Chapter 362: The Little One's Fruit

Moreover, this is only part of the workshop; she also gets a share from the Zhuang Clan and takes all the profits from Profitable Fragrant Full Sleeve, which is several times the workshop's profits.

The three people widened their eyes, and Ya Gu quickly gestured with her hand, looking anxious.

Jiang Yunchu understood, but she did not answer Ya Gu.

"You are my people, the ones I trust; in my absence, this workshop is under your watch, and I will never wrong my own people."

"Since I have bestowed it upon you, it is now yours."

"But..."

Her gaze, instead of being gentle as just now, carried a hint of ferocity.

"I need absolute loyalty, just as you show now; I hope you do not disappoint my high expectations."

"Yes!"

The steward and Zhu Tou spoke up immediately; Ya Gu couldn't speak, but she quickly gestured with her hand.

Jiang Yunchu smiled; the matter was settled. The steward went back to prepare the reward account, while the other two began reporting on each workshop's affairs—all raw materials and output capacity.

This gave her immediate, concrete data on the workshop.

She took Zi Su and Bai Zhi back into the workshop, personally inspected the quality, found no problems, and then relaxed.

"Host!" At that moment, a panting little figure ran over from afar.

Jiang Yunchu saw it was the little child from Qiu Hui's family, then waited in place, "What's wrong?"

The little one's face was flushed; having run too fast, sweat gathered on his forehead. Zi Su took a handkerchief and wiped the child's sweat. This child is about the same age as the Young Master, but a head shorter; although he has gained a bit of flesh now, he remains frail.

"Here."

He reached out, grabbed Jiang Yunchu's hand, turned her palm upward, and placed the wild fruit he was holding into her hand.

"I picked it from the back mountain; it's for you to eat."

The little fellow seemed shy; after speaking, he ran off directly.

Jiang Yunchu saw the handful of bright red wild fruits in her hand, her eyes filled with a smile; watching the child run away, she made a decision in her heart at that moment.

"Bai Zhi, please wash them."

"Zi Su, ride back to the Zhuang Clan now and ask where there is a teacher of upright character and excellent learning; find out the location, for when I return to the Zhuang Mansion I will need him."

Among these children, some are studying, but they need to pay high tuition and supplies for brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone; for a family to be able to educate one child is already a struggle they endure.

For example, the child of that sister-in-law's family—there is only one child, and sending him to school is already extremely difficult; now the children are sensible, knowing the family cannot sustain it, they voluntarily return to work to earn money for the family.

"But..."

She needs people, she needs educated people.

Before, there was roughly a vague idea; now her heart has become more firmly resolved about something.

She has protected these people; she has also given the children's future!

"Host, this is all of our people, and all the reward money." The steward's hand trembled slightly; don't look at these few sheets of paper—this is several hundred taels of silver!

Several hundred taels! That is no small amount.

Before, he could not save even three taels of silver in a year, but now, as soon as the host speaks, the reward is five taels of silver—how could he not feel excited inside?

Jiang Yunchu looked over all the names and the reward silver written after each one, "Is everyone here?"

"Don't forget the newborn infants; include them as well."

After reviewing it once, she handed the paper to the steward, "As long as we also count the newborn infants now, let's make everyone happy this time."

"Yes!" The steward's dark face also broke into a grin.

This matter has not yet been announced to everyone; if it were, he could imagine everyone's excited expressions.

Everything they have done has been rewarded.

They have guarded the workshop, and the host has always watched over them and protected them as well.

Bai Zhi brought the wild fruit over; she took it and popped one into her mouth—it burst with juice, sweet with a hint of tartness, extremely delicious.

When the steward came for the second time, after Jiang Yunchu checked and found no problem, she directly signed her name, Kang Yun!

The reward money must have her signature to be entered into the accounts.

Otherwise it cannot be counted in the total accounts; this is a requirement she had raised before.

"The taste is quite good, please hold onto them for me." Jiang Yunchu ate three, seeing two left, she hurriedly told Bai Zhi.

Bai Zhi smiled; no wonder the master likes coming to Jiangnan—the people here are indeed worthwhile.

"Good."

After Jiang Yunchu finished signing, she said to the steward, "I see that plot of land over there; what was it used for before?"

The steward looked in that direction: "Before, it was used to grow various flowers, but the soil there is poor; no matter what flowers were planted, they grew poorly, so it was left vacant, and before the host took over, it had remained idle."

Jiang Yunchu nodded, "Organize the people in our workshop who can build houses; I plan to erect two courtyards there."

"Build houses?" The steward was puzzled; this large courtyard still has many empty workshops—why would we need to build more houses?

"Well, building houses, I'll calculate."

Jiang Yunchu thought; two courtyards might not be enough...

"Let's build three courtyards; if the area is insufficient, we can expand outward, and I have already been seeking an intermediary for the thirty mu of land to the north, hoping to purchase it so we can plant different flowers next year."

Currently, the flower field has only five or six kinds of flowers, but that is far from enough.

In the future, her stalls will grow larger, requiring many varieties of flowers; moreover, speaking frankly, she is not short of money—the value created by Lustrous Jade Soap is already enough for her to spend on these.

"May I ask what the three courtyards are for? So people can plan the scale." Upon hearing this, the steward also knew the host had ambitions to expand, but he was still curious about what the three courtyards would be used for.

"One courtyard will be a bit smaller; later I will hire a doctor to reside there, so anyone in our workshop who falls ill can go see him and get medicine without cost." The steward's eyes lit up at Jiang Yunchu's first sentence.

The people in our workshop are all from poor families; they dare not get sick, and if they do, they either tough it out or would rather die than cause trouble for their families.

Treating illness is a bottomless pit—no amount of silver is enough!

But the host actually... does not spend money to treat everyone's illness.

"Host, I kowtow to you on behalf of everyone." The steward directly knelt on the ground, without waiting for Jiang Yunchu's reaction, directly thud-thud-thud, kowtowing three times.

That genuine kowtou made his forehead turn red; after finishing, without waiting for Jiang Yunchu to speak, he directly stood up himself.

Usually slow-tempered, mature and steady middle-aged man, at this moment his face was full of excitement, excited to the point of his whole face turning red.