It has been the third day since Xiao Ruixue returned to serve as the director of Jinling of Xiao's rice shop. Shopkeeper Hu and the guys in the main shop couldn't help but be a little surprised when they first saw the long-missing fourth young master of the Xiao family, but soon they returned to their former calm, and they were busy with the things at hand one by one.

For Xiao Ruixue, every day is also busy, because it happened to be the end of the month, and the account books submitted from rice shops all over Jinling City were piled up on the table. Working all day long, and occasionally having leisure, Xiao Ruixue is no longer as excited as the first time, she is conscientious, but she can't help but ask herself, will she really be happy when she is so busy? The answer is undoubtedly no.

This is not that Xiao Ruixue's mind is uncertain, but she feels that the position of the head is to be responsible for all the Xiao family's transactions in Jinling, which is somewhat similar to the position of leading the army in her previous life. In the army, military discipline is the foundation of a strong army, and in her previous life, she occasionally rectified military discipline, but there are military discipline officers in the army, as long as she sets the rules and rewards and punishments, she does not need to maintain it on a daily basis, and her energy can also be mainly used for the deployment of troops. Nowadays, the work of auditing accounts is also quite important, which can prevent someone from committing a traitor and infringing on the interests of the Xiao family, but Xiao Ruixue feels that it is more competent to find a capable account office than herself.

However, this hands-on rule was set by Xiao Hui, Xiao Ruixue could only complain in her heart, and even sometimes felt a little ashamed of her complaints, because she thought that her eldest brother Xiao Bowen had been in charge for three years without complaining, and she had just started, was it too irresponsible? But she thought about it carefully, and felt that something seemed wrong, the eldest brother always brought some account books home at the end of each month, let him help check them, and also called it to let himself experience the experience, at that time he agreed to it, and now I think about it, it turns out that the eldest brother has long been unable to stand the trivial and lazy behavior!

Xiao Ruixue thought about the joints, the psychological burden was swept away, and she suddenly felt that the rules should be changed, but how to determine this specific charter had to be considered carefully. And just as Xiao Ruixue was thinking, the shopkeeper Hu walked in, he pretended not to see Xiao Ruixue's legs on the bookcase, and when Xiao Ruixue hurriedly put away his legs and sat down, he said solemnly: "Fourth young master, are you busy?" ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Ruixue replied with a red face, and even felt a little unhappy that Shopkeeper Hu interrupted his thoughts: "Old Hu, is there something wrong?" ”

Shopkeeper Hu did not show the slightest dissatisfaction with Xiao Ruixue calling himself "Old Hu", he said: "Fourth young master, the shopkeepers over there in the Jade Silk Workshop are here!" ”

"Huh? What are they doing here? Xiao Ruixue felt very puzzled.

"Among the shopkeepers over there in the Jade Silk Workshop, Qiao and Zhang handed in their resignations early this morning, and the remaining few people also made a fuss and did not want to continue to stay in the Jade Silk Workshop, they knew that the current principal was the Fourth Young Master, so they gathered here at the head shop, and wanted to find the Fourth Young Master to give an explanation!"

Xiao Ruixue was even more surprised: "This matter is not trivial, why did you suddenly make this scene?" ”

"Hey, Fourth Young Master, you've been away for a few days, so you don't know anything about it. In recent days, in order to monopolize the market, the two big shops of Jin Jinxuan and Yasatin Pavilion have opened a number of branches, and have hired capable shopkeepers everywhere, which has directly affected small shops like our jade silk spinning. You also know that our jade silk spinning has been operating with small profits, and most of the shopkeepers' monthly salaries are not high, so many shopkeepers have thought about it, and the most capable of Qiao, Zhang and the two shopkeepers handed in their resignations early this morning, and they took office in Jin Jinxuan and Yasatin Pavilion before noon, and they heard that their monthly salaries were quadrupled compared to those in the jade silk spinning, and the other shopkeepers heard about this matter and could be calm, so they all made trouble to the general shop, in fact, they thought they were unable to go to the two big shops to serve, Therefore, the purpose is to let the Xiao family add some monthly salaries to them! ”

This kind of thing can be described as unprepared for Xiao Ruixue, she was silent for a moment and then said: "Since it is said that it has been in recent days, it shows that this matter has already appeared, and my father should have known about it a long time ago, so is there no prevention of this matter?" Why the sudden outbreak today? ”

"The owner naturally knows, a few days ago, as soon as the news of the two big shops hiring talents came out, those shopkeepers couldn't sit still, and they proposed to the owner to increase the salary, but the owner felt that the jade silk spinning was thin, like chicken ribs, so he refused."

Xiao Ruixue thought to herself, didn't her father plan to give up jade silk spinning? But at this time, she was not sure of Xiao Hui's attitude, so she could only look at the situation first, and then asked: "Where are those shopkeepers at this time?" ”

"They're all waiting in the living room!"

"Okay, Lao Hu, you go over and say hello first, I'll be here right away!"

When Xiao Ruixue stepped into the living room, in addition to the shopkeeper Hu, there were already four middle-aged men gathered here, all of whom had different expressions, but they were all talking to each other. There are a total of eight shops in the Xiao family's jade silk workshop, in addition to Qiao and Zhang, the two shopkeepers who have found another job, only four people arrived at this time, Xiao Ruixue expected that there must be two more people who must have changed, but this is not the time to worry about this, she had to press this matter in her heart, and put on a smiling face and arched her hand to everyone: "Sorry, let you shopkeepers wait for a long time!" ”

When the shopkeepers saw that the person who came was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old handsome young man, they couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and after the shopkeeper Hu reminded him, they reacted one after another, and returned the salute one by one: "It turned out to be the fourth young master, I have been looking up for a long time!" ”

"You are all my uncles, I don't dare to accept the courtesy, please sit down!"

The shopkeepers saw that Xiao Ruixue was young but very polite, and they couldn't help but be a little impressed by her, so they sat down according to their words and roughly introduced themselves.

A shopkeeper surnamed Qi said straight to the point: "Fourth young master, I'm in a hurry, I don't want to beat around the bush, you must have been clear about our intentions, right?" ”

Xiao Ruixue squinted her crooked eyes and smiled: "I just heard from Shopkeeper Hu, and I don't know the details yet, so I ask Shopkeeper Qi to speak up." ”

Shopkeeper Qi looked around at the three colleagues around him, and saw that the three of them nodded at him, so he opened the conversation. The shopkeeper of Qi spoke very methodically, he first explained the ins and outs of this matter, and then trumpeted the hard work of these shopkeepers, but the final theme of the topic was to ruthlessly point out the gap between the jade silk spinning and the two big shops, and finally he said sadly and indignantly: "Fourth young master, in the past, the monthly salaries between the silk shops were kept secret, so I didn't know that this gap was so big. Not to mention that these two families also have a lot of money at the end of each year (ancient year-end bonus), what a world of difference! Isn't it chilling that we work so hard, but the income is so meager, if we don't mention it this month, then what is the difference between the Xiao family and the rich man who is not benevolent? ”

Xiao Ruixue's face was slightly unbearable, but she couldn't get angry, she could only say with a pleasant face that each family has its own difficulties, and the Xiao family didn't want to give such a high monthly salary, but because the actual situation of jade silk spinning was here, and the profit was too thin! She also tactfully pointed out that if the shopkeepers can sell more jade silk spinning, then the shopkeepers' monthly salaries will naturally be raised. But it was obvious that such rhetoric had already been used by her father Xiao Hui, so as soon as she finished speaking, Shopkeeper Qi gave her a strong rebuttal.

"I said Fourth Young Master, it's not that we don't want to sell more silk from the Xiao family, but we really can't help it! I can tell you this, silk is a rich thing, poor people can't afford it, they can only sell it to rich and noble people, but rich people often have a high vision, and the Xiao family's silk is very different from Jin Jinxuan and Yasatin Pavilion in terms of fineness and color, even if our price is half cheaper than others, it is much more difficult to sell than others! ”

Xiao Ruixue finally couldn't help but be surprised: "No, it's harder to sell than half the price of others?" Is it still hard to sell? Is our Xiao family's silk really so bad? It's no wonder that Xiao Ruixue doesn't understand the situation, it has only been a month since she took over the post of Jinling's head twice, and Xiao Hui didn't tell her anything about the Jade Silk Workshop, so it was obvious that she didn't take it to heart.

"Fourth young master, I brought some samples over today, you can take a good look at how bad it is!" After that, the shopkeeper Qi actually took out a piece of lake blue silk from his cuff.

Xiao Ruixue fixed her eyes and saw that the silk was densely woven, and after reaching out and touching it, she found that its texture was also quite light and soft, she couldn't help but smile and said: "Isn't our silk very good, what's the problem?"

The shopkeeper laughed twice: "It must be good, because this is Jin Jinxuan's silk, I took it out to compare it with the silk of our jade silk workshop!" With that, he took out another piece of silk from his cuff.

Xiao Ruixue's face was slightly embarrassed, but she found that although the sample taken out by the shopkeeper Qi this time was not as precise and meticulous as Jin Jinxuan, its texture was not bad, it was also the same light and soft, and it was also lake blue, and its color was even softer and brighter. Xiao Ruixue felt that it was not bad in her heart, so she said in an inquiring tone: "This silk is not bad, right?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Let's have their own strengths!" ”

Xiao Ruixue nodded with a smile.

"But this is the silk of the Satin Pavilion, and it's just a reference! And this is the silk of our jade silk workshop! With that, the shopkeeper took out another piece of silk from his cuff.

Xiao Ruixue resisted the urge to beat up the shopkeeper Qi, and patiently looked at the silk sample that the shopkeeper took out at the end, and she found that the silk weaving process of this sample was obviously worse than that of the previous two, and it was slightly thick and rough to the touch, although its color was also blue, but it was no longer the bright lake blue, but a dark blue, which looked very old-fashioned.

Shopkeeper Qi said with a little sadness: "Fourth Young Master, now you understand, just like this, even if the price is only half of the first two, let you choose, which one will you be willing to buy?" Seeing that Xiao Ruixue was silent, he said again: "The only advantage of our silk is that it is only thick, so it is relatively durable, and only those whose families are okay but not rich enough are willing to buy it!" Oh, by the way, there is another advantage that is not an advantage, that is, its color is dark, it looks lifeless, some people if there is an old man who has passed away, will buy it to make a shroud, so our silk also has a well-known name! ”

Xiao Ruixue asked, "What's it called?" ”

Shopkeeper Qi gritted his teeth and said: "Shousi! ”

“。。。” Xiao Ruixue was speechless for a while, and finally she humbly asked: "Dare to ask the shopkeeper Qi, why is the silk of our jade silk workshop so much worse than that of those two, and what is the reason?" ”

Shopkeeper Qi smiled bitterly: "What else can it be, the difference in craftsmanship!" Every silk merchant has a set of secret brocade weaving and bleaching and dyeing technology, Jin Jinxuan and Yasatin Pavilion are two hundred years old, their craftsmanship has long been tempered, so the silk woven is also exquisite. Moreover, these two are rich and rich, and the background is harder than the other, so they can unscrupulously suppress other silk merchants, and it has become a problem for other silk merchants to maintain their operations, and there is no manpower and material resources to temper the process! Hey, the silk in this world can compare to these two, I'm afraid only Shu brocade, but Shu brocade is produced in Shu thousands of miles away, and no one knows what their craftsmanship is! ”

Xiao Ruixue thought to herself, is there really nothing to be done about this? But she knew that the Satin Pavilion was the Cao family's property, and when she thought of Cao Ming for this, she felt angry in her heart.

Time passed in a hurry, and the meeting between Xiao Ruixue and the four shopkeepers was finally coming to an end, and in the end, the caliber of the four shopkeepers was quite the same, that is, if they wanted to continue to stay in the Jade Silk Workshop, their monthly income must be doubled.

And from the mouth of the four shopkeepers, in addition to Qiao, Zhang two shopkeepers, there are two shopkeepers who have not yet been present have actually been recruited by other silk merchants to double the moon, originally these silk merchants encountered the same predicament as the jade silk mill, because their own several shopkeepers were robbed by Jin Jinxuan and Yasatin Pavilion, resulting in a vacancy in manpower, but they were unwilling to give up the business, so they had to raise the monthly salary, and they robbed people from other silk merchants. These four shopkeepers have been doing things for the Jade Silk Workshop for a long time, so they specially came to inform the Xiao family, and hoped that the Xiao family could keep them, so that both parties would be happy, otherwise they could only follow the trend and find another job.

Xiao Ruixue was also embarrassed, this matter was too important, and she hadn't figured out what Xiao Hui's attitude was, so she didn't dare to make a rash decision. But she promised to discuss with Xiao Hui when she went back, and she would definitely give a clear answer to the four shopkeepers tomorrow at the latest, and the four shopkeepers saw her sincere attitude and agreed one by one before leaving.

Xiao Ruixue sent away the four shopkeepers on the front foot, and went home to find Xiao Hui on the back foot, she told Xiao Hui about the matter carefully, Xiao Hui was obviously a little angry at the mutual robbery between the silk merchants, and the answer given also made Xiao Ruixue a little surprised. Xiao Hui said to Xiao Ruixue: "If you go like this, sooner or later, you will lose money, if they want to go, let them go, it's a big deal that my Xiao family will quit the silk trade from now on, anyway, my Xiao family is based on rice and grain!" ”

Xiao Ruixue thought about it and felt that there was some truth, and she wanted to act on orders, but she suddenly remembered something, so she said: "Dad, I heard that the shopkeeper Hu said that there are still a thousand horses of silk in the jade silk workshop, and no matter what, it is worth thousands of taels of silver. ”

Xiao Hui was in a bad mood when he heard this, and sighed and said: "It's all because I thought it was too simple and started the silk business rashly, hey!" But my father is going to Jingzhou tomorrow, I really don't want to worry about this matter anymore, good daughter, since you are already in charge, then the matter will be handed over to you, how to deal with it, you can make your own decisions! ”

Xiao Ruixue was very surprised: "I have an idea? ”

"Yes, over to you!" Xiao Hui walked away in a flutter.

"Okay, I'll take it!" Xiao Ruixue shook her fist at Xiao Hui's back and said.