One Piece of Song Dynasty

"When the restaurant in Tokyo opens, your first priority is to make friends with Taishi Cai. The housekeeper should have told you that Zhang Hu and I got our official positions through Taishi Cai's path, so we will be branded as members of Cai's party. , so we must make good friends with Taishi Cai. From now on, we will donate one thousand taels of gold to Taishi Cai every Spring Festival. The Spring Festival will be in more than a month. You can just take this year's gold with you when you leave. You can donate it to Tokyo when you arrive. Master Cai, from now on, the annual gold payment will be directly deducted from the profits of Tokyo Restaurant..shung"

"Yes, son."

"The second is Li Shishi, a famous prostitute in the capital. This is a portrait of Li Shishi. You can go to Tokyo Fanlou to inquire about this girl. You might have a chance to meet her. It is said that this girl has a very good relationship with the current official family. You can Pay special attention to her. If this woman goes to our restaurant for dinner, you must entertain her well. It is also said that this woman's residence has a tunnel that leads directly to the palace. You must find out where her residence is. It may be used in the future. .”

"Okay, young master, I understand."

"And after the restaurant in Tokyo makes a profit, I allow you to use % of the restaurant's profit to recruit a group of warriors with strong martial arts skills. The people you recruit must have good moral character, loyalty, and good credit. I will be of great use to these people in the future. Treat them well and don’t be stingy with money.”

"Well, these people don't know when Young Master is going to use it?"

"I will tell you this when the time comes, but it will take a long time, so you don't have to rush to recruit. You must carefully select your manpower. Of course, this group of people can also help us with things that we can't do on the surface. After all, opening our restaurant to Tokyo will definitely touch other people's interests. Maybe others will do something against us. Although Taishi Cai is in power, he also has enemies. We won't bother Taishi Cai with such trivial matters. Troubling Master Cai with everything will make us look incompetent."

"Yes, sir, I know what to do."

"One of the last two things is that you need to find out how many imperial craftsmen there are in Tokyo, including medical officers. Find out as many of their names, residences, and family members as possible. If you can spend money to get some, get some. I will approve your use of % of the restaurant's profits for this matter." The treatment of craftsmen in the Northern Song Dynasty was still very low. The social status of craftsmen was better than that of businessmen. The social status of craftsmen was better than that of businessmen. Moreover, craftsmen's household registrations were registered separately. Craftsmen wanted to leave. It was difficult to obtain the craftsman status, so the only option was to spend more money to bribe their officials in charge to remove the status.

"Well, sir, I promise to take care of this matter."

"The second thing is that you are close to the imperial court in Tokyo. You need to find out more about the imperial court. You need to form a news network in Tokyo and keep track of the imperial court's trends as much as possible. I allow you to use another % of the restaurant's profits for this matter. You should also leave this matter to your apprentice. From now on, every restaurant will set up an information network in the city where it is located."

"Okay, young master, I understand."

"Well, I've finished everything I need to explain to you. When you leave this time, prepare a few more carriages to bring gold. You go ask the housekeeper to prepare taels of gold for you. In Huai'an, I don't think it will cost much to give it to your apprentice. It is enough to keep one thousand taels of gold. You will not spend less money in Tokyo. When you go to Tokyo, in addition to the one thousand taels of gold dedicated to Master Cai, I will give you another taels of gold. After all, the land in Tokyo is expensive, so the total is eight thousand taels. Gold, two carriages should be enough, you can make up your own mind. When you leave, remember to pick a few guards from the hospital team to take with you. Let them follow you when you get to Tokyo. Before you recruit the dead soldiers, Let them serve as the guards of the restaurant, and after recruiting the dead soldiers, let them learn more martial arts from those dead soldiers. When we leave, be sure to take the main roads instead of the side streets, and dress more modestly."

"Well, sir, I will be careful along the way."

After giving instructions, Gao Ping left.

Early the next morning, I took Lao Wang and a few guards and slowly went to my own shipyard. Two ships were built and I haven’t seen them yet. The sailors have started training and I haven’t seen them either. Today Let me go and check it out.

I took Lao Wang and walked for an hour before arriving at the shipyard. The shipyard has become much larger than when it was first built. There are two sand ships under construction in the shipyard. It seems that the two completed ships are lucky ships. After all, they are just The fortune ship carrying a thousand stones was less difficult. He led Lao Wang to look at the shipyard and met the shipyard manager Liu.

"Hello, Uncle Liu."

"The little old man just saw a tiger entering the shipyard from a distance, so he knew it must be the owner."

"Uncle Liu, our shipyard is developing well. It is bigger than before, and there are many more people than before."

"Yes, Master, our shipyard can now build larger ships. The two sand ships in the shipyard will be completed in a month."

"Oh, how big a load-carrying ship can our shipyard build now?"

"We can build both a fortune ship with a load of two thousand stone and a sand ship with a load of four thousand stone."

"Okay, after these two sand ships are completed, we will start work on the two thousand stone sand ships and the four thousand stone sand ships. I will ask the steward to allocate the money directly to you."

"Yes, Master, I understand."

"Uncle Liu, please be busy, I'll go look elsewhere."

I took Lao Wang out of the shipyard and went to the nearby port. In the distance, I saw two small lucky boats parked in the port.

Someone seemed to be training on the beach next to the port. When I got closer, I saw that it was the three Ruan brothers training with the sailors.

"Second brother, fifth brother, seventh brother."

"Brother, why are you here?"

"I came to the shipyard to see how the ship is being built. If I don't take the opportunity, I would like to come and see how your training is going."

"These sailors are good at swimming, but not good at martial arts. The three of us are now training them in water fighting skills and boating skills on the sea. Boating on the sea is different from that on the lake. Sometimes there are strong winds and waves on the sea. The three of us are The sailors are trying to figure out how to sail on the sea. After all, the three of us used to operate fishing boats. This is the first time we have touched such a big boat. There are a lot of things that need to be figured out," Ruan Xiaoer said.

"Well, sailing on the sea mainly relies on sails and rudders. Once the sails and rudders are properly controlled, there will be no problem."

"We three brothers used to live in a fishing village and have never seen much of the world. This time we follow our brothers and we have gained a lot of experience."

"Well, three brothers, I'll hire a teacher for the sailors. You can learn to read and write together. This way, we can better train sailors in the future. The fleet will not have any travel missions in the next six months."

"Brother, the three of us are so old, how can we still learn to read?" Ruan Xiaoer asked doubtfully.

"Yes, of course I can learn it, but adults can't learn to read as quickly as children."

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