Transmigrated To Ancient Time: Thrive With An Auction System!-Chapter 169: Soaring Price ( 3 )

Yao Zhi thought for a moment after she heard Yang Erlang’s words and asked, "Then, can you hire more people for me? Adult women are also fine. The wage for clearing the wasteland will be 40 wen per day for men and 30 wen per day for women. But it doesn’t include lunch and water."

After she said this, Yang Sanlang said, "I can help you find people and negotiate the wage."

As soon as she heard his words, Yao Zhi’s eyes lit up. "Then I will leave this matter to you, Brother Sanlang. Thank you."

"It’s a small matter. You don’t need to be so polite with me," Yang Sanlang replied softly.

After a brief conversation, the two of them went to the backyard to start working while Yao Zhi continued harvesting the vegetables.

She didn’t offer lunch to the workers who would clear the wasteland because it would take at least 3 months to finish the job.

Not to mention the amount of grain and vegetables required would be too much; she didn’t want to spend the whole day cooking.

That was why she would rather offer higher wages and let them prepare their own provisions. This way, she wouldn’t waste her time, and people wouldn’t grow suspicious of her.

After all, with so much grain needed daily, she would need to buy it from the town to avoid suspicion, and she didn’t want to waste her money when she already had so much grain in her system’s farmland granary.

When the sun rose higher, Zhou Zihong and Zhou Ziyuan arrived at the town. Seeing them coming, the town guards walked over and said, "Brother Zhou, you brought a lot of goods back this time."

Seeing them, Zhou Zihong smiled, took out 10 wen from his pouch, and handed it to one of them while saying, "Brother Wu, it’s hard on you and the others to guard the town. Please let me treat you to some tea."

The guard didn’t refuse and accepted the money. "Brother Zhou, why are you being so polite with us? Aren’t we brothers?"

"Of course," Zhou Zihong smiled.

"Alright, you should go about your business. The road will be jammed if you are too late."

"Then, let’s have a meal together another time," Zhou Zihong nodded.

"Okay!" the guard agreed readily.

While befriending town guards cost some money, it was convenient for doing business.

With their help, he and his men could leave the town even when the town gate was closed. Therefore, he was willing to spend some money to build connections.

After they entered the town, they drove to the back entrance of the Zhou family’s seasoning store.

At this moment, their store had not yet opened for business, but several people had been waiting outside. From their clothes, it could be seen that they were maidservants and manservants from wealthy families and officials.

When the workers were unloading the jars, Zhou Boming walked over and said, "Be careful. Don’t spill the sauce. Carry them directly into the store."

Zhou Zihong and Zhou Ziyuan cupped their fists at him and greeted in unison, "Father."

Zhou Boming patted his sons’ shoulders and said, "Both of you did well. Go have some breakfast first. When the store opens, you won’t have time to eat later."

While they were busy, the number of people waiting outside the store increased.

After the news that the Zhou family’s seasoning store had obtained new types of sauce spread, not many people took it seriously. But when they learned that the General’s mansion bought all of the sauces, everyone’s interest was piqued.

Everyone knew that the General’s wife was a pampered daughter of the richest family in Luo City. She only used the best ingredients, and the head cook working for her was known for his pickiness.

Even with his strict standards, he bought all of the sauces. It was no different from him making a statement about how good the sauces were. Therefore, after the officials and wealthy families found out about this, they sent their servants to learn more about the sauces.

After waiting for so long, they finally received the news that the sauces would be available for sale today. Fearing that they wouldn’t be able to buy anything, they sent their servants to wait outside the store even before dawn.

At 7 o’clock in the morning, the Zhou family’s seasoning store finally opened for business. When Zhou Zihong saw the people lining up outside, he was taken aback. But after years of following his father in business, he showed nothing on his face.

Standing at the entrance, he first cupped his fists and greeted everyone. "Everyone, we are sorry for making you all wait."

"Today, my family’s store will add 2 types of sauces for sale, fish sauce and soy sauce. Due to the limited amount, everyone can only buy 1 jin of fish sauce and 2 jin of soy sauce."

When everyone heard this, they were unhappy.

"Young master, I have been waiting for hours, and you tell me that I can’t buy more? Are you kidding me?" a manservant said with a frown.

"Young master, my family has money, and we are willing to pay 30% more than the market price," a maidservant suddenly said.

As soon as they heard her words, everyone grew anxious.

They recognized her as a maidservant from the wealthiest family in Zhu’an town from the emblem embroidered on the collar of her robe. There was no doubt that her master could afford to pay more, but they couldn’t return empty-handed.

When they thought about this, they suddenly realized that limited purchase was actually not bad. This way, everyone had a chance to buy the sauces.

Reaching this conclusion, one of the servants from an official family said, "Since it’s the store’s rule, everyone should follow it. Don’t try to raise the price and hoard everything."

Hearing this, the rest nodded in agreement.

"Indeed. I have been waiting since before dawn. I can’t return empty-handed. Even if I can’t buy much, at least I can complete my task and won’t be punished by my master," another chimed in.