The Princess and Her Rough-Rider Khan-Chapter 80 - 0 Providing a Way of Life for the Poor (First

Chapter 80: 080 Providing a Way of Life for the Poor (First Update)

Chapter 80: 080 Providing a Way of Life for the Poor (First Update)

Li Xianyun again spoke to the Nata couple about the preparations needed for the opening the day after tomorrow, boiling down to one thing: the opening must be grand, and at the same time, the customers must taste the sweetness, creating a lot of repeat business.

After arranging the affair of the opening the day after tomorrow, Li Xianyun led Bater and a group of people to the saline-alkaline land on the west side of Shitoutun.

From a distance, Li Xianyun saw a group of bare-chested men moving and laying bricks, while Habu stood among the crowd giving orders.

Under Habu’s command, these many men were orderly despite their number.

“You must lay the bricks more solidly without any carelessness. The young master has trusted us and given us this livelihood, and we must not let down his trust,” Habu paused, then continued, “The young master said, with this Drying Room, all the unsellable fruits in our village can be dealt with. So this Drying Room is not built for the young master, but for all the people in our village, and everyone should fulfill their obligations even more.”

As the village chief, his words carried substantial weight.

As soon as Habu’s voice fell, everyone replied, “Alright.”

These past two days, his voice had gone hoarse from shouting, his throat felt like it was on fire, but Habu still directed meticulously, for he had to justify the large amount of silver Li Xianyun had given him.

Someone saw four people turning from the main road, all of them riding high-headed horses and galloping fast, kicking up a rolling cloud of dust behind them.

That person said to Habu, “Village chief, someone is coming.”

Habu turned his head to look and instantly beamed, smiling at the people, “This is the young master I mentioned to you, the benefactor of our entire village.”

Upon hearing this, the workers put down what they were doing and straightened their bodies to look.

The leading figure was an elegant young master, exceptionally handsome; they had never seen such a good-looking man before.

Following behind him was a strapping huge man and two skinny youths.

Li Xianyun dismounted from the horse as they approached, and Habu had already come forward, smiling, “Young master, we have been working day and night following your construction plan, and we’re only short of the roof now. Do you find the construction satisfactory?”

Li Xianyun looked over and saw that seven or eight Drying Rooms had already been built.

The foundations of the Drying Rooms were very high, with the four walls being latticed, consisting of “cross” shaped openings, one connected to another, not only beautiful but also very well-ventilated.

The wooden doors consisted of several wide wooden rods, quite rudimentary.

When Habu first got the construction plans, he was astonished. What kind of buildings were these? They were too crude; could they even be used?

But the young master’s words could certainly not be wrong, so he had the able-bodied men in the village rush to work overnight, and in just two days, they had nearly finished.

Li Xianyun smiled, “Well done.”

She inspected each room one by one, accompanied by Habu.

Seeing the men from the village who were helping with the work staring straight at Li Xianyun, Habu called out loudly, “What are you looking at? Slacking off, are you?! Get back to work!”

The men smiled goofily and continued with their tasks.

Li Xianyun looked extremely attractive from a distance, and they had not expected her to be even more so up close.

Heavens were truly unfair. They were all men; why was the difference so huge?

Habu looked at Li Xianyun and voiced the doubt in his heart, “Young master, these houses are ventilated on all sides, can they really be used?”

Li Xianyun smiled and said, “Of course, they can be used. It’s precisely because they are ventilated from all sides that fruits can be quickly dried into dried fruits.”

As she spoke, she looked towards Youlan.

Youlan immediately took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and handed it to Habu.

Habu looked down at the paper in his hand, which had a drawing of a long tree trunk surrounded by horizontal sticks, resembling a ball-shaped hedgehog.

What was this strange object? He had never seen anything like it before.

Li Xianyun explained, “Uncle, find some carpenters to make this according to the drawing. It’s all clearly written here, the stakes must be two meters high, nearly touching the ceiling, with sturdy sticks nailed equidistantly around them, each stick able to hold at least two jin of weight.”

She paused, then walked to the door of a room, gesturing as she continued, “Once finished, there should be about twenty or more of these stakes in each room. They should be arranged in rows, with half a meter of vertical space and one meter of horizontal space between each stake, allowing people to pass through the middle.”

Being a carpenter himself, Habu understood as soon as Li Xianyun explained, and said, “Good, there is no problem.”

Li Xianyun, seeing his confusion, added, “Uncle, once you’ve made these, send someone to notify Bater, and when the time comes, I will buy up all the village’s grapes at market price.”

In the village, grapes and apricots were the most abundant fruits, both prone to spoilage and difficult to sell. If Li Xianyun could buy up all the grapes, it would truly solve the livelihood of the entire village.

“Really?” Habu asked excitedly.

Li Xianyun smiled, “Really, but when the time comes, I’ll need your help to organize everyone to collect the fruits and then transport them to the Drying Room. After the fruits are brought over, we’ll need many people to assist, and I will pay everyone based on the amount of work they do. I’ll leave the recruiting to you, Uncle.”

Habu patted his chest and laughed, “Young master, rest assured, leave all that to me, and I will handle it properly.”

Ever since last year’s natural disaster, the villagers had struggled to survive, hardly able to make any money. Now that the young master was providing work that could earn them money, they all were too happy to care.

In recent days, the men who had worked on constructing the Drying Room feared that once it was completed, they would have no work left, and the livelihood of their entire families would once again be in jeopardy. But now, with the work opportunities provided by the young master, there was no fear of not being able to earn money.

Li Xianyun gave some additional details, then looked up at the sky. It was already noon, time for a meal, so she did not stay any longer and led her party towards the West Market.

Zhuo Ma asked with a smile, “Young master, what are you taking us to the West Market for?”

Li Xianyun replied with a smile, “We’ve been out for half a day, I’m taking you all to eat something delicious.”

The whole group was delighted and said, “Thank you, young master.”

Li Xianyun never skimped on herself, always treating everyone to a feast whenever they went out.

Therefore, everyone was particularly willing to accompany Li Xianyun outside the palace.

The West Market was soon in sight, different from the East Market with its spacious streets and neatly arranged shops on both sides, each shop’s entrance grand and impressive.

The passersby were also dressed meticulously, seldom did one see people in tattered clothes.

This was a gathering place for the wealthy.

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Li Xianyun chose to eat here not only to treat them to something delicious but also for an unspoken reason—she wanted to assess the market conditions of the West Market firsthand to see if she could open an Ice Porridge Shop and a Dried Fruit Shop there.

Her idea was to earn money from the rich while simultaneously providing a means of livelihood to the poor, offering them a way to survive.