Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 840 Acquiring the Printing Workshop
Of course, Liu Ya also admits that it is not absolute to look at the face, some people are born with a smiling face, who looks kind but has a particularly bad heart.But this kind of person's eyes must be flickering, and his smile is a bit fake.So people who know a little bit of psychology can still tell the good from the bad from the face.

After seeing this guy, Liu Ya felt that the first impression was good, he should be an honest guy.In the future, the printing workshop can be entrusted to him to operate properly.

The old man didn't seem to have thought that the young master Nanling was talking about would be such a young girl, he was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked Nanling, "Are you kidding me? I'm not kidding about the matter of tens of taels of silver." of."

Liu Ya understood as soon as she heard it, and took out a bank note of 30 taels from her pocket and said: "Old man, don't look at me as young, but this bank note is genuine. I am in charge of everything in my family, so You sign a contract with me to guarantee it will work. If you still don’t believe it, you can find someone to guarantee it.”

Nanling also said from the side: "Old man Wang, don't believe me. This little owner is doing business with Feihong Bookstore. If it weren't for her, my small workshop would not be so prosperous. There is a saying called 'hero Out of a teenager"?I think this little boss should be regarded as a heroine among women. "

"What kind of female hero is called a heroine." The old man heard what Nanling said, and knew that Feihong Bookstore was famous, so he naturally had no objection.It is estimated that no one would come out to deceive people under such a big banner, let alone a humble little girl.

Next, the signing of the contract went smoothly. Although it was said to be a private transaction, the common people believed in it.Some people can't read at all, let alone sign any contract, so they agreed with each other, just find a witness to act as a guarantee, and then press their fingerprints to take effect.There is no need to go to the government to go through any formalities, which is relatively simple.

Now it was Liu Ya who came to buy the book printing workshop, so there was no need to find any middleman as a guarantor, and Nanling agreed to be the guarantor.

Liu Ya personally wrote a contract and gave it to the old man to read.

The old man was literate. After reading it, he looked at Liu Ya and said, "You little girl can read and write, and this handwriting is quite good. It seems that she has ink and foundation. That's fine. I gave you this workshop, maybe it will develop in the future." After finishing speaking, he pressed his thumbprint.

Nanling also pressed his fingerprints, and both parties kept a copy, so the workshop officially changed hands.

The old man said to Liu Ya: "It was also discussed before. My apprentice has been with me for many years. He was an orphan since he was a child and has no relatives. He doesn't know any other crafts. He can only continue to work in the workshop. You can't Don't use him."

Liu Ya promised: "Old man, don't worry, I don't know how to print first, and secondly, I don't know how to engrave characters. I exchanged this workshop just to save some paper money. You seem to be a real guy, and of course I will continue to use him. Yes. But only if he wants to."

The old man pointed to Liu Ya, and said to the guy: "This is the new owner, you can follow her from now on, okay?"

The guy nodded, it seemed that he was still not talking much.Then he walked over to Liu Ya and called "Master", and said, "My name is Zhou Dongsheng. Actually, I don't know if my surname is Zhou. I have been wandering around since I was young, or Master took me in later. From now on, Master, you only need to use me." , I will work hard, because I have nowhere to go."

Liu Ya nodded, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, then you will have to worry about things here. I can't come here often, so I have to take care of you. How much is your monthly salary now?"

Zhou Dongsheng said: "My old boss provides food and housing, and gives me two qian a month. I don't have any expenses, and I haven't married a wife yet. If the boss thinks it's too much, you can take less, but you still have to give me money." Food and shelter are included."

When Liu Ya heard it, this person was too real, how could he lower his salary?He said: "How about this, you will work hard for me for a month first, with food and housing included, and the wages will remain the same. After one month, there is no major problem, and I will give you extra money."

When Zhou Dongsheng heard that not only the salary was a lot, but also more, of course he was very happy and thanked him repeatedly.

Everything was done here, and the old man also got 30 taels of silver. He happily said that he wanted to treat Liu Ya to a light meal, and that he could introduce him to Liu Ya if he had any business in the future.Let those regular customers continue to come to this shop.

Liu Ya politely declined, saying that there was something more important to do, and I would hand it over to Zhou Dongsheng in the future.The workshop was lent to Nanling for free, as long as she printed the paper in the library into a book.

As soon as the old man heard this, he smiled and said to Nanling: "I said why are you so caring, kid? How dare you say that there is such a big good thing waiting for you? I will lend you this shop without spending money. Why did you pick up the big bargains. If I knew this, I would still keep the workshop, and let the little boss print books here."

Both Liu Ya and Nan Ling knew it was a joke, and they laughed together after hearing it, but no one really took it to heart.

The old man invited Nanling to have dinner with him again, but Nanling couldn't agree to go, there was still work to be done, so he sent him away.

Liu Ya followed Zhou Dongsheng to see the workshop that had been converted from the new plate.It is estimated that because of the change of owner, the workshop has been cleaned up specially, and it looks quite clean.However, it may also be that the business was not very good before, so it seemed deserted.

But this workshop is quite big, better than the one on Nanling.Then I went to the warehouse to have a look. The bundles of paper inside were arranged correctly, and the inventory was very large.After simply looking at it, Liu Ya felt that the workshop's 30 taels of silver was quite worth it.

Nanling sent the old club away and also came over.He also asked Zhou Dongsheng to show Liu Ya the account books they used to count their inventory, and the account books of their receipts and payments.

Liu Ya laughed after flipping through a few pages, pointing to the messy writing on it, whether it was words or numbers, she asked Nanling: "What kind of account book is this? Why can't I understand a single word?"

Nanling scratched his head and smiled when he heard this, and said: "The eyes of the old boss are no longer good, and the person who carved letters all the year round is almost blind at his age. So after counting, the work of counting is all Dongsheng and I did it. Dongsheng knows some characters, but he can’t write very well, let alone bookkeeping. This is the number we two studied and wrote down, wondering if we should give it to you, the little boss Just look."

Liu Ya turned her head and asked Zhou Dongsheng, "You were always there during the counting, so I will not read this account book. If I have a chance later, I will count it myself. If there are fewer or mistakes, I will come to you again."

(End of this chapter)