Fu Song

Chapter 149 Taking office
For several months, the Shentangbao has been under continuous construction, and it only stopped for one day on New Year's Eve.His scale is naturally no longer the small fortress that can only accommodate [-] people in the past. Now, he is developing towards a large-scale city.In Xiao Cheng's composition, this place will be an important node, and Shentangbao will also become an important city. Now, it is just laying a good foundation.

Building a big city requires a lot of money, and for a while, Xiao Cheng couldn't take care of it, so he could only do it step by step.

Originally, there was a quarry next to Shentangbao, but now, this quarry has been enclosed by the city wall, although the city wall is only built a few feet high.

At the rear of the shopping hall, several large tile-roofed houses of blue bricks formed a large courtyard, and on the lintel, the four characters of Hengshan Business and Trade were strong and powerful.

Xiao Cheng accompanied Zhang Yuan into the big courtyard.

Each large tile-roofed house is divided into several small rooms, and in each room, there are people busy.Even when they saw Xiao Cheng and Zhang Yuan walking in, these people only bowed slightly in greeting.

The two of them walked to the innermost big tile-roofed house, where there was a door ajar, Xiao Cheng walked over, pushed the door open, and a gust of hot air rushed in.

"Boss shopkeeper, please." Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "In the next few days, I will wrong you to work here."

Zhang Yuan stood at the door and looked into the house.

The furnishings are as simple as possible, a large case, a chair, a row of bookshelves, nothing more.

Stepping into the door, Zhang Yuan went straight to the big case, and sat down majestically.

"Go and bring in the managers of various departments." Xiao Cheng turned around and said to Li.

"Yes!" Li Xin turned and walked out.

After a while, the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside. Apart from the first person, a dozen people appeared at the door, each holding a bunch of files in their arms.

Looking at these people who came in one by one and lined up in front of his big case, Zhang Yuan looked at Xiao Cheng with a wry smile: "Is this trying to show off?"

"The shopkeeper is thinking too much." Xiao Cheng smiled and said, "Let me introduce you. His name is Xu Shen. He will be your deputy in the future. He will introduce you to the specific situation of Hengshan Trading. Zhang Da shopkeeper Yes, next you will understand how huge and complicated the power you have taken over is, and it is not an easy task to straighten it out, sort it out and let him exert its maximum effectiveness."

"Erlang is right. Anyway, I'm powerless. I really can't take care of him. If the shopkeeper doesn't come, I'm going crazy." The middle-aged man Xiao Cheng called Xu Shen said with a smile. "The shopkeeper, my servant Xu Shen, my father promises nothing."

It turned out to be the Xiao family.

Zhang Yuan was naturally familiar with the name Xu Wuyan. In Xiao Ding's family letters, this person's name appeared many times, and this person also wrote many letters to Tianmen Village and sent many supplies.

Xiao Cheng smiled and looked at Zhang Yuandao: "Then you are busy first, I am leaving."

Seeing that Zhang Yuan was surrounded by the group of stewards, Xiao Cheng waved his sleeves coolly, took Li Xin, turned and left.

As soon as he walked out of the gate of the courtyard, he saw a man dressed like a bear staring at him viciously.

"Brother Yuting, are you going to eat me?" Xiao Cheng asked with a smile.

The person opposite is Luo Gang.

"Okay, Xiao Chongwen, you cross the river and tear down the bridge!" Luo Gang said angrily, "I built the shelves of Hengshan Trading, and I also created the trading routes. Now that it has a large scale, you will kick me out. Isn't it too unreasonable?"

Xiao Cheng pursed his lips, thinking that although Hengshan Commerce and Trade is called Commerce and Trade in name, there are more than a dozen institutions inside, and doing business is just one of them. What you see is just a little superficial. .

"Brother Yuting, are you planning to stay here for a long time?" Xiao Cheng asked.

"What do you mean?" Luo Gang asked.

"If you are going to stay in Shentangbao to help your brother, then I will leave Hengshan Business to you to manage."

Luo Gang spread his hands and said: "How is this possible? Didn't we agree that we will set off for Bianliang after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month?"

"Yeah, since we're leaving after the fifteenth day, why do you care about this?"

"They actually won't let me in." Luo Gang pointed angrily at the several guards standing in front of the door with horizontal knives, "What kind of token do you want from me? Could it be that they don't recognize me?"

"So that's how it is!" Xiao Cheng suddenly realized: "I was negligent about this, and I forgot to give you the cards, you see!"

He took out two cards from his pocket, one was his and the other was Luo Gang's.

"Take it, take it, you can go in whenever you want."

Luo Gang snorted, but pushed the sign back to Xiao Cheng: "Keep it farther away, I'm not interested in going in now. I don't care about what's going on here anymore." Xianggong's yamen His temper flared up, but Luo Gang lost all interest in the things he had been brooding about before.Originally, he is doing these things so hard now, it is nothing more than doing it for someone to see.Let her know that although she has not achieved much in studying now, she has the ability to do practical things.As long as he wants to do one thing well, he will definitely be able to do it.

"That's right. I also left all the things in my hands to them. There are still about ten days. We should have a good time. Are you not tired during this time?"

"I'm very tired, so I was very angry just now!" Luo Gang said.

"Come with me, let's go to my sister-in-law's for dinner." Xiao Cheng said.

"That's good!" When Luo Gang heard that he was going to Fang Qi's place, Luo Gang immediately became excited. Without him, where could he meet Xiao Qi!
Still far away, Luo Gang heard the crowing of chickens and ducks.

Pushing open the yard door, I saw a big rooster aggressively leading a dozen hens pecking at something on the ground, and seven or eight ducks shrank behind.

"I haven't seen an egg yet!" Luo Gang whispered.

"Lack of knowledge and skills!" A voice came from the door of the room, Xiao Qi folded her arms and looked down at Luo Gang: "It's so cold now, they have to wait until the weather is warmer before they can lay eggs."

"Oh, oh, I understand." Luo Gang nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.This person is usually extremely clever, but when he is in front of Xiao Qi, he automatically loses his wits.

Under the shed in one corner, there are two pigs and three or four sheep. If outsiders come here, it is really hard to imagine that this is actually the home of the dignified commander.

In the wing room came the sound of his nephew Xiao Jinglanglang reading, but in the main room, there was the sound of spinning machines.Xiao Yan stepped aside, and Xiao Cheng walked in. The sister-in-law was sitting in front of the firepit, spinning thread.

"Sister-in-law, it's cold!" Xiao Cheng said, "You don't need to do these things yourself."

"Did your eldest brother hide behind when he went to the battlefield?" Fang Qi asked with a smile.

Xiao Cheng was suddenly at a loss for words.

"Your eldest brother is the head of this place, and I am naturally the mistress here. If I can help him do a little, that's a little!" Fang Qi said, "I went down to see, those family members are also spinning wool at home now, they I can't even bear the fire, and my hands are sore. Each of us does a little more, and your elder brother and the others will be more sure of defeating the enemy on the battlefield! Erlang, these wool blends you made The method is really good, the clothes made are no longer as irritating as before, didn’t Luo Jiasanlang say that they have become popular in Jingzhao Mansion?”

"That's right, sister-in-law, the price has increased several times compared to before." Luo Gang who was standing at the door smiled, as if asking for credit.But looking at Xiao Qi's appearance, he hurriedly said: "It's all because of the skill of my sister-in-law, and the skills of our family members of Guangrui Army are good."

"Sister-in-law, Yuting and I are having dinner here today." Xiao Cheng smiled.

"Why are you free today?" Upon hearing Xiao Cheng's words, Fang Qi stood up immediately, "I'll go get ready now, it's rare that you guys have a meal at home."

"In a few days, we will go back, so we have handed over a lot of things here today." Xiao Cheng glanced at Luo Gang, and said with a smile: "Now we two have nothing to do, and we have become idlers. Yes. Come back and help my sister-in-law feed the pigs and herd the sheep."

"How dare you love me!" Fang Qi smiled: "If you have nothing to do, just straighten out the threads in the radish basket for me, and I will cook."

"Okay!" Xiao Cheng sat down with a smile, and picked up the thread in the basket.

In the side room next to him, the sound of his nephew reading had stopped, replaced by the sound of his younger sister arguing with Luo Yuting.After these few months of hard work, Luo Yuting is not as vulnerable as before.Although citing classics and classics is still not my sister's opponent, if things fall on some practical matters, my sister will also retreat steadily.

Many things, if you haven't done it, of course you don't understand it.

In Xingqing Mansion, Li Xu suddenly drew his saber, and cut off a corner of the table with a single slash.

"Xiao Ding, you are courting death!"

Zuo Qiuming fled back from Yancheng in embarrassment, and Yancheng fell. For Li Xu, what he lost was not only the dozens of salt lakes and endless money, Yancheng was also an important strategic node. Without him, Hongzhou, Longzhou , Youzhou and other places were all isolated, and Song people, how could they let go of such an opportunity?Once Ma raises his army to attack these places fiercely, the defenders who stay in these places may not be able to persist to the end.

Moreover, Li Xu was even more worried that the generals in these places would surrender directly to Ma Xing once they saw that there was a disagreement. sex blow.

In any case, he had to get rid of Xiao Ding's outstanding rafters.

This kid was so bold that he dared to go deep alone. Although he caught himself by surprise, he still put himself in danger.

(End of this chapter)