After a while, Kou Liansha stopped laughing, and she looked at Guo Dan very puzzled.

"They're usually very shrewd, at least smarter than me and my father, why are they always ...... in front of you."

"Greedy!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Guo Dan gave the answer, "Of course, because of greed, they can't go through the process of rubbing shoulders with Marseille again, there is no doubt that it is very painful." ”

Kou Liansha nodded lightly, and said, "I think there is another reason. ”

Guo Dan asked, "What is the reason?" ”

"Because you're more greedy." Kou Zhuan Sha pursed her lips and smiled.

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment, and laughed a few times, "The parents of the one who gave birth to me, and the wife of the one who knows me!" ”

At this time, Kou Yi walked in, "Uncle, eldest miss." ”

"You're here!"

Guo Dan's expression froze, and said: "I need you to go to Tianjin Wei to buy some textile workshops, remember, the most important thing is the weavers, craftsmen, you have been with me for so long, you should also know how to do it." ”

Kou Yi listened, but asked, "Did you set off recently?" ”

Guo Dan asked, "Is there a problem?" ”

Kou Yi sneered: "Uncle, this will be soon... It's the Chinese New Year. ”

"Chinese New Year?"

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Kou Zhuansha.

Kou Zhuan Sha nodded.

"That's it!"

Guo Dan shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will never let you work alone outside during the New Year, this is unfair." ”

Kou Yi whispered: "Thank you, uncle." ”

Guo nodded with a smile, and said, "So this year, everyone in our dental store will not celebrate the New Year's Festival, including me and my wife." ”

“.......！”

The smile on Kou Yi's face suddenly stiffened.

"What are you kidding, thinking about the New Year's Day at this time?"

Guo Dan said with a serious face: "Do you know what the daily income and expenditure of the tooth store are now?" Do you know how much we have to lose if the new racecourse and the new textile workshop are built one day late? On the contrary, do you know how much more we will earn? The money lost on this day alone is enough for you to celebrate the holidays every day in your life.

I don't disagree with your expectations for the holidays, but I hope that you will forget about it this year and give me the ability to do a good job without distractions. Get ready, set off today, and I'll arrange for a carriage to take you there. ”

"Yes, uncle."

Kou Yi hurriedly nodded.

Guo Dan got serious, no one dared to touch the moldy head up and down the tooth line.

After Kou Yi went down, Guo Dan turned his head to look at Kou Zhuansha, only to see her frowning at herself, and asked, "Why is Madam looking at me like this?" Don't you think I'm being too mean. ”

Kou Liansha was stunned for a moment, and shook her head slightly: "Actually, every year during the New Year's Festival, I am also doing things, I just think that you have changed a lot from a year ago." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Actually, I haven't changed at all, I have always been very persistent in everything, whether it is on the way to pursue you to raise me, or on the way to I raise you, I am distracted and unstoppable." ”

Kou Liansha's face was slightly red, and she rolled her eyes slightly, and was silent shyly.

Guo Dan is not joking, if Kou Yi doesn't mention it, he will forget about the New Year, as the boss, he really hates the employees at this time to talk to him about the holiday, because he will feel that the employees are not eager enough for money, so he immediately told all the people in the dental industry, forget the existence of the New Year's Festival, this year for the dental industry, there is no day special.

Not only that, but he also told Chen Ping that he hoped to see the Chinese New Year's Eve, or the first day of the new year, and the new horse racing area to add bricks and tiles, so that they could save the mood of celebration until after the end of the project.

Of course, wages were tripled during the New Year's Festival.

This salary is a lot for today.

It's not that he's kind, it's that he wants to arouse everyone's desire for money, equating time with money.

Although Guo Dan doesn't know much about history, he still knows about the major events in history, at least he knows what is happening in the West now, the people over there are desperately producing, they are fighting with the sea with their lives, for the silver mines of South America, they are going forward one after another, moths to the fire, they can dominate the world for hundreds of years, it is not luck.

Although during this period, the Eastern world was not peaceful in all directions, due to disasters and wars, there were many people who died, the difference is that if people survive, they can sit on gold and silver mines, while the people here survived, just one more whip, and their death is meaningless.

Of course, their husband and wife also lead by example, and they work from morning to night every day, without a moment of slackness.

The funny thing is that the imperial court seems to have entered the rhythm of the New Year's Festival, and the officials have become more lazy, and they put more energy into going home to prepare New Year's goods, and even the officials who negotiated with Guo Dan are a little less focused.

.....

East Pavilion.

"The New Year's Festival is coming soon, haven't you talked to Guo Dan yet?"

Shen Shixing put down his pen, took a sip of tea, and asked Wang Jiaping when he was free.

Wang Jiaping shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Today, Guo Dan went to the Ministry of Industry to watch the process of making cotton nails, he hopes to be very precise in terms of materials, so that he can make a deed, it is estimated that it will take several days, and the officials who negotiate with him are a little unbearable." ”

"He's really capable of tossing."

Shen Shixing laughed a few times and said, "But will this delay the construction period, after all, the cotton armor will have to be sent to Liaodong at the beginning of autumn." ”

Wang Jiaping said: "I reminded him, but he prefers to put this hour on the deed." ”

Shen Shixing nodded.

At this time, Yu Youding suddenly said: "That's right! The household department said that when the New Year fell, there were a lot of goods parked at the wharf, and many things were done by Jiang Shiyou, and after they left, there was no tooth man to make up for it, which caused many things to be delayed. ”

Originally, this kind of trivial matter could not bother the cabinet, but because Jiang Shiyou and their matter were judged by the cabinet, the officials below did not dare to make decisions without permission.

"Although these tooth people are hateful, they are really indispensable."

Shen Shixing shook his head and said: "Let them hand over a list, this time our cabinet will personally decide, let them decide, I'm afraid that some Jiang Shiyou will be selected again." ”

......

Towards the end of the evening, Guo Dan came out of the Ministry of Works, and he was accompanied by a few old men, who used to be tooth people who were responsible for identifying silk and cotton cloth in the tooth shop.

"Uncle, this cotton armor is really not easy to make, it needs skilled craftsmen to be able to make it, we have to arrange it as soon as possible, otherwise, it will definitely be too late!"

A tooth man wiped his sweat and said to Xiang Guo.

This cotton armor is actually a kind of composite armor, made of cotton, cowhide, paper compression, not to say that making clothes is so simple, the process is very complex, if the pursuit of perfection, the workmanship has to be very strict and fine, it takes a lot of skilled craftsmen to be able to complete, ordinary craftsmen are definitely not able to do.

"You don't have to worry about that."

Guo Dan said: "What you need to do is to determine how much cotton, how much cowhide, how much paper, and the material standards of each material are used for this cotton armor, and I need you to work out a set of specific inspection processes." ”

"Yes, I'll see."

As soon as he came out of the Imperial City area, a familiar figure flashed into Guo Dan's field of vision, he couldn't help but stop, and after a while, he said to those teeth: "You go back first, I still have some things to do." ”

As he spoke, he walked to the side, came to a Taoist aunt, and arched his hand: "Thoughtless layman." ”

"It's you!"

Aunt Xu looked back and asked again, "Why are you here?" ”

Guo Dan's eyes rolled and said truthfully: "The imperial court wants to contract Liaodong cotton armor to me, and I just talked to them about the contract." ”

Aunt Xu nodded slightly.

Guo smiled lightly: "Shouldn't the layman congratulate me?" ”

Aunt Xu shook her head and said, "This is not worth congratulating. ”

Guo Dan frowned and said, "Why is this?" ”

Aunt Xu hesitated.

Guo Dan hurriedly arched his hand and said, "I hope the layman will tell me." ”

Aunt Xu said: "You are a trader, you should understand, if this business is easy to do, there will be other businessmen to compete, how can it be cheap for you, you can do it yourself, I will leave first." ”

Say, she bowed slightly, and was about to leave.

Leaving such a sentence, Guo Dan would not let him go, hurriedly caught up, and asked: "Layman, this transaction was made by the imperial court on its own initiative, not by me." ”

Aunt Xu just hummed softly.

Don't "um", "um" I'm panicking. Guo Dan said again: "Since the imperial court took the initiative to contract it to me, there shouldn't be any problems." ”

Aunt Xu said: "Do you know how far it is from the capital to Liaodong?" ”

Guo Dan said: "I don't know, but at least I have to walk for half a month." ”

Aunt Xu asked again: "Then do you know how many official mansions you have to pass through along the way?" ”

Guo Dan shook his head.

Aunt Xu said: "Even if you change the route, it will cause a lot of fighting, not to mention changing someone you don't know, maybe for you, it's just the next deal, but for many people, it's a huge loss." ”

Guo Dan frowned and said, "But the Liaodong cotton armor case has only happened a short time ago. ”

The implication is to imply that they dare to commit crimes against the wind.

Aunt Xu smiled and said nothing.

Guo Dan said: "Am I wrong?" ”

Aunt Xu said: "You are just a small businessman, where do you need any fair and honest means to deal with you." ”

Guo Dan's eyes widened, and he thought, this open gun is easy to dodge, but the hidden arrow is difficult to prevent!

Aunt Xu suddenly stopped and looked at the street not far away.

Guo Dan followed her gaze, and saw a group of people on the street over there riding towards the imperial city and asked, "Who are they?" ”

Aunt Xu glanced at him, "You don't even know him, so you dare to take this deal?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Does this deal have anything to do with him?" ”

Aunt Xu said: "The old man at the head is Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong, and it was his soldier who froze to death due to cotton armor last time." ”

Li Chengliang? The name seems familiar.

Guo Dan groaned slightly, ah, I remember, isn't this Li Chengliang the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty. He couldn't help but glance at the old man more, only to see that the old man's beard was black and white, leopard head and tiger whiskers, although he was past the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, but he was in good spirits, riding on a horse, and he was full of majesty.

Aunt Xu looked at Guo Dan again and said, "If you haven't signed the contract yet, quickly refuse this transaction, this is not a transaction you can do, they only need to move their fingers, and you may not even be able to open the door of the workshop." ”