Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 53 Entering Beijing to Replace Job ([-])

Dawuzhaibao Cement Plant.

Groups of "grey men", old and young, male and female, stood below and listened to Yang Xiaolu's speech above.Deng Zisheng, the manager of the cement factory, and Ma Jinzhong, the supervisor, were by the side.

Yang Xiaolu put his hands on his hips and said loudly: "Young Master Rende, I can't bear to see you suffer from the dust on a daily basis. I thought about it day and night, and made these masks. You take them out and wear them on your face. Come on, cover your mouth and nose, and you won't be afraid of this white dust from now on."

With a wave of his hand, the supervisor Ma Jinzhong ordered his subordinates to distribute the masks. The "gray men" came up one by one, and after receiving the masks, they all bent down and said, "Thank you, young master, for your benevolence."

After getting the masks, many people looked left and right curiously, while some couldn't wait to put them on their faces. After everyone tried it, they all talked in low voices.

"Really, this mask is really good. After having this mask, I won't be afraid of dust when I work in the future."

"Young Master is still thoughtful..."

"It's really a blessing for us to be able to work under the young master."

"Yeah, yeah, after Wuzhaibao has a young man, the days are getting better and better every day..."

"Oh, you child, don't use your hands to pull this mask..."

Seeing the people below whispering to each other in various ways, Yang Xiaolu said loudly: "The young master is so kind, in the future you must always remember that you must work hard and not be lazy, you understand?"

Everyone responded in a hurry: "Understood."

After distributing the masks, Yang Xiaolu ordered the workers to continue working. He was accompanied by the supervisor Deng Zisheng and the supervisor Ma Jinzhong to inspect the various parts of the mine. Have you developed your cement thing?"

Deng Zisheng said with some shame: "I have been working hard day and night, but this cement has not been developed yet..."

Yang Xiaolu frowned, and said, "Hurry up, the young master attaches great importance to this concrete thing."

Deng Zisheng bowed again and again: "We must work hard, we must work hard." He secretly put a piece of silver in Yang Xiaolu's hands: "Please also ask Master Yang to say a few words in front of the young and old..."

Yang Xiaolu let out a long sigh: "Okay, young master, I'll talk about it. Who told me to be kind, but it mainly depends on your own performance..."

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"A guest has arrived..."

"see a visitor out……"

The Qixian Guild Hall on Dadong Street is full of people visiting. Seeing that the wheat in the various farms of Wuzhaibao is growing well, it is in stark contrast with other Minbao or other counties outside the fort. If nothing else, this The various farms in Wuzhaibao saw a bumper harvest when they saw the autumn harvest.As a result, more people came to visit Qu Yuanrui. During these times, Qu Yuanrui greeted and sent them off, and it can be said that his face was full of spring breeze.

In the main room, Qu Yuanrui was about to sit down and have a sip of tea just as he was seeing off a businessman, but seeing Uncle De come in, hesitant to speak, Qu Yuanrui waved his hand and said, "Uncle De, today is the So far, no more visitors."

Uncle De opened his mouth and was about to answer.I heard a voice from outside: "Since when did the fourth brother become so arrogant that he doesn't even want to see the eldest brother and father?"

Following the voice, an old man and a young man came in. The old man was over sixty years old, dressed in a purple brocade silk robe, with swollen eyes, his eyes seemed to be narrowed into a slit, a big belly, and a long gray beard. A wealthy businessman who is old in the mall.

The younger businessman was in his thirties and was also dressed in a luxurious silk robe.With two short beards, every move is full of energy, and Gu Panjian looks a bit aggressive and shrewd.

Seeing the old and the young, Qu Yuanrui stood up in surprise: "Father, brother, it's you..." These two were Qu Yuanrui's father, Qu Tingzhu, and his eldest brother, Qu Liangwan.

Qu Liangwan said: "Fourth brother never thought that my father and I would come to Wuzhaibao, right? Looking at you, it seems that we are not welcome."

Qu Yuanrui said indifferently: "How could it be, elder brother and father came to my small place in Wuzhaibao, and I didn't even have time to welcome them."

He said to Uncle De, who was somewhat restrained next to him: "De Xing, hurry up and tell the servants to bring some good tea." Uncle De responded and hurried away.

Qu Tingzhu sat down, looked around carefully for a while, stroked his beard and said slowly: "Although this Qixian Guild Hall is still crude, it is already very good to be able to do this, Si'er, what happened this time? well-done."

A warm feeling flashed in Qu Yuanrui's heart. In his memory, his father had never praised him like this since he was a child. He said a little excitedly: "This is all thanks to my father. Compared with my father, my child's achievements are not good enough." What kind of."

Qu Liangwan said from the side: "Your brother is in luck. He got a new food source without any effort. Your elder brother is not so lucky." There was a bit of sourness in his tone.

Qu Tingzhu taught him a lesson: "Although fortune is important, it is because your brother has foresight, courage, and dares to seize the opportunity. In this point, you have to learn from your brother."

Qu Liangwan said a little unconvinced: "Daddy is right."

Qu Yuanrui happily watched his father teach his eldest brother a lesson. Since childhood, his eldest brother was his father's darling, but he had never received such treatment as his elder brother.Now it's finally back a little bit.

After Qu Tingzhu taught Qu Liangwan a lesson, he twirled his long beard and laughed, and said to Qu Yuanrui: "Let's not talk about your elder brother, speaking of it, I was too conservative at the time. According to your father's thoughts at the time, I'm afraid There will be no good scenery today, and I still have energy."

Qu Yuanrui hurriedly leaned forward and said, "Father, this is an old and prudent way, how dare the child compare himself with his father."

Qu Tingzhu laughed loudly: "You and my father and son don't have to be so polite, Sier, it's almost noon, you won't just let your father sit like this?"

Qu Yuanrui patted his forehead and said with a smile, "Look at me, I'm also confused." The meeting between him and his father today was the best day for the relationship between father and son in decades. Uncle De respectfully waited on him and said: "Uncle De, hurry up and tell the servants to prepare a good banquet. I want to have a drink with my father and elder brother."

Uncle De is an old man in the Qu family. It is rare to see the relationship between the master and the fourth young master being so good. He was also very happy for the fourth young master in his heart. He immediately responded loudly and ordered the people to go and find out.

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Soon, a sumptuous lunch was placed in the main room.

Qu Yuanrui raised his glass to Qu Tingzhu and said, "Father, brother, Yuanrui hereby respects you."

Qu Tingzhu laughed and said, "Okay, my son will have a toast too."

The three drank a few glasses of wine and talked for a while, all about the situation in Wuzhai Fort. Qu Tingzhu listened carefully and nodded repeatedly. At this moment, Qu Liangwan coughed.

Qu Tingzhu put down his wine glass, and said to Qu Yuanrui: "By the way, Sier, I also heard in Wuzhai Fort that the young master Huang Laifu will sell all the surplus grain of Wuzhai Fort to you in the future. right?"

Qu Yuanrui also looked quite complacent, and said: "Yes, father, at that time my boy and Mr. Huang Laifu discussed to reclaim the wasteland of Wuzhai Fort, and the younger one was grateful for his help, so he made a contract with him. If there is surplus grain, sell all of it to Hai'er, and then Hai'er can find those merchants, and then distribute the grain, and reap huge profits without doing anything. During this time, many merchants have come to visit and discuss with the children about the export of grain. One of these merchants is the Kang family from Linfen, and they promised their son that they can sell grain as far as Liaodong Town."

Qu Liangwan had been looking at Qu Yuan's vigor and vigor with some envy. Hearing this, he sneered: "The Kang family in Linfen? Fourth brother, you don't know, but your eldest brother was killed by this Kang family." Yes. A few days ago, your eldest brother’s only source of food in Hanzhong was taken away by this Kang’s family. Fourth brother, you are still young, and you don’t know that cooperating with this Kang’s family is undoubtedly seeking skin from a tiger.”

Qu Yuanrui snorted coldly, disapproving, thinking that you are incompetent, but I may not be like this.

Qu Tingzhu said slowly: "Si'er, what your elder brother said is reasonable, and we must guard against it. If you brothers work together, it will be much easier to guard against many things. Besides, your elder brother's business management during this period is also very difficult. It's quite difficult. Let's do it this way, as a father, I will make the decision here today. You will share [-]% of the surplus grain that Young Master Huang sells to you, and then you will find merchants to sell it for export. Your brothers work together, and our Qu family will prosper. Right in front of you."

Qu Yuanrui's hand stopped in mid-air, his face was livid, and only then did he understand the purpose of his father and elder brother's visit today. He felt extremely bitter in his heart. It seemed that his father was still partial to his elder brother. His position in his father's heart was forever Can't keep up with big brother.

Seeing that Qu Yuanrui remained silent for a while, Qu Tingzhu said with some displeasure: "What's the matter, Sier, what are you thinking, why didn't you answer your father's words?"

Qu Yuan sharpened his heart and said firmly, "Daddy, my son has worked so hard to find a new source of food. Once the eldest brother comes, he will take away five points. How can there be such a reason in the world?"

Qu Tingzhu was furious, and he slapped the table, causing the bowls and chopsticks on the table to jingle. He shouted angrily: "Bastard, you are brothers, why can't you? Your eldest brother is in trouble now, you are a younger brother, why don't you?" Can't you help your brother?"

Qu Yuanrui also went all out, and he said loudly: "Now that I have difficulties, I begged to come to the door. How was it like at that time? Last year, how did my elder brother mock me? Why didn't you say anything at that time, Dad?"

Qu Tingzhu was so angry that his beard grew wild, he roared angrily: "Nie Zi, what are you talking about?"

Qu Yuanrui lost his composure, his eyes were red, and he shouted loudly: "Father, you have always been the most eccentric, I know you blamed me for killing my mother, so you have disliked me since I was a child, I just don't agree with you being eccentric."

"You beast, you...you..." Qu Tingzhu was so angry that he was shaking all over, he just pointed at Qu Yuanrui and was speechless.

Seeing that something was wrong, Uncle De hurried up to accompany him with a smile and said, "Master, Fourth Young Master didn't mean that, he..."

Qu Liangwan yelled angrily at him: "Go away, when did you, a slave, intervene in our Qu family's affairs?" Uncle De backed away in shock.Qu Liangwan stepped forward and patted his father's back, and said softly: "Father, you are in poor health, don't get excited, calm down, calm down."

He turned around and said sharply to Qu Yuan: "Fourth brother, is this how you talk to your father? You know that your father has always been in poor health. If something bad happens, can you afford it?"

Qu Yuanrui has slowly recovered from the excitement at this time, he can't bear the crime of angering his father's body, with tears in his eyes, he just sits on the seat dejectedly, and doesn't reply to Qu Liangwan for a long time if.

Under Qu Liangwan's sympathy, Qu Tingzhu slowly regained his breath, his aura also passed, and said weakly to Qu Yuan: "Si Er, the words of being a father are here, what happened today , should you or shouldn't you?"

Qu Yuanrui said: "Father, the matter of the source of food has been signed with Young Master Huang Laifu. If you change it rashly, even if I agree, I am afraid that Young Master Huang Laifu will not agree."

Qu Tingzhu snorted: "Don't worry about this, as long as you agree, in front of that soldier, I will find a solution for my father."

Qu Yuanrui just lowered his head and didn't speak, his expression seemed to acquiesce.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Qu Liangwan was also in a happy mood. With a smile all over his face, he walked over affectionately, put his arm around Qu Yuanrui's shoulder and said, "Fourth brother, I knew you would help your elder brother. In the future, we will be able to help you if we are of the same mind. Create a career in Wuzhaibao."

But he was thinking in his heart, when will he also eat the [-]% of the remaining food, what is the fourth brother, and he is worthy of robbing him?
Qu Yuanrui just remained silent.

(End of this chapter)