I

Qin Xin, Jian Guan, and Jiu Po ​​have all changed jobs at this time.

Since Fei Yinghuan was away all year round, the inheritance of these three titles was discontinued, and there was no longer any fresh blood to add to them.

Qin Xin changed her name back to Fei Cheng, was assigned to Jingxing Academy, and is currently working as a library assistant. The three major academies were owned by the entire Fei family, so they were not recalled by the Lou family.

Jian Dan changed his name back to Feize and was assigned to work in the warehouse at Ehu Wharf.

Jiu Po ​​changed his name back to Fede and was assigned to work in a business at Ehu Pier.

One after another, a total of seventeen domestic slaves returned, including a chief shopkeeper, two second shopkeepers, and a slot manager of a paper factory.

These people are either reserve cadres or already formal cadres. They are equivalent to Fei's family business in Ehu, which is slowly being transferred to Fei Yinghuan.

However, Lou chose to give it all up!

"when!"

A teacup hit the ground hard, breaking into pieces and sending porcelain pieces flying everywhere.

Fei Yuanyi was so angry that he was shaking all over: "What does she want to do? Is she going to break up the family?"

The domestic slaves did not dare to speak out for fear of offending the old master.

Fei Yuanyi had nothing to do except get angry.

His original plan was just to find some mistakes and punish those Jingxingyuan's slaves, cut off Jingxingyuan's financial supply, and force his daughter-in-law Lou to take the initiative to admit his mistakes.

Just like the emperor, he attacked the ministers of the East Palace and refused to distribute supplies to the East Palace in order to beat the crown prince and princess.

Who would have thought that before Fei Yuanyi could take action, the Lou family would make a strategic retreat and call all the slaves back to the house for later use.

A punch hit the air, and Fei Yuanyi was so choked up that he almost vomited blood!

The second young master Fei Yingqi came over after hearing the news, pretending to be shocked and said: "Father, I heard that my sister-in-law has removed all the big shopkeepers of Shangming House?"

Fei Yuanyi was still angry and glared at his son and asked, "What, you want to take over?"

"I definitely don't dare," Fei Yingqi denied quickly, and then sighed, "Sister-in-law is too temperamental. We are all a family. What can't we talk about? We have to do it so harshly."

Fei Yuanyi sneered: "Are you so happy?"

Fei Yingqi said with a bitter face: "The father has wronged the child. Only when the family is harmonious can everything be prosperous. It is too late for the child to be sad, so how can he be happy?"

"It's better if you don't." Fei Yuanyi sat down angrily.

Fei Yingqi started to apply eye drops: "Sister-in-law, you can't let your father take the initiative to give in, right?"

"Don't even think about it!"

Fei Yuanyi slapped the armrest of the chair angrily, apparently because his son had poked him in a sore spot.

Fei Yingqi said: "If you follow the child's wishes and waste it like this, no one will be able to survive it. It costs a lot of money to keep the servants in my sister-in-law's yard, so I simply cut off their monthly payment." She pulled everyone back, and her outside income was gone. Look how she can feed so many people!"

"That's all we can do," Fei Yuanyi said, stroking his beard. "Since Shang Ming has lost its boss, it's up to you to take over."

Fei Yingqi said happily: "I will carry the child first. When my sister-in-law gives in, she will give up the business immediately."

"Go away." Fei Yuanyi had a splitting headache and didn't have a fuel-efficient lamp at home.

What's even more troublesome is that among the four sons, only Fei Yinghuan is more popular. Now he has become the magistrate of a large county. From now on, the whole family will have to rely on Fei Yinghuan.

The quarrel is so tense that it may be difficult to end, and there will be another quarrel when Fei Yinghuan returns home.

The only way is to cut off financial supply and force Lou to quickly admit his mistake!

…

In Jingxingyuan and Zhongqinyuan, all the servants at home gathered.

Fei Lin, Ling and his wife, as well as their son Fei Chun, were all kneeling in the courtyard, waiting for their fate.

After sitting quietly for a moment, Lou finally spoke: "Fei Lin."

"The young one is here, madam, please give me your instructions." Fei Lin knelt and crawled forward.

Mr. Lou said: "You were born as a scholar to the eldest young master. You grew up with the eldest young master. They are called master and servant, but in reality they are brothers."

"Don't dare, don't dare." Fei Lin kowtowed repeatedly.

Mr. Lou said: "How much money have you embezzled, I don't bother to investigate. I estimate that I will take out some and share it with the brothers and sisters in the hospital. This matter will be completely exposed. How about it?"

Fei Lin burst into tears and said, "Madam, you are kind."

Mr. Lou smiled and said: "You should still be the general steward of Jingxingyuan. You must be more restrained from now on. If I catch you again, I'm afraid I won't care about the eldest young master's face."

"Young lady, don't dare to act recklessly again. I will obey Madam's orders in everything." Fei Lin kowtowed crazily again, knocking his forehead until it bled.

Mr. Lou ignored this person and said, "Fei Hong, Fei Fu, Fei Xi, Fei You."

Four people immediately came forward, the oldest one was almost fifty years old.

Mr. Lou smiled and said: "You have been following the young master for many years, and you are all able to stand on your own. Especially Fei Hong and Fei Fu. One is the shopkeeper of the company, and the other is the head of the paper mill. Not to mention bonuses and external income, the monthly salary is There are twelve. Now that I have called you back, you have lost all your power and wealth, so you probably resent me in your heart, right?"

"I don't dare." The four of them quickly denied.

Lou said: "I have hundreds of acres of good land in Jiujiang, as well as several shops, all of which are dowry gifts from my mother's family. In recent years, I have only let my mother's family take care of them, and they have been messed up. Fei Hong, you Take a few people with you and go to Jiujiang to take over those shops. Fei You, take a few people with you and go to Jiujiang to take over the properties!"

"yes!"

Fei Hong and Fei You immediately took the order.

Mr. Lou added: "I have purchased a forest at the northwest foot of Ehu Mountain. Feifu, if I ask you to build a new paper mill, are you up to the task?"

"There must be workers," Feifu replied.

"Can I dig it up?" Lou asked.

Feifu replied: "You can poach people, but you don't have to poach Fei's workers. There are many papermaking craftsmen in the Xinzhou government bureau."

In the early Ming Dynasty, the imperial court established the Xishan Official Bureau in Jiangxi, and the largest official paper mill in the country was born. The specialty was "Xuande Paper".

Two hundred years later, the Pumu trees in Xishan were all cut down, and the imperial court moved the papermaking mill to Xinzhou, very close to Ehu Town.

The famous rice paper was stolen from the Xishan Government Bureau and was called "Jingxian paper" at this time. Due to the increasing shortage of raw materials, it was changed to green sandalwood mixed with straw, and gradually evolved into rice paper in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

Tang and Song Dynasty rice paper, Xuande paper, Jingxian paper and rice paper are actually four different kinds of paper, which are often confused together.

Mr. Lou didn't quite understand this and asked, "Are they willing to come, the craftsmen who are poaching government bureaus?"

Feifu explained: "Corruption is rampant in Xinzhou's official bureau, and the officials and craftsmen have become private slaves. As long as we can afford the price and protect the craftsmen, I am afraid that all the officials and craftsmen will be willing to come."

"That's good, go ahead and do it." Lou nodded in approval.

The official Shinshu paper mill has long existed in name only.

Output and quality fell severely, and profits went into private pockets. When the imperial court needed tribute paper, they colluded with each other, took the opportunity to stir up trouble, disrupted the market with administrative orders, and forced private paper mills in Qianshan County to sell at low prices.

Feifu reminded: "Madam, if a new paper slot is built, even if everything goes well, it will take half a year to produce paper. If you want to get high-quality paper, it will take more than a year."

"It's only one year, I can still afford it!" Lou was confident.

Feifu handed over his hand and said, "That's it, I'll try my best."

Lou said to another slave, "Fei Xi, take a few people with you to take over the restaurant in Hekou Town."

The restaurant in Hekou Town was picked up by Fei Yinghuan and originally belonged to Fei Songnian.

After Fei Songnian was angry to death, 50% of the property was donated to the academy, and 30% of the property was distributed by Fei Yuanlu.

Among them, the restaurant was moved away by Fei Yinghuan, but the management staff never moved.

Now that the restaurant is deteriorating, Mr. Lou has long wanted to rectify it, so he took this opportunity to change the management.

Zhao Han suddenly said: "Madam, I want to ask for a job."

"Tell me." Lou smiled.

Zhao Han said: "I want to be the deputy shopkeeper of the restaurant in Hekou Town."

There is only one true shopkeeper, commonly known as the big shopkeeper.

There can be many deputy shopkeepers, commonly known as the second shopkeeper, the third shopkeeper, the fourth shopkeeper... each responsible for different departments.

Lou didn't ask any more questions, and just reminded: "You can do things, but don't delay studying."

Zhao Han added: "I still need a few more people."

"Choose it yourself." Lou agreed simply.

(I wanted to publish it on time, but I made the mistake of clicking it. This is the chapter at noon.)