"Okay." Chen Jiye cheered up and asked how to refine the salt. How many people knew the secret recipe and how to keep it secret. He probably asked about the cost. The father and son were locked in the hall and thought about it for more than an hour before they were satisfied.

Chen Jiye stroked his beard, squinted his eyes, and looked at his son. He suddenly felt that this nerd from the past was much more pleasing to him.

Um……

A satisfied smile appeared on his face.

It's true that he is my own biological child.

Not only is he as handsome as himself, he also knows how to refine salt. Oh, how did he refine it?

Although he was confused, it didn't matter. He sipped tea and said leisurely: "We have to leave the salt to our Chen family to do to make peace. Chen Jiyong from the fourth room is also your uncle. He is different from others. He is walking birds. When he was young, he liked to squat on the ground and play with stones. He played for the whole day. Tell me about such a person...tsk tsk..."

"But... he was a little more dull, but he was a calm and cautious person. Our salt recipes cannot be circulated for the time being, so it is best to leave them to your fourth uncle."

Chen Zhengtai thought to himself, the Chen family is really a genius, what kind of nerves... no, there are all kinds of talents.

He nodded quickly: "Son has written it down."

Chen Jiye sighed: "Tomorrow, I will report a memorial to my father."

"Speak?"

"Of course, I have to shout for justice." Chen Jiye narrowed his eyes and looked particularly capable: "If I don't shout for justice, who in the world will know how difficult it is to be a father, Chang'an salt and iron envoy is now? Li Erlang, no, Your Majesty handed over this hot potato to his father. If he doesn't complain, he can't get rid of his sins if he does badly, and he will not make any contribution if he does well. Wouldn't he suffer from his father's losses?"

Chen Zhengtai looked at Chen Jiye with surprise: "Sir, you are not stupid."

Chen Jiye looked at Chen Zhengtai with a look of surprise and looked shocked: "Aren't you stupid?"

The father and son stared at each other with big eyes, each casting a look of contempt at each other, with some unspeakable dislike in their eyes.

......

There is a big family, and doing things is fast.

At least this fourth uncle Chen Jiyong looks very reliable.

He looked dull, his eyes were wooden, as if he was dull. He listened to Chen Zhengtai’s hard statement and his prospects for the future. He just smiled implicitly and honestly, and then said neatly: “Success.”

The essence of communication lies in simplicity and effectiveness.

To put it bluntly, don't compare.

Chen Zhengtai didn't know about this. His fourth uncle didn't understand what he meant, but it didn't matter, as long as it was reliable, it would be possible. As for the personnel needed to refine salt, they were all selected children from the clan.

This is good for a clan. Everyone knows it well. When you are barely apart, everyone knows who you are, let alone the family is a relative. In this era, one person commits crimes and the whole family suffers. By the same principle, one person is enlightened and the chickens and dogs are ascending to heaven. Therefore, the same tribes are in harmony and inseparable from each other.

There is another saying: they are all the same tribe, and everyone recognizes you. If you dare to ruin everyone's affairs, you can't run away from the temple even if you run away. Therefore, the cost of betrayal and being bribed by others is particularly high.

A small simple settlement was then built somewhere outside Chang'an City, and everyone was divided into several processes, including those who specialize in salt and stone harvesting, and those who specialize in salt refining.

After half a month, the Chen family's shop is still deserted.

I paid my wages a few days ago, and seven or eight guys inside and out were all depressed.

Because Mr. Chen set new rules, wages are calculated based on performance. If you count them carefully, there are no results for these groceries sold by Chen Ji. The location here is not the best, it is just barely relying on the western market, but there is also some distance. There are also many grocery shops like this.

As a result, wages dropped sharply.

Some people started to wail at the shopkeeper Li Xiao, but it was just that someone at home was sick and had no money to get medicine. Or that the family could not get rid of the pot.

In just two days, two guys quit their jobs.

Li Xiao was frowning. In fact, it was not just a guy. His wages were reduced by 70% to 80%. The wife at home was already scolding her.

Fortunately, Li Xiao still has some reputation in the shop along the street. After all, he has been in charge of the Chen family's shop for more than 20 years. Everyone knows that he is a person who is responsible for his own duties and never deducts the owner's goods and money. Some people see Li Xiao's difficulties, so someone will meet him privately, hoping that he will join the door of other shops.

Li Xiao didn't say anything and politely declined other people's kindness.

"You must not lose your integrity. I, Li Xiao, have been with the Chen family for most of my life. Now that the Chen family is in trouble, how can I leave?"

This is what he said to the person.

The other party smiled, but he didn't force it.

But the shop was obviously hard to maintain because the guys started to make a big fuss.

In the early morning, the shop opened and Liu San, the shop's friend, was frowning.

"Why, your mother's illness has not yet recovered?" Li Xiao said softly.

Liu San Xiaoji nodded on the rice: "Yes, Manager Li, I have been on credit for three days. If I don't pay the medicine next time, the pharmacy shop will definitely not give the medicine."

Alas... Li Xiao sighed. He was very considerate of these guys. After thinking about it, he took out more than a dozen coins from his sleeve. This was his private money. After counting five coins, he was about to stuff it to Liu San, but after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and stuffed more than a dozen coins into Liu San's hands together, saying, "This disease cannot be delayed."

Liu Sanyi looked ashamed: "The shopkeeper has helped a lot, why are you asking for money?" His face turned red and wanted to refuse, but he was worried about his mother's condition, but he didn't refuse. He was really sorry.

"It's really not possible." Li Xiao sighed and said, "If it's really not possible, just make a new goal."

Liu San looked at Li Xiao in surprise: "Shopkeeper Li also hopes that I will leave?"

"The tree is moved to death, and the person is moved to life." Li Xiao twisted his beard and analyzed seriously to him: "If you don't leave, what will your mother do? Will your family drink the northwest wind? The shop is no longer possible. I know this. But... I can't leave, and I plan to hang it on the tree of the Chen family. What kind of kindness does the Chen family have to me? But you are different, you are still young."

Liu Sanyi looked ashamed: "I haven't been recruiting business these days, but there are so many grocery shops along the street, and their goods are newer than us. The neighbors really refuse to come to the door, but the brothers are unwilling to work hard. This performance... I really can't be done, I... I..."

He said, his face turned red instantly.

Li Xiao just sighed. He was very considerate of Liu San. What could he do?

At this point, the money fell and the trees scattered, and the guys had so much less wages. Have they kept working on hunger?

After all, the young master of the Chen family didn't know the difficulties of the subordinates. He was still young and didn't know anything. He heard that he loved reading, but after reading too much, he couldn't help but understand how to adapt.

He planned to go all the way and even starved to death, but these guys were all under his care. It was not that he was not clear about the problem of the shop, but the root cause was not that these guys didn't work hard.

Liu San opened his mouth and wanted to say something.

But Li Xiao certainly knew that Liu San wanted to say something about Mr. Chen who was not familiar with the world and was not sympathetic to his sufferings.

However, although Li Xiao also agreed, he would never speak ill of his master's family in front of others. So Li Xiao deliberately lowered his head and looked through the already broken account books, looking deaf.

It's noon.

Suddenly someone came with a cart of goods.

Someone raised his legs into the shop and shouted, "Young Master is here, you are here."

The person who spoke was Chen Fu. Chen Fu may have eaten too much salt recently and his voice was a little hoarse.

When Li Xiao and others heard this, they were busy cheering up.

Then he saw Chen Zhengtai shouting at several people: "Come on, hang the new plaque."

It turned out that he had also brought a plaque. Li Xiao looked at the handsome young master of the Chen family and was stunned. What kind of thing is he going to do?

Why……

It's really endless.

Someone went to take the ladder, removed the original plaque, and then hung a new gold-plated plaque.

Li Xiao looked closely and saw that the plaque read - Chen Ji Salt Industry.

Chen Zhengtai looked up at the big gold-burned characters, and he was very satisfied. I, Chen Zhengtai, gained a foothold in this world, today.

Suddenly, I suddenly felt that life was full of meaning.

"What? Young Master, are we selling salt?" Li Xiao felt crazy. He didn't even say hello, but turned his head and changed his career?

Chen Zhengtai called out someone to unload the goods, and said, "Yes, sell salt, hurry up, don't delay. Come and boil water for me, let's apply salt water, and then hang the samples out. Everyone goes out to attract customers. Tell everyone that Chen Ji Salt Shop will provide you with free salt water today."

It is difficult to explain this kind of thing to them. So, Chen Zhengtai decided to be simple and rough: "Hurry up, otherwise you will deduct wages!"

The guys in the store heard this and looked numb.

Deducted again?

If you deduct it again, you will have to pay it back and for your Chen family to work.

Li Xiao sighed in his heart, this silly young man really doesn't know the worldly ways at all, how can he treat his servants blindly and strictly?

Besides, how can this business be like a joke?

He coughed: "Young Master, I say something to rely on my seniority. Don't mind, I am old and eat salt more than my senior..."

As soon as he talked about eating salt, Chen Fu, who was beside him, stared at his big eyes and said, "Can you eat more salt than me? I will eat half a pound of it a day!"

Li Xiao: “…”

I know! People are so careless. What's more, he stops the young master in person, which seems to have damaged his face again.

Li Xiao didn't say anything anymore, so he had to instruct the guys to get busy.
Chapter completed!