Farm Girl's Manor-Chapter 1316: Final - Ending Two_3

However, this time, at Mo Yan’s strong insistence, a minor adjustment was made to the contract: if a natural disaster caused a reduction in vegetable production, resulting in supply shortages, it would not be considered a breach of contract by Liu Yang Village, and these people could not seek compensation.

Last year, in order to open up the market as quickly as possible, there was an unfair clause stating, "Should any factor cause a vegetable supply shortage, Liu Yang Village will compensate double the amount", but this year it was no longer necessary.

Originally, those businessmen did not agree, but Mo Yan’s attitude was so tough, with no concessions, that they were ultimately seduced by the lucrative profits of greenhouse vegetables and signed the contract in the end.

It must have been this premise that allowed Yang Bao to consider expanding the planting scale without feeling burdened.

After listening to Mo Yan’s words, Liyan thought for a moment and said, "Sister Yanyan, then remind the village chief to plant according to this year’s scale next year as well."

Mo Yan smiled and said, "Expanding the planting area in these two years is no problem, but the limit I’ve budgeted is around 800 mu. Beyond this threshold, the profit earned will probably be less than half what it is now, and in the event of a natural disaster, the losses could be severe."

"Less than half? No, that can’t be..." Liyan looked at Mo Yan in surprise, not quite understanding. In her view, even if the prices were cheaper, quantity could compensate for it, and thus the profit margin wouldn’t be much different.

Since Mo Yan had nothing else to do, she simply explained the reasons behind it in detail to Liyan; how much she could learn from it was up to her.

Liyan was mesmerized by Mo Yan’s clear and simple explanations and, in the end, actually gained quite a bit of insight. This also sparked her keen interest in doing business and she dedicated herself to developing in this direction.

In the afternoon, Lizhong brought over the winery’s account books for October. There were not many account books, just three: one for the winery’s income, one for its expenditures, and one for next month’s budget.

The winery’s current income came solely from the various fruit wines stored in the wine cellar. As for expenditures, apart from packaging costs like wine bottles, bamboo baskets, and bamboo crates, the orchard’s expenses were also included, covering Aunt Tong’s family, the three hundred retired soldiers from last year, and the more than five hundred new ones this year.

The remaining four hundred plus new retired soldiers, of whom three hundred were settled within the estate, while the other hundred plus were placed in the medicinal garden, had their expenses paid from the respective funds of the estate and the medicinal garden. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

Thus, the accounts from these three aspects were kept separate, with only the previous month’s accounts, income, and the next month’s budget being sent to the Mo Family mid-month for Mo Yan to review. Once she confirmed everything was in order, she allocated the budget for the next month to Lizhong, Zhao Steward, and Mu Bo.

Mo Yan did this not because she distrusted these three individuals, but because she was going to get married next year and the family business belonged to the Mo Family. She had never thought about taking it with her and sooner or later, she would hand it over to her parents.

This routine made the handover process easier. Moreover, as these three individuals were getting older, eventually someone else would have to replace them. Not all replacements could be trusted as thoroughly, for humanity is unpredictable, and Mo Yan needed to plan ahead for such contingencies.

"Miss, the accounts from the estate are in order, but with the festival approaching, according to tradition, everyone on the estate receives a new outfit. It seems Zhao Steward, being too busy, forgot to include this budget." Uncle Huang came in with the estate’s account book from yesterday, handed the problematic budget book over to Mo Yan.

Uncle Huang, having been a steward in a large household, was also adept at accounting. With the Mo Family having few people and not many daily affairs, he was often free and took the initiative to ask Mo Yan for tasks. Thus, Mo Yan let him help check the account books, which made the task much easier and faster for both of them.

Mo Yan took the budget account book and saw that Zhao Steward had indeed missed the budget for festival clothing. So, she added it in with a pen, appending two hundred taels of silver at the end. These two hundred taels were enough to provide new outfits for everyone on the estate.

"Uncle Huang, the winery’s accounts are a bit complicated, so could you take a look at the medicinal garden’s accounts as well?" Mo Yan handed over the medicinal garden’s account book to Uncle Huang. "If there are no issues, come to me tomorrow to withdraw the budget money. Then deliver the silver to the medicinal garden and Tianzhuang."

With a significant increase in the winery’s orders for October, reconciling accounts was more troublesome than the estate and medicinal garden combined. Mo Yan really couldn’t spare the time to check the medicinal garden’s account book.

"Yes, Miss!" Uncle Huang quickly agreed, took the account books respectfully, and withdrew.