239 Salt Mountain Experiences (I)
The next morning, Chen Xiansong got up from the room, last night's sleep quality was not very good, on the one hand, it had something to do with the fact that he drank a lot of wine at the banquet, on the other hand, it was because the pillow was uncomfortable, this is not to say that the quality of the beds and bedding in the association is very poor, but Chen Xiansong has some recognition of pillows, in fact, many people have this problem, no matter how beautiful and luxurious the outside room is, there is no bad bed at home to sleep comfortably, this is the so-called gold house and silver house are not as good as their own dog house.
The association served breakfast, but Alice emptied the servants in the kitchen and made breakfast for Chen Xiansong herself. This is her habit, and it is the only reason for her to stay in Graystone Village, otherwise if she does nothing all day, people will be broken, and she will not be able to stay at home for a long time, this is her inner thought.
Everyone has their own unique taste when cooking, and Chen Xiansong eats breakfast and feels very appetizing. Ciss was half-dozing, looking sleepy-eyed, but when she started eating, she was in a whirlwind, and one had to wonder if the little guy was pretending to be confused. Catherine was very kind to wipe the food residues from the corners of her mouth with a silk scarf, for her, her daughter is living well, this life is happiness, as for whether she is someone's mistress or not, it really doesn't matter.
Huilian was eating white bread, she looked at Chen Xiansong with beautiful black eyes from time to time, hesitated for a while, and when breakfast was about to end, she suddenly whispered: "I'll help you cook in the future, okay?" ”
The girls of the Aurora Kingdom will be taught to learn female celebrity and cooking skills since they were young, and Huilian will naturally do the same. When she first arrived in Graystone Village, she couldn't integrate into this family because of a certain amount of rebellion, but after Chen Xiansong came back, after a period of observation and getting along, she gradually felt that this person was not bad. can live together, so, coupled with the 'excitement' of last night, she feels that she should find something to do, otherwise it will be difficult to gain a foothold in this family in the future.
Before Chen Xiansong could speak, Alice, who was sitting next to her, happily took the hand of the thirteenth sister and said, "Great, I heard that the girls in the Aurora Kingdom are very good at ordinary cooking, I originally wanted to learn a dish or two from you, but I'm afraid you won't." I didn't dare to ask, will it be good to teach me in the future? ”
I have to say that Alice is not particularly beautiful, but she is lively and generous, cute and naughty. Although Cheng Tian and Chen Xiansong quarrel, as long as they are people in the family. knows that she actually loves Chen Xiansong very much. Every day, she spends a lot of effort to make what Chen Xiansong likes to eat, and the ingredients are purchased and selected by herself every day, Bai Qianxin just casually said the general method of milk tea, and she started to test it herself, and it took almost a month to get the finished product out.
Or for people in the 22nd century, as long as they know the general principle formula of the Dao. It's easy to make milk tea, just try it a few times, but for Alice, it's extremely difficult. Because this has broken through the limit of post-human innovation ability, when she tried to test milk tea, even if she already knew the general formula of Lang Dao, her head always ached, but fortunately she succeeded after the worst.
Bai Qianxin was still sleeping at this time, Chen Xiansong asked people to leave some bread and milk for her, after breakfast, he went up to the study on the second floor, and continued to slowly look through the notes left by Udil, and not long after, the vice president knocked on the door and came in.
After following the etiquette of the commoners meeting the nobles, he said, "Good morning, President, it seems that you did not sleep well last night." ”
Chen Xiansong looked up, and immediately smiled: "Vice President, you are not qualified to talk about me." It turned out that although the other party looked excited, he obviously had two heavy dark circles under his eyes.
"When I thought that we were going to prepare for salt making, I couldn't sleep somehow, maybe it had something to do with my age." The vice president laughed self-deprecatingly: "I think when I was young, it was okay to settle three or four women in one night, not much worse than you, the president." ”
It's normal for a man to say something with color when he chats, it has nothing to do with identity, at most it is the difference between elegant people speaking tactfully and bold people speaking more bluntly. It's just that when Chen Xiansong heard this, he was speechless and said: "Vice President, you are disrespectful, I slept alone last night, but I didn't think it was like you." ”
"Of course, the president is a serious person, and of course he won't mess around, I believe." The vice president had a look that all men understood, and a rare sly smile appeared on the mature and decent face of the old man, and then he took out a few pieces of paper from his arms and handed them to the table: "President, this is the report I wrote last night, which lists the labor needed for our salt production, road construction, and sales channels, the funds needed and the matters that must be paid attention to, as well as the share that the association should get after paying these costs, please take a look." ”
Chen Xiansong picked it up and read it carefully. The report is very detailed, and I have to say that the vice president is indeed a veteran of business, and he has thought about everything in everything. After Chen Xiansong read it, he had to feel that there was still so much knowledge in the original business business.
"Of the remaining sixty and a half, the association accounts for thirty percent, and I account for thirty and a half?" Chen Xiansong put down a few blank pieces of paper and asked with some concern: "I don't have to do anything, only provide the formula, is this score too high, I'm afraid that other people will have opinions." ”
"If other people say that, I will never say a word, and I will directly ask for another 10% to the association." The vice president looked at Chen Xiansong with some surprise, and then seemed to think of something, so he said with relief: "But you are the president, so let's be honest with you, anyway, you will know the Tao in the future." According to the unspoken rules of the association, the soul contemplative takes out his knowledge and reconstructs to cooperate with the association to do business, and it is generally divided into forty to fifty percent of the profits, which is the case for anyone, and the president you only get thirty and a half percent, which is already a small amount. ”
"The association accounts for more than half of it, which is actually the cost of dotting the key points of each joint." The vice president sighed and said: "In the future, a large amount of snow salt will enter the market of the Kate Kingdom through our hands, and it will attract the attention of many people, and the unnecessary attention of greed, hostility and so on will be concentrated on us, and at this time, if we can't unite a group and suppress a group, even if we have the help of the City Lord's Mansion, we can only be besieged to death in the future, so this money is very necessary." ”
Chen Xiansong nodded in understanding, and he said, "Why don't you divide some more from me into the association?" Anyway, money doesn't mean much to me. ”
"President, it can't be lowered." The vice president smiled bitterly: "If it is lower, other soul thinkers must have opinions, and I am not good for our association." ”
"In this case, then I won't break everyone's default rules." Chen Xiansong really has no concept of money, anyway, he knows that he is very rich, and he thinks that if he wants to make money, it is also a very simple thing, and he doesn't have to care too much: "This piece of paper is the salt filtration equipment diagram that I drew well, of course, it is only the first draft, and the actual situation will wait for us to go to the salt mine to observe the situation, so that we can better carry out equipment transformation." ”
"President, do you want to go to Salt Mountain?" It took a great deal of effort for the vice president to take his eyes off the drawing, thin piece of paper, which was worth more than anything he had ever touched. Licking his lips, he continued, "Of course there is no problem, but I think this requires the company of His Excellency Zelong'er, and your safety is the most important thing. ”
"It's okay, anyway, I don't know the way, it's best if someone is willing to lead the way." Chen Xiansong spread his hands.
It didn't take long for two more carriages and a squad of steaming cavalry to be outside the association. These are the personal guards of the City Lord's Mansion, and they are also the most powerful troops in Black Rock City. After Chen Xiansong explained his next itinerary to the sleepy-eyed Bai Qianxin, she and the others did not have to worry, so she took Bai Min downstairs.
Zeron had been waiting outside for a while. Chen Xiansong came out and saw him, and smiled again: "You haven't slept all night?" ”
With dark circles under his eyes and greasy brain, Ze Long'er's tiredness was even worse than that of the vice president, but like the vice president, he was obviously very excited, as if he was overdrawing his physical strength.
"It's weird to be able to sleep." Ze Long'er shook his head helplessly: "I really want to sleep, but I can't sleep when I lie in bed." Through the night, I could see countless gold coins running slowly towards my castle in the distance, and how could I close my eyes in such a situation. ”
"Incomprehensible?" Chen Xiansong shook his head: "Gold coins, you can't earn enough, just enough to support your family, why bother too much." ”
"You're a typical full-bellied person, and you don't know how hungry a beggar is." Ze Long'er snorted, very disdainful: "You are a soul thinker, and you are also a very genius, if you have no money, you can just get some knowledge and then take out the structure and sell it, and we ordinary people, every gold coin is earned by fighting hard, you are very simple." If I had your power, I would have treated money like dung. ”
"Okay, I said the wrong thing." Chen Xiansong smiled and showed weakness, and then he walked to the carriage, looked at the cavalry around him, and asked, "Why don't you go and see a few mines, with such a big battle array?" ”
"You're my gold mine now." Ze Luer said angrily: "Protecting your safety, of course, is the first priority, although Ms. Bai Min is powerful, but she is only alone after all, the more people, the more insurance, I think Ms. Bai Min should also be reasonable." ”
Bai Min didn't speak, but Chen Xiansong could see that she agreed with Ze Luer's statement. Especially after Chen Xiansong was kidnapped and his life and death were unknown, Bai Min and Chen Xiansong's safety was extremely concerned, and he usually didn't see anything, but Bai Qianxin knew that no matter when and where, Bai Min would now ensure that Chen Xiansong was within her field of vision, or within her detection and perception.
Chen Xiansong shook his head and sighed, and got into the carriage, Bai Min followed closely behind, and Ze Longer got into another carriage. The cavalry team immediately protected the two carriages, and then divided some people to clear the road in front to ensure that the traffic was smooth. (To be continued......)