I pretend to be a fairy in ancient times

Zhao Ji was very satisfied with Zhang Guanshi's ability to handle affairs, and praised without hesitation, "You did a good job before."

Guanshi Zhang was praised, his face was naturally full of joy, and he turned his head and flattered Zhao Ji, "It's all because of your intelligence, son, that you can come up with such a good idea."

After experiencing the chaos of alchemists, Zhao Ji didn't like to talk about Xianyuan recently. Although he was ashamed, he could only acquiesce to Guanshi Zhang's flattery.

After complimenting each other, the atmosphere became lively, and Guanshi Zhang finally revealed his true intentions, "My lord, the chief steward under Shen Tu'an found me and said that Shen Tu'an wanted to cooperate with us to build a dormitory outside the Nancheng Gate. , specially rented out to candidates who go to Beijing to catch the exam."

"Can this make money?" If Shen Tu'an's purpose was just to create some face-saving projects and promote his own reputation, he didn't want to participate.

"Of course I can make money." Manager Zhang said excitedly.

Guanshi Zhang was very optimistic about this project, and quickly explained, "It's not just the one or two months before the exam, some candidates from far away places usually leave home half a year or a year in advance in order not to miss the time.

In addition, some candidates simply did not go home after failing the exam for the first time, and directly prepared for the second exam in the capital.

You don't know, my son, that the business of your sons is very good. They are all from gentry families from all over the country.

Many people can only live in temples and Taoist temples outside the city. Even so, they will spend at least 50 taels of silver for housing every year. The dormitory in the temple is definitely not as good as the dormitory we built. We only charge 50 taels of silver, which is not guaranteed. pay. "

The throat lozenges in Zhao Ji's mouth have all melted, and he also understands the concept that this Juzi dormitory is equivalent to a school district room.

He couldn't help sighing, "I didn't expect Shentu'an to see the business opportunity so early. He really deserves to be the richest businessman in Dajin." Shentu's family has limited accumulation. Moisture, but he is indeed the most active businessman in the past ten years, and his mind is really flexible.

Guanshi Zhang proudly said, "Who doesn't know that we can make a lot of money by following our workshop, and our every move is watched by someone. If it wasn't for our inability to make cement, Shen Tu'an would not have taken the initiative to cooperate, and would have built a dormitory by himself. up.

But I didn't let Shen Tu'an take advantage of it. He paid for the land and labor, we only paid for cement, and he paid for the management. In the end, he made money, and he split the bill with us [-]-[-]. "

"So you can see the importance of innovation. In the future, talents who are proficient in arithmetic must be recruited as much as possible, and craftsmen with crafts must treat them well, encourage them to innovate, and make great profits. I don't believe it is not good. Things come out." Zhao Ji instilled the idea of ​​encouraging innovation to his subordinates at the right time.

Without throat lozenges, and after talking so much, Zhao Ji's throat felt dry and itchy, and he felt better after drinking several sips of tea.

Seeing Zhao Ji's uncomfortable appearance, Guanshi Zhang didn't dare to delay Zhao Ji's rest. After reporting the details of the cooperation to build the dormitory, he left in a hurry.

After asking Huang Qi to send Guanshi Zhang away, Zhao Ji went to see Yang Xiaoer's condition again. The child was very skinny. He drank the cold granule given by Zhao Ji last night, and his nose was clear when he woke up this morning. He is still helping Chen Xing tidy up the stables.

Hearing that Zhao Ji was looking for him, he hurriedly washed his hands and face to see him. When he saw Zhao Ji's first sentence, he asked with concern, "My lord, are you feeling better?"

"It's much better." Zhao Ji said, and gave Yang Xiaoer the cold medicine that had been brewed, and he also drank a cup by the way.

Seeing that Yang Xiaoer had finished drinking, Zhao Ji suddenly remembered what he told him to drink sugar water yesterday, "I told you to ask Aunt Li for a bowl of sugar water, have you had it yet?"

Yang Xiaoer hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't like sugar water."

This is not like what a child who drinks cold granules as sugar water said. Zhao Ji guessed that Aunt Li in the kitchen might be cheating the students by refusing to drink sugar water for Yang Xiaoer.

The Zhao family has no housekeeper, and Mrs. Xiao personally manages the kitchen and storeroom. There is a fixed amount of oil, salt, firewood, and rice. It is absolutely impossible to fish for oil and water.But if Zhao Ji wanted to give Yang Xiaoer some sugar water, no one could object.

The problem is that Zhao Ji didn't let others talk about it, and he didn't go, so he asked Yang Xiaoer to ask.

Although the maid in the kitchen knew that it was impossible for the boy who had just arrived to tell such a small lie, when Mrs. Xiao asked, she only needed to reply with one sentence, but she wanted to make things difficult for Yang Xiaoer.

Zhao Ji knows that some people are like this. As long as they manage something in their hands, they seem to have a little power. manage stuff.

Zhao Ji had seen it in a book before, the author called this kind of behavior "mobbing oil", which means taking advantage of a little bit of oil, but he himself forgot about the specific book.It's like he traveled to this era, read a lot of novels and travel notes, and learned a lot of new viewpoints, but they were all gradually blurred and forgotten. In this way, the modern and ancient times will gradually become one.

Thinking about Yang Xiaoer, Zhao Ji suddenly thought of himself again, and was stunned for several seconds, until Yang Xiaoer carefully put down the teacup in his hand, Zhao Ji came back to his senses.

Aunt Li cooks the Zhao family's dishes. She cooks well. She is not a servant who sells herself, but a servant who gets paid. She is not too bad-hearted, but she has some bad habits of servants over the years, such as bullying newcomers.

Zhao Ji didn't plan to come forward in person, this kind of matter of obedience and disobedience can be big or small, Zhao Ji doesn't want to change his taste for the time being, let Yang Xiaoer handle this matter by himself.

Yang Xiaoer put down his teacup, and stood beside Zhao Ji respectfully again, Zhao Ji said to him, "I let you learn to read, how are you doing?"

Yang Xiaoer might have been hit by Jiang Xu, so he pursed his lips and said, "I'm sorry son, I only know 110 characters, and I can't write them all, but I will study hard in the future, and I will do whatever you ask me to do."

Zhao Ji curled up his mouth and smiled when he heard it, "You've put your heart into it, learn slowly, don't worry, as long as you work hard, you can definitely learn.

But what's the use of learning how to read? You don't even have enough sugar water at home. In the future, if I take you to the homes of other princes and nobles, wouldn't it scare you to the ground with just one look. "

This time Zhao Ji really frightened Yang Xiaoer, his fists were clenched tightly, did he let the young master down.

No.

"Son, I'm going to get the sugar water right now."

Yang Xiaoer looked well-behaved these two days, but he was quite wild when he dared to ask Zhao Ji for money on the street. Liberated nature.

What the young master wants is a smart follower who can be taken out, not just a submissive child.

Yang Xiaoer ran to the kitchen in a hurry, and said to Aunt Li who was choosing dishes, "Young Master asked you to give me a cup of sugar water."

Aunt Li ignored Yang Xiaoer and continued to choose dishes.

But Yang Xiaoer kept staring at her viciously from the side, and she was frightened by the look, so she explained, "I can't decide this matter, I have to ask my wife for permission."

Yang Xiaoer said unrelentingly, "Young master will let you give it to me."

After a few moments of stalemate, Aunt Li finally lost the battle, got up and took out the sugar bowl, and poured a bowl of sugar water for Yang Xiaoer.

Yang Xiaoer got the sugar water, but didn't drink it, and ran to the living room with a bowl of sugar water with a smile on his face.Yang Xiaoer was not disappointed, Zhao Ji was still waiting there, "Drink it, what are you doing here?"

Yang Xiaoer grinned twice, Gulu Gulu drank the bowl of sugar water, plus the cold medicine he drank just now, Yang Xiaoer's stomach was completely filled with water.

But it's so sweet.

There is no other strange smell at all, just sweet, this is the taste of white sugar, when he gets the monthly money, he will buy a catty for his mother.

When Jiang Xu came back, he saw Yang Xiaoer giggling while holding the bowl.

So stupid.

Jiang Xu turned his head directly, ignored Yang Xiaoer, and ran to Zhao Ji with a smiling face. She didn't know that her appearance was almost exactly the same as the Yang Xiaoer she detested.

Jiang Xu completed the task that Zhao Ji entrusted to her, and Zhao Ji praised her without hesitation.