The husband's son-in-law

Jiting County.

The house that the county magistrate used to receive Mrs. Gu received Mrs. Gu today.

The servants in the house remained the same, Fu Bao put Wang Wang down when he arrived at the door, and when Wang Wang arrived at a familiar place, he ran happily with his legs clattering, and then came up to the little master to follow after a while.

The servants moved their luggage, and when they arrived at a small bookcase, Li Zhouzhou said, "Put this in the study in the front yard." If you need it for a meeting, you don't put it in the back.

"I'll go." The fourth brother took over the job, and no outsiders were allowed to interfere with the account book.

Li Zhouzhou hummed.

Ji Ting's county magistrate has just arrived, in a hurry.When Li Zhou came to Ji Ting, he didn't send someone to notify the county magistrate in advance, and he was not an official. Now that he saw the county magistrate, he bowed his hands.

"This time, Li came here as the boss of the two factories. Why can't we salute our Jiting parents?" Li Zhouzhou laughed, seeing that the county magistrate was really serious and wanted to go back to him, he hurriedly said: " You are welcome, magistrate."

Greeted the county magistrate to drink tea in the front courtyard.

Li Zhouzhou briefly talked about the business, "...the people's method of fertilizing the fields has been used. One kind of rice grain is enough for a year to satisfy the stomach. The rest is for the people of Jiting County to plant coconut trees. The factory will definitely We need to expand and recruit more people, so that the common people can have more money in their families.”

Magistrate Ji Ting was stunned. For a moment, he thought it was Mr. Gu who was talking to him.

"What Mrs. Gu said is true, but can this fertile field really become?"

"We'll know in two months." Li Zhouzhou didn't say much, and he'll know when the harvest comes.

Jiting county magistrate has been running back and forth for more than a year, building roads and supervising the people to use the method of fertilizing the fields. He looks thinner and darker, but he is full of energy, and his face does not have the pain before. The phase of sorrow.

When I just met Mr. Gu before, I would hold my hand and look at him with tears in my eyes, and said that I understand you and consider him a confidant, and I would drop my book bag and say some bitter words about melancholy. Now that I'm busy, I naturally don't have time to feel sad.

The county magistrate left after sitting down for a cup of tea, and said that if Mrs. Gu had anything to do, she could just tell Yun Yun.

Li Zhouzhou personally sent the county magistrate out, and there was already a carriage waiting at the door.

He hasn't posted a post yet, and this is all rushing to the door.Li Zhouzhou asked the servant in front to receive him. After thinking about it for a while, he asked the fourth brother to arrange, "The major shareholders are placed in the wing room of the main courtyard, and the scattered ones are arranged in the courtyard next door."

The courtyard next door was originally used to burn glass, but after they left, there was only a locked studio left, except for the furnace cellar and the shelves, which were cleaned and cleaned.

He and his fourth brother both live in the yard at the back, so they can live together.

Later, Li Chun took over the management, and there were four elder brothers in front, so there was no need for Li Zhouzhou to bother.

"Boss, Mr. Liu wants to see you, and he is holding a wooden box in his hand." The fourth brother came to send a message.

Mr. Liu is the owner of this house. He is a well-known squire in the local area. He has a lot of land and a lot of houses, so the fields are rented out to the people below to plant, and they just sit and collect grain. It is a family property accumulated by their ancestors.

The largest grain merchant in Jiting Prefecture.

After Mr. Gu borrowed someone else's house, Li Zhouzhou ordered him to go down, every time he came to live in the house, the servants in the house were paid by his family, and if they didn't live for a full term, they would also be paid according to the full month.

"I'll go and have a look." Li Zhouzhou asked Fu Bao to play with Wang Wang, and Dad would come back in a while.

It's getting late today, and the shareholders and bosses of the two factories are not all here, so we have to wait until tomorrow for a meeting to talk about the business.After receiving the county magistrate, we can talk to Mr. Liu again and we'll be ready for dinner.

As for keeping meals for entertainment, Li Zhouzhou didn't need to. In fact, because of his status as 'Mrs. Gu', he did business and spread so much in the future, all because of his grandpa's prestige and fame.

If the fourth elder brother is in business, starting from the basics, and the bosses of the surrounding businesses are all men, then the fourth elder brother will have many difficulties in leaving, and it will definitely not go smoothly.Li Zhouzhou thought of this, he has gained a lot of convenience, so he should help a brother like the fourth brother.

"Daddy, go, Fufu be good, daddy will sleep with Fufu tonight~" Fubao said sticky and numb.

Ever since Li Zhouzhou came back, Fu Bao has always been nasty in front of his father.

Li Zhouzhou smiled and patted Fubao's head, it was the same as when Xianggong just got married, obedient and small.

"it is good."

Mr. Liu held a wooden box and came here with a smile to present the title deed of the house, along with two deposits of gold.

"Masters like to use it, but how to live in the house is still comfortable at home..."

It means that the title deed of this house was given to Master Gu and Mrs. Gu.

"Master Liu is kind enough to borrow our family to live in. How can he want this house?" Li Zhouzhou refused. Seeing that Master Liu was in a hurry, he said seriously: "My husband is not a money-grubbing official. Zhaozhou is poor. He wants to The way to bring the people of Zhaozhou to become rich together.”

Master Liu said sincerely: "Master Gu loves the people like his own son, so what if the little old man gives him a house?"

It doesn't make sense anyway.Li Zhouzhou saw that Mr. Liu did not believe what he just said. Mr. Gu wanted to improve the situation of the people in Zhaozhou for the sake of the people, not for the sake of collecting money.No one in Zhaozhou would believe such a sincere statement.

Even the county magistrate of Jiting who said Mr. Gu is a confidant is the same.

Love the people like a son and be a good official, and whether to accept flattery or not are two different things.

Mr. Liu has a lot of money and a lot of houses. If he is willing to give it away, why not accept it?There are still officials in this world who don't accept filial piety?Those poor officials with a breeze in their sleeves can only be found in dramas.

So when Gu Zhao arrived in Zhaozhou, when he started building roads and running errands, he first set a label for himself, "If you are not greedy for money or lust, just get your name in the picture". greedy.

It is normal for Zhaozhou to go down to the people's yamen and soldiers to go up to the major merchants.

"Madam Gu, don't worry, the little old man will never spread it to the outside world. If the news of today's incident gets out, the whole family will not—"

"Master Liu must never, don't do swearing and swearing. I just came today. There are so many people who are distracted." Li Zhouzhou knew that it didn't make sense, because after he finished speaking, Master Liu was determined to change his ways again. Begging him to accept the things, he pondered for a while, and said: "Well, if Master Liu has the heart, take this box back, and tomorrow you bring your two children and grandchildren over here, I am short of manpower here - of course, if Master Liu doesn't Dislike it, it would be a great help for the young masters in the family to help me."

"Why don't you dislike it? It's because of their great fortune that they can learn from Mrs. Gu." Master Liu was overjoyed, and immediately praised him, forgetting about stuffing the box.

It wasn't until the fourth brother of the Wang family saw the guest out that he remembered that the box in his arms hadn't been given away.

Really didn't take it?

With Boss Wang's flattery and flattery, now the whole Zhaozhou wants to be like Boss Wang, who can't get through Mrs. Gu, but Mrs. Gu's place.Furthermore, Mrs. Gu's business is actually more suitable for merchants like them.

Mr. Liu's family has a family background, but their children and grandchildren have no skills. They all rely on renting rice and grain for food. They used to have no way to do anything. Now that they have the opportunity, they naturally want to find more skills for their children.When I go back, I will choose clever descendants, one son and one grandson, regardless of the concubines, as long as they can endure hardship.

Some grandsons are spoiled by his wife's spoiledness, can this be sent to Mrs. Gu?

"Why does the old man feel sorry for the son of that scumbag, why didn't our Saburo choose him?" Naturally, the main wife was upset and made trouble in the house.

"You also said that your mother doted on Saburo and you are used to it. You look like a bully at home. Does he go to Mrs. Gu's place as a young master or as an errand? Are you willing to not feel sorry for you?" The father now thinks The son couldn't stand the pain anymore.

The main wife felt sorry for her son when she heard that he was running errands, but it was Madam Gu after all.

Such entanglement and discomfort, but it was hard for her.

"In the future, be stricter with Saburo. Don't relax. Our family has many children and grandchildren. Although I am a legitimate son, my mother has given birth to so many sons. It doesn't matter to me. After leaving home, what do you do for a living?"

Wife: "My stomach is green with regret now. From now on, I will be the official in charge of dressing and eating in Saburo's house, and I will not interfere with the outside affairs as your father."

The Liu family mansion was very lively at night, each house has its own thoughts, the two chosen are naturally happy, and the one who was not chosen was born of a concubine, then there will be more self-pity and self-pity, and more tongue-in-cheeks many.

Li Zhouzhou didn't know anything about it, he had dinner with Fu Bao, and after eating, he slipped away barking, and went to bed early to tell stories to Fu Bao after taking a shower.After hearing the story, Fu Bao turned over and said, "Daddy, Dalong's story is very nice."

"Father doesn't know the story of the dragon, let daddy tell you the next time I go back." Li Zhouzhou knew that Fubao wanted to be a husband-in-law, so he touched Fubao's face and said, "In the past few years, Father and Daddy is busy, so we, Fubao, have to work hard."

"Father, what you say is the same as what Daddy said."

"What did daddy say?"

When Fubao was sick, he missed Dad, and Dad told him everything.

"... Fufu has to be busy too, so Dad is busy, Dad is busy, and Fufu is also busy." Fubao said.

Li Zhouzhou smiled and said yes, Fufu is also busy, "Go to sleep."

Fu Bao closed his eyes and soon fell asleep. Today he has been tossing around all day.Seeing that his son was asleep, Li Zhouzhou also slept, but his face was full of smiles, and his heart was sweet.When I first got married with my husband, my husband let him eat a piece of hot sweet potato, and his heart was sweet, but now it is different from the past, the family is richer, and he and my husband have to be separated a lot because of busy work, but the sweetness in my heart is even worse.

Woke up early the next day.

After Fu Bao washed and dressed, he went to see Wang Wang first.The ewes and goats in the family are getting older, especially the ewes, who are calm now, living in the mansion in Zhaozhou City, and don’t like to move very much, but Fubao loves to play with Wang Wang even more when he is active now.

Running and making noise together.

"Uncle Si." Fu Bao called out.

The fourth brother laughed and said, "Fu Bao is playing with Wang Wang, washed his hands and ate breakfast first."

"it is good."

Fu Bao obediently went to wash his hands.

Li Zhou ate breakfast with his elder brother Fubao Aji on Thursday, and Aji was also on the table. Li Zhouzhou made it. He was not in the house when he was away from home.

Aji's mother was not in front of her, and the host gave her a seat, and the child soon obeyed obediently.

After eating, Li Zhouzhou and his fourth brother went to the front yard, and Li Chun was at the back to rest assured.

"Is everyone here?" Li Zhouzhou asked.

The fourth brother said: "It was dark last night, and there were a few people who came here in a hurry. The other retail investors arrived early in the morning. They seemed to be afraid of leaving them behind. How could the boss be greedy for their money."

"By the way, boss, Mr. Liu from yesterday also came early, bringing two people with him."

"I ordered."

Li Zhouzhou went all the way to the main courtyard.There were more than 30 people standing in the main courtyard. When they heard the sound and saw Boss Li coming, all of them looked happy and greeted him one after another.

"Everyone, don't be too polite. The shareholders and owners of the two factories, as well as retail investors, who are at ease and like one, come to the hall to take a seat." Li Zhouzhou let people in first, and said, "Master Liu, let's go together. The two young masters of the Liu family will go to the side hall for a drink first." Tea."

There are only five major shareholders of the two factories plus the Li family, and Ruyi's retail shareholders are only eight.Now there are more than 30 good guys standing in the yard, all of them are children and managers of various families. They want to learn from the Wang family, and some of them bring their own brothers.

That brother stood out in the crowd, he was twelve or thirteen years old, his clothes were the same color as the fourth brother, and he didn't wear any jewelry, but his skin was snow-white. Maybe he didn't like this look. Just brought some out.

I was embarrassed again, and I thought the clothes were ugly.

With a delicate appearance, seeing how well-raised the family is, it should be a direct descendant.

"Fourth brother, take the children of this family to the backyard and let Fu Bao greet them." Li Zhouzhou said.

The front yard is full of big men, throwing this little brother to the side hall, the little brother will definitely not like it.

The fourth brother went to bring people, without much delay, he still had a 'meeting' with the boss!The fourth brother had a meeting for the first time. He was very excited and happy. After seeing off the people, he went to the main hall.

There is a long table in the main hall, with a few chairs on each side.

Li Zhouzhou was sitting in the middle of the middle head.

"Everyone is here. It should be that each channel has inquired about the situation of the shipment to the Central Plains. Some of them don't know the details. I will talk about this in today's meeting. I will talk about it together." Li Zhouzhou spread out the accounting book Okay, let's talk about the situation, "The first batch of shipments in July is relatively small, because I don't know what's going on outside, so I went out to explore the way, the two factories have the same things, bring more coconut soap..."

It was the first time I went out to open a market, Li Zhouzhou discussed with my husband, and finally decided to bring more coconut soap, which is light and not afraid of damage.

The quantity of goods shipped by the two factories is the same.

"Coconut soap is 1000 yuan, and now it's sold for 800 yuan. I have people transport the rest to Beijing to sell. Now that the people haven't come back, the account is not fair. In addition, the second batch of large goods has come out, and we have to pay for it." Shipping, so this time, we don’t divide the money, just pay the bill, and each family remembers that the money will be divided at the end of the year.”

"I bought a big house in Tangzhou and used it as a warehouse for various goods in Zhaozhou to sell to other merchants in batches. What I think is that we will sell large quantities of goods and not do scattered sales. It will be too troublesome and time-consuming. , Moreover, the situation in various places is complicated, and the strong dragon does not overwhelm the local snake, and we in Zhaozhou are not the local strong dragon."

All the businessmen here understand this truth, not to mention Tangzhou, which has never been heard of outside, even if they wanted to send fish to Zhaozhou City in the past, they had to not blame the Li family, let alone send it outside.

Can the local merchants agree to allow you to sell them at such a high price?Stealing other people's business.

"Boss Li, is our coconut soap really worth a hundred cents?" Some retail investors asked excitedly.

"Yes, the price will be unified in the future. Coconut soap is [-] yuan, coconut sugar is [-] yuan, and coconut paste is [-] yuan."

After Li Zhouzhou finished speaking, the hall immediately became lively, and the smiling faces praised Boss Li, not flattering, the beautiful words were all sincere words from the heart, Boss Li admired it, not because of Madam Gu's face so called.

Who would have thought that a piece of coconut soap can be sold for a hundred cash!

In other words, he would never dare to sell like this.

After Li Zhouzhou waited for the big guys to get busy, he waved his hands and immediately fell silent, and then said: "The house in Tangzhou is under my name, so you don't have to share the money for buying the house. In the future, let me release the goods from Zhaozhou." One month in the house, a carload of goods worth a hundred cents, there is a factory under my shareholding control, and I will be responsible for selling them, free of charge."

Everyone has never heard of this method, and after thinking about it carefully, they think it is okay, and they are not harmful.

A carload of goods can cost a hundred cash a month, but it is only a piece of coconut soap, which is indeed cheap.

"No problem, Boss Li will do it."

"Everything is up to Boss Li."

Li Zhouzhou nodded, wrote it down in his notebook, and said: "This time I went to Zhaozhou, the bodyguards who escorted the goods cost a total of one hundred taels of silver, because the rest of the way is my family's private work to go to Beijing, so it is 50 taels." Deposit the goods, the 50 will be shared equally between the two factories..."

There are also workers' capital, coconut money, earthen pot money, oil paper money, etc. After the deduction is over, there will be a net profit on the account book.

After hearing these expenses, some people have already started to calculate them later. Is this still making money?

Naturally earned.

Two coconuts cost a penny, firewood is nothing, labor is nothing, even the escorts on the road are more expensive, but only 50 taels of silver, these add up, 1000 yuan coconut soap, earning 100 taels, coconut sugar and coconut mince add up It is four hundred and twenty taels.

The total was 500 taels, including the caravan's food and drink expenses, the cost was less than [-] taels.

Split the bill!

Li Zhouzhou had already written the bonus note, written in black pen on red paper, how much taels of money Ji Ting X's family got in July, written clearly, and asked the fourth brother to distribute it.

"It's the end of this year, let's sit here and get the money."

Everyone took the note, obviously light and fluffy, but they can already think about the future, it will be like this every year, how wonderful.

"The money and accounts for July have been settled. Now let's talk about the second batch of large shipments. The stewards of the two factories will report how many goods were shipped and how much they cost. Everyone will listen to them. Afterwards, I will hand over the accounts. Check it out..." Li Zhouzhou then talked about the situation of the second batch of large shipments.

Before Boss Li came back, the Li family in the two factories, especially the Xin'an factory, was not at ease. They wanted to make the second batch of goods in private, just to guard against it, but now no one dares to think so.

Do it yourself, can you sell a piece of coconut soap for a hundred dollars?

Where to sell it, Mozhou?People don't laugh at you to death.And the manager who came back said that all the way, I borrowed the county inn to stay for one night, repaired and repaired, and collected the city's tax money, all because of Mr. Gu's letter.

Not to mention that in the magistrate's mansion of Tangzhou, it was Boss Li who took Mr. Gu's hand letter and went to visit the post to make everything convenient. Otherwise, how could it be so fast to buy a house?People have officials, so they took the road of officials. This is the protection of officials and officials. How can they, a small businessman in Zhaozhou City, earn this money?

What if you know how to make coconut soap?

It can't be sold at such an expensive price.

Therefore, those who are careful now have a lot of sleepiness, honestly report the progress, and the two factories were built by Boss Li himself, and Boss Li is also clear about the expenses such as coconuts, firewood, oil, paper and so on. It is impossible to tamper with and falsify accounts on this.

Everyone is watching, it's all shame, if you dare to do it like this, there are many merchants under Ji Ting who want to get involved in the coconut business.

The second batch is a big one. There are more than 2 pieces of coconut soap and more coconut sugar and desiccated coconut. Together with the first batch, the caravan needs at least [-] carriages to complete.

"Pack it first, pack the boxes that need to be packed, be careful, I will contact the bodyguard here, it will be the end of September early, and it will be more than October later. Each family will send out two or three more skilled guards." Li Zhou Zhou thought for a while, and there was nothing else to do, but when he saw Master Liu's anxious and expectant face, he immediately remembered.

"One more thing, Mr. Liu is kind."

When everyone heard the words 'Master Liu has a kind heart', they inexplicably remembered Mr. Gu, this——

"Today, Master Liu is invited to listen to our meeting of coconut goods. There is also a business I want to do with Master Liu." Li Zhouzhou said with a smile.

Mr. Liu is so excited, he finally has him, and he can probably guess what the deal is.

In addition to food, his family has a lot of land. Could it be that he wants to rent his land to plant coconut trees?

Li Zhouzhou didn't want to rent the land of Mr. Liu's house. He didn't think about it at first, because Mr. Liu kindly gave him a golden house, and there was really no way for him to settle down.Since it was said at the beginning that Mr. Liu was kind-hearted and gave him the house gold, it is better to change this generous gift and give it to the local people.

"I want to ask Mr. Liu to open a land suitable for planting coconut trees, recruit local people to plant coconut trees and harvest coconuts, and it would be great if I can raise my hand for some charity."

Don't be mean to the people below.

As for Mr. Liu, if he becomes wild in the future and monopolizes the supply of goods to increase costs?Not to mention that the people have not fought with officials since ancient times, there is another trick, which is naturally for future generations.

Li Zhouzhou said with a friendly smile: "I just had a quick meeting with the two young masters of the Liu family. They are smart and smart. I just happen to be too busy with the lack of people at hand. I still have work to do in the future. Master Liu is a kind man. After listening to it, I sent my own children to relieve my worries."

Mr. Liu was very happy to praise his own child. He immediately said good words, and he knew in his heart that Boss Li was flattering him. Confiscating the money and house made him give convenience to the people and not treat them harshly. Could it be that Master Gu and his wife are really upright officials?

When Li Zhouzhou saw that everyone here was anxious, he wanted to show his merits and send his children to him. He thought about the big merchants who had said that he would build an official school and hold Zhaozhou City. Now he thought about it and said it. .

"Some people are born to do business. Some people are not suitable for doing this. They are more suitable for studying. There are many descendants in the family. Don't worry. The days are still to come. I can't stay in Jiting for a few days. Zhaozhou City is about to build an official school... "

Everyone was eager to express their merits, but they were stunned when they heard Boss Li's words, and they were overjoyed after thinking about it, including Mr. Liu who just gave away his two children.

"The Liu family is also a large family with a lot of children. They are studying. I heard from my husband that children start reading from the beginning. If they have a solid foundation, they can advance in the future. Do you think this is the truth?"

You are all thinking: go in, where can this go in?

The end of studying is naturally the imperial examination, and of course becoming an official.

At the end of the meeting, everyone in the hall looked at Boss Li with respect and obedience.

Li Zhouzhou smiled in his heart. Now that he is like this, has he learned six points from his husband?