Mrs. Qiu quickly rowed the boat to the middle of the downstream river.
Song Yushan followed her mother-in-law's instructions and scattered the ashes here, letting Fushui carry them away.
On the map of Qingzhou, Fushui finally merges into the Dajiang River, and Linjiang County is located at the intersection of Fushui River and Dajiang.
In this way, the mother-in-law can be regarded as following the current and returning to her hometown one step ahead of her.
After scattering the ashes, Song Yushan looked south for a long time on the boat before letting Qiu Niang return.
One day, she will also go to the county seat.
When they arrived at the ferry, Song Yushan paid the agreed one tael of silver and asked Qiu Niang: "I saw that your fish baskets are very exquisite, and I think your fishing skills are also good. If my family wants to eat fish in the future, can I buy it from you?" ?”
Qiu Niang understood that this was to take care of her business, but this was different from before. She did not refuse, but was very happy: "If you want to eat fish, just come to the ferry and tell me one day in advance. I will catch it and bring it to your door." , to keep it fresh and plump."
It's a pity that she didn't catch any fish today, otherwise I would have given her two to try.
Song Yushan said goodbye to Qiu Niang and returned to the city with Jin Da, intending to have lunch at Fumanzhai.
On the way, I met Mr. Yang who was returning to his home in the southern suburbs.
Yang Xuan was quite happy when he saw Song Yushan: "Miss Song, may I ask when the bookstore will open? I'm anxious to find some more poems."
The bookstore has been closed for more than a month. Facing Master Yang's expectant eyes, Song Yushan touched her nose and said, "It will open tomorrow."
When Yang Xuan got the correct answer, his heart dropped. He also said that he would tell other friends and students who were waiting for the bookstore to open the good news.
Seeing Master Yang walking much more briskly than before, Song Yushan felt guilty now despite how decisive she was in shutting down the bookstore.
Song Yushan, who originally didn't plan to find a clerk for the bookstore, also hesitated.
If she finds a clerk for the bookstore, there will be many benefits. She will be able to free up more time to focus on practice, and it will not delay the bookstore's business.
Although the money saved at home is enough for her to live a prosperous life, if she wants to do something big with the money, her business cannot be neglected too much.
But she didn't have a suitable candidate for the moment, so she asked Jin Da: "Uncle Jin, do you have anyone suitable to be a clerk in the bookstore?"
Jin Da shook his head: "Except for the accountant and me, there are not many people in Fumanzhai who are literate. I'm afraid we won't be able to do it in the bookstore."
Besides Jin Da, Song Yushan didn't know who else to recommend.
She has followed her father in managing her family's property since she was a child. Although she knows many people, there are very few people she really knows or understands deeply.
Those who can be trusted have already been reused one by one. The reason for not considering the clerk before was that there was no one available.
She has always been extremely cautious in hiring people. The bookstore is connected to the Song Mansion, so she has to be even more careful.
Even though Uncle Jin said that there were no suitable waiters in Fumanzhai, after she went to Fumanzhai to have lunch, she took a closer look and found that no one was literate.
Leaving Uncle Jin to look after the business in Fumanzhai, she went to the north of the county alone, where their family's paper-making and book-engraving workshop was located.
There are many large and small workshops in the north of the county, and the Song family workshop is the largest and most impressive among them.
In the entire workshop, there were only eighteen people actually involved in production. The output was just enough to be sold in bookstores, but the workshop occupied an area larger than the Song Dynasty.
Among them, the production area, the papermaking workshop and the printing workshop together only occupy a small half of the space, and the rest is the living area of the craftsmen.
When the servants were first let into the workshop, Song Yushan participated in the reconstruction of the workshop. The papermaking workshop and printing workshop referred to some operations of the assembly line in the previous life, which greatly improved production efficiency and reduced costs.
She put a lot of effort into designing the craftsman's living area into a closed community within a workshop, all with large blue brick buildings.
Children of craftsmen who excel in their studies can receive subsidies from the workshops and are sent to schools.
There are many more benefits like this.
It is precisely because of these unique welfare systems, coupled with the fact that most of the craftsmen in the workshop are released domestic servants of the Song family, and supplemented by the assembly line production process, that the loyalty of the workshop craftsmen is so high.
In recent years, some people have coveted the paper book business monopolized by the Song Family Bookstore and the workshop in an attempt to poach people from the workshop, but they have never succeeded.
Of course, it’s also because Fushui County is just a small place and there aren’t many fights.
There are only so many capable people in the county, and they interact with each other. It doesn't matter if it goes wrong, or if it doesn't, other people will be wary of him, and the original business may be squeezed out and cannot be continued.
Song Yushan came here just to see if he could find a suitable candidate in the workshop.
The benefit of sending the children of workshop craftsmen to schools for their initial education has only been implemented for five years. Now the younger generation may not have graduated from school yet. It is not good to ask them to work in bookstores and delay their future.
So today, she didn't have much hope.
The gatekeeper, Old Man Ma, saw her through the doorway and immediately took his little granddaughter, who was playing pretending to be a winemaker, to the paper mill to report to Manager Song. He quickly opened the door and welcomed her out: "Miss!"
Uncle Ma has been a concierge all his life, first in the Song Mansion, and then in the Song family's workshop. The first person he is grateful to is Master Song, and the second person he is grateful to is Miss Song.
Song Yushan exchanged a few words with Mr. Ma, and then went to the workshop under his respectful eyes.
Outside the paper mill, he met Song Qing who was following Mr. Ma's granddaughter.
"Uncle Qing!" Song Yushan smiled and bowed as a junior.
Song Qing turned sideways and hid: "Miss, you have broken this old slave."
Uncle Qing was originally the housekeeper of the Song family, his father's right-hand man, and was given the surname Song after his master's family name.
Now he is no longer a slave and is still the steward of the workshop, but he still manages the workshop for the Song family conscientiously. He has never made any mistakes, but he is a little overly polite. He still regards himself as a slave of the Song family.
After her father passed away, Uncle Qing went to the house to express condolences in person, and his attitude towards her never changed.
The reason why Song Yushan has been so confident about the workshop for so long is because Uncle Qing is here.
If Uncle Jin is the network created by Song Yushan herself, Uncle Qing is the helper left by her father.
This was not the first time that Uncle Qing was unwilling to accept her courtesy, but Song Yushan still maintained respect for him as a junior.
Whether Uncle Qing hid or not, she had to salute.
"Miss is here today. Is there anything I can do to help you?" Uncle Qing asked her.
They were all old people who had taken care of her since she was a child, so Song Yushan said it bluntly.
When Song Qing heard that she wanted to find a clerk for the bookstore, he finally let go of his worries.
He had already heard that the bookstore had been open for half a day and then closed for more than a month. Many people in the workshop also had doubts. After all, the bookstore's business was related to the existence of the workshop, and they relied on the workshop for their survival.
