Li Sangrou and Pan Dingbang chatted until noon, ate a box lunch in Xiangfu, returned to the shop, touched the pen and paper, wrote an approximate number of letters received in the past month, how much money was sent, how much was spent, and how much was left, folded an envelope, and instructed the golden retriever to send it to Gu Xi.

Before the golden retriever returned to the shop, Ruyi arrived first on horseback, and passed on Gu Xi's words, if Miss Li was free in the evening, he invited Miss Li to have dinner and talk.

Li Sangrou nodded in agreement, and she was about to talk to him about business.

In the evening, Gu Xi came out of the household department half an hour in advance and went to Ming'an Palace first.

"Big brother, look at this." Gu Xi sat down next to Gu Jin and handed Gu Jin the piece of paper that Li Sangrou had written to him.

Gu Jin took it, looked at the number of rows carefully, and smiled, "Very good." ”

"She bought a horse and a shop, as well as trivial things such as that pole, these costs were not counted, I asked Shouzhen to estimate it, even if it is all counted, there is nearly half of the profit."

"The key is the quantity, a thousand a day, and thirty or fifty a day, the cost is almost the same, but the income is a world of difference." Gu Jin looked at the number of lines again and handed them to Gu Xi. "There are a lot of people this month, but I'm afraid there won't be so many next month."

"Since the beginning of this month, the scholars from all over the country who have gone to the spring examination have come to Jianle City one after another, and the scholars on the line of Wuwei, thousands of people, as well as those who have come to learn to learn to learn literature, there are more such people, and when they arrive in Jianle City, they always have to write a letter to report safety.

Then there is the Spring Festival, with this tailwind express, I am afraid that there will be more letters to pay New Year's greetings, which is really convenient and inexpensive.

She's very good at timing. Gu Xi took the piece of paper, looked at it again, and smiled.

"Well, Miss Li is very good at business, you meet her and ask her what she plans to do next, if she has any plans to go further." Gu Jin looked at Gu Xi and smiled.

"Good! I'll ask her out in a moment and ask her about it. Gu Xi smiled.

"There is one more thing," Gu Jin looked at Gu Xi, "What are you going to arrange for those secret spies who have been withdrawn from Jiangdu City?" ”

After Fan Ping'an found General Wu to join forces and assassinate Gu Xi in Jiangdu City, for the sake of safety, Gu Xi replaced the secret spies in Jiangdu City one after another before the Spring Festival.

"I'm going to put them back in the army, it turns out that they are all excellent sentinels, and there are one or two captors. Big brother has other plans? ”

"Well, the last time I heard you say that the last one of these spies in Jiangdu City went to Nanliang was five years ago. After leaving the army for so long, the youngest one is also thirty-five or sixteen, and it is difficult to do anything when he returns to the army.

It would be good if the officials in various places could monitor the people's situation from time to time, and the emperor said this many years ago.

But this supervision is not good anywhere, and it is even more inappropriate to be independent, I am afraid that the tail will not fall off and become a disaster, this matter, the emperor has said for many years, that is to say.

I mentioned to the emperor a while ago, it is better to send these people to Miss Li's shop, the heads are still in the spy report, and they are still placed with you, and the envoy is temporarily returned to me, you talk to Miss Li, and see what she means. ”

"Okay." Gu Xi pondered for a moment and nodded, "These people really want to put them in, they can supervise the people's affairs, and they can also supervise Miss Li's side, if she refuses, don't blame the eldest brother." ”

"What's there to blame for this, you ask her what she means first." Gu Jin said with a smile.

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When Li Sangrou arrived at the private room of Changqing Building, Gu Xi had already arrived.

Seeing Li Sangrou, Gu Xi smiled and motioned for her to sit, patted the envelope on the table, and said with a smile: "The net profit of fifteen or six hundred taels of silver a month, this business is really good." ”

"That's not net profit, it's gross profit." Li Sangrou sat down, watched Ruyi brew tea and sent it over, and took a sip.

"Horse shops, keep the truth, spread into every month, one or two hundred silver is enough, you buy the shop here for twenty taels, and the delivery shops and shops in other places, I'm afraid they are all extremely cheap, right?" Gu Xi said with a smile.

"It's not cheap, this shop is cheap, how can you have such good luck everywhere.

The horse shop is okay, no matter how expensive it is, it is limited, and the expensive thing is the money to buy the road in the future. Li Sangrou sighed.

Gu Xi was stunned, buy road money?

"You said last time that the imperial court spends nearly one million taels of money on the post every year, and at least half of this money is used to repair bridges and repair roads.

Sooner or later, the imperial court will ask me for this road construction money, and this money must be set aside. Li Sangrou sighed again.

"This money ......" Gu Xi didn't finish speaking, and he was stuck, this money, the eldest brother said, but he didn't mention how much he wanted to collect, and this money should indeed be collected.

Gu Xi's words changed, "How much did you stay?" ”

"Half of it."

"And how much net profit is there?" Gu Xi frowned and asked.

"No, if you count natural and man-made disasters, such as the sudden death of a horse, an accident to a rider, or a strong wind and rain, wetting a package of letters, or losing a pack or two of letters, or a fire or something, then it will be a loss."

Li Sangrou rushed in from outside with the little guy carrying the suitcase, and pushed the cup to the side.

"Hungry? Didn't eat well at noon? Gu Xi looked at Li Sangrou and asked.

"No, the rules of our beggar gang are to respect the food." Li Sangrou casually.

Gu Xi laughed out loud, "This rule is good, then let's stop talking, and respect this meal well." ”

After eating, Gu Xi ordered to push open the door, and let people warm the wine, and the two of them spoke with wine to the small garden behind them, which was not big, but was decorated with a pleasing eye.

"You're happy today?" Li Sangrou glanced sideways at Gu Xi.

"Yes." Gu Xi laughed, "You see that?" I was about to tell you that we had avenged our revenge. ”

"Huh?" Li Sangrou just took a sip of wine, and looked at Gu Xi with a raised tail note.

"Wu Huaiguo, the general of Jiangdu City." Gu Xi explained, "It's not enough to set up a net, it's not enough to kill people with a knife, you have to raise a knife to kill me, you can't let it pass without a sound."

Wu Huaiguo, this person, wholeheartedly wants to fight under Jianle City again, these years we have made friends with Nanliang, Wu Huaiguo has not given them a few excerpts to the emperor, saying that the people in the court are blind, greedy for comfort, misleading the country and the monarch, and making friends with the Northern Qi is to raise tigers, and even name and surname, so-and-so is a national thief, which provokes the ministers of the Southern Liang Dynasty and is very annoying.

I changed a few words of the letter he privately handed to Shao Mingren in Jiangning City, and put it on to the 'national thief' he named by name.

Since the spring, Wu Huaiguo began to explain his letter to Shao Mingren, but how can he explain this matter clearly? In the court of Southern Liang, there are too many people who dislike him, and there are many people who want to take revenge on him by taking this opportunity.

It was explained that last month, Nanliang had already appointed another person to guard the capital of Jiang, and transferred Wu Huaiguo back to Hangzhou Mansion to be investigated. ”

Before Gu Xi finished speaking, he laughed, and while laughing, he raised his glass to Li Sangrou, "I have revenge." ”

Li Sangrou sighed and raised the cup into the air, "General Wu is a good official, and the Jiangdu City under his rule is very fair. ”

"Well, after leveling Nanliang in the future, if Wu Huaiguo is still alive and willing to be loyal, the eldest brother will definitely be willing to reuse him.

Don't worry, the new point is also surnamed Wu, Wu Huaiyi, who has been a waiter in the military department for seven or eight years, shrewd and capable, and has a very good official reputation. ”

"The military department? Paper? Li Sangrou was a little absent-minded.

"That's not it, the Wu family will fight.

Wu Huaiyi also grew up in the army since he was a child. Ago, the eldest brother was worried that this Wu Huaiyi would be more capable of fighting than Wu Huaiguo. Gu Xi said that he was worried, but he didn't look half worried.

Li Sangrou looked at him for a moment, looked away, and sighed.

The eldest prince who obviously holds a lot of power is worried that Wu Huaiyi will be able to fight more, and the Northern Qi and Southern Liang will fight again?

Also, it's been peaceful for decades.

Alas, the blind man hates war the most.

"By the way, I almost forgot." Gu Xi bowed, and before he said anything, he laughed first. "There's one thing, I'm just telling you, if you think it's okay, if it doesn't work, it's not a big deal."

"Well, you say." Li Sangrou nodded.

"Fan Ping'an teamed up with Wu Huaiguo and attacked me, Fan Ping'an is the spy director of Jiangdu City, this matter, among the secret spies in Jiangdu City, who else is involved in it, who knows, or, Wu Huaiguo through Fan Ping'an, which secret spies have been dug up, it is extremely difficult to investigate, I will withdraw all the secret spies in Jiangdu City and replace them with new people.

These people who were withdrawn, what I originally meant was not to pursue them, but to let them go back to serve in the army.

But what the eldest brother means, these people have been away from the army for a long time, and they are all old, and it is difficult to do anything when they return to the army, so it is better to find a place and let them be spy messengers.

The eldest brother wants to put these people here with you, and use your postal route to check the situation of the officials in various places.

The eldest brother just said casually, I haven't agreed yet, if you think it's not good, there is a place for them to work. ”

"Okay." Li Sangrou agreed quickly and simply.

"Huh?" Gu Xi's two eyebrows were raised, "Did you hear clearly?" ”

"Hear me clearly. Among the riders and grooms that Wen Siye picked out for me, who knows who they are.

I don't care about it, I don't want to care about it, I can't care about it, it doesn't matter.

But there's something to be said ahead.

You, or someone else, Mr. Wen, Fourth Master Wen, Pan Qigongzi, or anyone else, no matter who it is, the person who recommended it, I want it if I like it, and I don't want it if I don't like it.

Work here with me, and if you don't do it well, you will roll up and leave, no matter who it is.

Also, no matter what the reason is, you can't delay your work, if you really want to delay, I asked him to roll up and leave, don't come to me to talk about items, it's useless to find it. ”

"That's nature. These people, except for me, just Shouzhen knows, and when the time comes, let Shouzhen recommend someone to come. After a pause, Gu Xi continued: "If Pan Qi recommends people to you, he can't ask for any of them, he is blind and deaf, and he is often used by people to turn around, and he doesn't know it." ”

Li Sangrou glanced at Gu Xi obliquely.

This sentence has been used to turn around, is it talking about her?

"I'd better talk to Pan Xiang. Pan Qi is a good person, obedient. Gu Xi said with a frown.

Li Sangrou looked away at the sky and didn't answer.

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Li Sangrou returned to Fried Rice Lane, asked Dachang to pour a pot of wine out, sat in the courtyard, drank wine, and stared at the charcoal basin in a daze.

"What's wrong?" Da Chang carried a stool and sat next to Li Sangrou.

Squatting next to the charcoal basin, while drinking, the golden retriever who added charcoal to the charcoal basin hurriedly looked up at Li Sangrou.

"General Wu is going back to Hangzhou City, and the new one is still General Wu, the one from their martial arts family in the military department." Li Sangrou sighed.

"Huh? That? The golden retriever's eyes widened, and intuitively, he felt that this was not a good letter, but he couldn't think of anything wrong.

"What's wrong?" Dachang looked at Li Sangrou and asked in a muffled voice.

"I heard that this military general is a military rule of law." Li Sangrou sighed repeatedly.

The golden retriever looked at Da Chang blankly, Da Chang wrung his eyebrows, and he didn't understand.

"Boss, the rule of law with the military, what's wrong? Their martial artists are all famous generals, and they all understand military law, what happened to the military rule of law? The Golden Retriever asked, shifting.

"Their martial arts generals belong to military generals, and there are not many people who use military law to rule their families. During the Taiping period, it was in Hangzhou City, and the military ruled the family, and their martial arts family was only this former martial servant and the current general Wu.

He is a military rule of law because he is a harsh person and is not close to people.

This kind of temperament is not a good thing under his rule. ”

"Will he go through old accounts?" Da Chang wrinkled his eyebrows.

"Well, that's what I'm worried about.

Last month, I asked Boss He to carry a letter and ask the blind man to come over, but I didn't know about it at that time, and now, it's too late. Li Sangrou sighed repeatedly.

"Even if it's too late, they can't go." Dachang also sighed, "Tian Ji's daughter-in-law's family, a large family, several generations are in Jiangdu City, Tian Ji can't do without his daughter-in-law, and the dog eggs, they all married their daughters-in-law and became a family, and their lives are comfortable, so they don't want to move at all."

In the past, when we were asking for food together, we were sheltering from the rain in a broken house, and you shouted to him that the house was going to collapse and go quickly, as long as they didn't fall down and hit their heads, they didn't move, they had to wait until they hit their heads before running.

It's useless to have time, the boss wants to open some. ”

"Dachang is right, the last trip back, Tian Ji asked me how the boss was, I said that I definitely can't go back to Jiangdu, I'm afraid that I will settle in Beiqi.

Xiao Luzi said that he wanted to come over to find the boss, and Tian Ji said that he was a person who had taken root in Jiangdu City and couldn't move anywhere. The golden retriever hurriedly added.

Li Sangrou hummed paradoxically, drank all the wine in the cup one by one, and sighed lowly: "Tian Ji, there shouldn't be anything wrong." Zhao Mingcai's family, I don't know what will happen. ”

When Da Chang heard Zhao Mingcai, his eyes widened, "Shi Ziye, is there any arrangement?" ”

"I didn't ask." Li Sangrou was silent for a moment and sighed again.

She didn't ask, firstly, because she couldn't explain to Gu Xi where she knew that Wu Huaiyi was a military rule of law, and how she knew Wu Huaiyi's temperament.

Besides, it's too late, Wu Huaiyi was appointed last month, then at this time, Wu Huaiyi should have already arrived in Jiangdu City, and their Wu family was in a hurry, and they were all in a hurry.

Jiren has his own natural appearance.