Take the mall to Datang

"Sister, what's the matter, didn't you mean to go to the side to watch the excitement, who made you angry." A gentle and elegant woman walked from the gauze curtain in the room and said.

At this time, the second lady's temper immediately disappeared, and some of them said in a coquettish tone: "It's not that Lan Tianhou, my sister also said that he doesn't look like an arrogant person. He really gave us Yuwen Mansion favor at all."

"Xiu Duomeng, your temper is just a little anxious, did you do something excessive first?" The woman spoke a little harshly at this moment.

"Sister, why are you still talking to him? Have you forgotten what Dad said?" Second Miss said immediately.

The gentle woman was silent for a while. Yuwenshi and his family have two daughters. In fact, few people usually care about them, because these two women are twins. Except for some differences in personality, they are basically the same. Two people are like looking at each other in the mirror. Usually, the eldest daughter Yuwen Xiuduoluo is very low-key, and outsiders usually see her younger sister Yuwen Xiuduomeng, so many people think that Yuwen's family has only one daughter, and those who are familiar with it know that Yuwen's family is twin sisters.

Yuwen's family has a very strict family education, if it wasn't for Yuanshan's refusal to marry, the second lady wouldn't be so angry, she usually has a quick temper and wouldn't do impulsive things, like rushing into the Hou's mansion just now This thing also surprised the housekeeper Tau Fu.

Yuwen Shiji is not such a good-tempered person, otherwise he would not have troubled Yuan Shan for no reason. These two daughters are his jewels. , after some investigation, I was not very optimistic about Yuan Shan, who was very fond of doing business, but later I learned more about Yuan Shan's talents, and I was about to accept it in my heart. However, even in the name of Yuan Shan The above two flat wives have compromised, but whoever thought was rejected by Yuan Shan, which made Yu Wenshi very embarrassed.

Regardless of how old he is now, don't forget that his elder brother Yu Wenhuaji is also a ruthless character. This person is like this. Once he has an identity and status, he is a little sensitive to some things. He originally wanted to make Yuan Shan a son-in-law by riding a dragon, but Who would have thought not to refuse, this face was lost in front of His Majesty the Tang Dynasty, no wonder he has a good temper.

So Yuwen Shiji said in front of his two daughters that he would stand up for them. Yuwen Shiji, who was angry at the time, just wanted to comfort his daughter, but his younger sister Yuwenxiu Duomeng obviously listened to the words, but My sister Shudara is very calm and composed.

"Okay, don't think too much, you are the second young lady of Yuwen's family, no matter what you say, you can't rush to Lord Hou's mansion directly, if daddy finds out about this, you will be accused again." Yuwen Xiuduoluo said softly .

"Understood." Yu Wenxiu lost his temper in many dreams.

Besides, in Lord Hou's mansion, after a day of interviews, there was not a single servant girl or servant left in the mansion, and Yuan Shan, Dugu Ruolan and Du Qianyu are now comparing the information on the registration form.

That's right, everyone went back and waited for the notification, and the willingness to keep the qualified candidates was not immediately because the work arrangement this time was still very different, so we had to be more cautious.

The spectators were also full of ideas. When they left, they were still guessing what the Yuan family was going to do, but they didn't know that the list of qualified applicants had already been written out after the interview.

Yuan Shan and the others spent the night in the Hou's Mansion. Because the Hou's Mansion needs to be remodeled during the day, they also need some manpower. They sent people out early in the morning to notify those who qualified for the job. This time, 15 maids were recruited. ten people.

These people are enough for a Hou Mansion. These people’s homes are basically in Chang’an. They are divided into morning shifts and evening shifts. Two dormitories are arranged for them, which is convenient for shifting shifts. Besides working hours, their whereabouts All are free.

When the 25 people who came here really heard about such an arrangement, they couldn't believe that there would be such a job.

"Ge Zhuang, I will choose you to be the team leader of this servant team. You will be responsible for the performance evaluation in the future. Ben Hou is not a stingy person. As long as you work hard, once you let me see your ability, you can apply to me at that time." I hope to see your hard work." Yuan Shan said.

"Master Hou, we will work hard even if we suffer." Ge Zhuang said immediately.

Then Yuan Shan became more kind to the newly hired maids. After all, they were all girls and he couldn't be too strict. He just talked about their jobs and let He Ye take them away to work.

These girls were still a little ignorant on the first day of employment, but He Ye took them to the staff dormitory, which were all wing rooms, and directly visited fifteen compact wooden wardrobes in the room, which were roughly the same as the lockers of later generations. Similarly, the wooden wardrobe here is a little bigger, and there are special clothes prepared by the Yuan family, all of which are custom-made cleaning clothes and cotton shoes. This is their daily uniform, and the servants naturally have them too.

After a morning of familiarization, these people went to work and started to get busy with their own affairs.

The shift work system. The first day of work made these people feel a little dreamy, especially these maids can hardly imagine that they don't have to stay in the Hou Mansion to watch the night, and they always return to their homes in novelty on the first day Afterwards, the family members were also surprised together. They did not think that this kind of work system was real.

What is even more surprising is that the maids were asked to register their names in the Hou's Mansion. At this time, except for some daughters of the family, few of them really chose their names. They were basically called small names, and the slightly more formal names were after marriage. Leaving a first name with a surname is very simple.

But now it's different. Their names need specific names. If they don't have them, they need to choose one. In fact, this kind of thing can be directly named by Yuan Shan in the Hou Mansion, but Yuan Shan still chooses to respect women, so he let them go home and be with their families. Discuss and then decide.

As a result, a few days later, this incident attracted the attention of many people. These girls who work as maids in the Hou Mansion have to go to get off work every day, and many people found that their neighbors did not know why they stopped calling their daughters by their nicknames. daimyo.

After all, in this era, women are not treated like men, and the low position is still much worse. These changes happened in different places. Those who have good things only understand after inquiring. It will cause some unnecessary troubles because of the name. As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of bad things, you are afraid of bad people.

Chapter 473 Yuan Shan Comes

Yuan Shan's appointment came down, and he agreed to Du Ruhui's promise to be the Minister of the Ministry of War, but things were always full of changes. Du Ruhui resigned from the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, but this position was left by Li Shimin to Li Jing.

On the other hand, Yuan Shan was reinstated as an official and became a servant of Shangshu Province, but this time he still led the Economic and Development Department formed by the "six seven eight" ranks he formed. This was a surprise to many people, especially The merchants have confidence in Yuan Shan again.

On the second day after the imperial decree was only half a step away, Zheng Qi and Xue Kai came to the Hou Mansion to discuss matters. In the study, Yuan Shan was not in a good mood because besides being in charge of the Ministry of Economics and Development, he was also given full responsibility for the affairs of the military supervision department. , and I don’t know who proposed it, but even gave him some privileges. A school-level team of the Beiya Imperial Army was responsible for his dispatch.

Yuan Shan didn't even know what use the 200-man team was for him. It wasn't enough for him. He also knew that the work related to the military inspector needed to be kept secret, and he was most afraid of leaking the secrets, even though the Eastern Turks had been wiped out. But there are still Western Turks, the Tubo Party and other foreign forces are all eyeing Datang, especially after this battle, the exposure of Datang's anger will definitely attract attention, so apart from the craftsmen of the Military Weapons Supervisor, only the Military Weapons Supervisor is left. Officials are all objects of protection.

The visit of Zheng Qi and Xue Kai interrupted Yuan Shan's thinking in the study room. When they first came in, neither of them made any inquiries. They were very afraid of interrupting Yuan Shan's state of daze. Chang'an is basically known to everyone.

"Why are you two here today? Have you figured it out yet?" Yuan Shan came back to his senses and asked.

"Master Hou, we decided to invest in grain. I don't know how much we can get." Xue Kai asked.

"The three parties each take [-]%, the remaining [-]% belongs to the imperial court, and the other three floors belong to the breeding factory." Yuan Shan said.

The two of them thought about it for a while, and they already knew it in their hearts, and they probably could guess the proportion of their share, but they didn't expect that Yuanshan would let the farm share as much as [-]%, but the specific share to the farmers was actually only a little bit. , but this little bit is enough for the farmers to live well.

So the Blue River Village breeding factory project started, and the largest breeding factory project that would affect Chang'an in the future started like this. Ma Lizheng of Blue River Village has been working on this matter for many days, and Guo Shouyi has been patrolling Blue River Village almost every other day during this time It's just that there are other counties in Lantian County to manage, otherwise he might have to sleep in Lanhe Village.

Next, after the pigsty was built, piglets and adult sows began to be transported to Lanhe Village in Yili and Erli. When transporting these pigs from Yilizhuang to Lanhe Village, there was a lot of trouble along the way, and many people People in Lantian County are full of enthusiasm for coming to help and watch the excitement.

With winter approaching, Cheng'an's transport convoy is once again in a tense state, and Cheng Zhijie and Yuchi Jingde have also come. The convoy they funded and built is now being scrambled for work almost every day. With the current state of lack of convoys Cheng Zhijie discussed with Yuchi Jingde and others to expand the fleet size.

The purchase of the parts needed for the carriage still depends on Yuan Shan's relationship, so they also want to purchase at the lowest price. This is what Yuan Shan agreed very simply, even ten guan lower than the market price for each set of bearings, not Yuan Shan. The problem of good death asking for money is gone, but the quantity ordered this time is a bit beyond imagination. Who would have thought that these generals would join forces to build a convoy. Three thousand sets of bearings means that there will be three thousand trucks in the next few months. Horse-drawn carriage, this has a very strong promotion effect on improving the transportation capacity of Chang'an City.

However, Yuan Shan also suppressed his curiosity. He didn't ask specifically who they were cooperating with to arrange this matter. In this way, when the winter first came, the Yuan family received a sum of 20 yuan.

After returning from Cangzhou, the business of the Yuan family began to grow bigger and bigger. The people’s bathhouses invested in before have been supplemented when money is tight. This can be regarded as a solution to Yuanshan’s big problem. Don’t worry about it. up.

Now that Li Jing has not come back, although the appointment of specific officials has come down, it will take some time to adjust when he takes office. Yuan Shan took advantage of this time to deal with some things quickly, such as the renovation project of Lord Hou's mansion. It's about to celebrate the New Year in Cangzhou, so many things need to be made by the remaining workers. For this reason, Yuanshan still has to personally guide.

In the past few days, there have been trucks transporting some iron wares to the Hou Mansion. It is not good for people to see so many iron wares stored in the Hou Mansion, because Datang is not allowed to hide so many iron wares privately. Knives and armor are even more taboo, but although this carriage is very ostentatious in the process of transporting goods, many people don't care when they see it, because these equipment such as water jacket furnaces and boilers will be transported one after another every autumn. Rich people.

Water-jacketed furnace heating has affected the lives of Chang’an people. Even those nearby who can’t afford water-jacketed heating are made of loess. What they need is to buy some bricks, so now this kind of thing has disappeared It's normal.

Hou Ye Mansion installed this heating system on the second floor under the guidance of Yuan Shan himself. A boiler room was specially built in the ear room of Hou Ye Mansion, and a geothermal circulation system was also specially added. The walls of Hou Ye Mansion were all reinforced with bricks and cement The thick one again enhances the warmth retention effect.

This heating project will last for a week before it will be completed, and Yuan Shan has successfully taken up his post. Yuan Shan feels very complicated when he comes to the Ministry of Economic Development again. He doesn't know how long this department can last in Datang, but he Decided that as long as he was around, he would keep the department running well.

"See Yuan Pushe." After Yuan Shan entered the Ministry of Economics and Development, all the staff bowed to say hello. This way of greeting was too grand, and it was also very gratifying to see that no one from the original place was missing Yuan Shan.

The Ministry of Economic Development is very different in the entire Tang Dynasty court system. Its rank is not as high as that of the Shangshu Province.

After Yuan Shan left, it wasn't that they didn't want to continue to develop the project, but they finally listened to Ma Zhou's opinion during the discussion, and first stabilized the operation and waited to recover part of the funds before doing development. We have accumulated some strength, and there has been a good increase in both the return of funds and the reserve of personnel.

The fishery associated with the water conservancy project in Lantian County has now begun to salvage and make money. Don’t think that fishing will not be done in winter. In fact, in their opinion, winter is the best season. The fish can be kept fresh for a long time, and it is more convenient to dig into the ice to harvest. .

While busy with this matter, Yuan Shan came.

Chapter 474 Punctuation

"Okay, now that Master Ben is back, let's do a good job in the Economic and Development Department." Yuan Shan said not long after he walked in.

Everyone is familiar with Yuan Shan's work style, which is to try to take out some things that have nothing to do with work, such as the etiquette just now. In fact, Yu Jingming, Hao Dayi, and Ma Zhou are all very familiar with it. After sending out the ministry, they were in Shangshu Province after all, so they had to deal with other officials very respectfully in terms of etiquette.

What Yuan Shan didn't expect was that there were a lot of people absent for such a long time, and the small Shangshu Provincial Warehouse was a bit stretched now. Yuan Shan suddenly said, "Isn't this the Tuntian Yuanwailang Liu Tong?"

"Yes, Yuan Pushe is a subordinate official, and now the Ministry of Economic Development is mainly responsible for the measurement work." Liu Tong said.

"Well, that's very good. If you look at it carefully, gold will shine everywhere." Yuan Shan said.

Liu Tong continued to busy himself with his work, when Yu Jingming came over and said, "This Liu Tong has voluntarily applied to the Economic Development Corporation."