Liu Ma, later you will ask the newest Jing enjoy the garden to the maid old mother, can be willing to pass with me to the south, clearly tell them, perhaps one or two years will return to the capital, may be three or five years will not come back, there may never return to the capital. If they are willing to go south with me, they will double their monthly payment; if they do not want to go south, they will not be forced to do so, and they will not have to make things difficult for them, they will be rewarded with ten taels of silver as a reward for serving me during this period of time, and then the deed of sale will be transferred to the Marquis again. Of course, you old men who follow me don’t need to ask, all go with me to Yingtian, and all of you will double your monthly payment.”
Li Shu was supported by her maid, walking in the garden to consume her food, sitting in the pavilion to rest her feet after walking tiredly, calling Liu Ma to command.
“Miss is also too kind-hearted. To be able to follow Miss is ours, but also their blessing, the monthly payment is much more than the other houses, which need to be doubled again, to receive such a high monthly payment, we are panicked. If any of them are not willing to follow miss south, that is a traitor whose conscience has been eaten by a dog, and what is the point of rewarding them with silver.”Liu Ma said.
“Cluck, what’s the point of panicking, just serve me well in the future.”Li Shu giggled, then said to Liu Ma, “They are not willing to go south, there is no need to blame, after all, their families are also in the vicinity of the capital, and it is human nature not to want to abandon their families to go south. They serve me this time also do their best, some reward is also they deserve. Moreover, a thousand gold to buy a horse bone, in the future if brother Zhu transferred back to the capital, open the house to build the yard also need manpower, they are the example of the example, who is willing to serve me, this miss is not stingy reward, so also easy to recruit people.”
“Yes, all listen to Miss.”Liu Ma nodded her head repeatedly.
“Alright, you go down.”Li Shu nodded and sent Liu Ma off, then instructed Qin’er, “Qin’er, you draw a hundred taels of silver tickets from the account, hold my token, go to Pavilion Master Xu’s residence to greet Lady Xu for me, and give the silver tickets to Lady Xu when it’s convenient. If Lady Xu asks why there are more than usual, you can say that I will be departing south to Yingtian in the next few days to unite with my husband, so I’ve shared the second half of the shop’s dividends in advance.”
“One hundred taels? Miss, Lady Xu, she doesn’t have to do anything, just hangs an empty name of partnership, just share so much silver ……”Qin’er was heartbroken.
“You think it’s much?”Li Shu asked with a smile.
“Of course it’s more.”Qin’er nodded vigorously.
“Hehe, I still think it’s too little, it would be better if there was more.”Li Shu smiled faintly.
Qin’er was dumbfounded.
What’s wrong with the young lady, giving silver to someone and still thinking that it’s too little, but even thinking that more would be better?
Seeing this, Li Shu couldn’t help but gently poke Qin’er’s head, explaining, ”Although Lady Xu just hangs a name, but this name is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Lady Xu represents the Xu Mansion, and the owner of the Xu Mansion is Pavilion Master Xu. Not counting Zi Zi Lou, we currently have a total of eighteen shops in the capital, oh, there are also brother Zhu’s three Zhu Ji fast food, a total of twenty-one shops. Madam Xu seems to be just hanging on to a name, but it actually gives our businesses the background of the Xu Mansion, invariably enjoying the influence of Pavilion Master Xu’s patronage. The reason why our shops enjoy a variety of tax privileges, free from the layers of exploitation of officials, are because of the influence of Xu pavilion, whether it is brother Zhu or Marquis of Linhuai House of the brand are not qualified. A year down, the light tax preferential treatment have to have thousands of taels of silver, layers of exploitation is more difficult to measure, and, with the background of the Xu pavilion Lao, a variety of rascals do not dare to come to the shop to make trouble …….All of this, half a year only a hundred taels of silver, cheap with the ground like carrots, are because Xu Ge Lao is Zhu brother’s seat teacher, and Xu Ge Lao and valued Zhu brother, acquiesced in this matter, only this opportunity, otherwise, you think Mrs Xu will agree to our shop name, accept our dividends. How many people, money bag with thousands of tens of thousands of taels of silver, are not this opportunity. Without a reliable relationship, it’s hard to even think about coming to the door, let alone being titled.”
“Ah!!! It turns out that a name, actually has such a big role ……That hundred taels of silver is indeed not much ……”
Qin’er was enlightened as if she had come to a realisation.
“That’s not all, it’s also of great benefit to brother Zhu.”Li Shu added.
“A great benefit to Auntie?!”Qin’er was bewildered again, not understanding how this was of great benefit to Auntie.
“Husband and wife are one, Lady Xu receiving a share of the dividends is equivalent to Pavilion Master Xu receiving it.”Li Shu said softly, “Pavilion Master Xu is the current Pavilion Master, and once served as the right minister in the Ministry of Appointments, deeply cultivated the Ministry of Appointments for many years, and has great influence on the Ministry of Appointments, and has the reputation of raising the virtuous and appointing the capable. With Lady Xu receiving her share of the dividends, Pavilion Master Xu will definitely take care of Brother Zhu. Now that brother Zhu has made a merit, it’s the right time to be promoted, if Court Elder Xu can help brother Zhu with one more word, it will be a great benefit to brother Zhu’s promotion.”
A mere one hundred taels of silver would allow the courtier of the current dynasty to take special care of brother Zhu, it was really too cheap.
One must know that the rumours circulating in the community that Yan Song and his son were selling their offices for a price that was not normally high. A cited person wants to seek a small seventh grade magistrate, are priced at eight hundred taels of silver it; if the seventh grade officer to rise to the sixth grade, it would have to be two thousand taels of silver; sixth grade to rise to the fifth grade, but also higher, need to be five thousand taels of silver; and then up the promotion, the need for more silver, the highest price tag of twenty thousand taels of silver it. This also has to have a particularly reliable relationship with the introduction of people to have this opportunity; if there is no relationship, you want to send money, people do not accept it.
Zhu brother is now five products, if you go Yan Song father and son of the relationship, less have to prepare 10,000 silver ……
Of course, prepare more silver is also useless, because Yang Jisheng impeachment zhangshi matter, Yan party hates brother Zhu, they do not give brother Zhu under the well to fall on the stone is good, and how will help brother Zhu promotion it ……
“I didn’t expect that this hundred taels of silver would be so useful.”Qin’er opened her small mouth wide.
“So it’s too little. It’s like Han Xin’s soldiers, more is better. The more dividends Mrs Xu receives, the better it is. It’s also because brother Zhu and I came to the capital for too short a period of time, and the relationship with the Xu Mansion isn’t deep enough ……”
Li Shu said without regret.
“Miss, the relationship will definitely get deeper and deeper in the future. I think, when we went to the Xu Mansion, Madam Xu has become more and more enthusiastic about treating Miss. Last time, she even took Miss’s hand and jokingly said that she would recognise Miss as her goddaughter.”
Qin’er said.
“Lol, you also said that it was a joke. In addition, if you have a deep relationship with the Xu Mansion, you can’t be bound too deeply. There are unpredictable clouds in the sky, who knows what Pavilion Master Xu will do in the future, but you can’t involve Brother Zhu.”Li Shu smiled slightly, then waved her hand, “Go quickly, you still have to pack when you come back.”
