipping through the account books and gave red envelopes to the shopkeepers. She stood up, stretched her body, and walked out of the courtyard to admire the sunset that was so close.
Everything is moving in a good direction, which is great!
(End of this chapter)