"Even if we only create some official positions, it can be regarded as finding a new path for women and young men all over the world."
"……good."
Tao Zhu blinked his eyes and nodded in response.
In Hua Ge'er's case, unless he becomes an official, he really can't suppress the Xu family.
There was also the Seventh Prince. He wished that the Seventh Prince could regain his true form while serving as the head of the Criminal Department, and marry the one he loved uprightly.
"What about you? Brother Zhu, if that day comes, would you be willing to be an official?" Li Qiao saw Tao Zhu agree, then squeezed his hand and asked seriously.
"Me?" Tao Zhu was surprised and immediately shook his head: "I don't have any talent. I'm not the material to be an official."
He looked at Li Qiao's bright eyes and serious expression, and couldn't help but think of what Li Qiao had said many times before: he could only follow Li Qiao's footsteps through this life, and he couldn't just go wherever he wanted.
He smiled softly and shook his head: "I don't feel wronged. My yearning for the outside world was cultivated by you. Those yearnings all have you."
"But you are far bigger than the outside world, just like the hometown of the Youth League you mentioned. I want to visit the Jiangnan water town, but if you are not here, then I have no interest."
"As long as I'm with you, I never feel wronged or that it's a waste."
"Besides, I have some ideas now, but I haven't had time to tell you."
"Um???"
Li Qiao originally felt warm in his heart, but after hearing the last sentence, he couldn't help but leaned forward and asked curiously: "What do you think?"
"It's the poor father and son you mentioned. The third prince has done too little for them. I want to do something for them."
"There are a lot of people like them, and I want to help."
"Rather than being an official, rather than seeing the world outside, I want to help these people."
Tao Zhu pursed his lower lip as he spoke, and frowned slightly.
But not currently.
If he intervened, it would be a public slap in the face of the third prince and a public accusation of problems with the third prince's disaster relief work.
Third Prince, please finish this quickly.
How about starting tonight, he quietly prays to God as before?
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Chapter 167: Please give me the title of Crown Prince. Everyone can recommend a candidate.
"So you want to do this."
Li Qiao was really surprised now.
He had never heard Tao Zhu mention it before.
Moreover, it turned out that Tao Zhu had always remembered the father and son.
His bamboo brother is so kind!
"Do you have any more specific ideas?"
He looked at Tao Zhu encouragingly.
"Hmm... Take the father and son, for example. Dad has a broken arm and the child is only five years old. The father and son can't do heavy work, but they can make fires."
"Our greenhouse needs someone to look after it twelve hours a day, and the business in the shop also needs someone to light the fire. They and their son can definitely do this job."
Tao Zhu slowly told Li Qiao his idea.
His views are consistent with Li Qiao's. If you want to pull the poor out of the quagmire, you can't just give them money. The most important thing is to give them a long-term and stable job.
If he wants to provide work for the poor, he has to open a wide range of shops.
In addition, although the father and son are pitiful, they are not the most pitiable. The most pitiful thing is the young child who has lost his parents.
These children have no elders to take care of them and no ability to survive, so they can only become orphans.
He wanted to help these helpless young children.
There is no need to sign a deed of sale to him. If he is too young to work, he will directly pay someone to support him. If he is older and can do simple work, he can work in the shop, choosing vegetables, cleaning tables and sweeping the floor. Children can do it. He has been doing this since he was a child.
"...However, now I am just hoeing here and there, with only ideas in my mind."
"And if I do this, will it arouse the suspicion of the Holy One?"
Tao Zhu felt a little worried.
Would Sheng Hong be afraid of his ministers having a good reputation?
"Your Majesty should not be suspicious of anything. Your Majesty is very free and easy, but he is indeed a little sensitive at the moment. The third prince's disaster relief incident has just passed. The third prince has been praised by your Majesty, and he is making full efforts to win the crown prince's position. At this time, we must be very careful. This matter cannot be mentioned.”
Li Qiao warned with a serious look.
"I know." Tao Zhu pursed his lips and nodded lightly.
"But we can do preliminary work, such as opening a shop. We will definitely need to recruit workers to open a shop. This time we will not hire people. We will recruit people openly, which can also pave the way for recruiting the elderly, weak, sick and disabled in the future."
Li Qiao said again.
It is safe to let your servants work as assistants in the shop, but the process is a bit slow. You have to buy people first and then train them.
Moreover, his family already has dozens of servants, so he should slow down the pace of buying people first.
"Okay." Tao Zhu nodded.
Nowadays, their hot pot base is fried at home first and then shipped to the shop, just like the recipe for duck products.
Even if you recruit outsiders, you are not afraid of the recipe being leaked.
"We are not afraid of the ulterior motives of the people we recruit. Firstly, my current identity is displayed here, and secondly, we have always been domineering."
Li Qiao couldn't help laughing when he mentioned the word domineering.
Tao Zhu felt a little happy when he thought of his own shop rules.
When their dim sum shop in Shengjing first opened, Li Qiao put up a wooden sign saying he would not be responsible for the dim sum once it was sold.
Later, when he opened a duck shop, the overbearing store rules became even more overbearing. As long as customers came into the store, no matter what happened, the Li family was not responsible.
Therefore, even when the competition with the British government was at its fiercest, nothing went wrong in the store.
"Okay, just do as you say."
Tao Zhu shook the hand held by Li Qiao: "Let's open more shops this year to make more money and recruit more people."
Since we can't publicly slap the third prince in the face at this time, we should first save money. With money, we can help more people anytime and anywhere.
Shengjing City is very large, with more than three million people. With so many people, it is obviously not enough to open two hot pot shops.
However, among these more than three million people, ordinary people account for the majority. Although these people also like to eat hot pot, their money bags cannot allow them to frequent hot pot shops.
Tao Zhu decided to open a few low-end hotpot restaurants, just like Shenghong's potato noodle restaurant.
Li Qiao strongly supported Tao Zhu's idea. In his previous life, the Malatang shops all over the street proved that this method can definitely make money.
Moreover, the previous duck business was the first time Tao Zhu had actively wanted to start a business. The duck business had already been on the right track, so Tao Zhu didn't have to worry about it at all.
Now, Tao Zhu finally wants to step out of the house and do something again.
very good.
Must be strongly supported.
With Li Qiao's support, Tao Zhu's confidence greatly increased. While he was busy writing the schedule, on the other side, Meng Yue, Zhuang Wen, and Xu Ying returned from the banquet.
The three of them came directly to the Li family. The third prince gave the three country bumpkins a separate table just for Li Qiao.
Of course they had to come over and convey the Third Prince's thoughts to Li Qiao.
"To sum it up in one sentence, the third prince feels that he and you have a common vision. What the third prince seeks is prosperity and prosperity for the people and peace in the world. You also seek these eight words. He feels that he and you can get along. .”
After Meng Yue finished speaking, she picked up the jujube paste cakes placed on the table and swallowed one in two mouthfuls.
He was not familiar with the Third Prince. He was very reserved at the banquet just now and only used a few chopsticks. He was already hungry after holding on until now.
Xu Ying and Zhuang Wen were also eating snacks. They nodded unanimously and agreed with Meng Yue's words.
Li Qiao raised his eyebrows: "I know."
"As long as you know." Meng Yue pointed to the snacks, duck products, fried chicken legs and other snacks on the table: "Let's have a bowl of noodles. You won't be full after eating these."
"I want mutton soup noodles." Zhuang Wen ordered immediately.
Li's mutton soup is good. If you add some braised noodles and top it with sesame sauce, the taste will be amazing.
"I'll also have a bowl of mutton soup noodles."
Xu Ying said.
At this time, I drank the mutton soup, brushed my teeth and rinsed my mouth. When I returned home, the weak smell on my body was enough to dissipate.
Meng Yue is not picky about food at all, and he also likes to drink the Li family's mutton soup, so she said: "Me too."
Li Qiao couldn't help but laugh. The braised noodles are indeed delicious. Now his family often prepares braised noodles. He told the kitchen to make lamb soup braised noodles and said to the three of them: "Forget about the third prince, let's talk about Weiqing County." pier."
"Years ago, the Holy Admiral gave me the detailed information of the Weiqing County Wharf. According to the plan of the Ministry of Industry, the Weiqing County Wharf is neither big nor small and can accommodate ten ships at the same time. I have a total of two thousand acres of land at my disposal."
"This area is quite large. I only plan to build inns and restaurants at the moment. Do you want to start a small business? I can sell the land to you at the price of Weiqing County."
"This..."
Xu Ying shook her head without thinking: "I don't have to, my family's business is enough."
His family is confused enough. There is no need for his family to get involved at the Weiqing County Pier.
Meng Yue opened her eyes wide: "My family are all farmers and don't know how to do business."
Zhuang Wen was thoughtful: "After the canal is repaired, I will definitely go to Weiqing County when I return to my hometown. But if you open an inn, there is no need for my family to build a house there. I can just stay in your inn then." .”
"As for business, you have to ask Xiao Wu."
Zhuang Wu's small furniture business is developing very well in Pingcheng. Although he doesn't make much money, he can still earn thousands of taels throughout the year, which is more than the output of his family's fields.
