Exiled to Lingnan, the Crown Prince's wife raises children, cultivates the land, and leads the

"Where?"

"How much candy did you sell?"

The old woman darted away with incredible speed.

Cheng Qiqi only saw a dark blue figure sweep past her.

"How much candy did you sell?"

The old woman recognized Chongshan as the man who had come to the sugar shop that day to take samples of sugar to sell.

"I only told my young mistress."

Chongshan stood there like a sleeper, motionless. He wouldn't take anything out until he saw Cheng Qiqi!

"Aren't you just selling sugar from the sugar mill? Can't I even say that to you?"

The old woman was already anxiously waiting, and her face darkened upon hearing Chongshan's words.

Chongshan remained motionless; the old woman's dark face had no bearing on him whatsoever.

As Cheng Qiqi stepped out of the sugar shop, she saw Chongshan approaching her: "Young Madam, I have not failed you!"

Chongshan took out the contracts signed with shops in various prefectures from his bosom and said, "We signed contracts with ten shops in total, and we signed contracts for five thousand packs of top-quality amber candy."

"Five thousand!"

The old woman, who had initially had a dark expression, instantly changed her demeanor upon hearing the number. She smiled broadly, looking at Chongshan and asking, "Not five thousand yuan, but five hundred packets, right?"

The old woman confirmed again and again that there was a big difference between one piece of candy and one bag of candy.

A pack costs nine dollars, which is a little over one dollar and fifty cents, but a pack of candy costs forty-eight dollars!

"Five thousand packets of amber sugar."

Chongshan answered confidently, "Each family only ordered a thousand packs. Their manager said that if the quality is good, they will order candy from us again in the future."

"We ordered 10,000 packs of medium-grade sugar and 20,000 packs of the most common brown sugar."

When Chongshan mentioned this number, he straightened his back. He had traveled day and night all this way and had finally lived up to the Crown Prince's trust and the Crown Princess's expectations!

The sugar is sold!

"Let me see."

Granny Leng leaned forward to take a look, but Cheng Qiqi quickly put away the thick stack of contracts and said, "Granny Leng, you should quickly tell the people in the sugar shop this good news so that they can produce more goods. Our warehouse probably doesn't have enough stock."

As Cheng Qiqi spoke, she said, "Tonight, all of you come to our doorstep. We'll have a good discussion about how to make the best candy for such a large order, and how to turn this big order into a long-term, sustainable one."

The old woman stared intently at the contract in Cheng Qiqi's hand. Without thinking twice, she immediately went to the sugar shop to tell them the good news!

The people in the sugar mill were no longer just a few members of the Leng family, plus the exiled people.

Instead, many villagers joined!

From a small workshop with just over ten people at the beginning, the sugar shop now has more than forty people!

"Folks, all the sugar in our warehouse is sold out, and it's still not enough! Keep going, folks!"

The old woman had a loud voice, and her cheerful voice startled Cheng Qiqi, who was standing at the door.

She turned around and looked at the old woman who was laughing so hard her eyes were almost closed. She couldn't help but recall the old woman she had met when she first came to the sugar shop; she was so stern and unsmiling.

At that time, she held a ruler in her hand, and her expression was as if someone owed her hundreds of taels of silver!

Looking at the old woman now smiling like a flower, Cheng Qiqi fell silent. Sure enough, money can make people happy.

"Chongshan, have you eaten at home? When are these goods to be delivered?"

As Cheng Qiqi examined the contracts of each family, she asked them questions.

She had a feeling that the candy would sell very well, but Chongshan really gave her a big surprise!

"Deliver it in two batches, young mistress. That should be manageable, right?"

Before Chongshan left, he asked Cheng Qiqi about the production volume. He deliberately delivered the goods in two batches to leave some room for maneuver.

"able."

Cheng Qiqi nodded affirmatively and said, "We already have about 80% of this batch of goods in our warehouse."

"When delivering the second batch of goods, you can deliver a larger quantity."

Cheng Qiqi carefully examined each contract, one by one. Soon, she realized something was amiss. She recognized several prefectures in Hongdu and Huzhou.

However, the route for selling candy didn't head north towards Kyoto; instead, it went directly west to Fuzhou.

If she remembered correctly, the place the Crown Prince used to guard was Rongcheng.

"Young Madam, I used to fight alongside the Prince, so I'm more familiar with Rongcheng."

Chongshan scratched his head, looking rather naive, and asked, "Candy be sold anywhere, right?"

"certainly."

Cheng Qiqi gave Chongshan a deep look. She wasn't stupid. When her father-in-law and Heitu were having a serious conversation earlier, they must have wanted to avenge the young master.

Sending candy to Fuzhou might also allow us to investigate some evidence along the way.

Cheng Qiqi carefully put all the contracts away before asking, "Are there any copies of these contracts?"

"some."

Chongshan immediately took out a backup copy from his pocket. Except for the handprint, which was a copy, everything else was the same!

I'm just afraid that some fool might damage the contract.

"Take this out tonight, the original, and leave it to my father-in-law."

As soon as Cheng Qiqi finished speaking, Chongshan said from the side, "Master said that this should be kept by the young mistress."

"..."

Cheng Qiqi put away the contract without saying anything more.

That evening, almost the entire village, young and old, gathered at the Jin family's house.

If the Jin family can't fit everyone in, then they'll squeeze into the courtyard.

The grass in the corner of the Jin family's yard had been trampled flat.

The village elders, respected elders, members of the Leng and Jin families all gathered together!

The contract that Chongshan brought back, including the amount of sugar required and the amount of the deposit, was all laid out in plain sight.

"If we deliver all the goods, wouldn't we be able to earn... a lot of money?"

Zhuang Lizheng has lived most of his life, half of which is buried in the ground. Unexpectedly, in his old age, he finally realized his wish to join the sugar mill. And it hasn't been that long.

In just over a month, they've sold so much candy?

"One thousand and forty taels."

After Leng Yu finished calculating the accounts, everyone gasped.

Is it possible to make so much money from a single package of goods that costs only a few dozen coins if you buy a large quantity?

"I've never seen so much money in my entire life!"

"Are sugar factories that profitable?"

"Didn't the Leng family used to say they only earned one hundred taels a year?"

"..."

A lively discussion erupted from the crowd, impossible to suppress. After a long while, Marquis Zhongyong stepped forward and said, "Everyone, please be quiet."

"..."

Almost instantly, everyone shut their mouths, their eyes burning with fervor as they looked at Marquis Zhongyong.

"One thousand and forty taels, and we still have to deduct the money we spent on buying sugarcane, the transportation costs, and the fact that everyone worked for free, we can't work for nothing, can we?"

"All things considered, the most I can earn is five hundred taels."

Marquis Zhongyong, fearing that people might think that selling goods worth a thousand taels of silver would earn him a thousand taels of silver, explained, "We have calculated the costs, and they are all clearly recorded on the books. You can take a look."