"My lord, the dock outside the city has been built, when will you go and have a look?"

Qi Hongxi rubbed his hands and said.

In the past three months, he has presided over the construction of the wharf, and received twenty taels of silver per month, which made Qi Hongxi feel very guilty, so for nearly three months, after the dispersal, he will go to the wharf to personally supervise the work, and there are people who are sloppy, he will not hesitate to reprimand, under his conscientious supervision, Qi Hongxi dares to guarantee that this wharf has absolutely not cut corners, absolutely guarantees quality and quantity, and there is no problem with using it for hundreds of years.

Lu Weimang listened to Qi Hongxi's report, and was happy in his heart, "Let's go, let's go to the dock together, if it's really good, I still have a job as an overseer here for you." ”

Qi Hongxi was happy in his heart, and the two rode out of the city, looking at the gradually increasing crowds in the city, and sighed, "Lord Lu is really a famous economic minister in the court, and it has only been three months since he came to our Jincheng, and our Jincheng is obviously prosperous." A few days ago, Xia Guan took the adult's money home to visit relatives, and saw that the people in the countryside were also busy, and every household was busy spinning, and the faces of the villagers were no longer numb and bitter, but hopeful. My mother, who had never been out of the village in her life, and now that she was earning money, made an exception to come to the city to see me with food and vegetables. Lord Lu's merits are immeasurable and admirable. ”

Listening to Qi Hongxi's sycophants, watching the people in linen clothes on the street haunting the city, shopping and shopping, Lu Weimang was also happy in his heart, and waved his hand, "Where is this, when you build my five-color roof next, the good days of our Jincheng will really come!" ”

Qi Hongxi didn't understand, but it didn't prevent him from admiring Lu Weimang, "Xia Guan must do his best." ”

Lu Weimang and Qi Hongxi came to the wharf, which has changed from the flat and desolate river beach to a popular gathering place, the people of the organic spirit come here to sell food and tea, and there are also many workers here to clean up the remaining stones and wood, Lu Weimang stepped on the wharf, looked at the gentle river on both sides, and turned his head to look at Qi Hongxi, "We Jincheng officials are lacking, and there are people of high grade, so we need to ask the imperial court to appoint them, but we can still select and appoint some miscellaneous officials who are not in the stream." Now that our wharf has been built, you can nominate one person to serve as a lock officer, and he will be responsible for the ship scheduling arrangement of this wharf. This gate official doesn't need to be talented, he only knows how to write and write, and he just needs to do things kindly. ”

Qi Hongxi listened, and a few people in his heart chose it again, "My lord, Lao Xie is a head catcher, he should be able to be qualified for the position of gate official, transfer Lao Xie over, just choose one person from the bottom of the catcher to be promoted to the head catcher, and add a few more catchers." ”

Lu Weimang nodded and waved his hand, "You look at it." ”

Seeing that the adults trusted him so much, Qi Hongxi was happy in his heart, "Yes, my lord, the lower official must tell Lao Xie to do his best." ”

After seeing the wharf, Lu Weimang took Qi Hongxi to a high place in the north of Jincheng City, which is said to be a mountain, but it is not towering, but the terrain is relatively high, so he was selected by Lu Weimang to build a Jincheng grocery store, although it is called a grocery store, but the scale is very large. In Lu Weimang's planning, Yongzhou communicates the east and west, out of the Yumen Pass to the west, is the vast land of the Western Regions, where there are all kinds of gems and wines, Jincheng is developed here, there will definitely be caravans from the Western Regions and Daqian, so she is ready to list the hot products in the east and west, including the local wool thread and glass in Jincheng, in the Jincheng grocery store for the caravan to choose.

Therefore, this grocery store must be built wide and eye-catching, after Lu Weimang told Qi Hongxi about his idea, Qi Hongxi, who already has experience in supervising the work, patted his chest and promised, "As long as the adult's money is in place, let's start work at both ends to save the construction period, only the five-color glazed roof needs to be eye-catching, I'm afraid it will take at least three floors to build, so that the annex house next to it can be completed in one or two months, and the main house here, I'm afraid it will take three months." ”

Lu Weimang nodded, "You are also experienced, tell the people who built the wharf that as long as they can introduce good people to start construction here, the construction period will be ten days in advance, and the wages will be doubled, and one month in advance, the wages will be doubled!" Let them not be self-respecting and delay time. I need to finish it before it gets cold! ”

Qi Hongxi calculated in his heart that it was already the beginning of September, and although Jincheng had no scorching heat in summer and no severe cold in winter because of the topography of the mountains and rivers, it would be cold in other places. Therefore, the request of the adults is to try to complete it by the end of October.

After looking at the grocery store plan given by Lu Weimang for a while, the planning is actually very simple, not as complicated as the wharf, it is a whole row of spacious and tall bungalows, the main house in the middle needs three floors, and the others do not need to be carved and painted, complex decoration, and the position of the doors and windows is reserved very wide, which is different from the ordinary houses in the city.

Thinking about it in his heart, Qi Hongxi nodded, "Don't worry, I will invite three classes of people to come over at the same time, start work at the same time, and find all the carpenters from ten miles and eight townships, and the doors and windows will also be laid in advance, so that when the main and auxiliary houses are built, you can install doors and windows as soon as possible to save time." ”

This is the convenience of local people, if Lu Weimang presides over the construction by herself, it will be a problem for her to find people.

"Well, you are in charge, let everyone in the yamen follow suit, your monthly income will not change, or go to Xiaoqiu to get the money."

Hearing the money again, Qi Hongxi was no longer embarrassed at the beginning, and thanked him calmly, "More adults." ”

In the past few months, he has earned "extra money", which not only relieved him in the life of IOUs, but also provided additional financial support to his brothers in the family, and seeing the benefits of money, Qi Hongxi is full of enthusiasm at this time.

After thinking about the work at hand, the wool thread has been collected for thousands of catties, and it is still being purchased, and the eye-catching glass top has also been explained, and the construction has begun, and the wharf has been prepared in advance.

Lu Weimang summoned Xiaoqiu, "Xiaoxia's wool harvest is almost complete, is there a cloth shop or a similar shop with a cloth dyeing master?" Invite a few to come to Jincheng and dye the wool. ”

Lu Weimang's personnel are relatively concentrated, only the Snow Salt Shop and the Tea Mountain and Roasted Tea Master in Qionglai, but Steward Lu has also bought some shops with the Lu Mansion Treasury over the years, and there are many shops such as the Silk Garment Tea House under his hands.

The Huofu industry in Xiaoqiu's hands is not short of talents from all walks of life.

Xiaoqiu thought about the shop in Fuzhong, "Jincheng is inconspicuous here, our Huo family has a cloth shop in Tianshui, I will let them, they will send a dyeing master over first." Of course, the serious dyeing master is good for Naoli and Jiangnan, and I used a carrier pigeon to inform them that they would also send the master over, but maybe the time will be slower. ”

Lu Weimang was overjoyed, "Don't be afraid to slow down, our grocery store still has more than two months to open, so let them be careful on the road and don't have to rush too much." ”

"Yes, miss."

Xiaoqiu took the order and left.

Lu Weimang came to the backyard of Huo Mansion again, where her glass furnace was.

Glass is a commodity that is destined to attract the attention of big merchants, Lu Weimang has been refining it from the beginning, and he has been in the mansion throughout the whole process, without the slightest exposure.

"How?"

Lu Weimang came to the backyard, and the swordsmith of the Huo Mansion family looked excited at this moment, "Madam, this iron can be burned to cast a sword, but I didn't expect that this sand can also be cast when it is burned." I did according to your instructions, at the beginning all made a uniform size of the plate, no, when you first came to do the glass cups and glass vases you said, you see, is it the same as you imagined. ”

The swordsmith brought Lu Weimang to the house next to the glass furnace, the sun was shining today, and as soon as Lu Weimang entered the room, he was dazzled by many colorful glass bottles.

"Madam, you see, this is the first trial product to be made in the next, it is a pot-bellied vase, because the first time to do it, the color is uneven, blue and purple, if it is not for the rarity of this glass, it must be smashed in the next. Next, with some experience, I made a plum vase, Guanyinzun, a pear pot, and a small drum nail wash, which you can give to the young master and put in the study. ”

Lu Weimang was dumbfounded, this exquisite shape and color distribution were really created by this strong man of the swordsmith?

"What a skillful hand!"

Lu Weimang gave a thumbs up.

(End of chapter)