Unable to sell salt, we can only think of other ways to make money.
Fortunately, there are many ways to make money in modern times, and some of them were also applicable in ancient times.
Liu Hiiragi did not start with food.
This aspect was contracted by Tan Shiyu.
The cream cake was made by her, and the hot pot and ice cream were also made by Tan Shiyu.
Only due to restrictions on raw materials, purchase of cream cakes and ice cream is limited.
There is no purchase limit for hot pot, but in ancient times there were no chili peppers, only dogwood for seasoning. The spiciness was not authentic enough, and a lot of the original flavor of hot pot was missing.
Although the hot pot business is still good, it is far less popular than cream cakes and ice cream.
If you don’t start with food, where should you start?
Real estate?
Stop kidding me.
In ancient times, most of the land was in the hands of the powerful, so it is strange that real estate can be obtained.
Making clocks?
Forget it, the craftsmanship of that thing is so complicated that if a craftsman makes it, he might not be able to make one for several months.
What to do?
Liu Heng scratched his head, and finally he came up with an idea.
Selling bars.
Of course we are not selling grain and wine.
The food now is not enough for people to eat, so where can we use it to make wine?
Fortunately, there are also many wild fruit trees in the mountains.
These wild fruits have not been domesticated by humans, and most of them are sour and difficult to eat.
Such a fruit is not suitable for eating, but it is suitable for making wine.
Liu Heng then gathered the women and children in the village, asked the children to pick fruits, and took the women to make fruit wine.
After the fruit wine is brewed, it is sent to the main city of Yizhou for sale.
Just one day after the sale, the steward of the Jiedushi Mansion came to the door. Under coercion, the fruit wine was moved away for less than one-third of the selling price.
Zhang Ruonan's eyes flashed after hearing this, and he ordered his subordinates: "From now on, we will continue to provide fruit wine to the Jiedushi Mansion at this price."
Zhang Ruonan approached Liu Heng and asked him to think of ways to make money.
Liu Hiiragi was by the mountain stream at this time, instructing the carpenters to install the water wheel.
The most troublesome aspect of reclaiming terraced fields is watering.
Carrying water from mountain streams is time-consuming and laborious. Now that there are few manpower, making a water wheel is the best solution.
Liu Hiiragi has a background in science and engineering. Although he does not know what an ancient waterwheel is, he can study it with his own science knowledge.
When Zhang Ruonan arrived, the water tanker was installed and the crowd cheered.
Zhang Ruonan also had a smile on his face.
Looking at the water pouring out of the water tube, Zhang Ruonan happily said to Liu Heng: "This way, some manpower can be saved to do other things."
Liu Hei: " Aren’t there some more refugees in the village?”
Zhang Ruonan: "There are too many things to do, and no matter how many people we bring, it won't be enough."
Liu Heng: "It's better to go to other state capitals to recruit people."
Zhang Ruonan: "People have been sent there, but the results are not great. People nowadays are not willing to leave their hometowns. As long as If we can live a little better, no one will leave their hometown."
Liu Heng: "There are still a lot of refugees, right?"
Zhang Ruonan: "But they can survive. Our people found very few. Many of the refugees did not survive long.”
Liu Heng fell silent upon hearing this.
This world...
Liu Hiiragi: "I can save some."
Zhang Ruonan responded dullly and said to Liu Hieragi: "The copycats There are more people and more consumption..."
Liu Hao instantly understood what Zhang Ruonan meant by looking for him.
Liu Heng scratched his head: "Didn't we just create a channel for brewing and selling wine?"
Zhang Ruonan sneered: "Those wines were taken aback by people from the Jiedushi Mansion, and they offered them for one-third of the price. Bought them all.”
Liu. Hiiragi: "This is an open robbery!"
Zhang Ruonan: "Don't worry, if they take advantage of us, sooner or later they will spit it out."
Liu Hiiragi scratched his head and sighed: "Okay, I Think about it again.”
Three days later, Liu Heng summoned a group of carpenters with the drawings he drew and asked them to build the things on the drawings.
Zhang Ruonan didn't care about what Liu Heng wanted to create. She will naturally know when the finished product comes out.
She is extremely busy now, and the affairs of the entire village are on her shoulders.
What do you mean by the lord Zhao Yinze?
He went out to help Zhang Ruonan find help.
Zhang Ruonan complained to Zhao Yinze that there were too many things to handle by himself.
Zhao Yinze giggled.
Anyway, he doesn’t want to do these chores.
Zhao Yinze said that he would help Zhang Ruonan find a helper.
It just so happened that he knew someone who had some skills in handling internal affairs.
He can go find that person.
Zhang Ruonan looked sideways at Zhao Yinze.
This guy is probably out of his mind because he has been free recently and wants to go out for a walk.
Zhao Yinze continues to hey.
Zhang Ruonan waved his right hand and approved Zhao Yinze's application for going out.
But she gave Zhao Yinze a list and asked Zhao Yinze to "invite" those people on the list back.
The people on this list are knowledgeable people that Zhang Ruonan knows, and they have all visited or studied at Zhangjia Academy.
However, because of the differences between men and women, they have never met Zhang Ruonan.
Zhang Ruonan had seen these people hiding behind the screen.
Zhang Ruonan would hide behind the screen and listen to the opinions of those who came to visit Zhang's father.
She turned around and forgot about some people's boastful remarks.
The truly knowledgeable people are remembered by Zhang Ruonan.
Zhang Ruonan wants these people to help him.
She is not afraid of her true identity being seen through by those people.
These people only know that the Zhang family has a daughter, but they don't know the name of the Zhang family's daughter.
She can then say that she is Zhang’s father’s nephew.
As long as those people still remember Father Zhang’s teachings, they should be able to stay and help her.
She won’t force those who don’t care about Father Zhang’s guidance.
But those people should not leave the village easily.
Neither she nor Zhao Yinze would let these people leave and leak the secrets of the cottage.
Zhang Ruonan raised the corners of his lips slightly.
I just hope those people can see the situation clearly.
Half a month later, Liu Hao sent someone to find Zhang Ruonan and said that the finished product he wanted was ready.
Zhang Ruonan hurried over.
Seeing the finished product, Zhang Ruonan immediately understood its use.
She is a woman after all.
Although she is a young lady from a scholarly family, she has also been exposed to spinning and weaving.
Zhang Ruonan: "Is this a loom?"
Liu Hiiragi: "A textile machine can both spin thread and weave cloth, and is more efficient than current spinning machines and looms The efficiency is more than ten times higher.”
Zhang Ruonan's eyes shone: "Is it really that efficient?"
Liu Hao: "I have lied to you before."
Zhang Ruonan said happily: "Great, now it's a copycat There is no shortage of fabric to make clothes."
Liu Hao whispered: "It's a pity that there is no cotton."
Zhang Ruonan asked: "What did you say?"
Liu Hiiragi: "Nothing."
He decided that when he had more manpower, he must send people to India to look for cotton.
Zhang Ruonan gathered the women and started weaving cloth.
The cloth was transported to the foot of the mountain and exchanged for money.
No perfume makes much money, but it is a steady stream of business.