Chapter 13 I Don't Know What I'm Doing
On the open space in Shouningfang, Hong Futong and Cui Liyan set out to see Liu Jin, who was commanding the wing army to dig a pond not far away, with a gloomy expression.
Du Zhongxiao asked Qi Kongmu to choose some skilled craftsmen from the city's tanning craftsmen. He talked about them one by one, and finally chose Liu Jin and asked him to be the supervisor of tanning warehouses in this yard. All tanning craftsmen who work here are under the jurisdiction of Liu Jin, including the arrangement of the factory, which is the final decision.
Seeing Liu Jin busy in the autumn wind, Cui Liyan said angrily: "The yamen is building this field here, isn't it taking our business? I hate that Liu Jin actually helped the yamen! Even a few of us advised him together, we didn't listen!"
Hongfu Channel: "The yamen gave him five stagnant of money a month and three stones of rice. How could he not work hard? Just Liu Jin's shop, and there were not many customers a month, so he couldn't make much money. People died for money, birds died for food, and the yamen was willing to pay for money, so naturally there were people doing things."
Cui Liyan sneered: "Hmph, when the venue is built, the craftsman will be useless, and Liu Jin will be useless. Then we will see it!"
Hong Futong shook his head and said nothing. He was born with this craft. Judging from the situation where Liu Jin commanded the construction, this matter is probably not simple. Now he is digging a large pond and has set up all kinds of equipment. It is obviously a large factory, but not a small workshop like his own store. It is not undeniable to break through the pattern of small workshops and make more money by making it bigger. However, it is not easy for him to do such things in this era. Funds, hiring people, supplies, and markets have problems that cannot be solved. But it is different for the yamen to come forward.
Liu Jin is one of the best craftsmen in Bingzhou City, but this person has a bad temper and has never been doing big business. Especially since he has a bad relationship with several leaders, the weight of the yamen department always falls on him, and the benefits are not at all, and the business is difficult. Cui Liyan was the same as before, and when Du Zhongxiao said he would give him a job, he would spread his house. However, he was attracted by Du Zhongxiao and became the supervisor here, and he turned over.
Such a person has a yamen as his backer, and there is no way for several people to do anything. Qi Kongmu is staring at the side every day. As long as the craftsmen who come to work hard, they will be whipped at the least, and they will be fined at the worst. Everyone can only work honestly according to Liu Jin's instructions.
After looking at it for a while, Cui Liyan was upset and asked Hong Fu Channel: "President Hong, this will not work! When this site is built, who will go to our store? We will only follow your lead and think of a solution."
Hong Futong sighed: "What can I think of? The yamen is determined to do this, so how can we stop it."
Cui Liyan thought for a while and stomped his feet and said, "If the yamen wants to do business, it cannot rely solely on manpower. Otherwise, we will buy all the Glauber's salt in the city and let them build the groundwork, so we can't start the work, so how about it?"
Hong Futong shook his head: "I think there are a lot of things like Glauber's salt in the yamen. Besides, this book is medicinal materials and it is sold in the medicine shop. How could you buy them all? Mr. Cui, don't use these brains."
Cui Liyan was helpless, but he was unwilling to give up. He suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, "Although the official said it makes sense, there is one thing. There is only so much Glauber's salt in the city. There is suddenly such a slime skin. Glauber's salt will inevitably be in short supply. The official thought that the price will increase?"
Hong Futong turned around suddenly and looked at Cui Liyan and said, "What you said is a bit interesting. We buy Glauber's salt, but we save more, and it's always okay to wait for the price to rise. The Du Guanren was thinking about building a yard. I haven't heard of him storing Glauber's salt. Hehe, when he opens here and there is not enough Glauber's salt on the market, it's not natural for us to raise the price to rise--"
Cui Liyan nodded repeatedly and felt much more comfortable. Liu Jin was a businessman in his place. Now the freight yard is full of glory, which makes him feel extremely frustrated. Cui Liyan felt comfortable when he could add some confusion to this matter, and making money was the second.
Sitting under the shed with Qi Kongmu, the person who supervised the worker was Liangdutou of the Xiangjun, leaning lazily on the chair, watching Liu Jin and his people busy.
Qi Kongmu saw that the Xiang army transferred to work lazily, and from time to time, he beat and scolded the craftsmen of Lun Mai, and said to Liang Dutou: "Dou, these craftsmen who sent are good people, and the officials ordered the distributors money and food. Please tell the soldiers not to beat and scold them at any time."
Liang Du said indifferently: "If you don't strictly control it, how can these people be willing to do things with your heart? Kongmu, don't worry, I'm used to doing these things and will definitely not cause trouble. As long as you watch, I will definitely do things well."
After all, Dutou was an officer, not Qi Kongmu, and after hearing Liang Dutou said this, he had to sigh secretly. In fact, from what Du Zhongxiao ordered him, he was supposed to be the one who transferred this hundred-box army to do things, not supervise the craftsmen, but they should be obeying Liu Jin's command. But Liang Dutou brought his own 100 people, but he didn't think so. He was lazy in his work and kept a close eye on the craftsmen who came to serve.
Liu Jin was even more confused about his relationship with the Xiang Jun, so he had to be careful everywhere and directed the craftsmen to do things.
Du Zhongxiao took care of the official business in the yamen. In the afternoon, he had nothing to do, so he brought Tao Shiqi and Shisanlang to Shouningfang.
As soon as I arrived at the construction site, I saw a small officer in the wing army holding a whip in his hand and hitting a craftsman who was digging a pond, and cursed: "You are so bad that you are not hit for a while, and you will be cheating! How can you complete the errands of an official in this way?"
Seeing this scene, Du Zhongxiao's face sank down, and he quickly walked to the shed with Tao Shiqi and Shisanlang.
Qi Kongmu saw Du Zhongxiao coming at a glance, and hurriedly got up to salute. Liang Dutou was drinking on one side, but he didn't see Du Zhongxiao coming.
Du Zhongxiao glanced at Liang Du's head, pointed at the little officer holding a whip over there, and pointed to Kongmu and said, "Kongmu, what's going on? The craftsman came to serve as a job, and he said that he was so generous to pay for food and was very entertaining. Who would make you beat and scold me?"
Qi Kongmu was a little embarrassed and said with his hands crossed, "Return to the official, the young man said the same thing, but Liang Dutou--"
At this time, Liang Dutou noticed Du Zhongxiao who came, but he didn't know him. He just saw him wearing his official uniform. He stood up and said, "The Sa family is the Du Head of this hundred-box army. I wonder who comes?"
Du Zhongxiao looked calm and said coldly: "This state signs the verdict!"
After hearing this, Liang Du's head woke up a little, but he didn't care much. Bingzhou is the head of Hedong Road, with many yamen, and he is not a high-ranking official. Moreover, he is a magistrate, and he does not care about the military, and he cannot control himself.
Seeing Liang Du's head silly, Du Zhongxiao said in a deep voice: "Du Du, do you know what I am going to do when I transfer the wing army?"
Liang Dutou said, "These craftsmen who are sent are accustomed to being lazy and robbing, so someone will watch them."
Chapter completed!