Xingdaofang, Qin Mansion, Sishi
Shopkeeper Guo, the manager of Ximeng Tower, came to Qin Mansion.
In recent days, Ximenglou's business has been getting better and better, and even many wealthy businessmen from other places and businessmen from the Western Regions are trying to establish relationships with themselves.
Today is different from the past,
He never thought in his life that one day he would become a guest of a wealthy family!
Finally got through it!
Especially after the master's song "The Sapphire Case. Yuan Xi" came out, Ximenglou's business has become even better. Now the number of women who come to the teahouse every day is more than double that before.
Most of the women dress up every time they come to Ximeng Tower.
In addition, there are countless maids who gossip with Shopkeeper Guo every day to find out when the boss is coming!
Shopkeeper Guo was both happy and anxious!
I hope very much in my heart that my boss can come here a few times every now and then, even if it’s just to show up!
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Soon shopkeeper Guo, led by his maid Mei Xin, walked into the front hall of the Qin Mansion.
Shopkeeper Guo quickly scanned the room and saw that in addition to a few maids, there were Butler Xiao and a middle-aged man about fifty years old.
So he saluted Xiao Changxi and said:
"Guo San has met Butler Xiao."
Xiao Changxi stood up, spread her palms, pointed at Li Chun and said:
"Shopkeeper Guo, there's no need to be polite. Let me introduce you to this. This is Manager Li of the Qin Mansion."
"Manager Li, this is Shopkeeper Guo from Ximeng Tower."
After hearing this, the two people saluted each other and greeted each other.
A few moments
Xiao Changxi smiled and asked the two of them to sit down. The maid serving tea in the hall quickly took the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Shopkeeper Guo.
After briefly asking about the situation of Ximeng Tower and giving some suggestions, Xiao Changxi got down to business.
"Shopkeeper Guo, I came to see you today because there is something I need you to do."
Upon hearing this, shopkeeper Guo stood up and said respectfully:
"Steward Xiao, please give me your instructions."
Shopkeeper Guo did not dare to be careless about this steward of the Qin Mansion.
Apart from anything else, the accounting offices of Qin Mansion's various industrial shops in Chang'an City were all trained by Butler Xiao.
Shopkeeper Guo did not dare to show any slight or contempt towards Xiao Changxi.
Xiao Changxi picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said:
"The government needs to recruit some people around Chang'an City recently. You are familiar with Chang'an City and have worked in Yahang for many years, so the master wants you to be responsible for this. What do you think?"
Shopkeeper Guo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He thought it was just a matter of recruiting a few people. It was a trivial matter. Thinking of this, he also picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
"Can Butler Xiao reveal something? What are the requirements for recruits? Approximately how many people need to be recruited? How long will it take to recruit enough people?"
Xiao Changxi put down her tea cup, tapped her fingers on the table a few times and said:
"Manager Li will tell you exactly what kind of people need to be recruited. As for the number of people, you can recruit 5,000 people first. We will recruit them later depending on the situation. The sooner the better."
When shopkeeper Guo heard this, the tea in his mouth spurted onto the ground.
Ignoring wiping the tea on his chin, he asked in a panic:
"How many? Five thousand people? Could it be that my boss wants..."
As soon as Li Chun heard this, he knew that this little brother was thinking wrongly, so he stood up and slapped Shopkeeper Guo on the shoulder, and slapped Shopkeeper Guo's words back in his stomach.
"Brother Guo, where are you thinking? The young master recruited these people to build roads."
Shopkeeper Guo looked unbelieving when he heard this. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said:
"Steward Xiao, Steward Li, please stop joking with me. Apart from official roads, what kind of roads do we need to recruit 5,000 people to build?"
Xiao Changxi said with a serious face when she heard this:
"Shopkeeper Guo, you guessed it right, you want to cultivate officialdom."
Shopkeeper Guo looked at Xiao Changxi and Li Chun carefully, and saw that their expressions did not seem to be fake, so he said in amusement:
"How is this possible? Official roads have been built by the imperial court since ancient times!"
Xiao Changxi thought for a while after hearing this, and then told Qin Ming about his plan to fund the construction of the official road from Chang'an to Lantian.
He also asked Shopkeeper Guo to take Manager Li to various recruitment locations in Chang'an, especially the refugee gathering areas outside the city.
The specific recruitment of manpower can be started after the young master gets the decree from the court.
Shopkeeper Guo then nodded and agreed.
Not long after Li Chun and shopkeeper Guo left, Mei Xin led a young man wearing a gray robe into the front hall of the Qin Mansion.
The young man in gray clothes is none other than Huang Hu, the son of Uncle Huang who stayed at the vegetable shop in Chang'an City.
Huang Hu is eighteen years old this year and is considered a son of the Qin family. Ever since Uncle Huang led the caravan to Taiyuan, Huang Hu has officially taken over the vegetable shop business.
After he received the news from Qin Mansion early this morning, he came to Xingdaofang without stopping.
When the young man in gray clothes saw Xiao Changxi, he quickly bowed and saluted:
"Huang Hu has met Butler Xiao."
Xiao Changxi smiled and nodded, then pointed to the chair next to her and said:
"We are all family members, please sit down quickly."
Huang Hu touched the back of his head when he heard this, and sat on the chair with a smile.
"Steward Xiao, are you looking for me to ask about the shop?"
Xiao Changxi shook her head and said:
"You have taken good care of the shop during this period, and the young master has always been paying attention to you.
It has been some time since Uncle Huang led the team to Taiyuan. The young master misses him very much and talks about him frequently. He has time! You should go back to the house more often and don't just take care of the shop. "
Huang Hu grinned when he heard this and said:
"Thank you, Butler Xiao, for reminding me. Ahu will definitely go back to visit the young master often in the future."
Xiao Changxi nodded slightly and chatted with Huang Hu for a while before getting to the point.
"Young Master asked me to come to you because there is something I need you to do."
Huang Hu immediately stood up and bowed:
"Butler Xiao, just ask."
"The house is in urgent need of various iron tools for road construction recently. During this period, the shop's affairs are temporarily left to the accountant.
These days, you go to various blacksmith shops in Chang'an City to buy as much pig iron or ironware as you want. "
"The government will arrange for Wu Ma and others to take charge of this matter together with you."
Huang Hu heard the words and bowed to accept the promise.
In order to prevent the price of pig iron from rising due to excessive purchases of ironware, Xiao Changxi specifically told Huang Hu and others to try their best to find out the price before acting separately and to sign contracts with major blacksmiths within a few days.
By the time Huang Hu and Wu Ma were sent away, it was already the end of Si Shi.
After working all morning, Xiao Changxi finally finished all the things Qin Ming had explained yesterday.
Mei Xin walked to Xiao Changxi, rubbed Xiao Changxi's shoulders, and said:
"Steward Xiao, you have been busy for more than an hour. Would you like to go back to the backyard and rest for a while?"
Xiao Changxi smiled and patted the back of Mei Xin's hand and said:
"It's okay, it doesn't matter. By the way, what time is it now?"
Mei Xin went out and looked at Guibiao, then entered the room and said:
"It's already noon."
Xiao Changxi frowned when she heard this and murmured:
"It's already noon, why hasn't Qin Lang come back yet? Could it be that he stayed in the palace to have dinner?"
"Butler, what did you say?"
Xiao Changxi came back to her senses, smiled at Mei Xin and said:
"Master, it's almost time to go to court. Mei Xin, please follow me to the kitchen to see how lunch is being prepared."
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