Li Xiaoqi came out, stood for a while, turned around and searched for a long time, and finally found a passing mother-in-law and asked her to find Zhang Gouzi to see herself in the half-acre garden. Li Xiaoqi just returned to the half-acre garden, Zhao Liushun came over, Zhang Gouzi accompanied Sister Zhang to the outside of the city Zhuangzi has not come back, Li Xiaoqi instructed him to find someone to clean up a few wings in the front yard, and then go to the west back across the courtyard to invite the three weavers who had just passed in the afternoon, Zhao Liushun wrote them down one by one, quit out, and rushed out to send a message to invite someone, Li Xiaoqi watched him rush out, standing and stunned before entering the house, there are very few people who can use it, Sun Shopkeeper and Zhao Wuge are in Taiping Mansion, alas, listening to Mr. Liang, the two of them can't be busy at all, Shopkeeper Sun still wants Zhang Gouzi to come over to help, but how can she still use it here? Jiang Shuncai joined the army again, Cheng Wang, forget it, even if he comes back, he can't be busy at that age, and the people who can be used in his hands at this time are Zhang Gouzi and Zhao Liushun, who entered Kaiping Mansion, she supported these two people like a spinning top for a moment, and then opened a weaving mill again, to start from scratch, after the New Year, she also wants to buy another house for Erhuai and Sister Zhang to move out to live, if you want to divide it, you will take advantage of the time to get married and divide it one by one, so as to save the tongue, this is all a thing, it all depends on Zhang Gouzi and Zhao Liushun who are busy before and after, busy outside the busy, Li Xiaoqi sighed, leaned on the kang and waited for Zhao Liushun to bring someone over.

After half an hour, Zhao Liushun led the three weavers to the gate of the half-acre garden, Li Xiaoqi got the report, and hurriedly ordered someone to invite in, put on a cloak himself, and hurriedly came out to the flower hall in the outer courtyard, the three weavers were all in their forties, wearing a black coarse cotton jacket and pants, wearing a half-old felt hat, half-bowing, shrunk their shoulders and hanging their hands, bowed their heads and followed Zhao Liushun in, and was about to kneel and kowtow when he entered the door, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly raised his hand to stop: "Liushun quickly hold on!" The masters don't have to be polite, just waited for three of them, three of them, please take a seat! Zhao Liushun smiled, enthusiastically sat down according to the three people one by one, Xirong and Liuyun took the tea and handed it over, the three of them owed their buttocks uneasily, and saw the two girls wrapped in Ayaluo sending tea over, and hurriedly stood up and waved their hands again and again: "I can't afford it, I can't afford it!" Zhao Liushun looked at Li Xiaoyi's eyes, sat down according to everyone, handed the cup from the hands of the two girls, and stuffed them into the hands of the three of them one by one, Li Xiaoqi sat on the first kang, and said with a smile: "I am Li Xiaoyi, you are all capable craftsmen, willing to come from thousands of miles to help me, Xiaoqi is very grateful, I don't know what the three masters say?" ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be!" The three of them held the cup nervously, and replied incoherently: "I don't dare to •••••• the words of the girl •••••• master, the little one is surnamed Luo, the little one is called Luo Dajiang, and the little one is •••••• Luo Dajiang." Luo Dajiang was nervous and didn't know what to say, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly smiled and turned his eyes to look at the weaver sitting next to Luo Dajiang, the weaver hurriedly stood up, hunched his waist, and replied nervously: "Little Luo Erqing is a brother, and the little one and the eldest brother are brothers." ”

"You and Luo Da are brothers-in-law?" Li Xiaoqi asked with a smile, Luo Erqing kept nodding, Luo Dajiang leaned up again, and kept nodding, Li Xiaoqi looked at the weaver sitting next to Luo Erqing, the weaver stood up calmly, pressed his hands, bowed and replied: "Back to the fifth master, the younger one is called Chen Yuanda, and Luo Da and Luo Er are cousins. Li Xiaoqi looked at Chen Yuanda with a smile and asked, "Sit down, take a sip of tea first." ”

Zhao Liushun pressed Luo Dajiang affectionately and sat down, Chen Yuanda gently pulled Luo Erqing back to the chair, the three of them looked at each other nervously and drank two sips of tea, put down the cup, and looked at Li Xiaoqi together, Li Xiaoqi smiled amiably, and asked gently: "How did you think of coming to Kaiping Mansion?" ”

"Back to the fifth master," Chen Yuanda saw Luo Da and Luo Er looking at him together, and hurriedly arched his hands to stand up and answer, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly raised his hand and signaled to him: "Sit back and talk, let's talk gossip, don't be polite." Chen Yuanda carefully put half of his ass on the chair, and then replied: "Back to the fifth master, I don't think about it, I just want to earn some silver, the children of Brother Luo and the second brother are older, the daughter-in-law wants to say that the daughter-in-law, the girl wants to marry, this dowry is not a trivial matter, he has many children in both families, and life has been tight, seeing this opportunity, he wants to come out to earn this big money, the gentleman said, the fifth master's salary is extremely high, and he can give five hundred taels of silver a year, and our brothers discussed it and came." ”

"You're also for this dowry?" Li Xiaoqi asked casually, Chen Yuanda smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Although the small family is also poor, fortunately, there is only one son and one daughter, the one who married last year was married, the one who was married, the one who was married, the little wife is gone at the beginning of this year, Luo Daluo and the two are good craftsmen, but people are honest and timid, when they hear that they are so far away, they are very afraid, so they look for the small one, and the small one is considered to be alone, just go away, follow one place, first, the big guy has a response, and second, I also want to earn some silver to go back." ”

Li Xiaoqi listened to his honesty, nodded with a smile, looked at the three of them and said happily: "I think the three are honest craftsmen, Mr. Liang has invited three of them, this craftsmanship must not be bad, I also give an account, this weaving workshop, there is nothing so far!" Li Xiaoqi paused, looked at the three people who looked at each other in astonishment, and paused for a moment before continuing: "Just wait for a few people to come over to do this thing, the matter of this weaving workshop will fall on the three and me, the two little guys," Li Xiaoqi pointed to Zhao Liushun, and said with a pleasant face: "The side things, the capital, the loom, the silk, as long as you say it, it will be done, just the same, I want the best silk material, what do you need, the three of you speak." Li Xiaoqi looked at the three people who were stunned, paused for a moment, and waited for them to react before he continued: "Five hundred and one year, this is a small amount of money, in addition to this, this weaving workshop, I give three people one percent of the dry shares, if the weaving workshop can earn 100,000 cash and silver next year, the three will each share 10,000 taels, if only 10,000 taels, the three can only share 1,000 taels." ”

Luo Dajiang turned his head to look at Chen Yuanda blankly, Luo Erqing blinked, and also turned his head to look at Chen Yuanda, Chen Yuanda was stunned and half-opened his mouth, looked at Li Xiaoqi in a daze, and only after a while did he come out with a sentence: "Master!" No such rules! I've never heard of anything like this••••••"

"Well, the rules are set by people, this is the rule of our family, and it is the rule of the fifth master." Li Xiaoqi replied slowly, Chen Yuanda's Adam's apple rolled, swallowed his saliva heavily, his cheeks flushed, he stood up suddenly, and was just about to speak, but he sat back again, looking straight at Li Xiaoyi: "What the master said is true?" ”

"Well, of course!" Li Xiaoqi replied with great certainty, Zhao Liushun glanced at Chen Yuanda with dissatisfaction and said, "Who is our fifth master!?" Can I still tell you a joke? Chen Yuanda couldn't care about Zhao Liushun's dissatisfaction, and stood up again with a 'whew': "The fifth master can't speak, right?" ”

"Nope! If you're not at ease, let's make a note, it's easy. Li Xiaoqi replied with a smile, Chen Yuanda exhaled and shook his head: "If the fifth master speaks, you don't need to make a note, if you don't count, it's useless to set up a note, this is the place of the fifth master, okay, I believe you!" ”

"Take three silver tickets of five hundred taels." Li Xiaoqi turned his head and instructed Liuyun, Liuyun bent his knees and withdrew, and in a moment he came in with three silver tickets wrapped in a handkerchief, Li Xiaoqi gestured to hand it to Zhao Liushun, motioned Zhao Liushun to hand the silver ticket to the three of them, and said with a smile: "I will give the silver for next year, this share of dry shares, but we have to wait for the end of next year to settle the account." ”

Zhao Liushun handed the three silver tickets to Luo Dajiang and the others, Luo Dajiang and Luo Erqing's eyes were wide open, staring at the thin silver ticket, swallowing saliva and about to stretch out his hand, Chen Yuanda suddenly pressed back the hands of the two and said in a low voice: "The owner can trust us, and we have to be like each other." Luo Dajiang hurriedly patted Luo Erqing's hand and said in a low voice: "Yuanda is right, the owner has the appearance of the owner, and we can't lose our share and let the owner laugh." ”

Chen Yuanda stood up and thanked Li Xiaoqi to the end: "The owner, the three of us brothers obey your bearing, we don't take this silver, we will go to the account room to pay ten taels of silver first, when the year's use, the rest of the silver, wait until the end of next year to settle the account, whether it is good or bad, we have to wait until the owner sends a sentence, our brothers will have the face to take this silver." ”

Li Xiaoqi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Mr. Liang really chose it carefully, these three brothers are very reasonable, Li Xiaoqi was relaxed in his heart, and the smile on his face was even bigger: "Well, just according to the three, this silver, but sooner or later, what kind of house in this weaving workshop, how to use the loom, what kind of silk to buy, what kind of people to use, are all up to the three of you, if you have an idea, just tell me these two little guys to do it, the things on the account, I will send a tent room over, the account room only pays the silver to keep the account, and the rest of the things don't matter, you see, this is feasible?" ”

"Okay!"

"Okay, then it's decided, now the house that does the weaving workshop has not been bought, the three of them will live in the guest room of the outer courtyard for a while, and the diet will be used, so let my two little guys take care of it, and then go to work for a few days, only the three of them should remember that I only weave the best silk in this weaving workshop!"

"Don't worry! We followed the gentleman along the way, food and accommodation are comfortable, no need to rest, tomorrow we will hurry out to see the house, this is a weaving house, or a little particular, and the loom, Luo Da also wants to change, have to find a carpenter with good craftsmanship, the owner, this carpenter who does the loom, it is best to be our own family, one to tinker with the lunch, second, this weaving workshop relies on a handicraft, this craft has to rely on a smooth machine, this machine is the same as the craft, but our things. Chen Yuanda said excitedly, Li Xiaoqi listened attentively, and nodded approvingly: "What you said is very true, in this way, going out to find a house is the same, it's the same, the three of you go back and think about it, which place comes first, where to pay attention to what things, list them in detail for me, the three of you can rest assured, as long as you can weave good silk, it is not a big deal." ”