The Big Farmer of Time Traveling

Chapter 131 Lin Chengzu Growth

Before the tofu house was built, the Lin family bought another batch of servants. This time, they still bought six people. They were arranged in the other three tofu houses to familiarize themselves with the work. After the fourth tofu house was built, they could Go straight to do things.

Everyone in the village is skilled in building tofu houses, and they built them in less than ten days.

After the Lin family built four tofu houses and a yard for the servants to live in, there was still more than half of it vacant. Lin Xiazhi didn't let the family continue to build a house for the time being, so he built a straw shed to store potatoes and sweet potatoes.

The new tofu shop temporarily arranged for them to make tofu skin. The tofu skin is very thin and drier than fresh tofu, but not as hard as dried tofu. It can be shredded directly for salad or stir-fried. It can also be stored for more than ten days without spoiling, enough for businessmen They shipped the tofu skins to other places to sell.

Fortunately, Linjia Village is next to Jiangning County, and Jiangning County has a large wharf beside the Nu River, which is convenient for water transportation, and can transport the things made by the Lin family to other places.

Now all the counties and counties along the Nujiang River sell dried tofu from the Lin family. I heard that the Lin family has developed tofu skin.

The fresh tofu made by the Lin family can only be sold in places near Jiangning County because they cannot be transported long distances.

As for tofu skin and dried tofu, in fact, Lin Xiazhi used hunger marketing. Every time those merchants came to buy something, some people would not be able to buy it. This made them admire Lin's tofu skin and dried tofu even more.

Merchants can brag so hard that dignitaries from other places feel that tofu skin and dried tofu are rare items, and pay high prices to snatch the goods from those merchants.

Lin Xiazhi's strategy is undoubtedly successful. Lin Chengzu now gradually understands the meaning of what Lin Xiazhi once said, but Lin Xiazhi has never really studied business knowledge systematically. Whether it is the 21st century or Jingguo, he is very concerned about business matters. With a little knowledge, the apprentices taught are also ignorant.

For example, Lin Xiazhi knows that a successful businessman will delegate power. If he takes everything into his own hands, not to mention whether he can manage his energy, at least it shows that the business in his hand is not big.

So Lin Chengzu gradually delegated power under Lin Xiazhi's reminder, but he still couldn't get rid of the feeling of a small businessman, and Lin Xiazhi didn't know how to make him change it.

This is one of the reasons why Lin Xiazhi will not let his family expand the business too much for the time being.

From the current point of view, tofu is a unique industry of the Lin family. If the family members are brave enough, they can open tofu workshops in other places.

Take Lishui County as an example, there are more than a dozen counties under the jurisdiction of the entire county, and there are villages and towns under each county seat. Now tofu only covers part of the villages and towns in two or three counties, and no one pushes tofu to sell farther away. .

If the family has enough staff, they can build tofu workshops in those county towns, wholesale and retail in the county towns every day, and definitely earn a lot of money.

However, even if Lin Chengzu had the courage to do it, the Lin family did not have so many trustworthy people. In the final analysis, the Lin family's background is too shallow, and there are not enough people who can use it.

For example, Cheng’s, Jufulou’s business has become better, and they have directly opened branches in other places, and now they have expanded to four. It’s just because many ingredients are exclusively supplied by the Lin family, and their branches also spread out from Jiangning County. In a place that is too far away, Lin Xiazhi believes that if the Lin family's ingredients can be supplied to a farther place, Jufulou will follow suit.

In ancient times, in addition to judging other people's deeds of selling one's life, how to be an imperial servant was also a science. Lin Xiazhi's mind was not suitable for Jingguo, so he couldn't teach Lin Chengzu in this regard.

Since Lin Chengzu needed to learn too much, Lin Xiazhi thought about it, and finally found that the Cheng family was the best choice for him to make rapid progress in a short period of time.

Lin Xiazhi went to Jufulou with a gift to meet Cheng Wenliu. Cheng Wenliu was trying to please Lin Xiazhi, so he agreed to Lin Xiazhi's request without saying a word.

After going back, Lin Xiazhi asked Lin Chengzu to explain the matter of the tofu house. After two days, he went to Jufulou to study with Cheng Wenliu, and after three days, he came back and had a day off.

In addition to Zhao Da and Zhao Dong's father and son who are in charge of the tofu house, Lin Xiazhi also suggested that Lin Chengzu promote two other stewards, so that they can supervise and promote each other, and if only one family dominates, it is very likely that something will happen.

Lin Chengzu also knew what Lin Xiazhi meant, so he naturally acted according to his opinion. After explaining the matter of the tofu shop, he ran around with Cheng Wenliu.

Cheng Wenliu is in charge of four restaurants now, he often has to go out, sometimes he lives there, Lin Chengzu naturally follows him.

Except for some things that are the secrets of Guan Cheng's family, Cheng Wenliu asked Lin Chengzu to join him, not daring to hide anything from his future brother-in-law.

When Lin Chengzu studied with Cheng Wenliu for half a month, Li Mao came to the Lin family and said that he would not continue to sell tofu in Lishui County, and the chickens at home were getting bigger and bigger, only Qian Ying and Li Laoyao The individual is too busy, so he has to go back and help.

Lin Xiazhi had thought about this before. Selling tofu was just a transitional solution he provided for the Li family. Only by owning his own business can the Li family really stand up. Their chickens are well-raised. It is correct for Li Mao to go back and raise chickens. s Choice.

But Lishui County had to have people to sell tofu, so Lin Xiazhi discussed with Li Mao to postpone his departure until the end of the month, so as not to make a fuss about it. During this time, they tried to find someone to take over the job.

Lishui County is a big deal, Lin Xiazhi doesn't plan to intervene, let Lin Chengzu come back to make a decision.

After Lin Chengzu came back and learned the news, he was not as flustered as before. After thinking about it all night, he went to Cheng Wenliu and told him his idea.

Lin Chengzu planned to build a tofu house in Lishui County, but the water in Lishui County is too deep, and it is much more complicated than Jiangning County. The Lin family has no backing there, so building a tofu house may leak the recipe, Lin Chengzu thought The way is to send a person who can make tofu to make tofu every ten days, so that the people in Lishui County will not know how to do it.

I don't know if this approach is safe enough, Lin Chengzu has no idea.

Cheng Wenliu has been doing business with the Lin family for so long, and he only vaguely knows that tofu is made from soy milk after grinding beans. There is no secret at all, the recipe for making bean curd sticks in Linjiacun Doufang has been spread in a small circle.

The Cheng family knew much more than the Lin family, because the Cheng family first told the county magistrate about Tudou, and the county magistrate told the county magistrate, and the Cheng family knew that the magistrate had been to Lin’s village in person, so Cheng Wenliu sent Lin Chengzu the news. got an idea.

"Brother Lin, your family can try to find the sheriff."

"As far as I know, potatoes and twice-a-year rice have already entered the eyes of the sheriff. I don't know how the sheriff arranges it. Presumably, when the twice-a-year rice matures, he will take action. The last time I heard Xia Geer said that your rice will be harvested next month, so you can use the rice to get to the sheriff's door."

Cheng Wenliu's words were very clear, the meaning was to let the Lin family establish a relationship with the sheriff, and other people who wanted to play with tofu would naturally weigh whether they dared to go against the sheriff.

In Cheng Wenliu's eyes, the sheriff was similar to the emperor, they were people they would never see in their lifetime, so he was flustered if he had to deal with the sheriff.

"Brother Lin, to grow your business, you must deal with the government. Your family has rice and potatoes to open the way, and the county guard will not make things difficult for you." Cheng Wenliu comforted him. In fact, the government is not as unfathomable as everyone imagined.

With Cheng Wenliu's words, Lin Chengzu felt a little more at ease. After he went back, he went to Lin Xiazhi to talk about this issue.

To be honest, Lin Xiazhi didn't expect that his family could still have a relationship with the sheriff. He used to be a commoner, and he is now.

Although these officials are not so scary in his eyes, there is still a little distance between officials and people in his heart.

After Lin Chengzu's plan was discussed with Cheng Wenliu, except for the uncertain factor of the county guard, there was no problem, and Lin Xiazhi had no objection.

Now almost all the servants of the Lin family know how to make tofu. According to Lin Chengzu's arrangement, one person will be replaced every ten days. After one round, it will take half a year. The tofu recipe should be kept secret.

Lin Xiazhi just mentioned that since we are going to open a tofu workshop over there, we can directly buy a shop with a backyard, make tofu in the back, sell tofu in the front, and also sell some dried tofu, tofu skin, vermicelli, yuba, bean sticks, etc. thing.

Lishui County has a large population, so I am not afraid that the tofu will not be sold after being made, so I bought a larger yard, so that my family will have a place to rest when they pass by.

To settle these matters before the end of the month, in addition to buying a yard, you also need to buy tools, servants, and materials. There are a lot of things that need to be prepared.

The time left for them was not long, only ten or so days, and they had to visit the sheriff before everything was ready, so Lin Chengzu could only suspend his studies.

Cheng Wenliu's Jufulou also opened a branch in Lishui County. He told Lin Chengzu that if there was something he couldn't solve, he could ask the steward at Jufulou for help.

That afternoon, Lin Chengzu packed his bags and took Zhao Da and Zhao Dong to Lishui County. Both Zhao Da and Zhao Dong came from Lishui County and knew the situation in Lishui County fairly well, so it would not be easy to cause trouble with them.

This is the first time Lin Chengzu has left Jiangning County alone to do business. He tried his best to suppress the uneasiness and panic in his heart and calm himself down. He is the eldest son of the Lin family, and he has heavy responsibilities on his shoulders. Good stuff, the family business needs to grow to provide better help to Zong'er in the future.

After Lin Chengzu left, Lin Xiazhi was very worried, whether he would be counterproductive. The family's monthly income is not low now. According to this development trend, it will not be too late to build a tofu house outside in a year or two.