Qingdi questioned them: "In the past ten years, everyone's tastes have been changing, why don't you know how to change?" ”

Someone in the crowd spoke up again, saying, "Change, you should change for us to see." ”

Qingdi didn't bother to ask who was talking this time, and didn't pay attention to this person, so he asked everyone directly: "Do you know how to make red fruit wine?" ”

This time, someone was not afraid of them, so he stopped talking secretly, and stood up and said: "Second young lady, don't talk nonsense if you don't know how to make wine, the red fruit is sour like that, even if it is made into wine, it won't taste good." ”

"How do you know it's not going to taste good? Have you ever brewed it? Qingdi glanced at him: "The first person in the world to make fruit wine, before it was brewed, everyone didn't know whether the fruit wine was good or not." But now, there are all kinds of fruit wines, grapes can make wine, pomegranates can make wine, why do you say that red fruits can't make wine? ”

"Grapes and pomegranates are delicious, so the wine is delicious. The red fruit is sour and loses its teeth, and the texture of the red fruit is also different from that of grapes and pomegranates, so I think that red fruit should never be used to make wine. The man said again.

Qingdi nodded, and didn't say anything to him, but just asked him: "If I can use red fruits to make wine, the wine will still sell well in the imperial city, will you leave the Chu family by yourself?" ”

The man was immediately speechless, and the others present looked at each other, but did not speak.

Qingdi smiled faintly and said: "We are in business, the main purpose is to make money, and making money means that the money we sell is lower than the cost of doing this." Think about it, it's autumn now, and the most and cheapest thing in our imperial city is red fruit, but you have to transport grapes from the south to make wine, not to mention the cost, and the road will be half broken, right? Why don't you go with the flow and use local materials, what we have in the imperial city, what we use? ”

Everyone was silent, Chu Yaocen clapped his hands and said: "Madame's analysis is very reasonable, Madame has just taken over the business, and she can see the essence of doing business, which is really admirable for her husband." ”

"Where, where," Qingdi waved his hand and said, "Young man, your brain is fast." ”

After speaking, she glanced at everyone present again and asked, "Are all the guys in Lixiangfang here?" ”

No one answered her, so Ying Konglai pointed to the shopkeeper Du on the side and asked, "Shopkeeper Du, what about the second young lady asking you, is this all the people in Lixiangfang?" ”

The shopkeeper Du answered, lowered his head and said, "Except for Shopkeeper Li, who was sent back to his hometown by the second young master just now, here are all of us." ”

Chu Yaocen nodded and said, "What Madam said is that you are quite young and old, and you are still working so hard day and night, which really makes people feel sorry." ”

When Shopkeeper Du heard this, his face seemed to be disdainful, and he said, "When the second young master said this, did he want to send us all back to his hometown?" ”

Chu Yaocen waved his hand: "I didn't say that. ”

"Second young master, although we are old, but we have a lot of experience, we have been doing business for decades, and we must know the rules and regulations of this shopping mall better than you young people. But if you send us all away, you, Lixiangfang, will close sooner or later. "What Shopkeeper Du said is the Tao, and it seems that he is still threatening Chu Yaocen.

"But you will retreat one day, and you can't retreat with Lixiangfang just because you retreat." Chu Yaocen smiled slightly, turned his face to Ying Konglai and said: "Come to the air, draw up a notice, just say that our Chu family recruits workers with a lot of money, and under the age of forty, we will recruit tomorrow." ”

The shadow sky came down, and everyone on the side was dumbfounded, this second young master is too decisive in doing things, right? Is that all there is to it without a discussion? Looks like this is really going to replace them.

"Second Young Master, how many people are recruited?" Shadow Sky asked again.

"What Shopkeeper Du said just now is very right, you are all very experienced people, so naturally we can't send you all away at once." After Chu Yaocen said this, everyone present was obviously relieved, but Chu Yaocen stretched out his hand again and counted how many people were present, and after counting clearly, he said: "Now there are a total of thirty-six people here, replace two-thirds, within three days, recruit twenty-four young people to come in, male and female, you must be strong and smart, and you can do things actively." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, the shopkeeper Liu on the side said, "Second Young Master, are you going to send all twenty-four of us away?" ”

Chu Yaocen nodded and asked him rhetorically, "Shopkeeper Liu has an opinion?" ”

"Second young master, you can't do this, if you do this, the master won't agree!" Shopkeeper Liu said to him coldly.

"My father explained before he went to Jincheng that everything in Lixiangfang is up to me. Indeed, when my father comes back, he may be reluctant to drive you away because of your long-standing relationship with him, but I am willing, and I will not let the person who should have left stay until he returns. Chu Yaocen said, paused, and said: "Listen, only twelve of you can stay, I like those who have ideas and are willing to work, rather than staying in our Chu family to support the elderly." In the next ten days, I will hand-pick the people who can stay, and you have to work hard. ”

"Why are you doing this to us!" Someone else was unhappy and yelled at Chu Yaocen.

Chu Yaocen was not in a hurry, and said: "Didn't I say just now, our Chu family is in business, not for you to provide for the elderly, if it is suitable, you will stay, if it is not suitable, you will find another high job, and you will not be sent if you go." ”

Ying Konglai also said on the side: "The master handed over the pear fragrance workshop to the second young master, the second young master has the right to decide who goes and who stays, and now the second young master said that only twelve people can stay, then it must be the best among you, the person who can do a good job in this pear fragrance workshop, you don't have to be afraid, because maybe it is which twelve." ”

After he finished speaking, everyone was silent, because they knew the status of Ying Konglai in the Chu family, they might still think that Chu Yaocen's words were not the same thing, but Ying Konglai definitely did what he said, and the master of the Chu family and Chu Chengguan would definitely listen to Ying Konglai's meaning.

"Okay, let's talk about it here, come away, you accompany Qingdi to the wine cellar to have a look, and I will hand over the accounts of Lixiangfang with Shopkeeper Du and Shopkeeper Liu." Chu Yaocen gave an order, and Ying Konglai and Qingdi answered, and then went to do things.

Qingdi and Yingkong came to see the winemaking, from the koji to the raw materials for winemaking, Qingdi checked them one by one, and the things of the Chu family were absolutely nothing to say, they were all good, they were all high-grade, but the taste of the wine was average. In addition to the age limit, there are probably many problems with the craftsmanship of production.

When she had finished, she told the fellows to start working, and she watched them all afternoon.

As soon as Shen Shi arrived, everyone went back to rest after work, and after they were gone, Yingkong came to ask Qingdi: "Second young lady, you have been watching for an afternoon, can you find that there is something wrong?" Why is the wine of our Lixiangfang inferior to other people's? ”

"In fact, it can't be said that it is inferior to others, wine is a thing, mainly depends on everyone's taste, some people think it is good, some people think it is bad. As far as I'm concerned, I don't think the wine in Lixiangfang is any worse. Qingdi said, paused, and said, "But unfortunately, I don't know where the wine in Lixiangfang is good." ”

Ying Konglai smiled slightly, and said: "Madame's demeanor and means of doing things are very similar to the master, and the master often says that the things of our Chu family are not the same as others, but to dump others. ”

"Really?" Qingdi seemed to be happy, smiled a little, and then continued: "I think, our raw materials must be no problem, and the ones used are all of the highest quality." I also told them this in the morning, it can't be like this, you can't make any money in this way, and we have to think about it in the future. Having said that, if there is no problem with the material, there must be a problem with the production. I suspect they don't do it well because they all seem to be slack. As a result, other people's half-year's wine is certainly no different from ours for half a year, and other people's wine for a year may be much better than ours, and the longer the time, the less our wine may be as good as others. ”

Shadow Sky thought for a moment and asked, "Is everyone slack?" ”

"Actually, it's just my suspicion, it's very strange this afternoon, I didn't find a single person slacking off, they all did a good job." Qingdi said, took a sip of the wine that had just been sealed, and said, "If it keeps being like this, how can it be inferior to others?" ”

"The second young master just said this morning that he would send them away, so naturally they don't dare to be passive in front of you." Shadow Sky opened the paper fan that he hadn't had a chance to open for a day, shook it, and said, "You can sneak a look tomorrow." ”

Qingdi felt that what he said was very reasonable, but she didn't understand him holding a fan at this moment, she quickly stood away from him and asked, "It's late autumn, aren't you cold?" ”

Shadow came and replied with a serious face: "Fan is my habit, it can make me relax. ”

For his wonderful habit, Qingdi really has nothing to say.

The two waited for a while, and Chu Yaocen also came out, and after seeing the two of them, Chu Yaocen asked, "How is it, have you gained anything?" ”

Qingdi shook his head and asked him, "Where are you?" ”

"I've looked through the account books of the past few years, and the loss of Lixiangfang is even more serious than that reported to the Chu family," Chu Yaocen sneered twice and said, "If it weren't for my father handing over Lixiangfang to us, I don't know how long this place will continue like this!" I want to replace all the people here! ”

"Second Young Master, I appreciate your courage in doing things very much, and the eldest young master doesn't have your courage. But this person really can't be replaced all. Shadow came and waved his fan, and said earnestly: "The water in here is deep." ”