Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 329: Comparing yourself with others is really frustrating!

Hua Lei took the wool sweater plan she had written to the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion to find Old Marquis Pei. In Old Marquis Pei's study, Hua Lei also told him about Uncle Zhou Ziren and Bai Yunhe's visit.

After listening to this, Lord Pei pondered for a moment, and then nodded in approval of Bai Yunhe's proposal, thinking that this way he could really monopolize the wool of the three areas of Mobei, and the capital was still relatively sufficient. Even if it didn't work, it should be 90% guaranteed.

Besides, he had never thought about taking the right to speak from Lei'er. He believed in Lei'er's decision-making ability in business. In this regard, he was really not as good as her. Moreover, there were many details in business that he was not very clear about, but sometimes details determined success or failure.

Besides, if the pie gets bigger, the profit he gets will not be less, and the time to make money will be more sustainable, and he won't suffer any losses, so he nodded in agreement. However, after hearing that Dingxi Marquis's Mansion asked Bai Yunhe to cooperate with Hua Lei, he immediately decided that Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion would let Rong Jin cooperate with Hua Lei.

Of course, it didn't matter who paid the capital. After all, Rong Jin was the eldest son and grandson of the Zhenbei Marquisate, so he would definitely get a lot of family property.

Besides, Rong Jin only has one half brother, who can get 90% of his father's property. And he himself also holds several percent of the profits of the winery. He is the richest man in Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion.

Therefore, Hua Lei sent someone to inform Zhou Ziren's uncle and Bai Yunhe, and they met with Old Marquis Pei in Mingxiang Pavilion. They agreed that a total of 200,000 taels of silver would be contributed in the initial stage, and Hua Lei would contribute 56,000 taels of capital, accounting for 28% of the total.

Pei Rongjin, Bai Yunhe and Uncle Zhou Ziren each contributed 48,000 taels, accounting for 2.4% each. After the profit is made, Hualei's technology will take half of the profit, and the remaining 9.5% will be divided according to their respective proportions.

The sweater group was divided into two parts. The wool washing group was placed in Yuanying Manor, which was close to the moat and more convenient for wool washing. The spinning and knitting were still done in Huaying Manor, where Hualei lived. As for the house that Hualei rented out, several families paid money together to rent it to Hualei.

In the early stage, the Zhenbei Marquisate and Dingxi Marquisate were responsible for going to Mobei to discuss the reservation with the herdsmen. Hua Lei was responsible for preparing some brushes and recruiting personnel in Shangjing City.

Zhou Ziren's uncle went to Jiangnan Prefecture to purchase some spinning wheels and other necessary things, and the matter was settled.

When Xiaoyuan found out, he smiled with satisfaction.

Because they were preparing to make woolen sweaters, Hua Lei, under the introduction of Marquis Pei, recruited a large number of Mobei soldiers who had retired and returned home at the end of the year. They signed a ten-year contract and then arranged them to Yuanying Manor. She replaced some of the female family members and sent them to Huaying Manor to learn how to knit sweaters.

He also renovated several houses near the moat in Yuanying Manor in preparation for receiving the raw wool from Mobei. He also went to the pottery workshop in Zhenbei Marquis Mansion in Beicheng District to order some pottery jars and utensils to put in.

In order to save time, several families also discussed that when they go to collect wool next year, they will send more people to go north with the ship, and then find some temporary workers locally to help with the preliminary work of rough selection after receiving the raw wool.

After the wool was collected and the rough selection was mostly done, if the farmers worked hard on the boat back home, they could start the wool washing process directly when they got back to Yuanying Farm, which would be much faster. Next, Hualei asked Uncle Zhao to make a batch of brushes for brushing.

However, because the sweaters needed to be produced in large quantities, the efficiency would be low if only boar bristle brushes were used to brush the wool. So Hua Lei asked Uncle Zhao to split the bamboo into very thin bamboo strips, grind and sharpen them, and make a batch of sharp-toothed wooden brushes.

In this way, the wool can be coarsely combed first, and then after the wool becomes fluffy, it can be finely combed with an ordinary boar bristle brush, which is much more efficient.

Of course, Bamboo Needle Flower Bud did not forget to prepare. She even asked people to go to the mountains in the northern part of the city to find all the raw materials she needed. In this way, slowly, step by step, Flower Bud was carrying out various preliminary preparations.

During this time, Rong Jin came to Huaying Manor again, and after following Hualei around for a whole day, he actually took out 50,000 taels of silver notes and gave them to Hualei before leaving, saying that he was worried that Hualei would not be able to make ends meet, so he wanted to give them to Hualei to spend. Hualei refused, of course, because he hadn't returned the previous 10,000 taels, and he was actually giving her silver notes again.

But Rong Jin was also very persistent. He just said that he had a lot of silver notes, and that Grandfather Pei would pay the 48,000 taels of silver as the principal out of his own pocket, so he could not use the silver notes in his hand at all. Instead of keeping them in the money shop and collecting a little interest, it would be better to give them to Hua Lei for circulation. Then he put down the silver notes and went back.

Hua Lei was a little embarrassed, but also very envious. She had worked hard for three years, but she couldn't come up with 50,000 taels of silver in a minute. But he casually took out 50,000 silver notes from his pocket and gave it to her without taking it seriously. Alas, comparing yourself to others is really annoying!

They say all roads lead to Rome, but some people are born in Rome. Hualei couldn't help but think of this sentence she had seen on the Internet in her previous life. There is no comparison, no comparison, I should learn from Xiao Rongjue, others ride horses while I ride donkeys, but the spirit of pushing carts is better.

If Hua Lei knew that when Madam Han asked Rong Jin to send five hundred taels of silver notes to his uncle, Rong Jin refused, what would Hua Lei think? Would she be glad that she was not far from Rome?

Before we knew it, the Chinese New Year was approaching. With more than half a month left before the New Year, Pei Jingxuan, who had served in Yongjia Prefecture for six years, was finally transferred back to Shangjing City because of his outstanding political achievements.

At Pei Rongjin's suggestion and with the efforts of Lord Pei, although the specific official appointment letter has not been issued yet and will have to wait until after the Chinese New Year, it is basically confirmed that he will go to the Ministry of Revenue to take up the post.

Of course, Gu and the children all returned to the mansion together. The next day after returning, she handed a message to Hua Lei, asking her to go over and get the banknotes.

Because Hualei had asked Gushi to sell toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, etc., there was still a large balance in Gushi's hands. In this way, Hualei received another large sum of money. The subsequent turnover was really not a problem, and Hualei was very happy.

Of course, Pei Jingxuan and Gu were both smart people. Although they were transferred, they did not give up the various businesses in Yongjia Prefecture. They just found a few more trustworthy people to stay there.