bookcurios Chapter 204 No worries
Chapter 204 No worries
The next day, Lu Wengong took the initiative to look for Zhao Susu.
He discussed the issue with his brothers in the gang that day. As Zhao Susu said, some brothers were used to a stable life and just wanted to make a living in the county town, but some brothers were ambitious and hoped to make a career.
Lu Wengong himself was inclined to the latter. He was only thirty years old and had a lovely wife and young children at home. Which man would not want to become a towering tree for his wife and children so that they could live a good life?
Although going out to explore the world means risk, the simple food in the cozy home is a bit hard to swallow! Why can't he go out and explore if he has the ability?
There were more than a dozen people who shared the same idea as him.
According to the number of people required by Madam Zhao, a team can be formed.
Zhao Susu was not surprised to hear his words. Lingshan County was too small, and the three gangs were competing fiercely. If they wanted to make clean money, their resources were limited. Only by leaving this world could they have a broader sky.
The focus of the gang will gradually be handed over to the deputy gang leader. He will go to the county town with Zhao Susu, but now Zhao Susu is in Ningshan County, so he came to ask what can be done, showing his sincerity in cooperation.
Zhao Susu was very straightforward. What she wanted was a caravan, so there was no need to go back to the county town. They could discuss the specific matters now.
She knew that neither Lu Wengong nor the other people in the Thunder Gang were ready to be fully used by her, so she prepared three different contracts.
One contract is for five years. During these five years, they need to obey Zhao Susu's arrangements completely and must not disobey. The treatment is generous.
A ten-year contract is similar to a five-year contract, but the salary is more generous.
One contract is for a short period of two months. The team goes out to do something for two months. They pay half of the deposit first and settle the balance after they come back.
This is a purely monetary transaction. If anything goes wrong during the process, you will be responsible for it.
Like the one in the five-year contract, even if there is no mission in the middle, monthly wages will be paid. If there is an injury, the master will be responsible for the treatment and aftermath; if there are casualties, there will be a large amount of compensation.
As for the ten-year contract, if one is injured or disabled, the master will provide the necessities of life for the family every month; if one is killed or injured, the master will still take care of the family and even send the children to school, etc., but these are no longer available.
Lu Wengong thought that they could first work things out and sign a short contract, but it also depended on the brothers' own wishes.
Zhao Lei and Shi Yan took the initiative to ask: "Madam Zhao, if we want to sign a longer contract, is that okay?"
"Of course you can. Do you want to sign a five-year contract or a ten-year contract?"
"ten years!"
Lu Wengong opened his eyes wide: "Zhao Lei, Shi Yan, ten years is not a short time, you should think it over carefully!"
Zhao Lei said calmly: "I am alone, and if I am well fed, the whole family will not be hungry. Obviously the treatment of a ten-year contract is more generous, I will definitely choose the better one!"
Shi Yan was also very direct: "I only have my mother at home, and the jobs we usually take on are sometimes risky. Although my brothers will help me take care of my mother if something happens to me, it will also add burden to the brothers, right? Boss Zhao said that if there are really casualties, he will take care of them. Then I don't have to worry about it!"
"You are still young now, and you will eventually get married and have children!"
"So I have to make more money! The terms of the long-term contract are so favorable, I am willing to do it."
After the two of them said this, a few more people were interested.
After everyone signed the contract, Zhao Susu took out another document, which contained a short-term route map for getting goods to Yanzhou that she had planned after integrating the information.
Qingzhou's porcelain is extremely famous. The porcelain there is cheap, but when it is shipped to Jiazhou, the price increases by more than four times.
However, money is not that easy to make, and anything can happen along the way, so the route is particularly important.
Some routes are smooth and risk-free, but if the route is not planned properly, you may lose money and property.
The journey to Qingzhou is long, so many people choose Yanzhou porcelain as a second choice.
The journey is shorter and the risk is lower.
This temporary caravan is still under the charge of Lu Wengong. Zhao Susu asked the others to go back and prepare their luggage first, and she discussed the details directly with Lu Wengong.
This conversation lasted for more than half an hour.
They would set off the next day, and the money for purchasing the goods would be handed over to Lu Wengong.
Seeing Zhao Susu handing over five hundred taels of silver without blinking, his eyes moved slightly: "Madam Zhao, this is five hundred taels, and you just gave it to me like that?"
Zhao Susu smiled and said, "I trust Boss Lu's character. Besides, if you employ someone, trust him. If you don't trust him, don't employ him. I believe in my own judgment, and I also believe in Boss Lu's judgment."
If a person has such short-sightedness, he will not be able to swallow this silver.
Since she dares to take it out, she certainly has the ability to take it back.
Lu Wengong took it and said solemnly: "Since Madam Zhao trusts me so much, I will definitely fulfill my mission!"
It takes two months to go back and forth, and I have to receive and buy goods in between, so I don’t have much time.
He didn't delay any longer, clasped his fists, and stood up to leave.
Zhao Susu asked Manager Yu to send the person out.
The business was a partnership with Yan's, with each party owning half. Of course, the shop inside was also owned half by each party. Whether to run it herself or rent it out, and what goods to sell were all things she had to consider.
Zhao Susu was so busy that she never had time to rest, leaving home early and coming back late. Luo Liu and Luo Yu saw it all. They were the people who were closely protecting Zhao Susu's safety, and they took shifts.
Today it's Luo Yu's turn.
She sat in the carriage with Zhao Susu, and finally couldn't help asking, "Miss, don't you take care of the young lady during the day?"
The young lady is busy every day, and the little miss seems to be busy too. She disappears in the morning and doesn't come back until the evening.
The strange thing is that the lady didn't even ask.
Zhao Susu smiled and said, "She has her own things to do!"
Luo Yu was surprised. What could a six-year-old child be busy with?
Last time, they asked Zhao Susu for her opinion, asking if they should each take up the responsibility of protecting the young lady. The young lady didn't want to, so the young lady actually agreed to it.
"Young lady, don't you need to go to school, or learn needlework, music, chess, calligraphy, or painting?"
Ladies of noble families all start learning these at the age of six.
"Ayu, she has her own master and learns different things. She is very well behaved, obedient and sensible. I don't need to worry about these things."
Luo Yu thought, this young lady is really carefree.
However, thinking of the young lady's lively eyes and those eyes that seemed to see through everything, sometimes, facing her, even though I was so much older than her, it seemed as if my thoughts could not escape from those clean and clear eyes.
But sometimes, the young lady's eyes are so ignorant and pure.
Luo Yu's thoughts were wandering, when suddenly she stood up and threw Zhao Susu to the ground.
The space in the carriage is not small, but it cannot withstand such a large radius.
Zhao Susu's head hit the car wall, and then she heard a muffled groan and a hint of bloody smell rushed into her nose.
Luo Yu is injured!