Chapter 396: Gearing Up
After breakfast, Lin Xuan Qi went to the factories with Lee He Song.
Everything was going smoothly as planned and the latest factory was also near operational.
The production of the Lin Clan Taste Transcendent Essence was doubled with the addition of the new factory.
"Master Lin, this is for..." The supervisor of the factory asked when he saw Lin Xuan Qi pasting the talismans onto the walls and specific areas of the factory.
"These are for the safety of the factory, I’ve gotten them from the temple nearby." Lin Xuan Qi cooked up an excuse about the talisman and the supervisor nodded his head.
They believed in the deities and immortals, of which, the talismans from the deities and immortals were one of the ways that would grant protection or ward off evils.
So, it wasn’t too much of an issue for the supervisor.
And after Lin Xuan Qi was done with the factory, he moved on to the next one, doing the same thing.
Finally, he moved on to the latest factory, which was the one he had purchased from Hu Fei, to check on the progress.
Old Shao with his team of carpenters and the iron smiths didn’t disappoint.
Racks, stoves and all the other essential items were mostly ready, and what he had to do last was to get the workers for the factory from Fei Luo.
That was what he did next.
"Welcome again."
Fei Luo was more than happy to see him again, rubbing his hands when he saw Lin Xuan Qi enter his slave brokerage.
"You should know what I’m here for."
Lin Xuan Qi wasn’t in the mood to talk with Fei Luo.
The atmosphere and everything about the slave brokerage always made him feel uncomfortable.
"Here you go." Lin Xuan Qi said and his guards brought in a wooden chest with fifty taels of silver for the fifty workers he had requested.
Fei Luo’s eyes opened wide when he saw the shiny taels of silver in the wooden chest.
He quickly took out the stack of contracts he had prepared for Lin Xuan Qi and passed them over to him.
Lin Xuan Qi imprinted his seal and thumbprint onto the contract after he read them.
Then, a familiar sound erupted in his mind and words appeared in it.
[Congratulations to host for recruiting fifty workers to the clan.]
[Additional 500KG of rice will be delivered to the mansion daily.]
[Keep up the good work and recruit more personnel.]
[System shall be upgraded when it’s done.]
He was now slowly becoming one of the biggest rice suppliers in Hong Feng City with the supply of two tonnes and seven hundred kilograms of rice per day.
It provided him with a stable income every month, and with the two hundred and seventy men and women he had under the clan, the Lin Clan was now much bigger than when he had just started alone here in Hong Feng City.
He would have to be very cautious to ensure the livelihood of so many people.
Especially so for people like Xue Cong and the others.
Fei Luo got the fifty slaves out from the back of the slave brokerage and they looked at Lin Xuan Qi warily.
By now, Lin Xuan Qi was used to it and he started to brief them on what he would expect from them.
They nodded their heads while they listened, unsure if what he was saying was the truth.
It sounded too good to be true for them.
Fixed working hours, remuneration coupled with free food and lodging was like a tale to them.
But they were convinced when they saw the other senior workers in the factories.
These senior workers were looking healthy and cheerful.
Most of them worked hard with a smile.
"Is everything so good around here?" One of the new workers asked when he saw some of the senior workers taking a break with their bodies covered in sweat.
The senior workers nodded their heads and one of them replied, "Master Lin does what he says.
"Work hard and you shall be rewarded.
"If you were punished, you must have done something wrong."
The other senior workers nodded their heads in agreement.
That cleared much of the doubts for the new workers and they felt much better when they were sent to the latest factory.
The factory was bright and open, which was a huge contrast to Fei Luo’s slave brokerage.
All of the new workers felt relief when they knew that they would spend their days working in the factory from then on.
Lin Xuan Qi let the supervisor he had allocated for the factory and the senior workers take over on teaching the new workers the ropes of production.
With the crucial last steps for the process kept a secret, and only those whom he had allocated with full loyalty able to do so, it was safe for him that the secret wouldn’t be leaked.
Lin Xuan Qi didn’t stop right there.
He saw that it was late afternoon and there was still time, so he went to the retail shop next.
It was time for him to teach the final process of the soap to some of the staff in the retail store so that he could be hands off from then on.
While he sat in the horse carriage with his eyes closed, he summoned the system’s information panel.
[Ding!]
[Clan Prosperity System.]
[Current Status: 270 personnel in the clan.]
[Daily Rice Delivery: 2700KG.]
[Choose person in mansion to see summary of their day:]
[1. Xue Cong.]
[2. Yue Jie.]
[3. Yue Xin.]
[4. Lee He Song.]
[5. Liu Shi Shi.]
The list had expanded to two hundred over and he selected a few of the staff in the retail store to see if they were loyal enough.
After he did so, more words appeared in his mind.
[Ding!]
[Summary of Lu Ting’s day.]
[Lu Ting thought about the performance of the shop and hitting the sales target 10 times for the day.]
[She thought about making sure that she wouldn’t mess it up for you.]
[Occasionally, she would think about her future and how it would be like when the soap business goes into full bloom.]
[It was obvious to her that things weren’t at maximum capacity so far.]
[Loyalty: 100]
[Respect: 100]
[Gratitude: 99]