The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Li Fu pondered for a moment.

"Also, the food from the canteen needs to be delivered to the gentlemen who have already moved into the academy. Their three meals a day will be temporarily delivered to the canteen. When the gentlemen are completely settled and can cook at home, we can adjust according to their needs. When we stop sending food, it will be fine."

"Yes." Old Zhou bowed and responded.

Under Li Fu's arrangement, all affairs in the academy were carried out in an orderly manner, and the academy gradually began to operate.

A day ago, Li Fu asked someone to send the academy's curriculum and enrollment regulations to Lu Deming. Lu Deming went to discuss with someone and told Li Fu not to worry about it anymore. They can still do this.

It's not a complicated matter. As long as the personnel are in place, everything will be easy.

Moreover, enrolling and enlightening children is simple. As long as they meet the age, they can be interviewed one by one and asked some questions to determine whether they can enter the academy.

The academy recruits students for enlightenment, although there is no threshold, but at least they have to be able to speak normally and have a normal brain, right? Then, if they are more clever, that would be even better.

Of course, no family has the spare money to send children with brain problems to study, whether they are congenital or acquired...

Li Fu stood in the study, looking at the map of the fiefdom.

"Xiao Tao."

Li Fu called out.

"I'm here."

Xiao Tao heard the noise and hurried in from outside.

"Xiao Tao, go find Lao Zhao, I have something to discuss with him." Li Fu said.

"Okay." Xiao Tao responded and hurried away.

Not long after, Lao Zhao came over.

Xiao Tao consciously left the study and continued to stay in the corridor doing nothing.

Recently, her husband has been busy with the affairs of the academy, and she can't help much. Alas, her husband is really hard.

Xiao Tao sat on the bench in the corridor, waiting for Li Fu's orders at any time.

However, even in the corridor, Xiao Tao's life was very comfortable. There was a table in the corridor for placing things, because Li Fu liked to sit on the reclining chair in the corridor, eat and drink when he was free.

Now, all the benefits belonged to Xiao Tao.

For example, Li Fu and Lao Zhao were discussing things in the study room at this moment, and Xiao Tao was sitting in the corridor, happily drinking milk tea.

She loved milk tea so much.

After drinking, she touched her belly...

Or, drink one less cup tomorrow.

In the study room, Lao Zhao came behind Li Fu and bowed.

"My dear."

"Lao Zhao, come, come and take a look." Li Fu pulled Lao Zhao to stand in front of the map.

Lao Zhao took a quick look.

"My dear, isn't this the map of your fiefdom? What's wrong?"

"I want to find a place, a workshop for raising pigs." Li Fu said.

"Raising pigs? There are many families in our village who raise pigs, which is enough to supply our house. If there are more, we can't consume them. And raising pigs is very expensive."

"It is because it is very expensive and ordinary people can't afford it, so I plan to choose a place. The house will pay for it. If we raise pigs, we will hire people. In that place, we will build a pork industry chain, from breeding to slaughtering, and then to external transportation." Li Fu said: "Don't worry about not being able to consume the meat. I am considering it for the academy in advance."

"When the canteen of the academy opens in the future, it can't be all vegetarian dishes without any oil."

"So this matter still needs to be led by the house."

"I see." Lao Zhao responded.

"So, I asked you to come and see which place is suitable." Li Fu said.

"How about this place?" said Lao Zhao, "Chen Village."

"Chen Village." Li Fu's eyes fell on that place: "I remember that in the spring, they fought with Zhang Village for water, and it was quite a big fight."

"Yes, I heard that you personally went to mediate." Lao Zhao smiled and said, "Why not, give a slap and a sweet date."

Li Fu narrowed his eyes when he heard this.

"Good idea, Chen Village will run a pig farm, Zhang Village will run a slaughterhouse, and the two villages will select people to be responsible for external transportation."

Fight? Let you fight, fight, fight, muddy the water, and no one will make money.

Now let's see who is carrying the more than 130 households in the two villages.

Dare to fight?

"It's good for the two villages to make money together." Li Fu said with a smile, "It can also ease the relationship between the two sides. Now the water conservancy projects on the village have been repaired. Next year, there will be no more fighting for water."

"Good, Lao Zhao, you have something."

"I learned it all from Langjun. Langjun taught me well."

"Get out of here, you are talking nonsense. You are so old, don't come on." Li Fu smiled and pushedLi Fu and Lao Zhao are the closest, so they are the most at ease when they get along. Lao Zhao will not hide his thoughts in front of Li Fu. He will say whatever he wants. They are all family members and don't have so many scruples. "My dear, how about I take charge of this matter?" Li Fu shook his head. "If you take charge, what will happen to the family? If I want to find someone to discuss things, I have to pull you out of the pigpen. No, you can't go." "But, at the beginning, someone has to take charge." Lao Zhao said. "Then let Zhang Huan go." Li Fu said: "On the farm, Lao Zhou has been working recently, so Zhang Huan can spare some time."

"Okay, then I'll go find him?"

Li Fu nodded: "You go and talk to him about this matter, explain it clearly, go to Chencun and Zhangcun, discuss it clearly, and mark out the land. On the house, the accountant will allocate funds."

"Yes."

When Lao Zhao left, as soon as he walked out of the study, he saw Xiao Tao sitting there, drinking milk tea leisurely, with a doting smile on her face.

"Xiao Tao, don't live too comfortably these days."

Xiao Tao looked up and smiled.

"Uncle Zhao, I have nothing to do if my husband doesn't tell me to. Besides, I can't leave even if I have nothing to do. I have to be on standby at any time."

"Okay, you just wait here and take good care of my husband. Don't just drink for yourself."

"Okay, I'll leave a cup for my husband." Xiao Tao responded.

Zhang Huan, who was busy with things in the manor, was shocked when he heard that housekeeper Zhao wanted him to go to Chencun to raise pigs.

"Zhao, housekeeper Zhao, well, I have been working diligently recently. No, no, since the husband appointed me as the foreign affairs housekeeper, I have been diligent and hardworking, and have never made any mistakes. Why do you want me to go to Chencun to raise pigs? Did I do something wrong, or did I do something that made the husband unhappy?"

Zhang Huan, who was already uneasy because of Lao Zhou's interference in foreign affairs, was dumbfounded when he heard that he was going to raise pigs in Chencun.

Now he was not allowed to manage the foreign affairs of the manor. Was he going to be sent out to raise pigs?

Then, is there something more terrible than raising pigs waiting for him next?

Originally, I thought that after becoming the foreign affairs housekeeper, I would be valued by the husband step by step in the future, and even my own children might be able to find a good job.

But at present, it seems that he can hardly protect himself, not to mention that his children will be able to be like the son of housekeeper Zhou and become the manager of a restaurant in the future...

Why did he suddenly start to go downhill?

"No, why do you think so?" Old Zhao frowned and looked at Zhang Huan: "If the young master didn't value you, how could he promote you to manage foreign affairs."

"But...but now, the young master asked housekeeper Zhou to take over the foreign affairs of the manor..."

"Why, do you think that housekeeper Zhou will replace you? You have no confidence in yourself?" Old Zhao asked with a smile: "Manager Zhang, you think too much. Old Zhou is a housekeeper, not a manager."

"When the young master promoted you to manage the affairs of the manor, according to the hierarchy in the mansion, you are half a level lower than Old Zhou. If Old Zhou takes over the affairs of the manor, then he is not housekeeper Zhou, but manager Zhou. Do you think that even Old Zhou has been demoted?"

"This..." Zhang Huan was stunned.

"Manager Zhang, let me tell you in more detail. Pig farming is very important because it is related to the academy. The young master needs a trustworthy person to personally watch over it in Chen Village. Moreover, from selecting a place to demarcating plots to building a pig farming workshop, these things are not something that can be done alone in the village over there. Someone needs to lead them. Do you understand?

When I say you go to Chen Village to raise pigs, I don't mean you really raise pigs, but to manage these things.

Whether you can do this well depends on you. This is an opportunity. You have to grasp it. If you can't grasp it, don't show this in front of me and wrongly accuse the young master of not using you.

The young master uses you and gives you the opportunity. The rest is all up to you. Do you understand?"

Old Zhao glanced at Zhang Huan.

"My dear, you have given us many opportunities. Everyone should have seized them, instead of standing here and complaining about the world. This will not change anything. If Manager Zhang fails to do well this time, raising pigs may become all you have in the future."

Old Zhao glanced at Zhang Huan.

He sighed helplessly in his heart.

Really, coming from Jinyang, living in a big house, you have never suffered the hardship of life, right?

If this were put in a fewYears ago, if he was placed in such an environment in Zhuangzi, he would not be able to handle the situation.

Zhang Huan used to be good at managing foreign affairs, why has he become like this recently?

His mentality is not right.

"Manager Zhang, has anything happened at home recently that distracted you?"

After thinking for a long time, Lao Zhao decided to ask clearly.

Pig farming is also very important. Zhang Huan cannot be allowed to delay Langjun's plan. If it doesn't work, he should be replaced.

This is not a question of whether to give a chance or not, but it is clear that Zhang Huan has problems, but he is still appointed. In the end, if something goes wrong, it is still the money of Jingyang Palace that is lost.

In the past few years, no matter what Langjun does, there has been no problem. Don't open a bad door here with Zhang Huan.

"No, I... didn't." Zhang Huan lowered his head.

A sneer appeared on Lao Zhao's face.

With this reaction, who would believe that he didn't do it?

But then, the sneer on Lao Zhao's face turned into a warm smile. He patted Zhang Huan's shoulder and spoke earnestly.

"Manager Zhang, if you have any difficulties, come to me in the mansion. Even if I can't solve it, if you have difficulties, go to our husband, and he will definitely solve it for you. Whether it's work or life, if you have difficulties, go to the organization. Jingyang Palace is our home, don't you think? Only when you solve the difficulties that bother you can you devote yourself to work.

Jingyang Palace cannot do without everyone. If the work leaves the individual, it's like an arrow losing its bull's eye. But if the individual leaves the organization, the work will lose its direction.

We work for the husband, and the husband will not ignore the problems of our subordinates."

"No, I, I don't have any difficulties." Zhang Huan said nervously: "I just, I just feel that I am not valued by the husband recently, and I feel a little uneasy."

Lao Zhao still has a smile on his face.

"How could that be? My husband asked you to take care of foreign affairs. Isn't that a sign of respect for you? He gave you such an important task as building the Chencun and Zhangcun breeding workshops. This is a sign of respect for you. You see, with such a large house and such a large farm, the demand for pork will definitely increase in the future. There is also the academy that will be put into use soon. For such a large canteen, the daily consumption of one pig is still a conservative estimate. It is because the pork on the farm is not enough at the moment, so he proposed this idea and asked you to implement it.

This is an important matter related to the vegetable basket of the mansion."

Old Zhao imitated Li Fu's words and attitude and did ideological work for Zhang Huan.

"This is, very important work...?"

"Of course it is." A firm expression appeared on Old Zhao's face: "You should know that our husband attaches great importance to food. What is the reputation of our Jingyang Palace?"

Zhang Huan showed a look of realization on his face.

So... that's it.

Zhang Huan bowed to Old Zhao excitedly.

"Thank you, Steward Zhao, for clearing up my doubts. I understand now. It was me who was too worried about gains and losses. Steward Zhao, please rest assured. Please rest assured, my husband. I will definitely take root in Chen Village and do everything that my husband asked me to do. I will never let my husband down.

"That's right." Old Zhao was relieved: "Standard Zhang, do a good job and don't think too much. The mansion will not forget you, and my husband will also remember your contribution."

"Yes!" Zhang Huan nodded firmly.

I want to do a good job in pig farming, develop the pig farming workshop, solve my husband's worries, and make contributions to the Jingyang Palace!

After being comforted by Old Zhao, Zhang Huan's internal friction was directly resolved.

What if I leave the things on the farm to Steward Zhou?

I have a more important career to fight for!

When my son is old enough, I believe my husband will give him a chance to let him find a place to gain experience like Zhou Zhuang and become an important talent in the Jingyang Palace!