Chapter 869: Reward

Back when Ling Empire wasn’t neighbors with Xuan Empire, they started coveting Xuan Empire’s high-yield grains. Now that they are neighbors, they covet Madam’s possessions.

“Madam, do you think they will start coveting your health-preserving fruits and vegetables? And those wines?” With Ling Empire’s good relationship with Lu Empire, whatever is here, the people of Lu Empire will surely know about it too.

Precious items for nurturing one’s health, he didn’t believe that people from Lu Empire would show no interest.

Wang Jinhe responded indifferently, “That’s not important.”

Yuan Lin continued to look at Wang Jinhe. Was it really not important? Then what was important?

“If anyone could just take my things away, I wouldn’t have been selling them for so many years. Others may envy, but they can’t do anything about it.” She had been selling health-preserving fruits and vegetables along with her wines for three or four years now. Have there been no attempts to scheme against these things in these years? There definitely were, but those people simply didn’t know how to replicate them.

The key to health-preserving fruits, vegetables, and wines was the Lingquan Spring Water in her hands.

Without Lingquan Spring Water, their efforts would be futile.

Health-preserving fruits, vegetables, and wines were too profitable. If nobody was scheming, then she would be surprised.

However, even if they managed to bribe people around her, they still wouldn’t know the crucial details behind it all.

Even if they buy them, it’s just wasting money; they won’t get any results.

Listening to Wang Jinhe’s words, Yuan Lin couldn’t help but chuckle, but he had to admit that Wang Jinhe was right.

These things really could only be produced by Madam.

As for the reasons, probably, only Young Master knew.

“We don’t need to worry too much about this side. It’s the other side that we need to be concerned about.” There were more people at the workshop, and there had already been two incidents like this before. Whether there would be more such incidents in the future, nobody knew.

“Madam, rest assured, we already have people watching over the workshop. If there are similar incidents in the future, we’ll know immediately,” Yuan Lin reassured, knowing exactly what Wang Jinhe was worried about.

Wang Jinhe nodded. “As long as you’ve arranged everything on your end, I won’t worry.”

“Yes.”

After Yuan Lin left to attend to his tasks, Wang Jinhe went to the workshop alone.

The people working in the workshop were delighted to see Wang Jinhe approaching.

“County Princess, you’re here.”

“County Princess.”

Wang Jinhe couldn’t help but smile involuntarily. “Are you all still comfortable working here?”

Everyone nodded simultaneously. “County Princess, we’re very comfortable here. There isn’t too much work, and we can still earn money.”

Because of the County Princess, their lives had undergone a tremendous change. When they returned home, they were no longer looked down upon, and they could earn a considerable amount of money each month.

Their families were also treating them better and better.

Seeing how well they were doing, Wang Jinhe’s smile grew even brighter. “That’s good to hear.”

“County Princess, ever since I started working here at the workshop, my status at home has risen. My parents treat me much better now.”

Before, her parents always saw her as just a girl, someone who would marry into another family eventually, no matter what.

But since coming to work for the County Princess, there had finally been some changes in her family’s thinking.

These were things she never dared to imagine before.

“Is that so? If you’re doing well now, you’ll do even better in the future.”

“We’ll definitely have a better future, County Princess.”

“That’s for sure.”

“By the way, County Princess, when we were going home before, we noticed several strangers hanging around the area. It seemed suspicious.”

Hearing this, others nearby also nodded in agreement. “Did you encounter those people too? I ran into them before, and they even offered me money, wanting to ask about the workshop. I didn’t agree.”

“If these people suddenly offer money to ask about such things, they definitely have ill intentions. Everyone should be more cautious in the future and not let themselves be deceived,” an older person advised, looking around at the others.

Wang Jinhe looked at them with some surprise, not expecting those people from Lu Empire to be lurking around.

They even resorted to bribing people in the workshop, but seeing that none of them agreed was reassuring.

“County Princess, those people have ill intentions. You must be careful.”

“Exactly.”

Wang Jinhe nodded with a smile. “You can rest assured; I’ve already arranged everything regarding these matters.”

“County Princess, do you already know who they are?” a curious girl beside asked.

Wang Jinhe hummed. “Yes, I do know who they are. Their aim is to get from us the method in processing cotton.”

“What does it have to do with them? Whatever is made here belongs to the County Princess. It’s shameless of them to come and try to snatch it away,” one of the women remarked.

“County Princess, you need to keep an eye on things. Don’t let them take our belongings in the end,” another girl said, sounding concerned.

All of these were ideas proposed by the County Princess, all for the sake of allowing the common people to live better lives. Why should those people think they could just take them away? How could they be so shameless?

“County Princess, rest assured, we’ll keep watch for you. If anyone dares to betray you, we won’t spare them,” another girl said solemnly.

The County Princess had been so good to them, giving them so many benefits. If they still betrayed her after all of this, they would be too much.

Wang Jinhe smiled, her eyes filled with amusement. “Good, then I’ll count on you.”

Giving them something to do would probably make them happier.

“Oh, County Princess, we’ve developed a new method recently that produces better quality fabric. Would you like to take a look?” one of them asked.

Wang Jinhe’s interest was piqued. “Of course, I’d love to see. Let me have a look at what you’ve come up with. If it’s good, we can continue.”

A supervisor of sorts led Wang Jinhe to inspect the fabric.

They were all a bit nervous as Wang Jinhe examined the fabric, worried about what would happen if the County Princess didn’t like it.

Wang Jinhe ran her hand over the fabric and gave it a firm tug.

She found the fabric to be truly excellent, even more appealing than traditional methods.

“The fabric you’ve developed is indeed excellent. We’ll arrange for people to weave this type of fabric. As for those who participated in researching the new method, each person will receive one or two silver coins as a reward,” Wang Jinhe said. She wasn’t someone who couldn’t differentiate between reward and punishment.

Since they had made such significant contributions to the workshop, she naturally wanted to give them some recognition.

It would also give them something to look forward to.

Knowing that they would be rewarded for their contributions would naturally motivate them further.

“Oh, and the person who developed the method will receive a direct reward of ten silver coins.”

“Yes, County Princess.”

The supervisor happily went to share the good news with everyone.

Those who hadn’t been involved couldn’t help but feel a twinge of jealousy as they watched their joyous expressions.

They also felt a bit of regret. If they had helped out, they would have been included in the rewards.

Unfortunately, there was no way to turn back time. They could only watch as others received rewards while they got nothing.