Chapter 18: The Steward's Ambition
Tian Sheng has been a little haggard recently, and the ups and downs of life are too fast, very exciting, so stimulated that he moans in pain and I don't know whether it is joy or pain.
Since the opening of the Heavenly Chamber, it is not enough to describe the terrifying income. Tian Sheng has moved out of the Tian family's old house, not because he wants to split up, but because his parents really don't dare to let him stay at home. Horse-drawn carriages loaded with copper coins were constantly transported in and out all day long, and at the time of the largest number, they even filled all the wings in the backyard. Due to the large quantity, there is no way to count, so it can only be calculated by weighing one stone at a time.
The old mother Zang Er is the grandmother of His Royal Highness the Prince, the mother-in-law of the queen, and the real relatives of the emperor. Every day, more than a dozen porters in the family keep coming in and out, which is really a bit of a decline. And the elder brother Tian Wei is now Wei Weicheng, the deputy leader of the palace guards, and the future target must be the important ministers above the court.
Tian Sheng is not worried about this, in his opinion, without the nagging of his parents, he lives more happily. After the separation, his greatest pleasure was to roll on the pile of money, listening to the sound of copper coins sliding to the ground and colliding with each other, until he was too tired to fall asleep.
The reason why Tian Sheng is haggard is because he hasn't been rolling on the pile of money for a long time recently. In just over a month, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, his good nephew, has already withdrawn 40 million money from him! What is the concept of 40 million dollars? can buy 500,000 stone corn, that's a month's grain and grass for a million army!
It's a pity that Tian Sheng can't enter the palace at will, otherwise he will have to ask in person what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is doing. He also couldn't help but ask the prince's family Lingcheng, who came to withdraw the money, but only got a sentence that the prince asked him to bring: Look more and think more, think for yourself!
The current Tian Sheng couldn't understand Liu Che's good intentions, and he really complained in his heart. It wasn't until many years later, when he was calling for wind and rain in the global business world, that he realized how important his position in Liu Che's mind was. is so important that Liu Che doesn't want an echo worm to appear, but a handsome person who can stand alone.
At the height of the Han Empire, the Han army traveled to almost every corner of the world. But in the long years that followed, the Han Empire was also stormy and crumbling, but in the end it has been tenaciously standing. It is precisely because Liu Che established a more solid underground empire for the Han Dynasty - the financial empire. With the support of the Han financial giants, the Han Empire overcame obstacles in the next millennium and finally entered the interstellar era.
And Tian Sheng is the first emperor of this financial empire! It was Liu Che who pushed Tian Sheng to the altar step by step!
At this time, Tian Sheng was still a hairy boy who had just reached the crown, and he would only look at the empty warehouse and cry without tears. It wasn't until his wife pushed open the door and whispered in his ear that his eyes regained a glimmer of light.
"What do you say?! Seven Exquisite Feast?! Seven Tricks Exquisite Pavilion?! He grabbed his wife's hand and asked.
Mrs. Tian dug her mouth and complained a little: "Yes, the entire Beique Jiadi has been spread all over, and many families have got free coupons, but we don't have them!" ”
Tian Sheng looked at this stupid woman speechlessly, and said, "What does Madam want a free coupon for?" ”
"The lady who didn't get a free coupon at home doesn't dare to go out now. The concubine has been ridiculed many times by her familiar sisters. Mrs. Tian's aggrieved eyes were red, and she snorted: "The master is the uncle of His Royal Highness the Prince, why didn't the prince care about it, and the concubine was unhappy for the master." ”
Tian Sheng turned a deaf ear, and instructed himself: "Go and ask the housekeeper to count the remaining silver money in the house, the master will be busy for a while." ”
Mrs. Tian was about to speak, but was glared at fiercely by Tian Sheng, so she had to pout and walk out. Tian Sheng is a ruffian, which makes him unhappy, and women will also fight. If you don't fight for three days, you will go to the house to uncover the tiles, Tian Sheng said.
Three days later, in an open space in Beique Jiadi, there were more than a dozen cauldrons, and the boiling water was steaming hot, exuding a rich meat fragrance.
"Master, this meal is too good, isn't it? Other people's hired workers don't even care about food! The housekeeper in Tiansheng's mansion looked at the big bones and fat in the pot, and said with a painful face.
"You mean to have them stop work at noon and go home for dinner?" Tian Sheng was obviously very dissatisfied with the housekeeper's petty family, and reprimanded angrily: "How long does it take to come back and forth? If you miss the deadline, you're going to lose your head! ”
On the free coupon issued by the emperor, the time is indicated. At that time, the ministers will take free coupons, but they will not be able to eat the seven-trick exquisite banquet, and the unlucky one will definitely not be the prince, let alone the emperor, but only Tian Sheng, and maybe he will catch the Tian family.
This is not that Liu Che deliberately embarrassed Tian Sheng. The Queen Mother's idea of holding a large-scale royal banquet was also improvised, and Liu Che's preparation time was only a few days, and it was not easy to come up with the design drawings of a high-end Western restaurant in such a short time. At this moment when Tian Sheng was busy with construction, Liu Che was still desperately working in the palace to catch up with the plan.
"Master, do you want to hire more people?" The housekeeper knew some of the inside story, and when he thought of the key, he was also a little scared, so he hurriedly suggested.
Tian Sheng frowned and thought about it: "It's not that I haven't thought about it, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the number of people doesn't need to be too much, and experience is the key." These craftsmen and helpers are all the hands of the last time they built the heavens, and their hands and feet are neat, and they are afraid that it will cause chaos if they are newbies. ”
The housekeeper nodded, the people sent by the Prince Zhan Mansion to supervise the office were very strict, and the tiles were a little uneven, so they had to be rebuilt. In the unlikely event that there is a problem with one of the tiles in the middle of the entire wall, it is likely that all the tiles will have to be re-excavated to remedy it. Not only is a lot of tiles lost, but it's also a huge waste of time.
"By the way, you usually pay attention to those craftsmen who have good craftsmanship, are clever and willing to learn, sign a long-term contract with them, and pay ten times the current salary!" Tian Sheng suddenly commanded.
"Huh? Ten times? Master, the wages we pay now are already several times that of other people's families, and if we give ten times more, every craftsman will hire a medium-sized workshop. ”
The housekeeper's face changed, I'll take it! A craftsman has more monthly cases than I do.
Tian Sheng glanced at him, how could he not understand his careful thoughts. But after all, he is also an old man who has watched himself grow up, and he has always been loyal, and his hands and feet are also sharp, so he should be given some benefits, and said with a wicked smile: "When this place is completed, the prince ordered to set up a workshop called 'construction company', saying that he wants to 'enter real estate', thinking that it is a workshop to help people build pavilions and pavilions." The prince wants me to personally supervise the master, and the Seven Tricks Linglong Pavilion has to be managed, so he will definitely lack skills. From now on, the heavens will be watched by you. If you have something to see and think about more, you really don't know how to ask me again. You're still too tender, don't mess around. ”
"Huh?! Thank you, sir! The little ones must do their best! The butler was immediately blindfolded, and his face was full of cows. What is the heavenly place? It's said to be in the gold! In addition, the backstage is big, no one dares to come to trouble, it is simply a place to lie down and count money.
At this point, I have to explain. According to the practice of the Han Dynasty, the steward of the workshop is equivalent to the shopkeeper of the later dynasties, and there is a certain dividend at the end of the year. And the steward and the master's family are generally in a contractual relationship, and the maids and guards may be slaves.
The Han Dynasty was very cruel to slaves, really very! Very! Very! Atrocious!! More on that later in this book. But for the nobles and commoners, in the law, there is not much bias towards surnames. Even the most despised businessman, who became the richest man in the country, was not forcibly expropriated from his property. Compared with all the dynasties of later generations, wealthy merchants were often extorted from their homes, and although the merchants and commoners of the Han Dynasty did not have political status, they had quite high rights of human rights and life and property, which is very strange.
Let me explain in advance that this unique social phenomenon of the Han Dynasty will lead to some behaviors that seem illogical to modern people. Don't think I'm writing it wrong, I've turned over a lot of books, huhu.
In short, the housekeeper was stunned by Tian Sheng throwing his big sesame cake. Judging from the income in the heavens, there is no pressure on him to take another concubine at the end of the year. Widow Liu, who sells straw sandals in the East Market, is good, the housekeeper thought.
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