Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 555;
Chapter 550 seven;

In the city of Chang’an, there have been many caravans and horses leaving the city for the past few days, and the people are talking about it everywhere, but for some reason, all the things in the car are covered with gray oilcloth, and no one knows what’s inside the car. What exactly is it pretending to be, the more mysterious it is, the more people speculate. Even after several days, the people are still talking about it. After dinner, there are groups of people trying to figure it out...

At a moment of time, it was the mansion of General Qin Qiong.

Li Yu got up from the bed on time, and a group of second-class and third-class maids changed the patriarch's clothes step by step. Change into clean clothes outside.

Sitting next to her, Mrs. Liu looked calmly at the group of men and horses serving Mr. Lang and smiled without saying a word, while Yingxiang combed Li Yu's hair while talking casually;
"Mr. Lang, do you really want to ask Manager Ma to listen to Agui Daniel's arrangements when you arrive on the grassland?"

"That's a must. Not only does Martial University have to listen to their affairs, but everyone else has to listen to the two of them. A snake can't do without a head, so you can't give orders indiscriminately."

Tanchun, who was wiping Li Yu's hands with a warm cloth towel, also answered;
"I want to report to my lord, this servant thinks that the one who listens to the two of them is actually the one who listens to that idiot Agui, and Daniel is his sycophant. Isn't it just that Agui just says what he says? Don't you think so, Lang?" Jun?"

"Well, you're right, and it's true. Da Niu's brain is slow to be honest, and Agui's head is fast. They both wear a pair of pants. This time, Agui is just a snake head. !"

Tanchun pursed her lips indifferently;
"Lang Jun, look at Agui's showing off in the past few days. He told people everywhere in our general's mansion that this time he is equivalent to a big steward. It's really stinky. He even went to a few people in the kitchen. It's been showing off all over again, sir, you see, you just praise him this time to see if he can do it, and you go around saying that you are born to be a big manager, and he can't handle it without breaking his fingers A good person is born to be in charge? It makes people laugh out loud!"

"Hahahaha, he has always wanted to show off, and this time he finally got his wish. He must be excited. How can he not show off? This is still Chang'an City. Before he goes back to Zhuangzi, he definitely wants a few. Zhuangzi went and yelled, if you don’t believe me, you can ask when you go back.”

Tanchun covered the corner of his mouth and smiled;

"This servant believes it, and only a fool like him can do this."

After combing her hair, Yingxiang frowned tightly;

"Mr. Lang, this servant is just worried about his account. He is the master of the house... Hundreds of carts of goods can be exchanged for a few cattle and sheep..." The servant did not dare to say anything depressing, but just wanted to remind the gentleman. Then send someone who is smarter and can catch up with the account clearly? "

"No! No, no, no! Who else should I change? Martha's steward's wisdom is no less than that of any chief steward in our clan. Are you really worried that they will have to trade for someone else?

Don't just explain everything to King Ma Bin and send someone else?Why did I deliberately explain to the prairie not to let King Ma Bin talk too much?Just eat, drink and sleep?
It is true that the master of the business will suffer more losses, but it can definitely be done, and the master of Agui can handle it properly, but if a smart person goes there, he can settle the debt of the grassland people It's clear and clear, not only that, but it can also make the prairie people play around. The question is what will happen in the future?
Let’s not talk about the future, whether we can open the Silk Road in peace is a problem, and whether we can get out of the prairie alive is even more a problem. It has angered the nobles on the prairie, and the team of thousands of people still has a lot of men, women and children. A lot of territory that can outrun others? "

Yingxiang defended somewhat unconvinced;

"But Mr. Agui, if there is something wrong with Agui's temperament, he will be fisted. Can he accomplish our big business?

At the beginning of February this year, he quarreled with people who came to the market from Waizhuang at the market, and he beat them up as soon as he couldn't win the quarrel. It was Aye who came forward to make amends and took another 350 yuan Sending it to someone's house to buy soup and medicine for them, bowing and joking, only to lower the anger of that family.

Expect him to do great things with his temper?The slave girl really didn't dare to think, if he was running wild on the prairie, the barbarians could easily bypass him? "

Li Yu dressed neatly and stood up;

"Don't mention it, his idiot really dared to fight on the grassland, let alone a barbarian, even the leader of the tribe, if he got angry, he would still fight. What's so rare about it."

Li Yu knew very well in his heart that he also lived in the prairie for a few years in later generations, and the people there were still simple and simple, but there were many Han people there, and they were deceived by the prairie men. Gradually, the prairie people became worse than the Han people. If you want to be cunning, you will lose your straightforward temperament, so Li Yu feels that to deal with simple-minded people, you have to send the same simple-minded people over there.

Han Yingxiang concluded with some surprise;

"Then... Mr. Lang, you know that Agui will cause trouble, so you can rest assured that you will leave the important matter in his idiot's hands?"

Li Yu smiled cheerfully as he walked out;

"Why not? If you think like others, it will be very difficult to reopen the Silk Road. You can see how embarrassed Zhang Qian was in the Han Dynasty. If Zhang Qian was as honest and honest as he was in the later period, why bother? Those crimes?"

Madam Liu watched as Lang Jun went out and ordered his servants to go to the kitchen to explain to serve the food, and took a few maids to eat in the side hall.

Li Yu sat in the main hall and ate and drank a lot. After eating three bowls of corn porridge and two meat pies, he stopped to eat and chopsticks;

"Xichun, have you done all the things I told you?"

"If you go back to Mr. Lang, everything has been done. A lot of grass and wood have been prepared and stored in the big yard at the end. There are more than [-] workers from our clan, and the master Gongshu also sent two The expert sits in charge, you can arrange it at any time, sir."

"It's not enough for our people, what I want is skilled craftsmen who make rice paper."

"Back to Lord Lang, Mr. Da Lang from General Cheng's family took over this matter, saying that he can find some skilled craftsmen and made an agreement yesterday, or should I ask someone to go to General Cheng's mansion to ask?"

Li Yu nodded;

"I think it's okay, you hurry up and ask someone to ask the big brother if the paper craftsman has been found."

"It's Mr. Lang."

Here, Xi Chun had just promised and before he could turn around, Cheng Chusi's resonant voice came through the door;
"You don't need to look for me, Brother Wei is already here."

Li Yu quickly stood up and went out to greet him;
"Little brother pays homage to elder brother."

"You don't need to be too polite, brother, let's go in and talk."

The two of them were not polite, they came to the main hall and sat down again;
"Brother, have you found the craftsman who made the white paper?"

Cheng Chusi still had a steady and mature expression, sitting in a stable position;

"Don't worry brother, I arranged for you yesterday, and found six paper craftsmen for you, all of whom have been working for more than ten years.

What I don't understand is that you have enough things on your body. The liquor business is booming now. All the liquor merchants in the world are waiting for you to sell the liquor before they can sell it.

It has just been a few days since the Silk Road team set off, and your farm is organizing the capture of wild sheep and buying lambs everywhere. Any one of these three transactions is a big deal, just hand it over Which family has to be cautious and cautious, don't you feel tired?This is going to be tossed on rice paper again?
Even if you don’t feel tired, I want to remind you that all the scholars in the world are in the five surnames, Qiwang and high-ranking households in various places. The common people don’t know how to read, even if all the scholars in the world come to buy yours How much money can paper make?
So no matter how cheap your paper is, few people will come to buy it. If there are no customers to buy it, your business may not last long. "

Li Yu smiled mysteriously;

"Brother, don't worry, there will be customers coming to buy, and my paper is not for writing, but for other purposes, and the writing paper is made by those hundreds of years old shops, we want to rob others There is no way to do business, scholars must choose to buy high-quality paper if they want to buy paper, how can they choose to spend money in the store we just opened?"

Cheng Chusi asked with some doubts;

"Brother Wei can't understand now. You asked Brother Wei to find those skilled craftsmen to help you make paper. If you don't sell it to scholars, why don't you sell it to people who don't know how to read and take it back as a sacrifice?"

"Hahahaha, brother, don't worry, let's go to the backyard, and the younger brother will teach them a new method, and see if the paper they make can do what I think!"

After hearing this, Cheng Chusi immediately stopped in his tracks, and said solemnly;

"Brother, wait a minute. They are all craftsmen invited from all over the world, but they are all unfamiliar with the basics. Don't tell me you want to teach them a new secret method?"

Li Yu replied in surprise;
"Ah yes, brother, how do you work if you don't teach them how to do it?"

"This... so we have to think of a way. It's best to buy six of them, but they are all craftsmen with imperial residence registration in An Ansheng, not slaves. If you don't want to, we can't force it. , what should I do?"

Xichun carefully approached Li Yu and whispered;
"I want to report to you sir, what Mr. Cheng's master said is very reasonable, I have to let it go, how can our secret method be used by strangers casually? Otherwise, let's wait for a while, and the servants will send people to the market Check here and carefully buy a few craftsmen who have made paper?"

Li Yu looked at Cheng Chusi who was frowning tightly, then at a group of extremely nervous maids, and opened his mouth unhurriedly;

"I also asked people to go to Renya City to inquire in advance. There are no such craftsmen and servants. The craftsmen who can make paper come and go in the world. There are only a few old-fashioned sects. The craftsmen you can find are definitely the same. These paper-making portals are distant relatives, or descendants of branch portals. It is impossible for outsiders to learn their methods, so it is basically impossible to buy them. Let them use these people. You can ask them to sign a contract and explain the situation. , I promise not to let it out, let’s give them some money in exchange, I think that’s all right, I’ll also tell the people in the clan, watch carefully and learn, and it’s better for us to use it when we learn.”

"That's the only way to go. Brother, have you ever thought about asking these six people to do long-term work for you? Give them a few more money and silk every month, and invite them for a lifetime!

In this way, they will not have contact with outsiders. It would be even better if you can give them a new house in your villa. Reliable, brother, what do you think? "

Li Yu slapped his thigh;
"Brilliant plan, brother, I didn't even think of this, I just wanted to buy some servants who can make paper. The method you mentioned, brother, is very good. I think it's very good. You can try it. Let's go to the backyard and talk about it in detail. .”

"it is good."

A large group of people came to the last courtyard of the Grand General's Mansion, and the people of Li's Second House who had been waiting for a long time rushed over to salute when they saw the patriarch coming in;
"Greetings to my lord. My lord is blessed and safe."

"I have met the Patriarch, the Patriarch is blessed and safe."

"The villain pays homage to the Marquis of County Li, and all the best to you, Marquis."

Li Yu smiled and waved his hands;

"Okay, okay, everyone is exempt from courtesy, and the people of the Lailai clan will not pay homage to my elder brother, when will they wait?"

"Yes."

There were uneven promises one after another, and the people who came from Lijiazhuang paid a visit to Cheng Chusi again, and after they were all busy, Li Yu said to the six craftsmen;

"Thank you for coming to help me, I am very grateful to a certain family, thank you very much."

Seeing that the incomparably noble Lord Hou is so approachable, a group of craftsmen were obviously a little scared, and hurriedly saluted together;
"Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it, Lord Hou don't want to do this, it really frustrates little people."

Li Yu coughed twice and cleared his throat, smiling happily;

"I don't know the name of a certain family, have you heard of it once or twice?"

The six craftsmen looked at me and I looked at you, and the two bold craftsmen responded in a low voice;
"Report to Lord Hou, the little people have also heard some rumors..."

"Returning to Lord Hou, villains...you...have heard a few words..."

We can't blame these craftsmen for speaking hesitantly. It is really such a hierarchical social system. How can a group of lowly craftsmen dare to talk nonsense easily?Comment on the incomparably noble magistrate?One mistake is that the catastrophe of killing one's body is coming, and these people can't stand this catastrophe.

Li Yu knew that these craftsmen were afraid of their own status and dared not talk nonsense, but there were some things that must be carried on today, so Li Yu was not in a hurry, and slowly induced the craftsmen;
"It's okay, you don't have to be afraid, just say what you hear, I will forgive you for your innocence first."

Even though Li Yu comforted everyone in this way, the craftsmen still smiled awkwardly and did not dare to talk nonsense.

"Tell me? You should have heard a few words about my name, Master Hou. Have you heard of my being unreasonable? Bullying? You should be clear about whether Master Hou bullies men and women, right? "

One of the craftsmen took courage;

"Report to Lord Hou, if a villain dares to speak, Lord Hou's name is well known outside, who doesn't know about Chang'an City?
Let's just talk about the bald head in Xicheng. That thief is really not a good thing. He once bullied men and women to do many vicious things that are out of conscience.

Lord Hou didn't know, the villain's family lived in two streets near his house, and the villain was called to work for his family. He had been working for five or six years, forcing the villain to do hard labor every year. , Never gave us a big money!
To be honest, I'm not afraid of your jokes, Lord Hou, the villains are ordinary people, helpless, how dare they go to ask for money, as long as we don't bully us to death, God will open our eyes...

Unexpectedly, Hou Ye suddenly beat him into a useless bastard last year. It was so satisfying at that time, Hou Ye!
It's really good that God has eyes, that guy was recuperating on the bed, and his head was cut off by the knight-errant who was flying over the roof and the wall, it really made people feel even more happy.

Oh, right!Let’s not talk about the chivalrous man, let’s talk about the fact that Lord Hou cleaned up his bald head last year. The people in the streets near us have bought bamboo and burned firecrackers, but the poor people are very happy. Now that Everyone in the gang has done bird beasts, and there are no bullies around us to bully the people anymore. Hou Ye, you are not a vicious person, and your reputation is resounding! "

Li Yu laughed happily;
"Come here, reward him with five hundred big coins. If you say that Lord Hou is happy, you have to reward him. Master Hou, I am generous. Who in Chang'an City doesn't know? You can't be stingy today!"

Tanchun next to him stepped out and agreed;
"It's Mr. Lang."

When the craftsman who praised Lord Hou heard that he had been rewarded with five hundred coins, he was so happy that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear;
"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for the reward. Thank you, Lord Marquis!"

Seeing his companion say a few good words and immediately get a reward of [-] big money, the remaining five two immediately turned red. This is [-] big money, my God, I'm afraid that's the amount of hard work all year round... …

(End of this chapter)