Xu Yuanzuo sent Lu Fuzi away, and arranged for Qi Miao to go to Li Teng to ask for cement, so as not to seep into the surface of the ground and pollute the underground water source at that time. At present, there is no tap water for chlorine disinfection, and the water used at home is boiled after the well water is clarified, so it generally does not cause diarrhea, but it is difficult to say after being contaminated.

Back in the study, Xu Yuanzuo flipped out the report on the table. He walked for a few months this time, and after he came back, he took a cursory look and there was no problem, but he still couldn't do it for data analysis. In this official-based era, as long as you can hug the thighs of bureaucrats, making money is simply the same as picking up, so some people will bribe others to take dry shares, and some people will sell themselves as slaves in order to mix up the title of "a slave of a certain family".

As far as the Xu family is concerned, the rows of fine houses outside the Huating Nanchan Temple are all this kind of "Xu family slaves". They sold themselves to take refuge, and then ran shops and land outside in the name of Xu Gelao, easily got involved in the profiteering industry, and then handed over a part of the income to the Xu family, and begged the Xu family's pieces to be sent to the yamen when something happened. It looks like an ancient Roman patronage. It's just that most of the people of insight and famous teachers are reluctant to accept this kind of "slave", so as not to fall into their own reputation. Xu Jie also repeatedly warned his three sons not to do such a thing, but Xu Kun and Xu Ying took it as a deaf ear.

The reason is very simple, under the patriarchal system, all the income of the family must be collected in the public middle school and distributed by the parents. Xu Jie is the parent, can he give his son a few hundred taels of silver every month to drink flower wine? Of course not.

So what should Xu Kun and Xu Ying do with money? Only private money. The source of private money is to protect slaves and pay their filial piety, and some trustworthy slaves are also private coffers. Just as after Xu Sheng's defection, most of Xu Kun's small treasury fell into Xu Yuanzuo's hands.

Xu Yuanzuo knew that Cai Guoxi was Gao Gong's thug, and he had also heard the gossip in the wild history, so he specially sent someone to find out the reason why Cai Guoxi had a bad relationship with the Xu family. As a student of Xu Jie. If Cai Guoxi became a traitor just for promotion, even Gao Gong might not be able to tolerate him.

The reason that was finally found out was ridiculous: Cai Guoxi once went out, and the boat was blocked by the Xu family's slaves. Cai Guoxi came forward to reprimand, but those slaves surrounded his boat and made a noise, causing a great loss of face for the officials of the imperial court -- the so-called noisy boat incident.

These slaves are the disgusting slaves who are protected by Xu Ying.

Xu Yuanzuo was more cautious about Xu Ying, because this "clan uncle" was still young. Once the blood is on the head, nothing is cared of. Moreover, his wife Lu is also from a wealthy family, and she is the niece of Lu Bing, the commander of Jinyi and Weidu during the reign of Sejong. Lu Bingke is the most trusted personal person of Emperor Jiajing, who is not only a milk brother, but also has the ability to save the driver. What's even more rare is that he is also a student of the famous minister Shen Lian, the only commander of the Jinyi Guard who was accepted by the Wenchen in the Ming generation.

Although Lu Bing's two sons are not in a good situation today, he himself, as the only dignitary in the Ming Dynasty who is both a third duke and three orphans, is still gaining momentum. Especially because he was settled by the Autumn Queen, Xu Jie couldn't treat the Lu family who married into the Xu family badly. lest people be labeled as "snobbish".

Xu Yuanzuo called Cha Cha to pour the tea in, took a big sip, the bitter taste rushed to the top of his head, and he was immediately refreshed.

Cha Cha didn't go out immediately, and said on the side: "Brother Zuo, there are several more families who come to offer today." ”

Xu Yuanzuo didn't speak, and said secretly in his heart: No wonder I have been thinking about the issue of slaves in the past two days, there are too many psychological hints like this.

Very few people are willing to show their talents. It is generally a dedication to the master. The so-called poor people are rich and rich because they have lived in the township for a long time. The threshold is low, but the shelter power is not weaker than that of Jinshi, so many people like to take their family property and land to donate to the family.

Xu Yuanzuo was also favored, the key is that he is a relative of Xu Ge Lao.

The wind knows the strength of the grass. When public opinion turned against Xu before, many people stayed away from the Xu family; Now once it is reversed, the Xu family is once again in the market. with Xu Yuanzuo, the Xu clansman. It has also become the goal of many broken settlements. These dilapidated households have no real estate and no operating capital, but when they heard that Xu Yuanzuo was the God of Wealth, and when they were just employing people, they ran to recommend themselves.

Xu Yuanzuo shook his hand impatiently: "Didn't you say this?" No one. ”

Cha Cha stopped. said: "Two of them still have shops with them, but because they are in debt, they can't do it anymore, so they want to donate to Zuo Ge'er." ”

Xu Yuanzuo snorted: "This kind of person is especially not." ”

Cha Cha had no choice but to bow her head and was about to go out, but she heard Xu Yuanzuo sigh: "Now everyone knows that I am short of manpower." ”

Cha Cha didn't know if Zuo Ge'er was talking to her, so she didn't dare to move.

Xu Yuanzuo took out a booklet sent by Cheng Zai, which is the roster of the current School of Economics. This thin booklet contains a list of all students who have graduated and are still enrolling, including name, age, place of origin and home address. Without exception, all the graduates entered Renshoutang, Xu's Cloth Shop, Guangjihui and Xinyuan, and it can be said that they were all wiped out by Xu Yuanzuo.

In the eyes of other merchants, Xu Yuanzuo has reached the point of starvation. Don't even want a guarantor, you dare to accept people like this.

And conventionally, there are too many of them. Where do ordinary firms need so many people to do things? Three or five people are enough to run outside, and only two or three people are in the store. As for the account room, an old gentleman with an apprentice not only solves the account problem, but also helps the shopkeeper to manage the store! In this way, a store with 10 people is considered a big deal.

Xu Yuanzuo is not like this in his hands. In the beginning, a small garden would have used twenty or thirty people. The inn was normal at first, but then someone stuffed it in. When it came to Renshoutang, he couldn't wait to build two houses to support people. If you want to say that it is really a big business and you want to use people, it is understandable, but these boys do more chores than serious things.

Obviously, it is outside, and it is divided into two parts: the market and the customer, but there is not necessarily much business that is really brought back; Originally, the shopkeeper could buy the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone with a single word, and Xu Yuanzuo had to make a report here and send it to the general affairs; The bookkeeper, who originally completed the task as long as he kept the current accounts, still had to write all kinds of reports, and also knew how to calculate formulas and put forward financial opinions - what advice could these little boys give? The funniest thing is the work summary, you can write it well. Can it bring a penny of profit to the owner?

Not only are these things useless, but they also have to support people, which clearly increases the cost. According to the salary and bonus given by Xu Yuanzuo, it increased the cost by an unknown amount. It is rumored in the world that Xu Yuanzuo is the god of small wealth, and at the same time, there is no shortage of negative news about his abuse of money. Therefore, there are many people who want to know Xu Yuanzuo's business direction, but there are no people who want to learn Xu Yuanzuo's business methods.

So to speak. Xu Yuanzuo should already have a lot of people, right? Why is there a shortage of human resources? In fact, Xu Yuanzuo is running a academy to train buddies, and he is recruiting apprentices from all over the Mongolian school, and the manpower directly controlled by him is only more than 300 people. Two-thirds of them are apprentices at the elementary level.

The people in the booklet given by Cheng Zai are all considered "high-achieving students" from high school to junior high school. Although there are more than 100 people, considering that in order to solve the problem of "whether there is any" at the beginning, at least 30 or 50 people belong to the quick finished products, and they will have to continue to return to the furnace for further study in the future.

Cha Cha waited for a while, and saw that Xu Yuanzuo did not speak. It's just that his brows are tightly locked, knowing that Zuo Ge'er has a headache in employing people. She boldly said, "Brother Zuo, in fact, we already have a lot of people now. ”

"It depends on what they're asked to do." Xu Yuanzuo sighed and said: "Nowadays, the technical level is too poor, and the requirements for people are extremely high. How can those who haven't read a book for two days be able to do their jobs? ”

Cha Cha Qiang said with a smile: "To do business, it's not a matter of taking the Jinshi exam, so you have to read so many books." It's enough to be able to calculate the exact number. ”

Xu Yuanzuo shook his head and said, "For example, this time the "Suzhou Times" matter. I'm not in Songjiang, if it weren't for Mr. Wu presiding over the overall situation. What will it be like? Not to mention changing Jiang Baili, can you do it if you change Cheng Zai? This is the gap between people and people. ”

"Mr. Wu is a talented ...... after all," Cha Cha whispered.

"Yes. A talent like Mr. Wu is hard to come by. But you've used barrels, right? The amount of water in the barrel is not determined by the longest board, but by the shortest. Xu Yuanzuo said: "I emphasize reading, reading more, reading more books, just to stretch these short boards." ”

――Aren't all the same length of barrels......

Cha Cha didn't dare to say it. But I can understand the meaning.

Xu Yuanzuo scratched his head: "It's really not good, I'm afraid I'll have to recruit people in Shanghai." "It's very troublesome to recruit people in other places, just like the proprietor is afraid of recruiting bad people, and the guy is also worried about mistakenly defecting to the host. Employees in different geographies may be divided into different small groups, which may also cause internal instability. Now there are already signs of the Tang Xing Gang and the County City Gang in Renshoutang. And the Zhuli Gang, which was the first to follow Xu Yuanzuo, was formed a long time ago.

Cha Cha thought for a while and said, "Brother Zuo, there are actually some people who can use it." ”

"Huh?" Xu Yuanzuo was stunned.

"School book." Cha Cha said carefully.

Xu Yuanzuo raised his chin and motioned for her to continue.

Cha Cha said: "When the maid was in the newspaper office before, I also met some old children. Their job is nothing more than to check the text for any mistakes and grammatical errors. These people may be able to be sent out to do something else, and send the job to the boudoir. There are many talented women in the boudoir, and the level is not necessarily worse than those children, but it's a pity that they can't go out to do things. ”

No one who has watched "Dream of Red Mansions" will doubt the cultural level of everyone's ladies. Many eunuchs and wealthy merchant families would ask Xixi to educate their children, including their daughters. Because girls are not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations, they do not read and write Shiwen, but only read poems and songs, ancient literature and opera, and from a purely literary level, they are of a higher standard than men of the same age - in people with strict style, men can only read these "idle books" after the middle examination.

"Great idea, but how do you ask me to recruit?" Xu Yuanzuo asked.

"You can ask Miss Yu to come forward and start a club." Cha Cha said: "Every ten years, the collected manuscripts will be sent to the club, and they will be put away in a few days." If it is handed over to the servant to run, it will definitely live up to Zuo Ge'er's expectations. ”

-- The key is to "leave it to the servant to run."

Cha Cha looked at Xu Yuanzuo hopefully.

The newspaper is a place for intelligence collection and information release, and having Wu Chengen in charge makes Xu Yuanzuo very relieved. However, Wu Chengen is a human being, not a god after all, and a lot of writing work still has to rely on those old children below. Now that Qu Yuan Miscellaneous Tan has stabilized into a daily newspaper, with at least eight pages a day, and a dozen or so children are considered to be editors, the technical conditions are too inefficient, and they have to check the movable type printing plates.

"Yes, I'll leave it to you to run." Xu Yuanzuo finally nodded: "If the Jade Girl is an association, each person's salary will be sixty percent of the current newspaper editors - they are part-time after all, and they will definitely not be able to get a full-time salary." If someone is not taboo to come out and do things, then give the same salary. ”

Cha Cha nodded again and again: "Thank you Brother Zuo'er!" This time, she has a serious job, and she doesn't have to do housework anymore. When you have the opportunity in the future, it is best to be able to move out...... Although Zuo Ge'er treats people very well, that old lady is really not good at serving.

Xu Yuanzuo sent Cha Cha out and wrote another letter to Wu Chengen, asking him to issue an appraisal report to his editors, indicating whether to retain them or assign them to other posts. The affairs of the newspaper and the book carving workshop were handed over to Wu Chengen, so it was more important to delegate power in terms of personnel, so that people could work hard wholeheartedly, otherwise it would be too late for infighting.

Within the Xu system, this correspondence has become more formalized. At first, it was just to save time, and the low-end labor cost was very low, so you could just send a small guy to run errands. If you say everything to your face, then everyone should stop doing things. Later, everyone found out that these letters were "documentary evidence", which could prove the content of their work, and sometimes clarify their responsibilities, so they stayed. Xu Yuanzuo does not require unified filing, but the correspondence between departments is filed regularly. This time, Xu Yuanzuo came back from Liaodong and also got a large number of letters, mainly the content of the exchange between the marketing department and the customer service department.

After Gu Shuisheng of the marketing department was transferred to Liaodong, Chen Yi directly handled the affairs. He is also the earliest Zhuli boy, and he is very dedicated to life and work. Nowadays, the main work of the marketing department lies in the two parts of market information collection and new market development, the former Gu Shuisheng has laid out a lot of threads, and this time it has also been handed over to him. As for market development, he is the first batch of store managers to have an inn, and he is more comfortable than Gu Shuisheng, who has never stood at the counter.

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