Chapter 57: The Xu Family's Industry

Li Er didn't want to waste his precious time on patrolling with officials, so after the carriage drove to the county government, he entered the county government, and after the guest of honor drank tea, he only briefly asked a few questions about people's livelihood, and said goodbye to the county order of Quanzhou County, and left the county government mansion with a group of bodyguards.

Seeing Li Er's figure go out of the gate, Mr. Cheng of the county government leaned next to the county master and asked quietly: "This person walks in a tiger's step, and his tone of voice is full of seven points of majesty, I am afraid that this is a high-ranking and powerful person in the court." ”

Hearing the county Cheng say this, the county magistrate sighed, and then whispered: "A while ago, a team of people from the capital came to the Baiqi Division, holding a gold medal and going straight to the Taishou Mansion, our Xue Taishou of Quanzhou ordered the officials of the whole state on the second day, and when they meet a person holding a jade plate with the word 'line', they must be treated as a guest, and they will be released, and those who can use the Baiqi Division are not something that ordinary officials can do." ”

Hearing the county magistrate say this, the county lord's eyes suddenly widened, and he said in a frightened tone: "Could it be that that person!" ……”

"Shhhhh......hhhh With that, he made a gesture in the direction of the gate......

Quanzhou in winter is not cold, Li Er is only wearing a white silk suit, wearing a purple gown outside, walking on the wide avenue of Quanzhou City, Li Er has never stopped for a moment to observe this newly built city that has only a few years of history.

The cement road in Quanzhou is not as wide as Chang'an, nor is it as magnificent as Chang'an, but it has more casual beauty. The streets are lined with many shops. It's different from Chang'an. The plaques of these shops are particularly large, and they look even more recognizable.

Most of the things sold in these shops are also different from those in Chang'an, such as dried fish shops with all kinds of dried sea fish hanging at the door, various hardware and boat equipment grocery stores, etc., Li Er walked to these shops from time to time to take a look, which also gave him a lot of knowledge.

There are a lot of pedestrians on Quanzhou Road, and because of the narrow road, there is a lot of traffic here. So much so that the whole street was full of pedestrians.

The streets are full of small merchants selling all kinds of snacks, especially a kind of food skewered on wooden skewers, and then placed on an oven rack, after the food is cooked, sprinkled with various spice powders shipped from overseas, the taste is extremely attractive, so that Li Er, who was born in the imperial city and tasted the world's food, can't help but want to taste it.

After buying a few skewers from the vendor, and the white-haired father-in-law also checked and ate them, Li Er couldn't wait to taste a grilled meat skewer. As a result, the meat was dressed in a strong spicy taste, and I couldn't help but inhale.

"This ...... Isn't this chili? Li Er felt full of relish, and the hot feeling of the chili pepper actually made his forehead sweat a little.

"Back to Childe's words. It is indeed a chili pepper, but this chili seems to be much spicier than Chang'an's. The white-haired father-in-law also inhaled the airway.

Li Er pulled off a piece of meat from the meat skewer again, and ate it in his mouth, the hot and spicy feeling of the chili pepper once again swept his taste buds, holding the skewer in his hand, like the passers-by on the street, while tasting this unique delicacy, which made Li Er feel extremely relaxed and happy.

"Childe, look, are we looking for a place to stay now?" The white hair followed Li Er's side tightly and asked.

"Well, it's still early, let's go shopping first."

Before Li Er finished speaking, he saw a group of people talking about something not far away, which seemed to be very lively, so Li Er was also full of curiosity and squeezed towards the crowd......

"Accept people, accept people, Xujia Quanzhou Shipyard will call new workers, need two Mr. Accounts, 60 workers, the construction period is one month, the monthly money is 20 yuan, including room and board, you can try to work for a day, first come, first collect, until it is full." In the center of the crowd, an elderly man was talking loudly.

Because he brought bodyguards, Li Er naturally squeezed into the middle of the crowd effortlessly under the escort of his subordinates.

"This package of food and lodging is two dishes and one soup, and there is no limit to rice?" A big, athletic man asked aloud.

"Absolutely." The middle-aged man smiled.

"Good!" The big man also said a little excitedly: "The Xu family's factory has always been about credibility, and it just so happened that my construction period expired, and this boatman and I Lao Liu were the first to sign up." ”

Li Er looked at the strong man quietly on the side, and asked, "This strong man, dare to ask which Xu family this Xu family is?" ”

The big man chuckled and said: "This Xu family is naturally the Xu family of Guigu, in our Quanzhou, it is the first reputation of the big business, we workers, the favorite is to work in the Xu family's factory, not only the food is good, and the monthly money is much higher than the average factory, the most important thing is that the Xu family is not like other big factories, the Xu family's stewards are very good to us who are bitter, and they don't look down on us because we can only contribute." ”

"Oh?" When Li Er heard this, he showed a curious look, "I didn't expect the Xu family's industry to be so wide, not only Chang'an has many industries, but even Quanzhou has factories." ”

When the big man heard this, he laughed out loud, "It seems that these nobles don't know much about the situation in our Lingnan side, this Xu family is the organizer of many merchant associations, not only Quanzhou, even if it is deep in Lingnan, Hainan Island, Luzon Island, and Australia, there are Xu family's industries there, in the final analysis, even this Quanzhou city was built under the leadership of the Xu family." ”

When Li Er heard this, he turned his head to the middle-aged man who was recruiting, and said with an irrefutable momentum in his tone: "Since this is the case, this son is now very interested in this Xu family's shipyard, I wonder if this gentleman can take me to visit this factory with me?" ”

The middle-aged man who recruited people wanted to refuse, but when he looked up and saw Li Eryi dressed in extremely luxurious clothes, as well as a group of fierce guards around him, he knew that the person in front of him might not be able to provoke him, so he said: "If this son wants to visit the factory, then our Xujia Quanzhou Shipyard is naturally welcome, but I don't know the identity of the son yet, so it's not easy to report." ”

Li Er smiled faintly and waved his hand, and the white-haired eunuch beside him took out a imperial history order from his arms, only to hear the white hair say: "My son-in-law is the imperial court hand-picked to supervise the imperial history, and he will inspect the place, and the imperial history order is here, if you have any questions, you can go to the Taishou Mansion to check." ”

As soon as he heard this, the middle-aged man who recruited people couldn't sit still, hurriedly stood up, and saluted before saying: "I don't know if the master of the imperial history is here, and the villain is offended, and I invite the lord Haihan." ”

Li Er seemed to be very satisfied with everyone's gradually fearful eyes, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's just that you can recruit people quickly, and my son will go to the factory with you to observe and observe............ (To be continued......)

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