After that, he no longer cared about Mr. Wu's reaction, he pulled Tao Zhu and sat down.
Manager Wu: "..."
Mr. Li is so nice that he doesn't even bother to take advantage of a petty official like him.
But precisely because of this, Master Li is so hard to please!
Sighing in his heart, Manager Wu led Li Man to the kitchen.
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu continued the interview.
Soon, the morning passed. At noon, the interview stopped temporarily, took an hour's break, and continued in the afternoon.
A sumptuous meal has been prepared in the kitchen and placed in a clean thatched hut specially used for entertaining guests.
The conditions were simple and the cook's skills were mediocre, but neither Li Qiao nor Tao Zhu were picky. The couple had been busy all morning and were already hungry. They picked up the chopsticks and held the bowls to eat deliciously.
"How's it going? Are you getting used to it?"
Li Qiao asked Tao Zhudao while chewing the cold noodles in his mouth.
When Tao Zhu heard this, he immediately smiled, swallowed the fish in his mouth and said, "Why don't you get used to it when you are here?"
"But weren't your instructions to Mr. Wu too harsh? I don't think he meant it. If word got out, others would definitely say I'm coquettish for going to the construction site and doing so many things."
"How can this be considered squeamish? This is considered basic treatment. If he doesn't do it carefully, then of course I have to make him do it."
Li Qiao put down the bowl and chopsticks, then grabbed Tao Zhu's hand and said with a serious face: "You will do a lot of errands in the future. You are a husband, so you may be looked down upon. I have offended a lot of people." , it may cause you to be targeted. Be strict now, and there will be less trouble in the future."
"I hope you will be treated well wherever you go."
"..."
Tao Zhu looked at him quietly with a pair of smiling eyes, and then couldn't help but lean in and kiss him.
Who can resist kissing Li Qiao like this?
Tao Zhu couldn't help it anyway.
Li Qiao returned the kiss with a smile, and the couple made a fuss for a while before sitting down to eat seriously.
"I didn't expect what happened to Zhang Laosan."
When Li Qiao mentioned this, he couldn't help but pursed his lower lip.
Before the apocalypse came in his previous life, food delivery and courier delivery had become a retreat for many people. Some skilled and highly educated people would choose to deliver food and express delivery when they could not find a good job for the time being.
Some people with no education or skills also deliver food and express delivery.
This profession has given many people the benefit of the doubt.
But here, because there is no Internet, it is inconvenient to carry out ordering business, so after all this time, Royal Logistics is still half-dead.
Royal Logistics does not have many orders, so Shenghong will not recruit additional low-level people as takeaways or couriers.
So coolies like Zhang Laosan were robbed of their jobs.
"You didn't mean it. Now that you know it, don't you immediately compensate them?"
Tao Zhu looked at his face and immediately advised him: "You are a person who does big things, and the suggestions you make are beneficial to most people, but you are not a god. You can't take care of everyone, so you don't have to Feel guilty and blame yourself, you have done your best.”
Li Qiao raised his eyebrows after hearing this: "You have double standards. If this matter were done by another official, you would definitely condemn it."
"Why should I protect someone else if he is not my man? Besides, I am telling the truth. I know how much you care about the people at the bottom and how busy you are on weekdays. You don't have to blame yourself."
Tao Zhu said with a matter-of-fact expression.
He sympathized with Zhang Laosan, but Li Qiao didn't mean it.
"I like your words."
Li Qiao couldn't help but laugh, but soon frowned and said, "But this time it's true that I didn't think well, and I didn't pay enough attention to the people at the bottom."
"In the future, we must go deep into the masses and not be separated from them. At the same time, we must find ways to provide more jobs that allow the people at the bottom to support their families."
"I think this plaster workshop is very good and has unlimited potential." Tao Zhu said immediately.
"Yes." Li Qiao acknowledged this. Cement has great uses and can definitely solve many jobs.
However, he had to find a way to revitalize the Royal Logistics business.
Logistics belongs to transportation, but because of the current inconvenient transportation and lack of network, Royal Logistics cannot develop.
If all the official roads in Dasheng are paved with cement roads and canals are added, then there will definitely be great potential for logistics.
But neither the canal nor the paving of cement on the official road could be completed in a short time. If he wanted to revitalize the royal logistics, he could only work in Shengjing City.
Shengjing City is the most prosperous and lively city in Dasheng. If the Royal Logistics cannot be revitalized in Shengjing City, then he might as well give up and turn to other businesses as soon as possible.
Judging from the recruitment this morning, the people at the bottom are really miserable in their own way.
Even if the rulers and bureaucrats do not oppress them, a serious illness can force ordinary people to sell their land, houses, and children.
Coupled with various accidents in daily life, any accident can shatter the stable lives of ordinary people.
The ability of ordinary people to withstand attacks is too weak.
But all he can do is provide these people with a stable job.
If the real deal of Royal Logistics is not viable, then he will not waste time and energy, and he will engage in other businesses.
While Li Qiao and Tao Zhu were eating, on the other side, the people lined up at the entrance of Zhuangzi were reluctant to leave.
It was finally their turn, how could they leave.
There is no age limit for this job, and there are no technical requirements. It is still the property of the Holy Spirit. If you miss such a good thing, you will definitely regret it.
But it was already summer, the sun was blazing high at noon, and there were no big trees on the field path leading to Zhuangzi. The people queuing up were all standing in the sun without any protection.
Just when they were sweating from the sun, hungry and thirsty, the people in the village suddenly came out, carrying buckets of water in their hands.
"Mr. Li, I feel sorry for you. I specially asked you to bring some water here. Drink some water first to cushion your stomach. Mr. Li and his wife will come over immediately after having lunch."
A burly man shouted with a loud voice.
As soon as this statement came out, the sunken common people were a little confused at first, huh? Can Mr. Li notice such details?
You have a good heart too, right?
However, when they came to their senses, they cheered loudly.
A good official like Mr. Li should live a long life!
The common people drank enough water. On the other side, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu ate lunch in a hurry, and then came to the gate of Zhuangzi.
No rest, just continue the interview to save the people from suffering under the sun.
Chapter 184: Compensating food for coolies and having political disagreements with the Sixth Prince
In the afternoon, Zhang Laosan came with a group of his coworkers. There were about thirty people. Judging from their clothes, these people were not from very good families.
Li Qiao registered them one by one and promised them that as long as they don't be lazy and slip up, they can continue to work in the plaster workshop for a long time.
Time passed by until it was dark, and Li Qiao and Tao Zhu returned to the city in a carriage.
The carriage first walked through the bumpy country roads and then onto the main road outside Shengjing City.
This road is also a dirt road. Every year after the autumn harvest, the people doing corvee work will repair this road. However, the dirt road cannot withstand the erosion of rain. In addition, there are many people walking this road, so it is easy to run into potholes. It's a bit bumpy to walk on.
After entering the city, the road became easier.
Li Qiao stretched, and then leaned on Tao Zhu. The road was too bumpy just now, and it was difficult for him to lean on Tao Zhu.
Tao Zhu grabbed his hand. It was a hot summer and the carriage was a bit stuffy. Besides, Li Qiao was always warm in both winter and summer.
But Tao Zhu couldn't bear to push him away.
Tao Zhu touched his forehead with his other hand and found beads of sweat. He took out the handkerchief from his arms and carefully wiped the sweat off his forehead. He also said, "Why don't you come here tomorrow?" I can do it by myself. How about you pick me up from Zhuangzi when you leave the palace?"
"I have already asked for leave from the Holy Father."
Li Qiao shook his head without thinking.
"I can really do it by myself. You are too incompetent to do this. I'm afraid that the Holy One will have objections to you. Besides, it's so hot under the shed in the summer. You have an ice basin in the palace, which is more comfortable than staying here." .”
Tao Zhu explained.
"Don't worry, since the Holy One has allowed the leave, he won't have any objections to me. Besides, am I afraid of the heat?"
"You used to follow my footsteps, and you would go wherever I went. Now it's finally my turn to follow your footsteps. Wherever you go, I will follow."
Tao Zhu: "..."
Actually, he really doesn't mind following Li Qiao's footsteps for the rest of his life.
He never felt wronged.
For him, Li Qiao is always greater than anyone or anything.
But this person always felt that this was unfair to him.
Feeling warm in his heart, he held Li Qiao's hand tightly, and instead of persuading him, he responded with a smile: "Okay."
He couldn't live up to Li Qiao's wishes.
"Is this the right thing to do? Fortunately, I came with you today. Otherwise, how embarrassing would it have been? I can't let you face that kind of embarrassment alone. It's my fault."
Li Qiao said again, his tone full of joy.
Moreover, facing Tao Zhu, Zhang Laosan may not dare to tell the real reason. In this way, he doesn't know when he will know that his decision has taken away the jobs of the low-level coolies.
"I'm not afraid of that scene, I can handle it."
Tao Zhu said immediately.
"How would you solve it if it were you?" Li Qiao tilted his head curiously and raised his eyes to look at him.
From this angle, only his sharp jawline and straight nose bridge could be seen, but Li Qiao still maintained this somewhat awkward posture.
His bamboo brother is so good-looking.
Tao Zhu didn't know that Li Qiao's thoughts had gone astray. He said seriously: "If it were me, in addition to arranging for them to enter the plaster workshop, I would also send them some food."
