After dressing as a widow

When he walked out of the main hall, Lin Zhen's feet were trembling, he lowered his head and touched his mouth, and hurriedly walked to his room.

As soon as he entered the house, he heard the sound of Gu Lin not far from his house asking his servants to prepare water for bathing.

Lin Zhen: "..."

The more you know, the harder it is to be fooled. When he gets older...

He patted his head, took a picture of what happened just now, sat down at the table and took out the booklet.

The business of Yurong powder and Hualu lipstick is on the right track. When the first batch of products come out, they will be shipped to the mouth of Dongyang County, and then shipped to Kyoto.

It has been more than 20 days since I left Kyoto. There should still be jade powder in the hands of customers in Kyoto, but the flower dew with a shelf life of less than ten days is definitely gone. And sending flower dew and jade powder from Lizhou, Even the fastest means of transportation at this time, the boat, will take six or seven days to arrive, and the shelf life of the flower dew in Kyoto is almost up.

Leaning on the back of the chair, Lin Zhen pondered over this difficult problem.

Wanting to prolong the shelf life of flower dew, his first thought was to add preservatives to flower dew, but this idea was quickly dispelled. The lack of materials prevented him from finding a safe substitute for preservatives. The slightest accident of rubbing something on the face may cause other more serious consequences.

Then we can only work hard on the packaging.

The business of porcelain boxes and porcelain vases, Lin Zhen, was finally handed over to the younger brother of the shopkeeper Ma’s wife that day. He personally inspected it. Although the craftsmanship is not as good as the one he ordered in Kyoto, it is already the best in the state capital. , the boss is also very humble, after reading the drawings given by Lin Zhen, he said to burn some first and give it to him for a look, and then place an order if there is no problem.

Although the things have not been delivered yet, because of his attitude and what he has seen in his shop, Lin Zhen has already planned to hand over the business to him.

Both the porcelain box and porcelain bottle are designed to be unscrewed, which is convenient for transportation, but there is not much airtightness to speak of.

Lin Zhen was thinking while drawing a porcelain bottle on the paper with a charcoal pen. Suddenly, the pen in his hand stopped, and with an eyebrow, the charcoal pen made a stroke on the bottle cap.

Without preservatives, we can only work on disinfecting bacteria and bottle caps.

Before bottling the floral dew, put the porcelain bottle into a steamer and steam it at high temperature, and then melt the wax to seal the bottle cap after putting the floral dew in, so as to extend the shelf life to the maximum extent.

But in this way, more manpower is needed, and there will be another recruitment.

Lin Zhen was not as busy as Gu Lin. When he got up, it was already daylight, and a few birds of unknown species were chirping and grooming on the window sill, and small shadows came in through the window paper.

The moment Lulu opened the window, the birds flapped their wings and flew away.

Lin Zhen dressed and washed, and went to Guangshun Lane after breakfast.

The ladies, brothers, and men who worked for him had been busy for a while, and when they saw him coming in, they all greeted him: "Boss Lin."

"Boss Lin."

"Boss Lin."

"..."

Lin Zhen nodded, and walked to the group that was moving the most fine rice milk sediment outside to dry, picked up a small piece and crushed it with his fingertips.

This is made of the most expensive oriole rice. If you don't pay attention, it looks similar to ordinary white rice noodles, but it is different when put together. It has a slightly tender and tender yellow color.

Lin Zhen didn't put back the little bit of rice noodles he had ground, clapped his hands and said to Lu Lu: "The first batch of rice noodles will be ready for two days, by the way, Lulu, you can write a job recruitment revelation later. , this time recruit ten girls and brothers, and recruit two more who can read and write."

"The wages of the ten girls and brothers are the same as theirs. The two who can read and write are paid one or two or five renminbi a month, and have four clothes a year."

Ten women and brothers specialize in packaging, steaming porcelain boxes and vases, and pouring wax to seal them after packaging.

The two Lin Zhen, who can read and write, plan to keep them with them for a while, so that they can understand the basic business process and keep accounts.

The people working next to him were very excited when they heard that Lin Zhen was going to recruit people again. Their relatives and friends who came to work here and found out later were envious. They ran home several times a day and wanted to know from them. Recruitment information.

They also want their relatives and friends to eat this bowl of rice. Now that they finally have the opportunity, they will tell their relatives and friends about it as soon as they go back. As for whether they can get in or not, it is beyond their ability to know.

After Lu Lu finished the recruitment notice, Lin Zhen took her to Ren Yazi again.

When Ren Yazi saw Lin Zhen, it was like seeing the God of Wealth, and greeted him with a smile on his face, "Boss Lin, the people I picked for you yesterday were not bad, all of them are good seedlings with complete limbs and strong bodies. If you have a full meal, you can do any work."

Lin Zhen just bought eight guards from him who are said to be from the mansion of a high official who committed crimes yesterday. Since they are young and middle-aged men with complete hands and feet and know some martial arts, they are more expensive than ordinary slaves. , It took a total of more than 30 taels.

It's about his own business, so Lin Zhen is willing to use servants. In this era, servants are the private property of the master, and the deed of sale is in the hands of the master. As long as it is not really hard to survive, he will not have the idea of ​​betraying the master.

They and their masters are both prosperous and hurt, and if they defect, they will face severe punishment from the government.

Although Lin Zhen thought he had a higher sense of morality than some people and would not treat the workers too badly, but who knows what is going on in the world, a servant with a layer of insurance is more at ease for him.

Lin Zhen stopped the exaggerated body language, and said, "My requirements for buying a job today are the same as yesterday. It is better to be young and middle-aged, and to know some self-defense skills."

When Ren Yazi heard it was difficult, Lizhou was not as prosperous as Kyoto, Luozhou, Pingzhou and other places, and everywhere was much worse. Even Ren Yazi who sold slaves didn't like to come here.

If it weren't for some orders, this man Yazi would not have run here with goods that are better sold in other places. He choked up and said: "Boss Lin, to be honest, I do have slaves similar to yesterday's." , but..."

Lin Zhendao: "There's nothing you can't say, you sell it, I'll buy it, is there any ulterior secret in it?"

Ren Yazi quickly shook his hand: "That's not true, it's just that before the slaves who meet your requirements were sold, someone told me to sell them farther away."

"Not far enough out of state?"

Ren Yazi smiled. At that time, the people above told him that it is best to sell to the border between Lizhou and Che Luo, and it is best to die there.

But Ren Yazi really doesn't want to go deeper into Lizhou, he is not used to the spooky weather in Lizhou at all, the blisters in his mouth have not disappeared since he came here, his nose is so dry that he wakes up every day with blood on his pillow .

Anyway, the sky is high and the road is far away. I let go of the person here, and said that I sold it to the Lizhou border when I went back. It is impossible for the people above to go to confirm it in person.

After making up his mind, Ren Yazi said: "Boss Lin, I will take you to have a look. If you nod, I will take them back immediately."

Lin Zhen nodded, and was led by Ren Yazi to the side room in the yard.

As soon as he entered, there was a smell of too many people gathering together and not washing in time. Lin Zhen, who had been here yesterday, was already prepared. He looked at the ragged slaves crowded in this wing room and found these things Slaves... are different...

It took only two days to get a meal, the slave's face was ugly, and he had no strength, and he didn't move much after being whipped by Ren Yazi.

But this group of people has big bones, and there is a faint aura in the brows that Lin Zhen has seen in Zhang Tienieyong and others, which is the unique aura of trained soldiers.

These slaves had served in the army.

There are almost 20 slaves in the wing room, seven of them are young and middle-aged, and the rest should be family members who were sold together with the young and middle-aged. breastfeeding.

Ren Yazi probably also knew that they were powerful in force, and the feet and hands of several young and middle-aged men were locked with iron chains, so they had paid for it.

Ren Yazi pointed at the young and middle-aged man and said to Lin Zhen: "Boss Lin, these seven slaves meet your requirements. They are strong and healthy, and they are not sick. It is a good deal to buy them back."

The few families who were brought here by Ren Yazi changed their faces when they heard that Lin Zhen came to buy them. The seven young and middle-aged men either looked at Lin Zhen angrily or deeply, and faintly hid the men, women and children who could not fight. .

The somewhat emaciated baby who was nursing in the woman's arms seemed to have sensed it, and burst into tears.

Ren Yazi took the whip and scolded: "Hurry up and cover his mouth, what's the use of a brat, he eats, sleeps and eats every day, it's not worth half a tael of silver!"

Apparently he often scolded these slaves, and the baby cried even harder when he heard his voice, and his face was flushed, as if he was going to hold his breath.

The breastfeeding woman anxiously wanted to comfort the child, but the child is not an adult and has no control. It is so easy to calm down when frightened, no matter how the woman coaxes it, it will not help.

Several young and middle-aged men who were chained tightly pursed their lips and clenched their fists.

Ren Yazi took two steps back, and ordered his subordinates behind him: "They are all undercooked, each of them will be whipped ten times! Catch seven of them, and the rest will not have to feed today!"

Originally, there was one meal every two days. If you don’t eat today, you will have to wait until two days later, which is a full four days before you can eat.

Lin Zhen frowned: "Okay, I'm here to buy people to do things, not to watch you perform martial arts."

Lin Zhen was still not used to such a scene. He looked at the seven young adults and the men, women and children behind them: "I want all of these people. Except for the seven of them, you can tell a price for the others."

Ren Yazi was overjoyed, he sold all these hot potatoes, and he could go back sooner if he sold them all.

He made a calculation in his mind and said, "Boss Lin will give you 30 taels of silver for the remaining ones. If you put them together, you will get two taels of silver each. What do you think?"

Adults and children are counted together as fifteen people, and the 30 taels of silver are all rounded up.

Lin Zhen asked Lulu to give the money to Yazi, and took the deeds of sale of these people from him. After a glance, he saw that these people were confiscated by the government and confiscated into slavery. different.