I played as an assistant in ancient times

"When Taoist Master Hengxi sent me the madder a few days ago, I mentioned it to him and hoped to pay Taoist Master Qingxi back in person.

But he said that Taoist Qingxi was out again to look at Feng Shui, and asked us to wait ten days for the person to come back and return it." Shen Xiaoye was fiddling with the copper coins, and said, "This time, thanks to Uncle Lin and his family, I can't help you deliver two pieces of cloth without charging you like last time.

Not only did their hand speed improve after working for three or four days, they were also able to help teach others. Four people were paid 40 wen a day, and Erniu went to school half a day and worked half a day, so the total salary was 2,160 wen.

Grandma, when Uncle Lin comes home soon, please divide the money among the four of them.

The remaining 15,000 horses will be much faster."

She had no choice but to ask her own relatives to dye the cloth, because a skilled worker could only dye one vat, or twenty pieces of cloth, in a day.

It is already very good if a novice can dye more than ten pieces.

Meanwhile, the family members had to instruct everyone and, when no one was around at night, they had to make indigo from another pool of woad juice and boil the pigment, so they were unable to devote themselves to dyeing the cloth.

She bought another forty large vats, so she had to hire about a hundred people at once, and offered a salary of thirty-five cents. She planned to select hardworking, capable and honest people from several villages, regardless of gender, age or status.

You know, the most a strong laborer could get for a day's work was only thirty-five cents.

Unexpectedly, the village head came to the door as soon as he heard the news, and insisted that only people from his own village should be recruited, and that the benefits should not be wasted on outsiders. He also asked all his adult children and grandchildren to sign up.

He and the village elders also warned the selected people that anyone who dared to tell outsiders the method of dyeing cloth would be expelled from Jiuli Village.

You can earn seven cents of silver by dyeing cloth for twenty days. At present, the villagers cherish this opportunity very much, because if you can't do it, there will always be people vying for your position.

The effect of competition for jobs is just right. Many people can dye more than 15 pieces of cloth a day. So far, we have exceeded the target by more than 13,000 pieces of cloth.

There were cloth hanging all over the place from home to the river. My great-grandfather and the village head led a group of boys to patrol all the time. Shen Xiaoye paid them ten cents a day.

In fact, as long as the dye is mixed at home, most people don’t know what is in it.

Shen Xiaoye is not afraid of others learning the method of dyeing cloth. Having skills and having markets are two different concepts.

"You change it into small change, but they carry a bag of copper coins which is very heavy.

Also, spare 100 rolls of high-quality white cloth for bleaching. The Lin family in Wuli Village sent a message asking for it." Grandma pushed it back again. The nephew was lucky enough to catch up with Lin Jiu's promotion in Beijing. He was included in the list of male members of the Lin family who were exempted from military service, so he didn't have to transport grain to the border.

She hesitated for a few breaths, then continued, "Young Master Lu has been back for several days. Hasn't he replied yet? You borrowed his five hundred taels of silver note. Remember to pay it back as soon as possible."

"Don't worry. I have the cloth and I won't have any trouble selling it. I'll pay it back sooner or later." Shen Xiaoye has already made preparations to sell it on his own.

But unexpectedly, when I was busy the next day, my fourth uncle brought an acquaintance over.

"Shopkeeper Li?" Shen Xiaoye had some guess in his mind.

The other party really came to buy cloth this time, but he put forward a condition: "Miss Shen, I am just a middleman. The other party wants you to sell all the remaining cloth to me, and only run a dyeing factory in the future instead of selling it in small quantities."

"I'm afraid not." Shen Xiaoye refused flatly.

Manager Li advised, "But it's not easy to sell tens of thousands of pieces of cloth in the countryside. It's rare to have a grand event like the one at Lingshan Temple last time."

"I'm sorry, I can't help but sell it in retail. Please go back!" Shen Xiaoye was amused.

Unexpectedly, Manager Li did not leave and said, "I have delivered your message. Now we can talk about our business.

Our master heard that Master Wu Qi gave you 8,000 pieces of high-quality cloth. I wonder if you can sell it to us?"

No one expected that Derun Cloth Shop would withdraw so suddenly, and by the time everyone got the news, all the empty shops had been sold to the textile companies.

After asking around, I found out that a young girl won the first place and bought a batch of goods, and she sold half of them immediately.

Shen Xiaoye: "Blue cloth or red cloth, do you want printing?"

"Natural color cloth."

"No."

"You really can't make any compromise?"

"It has been thrown into the dye vat."

Manager Li: "In that case, I only need 3,000 rolls of blue cloth. I hope the price will be favorable."

"Two cents, two cents, four cents, delivery at the end of July, or maybe earlier.

If the price is any lower, I won’t be able to sell it. Oh, we need to be transported here by carriages from the county town.” Shen Xiaoye had to recover the profit from the red cloth.

Manager Li couldn't help but shake his head, "Miss Shen really won't give in."

"Contract?"

"Okay, pay fifty taels of silver first."

"One hundred taels. If the contract is not fulfilled, I will pay three times the amount. If you break the contract, I will also pay three times the amount."

Shen Xiaoye's tough attitude made Manager Li somewhat uncomfortable. He knew the reason, so he only hesitated for a moment before paying the money and signing the contract.

The head of the family has been wavering in his thoughts. Ever since Scholar Lin was reinstated and advised the current emperor not to lead the army in person, he has been paying more attention to Linghe County.

Sometimes he helps his relative-in-law Ji Shun Cloth Shop to test people, and sometimes he wants to make friends with the Shen family first.

A moment later, just as Manager Li was escorted out of the gate, a carriage came galloping in, the curtain was lifted to reveal the young man inside: "Shen Xiaoye, work overtime on dyeing cloth, the second echelon will set out on the 17th and 20th.

In addition, add 500 pieces of white cloth to help cut into various triangular scarves and long gauze. I want to help my uncle's battalion train a group of medical soldiers. Shen... Changsui, you will also help me train this time."

"Okay!" Shen Xiaoye and his uncle agreed at the same time, "I'll ask the village head to notify people to boil the cloth for disinfection.

My uncle asked for a convoy to deliver more than 3,000 pieces of cloth to Beijing first."

"Half of it has been dyed?" Lu Guan jumped out of the car. "No need to boil it. We will disinfect it in the camp after you finish cutting it."

"Okay, you and your uncle go and pick out the cloth." Shen Xiaoye continued to organize people to cut the cloth.

She took two steps and realized something was wrong, so she turned around and said, "Manager Li, is there anything else?"

"No, no, I just see that there are so many people here. Even the children from the entire village are in the cloth shop." Manager Li was quite impressed by this family who were willing to help the villagers make money.

He said, "You go ahead and do your work. I'll take a look around."

"Well, please feel free to do as you like. I have something urgent to do today, so I'll ask my uncle to accompany you to see the scenery of our village another time." Shen Xiaoye clasped her fists and ran away. She didn't care about his watching, nor would she ask someone to watch him.

Manager Li watched her leave, stayed nearby for a moment and chatted with Lu Guan's driver, then left as well. He had to tell the head of the family that the Shen family had hooked up with a military commander of high rank in the capital.

Shen Xiaoye didn't know that this person's focus was on Lu Guan, she was busy!

And because his uncle accompanied Lu Guan to Beijing, all management and coordination fell on him, and he was almost too busy to do anything.

I didn’t even have time to replace my uncle in teaching literacy, so I had to temporarily interrupt the morning classes.

Fortunately, everyone worked overtime at night, and two days later, the remaining 2,000 pieces of cloth were successfully delivered.

Many people are tired and want to take a day off, and since July 15th is the Ghost Festival, everyone should be given a day off.

But the villagers didn’t expect that Xiaoye specially brought a domestic pig and gave one pound of it to each helper.

"Take it home to honor our ancestors, and we can also have some meat.

Then go check on your own land and water it and weed it when necessary.

Xiao Ye said that if there is work in the future, we will hire workers from our village.

After the remaining cloth is dyed, if anyone is willing to go around the village to sell cloth at the market, she will give everyone a batch of cloth.

Let's go back and discuss it. There are many markets in Linghe County, big and small, and selling cloth is easier than carrying bags." Head of the village Qian stood on a stool and spoke to the people who received the meat in a very energetic manner.

This time when he was hiring workers, he really arranged for every household to sign up. Now he was happy to see that every household had received meat and that the women could support the family even when the strong laborers were not at home.

Shen Cungeng also had two days off. He watched pounds of meat being taken away for nothing and couldn't help asking, "Xiao Ye, what do you think? You're giving out meat during the Zhongyuan holiday, and you're paying double the wages for dyeing cloth at night."

"Everyone has been busy for half a month. It's time to relax and eat better. Then you will work harder." Shen Xiaoye said as a matter of course.

Shen Cungeng: "You have earned your money, so be generous." Seeing that his mother also received meat and the so-called overtime pay, he felt that going to school was not so attractive anymore.

“Hahaha, don’t worry cousin, several workers in our family can get meat, and grandma has already made braised spareribs.

Smell it, isn't it fragrant? "Anyway, Shen Xiaoye was greedy.

But before eating, she had to pay tribute to her parents.

"I can't eat. I have to accompany my grandmother to Wuli Village to visit her grave." Shen Cungeng squatted down dejectedly, smacking his lips.

Unexpectedly, Erniu came over with his nephew on his back and said, "Geng'er, Xiaoye left a lot of meat for my family this morning, so we will have braised pork for lunch.

My mother also made the steamed pork with rice flour that you and your uncle Changshou like to eat."

"Let's go and harness the carriage." The little boy was healed instantly.

The little black cat who was watching Geng Ge tasting delicious sweet and sour fish in the kitchen called him ignorant.

After several days of hustle and bustle, Qian Wu, Qian Er and a young man from the Shen family were the only ones left in the village, coming to find Shen Xiaoye and Shebu to go to the market.

She expected few people to come, but she didn't expect only three.

After receiving the customized pattern from Shen Xiaoye, the family started dyeing printed cloth.

But she was very cautious and left a thousand rolls of medium-quality fine cloth and standard cloth undyed, ready for custom orders.

However, unexpectedly, Lu Guan's guards suddenly sent her a message, asking her to prepare another thousand rolls of gauze, disinfect and cut them, and escort them to Jizhen.

"Who should I give it to? It's already the twentieth day today, why hasn't my uncle come back yet?" When she heard the sound of horse hooves, she thought her uncle had returned.

Lu Guan's guard presented 180 taels of silver and said, "I will go north with you to make the delivery. Master Shen and the Fourth Young Master were taken away by the other two battalions to train medical soldiers."

"Did they leave the border with the army?" Shen Xiaoye turned her head and found that her grandparents had heard it, so she quickly winked at the guard.

Lu Guan's guard was slow to respond after two breaths, then said, "No."

"Xiao Ye, go and prepare. You will deliver the goods to the Li family tomorrow, and I will deliver the cloth with this young man." The old man was the first to react and said:

"It's been so many days, and I still don't know your name. Come on, come in and have a cup of herbal tea. We'll feed the horse."

As he said this, he patted the guard's shoulder and pushed him into the yard.

Shen Xiaoye clearly saw that the guards could not escape from grandpa's big hand, while grandma took the horse and said, "I'm going to the river to feed it, you do what you need to do.

Your aunt will come back from drying the cloth in a while, so ask her to cook a few more dishes for lunch."

What's all this about?

She watched her grandmother walk away, then reached out and slapped her mouth. Huang, who had just returned, saw it and asked, "Why did you hit yourself?"

"I..." I just asked a question. My fourth uncle must have been released from custody.

Shen Xiaoye was absent-minded the whole day, but her grandfather would never allow her to go north, so she had to deliver the goods to the Li family first.

She never expected that the Li family gave her cash, but she was not as happy as before with the money.

"Aunt, you and your cousins ​​should send the money home first. I will go and ask Taoist Master Hengxi to pay me back."

"No, your grandmother told me to keep an eye on you."

“I won’t lose it.”

"But you will secretly follow Grandpa."

This morning, they left home together and separated outside the city an hour ago.

The family suddenly left for the border town, and Huang didn't dare let Xiaoye out of her sight.