Chapter 115: Buying Land and Building Walls >
as taken aback.County Magistrate That's the second highest ranking official in Jianghe County, only below the county governor.Zhao Zhongming said, "I know the Zhou family threatened you yesterday, for...Yang Lin smiled and nodded.
"Very good, I'm satisfied with your answer. These nine kilns are now under your care."
"Sir Xie!"
Huang Feng was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him.
While Song Qian was still in shock and unable to recover.
This nephew of mine, I've never seen him so smart before. How come he suddenly seems to have figured things out
"Let's talk about pay. How much do you want" Yang Lin said directly.
"To be of service to my lord is a great honor. As for the payment, I leave it entirely up to your generosity, my lord. Please rest assured that you will not disappoint me." Huang Feng bowed and said with a smile.
Yang Lin grew to admire Huang Feng even more.
Not only is she intelligent, but also quick-witted and emotionally intelligent. She would certainly be a great asset in business.
"A tael of silver, will you accept it"
Yang Lin spoke up.
"I'm willing!"
Huang Feng didn't even think about it before readily agreeing.
On the other hand, Song Qian frowned slightly.
Although a few silver coins might be considered a considerable sum for ordinary people, as the manager of nine brick kilns, a monthly salary of one tael of silver was indeed meager.
The brick-making industry is a tough one. If you can't sell the bricks, you don't make any money. But once you start selling, a single kiln can easily earn dozens of taels of silver each year!
Song Qian's heart felt a slight displeasure, but she noticed Huang Feng remained composed.
Facing Huang Feng's indifference, Yang Lin smiled again: "Not bad, you have a good city mansion too. You are much stronger than your cousin."
Song Qian's old face flushed, and she hurriedly lowered her head.
"Mr. Song, this lord said I wouldn't treat you poorly, and I won't treat you poorly. Today's affairs were done very well. This is yours."
Yang Lin took out a five tael silver ingot and casually threw it to Song Qian.
Song Qian received it and was greatly surprised, hurriedly thanking her.
It's just that he found it strange. Although his employer was clearly generous, why was the pay given to Huang Feng a little stingy
"A tael of silver a month is your base pay, and in addition to that, this Duke intends to give you some shares."
"Shares"
Upon hearing this unfamiliar term, not only Song Qian, but also Huang Feng, was taken aback.
He could guess that this noble person would certainly not be stingy with him, but at this moment he was completely unclear what these shares were.
Shares, simply put, are about joint ventures. When you own shares, you become one of the bosses, with certain management rights, and you can also share profits every year.
“I'll give you one percent of the shares, which is one out of a hundred. For example, if the brick kiln makes a net profit of one thousand taels of silver in a year, you'll get ten taels of silver each year; if the brick kiln makes a net profit of ten thousand taels of silver, then you'll get one hundred taels of silver each year.”
After listening to Yang Lin's explanation, Song Qian was dumbfounded, while Huang Feng felt a surge of excitement.
I'm willing!
Huang Feng hurriedly bowed and paid his respects.
He used to run a brick kiln, so he knows the profit margins of a brick kiln all too well.
In the past, the demand for bricks was not high. A kiln could produce enough bricks to sell for a long time, and production only took up about one-tenth of the year.
Thus, even after a year, it can still have 20 to 30 taels of pure profit!
If walls are being built, brick kilns will be constantly busy. In this case, a single brick kiln can generate two to three hundred taels of pure profit each year.
He managed nine brick kilns, earning two to three thousand taels of silver a year. Besides his basic wage of twelve taels, he also received twenty to thirty taels in bonuses!
This way, not only will you earn more, but you'll also have more face.
Yang Lin smiled.
As the number of businesses in my hands increases, management becomes increasingly difficult. To save time and effort, it's best to give out a portion of the shares to the management team so they can hold shares.
"Mr. Song, I have a few more things for you to take care of these two days."
"The Master ordered." Song Qian hurriedly bowed, his expression focused.
This lord was ruthless in his dealings, but truly generous as well! In just two days with him, he earned more silver than he had in the past year.
Therefore, Yang Lin's instructions are now taken very seriously.
"First things first, buy up all the clay around the county! Buy up every place that produces clay!"
Song Qian was startled and a little confused.
The clay is abundant, the government doesn't interfere, and you can freely excavate it. You can just dig up bricks whenever you need them, so why buy all of it and waste the money
Huang Feng's eyes lit up.
He instantly realized that the nobleman wanted to swallow up the entire county's brickworks business!
Although Song Qian couldn't understand, she still nodded hastily: "Yes."
"The second thing is, you go and find some vacant land in the county seat. The area must be at least twenty mu, the bigger the better. If there's no such place in the city center, it's okay to look outside the city, just don't be too far from the county seat, buy it for me!"
"Buy ten plots of land like this."
Song Qian was astonished once again.
Although he didn't understand why, buying clay was at least useful for making bricks.
You can buy up all the vacant land in town, it's utterly useless!
"Third thing."
"You go find Zhao Fugui and have him handle the construction of the city walls. Tell him to do his best, but there's no need to push himself too hard."
Song Qian was dumbfounded.
> So the construction of the city walls hasn't been finished yet
Still saying there's no need to force it
If we can't do it, wouldn't all these brick kilns be a loss
Seeing Song Qian's surprise, Yang Lin smiled faintly: "You wouldn't think that I, by myself, could decide on such a major event as building city walls, would you"
Yang Lin didn't understand the process of building a city wall. He figured something this big would likely be beyond even Wu Zhixian's authority to decide.
Let Zhao Fugui handle it. First, it's to hone his abilities. Second, it's also a chance to test his luck.
What if Magistrate Wu could make the final decision
What if repairing the city walls would be approved if we reported it
He didn't really take repairing the wall seriously at first, but since there was an opportunity, he couldn't just pass it up.
So...
Song Qian swallowed nervously and asked in disbelief, "My lord, what if we can't finish building the city wall What then"
"You needn't worry about this, just focus on completing the task I assigned you."
"Yes."
When Yang Lin said this, Song Qian also stopped insisting.
Anyway, this lord always does things in a way that is hard to understand.
"That's all there is to it."
"Huang Feng, I also have some things to explain to you."
"Please give your orders, Sir," Huang Feng hastily bowed.
Yang Lin said, “Tomorrow, have your cousin take you to the accounting office to withdraw one thousand taels of silver. Use it for the expenses of building the brick kiln.”
Huang Feng was taken aback.
"My lord, I know all nine brick kilns. We just need to recruit some manpower and we can start making bricks right away. It wouldn't take any investment at all, let alone so much silver!"
What does a thousand taels of silver represent
Nine new brick kilns will be built, and they won't even be enough!
"Won't it be wasted"
Yang Lin's eyes twinkled mischievously as he retorted, "With nine kilns already in use, wouldn't twenty more be excessive"
"What Twenty more"
Huang Feng's eyes widened in astonishment, and he swallowed hard. of this place for you."Yang Lin looked at Wang Gui again."Wang Guishu, you've done a great job coordinating both internally and externally these past few days. It's a shame to have such talent wasted...