Otoharu

Chapter 269 Solicitation
Since Journey to the West became famous, it has been selling very hotly. Now, in addition to the first volume, the second and third volumes are printed, and they are basically sold out as soon as they hit the shelves.

Li Xin really made a lot of money. Not only did he change to a bigger and better location in the bookstore in the state capital, but he even bought a bigger four-entry courtyard for the house, while the original three-entry courtyard was He originally planned to give it to Jiang Shanqing, after all, he was able to make a lot of money relying on Jiang Shanqing's books and ideas.However, Jiang Shanqing did not accept it. The market price of this three-entry house in the state capital was at least 300 taels. .Now Jiang Shanqing can be regarded as a man with a house, and it is also a three-year-old mansion in a good part of the state capital. Even if he talks about marriage in the future, he will also be the most famous son-in-law in Zhangshui Town.

Now that the books are selling well, the work of the printing workshop has naturally become more busy. Fortunately, there is movable type printing, which is much more efficient than engraving printing, so that books can be printed continuously, but it is still the same. Not enough, so Li Xin found another printing workshop in the state capital, specializing in printing Journey to the West, but the efficiency is obviously not as high as Jiang Shanqing's here, and there are often mistakes and omissions.

Jiang Shanqing thought about whether to go to the state capital to buy another printing shop, and then send some experienced masters to print books in that shop.

"Elder Sister, Young Master Biao, here we are." Jiang Shanqing was thinking, when the ox cart stopped at the entrance of the printing workshop.

Jiang Shanqing pulled Li Meier out of the car, and the two went inside.

It was almost evening now, but the workshop was still in full swing, and the printing masters and small printing workers were all naked from the upper body, working non-stop.

"Young Master Shanqing, you are here." Chen Pi was the first to see Jiang Shanqing and Li Meier, and hurriedly wiped off his sweat, and stepped forward to greet him.

Chen Pi first came to the workshop as an apprentice in early May. Because of his previous experience in printing workshops, he got started quickly, and within a few days he was able to print books independently like ordinary masters.Later, Jiang Shanqing saw that he had some management skills, so he decided to promote him to be the coordinator of the workshop.It is said to be in charge of affairs, but it is not in charge of people. It just handles some miscellaneous things in the workshop, and when encountering some unsolvable problems, it will still be reported to Jiang Shi and Jiang Shanqing.

"Are you still busy at this late hour?" Li Meier asked in surprise seeing the non-stop appearance of everyone.

"A few days ago, Mr. Xin came with an urgent order, and we were asked to print [-] copies within three days. If we don't turn around, we really can't make it out." Chen Pi wiped the sweat dripping from his face again. , said with a wry smile.

"Let's rest for a while, I brought everyone sour plum soup, let the masters drink a bowl, and take a rest." Li Meier saw that Ding Yi had brought in a large bucket of sour plum soup, and said with a smile.

Chen Pi hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Then listen to Miss, let's rest for a while." After finishing speaking, he turned to everyone in the workshop and said: "The little boss brought us sour plum soup, let everyone relieve the summer heat and rest. For a while. Put down your work and come over to have some soup."

Only then did everyone stop what they were doing, and came over to drink soup one after another.

Jiang Shanqing and Chen Pi came to the side and asked him about some things in the workshop. They were sure that there was nothing else besides the shortage of manpower, so they were relieved.

"Little Boss, our workshop is still too small. Now we have recruited the most small workers. If we want to continue to recruit people, we must expand the workshop." Chen Pi said to Jiang Shanqing with a bitter face.

Naturally, Jiang Shanqing knew that the workshop was not big enough, so he had already made plans, and said, "I have already found a dentist, and I plan to buy the house next door, and transform it so that it can be used as our workshop, but now our The demand for books is getting bigger and bigger, I plan to buy another large printing workshop in the state capital, but I still need a reliable person to help me manage it there, Chen Pi, I want you to go there, what do you want?"

Chen Pi was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that Jiang Shanqing would suddenly say that he should go to the state capital, he hesitated for a moment, but still politely refused: "Little Boss, you also know that my mother and younger siblings are all in the town, my mother has been here for decades I've lived in the town, I'm afraid it's hard to leave my homeland, I'm where my mother is, I'll be there, you should know about me and my mother, the misunderstanding between our mother and son for so many years has finally been resolved, I'm sure Be filial to her."

Jiang Shanqing naturally knew Chen Pi's difficulty, so he didn't force it, but said: "Don't worry about it, you can think about it when you go back, or you can discuss it with Aunt Wei, maybe she is willing to go to the state capital, wait for me Find a good shop in the state capital, everything is arranged properly, and you will give me an answer."

This is the end of Jiang Shanqing's words, and Chen Pi couldn't refuse anymore, so he could only nod his head in response.

Jiang Shanqing and Li Meier didn't stay here for a long time. They were about to leave after everyone finished drinking the sour plum soup and started working again. In order to reward everyone, Jiang Shanqing asked the cooking aunt to go to Liuji to buy some sauced pig's trotters and sauced meat , It is an extra meal for the masters.

On the back cart, Li Meier and Jiang Shanqing asked: "Do you really want Chen Pi to go to the state government to manage the printing workshop, so you are not afraid of him causing trouble. He has a criminal record?"

"What are you afraid of? If Chen Pi is alone, I might be afraid, but he has an old mother and younger brothers and sisters, so he will naturally have scruples in doing things, and this state capital is not like a town. He is not familiar with the place, so what can he do? The thing is, I want him to go to the state capital because of his talent. He can turn from a small ruffian into a ruffian leader within a few years, which shows that he has scheming skills. This kind of person is well used , It will be of great help to us." Jiang Shanqing said very maturely, obviously observing Chen Pi for a long time.

Li Mei'er couldn't help giving Jiang Shanqing a thumbs up, an old ghost is an old ghost, so much thinking.

Zhanyan is approaching the Ghost Festival, and Li Yan has finally returned from the state capital. He was stunned when he saw Jiang Shi for the first time. It is still hot at the moment, and Jiang Shi's clothes are thin. Nearly five months old, her belly has been slightly swollen, and a discerning person can tell she is pregnant at a glance.

"Yingying, this is... this is... yes!" Li Yan pointed at Jiang's stomach, almost stuttering, with an expression of surprise and annoyance on his face.

"Fool, don't hesitate to help your daughter-in-law!" Mrs. Li reminded angrily, seeing her son's stupid appearance.

Then Li Yan came to a sudden, and quickly responded, stepped forward to support Jiang carefully, and asked with a grin: "It's such a big matter, mother, why don't you write me a letter to tell me?" When he said this , with a little resentment in his tone.

(End of this chapter)