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The murder in Lingyin Temple seems to have never happened at all, and everything is peaceful.

Lao Song quickly inquired about a very suitable piece of ground, not far from the west city of Hangzhou, not far from Baishanfang where Xue Poye used to live.

Xue Poye took a look at the ground in person, and it was indeed a good place. On the left was a large pool of water, just enough to solve the problem of water use. Not far to the south was a small hillside, surrounded by dense weeds. The forest has many thorns.

The environment here is excellent and clean. It is indeed a good place to open a factory.

Of course Xue Poye knew the difference between ancient workshops and modern factories.

To put it in a big way, it is a big change in the production mode of feudal society and capitalist society. To put it in detail, workshops generally do not hire workers, but helpers and domestic servants, and even a large number of apprentices. There is no remuneration, only the minimum guarantee for living , so they do not have an employment relationship, while the factory loses the pure employment relationship, and the treatment of workers has been greatly improved compared with the apprentices in the workshop.

It can be said that the workshop is based on the family, while the level of the factory is much higher.

The factory is stronger than the workshop in terms of production scale, technical division of labor and production and sales rate. The factory is an assembly line production, which is much better than the single handmade work of the workshop.

Looking at the empty field, Xue Poye asked: "Do you know whose land this is?"

Lao Song responded: "I've found out that this is public land, and it doesn't belong to anyone." After a pause, he continued: "If the shopkeeper really wants to build a workshop here, I'm afraid he'll have to go to the government office to ask the magistrate to sign the land. make."

Xue Poye breathed a sigh of relief. If it was a private land, it would be difficult, but if it was a public land, it would be much smoother.

"Old Song, we are building a factory, not a workshop." Xue Poye said with a smile.

Lao Song was taken aback, of course he didn't understand the difference between a factory and a workshop.

Xue Poye immediately rode the golden lion to the mansion. The golden lion had already ridden back from Lanyuexuan. It was still fat and long-legged, full of energy.

Seeing He Ruhui, Xue Poye first presented 2 taels of ordinary banknotes that had gone through the formalities, He Ruhui pretended to decline twice, and accepted it with a smile on his face. I started to like it in my heart.

When Xue Poye talked about the land, He Ruhui only asked a few casually, and immediately ordered the land department to open the land deed, sign and seal it, register it in the book, and transfer the vacant land to Xue Poye's name. Down.

Xue Poye couldn't help sighing, with He Ruhui behind him, and the collusion of officials, businessmen, and collaborators, it was really cool to get things done.

Now I went to the military office and the finance office for a walk, and each gave 500 taels. Everyone was very happy. These officials in the government have already regarded Xue Poye as their own, at least on the surface. at this point.

The total is 22 taels of silver. For the autumn clothes, the Qiao family collected 5 taels. This time, they gave the yamen 5000 taels as a kickback. Now there are still 14 taels left. For Xue Poye, he can do a lot. things.

The so-called noble god of soldiers is also absolutely practical in business.

After Xue Poye took over the land, he immediately asked Lao Song to invite the construction team to start building the factory. He also drew a picture of the factory himself, including the layout and size of the space in detail.

There are also clear arrangements for raw material warehouses, production workshops, finished product warehouses, packaging warehouses, including canteens and toilets.

Xue Poye understands that all these are just external tools. What he really needs are the three giants from Qiao's family and Nan Huaiwu whom he deeply hopes. As long as these people gather under his hands, Xue Poye really can't imagine Find out what difficulties can stump yourself.

Although Xue Poye's designs are very novel, the construction team has never seen them, but fortunately these people also understood Xue Poye's intentions, conducted field inspections, studied carefully, and made a construction plan. Xue Poye and these people To study and improve together, it is necessary to design according to the modern factory in memory, but also to combine the characteristics of this era.

For two consecutive days, everyone made their final plan and chose a date to break ground.

In ancient times, the breaking of the ground was very particular. It is not just to choose a day. It is necessary to choose an auspicious day to break the ground. If the wrong day is chosen, and it is an inauspicious day, then the house will not be safe in the future.

Xue Poye went to the countryside to do as the Romans did, and chose a day, and it was only these few days. After finishing his work here, he realized that the day for the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce to gather in Baoyutang had arrived.

The time has come for the Lu family to use the chamber of commerce to suppress themselves.

Xue Poye arrived alone, riding a golden lion.

Cars and horses were already parked outside Baoyutang, and rich businessmen in brocade clothes and broad gowns puffed out their stomachs, and greeted with half-smiles. If they were rivals, they turned their heads and ignored them, and walked towards Baoyutang's yard one after another.

Xue Poye's golden lion has become a symbol. Although his wealth is far less than that of many people, his reputation is much greater than many people. It is just like this. Both familiar and unfamiliar people also greet Xue Poye. Respond one by one with a smile.

"Shopkeeper Xue is here?" A voice came from the side.

Xue Poye turned his head to look, but it was Boss Hu from the decoration shop, who smiled and said: "Boss Hu, you are here too, very good, very good." While talking, he had already got off the horse and tied the horse on the side.

Boss Hu approached and said: "It's been a while since I saw you, Boss Xue's business is booming, haha...!"

Xue Poye clasped his hands and said: "It's not your brother's credit, if it wasn't for your decoration, where would the current business be, I would like to thank you for being here."

Boss Hu chuckled, and suddenly approached in a low voice, "Does my brother know what's going on at this party?"

Xue Poye smiled and shook his head, but he was very clear in his heart.

Boss Hu frowned, glanced at the door, and said in a low voice: "I really don't have eyes, I'm busy these days, I have to get together, what the hell are you doing? In the past, the chamber of commerce gathers at the end of the year , and they all ate and drank in a restaurant, why do we have to meet in this ghost place today." Looking at him, he seemed very dissatisfied.

Xue Poye looked at the faces of the other businessmen, most of them were lackluster, and a smile appeared on the corner of their mouths. It seemed that everyone didn't respect the Lu family very much, but the Lu family was powerful and had no other choice.

Immediately, he and Boss Hu entered the yard hand in hand, and walked inside to the hall.

The lobby was huge, there were already nearly a hundred people in the room, it was noisy and noisy, most of them were rich and noble merchants in Hangzhou in brocade clothes and robes, the inner and outer three floors of the hall were filled with wooden chairs, and all the merchants also sat down one after another.

Boss Hu pulled Xue Poye to sit down in a corner, and approached him and said, "Could it be that woman wants to take advantage of us again? F*ck, last time we got together, we just added [-]% to the membership fee."

You still have to pay the dues?Xue Poye sneered in his heart, seeing what Boss Hu meant, the membership fee seemed to be quite a lot.

"I'm a newcomer, so I don't know the rules inside!" Xue Poye approached and said, "Will it cost a lot?"

Boss Hu said with a hint of anger: "It depends on who it is. Naturally, the goods from their Lu family are very small, otherwise they will naturally be high. I can't earn a few silvers a year, and I have to pay 30 taels of silver. * **...!"

A guy next to him heard it, and stretched out his fingers and said, "I'm 50 taels, more than you."

Boss Hu gave the man a contemptuous look, and said, "You earn more than me, so you will pay more naturally. Doesn't the Lu family let me live?"

Apart from this side, the other seats were also whispering, and the room was buzzing.

Not long after, Xue Poye finally saw Mrs. Fang come out.

Mrs. Fang came out from the side door, followed by two maidservants, wearing light yellow palace clothes, looking dignified and beautiful, with an elegant temperament, she walked gently to the main seat, her face was as cold as ice, awe-inspiring and inviolable.

Xue Poye sneered in his heart, this looks like a chaste saint, who the hell knows the lewdness behind this woman.

Seeing Mrs. Fang coming out, all the merchants stood up, no matter whether they were respectful or not, they saluted on the surface. Seeing so many merchants salute a woman who was extremely sensual in heart, Xue Poye felt very sad, at least he It is sitting still.

After Mrs. Fang signaled everyone to sit down, she first said some polite words, and then talked about some business matters in Hangzhou. There was also a hint of self-respect in her words, which was nothing more than a hidden explanation that Hangzhou's business was so prosperous, and she and Lu The family is inseparable, but it is because her Lu family has stabilized the situation here that there is such a harmonious environment.

Xue Poye didn't bother to listen, and closed his eyes to rest his mind.

Hearing Mrs. Fang's words suddenly turn around, she said calmly: "It is your hard work that has made me prosperous in Hangzhou. Recently, something good has happened in this prosperous place."

At that moment, someone asked: "But I don't know what good things the president said?"

Mrs. Fang swept her phoenix eyes among the crowd, and finally saw Xue Poye in the back seat, and said coldly: "It's a good thing, but it can also be said that a business genius has appeared, contributing to the prosperity of Hangzhou." After a pause, he said slowly: "Everyone must already know who this business genius is? The two Han Gardens by the West Lake are restaurants under the name of shopkeeper Xue."

Everyone heard Mrs. Fang's voice slightly cold, and followed her gaze to look at Xue Poye.

Xue Poye touched his nose, his face was calm, he was having fun!