"Mother Liu, please ask the girls and ladies who have recently joined Jingxiang Garden one by one if they are willing to go south with me. Tell them clearly that they may return to the capital in one or two years, or they may not come back in three to five years. Maybe I will never return to the capital. If you are willing to go south with me, your monthly salary will be doubled. If you don’t want to go south, don’t force it, let alone embarrass them. I will reward them with ten taels of silver as a reward for serving me during this period. Then the deeds of selling their bodies will be transferred to the Hou Mansion. Of course, you old people who follow me don’t need to ask. If you all go to Yingtian with me, your monthly salary will be doubled."
Li Shu was supported by the girl and walked in the garden to eat. After walking tired, she sat in the pavilion to rest and called Liu Ma to give instructions.
"The young lady is so kind-hearted. It's our blessing to be able to follow the young lady, and it's also a blessing for them. The monthly salary is much higher than that of other hospitals. Why do we need to double it? We are so nervous to receive such a high monthly salary. . If any of them are unwilling to follow the young lady south, they are traitors whose consciences have been eaten by dogs. Why would they be rewarded with money?" Liu Ma said.
"Giggles, why are you so flustered? Just serve me from now on." Li Shu chuckled, and then said to Liu's mother, "If any of them are unwilling to go south, there is no need to blame them. After all, most of their families are in the capital. It is human nature not to abandon family members and go south. They have served me diligently during this period, and they deserve some rewards. Moreover, thousands of gold buys horse bones. If Brother Zhu is transferred back to the capital in the future, he will open a mansion and build a hospital. I need manpower, and they are role models. Anyone who is willing to serve me will be rewarded by me, so it will be easier to recruit people."
"Yes, I will listen to Miss." Mother Liu nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, you go down." Li Shu nodded, sent Liu Ma off, and then told Qin'er, "Qin'er, you pay a hundred taels of silver from the account, hold my token, and go Mr. Xu Ge’s house wishes to greet Mrs. Xu on my behalf and give the banknote to Mrs. Xu at a convenient time. If Mrs. Xu asks why it took longer than usual, just say that I will set off south to Yingtian to be with my husband soon, so The store dividends for the second half of the year will be distributed in advance.”
"One hundred taels? Miss, Mrs. Xu doesn't have to do anything. She just uses the name of a partnership to share so much money..." Qin'er said distressedly.
"How much do you think?" Li Shu asked with a smile.
"Of course there are more." Qin'er nodded vigorously.
"Haha, I still think it's too little. It would be better if there were more." Li Shu smiled slightly.
Qin'er looked confused.
What's wrong with the lady, you give money to someone, but you think it's too little, and you actually think that more would be better? !
Seeing this, Li Shu could not help but poke Qin'er's head gently and explained, "Although Mrs. Xu only has a name, this name is worth thousands of gold. Mrs. Xu represents the Xu Mansion, and the owner of the Xu Mansion is Xu Mansion." Mr. Ge. Not counting Zizilou, we currently have a total of eighteen shops in Beijing, oh, and Brother Zhu’s three Zhuji fast food shops, a total of twenty-one shops. Mrs. Xu seems to have only one name, but in fact As a result, our business has a background in the Xu Mansion, and we enjoy the influence and protection of Mr. Xu Ge in the Xu Mansion. The reason why our shop enjoys various preferential tax treatment and is protected from exploitation by officials is all because of Xu Ge Neither Brother Zhu nor the brand of the Marquis of Linhuai are qualified for the influence of the old man. Over the course of a year, the preferential treatment of taxes and fees alone will cost thousands of taels of silver, and the layer upon layer of exploitation is even more difficult to measure. Moreover, with Xu With Mr. Ge's background, all kinds of scoundrels dare not come to the store to cause trouble... All of this, for only a mere hundred taels of silver in half a year, as cheap as white radish in the field, is all because of Xu Ge I am always Brother Zhu’s tutor, and Mr. Xu Ge also values Brother Zhu and acquiesces to this matter, which is why we have this opportunity. Otherwise, do you think Mrs. Xu will agree to put her name in our shop and accept our dividends? How many people , I have thousands of taels of silver in my pocket, but I don’t have a chance. Without a reliable relationship, it’s hard to even come to the door, let alone put my name on it.”
"Ah!!! It turns out that a name has such a big effect... That one hundred taels of silver is really not much..."
Qin'er was enlightened and suddenly realized.
"That's not all. It's also of great benefit to Brother Zhu." Li Shu added.
"It's of great benefit to my uncle?!" Qin'er was at a loss again, not understanding how this could be of great benefit to his uncle.
"Husband and wife are one, Mrs. Xu's receipt of the dividend is equivalent to Mr. Xu Ge's receipt." Li Shu said softly, "Mr. Xu Ge was the elder of the court, and he also served as the right assistant minister in the Ministry of Personnel. The department has great influence and has a reputation for promoting talents. After Mrs. Xu received the dividends, Mr. Xu Ge would definitely take more care of Brother Zhu. Now that Brother Zhu has made contributions, it is time for him to be promoted. If Mr. Ge can say one more word to Brother Zhu, it will be of great benefit to Brother Zhu's promotion."
For a mere one hundred taels of silver, the current court elder could pay special attention to Brother Zhu. It was really cheap.
You know, the price rumored to be high for Yan Song and his son to sell their official positions was not that high. A person who wants to be promoted to a seventh-grade county magistrate is priced at 800 taels of silver. If the seventh-grade official is promoted to the sixth grade, it will cost 2,000 taels of silver. If the sixth-grade official is promoted to the fifth grade, it will be even higher, and it will cost 5,000 taels. Two taels of silver; further promotion requires more silver, with the highest price tag being 20,000 taels of silver. You have to have a very reliable connection to introduce you to this opportunity; if you don't have a connection, if you want to send money, they won't accept it.
Brother Zhu is now in the fifth rank. If he is involved in the relationship between Yan Song and his son, he will have to prepare 10,000 taels of silver...
Of course, it is useless to prepare more money, because the Yan Party hates Brother Zhu to death because of Yang Jisheng's impeachment memorial. It would be good if they don't let Brother Zhu fall into trouble, but how can they help Brother Zhu get promoted...
"I didn't expect that these one hundred taels of silver would have such a big effect." Qin'er opened her mouth wide.
"So it's too little. It's like General Han Xin, the more the better. The more dividends Mrs. Xu receives, the better. It's also because Brother Zhu and I have been in the capital for too short a time, and our relationship with the Xu Mansion is not deep enough... ....”
Li Shu said with regret.
"Miss, the relationship will definitely get deeper and deeper in the future. I think that when we went to the Xu Mansion, Mrs. Xu treated the lady more and more enthusiastically. Last time, she held the lady's hand and joked that she would recognize her as her goddaughter."
Qin'er said.
"Gee, you said it, you were just joking. In addition, you have a deep relationship with the Xu family, so you can't have too deep a bond. The sky is unpredictable, and who knows what will happen to Mr. Xu Ge in the future, but you can't implicate Brother Zhu." Li Shu smiled slightly, then waved her hand, "Go quickly, I have to pack things when I get back."
