"That's okay! Anyway, with the emperor's shareholding, no one in the capital would dare to cause trouble. It would be a waste not to open a shop.
So when do you plan to set off? "
"The day after tomorrow! I'll pack my things tomorrow, and I still need to explain some things clearly.
If they have any doubts about anything here, you can help them and keep an eye on it! "
"It's natural!
It's a long way to go to the capital. Is your carriage ready? "
"I'm ready. I ordered a carriage a few days ago. After receiving the imperial edict, I sent someone to pick it up. I also bought the horse a long time ago. Although it is an ordinary yellow gelding, it is young and vigorous. It is only two years old. It is raised in Back Mountain, together with those donkeys, has been training for almost a month, and they are very obedient!
I named it Ta Xue"
"That's good. You can pack your things. I'll go back first. I'll see you off when I leave."
"good!"
After Han Zhongyu left, Xie Yushu convened a temporary meeting with the managers from various departments and assigned tasks for the next two to three months.
Zhao Hu, Xinghuo, and Zhaotu were responsible for training the sixty newcomers they bought.
Now that everyone has not been selected, they can still live in a crowded place, and if she takes away a group of people and frees up a group of dormitories, she can also temporarily arrange for some to come in and squeeze in some days first.
When everyone was picked, fearing that they would not be able to squeeze in, Xie Yushu asked them to supervise the construction of the dormitory for the newcomers when the weather got warmer.
Try to train people as soon as possible.
The second is Wang Wu. Before spring planting, they fully cooperated with Zheng Dacheng and others to meet the urgent work needs, fully prepared glass-making tools, and clearly arranged the things to be planted this year.
Aunt Su went to the capital with her, and Qu Xiaodie took full charge of the affairs of the villa, including but not limited to later construction recruitment, manpower scheduling, and personnel movements within the villa.
Xiao Haitang assisted.
In fact, it stands to reason that a child of Xiao Haitang's age should be studying and having fun. However, this dynasty was too harsh on women. The county school did not accept girls. The only place where girls could learn was the embroidery room. Xiao Haitang was not interested in needlework, so Xie Yushu let her She learned to take care of things from Qu Xiaodie, so that she would not suffer any loss when going outside in the future.
Sun Chongren is responsible for business negotiations and docking.
The Liu family and his son are responsible for the hospital and the people who come to see the doctor.
Leave the factory to Zheng Dacheng.
After assigning tasks, he told them to go to Han Zhongyu if they encountered something they couldn't handle.
After arranging the division of labor, Xie Yushu gave another two thousand taels of silver to each manager for the daily turnover of the affairs they were responsible for, and left twenty thousand taels of silver notes for Qu Xiaodie to use for subsequent recruitment expenses, purchase of building materials, etc.
After explaining the internal affairs of the villa, he went to Yu Muyang to discuss wages. Counting the foreman brought by Yu Muyang, there were fifteen people in total. Xie Yushu's work package was a total of 3,000 taels of silver. Xie Yushu was asked to pay half of it first and the rest. You can pay if you are satisfied with the work.
For such a big project, Yu Muyang only needed three thousand taels of wages. Xie Yushu knew that Han Zhongyu didn't want to pay more because of Han Zhongyu's face, so she planned to give them a red envelope after the completion, so she didn't say anything more and directly gave Yu Muyang one. For one thousand five hundred taels, he asked Qu Xiaodie to tell him what kind of workers he needed to recruit and what materials he needed to buy.
It was already very late after the meeting. After a night's rest, the next day I started to pack the clothes, medicines, first aid kits, toiletries, food for the road, fodder for the horses and donkeys, and then checked the car.
After everything was ready, Xie Yushu took the time to check on Chu Jinyu. She was afraid that she would leave quietly and the little guy would be unhappy.
When Chu Jinyu heard that Xie Yushu was going to the capital, she cried a lot. Xie Yushu wanted to take him with her. However, when he heard that Xie Yushu was going to the capital, he was afraid that Chu Mingzhu would find out and take him back, so he did not want to go with her. Lai Jiji asked Xie Yushu to come back quickly!
Xie Yushu had to promise him that she would come back immediately after the Eighteenth Prince's treatment, let him eat well, study hard, and Xiao Haitang would come over to accompany him when he took a rest, and then she gave up.
The emperor summoned him, and it was not good to grind for too long. After everything was packed, Xie Yushu set off directly the next day.
Han Zhongyu went all the way to the area except Tai'an Mansion before riding back. When he arrived at the mansion, he wrote a family letter to his father, asking him to take care of Xie Yushu.
well! Ever since I met Xie Yushu, I have always had endless things to worry about!
Let’s talk about Xie Yushu’s side
During the first month of the year, the weather was freezing and there were very few people traveling far away. Most of the time it was Xie Yushu and her group who walked on the road, so they walked quite cleanly!
Aunt Su and Nan Xing were in the big carriage with Xie Yushu, and Zhou Yi and the others were driving the donkey cart behind them. Although they all had carriages and a small heater, they couldn't keep up the heat in this cold temperature. Why, they still have to wear big cloaks and bonnets!
The first two days were fine, but on the third day it snowed heavily. Then the temperature dropped a lot. Not only was the road difficult to walk, but even the horses and donkeys were so cold that their legs shivered! (Don’t exaggerate what I wrote here. When I was a child, my grandfather’s donkeys were so cold that they couldn’t walk in the winter. Then they took them out to bask in the sun every day. They spread them with plant ash in the morning, and the dogs had to be spread with a cotton mat or ash. bag.
In the 1990s, it was not popular for animals to wear clothes, and there were still people who were not warm enough! )
Xie Yushu had no choice but to find an inn to rest for a day. She and Nan Xing went out to buy a piece of cotton cloth and planned to make cotton clothes for horses and donkeys!
Nan Xing didn't expect such an operation to be possible, but it would be fun to imagine Ta Xue and Ben Ben wearing clothes, so he excitedly went to the street with Xie Yushu to buy wood and cotton!
The two chose two pieces of printed cheesecloth, one red and one green, and bought a few kilograms of cotton. After returning home, Aunt Su and Chun Yu began to sew.
Aunt Su was so ingenious that she even sewed the hat into the shape of a horse's head, leaving only an opening to prevent the horse from hearing the sound.
Except for the eyes, nose, and mouth, everything that could be covered was covered.
So the next day, two cheerful horses and donkeys, one red and one green, dressed in colorful clothes, appeared on the road!
At first, Nan Xing and the others laughed so hard when they looked at the colorful horses and donkeys. After they got used to it, they got used to it and continued on their way leisurely.
As expected, the horses and donkeys wrapped in large cotton-padded jackets in the northeast wind caused a commotion wherever they went. When passing the village entrance or the town, there were even children laughing and chasing the carriages for a long distance. Fresh, watch the fun!
Not only were the donkeys and horses warmed up by their clothes, but they also felt happy to be watched by the children. They raised their heads and chests high when they ran, clicking, clicking, and running very fast.
If Nan Xing and the others could see Ma's eyes, they would be able to see an emotion called pride in them!
However, when people are proud, disaster is often not far away, and the same goes for horses!
When Ta Xue, wrapped in a large red cotton-padded jacket, ran up the official road with his head raised, he happened to run into a carriage that was driving normally on the official road.
Texue was a little stunned when he rushed forward. The driver over there had already heard the sound and drove his horse to the side. However, the horse over there was stunned for a moment when he saw Texue. Yes, it is very humane. Hua was stunned, and then his body moved to the side following the driver's instructions, but his head was tilted and he kept staring at Ta Xue. As a result, the horse and the cart went over into the ditch on the side of the road.
