Hearing Zong Xiu's ridicule, Jiang Shi, who was burning the fire in the kitchen, immediately looked at him viciously, and Jiang Chen hurriedly denied it: "Don't you dare to joke, the little one has a family and a mouth, what do you want to be a beautiful girl." ”

"Haha, I can't see that Brother Jiang is still a wife." Zong Xiu said with a smile: "Actually, I want to expand Jiangjia Village, and our future business can't be limited to printing." ”

Yi said happily: "Didn't Childe think of any business to make a fortune?" ”

Zong Xiu nodded proudly: "Money is endless, no one will be afraid of too much money." Now that the Chai family has taken the initiative to intervene in our business, or enter the game instead of Your Majesty, I don't mind helping Your Majesty make some money. Haha, with the emperor as a backer, what kind of business does he do without getting rich? ”

After Zong Xiu finished speaking, he said: "Brother Jiang, go back and let Jiang Lizheng take out all the money stored in the warehouse, calculate how much, and I will draw the drawings tomorrow, and we will start to build the house." ”

"Yes, sir."

Jiang Chen responded, urging Jiang's hot meal, and watched Zong Xiu finish eating before leaving with his daughter-in-law.

And Zong Xiu ran into the house in a hurry, summoned Yi to rub ink, and picked up the wolf to scribble.

The beauty grinds, the red sleeves add fragrance, the master and servant are one of the paintings, the other is guarding the side, staring at the man who is writing in front of the bookcase, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

Zong Xiu stayed up until the middle of the night to complete his preliminary design, hurriedly made up for sleep, got up early the next morning, and was just about to go out, when he heard Jiang Chen shouting at the door: "Who is Your Excellency?" Why are you sneaking around at the door of my family? ”

"I'll go, I won't be an assassin again."

The psychological shadow of the last assassination was not good, and Zong Xiu was startled.

Yi Tingqing, who was washing Zong Xiu's face, hurriedly put down the bucket and pressed her hands on her belt, which was where the hilt of the soft sword she hid.

"Childe be careful, I'll go take a look first."

Yi Chengqing walked briskly towards the door.

Zong Xiu gritted his teeth and picked up a stick to follow.

Yi Qingqing cautiously opened the courtyard door, and saw Jiang Chen guarding Jiang Shi at the door, and the horizontal knife in his hand was also half drawn.

Opposite Jiang Chen, there was a middle-aged man in his early forties, with a strong physique, tall and mighty, and two iron whips on his back, glaring angrily at Jiang Chen.

Seeing Zong Xiu and Yi pouring out their affection, the man couldn't help but sneer: "Master Zong's hospitality is really different from ordinary people, tsk, it's the first time that a certain family has seen the host greet guests with sticks." ”

The opponent's weapon was not in his hand, not like an assassin. And with Jiang Chen in front of him, and Yi Chengqing beside him, Zong Xiu directly threw away the stick in his hand and sneered: "Isn't it that I have made a little money recently, and this place is remote, so I am worried about encountering a thief who robs the house." Your face is tight? Not asked? ”

The man did not answer, but reached into his arms.

As soon as he put his hand in, Jiang Chen immediately pulled out the horizontal knife and shouted, "Don't move!" Take your hands out slowly! ”

“……”

The man looked at the four masters and servants who were like neuropaths in a strange way, and Zong Xiu was also speechless: Jiang Chen's nerves are too sensitive.

"Master Zong, a certain family is here to deliver a letter for the master. Please take a look. ”

The man took out the envelope that had not been burned from his arms, handed it over to Jiang Chen, and then glanced at Jiang Chen deeply: "Brother, it is really rare in the world for a guard to be on your job." ”

Without waiting for Jiang Chen to respond, the man turned over and got on the horse, knocked his legs on the stirrups, and galloped away.

"Adult ......"

Jiang Chen was a little embarrassed, holding the letter in both hands.

As soon as he came, he saw the other party lying at the door of Zongxiu and looking in sneakly, thinking that he was an assassin, and he never thought that the other party was a messenger.

"It's okay, it's better to take precautions."

Zong Xiu opened the letter as he spoke, and after reading it, he couldn't help but look strange: "Who, so awesome?" came to visit me, and asked me to wait at home in advance. ”

Yi Qian probe came over curiously: "But there are guests coming?" ”

Zong Xiu directly handed the letter to Yi Qianqing: "Look at it yourself." ”

The content of the letter is very simple, and the general meaning is to say: "I have heard your name for a long time, I happen to be free today, I will visit you at noon, in order to prevent me from jumping into the air, you kid don't go anywhere, wait for me at home." ”

Yi said angrily after reading it: "Childe, this person must take himself too seriously, how can there be such a visitor." ”

Jiang Chen said: "My lord, it won't be a dignitary." ”

Zong Xiu shook his head: "There is no payment on the letter, I know who he is." No matter, it should be busy at noon, he is willing to wait when he comes, so let him wait at the door. ”

After speaking, Zong Xiu greeted Yi Qianqing, Jiang Chen, and Jiang Shi, who was preparing to cook, and said, "Let's go, go to Jiangjia Village, and eat breakfast in the cafeteria." ”

The four of them walked all the way down the riverside path, and when they arrived at the printing workshop, Jiang Jian had been waiting for a long time.

"Dongjia, I heard that the eldest nephew said that you asked me to recruit craftsmen, how many are there?"

"yes, did you post a recruitment notice?" Zong Xiu asked.

Jiang Jian shook his head, with worry on his face: "My lord, it's no problem to recruit people, but I'm a little worried." Our workshop has just been in operation for a long time, and we have made a lot of money, but this is not how the money is spent. It's too risky to take out all the money to scale up at once. ”

Since the last time Jiang Jian recruited several people from Zhuangzi around him, Zong Xiu officially announced that he was appointed as the director of the printing factory.

Although he didn't understand what kind of official the factory director was, he was in charge of thousands of people, Jiang Jian had a feeling of being old and ambitious, and he had more things to do every day, focusing on improving output and saving costs.

Now that he heard that Zong Xiu was going to take out all the money to expand, he had a sense of risk again.

Zong Xiu also knew that Jiang Jian was for his good, and said with a smile: "Uncle Jiang, you just do what I tell you." By the way, have the recent accounts been done? How much money did we make? ”

Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, Jiang Jian sighed and took out the account books that had been prepared a long time ago and reported to Zong Xiu.

"The newspaper has been printed to the fifth issue, the Chai family has taken a million newspapers from us, each for three cents, the sales in Chang'an City are not as good as before, except for the first issue of 20,000 copies, the back is more than 10,000 copies, it has been unsalable. The profits from the first issue of newspapers and books were given to Yi Fengge. ”

"Among them, Lord Kong, Lord Zhu, Lord Yu and several other famous people in Chang'an have published articles, and the owner has explained that you should be polite, and the old man only accepted 1,000 taels from each of them."

"The Chai family advertised their businesses across the country, and more than a dozen big businesses such as Baobaozhai, Changle Fang, and Jinxiufang also advertised, with 3,000 taels per issue."

"Throwing away materials, labor, food, and rewards for righteousness and bravery, the current profit is 51,925,23 yuan."

When the profit was reported, the people around Zong Xiu all had bright eyes and looked at Zong Xiu with admiration.

There will be a profit of more than 50,000 taels in fifteen days, but I am afraid that it will not be long before Zong Xiu will be rich and rival the country.

But Zong Xiu himself listened to the report and looked at the account books.