Blue Silver Grass Guide.

Chapter 102
Putting down the last volume of account books in his hand, Ling Yi closed his eyes and deduced in his mind for a while before opening his eyes and looking at Mr. Jin opposite.

At the right time, Mr. Jin pushed over a cup of freshly brewed tea.

Ling Yi stood up, thanked him, took the teacup with both hands, took a sip of the clear and hot tea with the scented white mist.

Putting down the teacup, Ling Yi reached out and patted the account books and documents on the table in front of him, and said:

"Master, I have read the association's current accounts and various expenses in the past three months -"

Hearing this, Mr. Jin was playing with his small teapot in his hands, his eyes first looked at the account books and documents, and then met Ling Yi's clear eyes, and asked with some expectation: "Tell me, how about it?"

In the past three months, because of Ling Yi's absence, Mr. Jin had to deal with these things by himself, and he felt that he was almost depressed.

He is an old man who has been wielding a hammer all his life, and it is too difficult for him to face these rules and regulations when he is old!

That is to say, before, Ling Yi would pass by "Muzhi City" every few months to help him sort out various matters within the association, formulate some development directions and action plans, etc., and he only had to follow the script.

In addition, from time to time there is Li Qiang who is also in "Mu Zhicheng" to help out, so that the newly established [Blacksmiths Association Mizuki Principality Branch] did not fall into a series of situations such as unclear powers, unclear division of labor, etc. .

However, when Ling Yi was away, Mr. Jin always felt in a hurry and unable to handle things.

It was not that he had not thought about recruiting some people to help, but he picked seven or eight people in a row, including various smart blacksmiths in the association, as well as some from the vice-president's family such as Li Qiang, Fu Shan, Long Ang, Qingqiu Li, etc. There are veterans in handling family affairs. Even his Lao Jin family has found members of the younger and older generations to assist him in handling various affairs within the association.

However, when these people arrived at the association, when they saw the intricate affairs, one by one, they were dumbfounded and confused.

In the entire [Shuimu Principality], there are three big cities, hundreds of villages and towns, there are [-] to [-] senior blacksmiths, and there are nearly [-] blacksmith shops.

Among them, the total number of intermediate blacksmiths, junior blacksmiths, and blacksmith apprentices is as many as two to three thousand!
Every day, when a customer orders ironware from the association, the association will coordinate according to the status of the nearly [-] blacksmith shops.

For example, whether the customer orders directly from the blacksmith shop or from the association, whether the amount of ironware ordered is large or small, whether the requirements are high, whether the blacksmiths in each blacksmith shop are free or busy, whether the technology is up to standard, whether they are more than enough...

In addition, there are some cases where customers come to buy some finished products made by blacksmiths in their free time in some blacksmith shops...

Blacksmith shops opened by blacksmiths of different levels, from the raw materials uniformly purchased by the association, what is the share that can be subscribed, and how much was consumed before, this time is more or less than last time...

There are too many situations like this. No matter who comes to see these categories, they will cry on the spot.

Anyway, no one can stay with Mr. Jin for three full days.

Either he resigned on his own initiative, or he was kicked out by Mr. Jin and the people behind them.

Fortunately, every time Ling Yi passed by, he not only perfectly solved the affairs accumulated before by the association, but also left a general framework and standards that can be referenced and implemented for the subsequent operation of the association, and everyone divided their labors accordingly. .

In the current association, it seems like a copy of Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, and it is not an exaggeration to say "Ling Gui Jin Sui".

Mr. Jin's happiest time now is every time Ling Yi returns to the association's residence, helping him deal with all kinds of account books and documents that make him read like a heavenly book.

Under the eager gaze of the old man, Ling Yi always maintained a respectful and humble look on his face, raised his hand and pointed at the books and documents spread out to the north, and said in a gentle voice:
"Master, here...here...there are more than [-] companies here. The materials they subscribed last time, excluding the orders in the association and their own consumption in their spare time, at least half of them are left...but I think they In the application form for subscription this time, the share written is about [-]% to [-]% more than the previous one, which is a bit of a waste—"

"On the contrary, among the dozen or so companies, their apprentices and junior blacksmiths are good at their skills. The quality of the ordinary ironware sold recently is a bit higher than the customer's requirements. It should be promoted, and the consumption of materials is also more than before. Quite a few, but the shares they applied for are a bit conservative, you can talk to them and put more burden on them..."

Looking at the names of the blacksmith shops pointed out by Ling Yi, and listening to the words that sounded in his ears, Mr. Jin's expression became solemn, and he matched Ling Yi's words with the memories in his mind one by one, nodding from time to time.

"Also~"

After talking about the purchase of raw materials, the sale of finished ironware, and the distribution of orders, Ling Yi changed hands and took out a few pieces of light yellow letter paper from under a stack of documents, and continued:
"Master Yuan from Qingshan Town applied for the senior blacksmith assessment. If he passes the assessment, he hopes to transfer the blacksmith shop in Qingshan Town to the association and let the association arrange someone to take it over. He himself hopes to open a new blacksmith shop in the "Blue City" ...

Similarly, there is also Master Zhu from Hedongji under Daihewan Town, who has applied for the intermediate blacksmith assessment. If he passes the assessment, Master Liu in Daihewan Town hopes to recruit Master Zhu into his own blacksmith shop. The shop will be merged into Master Liu’s name..."

After talking four or five times in a row, Ling Yi stopped and said to Mr. Jin: "Master, for these assessments, you'd better send a senior brother each from Uncle Li Qiang and Uncle Fu Shan to go down together and conduct the assessment together. Don't do it with the previous ones." The same as the second time, you only send one person to go through the motions, so it is easy to attract people to gossip, and it is easy to cause problems—”

Hearing this, Mr. Jin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll note this down. I'll tell Xiao Li and Xiao Fu later~"

Ling Yi looked at Mr. Jin and nodded in agreement, and then said: "Master, I looked at all the account books and compared them. Our work sharing needs to be improved. Sometimes we have to consider the distance between the blacksmiths' shops. Far and near, is it suitable for the final transaction handover..."

"In addition~" After a pause, Ling Yi took a deep breath and frowned slightly. After the old man's expression became solemn, he said calmly: "I found that the raw materials purchased together last month were more expensive than what we purchased at the beginning. At that time, it was nearly [-]% higher.

However, I looked through the sales prices of ironware in [Heaven Dou Empire] that I asked you to collect before, and there is no obvious upward trend.

This shows that there should be no shortage or price increase of raw materials in Tiandou territory..."

"It's the raw material supply channel, what's the matter?"

As Ling Yi's last words came out, Mr. Jin couldn't help but have a somewhat complicated look on his face.

There is anger, there is depression, there is helplessness...

Seeing this, Ling Yi didn't continue to ask any more questions. After glancing at the military information provided by Fu Shan, he changed his mind and said, "Master, you can talk to Uncle Fu Shan later. Next, we will discuss with the Principality Army to cooperate with..."

"Cooperation? What cooperation?" Mr. Jin was taken aback by Ling Yi's sudden turn of events.

"All the orders that the Principality's military will purchase from us will be [-]% cheaper than the original price if the raw materials are used to pay for them!"

"[-]%?!" Mr. Jin's eyes widened a little when he heard the words, looked at Ling Yi, and asked in some astonishment: "Ah Yi, if the selling price is [-]% cheaper, then in terms of profit, wouldn't it be twice as much as the raw materials? Is it almost done?"

Ling Yi nodded and confirmed, "That's right."

Mr. Jin was puzzled: "Then—"

"Master~" Ling Yi shook his head and said, "Anyway, our profits will be cut. Who will make these profits?"

"The five marquises of the five-party military department earn money, it's better than being earned by those raw material suppliers in [Heaven Dou Empire]—"

(End of this chapter)