In the next few days, the small Qingcheng looked calm on the surface, but in private people were panicked.

Although Qingcheng is a well-known cloth capital in Dasheng Kyushu, it is still a small town in the final analysis, and Wanhualou suddenly died of a court official, which is also a major event in the past hundred years!

It is rumored that a gang of bandits came to Qingcheng and colluded with Wei Gonggong's guards to trick them into Wanhualou to successfully assassinate them, and then left.

Although the announcement posted outside the yamen did not mention the matter in detail, it did post portraits of several thieves, who were wanted throughout the city.

In order to help his nephew clear his suspicion, Ma Qingshan also lost a lot of hair during this time.

Regardless of the reason, Wei Cheng died under Ma Ruyi's bird after all, and after a fierce argument with Jin Dong, he finally got the nod of Lord Shangshu, and the matter was not pressed for the time being, but he sent someone to release rumors that Wei Cheng's death was related to the disaster-stricken refugees who broke the embankment in Jiangnan Province last year.

Jin Dong also took this opportunity to justifiably start investigating the casting of the embankment in Jiangnan Province three years ago, and hurried to Wucheng a hundred miles away with his subordinates.

It's just that the old eunuch who leaned towards the government and the opposition was pitied, not to mention being killed by three indiscriminate means, and now in order to cooperate with Jin Dong's investigation of the case, the corpse can only be placed in Yizhuang to let it stink and rot, and even the fallen leaves will not be given the opportunity to return to Tianjing City.

Ma Ruyi, who was previously famous in the Qingcheng literary circle, suddenly disappeared in the past few days, and I heard that he has always locked himself in the room alone recently, crying and laughing, almost crazy.

Only Wen Chen and a few others understood that this fat man had not come out of the shadow after being toyed with by the old eunuch.

After Tan Gang outsourced his silk and linen inventory to the Li family for digestion, he also began to finalize the details of the takeaway business in full swing.

In Tan's mansion, Tan Gang and Wen Chen stood side by side.

The huge courtyard was crowded with men and women who had come to apply for jobs after seeing the job posting.

Qingcheng used cloth hairline, but this time because of a water-powered textile machine, all these textile workers lost their iron rice bowls, and many of them secretly cursed Wen Chen's impulsive people for having no asshole.

Wen Chen frowned and glanced around, looked at a pair of eyes full of longing, and said with a wave of his big hand:

"All the male workers stay, and the female workers can go back first."

"Huh? Why? ”

"I'm not leaving, you Tan Mansion is discriminating?"

"Why don't you recruit female workers, where is the old lady worse than these stinky men?"

For a while, dissatisfied voices came and went, and they all questioned Wen Chen.

"If I don't recruit, I won't recruit!" Wen Chen said arrogantly, "This is my business, I have the final say!" ”

Tan Gang and Tan Yuanyuan beside him also showed puzzled expressions, most of the unemployed cloth mill workers in the city were women, if they were allowed to leave, the manpower of the previous plan would probably be reduced by half!

However, the Tan family agreed to Wen Chen's conditions before, and in the takeaway business, he has the absolute right to speak, and now it is difficult to say anything.

Finally sent a group of indignant female workers away, and the father and daughter of the Tan family hurriedly came up to ask.

"Shopkeeper Wen, why can't a woman do takeaway? Do you look down on women like those patriarchal old stubborns? Tan asked, pursed his lips.

Wen Chen spread his hands helplessly, "Three problems, if you can help me solve them, I will hire them!" ”

"Say! Miss Ben will definitely do it! ”

"First, my newly designed takeaway delivery truck needs pedals to provide power, coupled with the heavy carriage and goods, with a woman's strength and endurance, it is difficult to ensure delivery efficiency!"

After the transformation, Wen Chen has successfully combined the bicycle with the horse-drawn carriage, using the front half of the three bicycles as the power source in the front, and the streamlined carriage in the back.

While ensuring the comfort of the driver, it also abandons the overly expensive horses to pull the cart, but the only drawback is that it still takes a lot of effort to pedal the car to deliver goods, and in terms of the general physique of Jiangnan women, they are really not suitable for this job.

Tan was speechless for a while, not knowing how to refute, this is a congenital disadvantage, and there is no way to make up for it.

Wen Chen spoke again, "The second is the issue of security, recently Wanhualou has been seized, and many prostitutes there have become Liuying and do business in private, but I heard that the city has not been very peaceful recently, and there have been three murders related to Liuying in just a few days." ”

"Think about it, if you let a group of women deliver takeaways, if something happens, who will be responsible?"

Wanhualou, those old prostitutes naturally have no place to vent their emotions, which has caused many public security incidents, even if Wen Chen loves to make money, he does not dare to gamble on other people's personal safety.

Tan curled his teeth, "What else?" ”

Wen Chen grinned, "The third is that women deliver takeaways, and it is insulting to their reputation to say it......"

"Hmph, it's all self-reliant, why doesn't it sound good?" Tan argued.

"Then let me ask you, the male takeaway can be called the takeaway brother, what is the female takeaway called?"

"Of course, it's a takeaway ......"

On the side, Tan Gang's face changed, and he hurriedly stopped him:

"Shut up!"

If it's normal, it's just that, but recently it has been rumored that there are bandits in the city, and even the father-in-law of the imperial court has been poisoned, if the title of a woman delivering food is handed over, it will inevitably make others think about it, plus Wanhualou was seized, and some small people took advantage of the opportunity to do illegal things when the bandits entered the city.

This risk, the Tan family still doesn't take it!

"It's still that Shopkeeper Wen thinks properly, Tan has been taught!"

The more Wen Chen showed his superiority, the more Tan Gang wanted to kill his unsuccessful son!

This earth-shattering wealth originally belonged to my Tan family!

"Why didn't Miss Second speak? Are you convinced by the reasoning below? Wen Chen smiled and looked at Tan Yuan beside him and teased.

Tan Yuan bit her lip, "I was originally a daughter, but now I see so many women in Qingcheng in difficulty, and I can't help for a while, I feel a little lost......"

Although she is the second lady of the Tan family who has been clothed and fed since she was a child, she is also a soft-hearted person in nature, she always can't see others suffering and pity the weak, which is why she can make friends with Wen Chen.

Tan Gang sighed slightly, "The Tan family can't worry about this, the Taishou adults can't do anything, what have we done?" ”

Wen Chen laughed and said, "Does the second lady pity those unemployed female workers, or pity those prostitutes who have become wandering warblers?" ”

"It's all women, what's the difference?"

"But I remember, last time the second lady said that the girl in the kiln had bad luck."

"Hmph, you yourself said that you are the same person who has fallen from the end of the world, and it is a hand to be able to help!" Tan immediately retorted.

"Then if you think of an idea to help them, will the second miss be happier?" Wen Chen smiled.

Tan Yuan's eyes lit up, "Is this true?" Do you have a way? ”

"That's nature!" Wen Chen said confidently.

Since Wanhualou closed its doors, Lingyu has been by her side, and she has also mentioned it more than once, asking herself to think of a way to help those sisters in her kiln get re-employed.

It's just that I didn't expect Lingyu to coincide with the second lady's thoughts, but it's a bit novel!

"Tell me, what's the solution?"

Wen Chen smiled slightly, "Second Miss, have you ever heard of pedicure?" ”