Li Mai smiled and said, "Yes, knowing that I need people, he arranged for some people who are willing to learn business to come to my side. If they want to start their own businesses after they get married, I can help them. If they want to work here for a stable period, that's fine too."
“I will never mistreat those who are loyal to us. We will arrange houses for them when they get married,” Zhou Quan said.
Mr. Wang personally poured Zhou Quan another glass of wine and said with a smile, "Understood, you two. Don't worry, I'll put more effort into your business this year. Take me to meet them when you have time."
Li Mai and Zhou Quan agreed.
So, on the 24th of the first lunar month, after Manager Qian and the others returned, Li Mai and Zhou Quan hosted a dinner at the Xu family's restaurant for their senior managers, and also invited Mr. Wang.
Yun Chang hadn't left yet; her family had come along, along with Chu Yan, Pei Jing, Yue Xiu, and Lu Qian, Zhou Tao, Zhou Lin, and Xu Yue. The child was taken to the Zhou family to be looked after by the elderly couple.
They filled three large private rooms, with four tables for adults and a small table for children, making it lively for most of the day.
Zhou Zhong, Zhou Huang, and other small business owners from the village were also invited.
Some people knew Mr. Wang, while others didn't. Li Mai and Zhou Quan specially introduced Mr. Wang to Yun Chang.
Yun Chang also told him to take better care of those few, saying that they had suffered in the first half of their lives, and that he should make their second half more comfortable.
Mr. Wang quickly reciprocated the prince's greeting. He hadn't expected to have such a good relationship with Prince Yun, so he readily agreed and promised to take care of their affairs.
These shopkeepers all seemed quite good, and Li Mai personally introduced him to Shopkeeper Lu and the others one by one.
Upon hearing this, Manager Qian and Manager Jin were also intrigued. However, they would have to go back there to look for it, as they would definitely be guarding the shop there from now on.
After personally inspecting the people, Mr. Wang also began to worry about the affairs of the shopkeepers.
After settling things down, Li Mai and Zhou Quan began to busy themselves with their own business.
When Yun Chang returned this time, she also told Li Mai that the general direction of things in the court had been set.
The other princes were all assigned to their fiefdoms by the emperor to help with local development, and they were not allowed to return to the capital without being summoned.
The Crown Prince's position as the Eastern Palace Prince is now secure.
The last one to target the Crown Prince was the Third Prince, who was stripped of his princely status by the Emperor and became an ordinary member of the Zhao royal family.
He was permanently confined to a small courtyard in the capital, and he was not even qualified to go to his fiefdom. As someone who was not yet married, his life was ruined.
Zhong Hui was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Chen, and left there to govern the territory of Chen that he and Yun Chang had conquered.
The Emperor also bestowed a marriage upon Zhong Hui, to a princess from the royal family. Her bloodline was somewhat distant from the Emperor's because her father had also rendered meritorious service in the pacification of Chen and was granted the title of Marquis. His daughter was granted the title of Princess and betrothed to Zhong Hui.
When the eldest princess learned of this, she was satisfied with the marriage. She had met the girl and thought she was a good one.
Yun Chang said that Zhong Hui would probably return around the Mid-Autumn Festival to get married, and told Li Mai and Zhou Quan to remember to go to the capital this Mid-Autumn Festival, as the Emperor had asked her to go back and check on the health of the Empress Dowager and the Empress.
Li Mai responded.
Yun Chang returned to Beijing at the end of January, taking Xu Changhuan and Fu Bao Yang Lao with her.
Everything has been arranged at the gold mine.
Xu Changhuan was relieved to leave. With Xu Changhe in the incense shop to help them manage it, and with Li Mai and Zhou Quan also there, there wouldn't be any problems.
They've just started out in the incense business, and they only offer a limited selection. The incense shops in town aren't doing too badly, but they're not in a hurry. They'll take it slow!
In early March, the village's workshops moved to the town.
The weaving workshop and dyeing workshop took more than ten days to move.
Everything that could be moved over there was moved over, and it wasn't until March 15th that everything was completely cleared out.
We need to reorganize and settle things here for another half a month before we can officially start working in April.
They were housed both in the workshop and in the homes of the families who moved there with them.
Zhou Quan's brothers all moved to town with their wives.
The place they bought last year was built last fall, and after it was tidied up this spring, they moved in.
They moved into their new houses and out of the village, but they still owed Zhou Quan a lot of money, and they all had IOUs. After finishing their work at home, they went to work in the workshop, hoping to pay off their debts as soon as possible.
Looking at their eagerness, Li Mai and Zhou Quan could only smile and praise their dedication.
Li Mai said to Zhou Quan, “Actually, young people are not lazy sometimes, they just don’t know which direction to strive for. Look at them now, aren’t they all very ambitious?”
Zhou Quan agreed, knowing the purpose behind his wife's move.
In this way, he has helped a group of young people in the village!
Others who worked in the workshops either wanted to come to town to continue working, or they didn't.
Those who were unwilling to come began to build greenhouses under the arrangement of the clan chief, planning to grow vegetables in winter and flowers in summer, which was also a way to get rich.
Those who were willing to come out either left their wives at home or brought their families with them. However, since they had nowhere to stay, Li Mai asked Zhou Quan to arrange a courtyard for them to live in at the workshop. But because there weren't many rooms, each family could only have one or two rooms as dormitories.
Only then did these people realize how much they regretted not buying a piece of land earlier.
Look at Zhou Zhong and his family. Although they owe Zhou Quan money, they now have their own houses in town, and their wives have come with them. When their children grow up, they will also study in town.
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