"I don't care about that much. Zheng Keshuang's experiences are all self-inflicted. Why should we pay to comfort them?" Lu twisted his body and said arrogantly: "Anyway, I don't agree to pay to comfort them. If I give this money to them, it's better to give it to Yurong. Yurong takes good care of Yan'er in normal times, and we can't lose money to him."

The so-called Yurong is Lu Yurong, the younger brother of the Lu family. His age is similar to Zheng Yan. Because he is not the eldest son, although he does not lack food and drink at home, he does not have much inheritance rights.

In this case, the old man at home is fine when he is alive. If the old man dies, he will eventually be kicked out of the house and dies of his own destiny.

From Lu Yurong's perspective, perhaps this is not very fair, but from the perspective of the bystanders, this seems to be nothing. At least he has enjoyed decades of wealth and glory, not. If he does this, it is unfair. Who should those poor people who are just born and hungry to cry?

Zheng's father obviously did not agree with his brother-helping demon, and shook his head and said calmly: "I know you are worried about Yurong's future. I can guarantee you that in the future, Ruo Yurong suffered some grievances from his uncle in a hundred years, he will seek justice for him, but I will never let him participate in the matter of joining the Li family this time."

"Then Zheng, don't forget that Yurong saved Yan'er's life at the beginning."

"That's two different things, and if Yurong hadn't come to Yan'er to go out for flower wine that time, how could Yan'er fall into the water?"

Lu looked at Zheng's father for a long time. After confirming that the matter could not be restored, he said angrily: "Okay, since you said that, I'll go find Yan'er."

"You, stop me! Come back!"

After shouting several times, Lu left without looking back, ignoring the call of her husband behind her, and fully demonstrating the terrible terror of supporting her brother.

...

On the second floor of Yangxinzhai, Li Hao's registered disciple Ma Zhou lies in a pile of old papers, with countless information and copywriting piled up around him.

He used to drink inferior alcohol, and he was drunk and dreamed every day, and he rarely had time to wake up.

Now as Li Hao's student, the good wine in the village outside the city has been opened to him. As long as he wants to drink it, even if he drinks himself to death, he doesn't have to spend a penny.

However, things in the world are unpredictable. After having convenient conditions, Ma Zhou never had to drink it again after getting drunk.

Even if Chen Meng delivered him wine every now and then, he wouldn't look down on it.

Well, yes, it’s just disdain, it’s not that I don’t have time to drink.

I am so smart that I have finished counting all the data I sent just after midnight every day. How could I not have time to drink? I just don’t want to drink it.

Bangbangbang...

"Be careful of the candle at midnight at the third night."

There was a sound of drums outside the window, and the sound of Lao Cangtou's time reminded Ma Zhou that it would be a sleepless night tonight.

Sitting up straight, hammering his sore back with his backhand, Ma Zhou's eyes swept across countless piles of paper around him, a wry smile appeared on his face, and muttered to himself: "Why has that bastard Wang Xuance not come back yet? I'm almost exhausted, but that guy is just hiding outside. When he sees the teacher, he must give him some eye drops."

On the other side, Chen Meng raised his head with a bitter face, held the tea cup with more tea leaves than water and took a sip: "Mr. Ma, you still have some thoughts and thoughts. Now our warehouse center has only been built, and the other half cannot be completed in less than half a year. The young master transferred you to Qizhou at this critical moment. I am almost worried here."

"If you have anything to worry about, just follow the progress. I have already prepared all the plans for you. In addition, Princess Xueyan and Miss Cheng will help you. If you can't do this, you deserve to be beaten to death by the teacher." Ma Zhou looked at Chen Meng with contempt. The old guy was the old guy, and it was impossible to survive until the third update. It was embarrassing.

Ma Zhou got married from the market. Although he was Li Hao's disciple, he did not have the attitude of being arrogant and domineering instructors like other literati, and he could be together with Chen Meng.

"What you said is easy. I am just a servant, different from you scholars." Although Chen Meng was criticized, he had no intention of business. He sighed: "For the same data, you scholars don't even need to write. You can calculate it by just mental calculation. If you put it here, you need to calculate it with your abacus for a long time.

You said, can I be under a lot of pressure? This is a big project worth tens of thousands of yuan. If you calculate it a little bit wrong, the loss will be huge."

Ma Zhou glanced at Chen Meng with sympathy and said helplessly: "Do you know what the difference between you and me is?"

"Of course, you don't have any knowledge." Chen Meng replied seriously.

"Wrong, a big mistake." Ma Zhou shook his finger: "The difference between us is that I am a teacher's student, and I must independently complete the test assigned to me by the teacher. You are different. You are the teacher's housekeeper, so you don't have to do everything yourself. If you can't handle things, go to the mistress for help. I don't believe that the two future mistresses will help you."

"Hey?!" Chen Meng had a little understanding.

Ma Zhou continued to give advice: "Think about it, who will belong to this warehouse center in the future? Is it your young master and future mistress? Since it is your own project, is it wrong to send a custodian to come here? This is a free labor force. You don't have to pay your wages or supervise you. As long as you arrange the task, someone will naturally help you clearly. Now, do you understand?"

Chen Meng nodded mechanically. He could see now that Ma Zhou is not a good person.

After talking about this, Ma Zhou once again plunged into the data pile and began to sort out the information involved in the construction of the warehousing center six months ago.

How much manpower is used, how much money is spent, how much stone, cement, sand, gravel, bricks and tiles are used, the freight is how much, and how much grain is spent, I am afraid that it may not be able to calculate it until dawn.

As for the future arrangements, Ma Zhou felt that if a princess and a lady from the Duke's Mansion were taking care of her, there should be no big problems. After all, the backend was strong and there was really something that could not be solved. Then wouldn't there be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?

Chen Meng left the second floor after busy for a while. It was almost dawn. After dawn, the young master's student was about to set off for Qizhou. He had to arrange the carriage and breakfast, so the young master's student left with peace of mind.

Thinking about it, the young master is so pitiful. He has to take on the burden he shouldn't have to bear at such a young age.

I won’t say that when I was expeditioning the Turks in the Northern Expedition, I would not be able to return to Beijing after completing the mission. I would still have to stay in the Qizhou where birds do not shit and be responsible for disaster relief. This is simply not to treat people as humans.

And I am not good enough. At such a critical moment, I can’t help at all. Fortunately, the young master still valued him so much and gave him everything in the farm to him. Now I am still responsible for building the warehousing center. I am sorry for the young master’s trust and cultivation.

In fact, to be honest, Chen Meng was really a bit self-deprecating. In his opinion, he did not help Li Hao, but in the eyes of outsiders, he, as a butler, is much better than his family.

He went out and gave face because he was because of Li Jing's face. After all, he was a seventh-rank official in the prime minister's office, so he had to give face.

But as for him, Chen Meng, he felt that he had accomplished nothing, but in the eyes of others, he held the financial power for Li Hao. The village outside the city expanded again and again, and the cement workshop, coke workshop, and glass workshop were all in his hands.

If he really had no ability, when Li Hao was not in Chang'an for many years, the three major workshops would have been in chaos. How could he still expand in an orderly manner until now?

In addition, Li Xueyan and Cheng Yinyin are not arrogant people. If it weren't for Li Hao's real value as a housekeeper, and he could handle the matters assigned by Li Hao clearly, the two beautiful girls who were above the top would probably not pay attention to him, and it would be even more impossible for him to listen to his suggestions.

It can be said that if he was treating guests to dinner, he would send out the invitation post, and those who could come to Chang'an City would not be more than 30% of those who could come to Chang'an City, but if he was sending the invitation post, 80% of the nobles in Chang'an City, and the butlers of the aristocratic families would basically come.

Moreover, the main reason why Li Hao did not transfer him to Qizhou this time was that he could not let go of Chang'an's business. After all, Qizhou's business has just begun, and it is the same for anyone to take over, but Chang'an's industry needs a skilled person to take care of. If he rashly changes to a newcomer, something may happen.

...

A group of people under Li Hao were so busy that they didn't touch the ground, but Li Jing was unaware of this.

It’s not that he doesn’t care about his son, but that he is not professional in this regard and does not want to rashly intervene.

Besides, his son is old and he can't control it now. The only thing he can do is to help the stinky brat wipe his butt after something happens.

Now, the rumors about Li Hao being a broom star in Chang'an City are spreading more and more widely. Hongfu, who is far away in Qizhou, even received news. He specially sent someone to come back to ask if he is still the "head of the household", so why do others wrongly accuse his son of his own?

Li Jing was helpless. Since it was said that it was a rumor, how could he care? Do you have to go to the street and say to everyone, "My son is not a broom star, what a joke, I don't have any face?"

But then again, you can't really ignore this matter. After all, it's up to your own son. If things continue to develop, some trouble may occur.

So Li Jing posted an invitation one day, inviting several major families of the five surnames and Qiwang to gather at noon on holidays, and to discuss the issue of severe drought in Guanzhong.

On this day, when it was the rest period, Li Jing arranged for the servants in the mansion to clean the back garden, and arranged for the chef to make a sumptuous lunch, took out the Western Region wine that had been hidden in the cellar for ten years, and prepared to entertain guests.

At noon, several heads of families who received the invitation came one after another. The housekeeper Lao Chen stood at the gate and greeted the people with a smile, and took the big figures to the back flower courtyard.

As the master, Li Jing naturally had to accompany the guests behind. All his wife and children at home went to Qizhou. He was the only one in the family, and he couldn't separate people from him to greet the guests in front.

The visitor could still measure his difficulties, and no one said anything. After coming to the back garden, they sat down with a haha. The vast sky began to talk. This said that the boys at home wrote some poems, and that the other said that the auspiciousness of their fiefdoms had appeared, and the scene was very lively.

Almost all the people have come. As the host, Li Jing took the initiative to pick up the wine glass and coughed lightly to attract everyone's attention: "Dear masters of the family, everyone is busy with mundane affairs every day and has time to get together. Today's opportunity is rare. Come on, drink and win."

"I have to thank Mr. Wei for creating this opportunity for us all, otherwise how can we get together."

Everyone laughed and picked up their glasses, and at the invitation of Li Jing, they each drank the glass of Chinese and American wine.

After drinking a glass of wine, Li Jing suddenly sighed and put down the cup and said, "Everyone, actually, Li invites you all today, mainly to apologize to my unhappy son. If you have any offended things in the past, please don't take them seriously."

Here we come! Several heads of the family surnames met each other.

Although Li Jing belonged to the Li family in Longxi, he was not a direct descendant of the eldest son. After joining Li Tang, he gradually had a little distant relationship with his family, let alone other aristocratic families.

So, this time, Li Jing invited the five surnames and Qi Wangs to the hosts, and probably everyone present knew what he was thinking.

"Duke Wei, our Longxi Li family is in the same spirit, and there is a saying among the people that cannot be written by the two Li families. Today, I would like to express my opinion on behalf of the Longxi Li family. Dejian's affairs have nothing to do with my Longxi Li family."

The head of the Li family in Longxi made a statement. Li Jing was still a member of the clan no matter what, and immediately bowed: "Thank you, the head of the family."

After saying that, Li Jing turned his attention to the head of the Zheng clan of Xingyang.

There are so many people sitting there, putting aside the old grievances, only Zheng and Li Hao had conflicts in Qizhou before. It is understandable that Li Jing wanted Zheng to express his opinion so urgently.

The head of the Zheng clan knew very well what Li Jing was thinking, and immediately bowed his hand and said seriously: "Duke Wei, the matter of Mr. Dejian has nothing to do with my Zheng clan."

It’s not the Zheng family in Xingyang, nor the Li family in Longxi, so who is spreading rumors?

Li Jing was also confused.

In theory, Zheng's affairs are the most involved in this incident, and the most likely source of the rumors is Zheng's.

But the result was good. The Zheng clan leader personally denied everything and kept saying that this matter had nothing to do with the Zheng clan.

All present are well-known figures, and each represents a great clan of the world. Such a person is not that he will not lie, but that he cannot lie on such occasions, otherwise the face of the family will be lost.

Therefore, Li Jing did not doubt the words of the Zheng clan leader, and in confusion, he turned his attention to several other people who did not express their opinions, intending to hear what they said.

At this moment, the head of the Wang clan suddenly spoke: "Duke Wei, Wang heard that Mr. Dejian is quite powerful in the offshore sea. I wonder if I can take care of my Wang clan's business on the sea?"

"Hmm?" Li Jing was stunned and turned his gaze.
Chapter completed!