During the famine, my ancient well connected to modern times

Jiang Qian smiled slightly and didn't take it to heart. "Don't be nervous. I am Amiao's brother. Many people love him. It's not too late for me to be happy."

Seeing that he was telling the truth, Dashan curled up his lips and patted his chest to promise, "Don't worry, sir. Anyone who dares to bully Sister Jiang in Qingzhou City will have trouble with me. I will definitely make his family uneasy."

Jiang Qian frowned slightly. Although Qingzhou City was a rich place, its folk customs were somewhat tough. Although Dashan had become a serious person, he still paid attention to the behavior of brothers in his heart.

Jiang Qian felt that he should choose a time to go to the countryside to popularize the law and rectify the clique culture in Qingzhou City.

Jiang Qian came to Dashan mainly to let him collect some information about the wealthy households in the city. Chief Pan should know these things, but he believed in Dashan more.

Moreover, what he wants is not just the industry written in black and white, he wants a network of relationships.

These mountains and his men know it best.

After the negotiation, Jiang Qian asked Hong Da to pack his luggage. He was going to the countryside.

Jiang Miao wanted to go with him, but was refused, "It is the county magistrate's duty to go to the countryside. What if you went to the store?"

Jiang Miao's new store was about to open, so he had no choice but to stay in Qingzhou City.

The autumn wind is cool and the leaves are turning yellow.

When Jiang Qian returned to the city from the countryside, the meat he had finally raised fell off. Jiang Miao felt distressed and tried every means to prepare food for him.

Jiang Qian didn't care, and he felt much more energetic. "This trip to the countryside has yielded a lot. I must go there again when I find time. By the way, big brother wants to borrow some money from you."

The alarm bells in Jiang Miao's heart rang loudly, and she moved away from him without leaving a trace.

She knew that her eldest brother would always keep silent, and when he spoke, he would make a big splash. If he wanted to borrow money, he would definitely not be borrowing just one or two taels.

It's not that she cares about money, but that all her money is currently invested in the shoe store. In addition, she has also opened a branch of a dessert restaurant. Now that all the money has been invested, there are only three or four hundred taels left for activities and money. If she gave it all to him, if something happened, she wouldn't even have the money to make a living.

"Brother, what do you need money for?" Jiang Miao said carefully.

Jiang Qian was a little embarrassed. Although Jiang Miao had always been the supporter of the family, this was the first time he asked for money, which was a bit difficult to say.

But no matter how difficult it was, he had to say it. Seeing that winter was coming, he wanted to resolve the matter before winter.

"When I went to the countryside, I found that many families relied on people to cultivate their land. They worked hard all year round, but they could only get half of their income. Many families had neither enough food nor clothing, and their lives were tight, so I I want to open a workshop outside Qingzhou City so that the people nearby can go to work, so that the people can have money in their hands, and only with money can they live a good life."

Jiang Miao's wrinkled little face suddenly relaxed, and she looked at Jiang Qian with burning eyes. It would be great to open a workshop. It really suits her.

Jiang Qian also became happy, "Do you have any ideas again?"

Jiang Miao pulled Jiang Qian to sit down, "Since my shoe store opened, only a handful of people came to it. Except for the first three days of activities, many people came to buy. After that, it was deserted for the past few days. I asked someone to ask in private. After that, most people are reluctant to wear cotton shoes, and many people wear straw sandals woven with hemp rope even in winter."

It's no wonder she takes it for granted. Although cotton shoes and cloth shoes are warm, they are expensive and not economical at all.

Jiang Miao has already reflected on this problem and is thinking about recruiting people, "I just recently wanted to find someone to help me roll hemp and weave grass whips to make straw shoes and cotton and linen shoes. This requires a lot of manpower and material resources. , which coincides with the big brother’s idea. People can come to work, and they can also harvest the weeds and hemp that can be found everywhere in the countryside and sell them, so they can achieve multiple benefits with one stone.”         “Okay!”

After Jiang Qian went to the countryside, he also realized that some of his previous ideas were too theoretical. He wanted to let the people live a good life, but there were so many people suffering, so he could only proceed step by step.

As the saying goes, one bite cannot make you fat, just like no one buys the cotton shoes sold by A Miao, but once straw shoes are sold, someone will definitely buy the cotton and linen shoes.

"In the past two days, I asked Zhong Bai to choose a place in the countryside and implement this matter as soon as possible. Before winter comes, we can make some money."

Both brothers and sisters have a do-it-yourself temperament.

Jiang Miao was still hesitating about where to recruit workers. She was dozing off, but her elder brother brought her a pillow. With the help of the Yamen, she was still very fast.

Jiang Qian went around the countryside again, and finally decided to build four houses next to Jiang Miao's [-] acres of land, using migrant workers recruited from the surrounding areas.

It took three days to build the house, two days to smoke the house, and five days later, the hired hands were moved in.

Straw braided hemp rope is a common item in the countryside. Every household can make it, and many people can even braid straw sandals.

Jiang Miao asked people who knew how to knit straw sandals in the shoe shop to give guidance. Some of them were responsible for braiding straw braids and twisting twine, some were responsible for sewing the soles, and some were responsible for weaving. Finally, they were responsible for inspection.

Finally, before winter, her shoe store welcomed the first batch of customers buying straw sandals and cotton and linen shoes.

In one morning, all the cotton and linen shoes and straw sandals were bought.

Although the profit is not much, at least I didn't lose money.

The hot sales of straw sandals and cotton and linen shoes have attracted the attention of many cloth shops, and they are also trying to put some straw sandals and cotton and linen shoes in their stores.

But for some reason, the sales of their shoes are very low, and few people buy them.

After purchasing a batch, I stopped purchasing.

Even Jiang Miao found this phenomenon strange. For the same straw sandals, the ones sold in her store were not that good, but the sales volume was better than others.

very strange!

Madam Fang happened to be here to deliver last month's dessert restaurant's ledger. After hearing her doubts, she couldn't help laughing.

"You, you are really confused. Most of the people who come to buy straw sandals and cotton and linen shoes are from poor families, and some are from the countryside. To put it bluntly, they are taking care of themselves when they take care of your business. After all, your business is good. If they do, they will make a profit.”

Jiang Miao suddenly realized, "So that's it. I thought it was because I was popular."

Madam Fang comforted her, "Of course, your popularity is also one thing. I heard from my elder brother that the workshop you ran in the countryside was very prosperous, and the wages you paid were fair, and the money was paid in person and never defaulted. This is something that has never happened to the farmers in Qingzhou City. They don't say it on their faces, but they are still very grateful to you in their hearts. Besides, your eldest brother walked around the area just after he took office, so everyone knows it. "(End of chapter)