"However, there is one thing I can tell you in advance."

"The things I have in hand are not just these. Other industries will come out one after another in the future. Please remember this."

"Profits are important, but people are more important. It is also good to suffer some losses when necessary."

"No matter how much money you make, you still have to spend it with your life."

At first, everyone was shocked that Lu Yaoyao said there was something else in her hand, but soon they all nodded after hearing what she said next.

"In the future, my family will listen to the county boss when it comes to business. I can do whatever you say. It doesn't matter if you suffer a little loss. I trust the county boss."

The old man who just stood up to ask the question stood up again.

As soon as he opened his mouth, others immediately stood up and echoed him.

But in the blink of an eye, all the family members said they would obey Lu Yaoyao's arrangements.

"Since everyone thinks so, that's for the best."

"I'll assign the work next."

An hour later, Lu Yaoyao arranged each house one by one.

Mr. Lu also said that the perfume business also needs manpower now. If there are idle people in each family, they can also go to the perfume workshops and stores to help, and they will also be paid a monthly salary.

The discussion and arrangement lasted for nearly two hours, and the atmosphere was very good. Everyone was enjoying themselves, and there was no quarrel over the amount of work assigned.

At noon, Lu Yaoyao held a grand banquet at the villa to welcome the Lu family.

In the afternoon, some people followed Mr. Lu and others to the capital. First, they helped with the perfume workshops and shops. Second, they also needed shops such as blue bricks and cement, as well as the preliminary work of soap.

After working hard until evening, Lu Yaoyao finally got some rest.

"It's really tiring."

In the past, she only had to take care of herself most of the time, and her life was easy.

"Actually, Miss, you can leave these matters to the first or second master."

"Uncle is still injured, so he has to wait until winter at least before he can move. Second uncle has a lot of things to do in his perfume workshop."

Lu Yaoyao shook his head and continued, "Actually, I'm just a little tired today. When everything is on track, they can handle it themselves, so I won't be needed."

Indeed, she only needs to arrange the plan, and there is no need for her to implement it herself.

"By the way, where is Lao Kang? You go find him and come here, I want to see him."

Qiu Shuang nodded and exited the room, and soon came back with Lao Kang.

"I've met Miss."

"sit."

Lu Yaoyao pointed to the chair next to him.

Lao Kang bowed again, then walked over and sat down.

"Next, which area of ​​the villa will be mainly developed?"

"According to the lady's instructions, the next step is to build workshops and some shops."

Her villa is big enough and divided into three areas.

The first one is the workshop area, which gathers all production workshops in one place.

The second is the small commercial area for display.

She plans to build this area like a small market. This location is close to the gate of the villa. There is a separate portal over there. This area is completely open to the outside world.

In the future, her own products will need to be displayed here, and there will be a place to discuss orders. Moreover, the villa will have a larger population by then, and each family will be able to do their own small business in the shop.

In short, she just wanted to create an influential market in her villa.

The last area is her own private area. She has already planned the place, which is halfway up the mountain behind the villa. She plans to build a large villa there.

And the place where she lives now will be renovated and turned into some other project.

"You can put it in the shop first, I have more important things to do."

When building a house, especially her mid-level villa, she plans to make it look like a modern villa. Although it is impossible to perfectly copy everything modern, she still wants to make it as good as possible.

If you want to build a modern villa, you need a lot of things, such as ceramic tiles, steel bars, glass and so on.

Ceramic tiles and glass are pretty simple, but things like bricks and cement are almost the same, but steel bars and the like are more troublesome.

Nowadays, the iron mines in Dongzhou are either in the hands of the imperial court or in the hands of aristocratic families.

It's not easy for her to do.

"Can we buy iron ore?"

When she suddenly spoke, Lao Kang and Qiu Shuang were stunned.

"Well, I forgot that these things are in other people's hands."

"By the way, have you ever heard of coal?"

When she mentioned iron ore, she suddenly thought of something else. She wanted to get steel bars. If she just opened wood, the firepower would not be enough. Coal was indispensable.

"Coal? What is coal?"

Lao Kang and Qiu Shuang showed doubts at the same time.

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyao was a little dumbfounded, then he was silent for a while, and then said again, "It's the kind of black stone that can burn."

"Oh? Are you talking about the black stone? Miss, what do you want with that thing? That thing is poisonous."

"I know it's poisonous, but I have a way to make this thing non-toxic."

"Is there coal near us? Isn't there a black stone mine?"

Qiu Shuang immediately shook her head and said, "This slave doesn't know."

Lu Yaoyao immediately turned to look at Lao Kang, who was thinking.

After a while, Lao Kang finally said, "Yes, but there are more of them in Jinzhong. There seem to be only two places here in the capital, not far from us."

"Oh? Can you buy it?"

"This little guy doesn't know, so he has to go find out."

"Then go and find out. Be sure to capture both of these mineral veins. This thing will have a huge impact on the future development of our villa."

Lao Kang nodded quickly.

On this day, Lu Yaoyao went to bed early. He was really tired today.

The next day, as soon as she had breakfast, Lao Kang came.

"Miss, I have already found out that the two black stone mines are now in the hands of His Highness Prince Jin."

"In the hands of King Jin?"

Lu Yaoyao never expected that this could actually be related to King Jin.

Speaking of which, it seemed that she hadn't seen King Jin for a long time, nor had she heard any news about him. She didn't know how he was doing now.

"Yes, when His Majesty ascended the throne and King Jin was granted the title, he specifically gave up some other rewards and asked for these two black stone mines."

Black stones are very useless to the people of Dongzhou.

The situation of the King of Jin was very embarrassing at the beginning. As a prince, he would have a fief. With the title of King of Jin, the fief should be in the middle generation of Jin.

It was relatively rich there. King Jin refused to grant the land at that time and only wanted a title and two black stone mines. Presumably he was afraid that Emperor Hongwen would be jealous and he would end up with the same result as his other brothers.
Chapter completed!