A Blessed Daughter - Chapter 327

A Blessed Daughter
Chapter 327 – Father was promoted again (1)

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After comforting Chen Aqing, Wei Ruo and Xiumei returned to Tianqin Garden.

In her room, Wei Ruo took out paper and a brush to plan and calculate her upcoming work. Drunken Immortal Restaurant consumed even more seasoning than her braised food shop, so she needed more raw materials and a workshop capable of stable seasoning production.

Purchasing raw materials, transportation, and setting up a workshop were not entirely unfamiliar fields for Wei Ruo. Over the past thirteen years, she had accumulated plenty of experience in these areas; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to open Sibaozhai.

When buying raw materials, she usually prioritized suppliers closer to reducing transportation costs. However, since these spices were not yet widely used, few people grew them, and many were still wild. For now, she had to buy them in bulk from her previous suppliers, which would slightly increase costs.

But based on the price she negotiated with Master Fan, the costs were manageable.

If sales expanded further, she would consider allocating land to grow raw materials such as cloves, cardamom, and cinnamon.

-cloves

-cardamom

-cinnamon

For transportation, when Old Tao, the freight carrier, arrived in a few days, she would give him her list and have him make a trip. Previously, he had helped her procure ingredients for five-spice powder and hot pot base.

As for the oyster sauce’s key ingredient—oysters—they were relatively easy to obtain. Taizhou Prefecture was near the sea, so once the fishing ban was lifted, supply wouldn’t be a problem.

However, due to the Japanese pirates issue, oyster supply was currently unstable. Again, if sales volume increased, she would consider oyster farming. This would reduce costs and stabilize supply.

-oyster

The prerequisite was having strong enough sales to support the operation; otherwise, the cost-benefit ratio wouldn’t be high.

Soybeans were mostly grown in the north, so she would entrust their procurement to Da Qiu, who transported goods by boat.

-soybeans

Both Old Tao and Da Qiu were people she had worked with for years and could trust.

Beyond securing raw materials, she also needed to choose a location. She still had some vacant land at her estate in the prefectural city, which could be used for a small workshop.

The workshop didn’t need to be large at first, but she had to carefully select reliable and diligent workers.

She planned to visit the estate more often to identify suitable candidates for the workshop.

Wei Ruo stayed in the prefectural city until Xu’s Braised Food Shop reopened, then returned to Xingshan County.

As soon as she arrived home, she heard good news about the Wei family.

The official letter of Wei Mingtang’s promotion and reassignment had arrived—he had been promoted to Deputy Defender and would assist Taizhou Prefecture’s Chief Defender in overseeing the entire region’s anti-pirate military efforts.

His rank had risen from the previous Cong Liu Pin (Sub-Sixth Rank) Zhongxian Colonel to Zheng Liu Pin (Proper Sixth Rank) Zhaoxin Colonel.

In just six months, he had been promoted twice!

Such rapid advancement was rare, proving that Wei Mingtang had indeed performed exceptionally well in the fight against the Japanese Pirates.

Because of this great news, the entire Colonel’s Mansion was filled with joy.

Every servant who passed by had a face brimming with happiness and excitement.

Wei Ruo and Xiumei calmly walked through the crowd and returned to Tingsong Garden, going about their business as usual.

Winning a battle and receiving a reward was something they had anticipated. Although another promotion was somewhat unexpected—since he had already been promoted once in the past six months, many thought another promotion so soon might be inappropriate—the reality proved otherwise. The court clearly valued the fight against the Japanese pirates and lacked capable commanders, so they were generous with rewards and promotions for those who had contributed to the cause.

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