Naturally, the soldiers surrounding Hu Changan and others went back to receive their punishment under the leadership of Fu Youde.
Looking at the people walking away, Hu Changan couldn't help but frown.
It seems that in the future, we should take the upper-level route more often.
At present, most of the products Hu Changan sells and the reforms he targets are only for the working class.
Hu Changan's penetration of the upper levels was not strong enough, which resulted in sudden false accusations and frame-ups from time to time.
Hu Changan felt that it was time to invent more products to win over the upper class!
Back at the house, Hu Changan was just about to think about what product to use to win over people's hearts, when he was interrupted by the servant's sudden report: "Master Hu, a letter from Manager Li has arrived!"
"Didn't you send him to Lingnan to purchase sugar cane before? Now Manager Li has purchased a batch of sugar cane and it will be shipped to Hu Mansion tomorrow!"
"Manager Li himself is still in Lingnan and has not returned. He said that it is the sugarcane harvest season and he wants to continue to buy some sugarcane there."
With that said, the boy respectfully handed Manager Li's letter to Hu Changan.
After Hu Changan read Manager Li's letter, he nodded with satisfaction.
Although I was really scared today, at least something good happened.
Manager Li was in Lingnan and bought a lot of sugarcane bagasse at a low price.
Originally, sugarcane bagasse was a by-product of sugarcane juice extraction. If no one came to buy it, it would be casually disposed of as feed or fertilizer by local farmers.
At present, there are actually villains who have traveled thousands of miles to buy this kind of scraps. Naturally, the local farmers are happy to sell all the bagasse to Manager Li in exchange for money.
Prices in Lingnan are already cheaper than here in Yingtianfu. What Manager Li purchased was sugarcane bagasse that others did not want, so the money spent was naturally not much.
The actual money spent by Manager Li was much lower than Hu Changan's psychological expectations.
What's more, Guanshi Li had a handwriting written by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, so officials from all over the country naturally gave Guanshi Li the green light.
Not even a dime of the miscellaneous tolls that were originally collected will be paid.
Seeing this, Hu Changan was also very satisfied.
As a businessman, who doesn’t want to purchase the most raw materials at the lowest price?
In fact, Hu Changan also considered letting local farmers directly brew rum, and then he would purchase it collectively.
However, this way, the money spent will definitely be more than purchasing sugarcane bagasse directly.
And rum is a liquid after all, so there is still some volume.
Taking into account ancient transportation, transporting so much rum to Yingtian City would cost a lot of money on the road.
Besides, brewing rum is a new technology, and Hu Changan was afraid that no one would guide these people in brewing, resulting in what they brewed being undrinkable scraps.
Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Hu Changan decided to let Manager Li purchase the bagasse directly in Lingnan, and then transport it directly to Yingtian City for unified brewing.
Handing the read letter to his servant, Hu Changan happily waited for the arrival of tomorrow.
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In the afternoon of the next day, Hu Changan rode his horse to the workshop.
The original workshop has been expanded.
Next to the soap workshop, an alcohol workshop was built.
At this time, in front of the alcohol workshop, the sugarcane bagasse purchased by Manager Li from Lingnan had arrived.
The newly recruited craftsmen are working hard to move the bagasse into the warehouse.
What Hu Changan saw was such a busy scene.
The newly opened brewing workshop not only has old employees who were responsible for brewing at Hu Changan's house, but also professional brewing masters that Hu Changan hired from the time-honored breweries in Yingtian City.
Most of their ancestors were engaged in wine making and their craftsmanship is exquisite.
Hu Changan came here this time just to make himself familiar in the new workshop and to establish his authority.
Only when these old craftsmen show their true skills will they be convinced by you.
When the craftsmen saw Hu Changan coming, they quickly stopped what they were doing and greeted Hu Changan in a hurry.
Hu Changan also smiled slightly and clapped his hands towards everyone: "Everyone, please stop working now. Let's come over and have a meeting to get to know each other."
At Hu Changan's call, these workers also came to the small courtyard in the middle of the workshop.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Hu Changan cleared his throat and delivered a speech on the completion of the new workshop.
"Everyone, I am very happy to see that this new winery has been built."
"Without further ado, let me first explain how wages are calculated."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately pricked up their ears and looked forward to it.
As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. Who comes out to work for the sake of money?
Most of these experienced master chefs changed jobs because of the high wages in Hu Mansion.
Nowadays, word spreads from person to person, and everyone knows that the salary offered by Hu Mansion is one of the highest in Yingtian City.
As long as you work hard, your wages can reach astronomical figures that most people can't even imagine.
Hu Changan's next words did not disappoint everyone.
"In this brewery, everyone will be divided into groups of four people."
"Everyone's basic salary is two taels of silver a month, which is the same as the soap workshop next door."
"On top of the basic salary, there are bonuses."
"This bonus is based on the group. For every jar of wine brewed, the group can receive an additional 100 silver bounty."
"At the end of each month, the steward will collect the bonuses of all groups, and the bonuses will be divided equally among all the craftsmen in the group."
"The group that makes the most wine each month, your portrait will be hung at the door of this winery. Everyone who walks by will see your contribution to the workshop."
"As for the group that makes the least amount of wine every month, your portrait will also be hung on the door. But this is not an honor, but a shame. Everyone will see that you are the bottom among everyone in the workshop."
Hu Changan's plan cannot be said to be vicious.
In fact, Hu Changan could also let all workers in the workshop share their wages equally, but in this case, there would be no competition.
Only competition can inspire everyone's enthusiasm for work.
Brewing is different from making soap. Soap making is more suitable for large-scale production, while brewing pays more attention to the quality of each jar of wine. It can be said that it is more of a one-person operation.
It is most appropriate to introduce a competition mechanism at this time.
After everyone heard this, they became very motivated.
They must be the most efficient team and strive to have their portraits posted on the wall for people to admire every day!
However, someone questioned Hu Changan: "Master Hu, I wonder if this grouping is a free grouping or a designated grouping?"
"If all the old craftsmen formed internal teams, wouldn't we newcomers suffer a big loss?"