Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 46

Chapter 47 Stealing Art Liulichang
Half of the fox's tail was exposed. He didn't look for the magistrate of the county in the south of the city, the sheriff of Nancheng County, or the governor of the capital, but the Wucheng Bingmasi, who was out of reach, and talked to his subordinates in a negotiating tone. , deliberately used this sentence to scare the two of them.The matter involved the soldiers and horses of the five cities. It should be a murder or a major event of rebellion and collusion with the enemy. There is no real evidence for bribery.
Jin Yang thought about the purpose of coming here for a few times, and finally decided that it was for money, so he asked tentatively: "Prince, we really didn't use any means of bribery, and we didn't even care about human kindness. Is it true? It was bought with money according to the procedure, but it is indeed cheaper to buy the house, can we give the royal family some compensation?"

"Hey, does this make sense? Wouldn't it be over if I said that earlier?" This time his fox tail was exposed, and he came here to blackmail money.

Liu Tao said: "Prince, it is not impossible to compensate the royal family, but you have also seen that our stall has just been rolled out, and almost all the money we brought has been spent..."

Seeing that Liu Tao was going to procrastinate, he was unhappy again: "I don't want more from you, you just make up the difference between 500 taels and 6000 taels. Can't get it out?"

"Prince, you're right. We can't even take out 300 taels of silver now. Why don't you see what is valuable in our yard and take it away?" Seeing the comparison between him and her grandma, Liu Tao had to take it out. Do to him what she did to her grandma.

One sentence pissed off the third prince again. Who did they take him for?

"You girl, did I give you face? You don't even have 300 taels, you..."

Jin Li also laughed: "Prince, we really don't have any, and we are not reneging on debts. If not, you can write it down first, and the days will be long in the future. What's the point of giving us a few days later? Can we still run away?" ?”

The third prince saw that what he said was true, and they were anxious that they couldn't come up with a large sum of money, and they couldn't let them sell the house or land. In the end, Liu Tao handed them 200 taels of silver and promised to collect the follow-up money as soon as possible .

Watching them leave through the back door, the two taunted their backs for a while, but when they turned around, they saw the whole family coming. Dad was supported by Wu'er and Erhu. Dad was so frightened. He had never seen a big man before, and he was about to fall ill after being frightened by the fierce third prince. Liu Tao hurriedly explained to him the reason why the third prince came here.If it doesn't make sense, my father will probably suffer from hemiplegia just like my father-in-law.

Zhao Zhong has some management skills. Liu Tao asked him to pay attention to honest and hard-working people when leading people to work. It is best to be younger and versatile, so that they can be recruited into the mansion as internal employees in the future. Now six of them have been confirmed. .

The two made it clear to them: "From now on, you will be regarded as trustworthy employees (family members). As long as you obey the boss's instructions and do a good job of keeping secrets, those who pass the trial can move into the yard. Not only will you be in charge, but you will also be in charge." Three meals a day, usually Zhao Zhong said that you can earn at most [-] copper coins for a month of hard work. If you enter the Jinfu, I promise to give you a monthly salary of no less than [-] copper coins. If you pass the further investigation in the month, you will be like Lao Huang's family, each person will receive one or two taels of silver per month, and if you stand out, you will get more money for more work, and you will be paid on a piece-by-piece basis..."

It was the first time they heard about the term “employee”, which was very new. Excluding male employees, now, more than 20 female employees have been recruited, most of whom are unmarried girls.Some of them were recruited from the clothing and footwear workshop, and they are getting familiar with the use of sewing machines under the leadership of Malhua. The workshop is connected by two adjacent yards, and work and accommodation have been settled.

The other part is learning how to make crispy rice under the leadership of Huang Ying. Ten newly ordered ovens have been shipped back, and these male employees are installing the ovens together with the original four.In the future, the normal production of this workshop will be three shifts, and the most manpower will be used. The remaining few older ones will belong to Marland's dairy business.

Liu Tao told them: "If you work in that workshop, you will work and rest in that workshop. You are not allowed to mess around in irrelevant workshops, and you are not allowed to disclose the formula of food and the structure of sewing machines to outsiders. Once found out, you will be fired immediately. This is not the intention of the boss. Ruthless, it is true that the food and machinery of the boss are exclusively owned, if it spreads, not only the business of the boss will be impacted by the peers, but the income of you employees will also be affected..."

Later, it was discovered that a person was stealthily drawing the mechanical structure diagram of the sewing machine, and other employees found out and reported it. Liu Tao didn't care about her crying request, and fired her without hesitation.

These unmarried girls who stayed behind later became sought-after goods for young people of the right age outside, with more than one tael of silver per month, which is a high income.For an ordinary family in the capital of the country, the living expenses of five hundred copper coins a month are more than well-to-do, not to mention the income of more than one or two silver coins, and some seasonal food can be distributed during the New Year's festival.

Because the two workshops are at the front, in order to facilitate management and security, a wall was used to separate the two workshops from the middle courtyard, and a door was left to be guarded by Lao Huang. Behind the guard’s house was the large cafeteria. Cook, those who deliver and choose vegetables are not allowed to enter the workshop casually.This gate is also close to the side gate of King Gan's Mansion in the past, and now it has been changed to the main gate. If there is something here, it is convenient for Lao Huang to go and ask nearby.

Entering this side door, facing the stables and the place where the carts are parked, is also close to the cattle pen. This part is now called the middle courtyard, but according to the courtyard of the palace, the front yard and the middle courtyard only take up less than one-third. The backyard and gardens are still huge.

The hides used now are all bought and processed. The two plan to buy the hides and tan them by themselves in the future, but after going to a hide processing workshop, Liu Tao dismissed this idea.Because the workshop was full of mosquitoes and flies, and the smell was so high, if they processed hides at home, they would definitely be the same as them.Therefore, in the future, just purchase, as for processing, then spend money to entrust other workshops.

Not forgetting the promise he made to Lao Huang, Jin Li specially made a small pot stove with thin iron for him, and made a trial production of alcohol cubes. When Lao Huang was guarding the door alone, he could drink hot pots while drinking. .Sometimes when Liu Tao entertains guests, she will borrow this cooking pot for a while.

Liu Mao and Xiao Si also went to the private school of the owner of Liulichang in the south of the city to go to school. This private school was jointly established by several owners of Liulichang. It is the best private school in the south of the city. The one who went was able to enroll because Wu Chenxi put the words in the middle.Next door to the private school is Liulichang, with a small gate connecting both sides.Several owners of Liulichang did not allow people to enter the factory without permission in order to keep it secret, but these schoolchildren were free to come in and out through the small gate.

Now the glazed products of Daqianguo sell well overseas, comparable to overseas glass. Every year, glazed products, glazed beads, glazed bracelets, glazed headgear, snuff bottles, cigarette bags, flower holders, bead curtains, ornaments... can be exchanged back Lots of money.When Liu Tao heard about it, she asked them to pay attention to the various techniques and raw material ratios of their colored glaze production, and to help them when they had the opportunity, and strive to learn it within a certain period of time.Speaking of learning, in fact, in these years, people value the important industry that supports the family, and it is easy to give it to people with foreign surnames without wearing it, and their learning is equivalent to stealing art.

(End of this chapter)