Take the mall to Datang

The day before yesterday in the winter, there was a heavy snowfall, and the manor was almost moldy, so Yuanshan took a group of beauties to the Chang'an market in a carriage, and the roads were blocked by heavy snow. It's not interesting, and if you don't even sell candied haws, can this be called winter, so Yuanshan immediately asked someone to sell hawthorn and sucrose on a whim, so he returned to the Hepingfang shop.

Yuan Shan was wearing a fur coat, and there were many beauties behind him. As soon as he came in, he was greeted by a scent. This was caused by the shampoo, and they were all the secretaries who served him personally, so they still had requirements for their personal hygiene. Recently, Yuan Shan poured shampoo into the jars for them to use. He washed his hair once in three days, and the fragrance came naturally. Moreover, Yuan Shan personally designed several beautiful modern hairstyles for them. , There is a special flavor along the way.

Ma Zhouyi and the group of people were immediately stunned. Seeing that the group of people were all wearing fur coats, the leader of the group was an extraordinary man, and the women around him were all clear and refined, just like fairies.

"Welcome...it's the young master!" Zhang San immediately called out.

Then all the servants in the shop came to say hello to Yuan Shan. Yuan Shan saw Ma Zhou sitting on the small kang beside him at a glance, nodded slightly to say hello, and then led all the girls to the house in the backyard. kitchen.

"Let me assign some tasks, Lan Lan to boil some hot water, Qin Si to crush the sucrose, Xi Yin to clean the pot, Qi Meng to find some bamboo sticks to wash, Xin Yue, to wash the cutting board, and the lotus leaves. You will accompany the two wives to oversee the work, and Master Ben will show you something, and then you will definitely like this candied haws." Yuan Shan said with great enthusiasm.

"Candied haws, my husband, you have bamboo sticks and candies, I really don't know what to do." Dugu Ruolan said, with some small expectations in her heart.

"Miss, when did the young master disappoint you, don't be impatient, you will find out later." He Ye said.

"You little girl, you've already been hooked by your husband's delicious food." Dugu Ruolan joked.

"Miss, you have learned from the young master to pinch other people's noses again, and He Ye's nose will be crushed." He Ye said angrily.

"Don't listen to my husband's nonsense, how can your nose be pinched, it's just to tease you little girl." Dugu Ruolan laughed.

"Hehe, lotus leaf is really cute, no wonder my husband likes to tease her recently." Du Qianyu said suddenly.

"Sister Qianyu, you are also bullying others." He Ye said shyly.

Yingying and Yanyan were talking and laughing while working, and it was ready after a while. Yuan Shan immediately heated the pot, put in oil and sugar, and then began to simmer on low heat. The sugar in the pot began to bubble When I was young, I started to roll the skewered hawthorn in the pot, and then immediately patted it on the cutting board. After making more than 30 strings one after another, I asked someone to carry the cutting board to the yard.

After a while, Yuan Shan took the lead to pick up a bunch of candied haws and took a bite, saying, "Haha, it worked, Ruolan, Qian Yu, please try it."

As he said that, Yuan Shan began to distribute candied haws to everyone, and then called Zhang San to ask him to distribute the candied haws to the servants. Seeing that there were still customers in the store, he asked Zhang San to send a bunch of them too.

Zhang San has never eaten it, but after sharing the candied haws with everyone, he came to Ma Zhou and said, "Brother Ma, you are lucky this time, this is the candied haws made by our young master himself. Tell Brother Ma to taste it."

Speaking of which, Zhang San immediately took his own skewer and ate one immediately. The hawthorn was very sour in the mouth but mixed with the sweetness of sucrose, and then the sour and sweet taste was not to mention delicious. It was the first time he had eaten such a hawthorn. Immediately shouted: "Brother Ma, taste it quickly, it's delicious."

Ma Zhou didn't bother to obediently, and immediately ate one. Although these hawthorns haven't been pitted yet, the sweet and sour taste is also very pleasing, and after eating one, he felt a great appetite. He usually eats well. After all, he is poor, and this hawthorn immediately made his stomach growl. This is also a very embarrassing thing for scholars, but this Ma Zhou cares about it all.

Since he came to Chang'an from Xinfeng, he has suffered a lot, because he has no money, and the rent is in arrears for staying in a hotel.

At this moment, I heard a voice saying: "Zhang San, don't throw away the hawthorn cores after eating. Collect them all and dry them. These can be used as traditional Chinese medicine."

The voice was not from Yuanshan, who happened to come over here and immediately looked at Ma Zhoulai in front of him, and then said casually: "This brother looks handsome, he can't be a son of some family."

"Master Hou laughed at me. I'm just an ordinary person who has read some books. Now I can barely make ends meet by selling some matches." Ma Zhou said calmly, as if he was saying something. Trivial things like that.

"What's your name for this brother?" Yuan Shan asked suddenly, he just came here to chat casually and say hello, but he didn't expect to see this person interesting and wanted to know more.

He wouldn't be doing such a good thing in normal times, but for some reason, he started to commit the trouble of joining in the fun today.

"During the dismounting week, King Ma Bin, I met Lord Hou." When Ma Zhou said his name, he had already stood up and bowed to Yuan Shan in a formal way, showing the unique style of a scholar directly.

Yuan Shan thought at first sight that this person was quite serious, he was indeed a scholar, but the scholar directly said that he made a living by reselling matches. , and it is impressive to be able to maintain a normal mind under such circumstances.

But as soon as he heard the name, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have encountered something extraordinary. Ma Zhou was the famous prime minister in the early Tang Dynasty. His circumstances were accidental and he was promoted quickly. When I met him, I wondered if I should accept him as a younger brother.

It seems that he really lacks such talents under his hands now, and he just realized that not only those big bosses in Tang Dynasty are historical celebrities, but there are many historical celebrities who have not yet reached the pinnacle of life, such as this one a few years later. Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty.

"Ma Zhou, that's a good name. Do you believe that the meeting between the two of us was destined by heaven?" Yuan Shan said suddenly.

Fortunately, no one is drinking water at this time, otherwise it must be sprayed out.

Ma Zhou was stunned for a moment, completely dumbfounded, he didn't know how to respond to Chi Guoguo's words, so he directly lowered his head and didn't dare to respond to Yuan Shan's fiery eyes.

"Don't be shy, I'll tell you that God's predestined fate is the greatest, and you can't hide it even if you want to. Ma Zhou, are you willing to hire you to do something if Master Ben Hou wants to do something?" Yuan Shan suddenly changed the subject from random Be very formal.

"Does Hou Ye want me to be a guest?" Ma Zhou seemed to be suddenly enlightened.

"Menke, no, no, I just hire you to do things. You are in charge of food and housing, and there is a monthly subsidy. If you have money, you can continue your career. You can make a decision after thinking about it." Yuan Shan directly throws a brick to guide you. If you don't walk over a road, then he can't help it.

"Thanks to Lord Hou's love, Ma Zhou originally worked for Lord Hou." Ma Zhou agreed very simply.

Yuan Shan is a person who doesn't like to influence other people's lives, but this does not prevent his protagonist's aura from shining...

Chapter 121 Preparing Gifts

Yuanshan's invitation may be Ma Zhou's first more formal job after arriving in Chang'an from Xinfeng.

If it were Ma Zhou before, he would still be a bit conceited, talented, arrogant and desolate, but the world is impermanent. After he came to Chang'an, he realized how bleak and unbearable the situation of depression and frustration was, and he had to rely on some cleverness to deal with it. Running a business and reselling matches to earn food and clothing.

Today he got a job as a helper in the Hepingfang store, with food and lodging included and a bonus commission, so he immediately went back to the inn where he rented, packed his bags, paid the rent, and returned to the store to become an official hired staff.

"Shop Manager Zhang San, I'm in charge of what to do." Ma Zhou couldn't wait to get to work.

"Brother Ma, don't worry. The rooms in the store are bunk beds. These are toiletries and clothes. The employee handbook stipulates that every employee should take a bath every five days, wash their hair every three days, and wash their faces and brush their teeth every day when they get up. , before entering the store, make sure that you are neatly dressed, and..."

After Zhang San waited for Ma Zhou to come back, he explained a lot of things. Ma Zhou wrote it down one by one. He didn't expect to have so much attention to work in the Hepingfang shop.

The thin and shabby clothes he is wearing now are really desolate, and the clothes worn by shop assistants are much better than his.

Ma Zhou didn't smudge. Since he had a job, he had to work hard. He went to the bathroom. The room at the back was also warm. After cleaning, he changed into work clothes.

After Ma Zhou put it on, he realized that there was a layer of soft stuff inside the clothes. As soon as he put on the clothes, his body immediately warmed up. Looking at the words "Pingfang Shop" embroidered on the cuffs, he felt a strange feeling in his heart. a feeling of.

"Brother Ma, after changing clothes, I have become energetic. Why is this cotton coat very warm? It is made of cotton from Zhuangzi. According to Lord Hou, it is a secret that I don't tell ordinary people, haha." Zhang San said.

"You said the clothes are made of cotton, isn't that the kind of white flower?" Ma Zhou asked in surprise.

"Yes, most of them are used for ornamental purposes. Master Hou said that cotton has many practical functions, mainly for keeping warm, for making quilts, and for cleaning wounds and many other functions."

Zhang San was spitting and talking, this was all he heard, and he only had a half-knowledge, but even so, Ma Zhou was surprised, he didn't expect that such a plant could play such a big role.

Zhang San was talking about cotton, and sighed while talking: "If the Tang Dynasty planted more cotton, everyone could wear warm cotton clothes in winter, but the court doesn't pay much attention to it now. It's a pity, otherwise Lord Hou can do it." There is still a lot of business."

Ma Zhou was surprised that such a matter of worrying about the country and the people came out of the mouth of a servant, and it sounded like there was something even more important to do.

"Brother Ma, you can call me the store manager in the store from now on, and you can call me Xiaosan after closing time." Zhang San said.

"Okay, store manager." Both of them laughed, and then Zhang San first introduced the situation in the store to Ma Zhou.

Because there are too many brands, the products they sell are also different, such as cement and lime, as well as sand, and during this time, people come into the store every day to ask about building a kang.

Then Ma Zhou was appointed as the record-keeping guy. Now there is a large wooden board in the store and a blackboard made of cement on it, which records the work schedule of the heated kang business. It is necessary to coordinate the construction team to arrange the work time.

This job is not good-looking, just like scheduling. To ensure that the work arrangement is reasonable, in addition to this, the amount of materials such as cement and stone must be calculated, and all these tasks must be recorded in the notebook.

This stall was originally a part-time job for Zhang San, and the servants of them have attended training courses for a long time. These movements seem simple but are actually not easy to do. For the newcomer Ma Zhou, he feels a little stressed up.

It's just that he has good handwriting, which can be regarded as an advantage that he can show at present, but in terms of accounting, he still starts with multiplication formulas, and he also needs to learn abacus and the application of calculation tools.