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When Zhao Han went back to the bed, he was also very confused.

To be honest, Fei Rulan is quite beautiful, and she can be called Bai Fumei, but if he really wants to marry him as a wife, he is always reluctant.

As for why he was reluctant, Zhao Han himself didn't know.

Two words, hypocritical!

While thinking about it, Fei Chun suddenly knocked on the door.

After opening the door, Fei Chun knelt down on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you brother for interceding for my mother, or my mother is afraid of being beaten to death. Great kindness, I will definitely repay my brother in the future."

Zhao Han laughed: "You and my brother, what are you talking about? Get up quickly."

Fei Chun was still on his knees, holding a wine jar in his arms, holding it up high and saying, "This is a fine wine that my father kept secretly. It's been several years, and I've been reluctant to drink it. I brought it here today to honor my brother, please don't refuse. Must take it."

"Then I'll take it and let's have a drink another day," Zhao Han helped him up, patted Fei Chun's shoulder, and instructed, "Go back and take care of your mother, she was beaten hard."

Fei Chun seemed to be a lot more sensible, and said obliquely: "Brother, then I'll go first, and I'll let you know if I have any orders in the future."

Chapter 054 [Self-reliance]

Qin Xin, Jian Gu, and Jiu Po ​​have all changed jobs at this time.

Since Fei Yinghuan was away all the year round, the inheritance of these three titles was broken, and there was no more fresh blood to come in.

Qin Xin changed her original name to Fei Cheng, was assigned to Jing Xing Academy, and is currently working as a library assistant.The three major academies belonged to the entire Fei family, so they were not recalled by the Lou family.

Jian Gall was changed back to his original name, Fei Ze, and was assigned to work in the warehouse at the Goose Lake Wharf.

Jiupou changed his name back to Faide and was assigned to work at the firm at Goose Lake Wharf.

One after another, a total of seventeen domestic slaves returned, including a big shopkeeper, two second shopkeepers, and a paper mill's trough.

These people are either reserve cadres or are already official cadres, equivalent to the family business of Fei's family in Ehu Lake, and are slowly being handed over to Fei Yinghuan.

However, Lou chose to give up all!

"when!"

A teacup was smashed to the ground, torn apart, and the pieces of porcelain flew around.

Fei Yuanjian was trembling with anger: "What on earth is she trying to do? Is she going to split up?"

The slaves did not dare to speak out, for fear of touching the old man's bad head.

Fei Yuanjian had no choice but to get angry.

His original plan was to just pick up some mistakes, punish those servants of Jing Xingyuan, and cut off the financial supply of Jing Xingyuan, forcing his daughter-in-law Lou to admit the mistake.

Just like the emperor, he attacked the ministers of the East Palace and did not distribute supplies to the East Palace, in order to beat the prince and the princess.

Who would have thought that before Fei Yuanjian could make a move, the Lou family would retreat strategically and recall all the slaves back to the house for later use.

Fei Yuanjian punched the air, and Fei Yuanjian was about to vomit blood!

The second young master Fei Yingzhen came over after hearing the news and pretended to be shocked: "Father, I heard that my sister-in-law has evacuated all the shopkeepers of Shangming?"

Fei Yuanjian was still angry, stared at his son and asked, "What, you want to take over?"

"Don't dare," Fei Yingzhen quickly denied, and then sighed again, "My sister-in-law's temper is too strong, we are all a family, what can't you say? You have to do it like this."

Fei Yuanjian sneered, "Are you overjoyed?"

Fei Yingzhen said with a bitter face, "Father has wronged the child, and the family and talents can be prosperous. It is too late for the child to be sad, so how can he be happy?"

"It's fine if you don't have one." Fei Yuanjian sat down angrily.

Fei Yingzheng began to apply eye drops: "On the sister-in-law's side, can't father take the initiative to give in?"

"Don't think about it!"

Fei Yuanjian slapped the armrest of the top chair angrily, obviously being poked by his son.

Fei Yingqi said: "If you spend it like this according to the child's wishes, you will be unable to support it first. The servants in the sister-in-law's yard cost a lot of money to support, and they simply cut off their monthly money. She withdrew all the people and lost all income from the outside, let's see how she feeds so many people!"

"That's the only way to go," Fei Yuanjian said, stroking his beard, "Shangming has lost its master shopkeeper, so you can take over."

Fei Yingzhen said happily: "The boy will carry it first, and when the sister-in-law becomes soft, she will immediately give up the business."

"Get lost." Fei Yuanjian was suffering from a splitting headache, and there was no fuel-efficient lamp at home.

What's even more troublesome is that among the four sons, only Fei Yinghuan is more aggressive, and now he is the magistrate of a large county, and the whole family will have to rely on Fei Yinghuan in the future.

The trouble is so stiff, I'm afraid it will be difficult to end, and Fei Yinghuan will have to make another trouble when he returns home.

The only way is to cut off the financial supply and force Lou to quickly bow his head and admit his mistake!

……

Jingxingyuan, Zhongqinyuan, all the servants in the family assembled.

Fei Lin, Ling's couple, and their son Fei Chun were all kneeling in the courtyard at the moment, waiting for the decision.

After sitting quietly for a while, Mr. Lou finally said, "Fei Lin."

"The little one is here, Madam, please instruct me." Fei Lin knelt down and took a step forward.

Lou said: "You are from the book boy of the eldest young master. You grew up with the eldest young master. You are called master and servant, but you are actually a brother."

"Don't dare, don't dare." Fei Lin kowtowed repeatedly.

Lou said: "How much money you embezzled, I don't bother to investigate. I figured out some and shared it with the brothers and sisters in the hospital, even if this matter is completely exposed. How?"

Fei Lin said with tears in her eyes, "Mrs. is kind."

Lou said with a smile, "It's still up to you to be the chief steward of Jing Xingyuan, but you should be more restrained in the future. If I get caught again, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of the young master's face."

"Xiao Ding doesn't dare to mess around any more, everything is obeyed by Madam's orders." Fei Lin kowtowed frantically again, her forehead bleeding profusely.

Lou ignored this person and said, "Fei Hong, Fei Fu, Fei Xi, Fei You."

Immediately four people stepped forward, and the oldest was almost 50 years old.

Lou said with a smile: "You have followed the eldest young master for many years, and you can all be on your own. Especially Fei Hong and Fei Fu, one is the chief shopkeeper of the company, and the other is the slot manager of the paper factory. Not to mention bonuses and external water, the monthly wages are There are ten taels. Now that I am recalled, I have lost all power and wealth, so I am afraid that I resent me in my heart?"

"Small dare not." The four quickly denied it.

Lou said: "I am in Jiujiang, and I have hundreds of acres of good fields and a few shops, all of which are dowry from my mother's family. Over the years, I have only left my mother's family to take care of it, and it has been made a mess. Fei Hong, you Bring a few people to Jiujiang to take over those shops. Fei You, bring a few people to Jiujiang to take over the property!"

"Yes!"

Fei Hong and Fei You immediately took the order.

Lou said, "I have bought a piece of forest at the northwestern foot of Ehu Mountain. Fei Fu, if you were asked to build a new paper factory, would you be competent?"

"There must be workers," Feifu replied.

"Can you dig it?" Lou asked.

Fei Fu replied: "You can poach people, but you don't have to poach Fei's workers. Some of the Xinzhou officials are paper craftsmen."

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court established the Xishan Official Bureau in Jiangxi, and the largest official paper mill in the country was born. The specialty is "Xuande paper".

200 years later, the Xishan Mu wood was completely cut down, and the imperial court moved the paper mill to Xinzhou, which is very close to Ehu Town.

The famous rice paper was stolen from Xishan Official Bureau, and it was called "Jingxian Paper" at this time.Due to the increasing shortage of raw materials, it was changed to green sandalwood skin mixed with straw, and gradually evolved into rice paper in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

Tang and Song Xuan paper, Xuande paper, Jingxian paper, and Xuan paper are actually four different kinds of paper, and they are often confused.

Lou didn't quite understand this, and asked, "Are the craftsmen of the bureau, are they willing to come?"

Fei Fu explained: "In the official bureau of Xinzhou, corruption is rampant, and the officials and craftsmen have become private slaves. As long as we can afford the price and can protect the craftsmen, I am afraid that all the officials and craftsmen are willing to come."

"That's good, you can do it." Lou nodded in approval.

The official paper mill in Shinshu has long existed in name only.

Yields and quality were severely slumped, with profits going into private pockets.When the court needed tribute paper, they colluded with each other, took advantage of the opportunity to stir up trouble, disrupted the market with executive orders, and forced private paper mills in Yanshan County to sell at low prices.

Fei Fu reminded: "Madam, if a new paper slot is built, even if everything goes well, it will take half a year to produce paper. If you want to get high-quality paper, you must have more than a year."

"It's only a year, I can still afford it!" Lou was confident.

Fei Fu handed over and said, "So, the little one does his best."

Lou said to another slave, "Fei Xi, take a few people to take over the restaurant in Hekou Town."

The restaurant in Hekou Town was picked up by Fei Yinghuan and originally belonged to Fei Songnian's property.

After Fei Songnian was pissed to death, [-]% of the property was donated to the academy, and [-]% of the property was distributed by Fei Yuanlu.

Among them, the restaurant was separated by Fei Yinghuan, but the management staff did not move.

Now that the restaurant is going from bad to worse, Lou wanted to rectify it for a long time, and just took this opportunity to change the management.

Zhao Han suddenly said, "Madam, I want to ask for an errand."

"Tell me." Lou said with a smile.

Zhao Han said, "I want to be the deputy shopkeeper of the restaurant in Hekou Town."

There is only one positive shopkeeper, commonly known as the big shopkeeper.

There can be many deputy shopkeepers, commonly known as the second shopkeeper, the third shopkeeper, the fourth shopkeeper... They are responsible for different departments.

Lou didn't ask much, just reminded: "It's okay to do things, don't delay studying."

Zhao Han added, "I need a few more people."

"Choose it yourself." Lou agreed succinctly.

Chapter 055 [Spicy Red Oil]

Dingsheng Building, a two-story wooden building, is located at the dock of Hekou Town.

For businessmen, you can choose the private room on the second floor.While eating, drinking and chatting, you can enjoy the river view and observe the condition of your merchant ships.

If you want to be more elegant, you will invite music households to listen to music and drink with the sound of silk and bamboo.

There is also a way of sharing the taste between the refined and the popular. A stage is set up on the first floor, and the troupe sings regularly. Jiangxi is an opera nest, but any large restaurant or teahouse will not be qualified without a troupe.

Early in the morning, the sky is not bright.

The Dingsheng Building was not open for business, and even before the door was taken off, someone came to slam the door frantically.

"Who is it? Here, here, don't knock again!" The shopkeeper just woke up. He took off a door panel and saw seven or eight people standing outside, yawning and saying, "The cook hasn't come yet. It's early, everyone."

"It's not early, check the account!"

Fei Xi (the big shopkeeper) gave an order, and the servants around him immediately restrained the shop assistant.

Zhao Han, Fei Ze (sword and gallbladder), and Faide (wine soul), with a few servants, quickly broke into the store.

"What are you going to do?"

"Help, the robbers are robbing people!"

"..."

A total of four shopkeepers were detained in a blink of an eye, and the entire restaurant was taken over.

Just after the account book was turned over, several restaurant employees came, all of them were detained in the private room on the second floor, and the information they knew was interrogated separately.

At the back door of the restaurant, some food delivery people came one after another, and they were also invited into the store to make clichés.

One of the fish deliverymen wanted to run away, but was quickly caught by Fei Ze (sword gallbladder).After some investigation, it turned out that this person was the niece-in-law of the shopkeeper, who was responsible for receiving the goods from the fishermen, and then transporting them to the restaurant in a unified manner.

Others who deliver food are not far behind, more or less related to the management.

The accountant brought by Zhao Han is in the process of checking the accounts.

Fei Xi (the big shopkeeper) said to Zhao Han: "There is a problem with the purchase price of ingredients, at least [-]% higher than the normal market price."

Zhao Han said: "The trial was conducted separately, and they exposed each other. Those ordinary guys are just petty thieves. A few cooks are the most powerful, they deliberately killed the fresh fish, or the meat was spoiled, and they brought them back after work at night. At home, sell it to neighbors at a low price. Spices are also stolen, especially pepper. By the way, there is a guy who confessed that the second shopkeeper in charge of the opera troupe and the music troupe has trouble with those who sing opera."

"Brother, the big shopkeeper is here!" Fei Ze ran over to report.

"catch!"

The shopkeeper of the restaurant was called Fei Zhong. He had just stepped into the store and was caught in a daze. He was so frightened that he shouted, "Forgive the life of the hero, spare the life of the hero!"

A total of three shopkeepers were arrested one after another.

Zhao Han said, "Uncle Xi, you are the big shopkeeper sent by your wife. Of course, you are in charge of the restaurant operation. As for these three people, you must escort them to the officials, and the other shop workers can hold the handle."