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Chapter 212 Chapter 220: Newspapers and Banks

Lu Yun didn't speak, because he didn't have any ideas, he didn't know much about Wu Meiniang, he just felt that this woman was not simple.

Li Hao thought for a long time with frowning brows, and felt that he could only confess Wu Meiniang as his ancestor.

This kind of woman has the ability to confuse people, and she must not be allowed to talk to her at home, so he said to Lu Yun: "You send someone to clean up the east courtyard, and the garden should be repaired, and it must be done quickly. Let Wu Meiniang tomorrow Move in and let Yun'er take care of her daily life. Remember, tell everyone in the family, including Turandot, to be respectful to her and not neglect her. However, it is best not to talk to her too much , or serve with a whip! As for address, let Turandot and the others call him Miss Wu, and let the servants call him Miss." When he mentioned the word Miss, he specially emphasized the sound, and felt a little bit of fun in his heart. .

"Yes." After hearing this, Lu Yun bowed his hands and accepted the order, opened the door and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Li Hao suddenly shouted again.

Lu Yun turned around and asked, "What else do you want, Master?"

Li Hao smiled awkwardly: "Give me a pair of shorts first."

Lu Yun looked at a wet spot on his shorts, and smiled knowingly: "Okay." After speaking, he walked out of the private room.

Not long after, Lu Yun brought shorts to Li Hao, and Li Hao hurriedly changed them on, then put on his clothes and left the private room, and came to the front yard, just in time to see Du Hong.

Just as Du Hong wanted to salute, Li Hao stopped him and said, "Come with me to the study." After speaking, he went straight to the study.

Li Hao brought Du Hong to the study room, closed the door, and asked: "Du Hong, I was in a hurry last night, and I didn't have time to ask more questions. Now that I have free time, please tell me. During my absence, what is the situation at home?" Did something important happen?"

"No." Du Hong nodded and said, "The house has been very quiet, and nothing major has happened."

Li Hao nodded: "What about business, how is the family's current financial situation?"

Du Hong immediately beamed with joy when he heard the words, and said, "Master, everything in the family business is going well, even the tea business has started to make money, and there are four to fifty thousand guan in the account every year. Now we have too much money in the warehouse at home, and the old slave Then they exchanged it into gold and silver, and there are 6 taels of gold and 30 taels of silver in the treasury, and if the working capital in each store is added, there are about more than 150 million taels."

"So many!" Li Hao exclaimed when he heard the words, and said happily, "Okay, keep it up, Du Hong, I have a new business idea, and you're going to be busy again."

Du Hong bowed excitedly and said: "This old slave is willing to die for the young master, please give me instructions."

Li Haodao: "I plan to start two new businesses, one is a newspaper office and the other is a bank. I need a lot of manpower. Find me fifty poor scholars, fifty accountants who are very good at accounting, thirty There are craftsmen who carve boards for the bookstore, and thirty workers who print letters for the bookstore. At the same time, you also need to help me purchase thirteen shops in Chang'an City, and two shops in each of the surrounding counties."

Du Hong bowed to accept the order: "Yes, young master, do you have any other orders?"

Li Hao said: "Let Lu Zhi come to see me."

"Yes, the old slave will leave." Du Hong said and exited the study.

After more than ten minutes, Lu Zhi's voice sounded outside the study door: "Lu Zhi pays homage to the young master."

"Come in." Li Hao said, "The door is unlocked."

Lu Zhi pushed the door in, closed the door, and bowed to Li Hao. Li Hao stopped the picture he was drawing, looked up at him, and saw that Lu Zhi's face was pale and his complexion was very bad. Sunshine.

Li Hao couldn't help but concerned and said: "Lu Zhi, if you are free in the future, you can take the craftsmen out every day, as long as you don't leave the gate of my Li Mansion, you'll be fine, don't nest in the secret room all day, like a mouse, it's very bad for your health good."

Lu Zhi was moved when he heard the words. He didn't expect that Li Hao hadn't returned home for two years, and the first words he said after returning home were such concerned words, and his eyes turned red: "Thank you, Lord Hou, for your concern, old slave. Lord Hou also needs to take care of your health."

"Okay, let's not exchange pleasantries anymore, let's get straight to the point." Li Hao got up and walked in front of him, and asked in a low voice, "How many crossbows have you made in the past two years?"

Lu Zhi said: "Young master, there are nearly a thousand continuous crossbows, one hundred bed crossbows, 30 arrows for the continuous crossbow, and fifty thousand arrows for the bed crossbow."

"Thank you." Li Hao nodded, and said thoughtfully, "You should stop for a while and help me build a Fangtian painted halberd for Xue Rengui. He has great strength and is not easy to use with ordinary weapons. .”

As he spoke, he returned to the desk, picked up two pieces of paper and handed them to Lu Zhi, saying: "The first one is the model of Fang Tian's halberd painting, it can be made according to this size and model, it must be exactly the same. The second one is the magic method of forging steel, which allows you to forge good steel, remember, the material of this Fang Tianhua halberd must be good."

Lu Zhi knew a little about blacksmithing skills, and after looking at the two pieces of paper, he nodded quickly: "Don't worry, Lord Hou, we will try our best to do our best."

Li Hao said with satisfaction: "Well, it must be the best. After making this Fangtian painting halberd, make a big box and send it to me. I will send it to Xue Rengui myself, and then you can rest for a while , crossbows and arrows will not be made for now.”

"Yes."

After sending Lu Zhi away, Li Hao walked out of the study, and was going to find Hu Dashan and Hu Xiaohai. Unexpectedly, these two people also came to look for him. Coincidentally, Li Hao took them to the study, and then explained to them the news of the newspaper office. And the role of the bank, he is not going to open a bank, but directly called the bank, Hu Dashan has been studying for so many years, and he still has some ideas in his stomach. Li Hao decided to let him be the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. As for Hu Xiaohai, he is shrewd and lively. , and has an excellent memory, Li Hao plans to teach him some simple arithmetic, so that he can be the president of the bank and specialize in account management.

The position of editor-in-chief of the newspaper did not put much pressure on Hu Dashan. After all, he was familiar with poetry and books. He can think carefully.

As for Hu Xiaohai, he used to help with the work in the chicken wishbone store, and also helped with the calculations. His accounting skills are not bad, and the abacus can also make thieves slip away. However, Li Hao must let him learn the arithmetic of the future world. The ancient arithmetic is too troublesome. It is too complicated, and it is really half the effort when calculating accounts, and once there are mistakes and omissions, it is difficult to troubleshoot.

Li Haodang even started to teach Hu Xiaohai arithmetic. When he taught Hu Xiaohai the most basic Arabic numerals, Hu Xiaohai was shocked. At first, he thought these symbols were strange and awkward, because they were different from Chinese characters. It's too big, but when Li Hao taught him the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of Arabic numerals, and combined with the abacus, he found that the calculation and bookkeeping can become so simple.

When Li Hao first started doing business, he invented the abacus, which was convenient for shopkeepers in the store to settle accounts. Now the abacus has already been popularized among the major merchants in Chang'an, and it is no longer a novelty. Anyone who can calculate accounts can do it well. On the contrary, Li Hao, the inventor, only understands the theory but not the skills, and his abacus skills are first-class poor.

Li Hao taught Hu Xiaohai how to keep accounts with spreadsheets. Hu Xiaohai was so excited that he was going crazy. As if he had found the true meaning of life, he frantically simulated the calculations, kept accounts, and then checked them, taking great pleasure in it.

Li Hao had to admit that Hu Xiaohai is a math prodigy, and he can easily teach mathematics. Of course, he has a foundation in Chinese mathematics after all, and now he just uses a more concise way.

At the same time, Li Hao also had to lament that the Arab businessmen were so smart that they could actually invent such epoch-making things as Arabic numerals, but sorry, now that these numbers have become Li Hao's invention, those Arabs can only cry and faint. The toilet is gone.

It was nearly noon, and Hu Dashan was simulating manuscript reading in the study, while Hu Xiaohai was crackling dialing the abacus, simulating accounting and bookkeeping, both of them were extremely busy, while Li Hao was lying on the rattan chair with his eyes closed, busy sneaking around.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk" knocked on the door suddenly.

Li Hao closed his eyes and asked, "Who is it?"

"I, Li Ping."

Li Hao got up and went to open the door, only to see Li Ping standing outside the door, looking at him resentfully, Li Hao walked out of the room and asked, "What's the matter, why this expression?"

"When will you take me to see my father?" Li Ping pouted and asked.

"Eh..." Li Hao scratched his head immediately. To be honest, he was a little afraid to see Li Daozong, not to mention that he was suspected of abducting his daughter. He originally thought that when he was in Chang'an yesterday, Li Daozong would come to take Li Ping away. Unexpectedly, Li Daozong never appeared.

Just as he was about to reply, he suddenly remembered something. In history, Li Daozong seemed to have been imprisoned for corruption and perverting the law in the 11th year of Zhenguan. He was released from prison in the 13th year of Zhenguan and was transferred to be the governor of Jinzhou. If there is no deviation in history, then Now Li Daozong should be in Jinzhou.

Li Hao hurriedly called Du Hong and asked him if he knew about this matter. Du Hong said he didn't know, Li Hao was surprised. Could it be that history has gone wrong, Li Daozong's fate has been changed because of contact with him many times?But if you say that, it's illogical. If Li Daozong is in Chang'an, why didn't he come forward to take Li Ping away yesterday, for the sake of Li Ping's reputation?Or that he was not transferred to Tingzhou, but transferred to another place?Or... is he still in prison?Not out of jail yet?
It's a pity that Li Hao had just returned to Chang'an, and he was a little confused about the current situation in Chang'an, so he planned to go to Chang'an alone, inquire about the news, and visit a few uncles by the way. Respect for elders.

Just as Li Hao was about to prepare presents, the concierge Wang San suddenly ran in in a hurry, and said anxiously as soon as he entered the door: "Young master, suddenly many soldiers and horses came outside the door, hundreds of them! The leader seems to be sending you back last night That general!"

"Chen Bin?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and said to himself in doubt, "Why did he bring troops here?"

Full of doubts, Li Hao came to the gate of the mansion, and he saw Chen Bin lined up neatly at the gate with two hundred left guards, with an astonishing aura.

As soon as Li Hao came out, Chen Bin immediately got off his horse and saluted: "Chen Bin, the humble Zuo Wuwei Zhonglang, was ordered to lead two hundred Zuo Wuwei to protect Lord Li, the Marquis of Lantian County."

Li Hao's eyebrows danced wildly when he heard the words: "Li Shimin is messing around again? Spying on me?"

　Be ashamed and ask for a one-time ticket, and ask for a monthly ticket recommendation ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)