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Chapter 244 Writing Project
In order to prevent the big and small pair from chatting any further, the sensible Yun Xia Shi Xiaozheng chatted about other topics: "The second brother of the Pei family can still write letters to my sister now?"

Hearing Xia Shi mentioning Pei Zhujie, Qin Zhao smiled and said, "Writing, it's the same as before, three letters per month, and this kid is the same, every one will definitely receive his letter, usually I just go to remind him, but I don't."

In the past, she was the one who fooled little friend Pei Zhujie with stories, and the child was broken by her and became an expert in digging pits, but now Qin Zhao has become his die-hard fan, waiting every month for an update.The Pei family has been in a family for hundreds of years, and the child Pei Zhujie is now a 13-year-old Xiao Zhengtai. Although he is not very old, he can read history books thoroughly. From "Those Things in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties" to "Those Things in the Western Han Dynasty", Qin Zhao can see that in the near future, this child will be able to write "Those Things in the Former Sui Dynasty".

It is better to be alone than to be happy alone, so Qin Zhao simply spent money to set up a movable type printing factory to help Mrs. Pei Jiezhu publish books. She has the inherent advantage of the teahouse, where there are many literati and guest furniture, because there are not many These mortals with customs and elegance, Pei Zhujie's jokes about history, although some people reprimanded them too vigorously, not only many literati who read the scriptures like it, but also those literati who pretend to be x. Buying back fine products, it turned out that Qin Zhao originally just printed them for fun, but he didn't want to make some money because of Pei Zhujie's little Zhengtai.

At this time, the printing industry was not yet developed, and the circulation of books was mainly based on hand-copying. The workers in the left and right printing workshops were also idle. Qin Zhao simply helped some great Confucian scholars in the court to publish books. It is very difficult to print his hard work, because he needs to spend his own money to print, so he does not have certain economic strength, and it is difficult to realize his desire to spread his works to the world. With Qin Zhao's help in publishing books, not only does not charge any fees, but also according to According to the sales volume, the authors were paid a certain amount of manuscript fees, so for a while, her printing shop business was booming.She, the princess of Fuling, had a unique reputation among the literati of the Manchu Dynasty.In addition, the guests who usually leave calligraphy in the teahouse will select outstanding works every three months and publish a collection of poems.These people pay a one-time payment according to the manuscript.

Because of this, anyone who consciously has some talent and learning loves to run to her Chunfeng Deyi Building. After more than a year, the business of Chunfeng Deyi Building has been the same for a while, and it has become the leader of the teahouses in Chang'an City. The literati and students are all proud that their poems have been selected by the poetry collection of Chunfeng Deyilou.

In addition, Qin Zhao has gained both fame and fortune. Apart from his super-famous reputation, he naturally can't make a lot of money.

When the teahouse was first built, both Princess Jinyang and Princess Qinghe, Chen Jinwu's second aunt, were just for the children to play with. How could they have expected that it would become a golden cave now.

However, Qin Zhao is not poor and generous, and the profit from printing belongs to her alone.Unlike her other businesses, the printing workshop is so important that she must completely control it in her own hands.But Qin Zhao will only give the teahouse a third of the profit for the collection of poems and essays in the teahouse.

"Sister, tell me, can I also learn to write that kind of essay like Brother Pei?"

Qin Zhao smiled and said, "What's wrong? If you have confidence in yourself, you can naturally write. But the prerequisite is that it must not affect your studies. Your second elder brother of the Pei family has not missed his homework at all, otherwise Uncle Pei's And I won’t agree. Besides, although you are my younger brother, I can say my ugly words first. If the manuscript is not good, my sister will not print it for you. Of course, if your book is good and can be printed , if it sells well in the future, it’s enough that sister will give you a higher manuscript fee than others, who made us Xia Shi be sister’s younger brother.”

Seeing that she didn't refuse, Yun Xia looked excited: "Sister, sister, I'll write some later, can you help me read?"

Qin Zhao nodded with a smile, thought for a while, and then asked: "Your second elder brother of the Pei family has earned a lot of manuscript fees this year, more than 2000 yuan. Sister asked you, do you want to write because you want to make money?" Is it idle writing, or is there another reason?"

Yun Xia gave him a blank look: "Sister, look at me, I am the one who loves money? Although it is good to make money, I don't just do it for this, but because I think it's interesting, so I want to give it a try. Besides, the Pei family What the second brother can do, I can also do. The second brother of the Pei family writes about Jiangnan, the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, the customs and customs, and it seems to come alive in his writing. Although I have never been to the south of the Yangtze River, I live in Saibei as a young man. If I also put the style of the lonely smoke in the desert into my pen, some people would like to read it. Sister, don’t you think so?”

"Very, very," Qin Zhao smiled and patted Xia Shi's head, "We Xia Shi thought very well. People say that you can never read a book to death after reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles. Reading can brighten your ambitions." , travel but can understand human accidents, broaden one's mind, and increase one's knowledge. We are going to be officials in the summer time, and a person who only studies can't be a real good official. But the eyes are high and the hands are low, and nothing can be done in the end. Not only can you not do anything well, but you may also do bad things with good intentions. There has never been a shortage of people who have good intentions but do bad things in history. This is more terrible than bad people doing bad things. Xia Shi can think Write about Saibei, write about the land we used to live together, and let others know about Saibei, then my sister will support Xia Shi. You are still young, and in two years, I will talk to my father and mother, and let you Go out and travel for a year or two, okay?"

When Xia Shi heard this, his eyes lit up immediately: "What sister said is true? Don't lie to me?"

Qin Zhao rolled his eyes at him: "When did Sister lie to you?"

Xia Shixi didn't know what to say for a moment.

He occasionally went to Pei's house to ask for advice, and when chatting with Pei Zhujie, he often heard Pei Zhujie talk about the scene in the south of the Yangtze River, and also listened to him talking about the journey from Yangzhou to Chang'an. How beautiful it is, is it really as Pei Zhujie said.And Pei Zhujie said that in two years, when he turns 15, he will go to another place for a walk.

It's also a man, why doesn't Yun Xiashi want to?

It's just that he didn't dare to mention this to his father.

He wants to write books to make money, and he doesn't want to eat his sister and his parents even when he goes out. If he can make money, will he be opposed to it when he mentions to his parents that he wants to go out for a walk in the future? , wouldn't you object so strongly?

Little Yun Xiashi already understood the principle of being financially independent in order to stand up straight.

In fact, since he was born, the Yun family's economy has been very good. Although it is not very rich, the conditions of the Yun family are considered the best in the entire Ping'an Town, at least not worse than that of Brother Zhu's family. A child can be regarded as rich and well-fed. Fortunately, although Yunrui and A Cai love the child, they are unwilling to dote on it, and Qin Zhao is watching from the side all day. There is no longer crooked.

Hearing that Yun Xia could go out to play in the future, Xiao Yuanzi's eyes also lit up: "Sister loves my brother more, why can't my brother go out to play, but I can't? If my brother goes out, I will go too."

Qin Zhao smiled and tugged at the two buns on her head: "Big brother is a big brother, Yuanzi is Yuanzi. What Yuanzi can do, elder brother may not be able to do. Similarly, what brother can do, Yuanzi may not be able to do." Don't talk about you, look at Sister, why have you ever gone out to play?"

Speaking of this, Qin Zhao already felt very lucky.

David's folk customs are open, although the land is respectful and inferior to women, but the status of women is not low, and she comes from a noble family, and she doesn't have those stinky rules of the so-called scholarly family, so she won't be unable to go out. There are eighty if not a hundred meetings.On festivals, there are crowds of people going out of the city to play.The defense of men and women is nothing, as long as it is not out of line.Even if they fall in love freely, as long as they respect the love of the matchmaker, don't elope, and if they are lucky and match each other, even the elders of the two families will be happy to see it succeed.

If she accidentally wears it to a dynasty like the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, girls are not allowed to go out easily, and they have to bind their feet when they are young, and if they are accidentally touched by a man after the age of seven, they will die, and talk to a strange man It can be regarded as a loss of virginity. The personal items are accidentally lost and picked up by a man in the street. They are all suspected of being defiled and have an affair. They live in fear all day long. Married to a husband with three wives and four concubines, Not only can she not express a little bit of dissatisfaction, but she has to show a happy welcome, otherwise she will be guilty of jealousy, where can she cry?
At any rate, although men now take concubines, noble wives can not only beat up the scumbags, but also divorce them.As long as her mother's family supports her, Heli's daughter can live another world.In short, the future is not bleak.Although after divorce, the conditions for choosing a husband are not as good as when they first married, but when they remarry, they have more room to make decisions by themselves.

As a member of the privileged class, Qin Zhao said that he is quite satisfied with his current life.

So Yuanzi complained, but she couldn't get her sympathy, although in her heart she wanted to go out for a walk more than anyone else, those who travel fast, those who have money and leisure, who wouldn't want to.

"Little girl, please be content. There are many girls in Chang'an who have never even been out of Chang'an. You have walked from Liangzhou to the capital anyway, which is much better than others. It is not impossible to go out to play, right? Xiaoyuanzi will grow up quickly, and in the future, she will find a son-in-law who will be an official, and when her husband is appointed as an official, Xiaoyuanzi will be able to follow him, so can she go out and play?"

Yun Xia rolled her eyes when she heard that, it's a little unreliable for a sister to persuade her younger sister like this.

"Yuanzi, don't listen to my sister's nonsense. When my brother goes out in the future, if he sees anything interesting, he will write it down for Yuanzi. When Yuanzi is free, he can read the travel notes written by his brother. Isn't it good?"

Xiao Yuanzi was just mentioning it in vain. Although she is still young, she also knows that being a woman is not free, so she smiled and nodded: "Sister is the worst, brother is better."

Qin Zhao:  …

A little heartless girl.

When they arrived at the manor house, because Yun Wu, Qin Ming, and Qin Lei went to the manor house first, the person in charge also knew that she was coming over after lunch, so they were already waiting in the main courtyard. Still in good spirits, when he saw Qin Zhao, Old Sun Bo saluted and said with a smile, "Guard Li is already waiting in the main courtyard. Princess, please come with the villain."

Qin Zhao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Old Sun Bo looks at the spirit, is he in good health?"

Old Uncle Sun hurriedly said: "The villain is in good health, he can eat two bowls of rice for one meal, and he lives for a long time. The villain feels that the food is wasted, and the princess will worry about it."

How noble is an ordinary princess, how can he be regarded as an old man who is a gatekeeper?However, every time the princess saw him, he would ask him a few words of hello and chat with him. Among the nobles that Old Sun Bo had met in his life, this was the most kind and compassionate servant.He has also heard others say that the princess is a cruel person, but in the eyes of his old grandson, the one with a righteous heart is a good person. If the princess is ruthless, she is also cruel to the bad people. Who has seen her treat the people in the village badly? alright?Even for the most ordinary households, the princess can speak in a friendly manner. Unlike those people he has met before, their status is far worse than that of the princess. Those who are not as good as him also have their nostrils facing the sky. One look at these lowly servants made his noble eyes dirty.

"It is a blessing to be able to eat and sleep. Uncle Sun, don't be afraid to waste the grain on our farm. Isn't this grain grown for people to eat? It is said that there is an old man in the family. If there is a treasure, you have old Uncle Sun, you put it here The gate of the manor house is closed, and our farm will not be able to prosper if we don’t want to. So, old uncle, you have to live to be a hundred years old, and our farm will honor you as a long-lived old lucky star." Qin Zhao walked, While talking and laughing with Old Sun Bo.

After hearing this, the old Uncle Sun burst into a smile: "Then, I will accept the princess's auspicious words, the villain will work hard and live longer."

After talking, he arrived at the front yard, and Guanshi Li had already greeted him.

Now the person who is in charge of the family is not the former Li Da. Because he was a farmer, he went to the city after two years of trial planting rice and became an official. Now it is his who is in charge of the farm. The eldest son Li Changsheng.Pond also moved to the city to take care of Li Da, and now Li Changsheng's wife Qi is in charge of the inner courtyard.

Seeing Qin Zhao enter the courtyard from a distance, Li Changsheng and Qi Shi came out to welcome him.After saluting, Li Changsheng and his wife welcomed Qin Zhao into the house.

There was nothing going on in the inner courtyard, Mrs. Qi said hello, and then retreated, leaving Qin Zhao and Li Changsheng talking in the room.

"Is everything all right on the Grange lately?"

After serving the tea, Yun Wu also retreated. Qin Zhao held the teacup and asked Li Changsheng with a smile.

"Everything is fine. Qin Suyue and Qin Wangyue are watching over the warm shed. They were taught by Li Huaida and they are very considerate. Although it is almost summer, the warm shed cannot be empty. Now it is also planted. The red sweet potato seedlings are growing very well, and I plan to plant [-] acres for my own use this summer. The rice seeds have also been raised, but my father is not here. I am afraid that something will go wrong, and I have been watching them these days. It looks good too."

Speaking of which, Qin Suyue and Qin Wangyue were originally named Gouzi and Qin Sanlang, and their names were given by Qin Zhao. They were the two pupils assigned to Li Huaida at the beginning, and they were also selected children from the Qin family's retainers. , is a person who can rest assured.

When the winter wheat is harvested in May, the seedlings have to be planted. This is the season for breeding. Although Li Changsheng is not as experienced as his father, he is more careful and willing to listen to other people's opinions. The old farmers in the village also have some suggestions. After more than a year of work, although it is not as worry-free as his father, Li Da, but he can't make mistakes in major matters. After another year or two of experience, he will be able to handle everything in the farm, and it will be fine.

His mother-in-law, Qi Shi, is not like Pang Shi, who only cares about the affairs of the inner court, but she is somewhat knowledgeable. Even with the affairs of the outer court, she can also help Li Changsheng. The husband and wife cooperated well. Yes, but it's pretty good.

Because Mrs. Qi is capable and shrewd, Qin Zhao also intends to let her have more contact with the affairs of the farm. If possible, Qin Zhao would like to hand over all the affairs of the breeding factory to her.

I listened to Li Changsheng report on the affairs of the farm for a while, because they all followed Li Da’s old rules. You can't go wrong with the plan.After listening to Qin Zhao for a while, he waved his hand: "Just do as you say. You are also a big manager now, and you must take care of the big things. If you have any questions and are undecided, you might as well ask you Father."

Li Changsheng nodded yes, and discussed the additional farm tools and other things that needed to be purchased, then brought the account book to Qin Zhao to have a look.

Qin Zhao only glanced at it roughly.

Now she is not stupid enough to look at all the accounts by herself.

Teahouses, tea shops, caravans, Ah Shu's shops, farms, workshops, breeding factories, printing houses, if she checks all of them by herself, she will be exhausted.As early as two years ago, she set up a finance department and an audit department. The personnel were all trained by people she picked, most of them were hired from outside, and some were picked from the government.Accounts are prepared four times a year, and the audit department is in charge.There is also the general finance department, which should be responsible for the expenses of investment and investment, which are all in charge of the finance departments of various places, and then handed over to the general finance department for review, allocation and reimbursement.

Her method, because of clear accounts and independent auditing, has obvious benefits. It was first used by the Prince's Mansion and Princess Jinyang's Mansion, and later by Lu Guogong's Mansion, and gradually became popular among noble families in Chang'an City. Come to think of it, there are quite a few companies doing the same now.

Even the people in her finance department and audit team were desperate to poach corners.Although a few were poached by other families, because of the high salary and good benefits offered by Qin Zhao, there were not many people who jumped into the trap
Qin Zhao also adopted the conference system.Major issues are discussed at the meeting, and every six months, all the managers will be called to discuss and plan for the second half of the year.She has clear rewards and punishments, so the management teams of her several industries are still very stable.

There is nothing to see in the accounts, because the spring harvest has not yet arrived, so the main purpose of this account is to get a general understanding of the income and expenditure of the spring greenhouses, breeding plants, and several workshops since the New Year.After seeing the profit in the first quarter, which was even better than she expected, Qin Zhao said with a smile: "Our goal in the spring was accomplished well, and you should reward it later, and you should reward it according to the reward policy we formulated earlier. Busy One season also makes everyone happy. In addition, the spring harvest will be next month, and you should arrange the staff as well. The three meals during the farming season are provided by the farm. If you want to eat well, you can’t let people go to work hungry. Only then will you have the strength to do things, won’t you?”

Li Changsheng smiled and said: "Yes, the villain turned around and asked Qi to go out. The princess is also joking, it's not that the villain is boasting, but now our farm does not provide meals uniformly. If they are asked to go back and eat by themselves, which family can be hungry? Stomach? Now, which of the farm households on our farm is not rich and oily? It is said that it is because of the glory of the princess that they have such a good life. Although I dare not say that they can eat meat for three meals, but There really isn’t a house that sees the sky but sees the meat. Nowadays, there are many farmers who even want their children to read and write. It’s just a farmer’s family. Where can I find a husband? Xiao Langjun’s husband gives lectures, and some children go to the window I was eavesdropping. Looking at the entire Kingdom of David, it’s rare to see farm households living like our farm.”

Li Changsheng said so.Qin Zhao remembered that she had planned such a thing years ago, and after a year, she forgot about this serious matter.

(End of this chapter)