Only then did the people who rushed down like a torrent stop.

The villagers of Xiapan Village stretched out their hands to knock out the guy in the hands of the people from other villages next to him, and explained: "It's not a bandit, it's the son of the first family, Li Feibai, Li Muyou, Master Li." That is, the shopkeeper of the stone carving shop, our food and clothing parents. They spoke with great pride, as if they were relatives of Li Feibai's family.

The one who was the leader of these people also shouted at the crowd: "Throw away the guys in your hands, it's our shopkeeper who has returned!" When everyone threw the guy away, the man ran over, bowed and bowed his hand, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, no, Master Li, you are back!" ”

Li Feibai knew each other at a glance, and he was an old acquaintance, it was the literate servant Xie Fuda.

Li Feibai smiled, pointed to the group of people behind Xie Fuda, and said, "What's going on?" ”

Xie Fuda smiled and said, "Back to the shopkeeper, I was about to go to the old shopkeeper to discuss things, and I saw a group of people waiting for this side from afar." We have read books, and we are a little knowledgeable, but looking at the dress of this group of people, they don't look like good people, and I wonder in my heart, could it be that the people outside know that the people in our Xiapan Village are rich, and they have attracted bandits to rob.

"On our territory, how can we allow others to play tricks. Don't say it's a thief, it's the king of heaven, Lao Tzu also let him go and never return. Immediately gathered people, took the guys and ambushed them on both sides of the road, ready to kill the bandits by surprise. Unexpectedly, the flood washed the Dragon King Temple, and the family didn't know the family, and it was not the thief who came but the shopkeeper. ”

Li Feibai was very displeased that Xie Fuda always regarded himself as knowledgeable when he knew two words, and even put 'we are scholars' on his lips, frowned slightly, and said: "It seems that you have also read military books and know how to fight ambushes." ”

Xie Fuda said: "That's nature! Not only has I read Sun Tzu's Art of War, but I have also dabbled in the 36 strategies. ”

Although Li Feibai has never read a military book, he also knows that any ambush is a surprise attack, and the important thing is to be sudden, so that the enemy has no time to react. However, the ambush site chosen by Xie Fuda was really poor, with a large field in between, giving the enemy a lot of time to react, and it could not play the role of a surprise attack. He said that Xie Fuda had read the book of soldiers, which was originally a sarcastic remark, and reminded Xie Fuda that he should not always think of himself as a scholar when he has nothing to do all day long.

But Xie Fuda didn't hear the meaning of his words at all, thinking that he was praising him, so he had to shake his head helplessly. Thinking that Xie Fuda is like this, and there are all illiterate people around him, in this case, it may be more difficult for him to get rid of this problem than to ascend to the sky. Then he said: "You are not small, you can make so many people listen to you!" ”

Xie Fuda said: "That's natural, who made us the director of the stone carving factory?" Who dares to be disobedient, look at me and I won't let him get out of the stone carving factory. ”

Li Feibai was stunned and said, "Why don't I remember to let you be the director of the stone carving factory?" ”

Xie Fuda's face showed three points of sadness, and he grinned: "Although the shopkeeper didn't let me be the director of the stone carving factory, the female shopkeeper asked me to be the director of the stone carving factory." ”

Li Feibai knew who the female shopkeeper in Xie Fuda's mouth was, and he must be referring to Hou Yanmin. He was helpless again, why did everyone think that the two of them were husband and wife? However, if you think about it, you can understand that Hou Yanmin lives in Li Ji's stone carving shop, and it is difficult for people not to misunderstand Li Daning and his wife when they come to Xiapan Village to estimate that Li Daning and his wife are very fond of others.

He secretly said in his heart: "Why did Hou Yanmin let Xie Fuda be the director of this stone carving stone?" To be honest, Xie Fuda is not the best candidate for factory director. ”

When he asked for the stone carving factory, he asked him to select a competent person to serve as the factory director. This matter was originally done by Li Daning, but if he wanted to come to Li Daning to see less, he didn't know what to do, so Hou Yanmin would do it. But the candidate chosen by Hou Yanmin is too unsuitable for him.

But soon, Li Feibai understood Hou Yanmin's distress. In order to run a stone carving factory, he once designed a set of strict rules and regulations, including recording work, overtime and leave, rewards and punishments, etc., which had to be explained to the workers by a literate person sentence by sentence, and supervised the records. Of all the people, only Xie Fuda is literate, so it has become the only choice.

He patted Xie Fuda on the shoulder and said, "Do a good job!" After a pause, his face sank and he said: "Don't violate the rules and regulations and do things like guarding and stealing, don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

The three worries on Xie Fuda's face suddenly disappeared. After all, although the female shopkeeper asked him to do the job of the factory director first, whether he was capable or not had to be decided by the male shopkeeper. Now that Li Feibai says so, he agrees with him to take the post of factory director.

Xie Fuda wanted to be the factory director in his heart. According to the rules and regulations, the salary of each worker is divided into four levels. Quarrying, transporting stones, and shaping belong to small workers, and two taels of silver per month. The rough carving belongs to the big work, four taels of silver per month. The fine carving belongs to the master, and it is eight taels of silver per month. And he, the director of the factory, belongs to the management, and the management is also divided into four levels.

Regardless of quarrying, stone transportation, shaping, rough carving, and fine carving, they are divided into classes, and the class has a team leader, and the salary is doubled. The first class of the quarrying class is four taels a month, the first day of the rough carving class is eight taels a month, and the first month of the fine carving class is sixteen taels. And he, the factory director, is currently at the same level as the head of the fine carving team, and it is not impossible for the business to become bigger in the future, and it is not impossible to double it to thirty-two taels.

He came to Xiapan Village for two taels of silver a month, and now his monthly salary is as high as sixteen taels, where can he find this kind of good thing that will wake up with a smile in his dreams? Those students who are still working hard in the county school and hope to be able to get a jinshi and do a county order, if they know that his salary is so high now, I am afraid that they will run out of the county school and compete to be the factory director.

Xie Fuda thought that this life would be like this, honestly farming and paying the emperor's grain, just so poor and poor for a lifetime, who would have thought that his sparrow would come and go from time to time, and once it flew on the branches and became a phoenix. He was grateful to Li Feibai one hundred and twenty times in his heart, how could he dare to violate the rules and regulations, do something like a traitor, and lose such a good livelihood? hurriedly swore an oath and showed loyalty.

Li Feibai listened to two sentences, waved his hand and said, "Take me to see your factory first!" ”

Xie Fuda led the way in front and led Li Feibai around the village towards the outside of the village, followed by the workers of the stone carving factory. Ma Kun took the servants and escorted the thieves back to the village with the villagers.

Li Feibai and the others waited for about a mile to walk, and then they saw three flat plots, each of which was several acres in size, and a stone tablet was erected in front of it, which were carved with raw material area, rough carving area, and fine carving area.

The raw material area is open-air, and many stones of various sizes have been piled up.

Although the rough carving area and the fine carving area are not open-air, they are also very simple, only a few scaffolds are built with large logs, and the roof is paved with straw to ensure that you can work even on rainy days.

The workers behind him arrived here and divided into three groups. One of the people accused Xie Fuda and Li Feibai of a crime, divided into three classes, and headed towards the rough carving area. As soon as he entered the rough carving area, he picked up his tools and continued to carve the stones, trying to make the prototype of a lion.

Another group of men and horses also sued. At this time, it was getting late, and it was no longer realistic to go to the mountains to mine stones, so the team leaders went to ask the people in the rough carving area what size of stone they needed, and then took their subordinates to the raw material area to carry them.

The last group of people didn't move, standing quietly behind Li Feibai and Xie Fuda, looking helplessly at the fine carving area.