From the beginning of May in the fourth year of the calendar, the comfortable and peaceful life of the brothers in the "Qingyuan" gradually changed. Fan Wucheng put down all the other work in his hand, took Song Feiyang, accompanied by Liu Yunyan, to the "Yanjue Building", contacted the owner of the building, Boss Lu, and officially started the transfer negotiation of this green building. Although it is not easy to buy a Qinglou with good business conditions from the other party, with the strength of "Qingyuan" as the backing, with the rich experience of Fan and Song in business negotiations, coupled with Liu Yunyan's encouragement, the results of the transfer negotiations are still very significant, and Fan and Song are very confident in the success of the negotiations. With the acquisition of Qinglou proceeding smoothly, other preparations related to the cooperation have also been carried out.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, Wang Kunjun, on behalf of all the members of the committee, invited Yuxuzi to come to the "Qingyuan" to celebrate the festival together. When everyone was drinking chrysanthemum wine, Zhang Weixin took the opportunity to express his hope to Yu Xuzi that he could go down the mountain and take on the important task of reviewing new employees for the team. And Yuxuzi's answer was as everyone expected, he politely declined the invitation of his brothers on the grounds that Yuxu Palace needed to be taken care of, and he really couldn't get rid of it. Although the brothers were a little sorry, they were not angry, and then they hoped that Qingchen would help with this. In this regard, Yu Xuzi had no opinion, and readily agreed to the request of the brothers, and brought Qingchen over, personally conveyed to him the thoughts of all the uncles and uncles, and asked him for his own opinions.

Although Qingchen felt a little sudden when he first heard about this, he didn't hesitate too much, just thought about it for a while, and then happily agreed, saying that he would definitely do a good job in this matter, and he would never live up to the love of all his uncles and uncles. Seeing that Qingchen agreed to help, everyone was very happy, and Liang Ziyue, who was in charge of the audit team, was the happiest among them. Although this guy is an uncle in terms of seniority, his actual age is younger than Qingchen, and he is in a good mood, so he doesn't have the slightest uncle's shelf.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, early in the morning of the sixth day of the fifth month, Yuxuzi left the "Qingyuan" and returned to the Yuxu Palace. Although the traversers are a little reluctant, but as soon as everyone has more and more work at hand, Qingchen has to come out to help them do things, and Master Tai will inevitably be inattentive if he stays in the "Qingyuan". Second, Yuxuzi has been practicing Tai Chi Gong diligently during this time, and feels that there are some places where he has not comprehended enough, and hopes that Master Tai can go to Yuxu Palace to live for a period of time and give him good guidance. Therefore, the brothers did not stay longer, and sent Master Tai and Yu Xuzi out of the west gate of Liangxiang City on the morning of the sixth day of the new year, and then knocked farewell to Master Tai and returned to the "Qing Garden".

After everyone returned to the "Qingyuan", the four members of the committee immediately instructed the servants to prepare the vehicle, bring the rich gifts that had been prepared for Haode, and after dressing neatly, they went straight to the house of Hu Youdao in Liangxiang County to attend his son's wedding. For the traversers, although Hu Youdao is only a seven-grade county, it is the so-called "county officials are not as good as the current management". Moreover, this Huzhi County is not only a county official, but also the current management, although there is a relationship between Zhong Youpeng, but such as birthdays, red and white ceremonies, and other good opportunities to pull relationships and climb friendships will naturally not let go of the public.

When I first arrived here last year, the people who traveled through the bags were shy, and they had been living in the Yuxu Palace, and Hu Zhixian didn't say anything when he celebrated his birthday in July, or he didn't have the ability to say anything. Now the situation is different, the traversers have a lot of money in their hands, and they have lived in Liangxiang City for a long time, and it is unreasonable to meet Hu Zhixian's family to do a happy event without a generous gift. Not only is I going to go this time, but I can't be absent when Hu Zhi County celebrates his birthday in two months. Moreover, Hu Zhixian is not the only one who needs to pull relationships and make friends. In-laws like Zhong Yuanwai and Han Tuiguan encounter major and minor affairs such as New Year's holidays, birthdays, weddings and funerals, and a generous gift is also indispensable. In addition, officials at all levels in Liangxiang County, officials and so on, although they do not give heavy gifts like they do to Hu Zhi County, they also have to wrap a red envelope during the New Year's holidays. Moreover, at the suggestion of Wang Kunjun, the committee has begun to try to inquire about the personal and family situation of Feng Cheng Feng, the steward of the Nanjing Left-behind Mansion, and is ready to take the initiative to come to the door at the right time to make friends with the other party, so that the team can take more care of them when they develop in Youzhou in the future.

Based on the current situation, the relevant functional groups expect that the amount spent on various entertainment may reach 700 to 800 yuan in the next four years. Coupled with the living expenses of the team members, the cost of developing various products by the science and technology group, the cost of operating various industries, the cost of maintaining Feilongzhai, and the large amount of money that needs to be invested in the early stage of the "Expansion No. 1 Operation", the total expenditure of all aspects is estimated to reach 8,000 to 10,000 yuan a year. At present, on the team's books, including the various properties obtained when receiving Wuhuzhai, there are about 200,000 yuan. While the money could cost the team twenty years, no one on the team would have to sleep next to the pile. Everyone understands the truth of sitting on the mountain, not to mention that the money is enough to spend 20 years is just a theoretical value.

Because, as the team continues to grow, the size of the team will definitely expand, and there will definitely be more and more people who rely on the team to survive. Moreover, so far, there are more than 20 people in the team who are singles, and they will definitely get married in the future, and they will have children when they get married. Once you marry a wife and have children and start a family, both the degree of food and clothing and the requirements for living space will rise.

In particular, most of the members of the Dongshan faction in the crossing team were white-collar workers before the crossing, and they paid more attention to the quality of life. After coming to this era when material life and spiritual life were relatively scarce, the previous superior life was gone, and in order to make up for this lack, they naturally began to shift to other aspects of enjoyment. One of the most obvious manifestations is that in addition to their own work, they are more and more inclined to use slaves and maids when doing other things, which makes the original domestic servants in the "Qingyuan" a little strained - after all, there were only five or six people who were the masters of the Qi family - the team had to hire more domestic servants and subordinates, and the salaries of these people were all financed by the team. ,

Relatively speaking, the military traversers of the West Valley faction had received some training in the army before crossing, and they were more able to endure hardships, so they were not bad at the beginning, and they were able to do many things in life themselves. But everything is afraid of comparison, since those members of the Dongshan faction can ask for more subordinates in order to live comfortably, then the members of the Xigu faction will naturally follow suit, and gradually move closer to the style of the members of the Dongshan faction.

There had been discussions in the Committee and in the enlarged meetings of the Committee, and there were proposals to streamline the number of servants and to do as much as possible in their own lives, but the result was a controversy. Many participants said that the present time is not a peaceful time, and that disasters can occur at any time. Instead of guarding the gold and silver mountains in the air and not being blessed, it is better to enjoy it while you have this condition now. Moreover, these people are not just lying at home to enjoy the happiness, they are also contributing to the development and construction of the team in various ways, and it is not a situation of getting something for nothing, so it is not easy for others to say much. Some even offered to hire their own people if the team was in financial difficulties and pay the servants with their own bonuses. Of course, for security reasons, the Committee would not have approved their idea. In this way, the outcome of the meeting is obvious, and in the end, it can only be because everyone insists on what they say.

In fact, the living expenses of the team members do not account for a high proportion of the team's expenses, and the real largest expenditure is the cost of maintaining the Flying Dragon Village, after all, it costs more to raise 300 people than to raise 30 people - although the cost of a minion soldier is much less than that of a traverser, but there is also a lot of difference in the number of people who can't stand it. Especially after returning to the team, the minions on the Flying Dragon Village will no longer go down the mountain to loot, and all the expenses will be paid by the "Qingyuan" side, and it is estimated that this year's expenditure will account for more than one-third of the team's total expenditure. Despite this, this money cannot be saved, because this is a life-saving charm for the team, and you can't cut off your own retreat in order to save money.

Another reason why this year's estimated expenditure is so huge is in the "Expansion No. 1 Operation", because at least one green building will be acquired, and more than one green building may be acquired or newly built, so the estimated cost submitted by the business and trade team to the committee and the finance team is about 3,000 yuan, which is basically the same as the budget of Feilong Village. Moreover, like the maintenance cost of Feilong Village, this money cannot be saved.

In stark contrast to these huge expenditures, the team's likely income this year will not exceed 2,000 yuan even according to more optimistic estimates. Among them, the dividends of "Tianfulou" and the land rent of more than 1,000 acres of fertile land in Fanyang County accounted for the majority, while the income of the other two stores was much less.

Faced with such a situation where they cannot make ends meet and the deficit of income and expenditure is huge, several members of the committee are deeply disturbed even if they have money in their hands that is incomparably rich in the eyes of ordinary people. In the current situation, it is difficult to reduce expenditure, and the only thing left is open source. The most important way to open source is to do business, and the specific way to make money, the business team finally put forward the following points to the committee after careful comparison.

One is to make money by running a brothel in Qinglou. Although in the eyes of some travelers, especially female travelers, this kind of money is a bit disgraceful and a little unconscionable, most of them still hold the opinion that it doesn't matter. They felt that since they had to operate the Qinglou in order to cooperate with "Feiyantang", it was normal to take this opportunity to give full play to the function of the Qinglou to attract money and create wealth for themselves.

The second is to make use of the successful experience of "Tianfulou" to open some high-end restaurants to make money in Youzhou City or other relatively large Liao cities, and even if possible, it is best to enter the territory of the Later Zhou Dynasty and even the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The third is to use the team's scientific and technological advantages to develop some products that are not available or rare in this era as soon as possible - such as glass products - and then open some luxury stores to make huge profits.

In addition, Fan Wucheng, who is the head of the business group, even suggested that the facilities such as green buildings, restaurants, and specialty stores can be combined to create a large-scale shopping and entertainment center that integrates eating, drinking, playing, playing, and shopping, similar to the SHOPPINGMALL in the previous life. In his words, this unprecedented creativity alone can make people of this era flock to it. It's just that his suggestion is good, but it is more difficult to implement. Not to mention how much it costs to build such a shopping and entertainment center, the location of the construction alone is not something that the team can solve now. Because a large commercial city like this, whether in terms of population or consumption power, it is impossible for Liao to support its survival. If you want to achieve the benefits of haode, you can only open SHOPPINGMALL to Kaifeng, Jiangning (Nanjing), Jiangdu (Yangzhou) and other big cities that belong to one and two in this era. Therefore, although Fan Wucheng's proposal was praised by the participants, it had to be shelved and left for implementation when the conditions were ripe for implementation.

Before Fan Wucheng's lofty ideals are realized, the traversers can only make money through the first three methods. The first approach is already being implemented and does not need much discussion. The second way is no longer possible to develop in Liangxiang City, a "Tianfu Building" has basically occupied the relevant market of this small county, and then building a restaurant here is to grab business with yourself. Therefore, the business team suggested that the next development direction should be in Youzhou City, and the green house and the restaurant can be considered together. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO CONDITION TO BUILD A SHOPPING MALL NOW, IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO BUILD A LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT CITY OF A CERTAIN SCALE AND INTEGRATING CATERING AND ENTERTAINMENT IN A BIG CITY LIKE YOUZHOU CITY. As for the specific plan, it needs to be examined in detail before it can be come up. In view of the fact that the business team is now focused on the "Expansion Operation No. 1", this matter can only be left after the operation is over.

As for the third way, the business team believes that the focus should still be on glass products with small profits and large profits. It's just that due to the limitations of the current research and development conditions, the science and technology group has not been able to come up with relevant products in a short period of time, and the business group is also "difficult for a smart woman to cook without rice", so he can only wait patiently.

Although it was not possible to provide the team with visible and tangible money in the short term, the recommendations of the trading team were affirmed by the committee and hoped that they would be able to implement them when they could. In this regard, the members of the trade team said that there is no problem, and they are confident in their abilities. ,

The problems of fiscal deficits and the need to increase revenue and reduce expenditure cannot be solved in a short period of time, and the Committee and the relevant functional groups are very clear about this. Therefore, everyone did not consume too much energy on this issue, after all, there are still a lot of things to be done in this May.

On the eighth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the radio station in the "Qing Garden" received two telegrams one after another. One was sent from Feilong Village, Qian Yuanshan and Zeng Zhilin reported that the pro-soldier team had completed relevant training and could be put into the team's security work at any time. Everyone in the "Qingyuan" is happy about this, because it means that the decentralized living plan that was originally formulated can enter the implementation stage. Therefore, the committee immediately sent a telegram back, asking Zeng Zhilin and Tang Chao to give an explanation of the work of the cottage, and then to lead the "Qingyuan" guard squad and the "Jingyuan" guard squad down the mountain as soon as possible, and to be stationed in the "Jingyuan" first---after the traversers who had moved to the "Jingyuan" had finished moving, the "Qingyuan" guard squad would be stationed in the "Qingyuan" and perform their duties. After receiving the order, the Feilongzhai left-behind group immediately took action. Zeng Zhilin and Tang Chao led the team down the mountain on the same day, while Qian Yuanshan, Lu Yue and Muttel continued to stay in the cottage.

Another telegram came from Wang Feng, who escorted Zhang Xiaofei back to Yuqingguan, who reported to the committee that he and Zhang Xiaofei and his party had entered the territory of Liao and would arrive at "Qingyuan" the next day. After getting this news, the happiest person was naturally Wang Kunjun. On the one hand, he sent a report instructing Wang Feng not to let his guard down, and on the other hand, he convened a meeting of the committee to discuss whether a formal and solemn welcome ceremony should be held as he did with the Xie Tian brothers. In this regard, the committee members were quite unanimous in their views and all agreed that it was very necessary. In their view, whether or not to hold a welcome ceremony is a sign of the team's attitude towards the new members. This attitude determines the status of the new members in the team in the future, including how the new members will be perceived by the people under the domestic servants in the future. If the new members can't be treated the same as Xie Tian, even if the existing members don't look down on the new members, those servants are the most snobbish, and in the future, they are likely to treat the new members as second-class masters, which is not beautiful.

Of course, among the new members, Zhang Xiaofei, as Wang Kunjun's wife, will definitely not be looked down upon by the domestic servants, not only will she not be looked down upon, but it is estimated that many people will come to slap her. The Committee's concern is for Zheng Zhiwei and his wife, especially when the Committee intends to make Zheng Zhiwei take important responsibility, let alone make them feel inferior.

As soon as the plan was decided, the Committee convened an expanded meeting to inform the heads of the functional groups of the decision, which was endorsed by the participants. Subsequently, Wang Kunjun called the housekeeper Deng An and instructed him to convey the news of the imminent arrival of a new master in the garden to all the servants in the "Qing Garden", and asked all the servants to treat the new master like an old master, and also asked them to prepare for the welcome ceremony the next day.

After Deng An left, the committee sent people to the "Jingyuan" to convey the new notice of the committee to the upcoming Zeng and Tang, asking them to lead the team to arrive, if there is time, one person must rush to the "Qingyuan" to participate in the welcome ceremony the next day.

After arranging a series of things related to the welcome ceremony, several members of the committee, especially Wang Kunjun, finally settled down and waited for the arrival of the new partner.