Dahan Pirate Air Force

Chapter 312 Willow Bank

The carriage trotted all the way to Shangshu Ling Liu Ba's mansion.

Immediately, a servant came to greet him. He turned out to be the prime minister. He immediately sent a message inside, and there was a rush in Liu's mansion.

Soon, Zhuge Liang and Liu Ba sat across from each other in the study room. They chatted for a few words and then turned to the main topic.

"Have you done everything I told you?" Zhuge Liang asked in a pretentious manner, suppressing his anxiety.Lime and clay were what he asked for, and completing the task was his first priority now.

"Prime Minister, don't worry. Everything has been arranged. It can be transported to the small school outside the palace today."

"How many are there in total?"

"It is expected that [-] kilograms of clay and [-] kilograms of lime will be shipped today. But if we need more later, we can have as much clay as we need, but the lime needs to be mined and fired not so quickly."

"Anyway, make as much as you can!"

Liu Ba agreed, but couldn't help but feel confused, and asked again: "It's really difficult for me to figure it out. This clay may be used to build city walls, but why do you need so much lime?"

Zhuge Liang said awkwardly: "This actually doesn't do anything, so I just sold them."

Liu Ba was surprised: "Sold? But who bought it?"

Zhuge Liang refused to tell at first, but he couldn't resist Liu Ba's desperate questioning, so he had to confess Zhang Bai, and then made up a lot of lies.It is said that he asked Zhuge Qiao to sell these overseas to exchange for urgent military supplies.

Liu Ba continued to ask. Zhuge Liang was panicking and suddenly had an idea. "Master Shangshu Ling, please don't keep asking. Why don't you go out and invite someone and let's meet together. Maybe this person can Tell you everything.”

"Who are you inviting?"

"That is Zhang Bai, the youngest son of the Zhang family in Wu County."

"Is it him?" Liu Ba said in surprise, "I happened to meet him once before. This boy is very extraordinary. I was just thinking about having a chance to discuss with him again. Okay, I will send someone to invite him right away. Does the Prime Minister know where he lives? where?"

Zhuge Liang immediately told him Zhang Bai's address, and was secretly happy that he no longer had to meet secretly at night.

Huang Yueying seems to have some doubts, and the secret cannot be leaked when it comes to the mission.

That evening, everyone in Zhang's house had gathered.

The dozen or so Zoroastrian believers were placed in Li Qiao's outer house because of the inconvenience due to the large number of people.Everyone was very happy to meet Yu Ji, Titus, Zhang Ji, Lingling, Ma Ge, etc.

Titus complained that he was starving, so as a matter of course, everyone gathered for a meal.

During the dinner, Zhang Bai found that Brother Ma was also very busy here.

Zhang Bai was away for two days in a row. If it weren't for the message contact, he would have been almost anxious to death, because there were many things that he had to come back to decide.

For example, there were several letters of invitation from various quarters, most of them from Zhuge Qiao, Chen Zhi, Mi Wei and others.

But there is no rush with these invitations.

Only two letters are different. One is from Shangshu Ling Liu Ba, who just arrived this afternoon, inviting him to meet at the mansion tomorrow, and indicating that the Prime Minister will be at the same table.

Zhang Bai understood at a glance that this must be Zhuge Liang's fault, and the task must have been completed well, so he was anxious to see him, and he had to go.

The other invitation was very strange. The whole letter only asked if we could meet up, but there was no time or place, and it didn't even have a signature. I didn't know who sent it.

"How can anyone write a letter like this in the world?" Zhang Bai felt strange and asked how the letter was sent.As a result, even Lingling herself couldn't explain clearly, so she had to give up for now.

The big house by Longdi Pond was under construction in full swing. Zheng Mazi came several times to ask about the specific regulations and styles. Zhang Bai was not around and Ma was unclear. This matter must be resolved tomorrow, otherwise the construction will not start. Look. I'm going to do some drawings again tonight.

The backyard of my Zhangzhuan is finally finished.Today, the bamboo forest is still dense, but the path is cleanly paved with cobblestones and is no longer difficult to navigate.The location of the tomb has now been transformed into a pavilion, with stone tables and round stone benches inside, making it look elegant.

Zhang Bai was very satisfied.He then told Brother Ma to quickly clean up the house where the bank was located and turn it into a bank. The sooner the preparations for the opening were completed, the better.

Brother Ma agreed and asked: "What should we do with the shops outside the back door of Zhangzhai? How much rent should we charge? We can't just leave them like this!"

Zhang Bai slapped his forehead, yes!I was so busy with things that I forgot about the things at home.

There are four shops outside the back door of Zhang's house, and there are three tenants.A rice seller, a tea seller, and a copper and blacksmith shop.There is one room left unoccupied and unoccupied.

"Let's do this! I don't care about the rent, but it must be collected. Find out how much the rents of the shops around you are. Let's neither charge too much nor suffer a loss." Zhang Bai told Ma Ge.

"What should the merchants do if they think the rent is too high? Among the three houses, the one selling tea is named Wang and is a small business run by a widow. It turned out that the place was haunted at night and no one collected the rent, so they rented it for cheap and opened a shop to sell it during the day. Tea business.”

"The business of their orphans and widowers is very profitable. It is estimated that they will have to go out of business due to this rent collection."

Brother Ma continued to explain, "The copper and iron shop is similar. It is a copper and ironsmith named Zhou, with his wife and son. The business is not much better, and the rent collection is still hanging."

"The rice seller is on the contrary. He belongs to the Zhao family. He is very arrogant from top to bottom. His eyes are on his forehead. I think the rent money may be just talk and he may not be able to collect it."

Zhang Bai's head hurt when he heard it. Renting a house and paying the rent is a matter of course. What's the matter with living in a free house? The poor can't afford it, and the rich refuse to pay it. Is there any royal law?

However, in this day and age, it doesn’t seem to be very common.

He rubbed his head and thought for a while, then said: "It's better to do this! The most important thing to avoid in business is to be impatient. It's not good business practice if it hurts harmony. Let's solve it one by one, let's talk about the tea seller first."

"Grandma Wang," Brother Ma interrupted.

"Yes, that's Mrs. Wang. You tell her that you have to pay the rent. If you can't pay, you have to take back the shop. This is non-negotiable."

"But they are orphans and widowed mothers. I can arrange another errand for them. Her son should be old enough. He usually helps us deliver letters and run errands. You see, there are so many letters that need to be answered, and we are short of a boy. In this way, They can work to offset the rent, and we don't need to find strangers to come to the house to help cause trouble. Ask her what she thinks?"

"This is a good idea!" Brother Ma was very happy.

"As for the copper and blacksmith named Zhou, my mining area will be opening soon. Wouldn't it be better to let him help with the work and pay him a monthly salary?"

"I can see it!"

"Okay, if those two families agree, the shop of Zhou Blacksmith's house will be vacant. In addition to the already empty shop, the two shops will be opened and the unused windows and doors will be sealed. We will use it as a warehouse."

"Yes!"

"As for the Zhao family's rice shop, don't disturb them yet. I'll have my own laws to rule them after I'm done."