Royal road

After a good night's sleep, Carpenter Wu got up early in the morning.Zhiniang Aling hadn't left yet, she waited attentively for him to get up and get dressed.This is also the advantage of the weaving workshop. Several craftsmen have their own duties, but there are many girls in his workshop.Whether it is a weaver or a sangfu, there are countless women who are eager to come to the weaving workshop, which also allows him, a craftsman, to take advantage of it.

"I'm not wearing a new shirt today, go and get that patched linen robe." Looking at the clothes Ah Ling brought, Carpenter Wu waved his hand impatiently.Today I went to cry poor, wouldn't it be a big joke to wear such good clothes?

After changing into a blue linen robe, and after a while with Ah Ling, Carpenter Wu hastily ate some cold food, and took the contract with him to the main courtyard.

At this moment, the sky outside was already bright, and the group of running dusty mud legs had disappeared, so they should have given up the fuck.Carpenter Wu snorted coldly, if the Patriarch hadn't had nothing to do to practice some songs, there wouldn't be so many things in the house.Zhifang is a big gold seller in the Liang Mansion, and the amount of money spent on silk and satin every year is unknown.Wait until two years later to marry a new bride, and it will be the time for real prosperity.He couldn't let the landlord get dizzy and misappropriate the money that should be spent on the weaving workshop to other places.

Walking steadily to the gate of the inner courtyard, Carpenter Wu adjusted his demeanor, put on a smile and said to the servant guarding the gate: "You are on duty today, Ah Fang. Please tell me if you are sorry to weave The craftsman in the workshop has something to ask the Lord Lang."

As he spoke, a sling of money slipped into A Fang's palm.The man gave Carpenter Wu a blank look, then turned and walked into the house.After a while, he came out again and said to Carpenter Wu: "Master Lang is in the study, follow me."

Why did he arrive at the study early in the morning? Isn't he very sick?Carpenter Wu didn't dare to think too much, so he quickly followed and came to the door of the study.A Fang was obviously not qualified to enter the door, so he just knocked on the door lightly. After a while, a little girl pushed the door open, looked Carpenter Wu up and down, and said crisply, "Come in."

Carpenter Wu is also a womanizer, so he immediately narrowed his eyes.This little lady has a good foundation, she is definitely a stunner when she grows up, I don't know if she has been accepted by the master?However, just a flash of lustful thoughts, he straightened his face, lowered his head and walked into the room.

As soon as he entered the study, a smell of medicine came to his nostrils, as if a medicine pot had been knocked over.Although there were several shelves of letters and a desk with a screen, Carpenter Wu still saw the man sitting in front of the desk at a glance.Compared with the Lord Lang, the look of that little girl just now is nothing at all.As the owner of the weaving workshop, Carpenter Wu had of course met the owner, but for the first time he found that this person was a bit scary in beauty, it seemed that his deep sickness gave him a bit of freshness, not like a piece of wood like before.

Not daring to read more, he hurriedly knelt down in front of the desk, kowtowed and said in tears: "Master Lang! I'm so incompetent, the weaving workshop is about to fail!"

This is called the head start.Regardless of whether there is a problem with the weaving workshop, the head of the family must have a sudden heart, so that the next step can continue.

However, this sound was like a stone sinking into the sea, without any echo.Carpenter Wu couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, so he quickly kowtowed again, and said, "Master, this year's severe drought, the mulberry field has been completely wiped out! The mulberry leaves are yellow and dry, and silk households won't take them at all! Now the weaving workshop won't be able to get them." It’s the new silk this year! Mr. Xiao Lang is still growing, if there is no silk satin this year, how can he make new clothes?!”

Fearing that Liang Feng would not understand the importance of the lack of silk, Wu Jiangtou specifically brought Liang Rong in.Children change four times a year, and it's time to pull out their heads. If you don't have newly cut clothes, you will have a big problem!

As if finally realizing the importance of this matter, the person sitting behind the desk said lightly, "What should I do?"

Carpenter Wu's first thing was this sentence, and he said quickly: "I'm afraid I have to get some money from the account and go to some silkworm farmers so that they can keep enough raw silk for us. I know some small silkworm farmers who collect silk from them. It can be [-]% cheaper. If you give them the mulberry fields in the mulberry yard, I’m afraid it will be even cheaper!"

"How much is it?"

There was still no smoke in the questioning voice, Wu Jiangtou raised his spirits, half straightened his body and said: "Just thirty thousand yuan is enough! The small one is sure to receive the best raw silk! Oh, yes, and last year's Matian The harvest was poor, and the Zhifang also owed some foreign debts. Originally, it was planned to use mulberry money to pay, but now I am afraid it will be troublesome."

As he said that, he took out the deed and handed it over carefully: "The deed is clearly written, and it was also recorded in last year's general ledger. Please ask the master to check it."

Tian Chang has been a guest for more than ten years, so this account can be smoothed out. Carpenter Wu is not afraid of Liang Feng's audit. In fact, he still hopes that this rich man who doesn't know how to pay for firewood can check it carefully. Find out how much income the weaving workshop can bring each year.They are not like the other workshops, all of them post money from the village.In good times, the silk, satin and linen produced by the weaving workshop alone can make a net profit of [-] to [-] yuan.Of course, these are all figures on the surface, but in private, he can still retain a lot!

Carpenter Wu hoped that Liang Feng would find someone to check the accounts, but to his surprise, the other party did not check any accounts, but asked, "How much money did the weaving workshop receive from the account last year?"

Carpenter Wu was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "I received a total of [-] yuan, but they were all used to buy Sichuan brocade and silk silk. These years, the prices of beautiful goods in the south have been quite expensive..."

Liang Feng interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "How much did you sell in total?"

"[-] yuan." Carpenter Wu swallowed his saliva, "Last year, Ma Tian was hit by a disaster, and the income from the linen was less, so it was slightly lower..."

"Withdraw [-] qian a year, credit [-] qian, and there is only a surplus of [-] qian. Green bamboo, how much is a piece of cloth on the market?" Liang Feng asked.

Green Bamboo took a quick step forward and replied: "You can buy a piece of linen cloth for about five hundred dollars. The various silk brocades used by the gentleman are more expensive, at least three or four thousand dollars. "

"For [-] yuan, how much cloth can you sell and how many clothes can you make?" Liang Feng turned to look at Carpenter Wu and asked coldly.

Beads of sweat slid off his forehead immediately, and Carpenter Wu stammered and replied: "This, this is all in accordance with the rules! The Liang family will naturally cut clothes in the workshop, how can anyone go out to buy them? It is a loss of dignity!"

"There are five households in the weaving workshop. If they are farming, fishing and hunting, there may be tens of thousands of dollars in the account a year. Since you only do this kind of loss-making business, what's the use of me keeping the weaving workshop?"

"But Mr. Lang's and Mrs. Xiao's personal clothes...these really need a weaving workshop!" Carpenter Wu couldn't think of this, and hurriedly argued.

"Why open a workshop when a few weavers can do it? Chaoyu!"

Following Liang Feng's voice, a woman bypassed the screen and came out from the inner room. It was Liang Rong's wet nurse, Zhao Yu.She knelt down in front of the desk respectfully, saluted and said: "Your servant is here."

"Do you know how to tailor and sew?" Liang Feng asked.

"Slaves are fine and good girls, and they can tailor all kinds of clothes." Zhao Yu's voice was soft and full of nostalgia.To be Xiao Langjun's wet nurse, her abilities are naturally outstanding.

"Good." Liang Feng nodded with satisfaction, "From now on, you will take a few weavers and set up another weaving room. If there is enough silk and linen in the village, use the silk and linen from the village, and buy according to the four seasons if there is not enough."

That's why he called Zhao Yu early in the morning.Putting aside a woman with a clear mind who is closely related to the Liang family and good at counting, it is possible to use someone like Wu Jiangtou.As for Liang Rong, he will be enlightened in two years, and it is time to leave the embrace of the wet nurse and invite a teacher to teach him carefully.

This side has settled down neatly, while Carpenter Wu has been completely dumbfounded over there.How did it become like this?The Liang family has followed the rules for several generations, changing it as soon as it is said, without even saying hello?His lips were trembling, and he couldn't help pleading: "Master, you can't! My family has been running the weaving workshop for generations, and I never dare to neglect. Even if there is no credit, there is hard work. How can the master cancel the weaving like this? Square? I, I..."

Seeing that Carpenter Wu was about to be out of breath, Liang Feng sneered slightly: "The abolition of the weaving workshop is naturally more than that. Jiang Xin, what do you think?"

Jiang Jiangtou, who had been guarding behind the screen, walked out quickly as if he had been whipped.When he was detained in the side courtyard last night, he had thought a lot about how the landlord would deal with Carpenter Wu, but he never expected that this sickly landlord would mercilessly abolish the weaving workshop!Those are the regulations handed down by the ancestors of the Liang family, if they say no, they will be gone, and people can't find any mistakes!

Thankfully I came last night!Jiang Jiangtou didn't even dare to lift his head, and replied respectfully: "The villain saw with his own eyes last night that Wu Quan and Tian Chang colluded and wanted to take money from the Liang family. The deed is also fake, it was Tian Chang handed it over to Wu Quan, the disaster in Matian last year was not that serious at all, it was all made up by them!"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Jiangtou would betray the water at this time, Wu Jiangtou's eyes darkened, and he almost passed out.No wonder the situation is so weird today, it turns out that the Lord Lang had already prepared for it! !

Unable to hold on any longer, Carpenter Wu broke down and cried, "Master, spare me! It's all because of that little old man Tian Chang who deceived the villain. The villain is dedicated to working hard for the family and never dares to neglect. And Jiang Xin The guy is not a good thing, he made pottery privately and bought it in the county town. The villain is willing to prove it for the master!"

Unexpectedly, this son of a bitch would bite him back, Jiang Jiang raised his head suddenly: "You shameless person! You have harmed many weavers in the weaving workshop, and even secretly sold the silk and satin in the house , I don’t know how much money I spent in a year, and I even bought a foreign house in the county! Lord, Lord, don’t you be deceived by this evil slave!”

Seeing that the two were about to fight each other, Liang Feng ignored him, and said lightly, "Since this is the case, let's ask another way. Someone, drag Wu Quan out, and punish him. When will you confess and when will you stop?"

Carpenter Wu's face turned pale when he said these words: "Lord Master! Master Lang can't do it!"

The servant outside the door came in at the sound, grabbed Carpenter Wu's arm and dragged it out.How could a fat man addicted to drinking and sex earn money, and was dragged out crying all the way.After a while, there were crackling and flapping sounds in the courtyard, and screams like killing pigs.

Jiang Jiang was so frightened that his legs trembled, and he collapsed on the ground.Unexpectedly, this is not over yet, another voice came from outside the courtyard: "Presumptuous! You slave slave dare to arrest me? As a guest of the Liang family, I, Tian Shang, have been loyal for more than ten years. Can you, a lowly slave, touch me?" ? Ah... Wu, Carpenter Wu, why are you..."

Being arrested from home by the new Jie Nu, Tian Chang was startled and angry, cursing all the way and trying to break free, but as soon as he entered the inner courtyard, he saw Carpenter Wu being dragged outside and beaten.This time, his anger was stuck in his throat, and it turned into a cold chill.However, the people around him didn't stop walking, so they dragged him into the study. When Tian Chang saw Jiang Jiangtou also kneeling in front of Liang Feng, he finally realized that his plan might be completely exposed.

In just a moment, the anger on Tian Chang's face subsided.Straightening the skirts that were being ripped open, he knelt down in front of Liang Feng with a resemblance: "The lord called me over, is there something wrong?"

He looked calm and composed, but his hands were shaking a little bit.Liang Feng smiled lightly, and said, "I didn't know before that Tian Binke planned so many things."

Tian Chang shook his big sleeves vigorously: "The old man is thinking about the Liang family! The gentleman is obsessed with ghosts, and he is devoted to training soldiers. The family has been without officials for two generations. If he can't get the salary, how can he afford the expenses of the whole family! The gentleman made a mistake. Now that the road is gone, the old man can't stand by and watch."

"It's a good one to do it yourself." Liang Feng's smile grew stronger, "However, the Liang Mansion is not what it used to be, and I'm afraid it won't be able to take care of Tian Binke."

This is to drive him away?Guests are not like shady households and servants, not to mention that they cannot be killed at will, even beating and insulting them may cause the reputation of the head of the family to plummet.Without real evidence, even if he was sued to the county government, it would only discredit the Liang family.However, Tian Chang didn't expect that Liang Feng would really drive him away!Liang Mansion is such a big Zhuangzi, there are nearly a hundred families under it.Not to mention Sifang, farming, animal husbandry, mulberry picking, orchard, which one does not need to be looked after?Yan Sheng was executed just now, and he was driven away again. Can the Liang Mansion still operate normally?

Tian Chang took a deep breath and slowed down his tone: "Although Tian is not talented, he has served as a guest in the Liang Mansion for more than ten years and is familiar with the big and small matters of the mansion. There are so many people in the mansion, it is not easy to clean up. Still Lord Lang, please think deeply, don't act willfully."

Liang Feng looked at the other party's pretending to be serious, and finally shook his head in his heart.This person is really useless.Leaving aside the greed for merit and power, after this scandal was exposed, as long as he felt a little bit guilty, he could be saved.However, Tian Chang has no repentance at all, and instead uses Liang's family as a threat, wanting to blatantly seize the right to manage affairs.

If you want talent but no talent, you need loyalty but no loyalty, and you don't even have basic professional ethics, what's the use of keeping him?

The smile on Liang Feng's face gradually faded, he raised his head and said to Yi Yan: "Go and help Tian Binke pack his bags. Send him out of the house before dark."

As soon as these words came out, a trace of shame flashed in Tian Chang's eyes, but he didn't say anything, just got up and left.Outside the door, the sound of the staff hitting had stopped, it should be that Carpenter Wu couldn't bear the punishment, so he summoned him.When he was a criminal policeman in his previous life, it was Liang Feng's most shameless thing to interrogate without permission.But now, sparing someone's life just by hitting the board has become a great act of kindness.It is really that the status has changed too much, and there is no need to use any tricks to deal with these people.

Liang Feng turned his head to look at Jiang Jiangtou who was still trembling, and said, "Jiang Jiangtou, when you go back, you need to rectify the pottery workshop, and report the jobs of several craftsmen and the shops where they usually sell goods. And these years The surplus money should also be properly accounted for.”

This is a chance for him to turn himself in. Carpenter Jiang didn't understand, so he quickly kowtowed and said, "Lord Lord, you are kind! The villain must take good care of the pottery workshop after returning, and never dare to keep half of it privately!"

However, Liang Feng shook his head: "The surplus silver money is the capital you put into the pottery workshop and used for trial production of porcelain. As long as the kiln can produce porcelain, I will share [-]% of the money you get."

Startled by these words, Jiang Xin suddenly raised his head.[-]%? !If you can burn porcelain, do you share [-]% with them?Those are all precious things that are hard to change.If you can get [-]%, wouldn't it be several times more than the current surplus of secretly burning pottery? !Which family would treat the shady households below like this? This clearly treats them as guests, or even as personal attendants!

With mixed emotions in his heart, Jiang Jiang bowed his head and bowed down again.But this time, it's not like before, only fear.

Looking at the other party's drooping head, Liang Feng raised his hand and rubbed his temple.The whole morning's treatment cost him a lot of energy.But the big stick has been hit, and the carrot has been hung out, and the remaining people should be able to calm down.As for the future... He sighed in his heart, let's militarize management for now.Ask Ah Liang to take care of the affairs in the mansion first, and then arrange for the accountant to assist when the two uncles from Zhaoyu arrive.There is only one battalion of people around Liang's house, so it's not too troublesome to manage it, just slowly find a suitable housekeeper.

"Go down." Chong Jiang Jiang Tou and Zhao Yu waved their hands, Liang Feng closed his eyes wearily.The faint irritability in my heart has not subsided, when will this withdrawal period disappear...