Men, listen, grab the top of the mountain and stand in the center position

For seven consecutive days, Boss Ji traveled between the Ji family banks, merchants, and restaurants in the city, busy checking accounts, counting inventory, and evaluating his subordinates.

In the past few days, the people in the city have taken turns to look at the young masters and young ladies in the general's mansion.

"Before it was the youngest son, but these days it's the eldest young master and the youngest daughter."

"The two pairs of twin brothers and sisters don't look like they were made in the same mold."

"You don't know that. Only boys and girls can be identical! Most twin boys and girls don't look alike."

"The children born from the northern region are all fat."

"She's tall and has long arms and legs. The general's wife is quite capable."

The topic keeps getting more vulgar.

"Madam's skills are more than just this. Her breasts are big, round, and smooth, but even the unmarried Xiaofang next door doesn't have a waist as thin as hers..."

"I heard that the lady was just a bean sprout before she married the general, and now she looks just like the vixen in the book..."

"Essence and blood nourish people!"

"She hasn't aged at all in all these years... You used to say Princess Changping was beautiful and graceful, but when I saw her a few days ago, I was shocked. What an old woman!"

"What a joke! The general only has one woman in his backyard, his wife, and that prince consort has to feed a bunch of beauties in the backyard! The difference between being rich and not being rich is huge!"

"Haha, that's how capable Madam is! A little girl from the south can tightly control a tall and strong barbarian from the north!"

"I didn't know she was that talented! She's already given birth to four children, and yet she's still able to trick the general into not looking for a younger one!"

"That place must be the White Tiger..."

Someone whispered to stop him: "If you say that again, you'll get spanked!"

As they were talking, someone casually opened the window of their box on the second floor of the restaurant opposite. The man looked across and was almost scared to wet his pants. It was the former prince consort and the third prince!

The Third Prince, who was very proud of himself in front of the General and his wife, waved his folding fan, looking extremely frivolous and beaming, "You talk nicely, keep going!"

A group of people quickly begged for mercy, saying they didn't dare. They were sweating profusely in broad daylight. It would have been fine if they had said anything else, but they were too strict with their mouths!

Don't talk about people during the day, don't talk about ghosts at night, whatever you say will come true.

"Draw a basin of water and look at your toad-like self!"

So Zhou Wuxie felt quite a headache as he watched a group of men across from him line up and use the water as a mirror to clearly see their crooked face, slanted nose, bald head and broad forehead, and admit that they were only five feet tall and as short as a donkey.

"If you dare to praise someone in the street again, I will ask the general to listen to my good words."

The Third Prince closed the window, sat down leisurely, and ignored the group of people across from him who had little money and didn't know their place.

After they had tea and dinner, they suddenly received intelligence from Jinan Prefecture. They hurriedly took the intelligence and chatted along the street about how to deal with the early summer ice floes on the Yellow River. When they arrived at Ji's Trading Company, they met two shop assistants who were packing their bags in tears. The atmosphere was as quiet as a chicken.

The Third Prince asked Qin Yi at the door, "What's going on?"

"My hands and feet are dirty."

After some careful inquiries, I found out that if the store owner's or his family members came to buy the goods from the store, they could give him a 10% profit margin and sell the goods at a 10% discount.

Today, when the mistress was checking the inventory and account books, she discovered that a large number of goods were being sold at a 10% discount. It turned out that these two people often offered a 10% discount to hesitant customers to encourage them to pay, in order to earn a reward for every transaction.

The two old shopkeepers of this trading company went with Ji Shounan to check the accounts because of their outstanding abilities. Unexpectedly, there were two bad apples among the people left behind. The shopkeeper who stayed behind to guard the store was transferred from Chen's Trading Company. He checked the numbers clearly, but missed such a trick.

The two shop assistants started doing this in December of last year. After the account books they sent to the government office were not discovered, they gradually relaxed their rules in the past few months. As a result, there was a considerable price difference in the impeccable account books. The lady called the shopkeeper upstairs, and soon the shopkeeper came down to inquire about it. After confirming the facts, he sent the shop assistants away.

He was fined two months' salary and kicked out of the company, which was a big loss for a small gain.

"Shopkeeper, we just want to sell more goods. We didn't steal anything! Please ask Boss Ji for mercy on our behalf... Please! My mother is elderly and my wife is pregnant. Everyone in the family is counting on me. Please..."

The shopkeeper from the Nan family was very upset after being tricked. He pushed the crying man away and said, "You two deliberately tricked me into thinking I could sell it at this price! Now I have lost face in front of the Chen and Ji families, and I haven't come to you to settle the score yet!"

Xiaoqing hurried downstairs and scolded in a low voice, "This is already a light punishment! If you make any more noise and disturbance in the shop and affect its reputation, I will immediately send you to the authorities!"

After he finished speaking, he looked down on the beggar, "Why didn't you think about your family when you did something wrong? Now that your fault has been exposed, you use women and children to gain sympathy. You are a real man, really respectable!"

After a series of sarcasm, it was like a slap in the middle of the face. The two men were speechless and walked away in shame with their tails between their legs.

Then he posted a red paper outside the door recruiting people and reopened for business.

Hiring two guys who are good at arithmetic, 700 wen per month, reward for every transaction, one day off every ten days, both men and women are welcome.

Zhou Wuxie paused. A young and strong laborer in the city could earn about 30 wen a day, enough to buy a liter of rice. A craftsman could earn 100 wen a day, enough to buy a pound of meat.

700 Wen per month, easy and stable, with ten-day holiday, conscientious boss.

Crowds of people were attracted to the store, some to read the notice, some to go into the store, and the store became lively again.

He followed the Third Prince all the way to the third floor and reported that Jinan Prefecture in the lower reaches of the Yellow River had encountered ice floes.

"...In the first month of winter, the river begins to freeze. In the second month, the ice grows thicker. In the third month, the ice reaches its peak... I'm afraid the ice will be massive..."

Wangshu held up his forehead and interrupted his master, who was reading the letter from Jinan Prefecture in a stilted manner. "Alright, it's frozen, the ice is very thick, it's about to melt, and the ice sheets are particularly large. Many people are going to die!"

What nonsense! The ice is here, and they're still arguing about when it will freeze. Wangshu knocked on the table and asked, "How did he manage to widen the river, reinforce the embankment, and relocate the people before winter last year?"

Zheng Da, who had rushed over, took out the correspondence between Jinan Prefecture and the previous year and gave a concise and clear report: "Chang'an allocated 100,000 taels, local gentry donated 8,000 taels, and 10,000 civilian workers were organized to clear silt and build the embankment. All prefectures and counties worked together to build a high embankment. He concluded by saying that he was fortunate to have fulfilled his mission."

"Madam, last year's winter was brutal, and this spring has been long and cold. Flowers are just beginning to bloom in the south, while buds haven't even formed in the north yet. The temperature difference between the north and the south is significant. This section of the river in Jinan runs from south to north into the East China Sea. The ice in the south is melting too quickly, while the ice in the north is still thick. The ice is larger than in previous years. Counties and counties near Jinan are busy with spring plowing, and the people are gathering. If the dam breaks, the damage will be enormous."

Zheng Da unfolded a map of Jinan Prefecture and pointed to the lower reaches of the Yellow River. "This vast area is fertile. It has been the heartland of the Central Plains and a major granary since ancient times."

It was explained in great detail. Wangshu leaned over and squinted his eyes to look at the crooked black line marking the Yellow River. The level of ancient drawing was really not satisfactory.

"I understand everything you're saying. The ice melted early upstream, but the ice is still there downstream. The icy water is pushing the ice downstream, making it thicker than in previous years. The riverbanks are not strong enough, and the fertile fields and the people are about to be flooded."

Zheng Da responded, "Madam Huimin! The Jinan government was negligent. He is a senior official from the previous dynasty. He never mentioned the thick ice before, and only now is he sending a tip to Sanlang about the impending icefall!"

Avoid the Chang'an government office as soon as possible and secretly give it to the Third Prince!

Zheng Da himself was invited from the government office by the Third Prince! He laughed in anger halfway through!

This old man really thinks his head is too heavy!