After introducing several leading servants to Zhao Hao, Ji Sizheng said goodbye.

He was in a hurry to talk to the cargo owner about collecting the coal...

Zhao Hao is face-blind and his memory is not good in this life. After seeing Ji Sizheng off, he almost forgot the names of those leaders in the blink of an eye.

He picked out two that he liked and asked, "What are your names?"

"My lord, my last name is Sun, and my given name is Dawu." A fat man with a silly look hurriedly nodded and bowed. He looked and acted a bit like Tang Youde.

"Sir, my name is Guo Da." The servant was a short, fat, black man.

Considering that Yu Yin is also a fat man, it can be seen that it is no coincidence that Mr. Zhao and Fatty Tang get along well. He just likes this type.

"Well, what did you two do originally?" Zhao Hao asked again.

"I am the manager of Liuzhuang." The fat white man Sun Dawu replied hurriedly.

"I am the second manager of Ruifuji in Dazhalan." The fat black man Guo Da replied hurriedly.

"Yes." Zhao Hao nodded and said, "Then you two will be in charge for the time being."

"Yes, Master. Thank you for your cultivation!"

"I will never let you down!"

The two were flattered and didn't know why the young master chose them among seven or eight stewards.

Zhao Hao glanced at the others and said, "Don't be disappointed. This is just a temporary arrangement. Show me what you have. I have plenty of places for you to show your abilities."

"Yes, sir!" It was unclear whether they were sincere or not, the servants all looked ready to have a big fight with him.

~~

Master Zhao, who is good at adjustment, has overcome his discomfort with the master-servant relationship and finally realized that these people are too precious to him!

Is what Mr. Zhao lacks now money? No, it's people, obedient and useful veterans!

He could become rich overnight through foresighted speculation; but he could not train a group of people who could write, calculate, and do basic management overnight.

With no one working for him, Zhao Hao had a lot of ideas in his head but no way to realize them; he had more than 70,000 taels of silver in his hand, but it could only be kept in Wu Ji's account at a loss.

Damn it, the management fee alone is several hundred taels a month... and grandma won’t even give me a discount.

Zhao Hao had thought about recruiting a group of talents through the dental clinic.

But this is not the four hundred years after the Ming Dynasty, when job-hopping is more common than dancing. In the Ming Dynasty, the relationship between the owner, the shopkeeper, and the clerk is very close. As long as the business can continue, basically no one will leave.

If there are really people who don't leave, it's either because they have bad character and made mistakes, or they are like Fatty Tang who is ready to go out on their own and do it.

So Zhao Hao had to ask Yu Jiachang to keep an eye on which businesses had gone bankrupt, while at the same time spending a large sum of money to train the children of Caijia Lane...

Unfortunately, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. In the short term, Zhao Hao was surrounded by only smart scholars and strong men, and no one was reliable in business.

Otherwise, he would not have gone to Xishan with great effort, only to end up looking around without doing anything.

It was not until this time that Zhao Hao realized that besides waiting for others to go bankrupt and training his own people, there was another way to acquire talents, which was called "Mom will give you a hundred."

These one hundred people do not need to have the abilities of Tang Youde, as long as they can be used, they will solve the biggest problem that is currently hindering his development!

~~

Zhao Hao turned his gratitude to his mother into passion for working hard.

He then cheered up and said to the servants, "Everyone, divide into two groups. Sun Dawu will bring twenty people to watch over the place. If the porridge factory brings workers here, you will just watch them crack the coal."

"Yes!" Sun Dawu responded loudly.

Then Zhao Hao grabbed a handful of sand-sized coal powder from the coal pile and said, "At the very least, break it into pieces like this."

"Don't worry, sir." Sun Dawu hurriedly took the coal powder with both hands.

Zhao Hao clapped his hands and continued to instruct: "I won't make any specific requirements for the workload yet. You should pay attention and see what standard is appropriate."

"Understood, sir." Sun Dawu nodded heavily. He could not help but feel relieved. Just a few words showed that the sir was not an amateur. At least he did not have to worry about being blindly commanded.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Hao said, "Today's wages are counted as a full day's wages, and one meal is provided. It's New Year's Day, so don't be reluctant to put meat in it, and give them enough steamed buns... This way, more people will come tomorrow, and you can keep them until you recruit 6,000 people."

"Uh..." Sun Dawu was stunned. He wanted to take back his previous thoughts. This was more than just blind command. It was simply nonsense!

"Sir, our business has just opened, so we don't need so many people, right?" Sun Dawu reminded him, risking offending his master on the first day.

Zhao Hao looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect this fat guy to be so honest. If it were me back then, I probably wouldn't have the courage to point out the mistakes of my boss on my first day at work.

Although I admire this fat man, I think he is worthy of my liking. But Mr. Zhao, who is used to being mysterious, will not waste time explaining to him. He just smiled and said:

"Just recruit some people and let them crack the coal together. There are 30 million kilograms of coal here, which is enough for them to crack for a while."

"Yes." Sun Dawu felt that he had fulfilled his duty of reminder and said no more.

Then Zhao Hao looked at Guo Dadao again and said, "You and the rest of the people, go home and find a cart each. Go to the west back gate of Zhao's house in Chunsong Hutong tomorrow morning. I will tell you what to do then."

"Yes, sir!" Guo Da hurriedly responded in a deep voice.

~~

It takes about twenty-four or twenty-five miles to walk from Baiyun Temple to Lugou Bridge, and it would probably be quite late by the time people get there.

Zhao Hao didn't wait for those refugees.

Anyway, with Sun Dawu and his gang around, nothing will go wrong.

He asked Gao Wu to give Sun Dawu four hundred taels of silver for expenses, and then returned home.

Guo Da and the remaining eighty servants also went back home to try to find a car.

When Zhao Hao returned home, it was already past noon.

After lunch, he went to the back yard to check on the progress of the guards making coal balls.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, but once you do, you'll be shocked...

I saw that the huge backyard was already densely packed with coal lotus roots, so piled up that it was difficult to walk through.

"Young Master!" Seeing Zhao Hao coming in, the guards hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Uncle!" A black monkey also grinned at him.

"Are you Xiwa?" Zhao Hao was a little unrecognizable.

"It's me, uncle." Black Monkey nodded.

"How did you become like this?" Zhao Hao asked curiously.

"Our training task today is to beat this thing. We can't sleep until we beat five hundred of them..." After the black monkey said this, he continued to beat the coal lotus roots with a grunt.

This guy worked quite well, but his hands and feet were not nimble enough, so black spots were splattered everywhere.

Zhao Hao hid far away and saw that each of the guards had a cast iron mold in his hand. He suddenly realized, "Did Silversmith Feng send it?"

"Yes," Cai Ming answered as he worked, "He also improved it a bit by adding a pair of ears to the cylinder, which makes it more convenient to use."

"Hmm..." Zhao Hao thought to himself, it seems that people have already guessed the use of this thing. The reason why it is so gorgeous may be the last pride of a court silversmith...

"By the way, how many can you play in a day?" Zhao Hao asked Cai Mingdao again.

"Working from morning till night, it's no problem to make four or five hundred." Cai Ming thought for a moment and replied, "It's very easy to get started with this thing. You'll be familiar with it in half a day at most."

"How many have you fought in total?"

"It's about 6,000 to 7,000 in total. I can make 10,000 in the evening."

"How much can be used tomorrow?"

"They can all be used." Cai Ming replied, "The weather in the capital is cold and dry. If left overnight, they will be harder than bricks."

"Good, well done." Seeing that the progress was beyond expectations, Zhao Hao couldn't help but smile with relief and said, "Tomorrow, the coal lotus roots you make will be able to warm thousands of households."

ps. The fifth update, written so late, 7200 votes plus more updates... Poor monk begging for monthly votes, recommendation votes for comfort~~~~