Lee's Mansion.

The front yard is full of flowers, and there is a scenic spot in the rockery and flowing water, but the noise of the past is not there, but it is a little more depressing, and there are guards wearing strong uniforms everywhere, and they are on guard.

In the tall and spacious hall, there were more than a dozen nobles in brocade clothes, one by one, serving tea and drinking slowly, talking in a low voice, but their eyes were full of anxiety.

Soon, the owner of the mansion hurriedly came in and said, "You have been waiting for a long time, rude, rude." ”

"The Li family is polite." Everyone got up one after another and returned the salute, but no one dared to hold it up.

The person who came directly went to the main seat and sat down, a maid came up with tea, bowed down and retreated after setting it up, and someone couldn't wait to ask: "How is the head of the Li family facing the saint?" ”

The head of the Li family, who is the head of the branch of the Li clan of Zhao County in Chang'an, said with a smile when he heard the inquiry: "You are in the mood to understand, the Holy Lord personally promised that he would arrest and rob the people and recover the salt that everyone was robbed, so there is no need to worry." ”

"There is a waste of the head of the Lao Li family." The other party thanked him.

The head of the Li family was very useful, and returned the salute with his chin bowed, but found that everyone's interest was not high, but his face was sad, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and asked bluntly: "But what happened?" You are all a good family, powerful and powerful, what else makes everyone so sad? ”

"The head of the Li family laughed." A middle-aged man clenched his fists and said: "It's not a secret, everyone also knows that the Protector Mansion is openly recruiting 5,000 people to work, and the salary starts at 100 yuan, and nothing else is clear. ”

"Yes, it's just a hundred or dozens of people, recruit 5,000 people at once, and there are only a few people working in the entire Chang'an. I also asked the head of the Li family to help. ”

"Please ask the head of the Li family to help." Everyone clenched their fists and pleaded.

The head of the Li family was very satisfied with everyone's attitude, and also enjoyed the refreshment of being promoted, picked up the tea, tasted it quietly, and asked after everyone had finished saying good words: "The public recruitment of the protector is not against the law, even if it is sued to the royal saint, it is not easy to deal with it, and the people can be shaken by a little profit, and you can also improve your treatment and keep people." ”

That's why not eat minced meat.

Everyone rolled their eyes when they heard this, the Li family of Zhaojun has a big business, it doesn't matter, but the five surnames and seven look at the fourth, and the remaining Longyou Li family is the royal family, and the Chang'an family of the Fanyang Lu family was raided, and the strength was greatly damaged, who else in the whole world family can compete with the Li family of Zhaojun?

Everyone wanted to scold angrily, but they didn't dare, and they felt uncomfortable in their hearts.

The atmosphere became quirky.

After a while, one person said with a wry smile: "What the head of the Li family said is that it is just that he makes a living by selling salt in the lower mansion, but now there are continuous bandits on the coast, and the sea salt cannot be transported in, and the mansion is already stretched. ”

The head of the Li family looked at the other party dishappily, if they all closed their doors and closed their businesses, no one followed, and cooperated, his value in front of the saint would be greatly reduced, and he asked unhappily: "What do you mean?" ”

The other party felt the secret annoyance of the Li family master, and quickly explained: "Don't misunderstand the Li family master, I just told the truth and didn't mean anything else." ”

Others also chimed in, it didn't matter if they followed the head of the Li family, but businessmen pursued profits, and no one did unprofitable things.

The public was angry, and the head of the Li family looked at everyone quietly, but he was unwilling to be forced into the palace by everyone, retreated, and asked: "The protector of the country can offer a hundred wen treatment, why can't you?" How much did you give in the past? ”

These words silenced everyone.

"Huh?" The head of the Li family snorted coldly in dissatisfaction.

Someone hurriedly explained: "Master Li, I don't know why the Protector can issue a hundred Wen, but there are rules for employment treatment in Chang'an, and the shopkeeper's salary is between thirty and fifty Wen, and at the end of the year, he will be given a little dividend according to the income, but ordinary guys will be about fifteen to twenty Wen per month." ”

Twenty wen can buy four buckets of polished rice noodles and seven buckets of coarse grains, that is, more than forty catties, plus wild vegetables, saving a little to feed one or two people is not a big problem.

There is no harm without contrast.

The Protector's Mansion opened a hundred literary wages, which was five times more, and fools knew how to choose.

When the head of the Li family heard the gap, his face changed greatly, and he said suspiciously: "Also doing business in Chang'an, everyone knows the cost, why does the protector dare to offer such a high salary, and he still has profits?" ”

"Not necessarily, don't forget that Huguo Gong is a unique business, whether it is paper or liquor, roasted tea, soap, etc., the price is not cheap, and the most important thing is that we can't imitate it."

"That's right, the Huguo Gong's unique business, there must be profits, otherwise it will not be done, but in this way, the employment treatment in Chang'an City has been raised, recruit 5,000 people today, after a while, after 5,000 people are fully familiar, maybe they will recruit 5,000 people, and then we will have no work available, unless the same treatment is raised, but the cost is too high, once the treatment is improved, the business can not continue, so we can only close the door."

"yes, yes, how is that good?"

Everyone nodded in agreement and looked at the Li family master.

The head of the Li family is not stupid, he can see that everyone is crying poor and selling miserably, and he doesn't want to give too high wages, this is forcing the palace, let himself go to the saint to come forward, and he can't refuse, after all, he still needs everyone's support and help.

Looking for the saint is definitely not good, it will end up with a bad reputation, the head of the Li family pondered for a moment, and said: "The salary is just a trivial matter, as far as I know, the Protector of the Kingdom has purchased tens of thousands of stone salt from the imperial court, all of which are backlogged in hand, and everyone will release all the inventory at a low price, as long as the people in Chang'an City are not short of salt, the salt of the Protector will be smashed on his hands, and it will not take ten days for everyone's salt to be transported to Chang'an, and then continue to sell at a low price, and the Protector will be suppressed." ”

"In ten days, everyone's salt can enter Chang'an?" Someone asked in surprise.

"Of course, I promise that."

Everyone thought that the patriarch of the Li clan of Zhao County followed him to Jiangnan to quell the chaos, and the head of the Li family must have internal information, and they were immediately overjoyed, and someone asked: "If the new salt can come in, it doesn't matter if the backlog of salt is emptied, but the price must be unified, and how much is better?" ”

When it comes to interests, no one is stupid.

Everyone didn't speak, and they all looked at the head of the Li family.

The head of the Li family also deals in salt, so he naturally knows the way of it, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Your salt costs about four Wen, usually sells seven or eight Wen, sells ten Wen in a good year, and has sold fifteen or sixteen Wen a few days ago, and has made a lot of money, and it is not a secret, the Holy Lord is very dissatisfied with this, and hopes that the price of salt in Chang'an will be lowered, but the snowflake salt of the Protector is sold according to four Wen, so next, everyone will sell three Wen in a unified manner, and fight a price war with the Protector of the Country." ”

"It's just three words?" Everyone exclaimed.

The cost is four yuan, isn't it a loss to sell it according to three yuan?

"What, unwillingly? This is the meaning of the Holy One. The head of the Li family turned cold.

When everyone heard that it was a holy meaning, they didn't dare to say anything, but they were unwilling.

The head of the Li family continued with a cold face: "The price is indeed lower, and the new salt will be sold at this price after it is shipped, until the Protector is suppressed, and the batch of salt is rotten in the hands of the Protector, and the idea of the Protector is broken. ”

Talking about serving tea slowly, the old god is there.

After the flood, there is a shortage of food, and the price of food will skyrocket, this is common sense, everyone here is a human spirit, how can you not know, when you hear that you can find it back by selling food, and even make money with blood, you will be tempted.

"It's still the Li family master who is wise!"

"Follow the head of the Li family, don't worry about not being able to earn silver."

Everyone laughed and chanted compliments, and no one left.

……

Qin Huaidao didn't know that the salt dealers in Chang'an City, headed by the Li family, were preparing to fight a price war, and were teasing the children in the backyard of Qinjiazhuang, seeing the milk dumplings giggling, the whole heart melted, and while accompanying He'er and Li Xueyan to talk about the quality of the newly made paper, the two girls didn't know that the new paper was going to be printed into banknotes, and they looked at it very carefully.

While chatting, Xue Renguixing hurriedly ran over, and after saluting, he said, "Young master, Steward Jia asked me to bring a message, saying that the people have been recruited, and everything is going well." ”

"It's full so quickly?" Qin Huaidao was a little surprised.

Xue Rengui said with emotion: "It may not be clear that the young master did not go to the scene, there are too many people, and there are many people who have not registered, asking if they can register first, and if there is a chance to give priority in the future, Steward Jia does not dare to agree." ”

"It seems that there are still many people in Chang'an City who have nothing to do." Qin Huaidao sighed with emotion, who really knows what is behind the seemingly prosperous Chang'an? After thinking about it, he said: "The women's workshop in Chang'an City is too crowded, move to the Industrial City, the workshop is rented, let's return tomorrow, there is a place in the Industrial City, and there is a dormitory, right?" Women must live separately. ”

"There are a lot of them, bunk beds, eight in one room, and you can live in a crowd."

Qin Huaidao thought for a while and advised: "The female workers who are willing to live are allocated a good room, and those who are unwilling to live will be arranged to return to Chang'an after work, ensure safety along the way, and there must be no accidents. ”

That's 10,000 acres of high-quality paddy fields, which will be all grain in the future, and it's a pity that they're empty.

Xue Rengui agreed and hurried away.