Early the next morning, as soon as Chen Xu had breakfast, the soldiers guarding the door ran in to report: "Master Hou, there are two people outside the door who want to see you!" ”

"Who?" Chen Xu asked curiously.

"I don't know, one claims to be called Huangfu Que, and the other is called Sun Shujiong, and he claims to be here to take refuge in Hou Ye!"

"Take refuge in me? What are you doing with me? Chen Xu was inexplicable.

"Engong, the so-called refuge is that the doorman recommends himself, and they want to come to the Hou Ye's mansion to be a doorman!" Yu Wuya explained.

Chen Xu suddenly realized, he naturally knew that this kind of person was very common in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qin and Han dynasties, and there were more or less some of the famous ministers and doctors in their families, both civil and military, and they helped take care of the property in the house on weekdays, and they could also give advice or accompany them to protect, Yingbu was actually Chen Xu's doorman, and the Lu Spring and Autumn Period compiled by Lü Buwei was basically completed by the concerted efforts of the doormen in the house.

But the doorman is also a double-edged sword, and loyalty is not completely guaranteed, and if it is bribed, it may also cause a lot of trouble, such as Yingbu, this guy, may have a backbone.

Chen Xu thought for a moment and waved his hand and said, "Send them away, I don't need guests for the time being!" ”

"Huh~" The soldiers surrendered their hands and prepared to leave.

"Wait!" Yu Wuya stopped the soldiers, and then said to Chen Xu, "Engong, there are many affairs in the mansion at the moment, and even me and Yingbu can't do everything, and recruiting some guests can also share some pressure for us!" ”

"Yes, Engong is now a marquis, there are fiefdoms, not ordinary officials, you can recruit doormen, at the beginning, Xinling Jun Pingyuanjun had thousands of doormen, Lu Buwei and Chang Yu also had thousands of doormen, although Tongwu Hou is relatively low-key, but there are hundreds of doormen in the house, assisted by doormen, many things you just need to sit at home and give orders!" Yingbu also hurriedly said.

"How many doormen do you think you should find? Is it for laziness? Chen Xu asked with a strange face.

"Master Hou, it's not that I'm lazy, most of the doormen are capable people, recruit more people to help, and you don't have to do many things yourself, just like running the Qinghe Inn, it's more convenient for doormen like Hu Kuan to do it, not to mention that there are some things that Hou Ye shouldn't do in person!" Yingbu hurriedly said.

"I remember that cooking is not what Master Hou should do, for Mao, you urge me to cook every time?" Chen Xu looked at the two guys speechlessly.

"Hey, hey!" Yu Wuya laughed dryly a few times and turned his head to look out the window.

Yingbu also quickly lowered his head and did not speak.

It's easy to talk to someone like Chen Xu who has a big brain.

"Doorman...... The doorman ......" Chen Xu repeated countless times in his heart.

At the moment, there is indeed not enough manpower around him, except for Yu Wuya and Yingbu, it seems that only Hu Kuan can be used, and Hu Kuan is still in Wancheng, so many things are overstretched.

"Go ahead, two of them bring in!" After pondering slightly, Chen Xu spoke.

"Huh~" The soldier turned around and went, and soon came in with two people dressed as scribes.

One is about twenty-five or sixteen, with a round face, with a jade crown, and a jade pendant around his waist, but he looks a little down, and there are a few bruises on his face, and the other is about thirty, with a white face and black beard, wearing a leather jacket and a fur hat, and it looks slightly down, and a circle is a little blue.

"The emperor is missing to meet the Marquis of Qinghe!"

"Uncle Sun Jiong pays a visit to the Marquis of Qinghe!"

The two respectfully saluted Chen Xu together.

"You know me?" Chen Xu was even more curious.

"This ...... We have been waiting outside the Hou Ye's mansion for the past few days, and we saw the Hou Ye go to the palace by car yesterday! Huangfu said with a smile on his face.

"I remember, yesterday it was the two of you who fought outside the office of the Academy of Sciences!" Chen Xu thought about it instantly.

"Hey, yes!" Sun Shujiong also replied with a red face and a dry smile.

"Why are you two fighting?" Chen Xu was even more curious.

The two of them talked about yesterday's fight, and Chen Xu said with a strange face: "It's no problem for the two of you to take refuge in me, but I have to make it clear in advance, once I know about doing something behind my back, the consequences will be very serious!" ”

"Hou Ye rest assured, both of us have read the poetry and books of sages, if we are not treacherous, we will never have two hearts, we also admire Hou Ye to come to run, and we also hope that what we have learned can be used by Hou Ye, so that we will not do nothing in our lives!"

Huangfu Que and Sun Shujiong hurriedly bowed together

Next, Chen Xu inquired in detail about the identities and origins of the two, and after asking what the two were good at, Chen Xu pointed to Sun Shujiong and said: "From today on, you will be the treasurer of my house, responsible for money management and income and expenditure. ”

"Thank you Lord Hou for your appreciation!" Sun Shujiong's dark circles were red with excitement, and at the same time, he glanced at the emperor beside him proudly, his eyes were full of provocation.

"From today onwards, you will be the steward of my house, responsible for entering and exiting and making arrangements for comings and goings." Chen Xu pointed at Huangfu and said.

"Thank you Master Hou, there will be no mistake if you are conscientious!" Huangfu was a little disappointed, but he was instantly overjoyed, and he replied to Sun Shujiong with a blank look even more provocatively.

"Yingbu took the two of them to arrange a place to stay, and at the same time summoned the housekeeper and all the guards and servants to meet, and officially performed their duties tomorrow, and by the way, called Wang Wu and Wang Qi over, and ate hot pot together later!"

"Engong, the two of them have been entrusted with the power of management and the heavy responsibility of spending money when they first arrived, will something happen?" After Yingbu took the two away, Yu Wuya said with some uncertainty.

Chen Xu pursed his lips and said, "Didn't you and Yingbu ask me to accept guests?" Don't you need me to eat and support it? ”

"But it's too sudden!" Yu Wuya replied speechlessly, and then seemed to explain to himself, "But it should be no problem, with Engong's current reputation in Xianyang, it is estimated that they will not dare to have any second thoughts!" ”

"I don't know if I'm half-hearted, I'll tell Wang San and the others to pay attention to some of the actions of the two of them later, as long as they are not spies, and these two things are only temporarily appointed, and after the beginning of spring, I will transfer a group of people from Qinghe Town to take over the affairs of the house, and at the same time buy some servants and subordinates, and all irrelevant ones will be dismissed at that time!" Chen Xu also said helplessly, at present, the only people he can trust in the mansion are Yu Wuya and Wang Sanwang and Wang Wu, Yingbu can only be counted as half, and the rest of them can't be trusted, if it is placed in the future generations, Chen Xu believes that his house is already full of bugs and cameras.

Chen Xu was busy for the next two days.

Qin Shi Huang ordered the redeployment of the security forces of the Academy of Sciences in the court, removed the lieutenant and took over the guard, and at the same time really arranged for fifty Xuanwu guards to be disguised as ordinary guards and assigned to carry out covert surveillance and protection in the office.

Chen Xu didn't care about this, and he was happy to see it.

The emperor's move will definitely dispel the thoughts of many unscrupulous people.

To prepare for the establishment of the Academy of Sciences, first of all, it is natural to recruit skilled craftsmen in various industries, and then all kinds of talents who are proficient in computing and construction, as well as many intellectuals who can write and calculate.

Then Chen Xu thought of another mathematician who was proficient in calculations, that is, Zhang Cang, so with a piece of paper, Zhang Cang changed from the imperial history to the vice president of the Academy of Sciences and the director of the Institute of Mathematics.

After the internal affairs of the Academy of Sciences were almost arranged, Chen Xu felt that it was time to carry out more important things, so he summoned the responsible personnel of various departments of the Academy of Sciences, and a group of people rode out of the city to inspect the east along the Wei River, intending to find a suitable place to build a suitable place for the Academy of Sciences to smelt steel.