Leisure and free days always pass quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the years are approaching.

Although Luoyang City has another heavy snow, it still cannot stop the people in the city from looking forward to and enthusiasm for the New Year. The shops in each store are booming, and customers are coming. Too many people are purchasing New Year's goods, just to make a hard work for a family to have a happy and prosperous New Year.

Corresponding to the people, in addition to the necessary maintenance of several yamen in the city, the government offices also sealed the yamen in other places and let the officials reunite with their families. Of course, because the New Year has been the three-year Beijing inspection, it is hard to say how much comfortable the officials in Beijing can have in this year.

However, Li Ling must be the one who is worried and happy to celebrate the New Year. He just accompanied his family to make various preparations before the New Year. While going out to buy things with Yue'er, Yang Qingxiao and others, he did not forget that he had another identity, one of the owners of Zongheng Bookstore.

This bookstore, which has only been open for two years, has now gained a foothold in the capital. At the same time, its business is more prosperous than other bookstores. The two monthly newspapers sold tens of thousands of copies, especially the issues after October, which doubled the number of previous sales.

Although this article attracted the attention of the whole city, Li Ling could not ignore the contributions of everyone in the bookstore. So at the end of the year, he naturally had to make some statements, so he learned from many companies in later generations and simply invited everyone in the bookstore to a famous restaurant in Beijing to hold an annual meeting and have a drink and gather.

At this time, people had never seen this. When they heard that the owner invited everyone to drink, they naturally arrived. More than 20 people were not distinguished from each other. They sat in two tables and sang and toasted each other. It was really lively.

It was not until after three rounds of wine and everyone was a little excited that Li Ling smiled and said, "Think about it, our Zongheng Bookstore has only been in the capital for only two years, but now it can suppress other bookstores steadily. Although there are reasons why Brother Wan and I formulated various strategies, your contributions are not small. It can be said that without you working hard, I would not be as good as my Zongheng Bookstore today. I will give you a cup first!"

Seeing that Li Ling, who was the boss, had drunk all the wine, and the others also brought a cup to drink with him, they felt even more excited. Whether these people were shopkeepers, accountants, or ordinary friends, they had never met a boss who spoke like this before. Such affirmation of everyone's contribution was really exciting and a close friend.

Li Ling put the wine glass again and continued with a smile: "I don't hide it from you. This year alone, our bookstore earns less than 50,000 taels of silver. Of course, you have wages to get on weekdays, but I still feel that it's a bit sorry for your efforts if you don't do anything else, so..." As he said that, he glanced at Wanlang.

The latter understood and immediately clapped his hands. A confidant who had been waiting outside brought a tray in. There was a stack of neat gold ingots on his head. Under the concealed candlelight in the hall, it emitted an attractive golden light, which made everyone look a little straight.

"I prepared these golds with Dong Li's family. I will share them with you today, and I would like to thank you for your contributions over the past year. Don't think it's too little. This is the beginning. When our bookstore becomes bigger and opens all over the world, everyone will get more dividends at the end of the year." Wan Lang smiled and said something he had already made, and then took out another piece of paper.

The impact of this plate of gold was so strong that it made everyone excited. Someone suddenly shouted: "The two bosses have always been very good at waiting for me. Not to mention that they can still share gold and silver for us today, even if there is no, we will try our best to get the errand done in the store in the future."

"That's right, the two bosses are so nice to us. They are not comparable to those other shop owners..."

"Haha, we don't compare with others, we only care about our hearts." Li Ling said with a smile, "Next, Wan Dongjia will share your gold based on your daily contributions. If you have too much, I hope that if you work hard in the future, don't be discouraged. If you have less, you will work hard next year, and you will naturally get more rewards!"

When everyone else was stunned and began to think about how much gold reward he could get, Wan Lang quickly unfolded the paper and reported the name of a guy: "Wang Erwu, you are the oldest friend in my bookstore. You are diligent in daily life and have almost never made any mistakes in a year. It is really rare." As he said, he had taken two ingots from the tray, and put them in Wang Erwu's hand who came forward.

With the current market ratio of precious gold and silver, these two ingots of gold are enough to be worth more than 100 taels of silver, which is worth their annual wages. This made Wang Erwu feel dazed at first, then ecstatic. He quickly bent down to thank him and expressed his opinion, saying that he would definitely do better next year.

Seeing this, the others were jealous and were even more looking forward to how much gold they would get next. Wan Lang did not disappoint them, and soon pronounced the next person's name...

Compared to Li Ling, who didn't arrive at the store very much, Wan Lang obviously knows the quality of the people in the store on weekdays. At this time, he asked one person to come up, comment a little, and then give corresponding rewards based on his performance for the year. Whether it was one ingot or two ingots of gold, each of them was convinced and grateful.

After this round of gold was released, the atmosphere on the scene reached the highest point. This is much more impact than ordinary verbal praises, or how many rewards are distributed at that time. After all, this gold is really something you have received. Now everyone is holding it in their arms, and it feels very satisfying.

Moreover, if this is openly given, the rewards can arouse everyone's enthusiasm and fighting spirit. At this time, these 20 people have made up their minds and must do it hard next year and must not be slackened at all.

After everyone was happy, Li Ling spoke again: "Okay, I'll send all the gold. Even if this year is over, we'll go home and have a good New Year and stay with our family these days. And by next year, our bookstore will have a new look.

"Our report is not only sold well in the capital, but also sold to all parts of the north and south by the Caohe River. In terms of influence, it can be regarded as the only existence in the world. So I was thinking that our bookstore cannot just focus on making money, but also do something for the people of the world.

"After thinking about it, I came up with a solution. Now that the city is full of businesses, there are new shops, workshops, etc. from time to time, they naturally lack some suitable talents. By the same token, there are many people in the capital who come from other places every year, with skills, or just come out of a certain store, and they also want to find a job as soon as possible. Some people can naturally find it easily, but some people are limited by the lack of information and can only wait.

"So, I plan to open up such a column on our Zongheng newspaper to log in to which store is short of people, what industry is short of, and which skilled person is short of work. In this way, we can help more people find suitable work."

Many people's eyes lit up when Li Ling said this: "The boss's idea is really good. In this way, how many people and how many families have to help you live a good life..."

"Well, and I've thought about it. If those shops and workshops want to recruit workers, I'll charge a few taels of silver if I publish news in our newspaper. As for ordinary craftsmen who want to find work, we won't charge him any more, and it can be considered as helping others." Li Ling said his specific thoughts, which made everyone claim to be good. Some people are clear-headed, and even know how much benefits this will bring to the bookstore.

The benefits are naturally not money or something, but reputation. Once Zonghengbao really does this, it helps many people find work so that they can support their families and do not have to worry about survival. This is a great merit. If it is spread, the people will naturally regard them as Buddhas of all families. Even the court will have to praise them. This won’t take long, Zongheng Bookstore will become the real No. 1 Bookstore in Luoyang, and maybe the world will be the best.

After everyone understood this, they felt even more excited, so they naturally had another wave of flattery, and then toasted Li Ling and Wan Lang, almost lying down on the spot.

The banquet did not end until nearly the second day of the year. Fortunately, the curfew was temporarily lifted in the capital, otherwise everyone would not be able to go home.

Li Ling and Wan Lang didn't want to take the bus back after drinking two more drinks, but instead walked around the street while drinking, chatting.

"Wen Zhong, I really admire you this time. I can come up with such a trick that benefits others and oneself. I really don't know how your brain is. I can always come up with unexpected means." Wan Lang suddenly sighed.

"Haha, I just had a sudden idea, but this is indeed more important to help the lower-level people in the capital. They lack a way to speak out. Not to mention Your Majesty, even Luoyang Prefecture may not know what difficulties they have or what they want. What I can do is to help them before leaving."

Li Ling said, looking at Wan Lang seriously again, "So even if I am leaving Beijing soon, you should urge the people below to implement this matter in place and not be afraid of losing money. We can still afford to lose money."

"I understand, even though I am a businessman, I haven't completely caught up in the money." Wan Lang waved his hand, then squinted his eyes and looked at Li Ling for a while, "Since you are talking about leaving Beijing and going to Jiangnan, have you ever thought about what kind of scene will be created in Jiangnan next?"

"Hmm? How do you say this?"
Chapter completed!