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Chapter 20 The Workshop Starts

This stack of paper is very different from the toilet paper in the latrine. It is more tough and barely suitable for writing.

"Such toughness, it's a good thing, isn't it expensive?" Although Fang Yi'ai didn't learn a lot, Fang Xuanling's study room has a lot of pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

"It's less than one-tenth of the cost of rice paper!"

The eyes of the four people lit up in an instant, "Master Zan, it's alright, it's really what people can't do, isn't this a lot of money?"

"Hahaha, follow brother, wait for the meat!"

After arranging some trivial matters, everyone left early.

Li Xiao lay on the bed, began to think about some specific matters, and fell asleep after thinking about it.

On the second day, Li Xiao found Guanshi Wu, the paper-making workshop he bought, and then moved his belongings to Niuzhuang by the Bahe River.

Now it is not called Huangzhuang, but Niuzhuang!

The plaque is Li Xiao's original script, and the word "Niuzhuang" is carved with golden nanmu!Yesterday, steward Zhuangzi Zhou had already hung up a plaque.

When Manager Zhou heard that Patriarch Li Xiao was coming, he hurried to the bank of the Bahe River to wait. After seeing the ceremony, he only listened to Li Xiao's orders. "Boss Zhou, call the young and strong tenants and gather here."

After Steward Zhou left, Li Xiao pointed to a puddle beside the Bahe River, "Old Wu, is it okay to use this as a paper-making workshop?"

"No problem, no problem." Lao Wu, who was so old that he lost a front tooth, looked at the beach in front of him with satisfaction.

Old Wu is full of emotions. He is 50 years old. Unexpectedly, Li Xiao, his boss, will teach him the art of papermaking. You can be a patriarch.

Now the boss wants to build a paper-making workshop with hundreds of people. After that, he will have hundreds of apprentices, and he will have more face wherever he goes.

Not long after, Zhou Guanshi led a black crowd to the river.

There are almost 500 people. It seems that among the [-] tenants of my own, there are quite a few young and strong.

Li Xiao stood on a rock, a little higher than the crowd, barely able to see the last person in the crowd, and shouted loudly, "Father folks! I am the owner of Niuzhuang, Li Xiao!"

"Hello, master!"

"Hello, master!"

Greetings from the crowd sounded sparsely!

"It's just one thing to call you over today!"

"I want to build a paper-making workshop by the Bahe River. Now I'm recruiting workers, as long as I'm in good health and able to carry them!"

There are voices of dissatisfaction among the crowd, because the tenants are asked to work, and the host family usually doesn’t pay them. Willing to do this job.

"Quiet!" Li Xiao loudly stopped the chatter of the people below.

"Ten cents a day, and I take care of the meal at noon."

The crowd suddenly exploded, some excited, some unbelievable.

"Boss, is it true or not? Ten texts?" An elder asked first.

"I, Li Shizan, can I take back what I said?" Li Xiao looked at the old man dissatisfied, "Are you doubting me?"

"No, no, boss, the little old man is just too happy."

Of course I'm happy, ten pennies can be exchanged for two and a half buckets of rice, which household doesn't have three or two young adults?
A family working for a day can make the family eat snacks for a month. Where can there be a better treatment than this?
These tenants are more unbelievable, because the wages are too high, and the highlands are unbelievable.

"Start working today, and the wages will be settled every day. You follow the requirements of this master Wu next to me."

After Li Xiao finished talking to everyone, he arranged for Steward Zhou, "Steward Zhou, count the workers, and then tell the cooks in the village to cook more food to make them full.

If you have time, go buy another pig, and make sure to kill a pig every day to eat! "

"A pig every day?" Steward Zhou was intimidated by Li Xiao's generosity.

"Yes!" Li Xiao had to answer with certainty. The fattest pig weighs more than 200 catties. After removing the internal organs and so on, it is being cooked, and each person does not get three or two taels of meat. How much is this?
A few days passed in a blink of an eye.

Since the production of ice cubes has been accelerated, the shaved ice business has become more and more profitable!

The papermaking workshop is also under construction according to the schedule, and it will be completed soon. The raw materials for papermaking have also been prepared by Lao Wu. Once the workshop is completed, production can start immediately.

This morning, after Li Xiao finished her work outside, she met Princess Changle as soon as she reached the door of her house.

"Princess Changle? This is you?" Li Xiao was puzzled, what was Changle doing standing at the door of his house?
"Brother Li? That's great, I met you at the door." Princess Changle smiled like a flower, and said cheerfully, "In the past few days, the queen mother has been in good health. Taking advantage of the royal father's free time today, I wanted to invite you in." I’m going to the palace to have a family dinner, and I’m ready to thank you.”

"When I found out about this, I took the initiative to accept the task. I came here more sincerely. Besides, you are His Royal Highness, and I am just a foster daughter."

"Hush!" Li Xiao glanced around quickly, and said, "Thank you? Didn't you already give me Li Xiao Huangzhuang?"

"What, Brother Li, how can the queen mother's health be comparable to that of a Zhuangzi?" Changle understood, a shyness flashed across his face, and then he pouted and said angrily.

"Okay, okay, I said something wrong, I'm sweating profusely, just go home and tidy up, come on, come in with me."

Li Xiaodang entered the yard first, and Chang Le followed behind.

Li Xiao, whose face was covered with sweat, fetched a basin of well water, took the soap and began to rub.

Changle watched the foam on Li Xiao's face gradually increase, "Ah, Brother Li! Are you okay!"

Li Xiao was rubbing his face, if he opened his mouth, the foam would get into his mouth, so he didn't make a sound, and started rubbing his cheeks violently.

Seeing that Li Xiao didn't speak, Changle picked up the washbasin anxiously, and poured a basin of well water on Li Xiao's face.

Li Xiao looked at Chang Le in a daze, staring at him with big eyes, "Chang Le, what are you doing?"

"Ah?" Chang Le was uncomfortable being looked at by Li Xiao's eyes, her face flushed slightly, and she said awkwardly, "Brother Li, aren't you poisoned?"

"What poisoning?" Li Xiao couldn't turn his head, "I'm pretty good, where did the poisoning come from?"

Changle saw that Li Xiao did not show any signs of poisoning, and said embarrassedly, "I saw more and more white foam on your face, I thought you were poisoned, my maid Xiaocui said that when people are poisoned, they vomit at the mouth." Bai Mo."

That's what happened!Li Xiao figured it out, and there was no soap scum on her face, so she turned and went into the room to change out of her wet clothes, and put on a blue robe.

Only then slowly explained to Changle, "That piece of soap is the soap I made some time ago, and it is used to cleanse the body."

(End of this chapter)