Chapter 136 Repay the money
Boss Li is busy running around, training troops, participating in the political affairs in front of the Night King, managing the sons and daughters of the family, and dealing with the major families.
Li Rui, Li Xi, Gu Lei and other outstanding children are also constantly adapting, trying their best to learn to help the family, but everyone is new here, their eyes are dim, and they even have to gradually figure out the family's routines and methods. All take time.
From this, it can be seen that Boss Li is no longer available. This is different from the capital. In the past, there were many loyal subordinates, and all connections were under control, and some people were available.
Even if the first emperor pinned Boss Li in the capital and couldn’t move, he still has eyes and ears and knows everything outside.
This is why the new emperor wants to get rid of Gu and Li's family. The roots are too deep, and if they are not used by him, they may overthrow him. How can he not be afraid.
But coming to Shandong is like a tiger without its claws. It has no contacts for half of its life, and it is not its own hometown. Strange people and things are everywhere, and everything has to be restarted.
Boss Li is the head of the family. Anyone can cry and complain, but he can't. He has no time to cry when his brother and wife are dead. He has to take care of the living and take the clansman out properly.
Dad's hair was half gray, and he was in so much pain that he almost couldn't get up, the family was old and young.
Li Yu is not available as a coach.
The Li family’s problems are not uncommon. Although it was preserved, it is not worthy of pride and praise.
You guys don’t even have a future, and you have to fight for it a little bit. If you want to grab food on other people’s territory, you have to show your skills, otherwise why should we let you.
The aristocratic families are not embarrassing because of your past achievements and reputation. Once you fail to show your true skills and have no protective effect on them, these aristocratic families will immediately turn their faces and deny you.
The crisis has always been there, and Boss Li has a heavy task on his shoulders.
Yu Xie’s marriage is bound to win, with the backing of the Wang family, marrying Xie’s family, forming a trend of slowly blending into the encirclement, establishing a firm foothold in Linqi in Shandong, rooted in this place where Confucianism originated, and laying a solid foundation for the Li family to change their families in the future.
Since you’re here, don’t forget all your pride and past achievements, throw away your face and dignity and pride, and start over with a knife.
Li Yu stepped forward to greet Gu Lei and the two of them.
"I look a bit messy."
"Is it a little bit, or not very skilled, it's okay, it's a few of us."
"Let them tidy up, the guys wear bijia and uniform colors, so that they don't look chaotic and panic, and it's easy for guests to find someone."
"good."
"The nursing home still needs a few more people. This number is not enough... To prevent drinking and making trouble, a few more people are easy to deal with."
Li Yu quickly gave advice.
Li Rui immediately asked people to go down to do it.
"The back kitchen does not allow strangers to come in and out, and the food delivery is inspected every day. The guests who come and go are all distinguished guests. Whoever eats a bad stomach is responsible. It is necessary to guard against others. The second kitchen manager is responsible for inspection."
"Success, I've made a note."
"I went to see the river, they said that there is something wrong with the agency, you should be busy first."
"Come back for dinner later, Dad has something to discuss with you."
Li Rui hurriedly greeted him.
"Do you know what's going on?"
"It is said that they want to build a yard on the Zhuangzi and set up an office. The previous Zhuangzi was too small. It needs to grow food. The wasteland is spacious and can be used, and no one comes and goes."
"I see, I will deal with them first."
"Leizi, follow along and fight."
Li Rui quickly pushed Gu Lei who was busy.
"Okay, aunt, wait for me."
Li Yu yelled, and rode away with Gu Lei.
Ye Wang ordered the organs of the Li family to be used for the construction of city gates and civil equipment such as waterwheels, saving manpower.
This may not work, so it’s not going to work, let’s go and have a look.
When Li Yu arrived at the place, he saw the large wooden waterwheel, which was well built, and nodded slightly.
"Here comes the instructor. We used it and suddenly stopped moving. We couldn't fix it. No one dared to move, so someone sent you a message."
The steward saw the person coming, so he trotted over.
"Don't worry, let me take a look. I inspected the product when it was delivered, and it is fine. It may be that there is a little trouble when using it. I will fix it for you. If it is not good, I have a new one at home. Give it to you." Put it on, you can rest assured that the goods from my Li family will be in charge of you to the end."
"I know your family is a trustworthy family, please come here."
Hearing what Li Yu said, the steward immediately felt at ease, and breathed a sigh of relief. If he didn’t care about it, he wouldn’t be able to explain it to the Night King.
Li Yu stepped forward and turned around. After looking back and forth a few times, he found the problem.
"This is stuck."
Li Yu played with him a bit, and the water wheel started turning again.
"Oops! My brain..."
"Check frequently. When the waterwheel rolls, stones will be brought up, and the wheels may be stuck. Basically, there is no major problem. If you have any problems, you can summon me at any time."
Seeing that Li Yu has such a good attitude and is capable, he will be quick when he comes.
The steward was very happy and hurried to serve tea.
"I'll have a cup of tea, wait a moment, I'll leave when there's no problem."
"It's really useful what you make."
The steward happily pointed out to her that the wooden ox she designed and built has already started to work. Currently, it is responsible for transporting grain, miscellaneous stones and stones. These are relatively heavy, and it will be very laborious if manpower is required. Work is much easier.
This is what the Night King meant. Do civilian work first and see if it works. If it works, it will be used in the military later. These need to be verified step by step.
"Tell me if you use it well or not, so I can adjust it for you. You can rest assured that if you sell the item, you won't add more money. I will make it to your satisfaction."
"Thank you so much, your family members said the same thing when they came here, and they made it easy for me. You helped me a lot."
The manager is very happy to cooperate with the Li family. He has a good attitude and the work is beautiful. The key is that they will take care of you in the follow-up.
Sat with the steward for a while, and asked detailed questions such as how much grain can be produced, and Li Yu knew it in his heart.
Seeing that the waterwheel was all right, I went back to the restaurant with Gu Lei.
"If the Night King's end is done well, some of the aristocratic families will say that they will also order mechanical equipment from our family. The family should be able to breathe a sigh of relief."
"Finally, the effort was not in vain."
"By the way, the ship is back, and I made a good profit this time. I will pay you back."
Gu Lei remembered that he had brought the bank note.
Li Yu counted them, "Why are there so many, why are you being polite to me?"
Gu Lei had already repaid 8,000 taels last time, which was only 2,000 taels short. This time, he gave 12,000 taels, doubled.
"It's not difficult to borrow and repay. I'm also embarrassed to borrow money from others. This time my father's property and boats have been earned. If I am wronged, no one can wrong you. You use a lot of money to play tricks. This time the Gu family I can have several apprentices to learn carpentry and mechanism, thanks to your face, this counts as my invitation to drink tea."
Gu Lei doubled the money and repaid Li Yu.
The Li family didn’t have enough resources, and needed to recruit apprentices for machine manufacturing, and they didn’t want this craft to go outside, so they found a close child of the Gu family to come and learn a craft.
(end of this chapter)