After all the five chapters of the contract were signed, Liu Cheng took the contract in his hand and said, "As long as someone signs the contract with the recommendation of the remaining fifteen lifu, that person can get fifty more copper plates for each one of the five hundred copper plates that he has said." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

After that, Liu Cheng looked at the five of them, "The contract will take effect on the first day of the first month of next month, but in two days, you have to think about who pulled it, and I will come back in two days to accept the results." ”

The few lifu looked at Liu Cheng nervously, and their palms were sweaty.

Even a new merchant ship parked at the dock was indifferent.

Gao Yang was instructed by Su Fu to come to see Liu Cheng's ability to do things, and this matter was over, Gao Yang immediately looked at Liu Cheng who was standing aside and said, "Let's go." ”

Liu Cheng nodded and left with Gao Yang.

Sitting in the carriage back to the courtyard, Liu Cheng spread out his clenched fists, a layer of fine and dense sweat on them, and only withdrew his hands after they dried.

It was the first time he had done such a thing, and he couldn't be said to be unflustered.

Gao Yang is still very satisfied with the results of his first work.

After going back, Su Fu listened to their affairs today, and immediately asked Hongying to go out and exchange the silver for more than a dozen copper plates, and when Liu Cheng went to the ferry again, the copper plates were directly distributed to those Lifu.

When Liu Zhi heard that Liu Cheng was coming, she hurriedly went to Liu Cheng's side from the backyard and expressed her longing.

Liu Cheng rubbed Liu Zhi's head, and he suddenly realized that the lives of their brother and sister were becoming better.

After waiting for two days, everything was as Su Fu expected, and the remaining Lifu all listened to Song San and a few of them in a row, took the cinnabar mud in Gao Yang's hand one by one, and pressed their handprints on the contract.

After that, all the copper coins that each person was due to them were given to them.

In the afternoon of the same day, an ordinary signboard was hung next to the tea shop on the side of the road, Lifu Club.

Liu Cheng, as the manager of the Lifu Club, will inevitably be difficult to convince the public because of his young age, so at the beginning, Su Fu ordered Gao Yang to help Liu Cheng for a few days.

Su Fu promised to give each Lifu a month's usual salary and a half, and twenty workers would be equivalent to at least thirty taels of silver per month.

At present, the steward of the merchant ship only gives three copper plates for each cargo, even if Jiangning is much more prosperous than other areas of the waterway business, but Jiangning has two ferries in Xicheng and Dongcheng, so if you divide it, the goods to Xichengkou are about 200 pieces of goods per day, and the daily income is 600 copper plates, and there are only 18 taels of silver per month.

This is a loss-making business, and the Lifu are smarter than anyone else when it comes to calculating money, so they will sign the deed without saying a word.

But since Su Fu acted like this, it was naturally arranged by her, Gao Yang didn't ask much, but obeyed unconditionally.

Today is the first day of the seventh month, Jiangning is already hot, and at the ferry port of the West City Gate, the Lifu are sweating like rain at the ferry with their bare arms.

The steward of the merchant ship is very unknown.

It all started to be unusual this morning.

First of all, when the merchant ship arrived at the ferry, the Lifu of the Xichengmen ferry actually stood in a row from a distance and watched, which was enough, who knew that a teenager actually walked in and bargained with him about the price, and asked him to make five copper plates from the wages of three copper plates for moving a piece of goods.

The steward did not agree, but if he did not agree, none of those men came forward.

In the past, the steward gave Lifu a few copper plates, and the rest were stuffed into his own pockets to buy wine and drink, but now no Lifu came forward to move things, and the owner of these goods was in a hurry.

The steward gritted his teeth, but still complied with the young man's words, summoned ten men to come over, carried the goods to the city gate, and then pulled the goods away by a carriage.

There were a total of fifty bags on this merchant ship, and the wages of each package were five copper plates, and when the settlement was made, a total of two hundred and fifty copper plates were all handed over to Liu Cheng, a young man who stepped forward to raise the price.

This situation lasted until sunset, and there were no more merchant ships at the ferry, and Liu Cheng's harvest today happened to be the same money.

These Lifu had just received the 500 copper plates after signing the deed yesterday, and although they had been busy all day at this time, they were still full of red faces, and they all entered the city with a discussion and found a wine shop to have a good drink.

The Lifu named Song San before walked up to Liu Cheng and said with a grin, "Steward Liu, do you want to drink?" ”

The Liu steward in Song San's mouth was a little teasing, but in Liu Cheng's ears, he didn't care much, just looked at Song Sandao with a straight face, "It's natural for you to go drinking, but don't miss tomorrow's work." ”

Song San patted Liu Cheng on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Obey Liu's orders." ”

After speaking, he turned around, and beckoned a few familiar Lifu, and drank refreshingly, "Brother, go drink." ”

Then there was a chorus of pandering.

Liu Cheng turned around and saw those few lifu disappearing into the afterglow of the setting sun, and then silently walked into the gate of Xicheng.

Liu Cheng's father was an official, but the whole family lived in Beicheng, because his father was upright and had a clean sleeve, so he had no money to rent and buy the courtyard where the officials in Xicheng lived.

Fang entered the city gate, but saw Gao Yang coming in a carriage.

Su Fu made it convenient for Gao Yang to go to the horse market and buy a carriage.

Gao Yang stopped in front of Liu Cheng and said, "Come up!" ”

Liu Cheng responded, and got into the carriage, needless to mention, it must be Su Fu who has something to look for him.

The carriage clattered in the golden city, and Liu Cheng sat in the carriage and couldn't help asking, "Brother Gao, where are you from?" Why did you come to Jiangning? ”

"The country is in constant turmoil, and in order to escape the war, I came to the south." Gao Yang didn't mention who they were, but now there are many wars in the north, and there are many people who have fled to the south of the Yangtze River, and they are all people who can speak official language, so they simply use such a statement.

This is what Su Fu explained to Gao Yang first.

Liu Cheng may have got the answer, or maybe he learned that Gao Yang didn't want to elaborate on his intentions, so he just answered and didn't ask anymore.

From the west city to the east city, they arrived at the house.

Gao Yang knocked on the door, and a strange servant opened the courtyard door, and seeing that it was a familiar face, he let the two of them in.

Gao Yang drove the carriage into the door, and explained to Liu Cheng, "This is a hired janitor, he knows you some kung fu, he knows you today, and he will let you in in the past." ”

Liu Cheng nodded, got off the carriage with Gao Yang, and went to the inner courtyard.

Because there are only two masters, Su Fu and Su Zhao, the rules are lazy.

Su Fu and Su Zhao and Liu Cheng's youngest sister Liu Zhi were eating, and Hongying and Yurong were standing aside.

Su Fu saw the two of them coming, looked at Hongying and said, "Go and serve dinner for the two of them." ”

Hongying answered, and put another meal on the table.

There was silence at the dinner table.

When the meal was ready, he asked Hongying and Yurong to take the rice down, and the two of them went down with it.

Su Fu asked Liu Cheng about today's ferry, and seeing that it didn't cause any waves, he relieved himself and asked Liu Cheng and Liu Zhi to talk elsewhere.

When the sky was about to darken, he asked Gao Yang to send Liu Cheng away. (To be continued.) )