Chapter 138: Cultivating a Daughter-in-law as a Confidant?
Yin Jixuan's face was a little cold, and he chuckled: "Brother Chu, I have been with your brother for many years, would you rather believe in a beast than believe me?" ”
Chu Yaocen stopped, looked at Yin Jixuan for a long time, showed a smile, and said, "Okay, then I will believe you." ”
Yin Jixuan's face returned to normal, and he stopped Chu Yaocen's shoulder and said, "Haha, Brother Chu, I love your refreshing temperament, let's find a place to have a drink?" ”
"Still drinking?" Chu Yaocen sighed and said, "It seems that the medicine that Feng Youping gave you is really not a good thing, after you take the medicine, you will become so wild, if you continue like this, sooner or later you will make a mistake." ”
Yin Jixuan was silent for a while, and couldn't help sighing: "Okay, it's up to you, I'll never eat that kind of stuff in the future, send me home quickly." ”
Chu Yaocen nodded, and left the Chu family with Yin Jixuan.
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Qingdi asked the doctor in the house to take a look at the injury on Yan Xi's leg, and the doctor carefully examined it, and said, "Second young lady, the little fox was really badly fallen, and it may take nearly half a month to fully recover." ”
Qingdi frowned, remembering the way Yin Jixuan viciously smashed Yan Xi away just now, no matter what kind of person he was, and no matter how good Chu Yaocen's brother was, based on this alone, she would have to leave far away in the future.
"Bandage it, I think it hurts badly." Qingdi touched the little fox's head distressedly, the little fox was a little disgusted, and he was not as energetic as before.
The doctor answered, and leaned over to bandage the little fox's wound, and at this time, a subordinate suddenly came in and said, "Second young lady, the master called you to go over." ”
Qingdi thought about it for a while, it should be what Yingkong said, about the management of her shop, and followed the person over.
After arriving at Chu Chengguan's study, seeing that Chu Linyuan and Ying Konglai were present, Qingdi gave Chu Chengguan a slight blessing and asked, "Father-in-law, why did you call me here?" ”
Chu Chengguan has been in business for many years, and his reputation is excellent, and he does not seem to have the shrewdness of an ordinary businessman on his face, but he has a kind and kind elder image, who seems to have no authority at all, but he has a unique charm that makes everyone listen to him.
"Come on, sit down." Chu Chengguan pointed to the position behind the shadow air, and Qingdi answered, and went over to sit down.
"Qingdi, Yao Cen has always liked you very much, and since Yao Cen met you, people have become much more energetic and smarter, I am very pleased, this is all your credit." Chu Chengguan didn't go straight to the point, but opened his mouth to praise her.
Qingdi smiled slightly, and said busily: "Father-in-law has won the award, Yao Cen has been working hard, and this is all his own credit." ”
"A doctor told me before that my family Yaocen is just not open, and in the future, as long as one know-how is clear, all seven know-how are clear, and now it seems that this is indeed the case." Chu Chengguan seemed to be very satisfied with Qingdi's answer, smiled, and asked Qingdi again: "Linyuan's children are already two or three years old, when will you and Yaocen's children be born?" ”
Qingdi's face was blushing, but he just lowered his head and didn't answer him.
"Haha, it's all a family, don't be shy, you're still young, and you have time." After Chu Chengguan said these words, he said seriously: "Konglai should have told you, right?" I'm going to give you a shop so that you can learn management, and you and Yao Cen will be able to support themselves in the future, how about it? ”
Qingdi already knew these things, so he nodded and said, "But it's up to my father-in-law to arrange." ”
"Well, you and Yao Cen, let's take over the Keats Hall at the entrance of the East Market first, Keats Hall is the largest medicine hall in the Imperial City, you take it to practice first, if the business is good, in the future, I will give you a share of the business of the states and cities outside the Imperial City, and you can also help Linyuan share some of it." Chu Chengguan said so.
Qingdi was stunned, although she knew that Chu Chengguan intended to give her a medicine hall, but she didn't expect to give her the largest medicine hall at the beginning...... Under normal circumstances, shouldn't you first practice with the small shops outside the Imperial City, and then gradually take over the big ones, and finally come to the Imperial City? If she had been running the largest medicine hall in the Imperial City from the beginning, if she made a mistake, she would be punished lightly, her head would be severely punished, and the Chu family would be affected even more seriously. Moreover, she thought that Chu Chengguan was going to give her a small shop, so that she could ask for a winery again, after all, winemaking was her unique job. But now that she is the biggest, if she asks for it again, will she be considered insatiable?
Qingdi thought about it, but he still couldn't take over, so he said to Chu Chengguan: "Father-in-law, it may be a little difficult for an inexperienced person like me to take over the largest medicine hall at the beginning...... So, my father-in-law might as well give me a small shop, and if there is any problem, it doesn't matter. ”
"Whether the shop is good or not is not based on its size." Chu Chengguan opened his mouth and comforted: "I gave you Keats Hall, mainly because there are a few seniors in the hall who have worked hard with me for more than ten years, you don't understand, they can teach you." And the small shops are all young people who are about the same as you, so if something happens, you really don't know who to look for. ”
Ying Konglai also answered: "Yes, don't be afraid, Second Young Lady, I will go with you for the first few days, and I will completely let it go to you after you get used to it." ”
Shadow Sky always gives people a very reliable feeling, and now that Qingdi heard him say this, he also felt that there was nothing to be afraid of, so he nodded and said, "Yes, father-in-law, I will definitely work hard." ”
Chu Linyuan, who had never spoken, also said coldly: "Come on, you can hand over the account books of Khitstang to your younger brothers and sisters later." ”
Qingdi was so cold by his cold voice that he glanced at him silently, but saw that there was still no expression on his face. If she didn't know this person's iceberg, she would have wondered if he was angry because she took over the shop and robbed him of his property.
"Well, if you don't understand anything in the future, anyone can ask." Chu Chengguan seemed to be afraid that Qingdi would be worried, so he continued to explain to her: "Keats Hall is full of your seniors, you have to learn from them." If anyone doesn't want to teach you, come back and tell me, and I'll talk about them. ”
"Thank you, Daddy, I remember." Qingdi smiled faintly, thought about the winery he wanted to make wine, rolled his eyes a few times, and then said: "Father, when I was cooking in the yard yesterday, I heard Yaocen say that the cooking wine used was made by the winery under the Chu family, I think it smells good, but the taste is almost bad, if it can be improved, it will definitely be more popular." ”
Chu Chengguan was stunned for a moment, then looked at her in surprise and said, "You still know how to make wine?" ”
"I don't know much about sorghum wine and rice wine, but I have learned flower and fruit wine and medicinal wine since I was a child," Qingdi replied to him with a smile: "When I was a child, my mother and I lived at the foot of the mountain outside the imperial city, and often went up the mountain to collect wild fruits and wild flowers to make wine. ”
"Haha, this is a good thing, then I will also give you a winery, you can take care of it, the wine-making skills, the koji selected, the materials, and the water source are all arranged by you, how about it?" Chu Chengguan seemed to see what Qingdi meant, and happily gave her a wine shop.
Qingdi nodded and said, "Thank you, father-in-law." ”
"Well," Chu Chengguan turned his head to look at Chu Linyuan and said, "Linyuan, which winery under your command is suitable for Qingdi?" ”
Chu Linyuan thought for a while and said: "My younger sister just said that she has studied flower and fruit wine, so it is better to go to the Lixiangfang in the west of the city, Lixiangfang is close to Xishan, Xishan is rich in flowers and fruits, and there is a manor of the Chu family at the bottom, planted with hundreds of acres of pear trees, and Lixiangfang also has several seniors, which should be suitable for younger siblings." ”
Chu Chengguan nodded and said, "Okay, that's it." ”
Ying Konglai got up and said, "Then master, I will go and take the account books of the two shops to the second young lady now." ”
"Well, Qingdi, you can also go with Konglai, and let Konglai teach you how to read the account books." Chu Chengguan instructed Qingdi again.
Qingdi nodded, then said goodbye to Chu Chengguan and Chu Linyuan, and left here with Ying Konglai.
Because the Chu family has too much business, the account books can't fit in the master's study at all, they built a large room alone for the study, there are many people guarding the outside of this room, and the lock is added two layers, which are divided according to the place, thirteen states and sixty-two counties, and then subdivided into each shop, there are separate bookshelves.
As soon as Qingdi came in, he was stunned by the thousands of account books, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, and hurriedly followed Yingkong, and after taking two steps, Yingkong suddenly stopped, and said to Qingdi: "Second young lady, be careful, there is a mechanism." ”
Qingdi was startled, and hurriedly stood still, looking at the shadows.
Ying Konglai took out a thing, inserted it into the thing that looked like a lamp in his hand, twisted it and put it back, and then said to Qingdi: "Because this place is the heart of the Chu family, when it was built, many organs were set up, and ordinary people were not allowed to enter. ”
Qingdi nodded and asked, "Then who in the Chu family can come in here?" ”
"Originally, only the master, the eldest young master, and I still have a few shopkeepers who can be trusted by the master to come in, but just now the master asked you to come with me, presumably the master also wants to train you to be a confidant."
Qingdi thought about it and nodded silently.
After Yin Kong finished speaking, he also stopped, stood in front of the bookshelf in the imperial city, found the account book on the shelf, and asked Qingdi: "Young lady, do you know how to read the account book?" ”
"Look at the ledger? Isn't it to look at the numbers above and calculate the profit and loss? Qingdi asked suspiciously.
"That's just the most basic, different businesses have different points, the Chu family has nearly fifty kinds of business in their hands, including coal mines, iron smelting, salt industry, ceramics, etc., all of which are royal, the Chu family just helps it run it, and the money earned also goes to the treasury, because the lord makes a lot of money, so His Majesty will be so fond of the lord." In addition, there are also jade, leather and other businesses in the border areas of the Li Kingdom, which are done by other trading houses under the name of the Chu family, which means that the Chu family gives them a part of the money to do the goods, and they contribute a large part of the money themselves, and part of the money earned belongs to the Chu family, and the other part goes to themselves. Because after the name of the Chu family, it is much easier to do business, so more and more commercial houses are willing to cooperate with the Chu family in this way. There are many other things, if there is a chance, I will tell you in detail, it is best to let the second young master learn these things with you. "Shadow Sky came to find Ji Citang's account book for the last few months and handed it to Qingdi.