Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

The villagers of Lin Village formed a square formation in the open space at the yamen gate. Zhang Shiquan arranged for officials to count the number of people. The villagers of Lin Village all looked at the villagers of Chen Village who were lining up at the yamen gate not far away.

Unlike the expressionless faces of the villagers in Lin Village, the villagers in Chen Village were all smiling. They had been busy for almost a month and finally got their wages today.

"Running so fast?"

"The whole house is still waiting for me to buy some candies and go back to the house. Of course I have to hurry up."

These conversations that occur from time to time make the people of Lincun, who are waiting in a square formation not far away to be assigned work, very uncomfortable.

"If you ask me, I would have come to work earlier. Shouldn't I also use my wages to buy things?"

Lu Yuanshan smiled brightly under the signboard of Baoli Commercial Bank Lingnan Branch, and he was respectful to these workers in ragged clothes: "Slow down, be careful of the threshold. There are many people inside, so don't overwhelm them."

Lu Yuanshan still underestimated the enthusiasm of these villagers to buy, and temporarily asked the clerk to set up a snake-shaped cordon at the door so that they could line up in an orderly manner.

"What is it?"

"Sir, this is lipstick produced and shipped from Chang'an. It is used by women to apply makeup."

"how much?"

"This kind of one-tao banknote can be used every day for half a year. This kind of smaller, half-liang banknote can probably be used for a little more than two months."

"I want something that can be used for half a year to give you money."

"Sir, what color do you want to choose? There are dark red, bean paste, water red, and bright red."

"Oh, that's it! Help me choose, I don't understand, hurry up!"

The waiter thought about it for a while, picked out a box of bean paste-colored lipstick, put it into a small brocade box, wrapped it with a ribbon, packaged it, and handed it to the villager in front of him. As soon as he took the banknote in his hand, the villager on the side called him "guy" again.

"Hey, okay, here we come!"

"This is a family pack of Little White Rabbit toffee. Such a big bag contains three-yuan treasure. If you have a lot of children at home, then this is suitable. Oh, and the elderly also want to eat sweets, so I recommend this hard candy. It will make them happy. No, eat the hard candy in your mouth."

"Ah Qi! Give this big brother a pound of the four flavors of orange, peach, mint, and plum, and give him a family bag of White Rabbit toffee. You've paid for it, so you can see for yourself with the receipt!"

"okay!"

Several workers who came together stood in front of the cans and whispered: "Would you like to buy canned meat D?"

The person next to him pulled him and whispered: "Are you stupid? You must be buying canned fruit! What's the use of eating canned meat? After eating canned peaches, you'll end up with a can!"

The clerk saw several people gathering together for discussion, so he stopped for a while. Hearing what they said meant that it was not appropriate to buy canned meat, he had an idea in his mind.

"Sir, don't you think it's inappropriate to buy canned meat? How about every time you buy two cans of canned peaches, you get one can of canned meat as a gift?"

The price of canned meat is more expensive than that of canned fruit elsewhere, but not at Lingnan Baoli Trading Co., Ltd. The road is far away, and the glass body of the canned fruit is very easy to be damaged during transportation. The canned meat is made of special metal, so it is fine. .

When those people heard that there was such a discount, they immediately ordered four canned fruits each. The clerk opened the order with a smile, put away the banknotes, gave them the voucher, and told them to go to the warehouse to collect it.

Li Chengqian walked to the door of Baoli Trading Company and looked at Lu Yuanshan with a smile. Lu Yuanshan was a little frightened, but he still cheered up: "Your Highness, why do you have the time to come to my place?"

Li Chengqian coughed twice: "Manager Lu, today is the payday for the villagers in Chencun. I have given them a day off so that they can go shopping at Baoli Trading Company of yours. Shouldn't you show some respect?"

Lu Yuanshan returned to his smiling face that he always showed to everyone: "That's natural. Please give me your permission, Your Highness."

Li Chengqian looked at the Chencun villagers leaving Baoli Trading Company with large and small bags of goods: "The business tax is 30% of the krypton price, and I ask you to recruit and train some clerks in Lingnan."

Lu Yuanshan sighed: "His Royal Highness, it is no problem to get 30% of krypton from 3%, but I have to ask the headquarters about the man, and we are very strict in recruiting men."

Before Li Chengqian could speak, a guy inside ran out: "Steward, steward, there are people who want to buy cement, steel bars, and stones."

Lu Yuanshan raised his hands to Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian waved his hand, and Lu Yuanshan followed the waiter directly in.

Chen Zhili stood by the counter with several men at home. He looked at the direction where the waiter was leaving with some anxiety. When he saw Lu Yuanshan coming in with the waiter, Chen Zhili cupped his hands.

"Manager Lu."

Lu Yuanshan also hurriedly returned the gift: "You haven't asked for advice?"

Chen Zhili said with a smile: "I'm Chen Zhili, Chen Zhixin is my next-door relative, he can be regarded as my cousin."

Lu Yuanshan is also a good person: "I have admired you for a long time, but what building materials do your family need to buy?"

Chen Zhili nodded: "Several of the men in the family have gone out to work, and the women at home have suffered a lot. Thinking that there are too many people in the family to live in, I want to buy some materials to build a house like Ashin."

Lu Yuanshan frowned slightly: "Do you want the same one? Or something bigger and smaller? Go and show the design drawings of the single-family house to the guest."

Soon, the clerk came over with a large stack of drawings. Chen Zhili was dazzled by them, and his sons didn't understand them at all.

Lu Yuanshan picked up one: "This is the design drawing of Lao Chen's house. There are only four people in his family, so he chose the smallest one, but the yard is more impressive."

"How many people are in your family?"

Chen Zhili blurted out: "Ten, ah, not twelve. I have two daughters-in-law who are about to give birth. They should be born front and back."

Lu Yuanshan picked through the drawings: "Do you have any daughters among your four sons?"

Chen Zhili nodded: "Yes, she only has one daughter, but she is already married."

After listening to this, Lu Yuanshan chose one: "Let's take this. The third floor plus the attic on the roof. The elderly family members and you will live on the first floor, which is more convenient for walking around. There are two married sons on the second floor and two unmarried sons on the third floor. My son, the attic would be good as a utility room.”

Chen Zhili looked at the house on the drawing and liked it more and more. Lu Yuanshan asked the clerk to find the completed drawing and show it to Chen Zhili.

After reading it, Chen Zhili turned around and asked his sons what they meant. Each of his four sons had enthusiasm and affection in their eyes: "Dad, that's it! I'll hand over all the money I asked for!"

Lu Yuanshan picked up the abacus and started making calculations: "First calculate the cost of building materials alone, it is about one hundred and twenty-five taels. If you want workers, you can find Aqiang and build it yourself. The location of your current house will probably need to be changed. This one occupies a relatively large area.”

Chen Zhili waved his hand: "My family has land, but I didn't have the money to build a house before, so I want this. Just these one hundred and twenty-five taels."

Lu Yuanshan also understood that he had just received his wages and would not be able to come up with so much money no matter what, unless he borrowed money.