Finally, the thick account book on his lap turned to the last page, and Lin Jue rubbed his eyes and closed the account book. Looking at the mountains of account books on the table, Lin Jue frowned, these things can't be read for a while, and he is not in a hurry.

"Move back and lock it up, and look back. Master Tang has worked hard, and several people have also worked hard. I shouldn't have tossed a few of you to accompany you early in the morning. ”

Master Tang hurriedly bowed down and said with a smile: "Where does the little boy say, this is my duty to wait." We are responsible for assisting the little boy in managing the accounts, but the little boy has a need, and we are waiting for him at any time. ”

Lin Jue smiled and nodded, Master Tang waved his hand, and several masters stepped forward and carefully picked up stacks of account books and walked to the back room, locking them back into the cabinet. When he turned around, he handed the key to Master Tang, and Master Tang cherished it in his arms.

"Childe, the tea is cold, I'll make you a new cup." Green Dance tested the temperature of the teacup with the back of her hand and said softly. Lin Jue came to the ship's hall as the chief steward, and Green Dance naturally followed to serve tea, and it is said that he would have to eat here at noon, and Green Dance was even more indispensable.

"No need, on a hot day, herbal tea quenches your thirst." Lin Jue took a sip of the teacup and looked at the sky outside.

"What time is it?"

"Oh, Hui Gongzi, it should be almost time." Green Dance Road.

"It's almost time?" Lin Jue frowned, because he found that until now, the hall was still empty, and he asked those shopkeepers to come here to discuss matters last night, but none of them came until now.

"Xiaohu, go see if there is anyone in the yard?" Lin Jue said in a deep voice.

Lin Hu agreed, walked quickly to the door of the hall and looked into the courtyard, and came back after a while to report: "Seven or eight came, all standing in the shade of the tree." ”

Lin Jue's face turned a little pale, and he ordered: "Please invite them to come in and sit, what are you doing standing outside?" Master Tang, get some stools for them to sit on. ”

Master Tang said: "How can there be so many stools, in the past, the shopkeepers used to stand at the bottom of the stairs when they went back and forth. ”

Lin Juexin said: Lin Ke is so big, just standing, and he won't even let them enter the hall.

"It was before, and now it is now. I'll buy some chairs and stools later. Lin Jue commanded.

Master Tang responded repeatedly, and his eyes when he looked at Lin Jue were also a little kind. This little boy seems to be a gentle and elegant person, and the old prince would not do this. But the question is, how can the little boy be so gentle and elegant, but how can he lower these shopkeepers.

Seven or eight shopkeepers were invited into the hall, they stepped forward to salute Lin Jue, Lin Jue smiled and returned the salute, and after a few words of greeting, they stood quietly in the corner and did not speak. Lin Jue wanted to chat with them casually, but a few people seemed to have strange expressions and didn't want to talk much, so Lin Jue asked a few words and gave up.

The sky gradually became brighter, and more than a dozen shopkeepers and stewards arrived one after another, and were invited into the hall. These people all looked a little strange, and when they saw each other, they all showed surprised expressions, and soon they all stood silently in the hall and did not speak.

Lin Jue took a sip of tea with a thoughtful expression on his face. He realized that something was wrong, the hour was approaching, and less than half of the more than forty Lin family's shopkeepers and stewards had come so far, there must be something wrong.

"Bell! Clang! Clang! Clang! "The bell of the Tranquility Temple on the south side of the pier is ringing, it is the bell of the monks of the Tranquility Temple at the end of their morning service. The ringing of this bell also means that the hour has come.

Lin Jue quietly listened to the bell with a teacup, until the bell stopped completely, he drank the tea in the teacup in one gulp, spit out a piece of tea and stood up.

More than 20 shopkeepers and stewards in the hall all looked at Lin Jue in a daze, and some of them showed pity on their faces. There were also people who looked at Lin Jue's face carefully, wondering what Lin Jue's mood was.

Lin Jue came to everyone expressionlessly, reached out and took out a piece of paper from his arms, on which was a list of more than forty shopkeepers who should have been present.

"Mr. Treasurer, the hour has come, I invite you to arrive before the hour, and now it seems that the number of people is not enough, let's name it." Lin Jue said in a deep voice.

The shopkeepers were silent, and they all knew what was going on. Most of them received messages from some people in the middle of the night last night. The news was that they were not allowed to come to the ship's hall today to see the new chief steward. These people naturally understood who wanted to do this, and the disputes within the Lin family made these shopkeepers and stewards very difficult. Many people made a choice after weighing it, and they had to make a choice between Changfang Gongzi and Lin Jue. Those who didn't come naturally thought that the two sons of the long house couldn't be offended, but these people who came followed their promises to the head of the family, of course, some of them couldn't get used to the actions of the second and third sons.

At the beginning of the roll call, according to the list on the roster, Lin Jue read out the names one by one. Lin Juedu, who came here, said hello with his head, which was regarded as knowing each other. Lin Jue, who didn't come, used a brush to put a small tick in front of their names. After a few moments, the roll call ended.

"There should have been forty-six people today, but twenty-two of the twenty-four who are here are not here. Master Tang, in the past, the eldest prince convened to discuss things, was the same situation? Lin Jue looked at the list in his hand and asked softly.

Master Tang had a premonition that a storm was coming, and stepped forward and whispered: "Chief steward, this did not happen when the eldest prince was alive. If you can't get there, you have to take leave in advance. ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "Then do these people take leave?" If it's a leave, Master Tang should know. ”

Master Tang sighed in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "They didn't come to take leave, if they did, they did pass through me first, and I will report to the chief steward." ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "I understand, I didn't take leave, and I was absent from the meeting, what is the reason?" Can anyone tell me why? ”

Everyone was silent, and they felt a little sorry for Lin Jue. I'm afraid that this little boy is still in the dark, and he doesn't know that the two long-term sons are secretly doing something.

Lin Jue glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice, "What? Does no one know? Or was I not clear enough last night? When I said the hour, did these people think it was noon? Maybe we should wait for them? ”

A shopkeeper finally couldn't help but say, "Chief steward, don't wait, they can't come." ”

"Oh? Why is that? Lin Jue tilted his head and asked.

"Hey! Don't ask, the chief steward, I can't say if I do, in short, don't wait for them. "The shopkeeper said.

Lin Jue nodded slowly and said, "I understand." It seems that waiting is in vain. Ladies and gentlemen, I am very glad that you people can come, which shows that the treasurers and stewards of my Lin family are still knowledgeable people. Although Lin Jue didn't know much about businessmen, he hadn't had any good contact with them. But I still know a little bit about doing business. As far as I know, the most important thing for people in business is integrity, and I don't know if I'm right. ”

"What the chief steward said is that the head of the family has always taught us to be honest, which is also one of the important precepts of the Lin family's business." Master Tang said softly.

Lin Jue nodded and said: "Very good, honesty is one of the creeds of my Lin family's business, so people who are not honest are not worthy of doing things in my Lin family." Punctuality and respect are a kind of integrity, I said it clearly last night, and everyone agreed to do it simply, but at this moment, there are twenty-two people who are openly not coming. In my opinion, these are not honest people. In light of this, I have made the following decision. ”

Everyone looked at Lin Jue in surprise, and they felt the fierce temperament that burst out of Lin Jue's body. Looking at Lin Jue's cold eyes, they had a premonition that something big was about to happen.

"Lin Song and Lin Run, as the younger brothers of the Lin family, should have been punctual and diligent, but these two people did not blatantly come, and there is no reason. How can such a person be trusted? Therefore, I declare that with immediate effect, Lin Song will no longer be in charge of the Lin family's grain and oil business, and his post as the prime minister of the Donghe Shipping Branch and the three wharves will be relieved at the same time. Lin Run's duties in charge of the branch of the Zhonghe Shipping Company and the transfer of the wharf were relieved at the same time. After the handover, it will take effect immediately. ”

"What?" The eyes of everyone present widened in surprise. They didn't expect Lin Jue to make a move on the two sons of the long house as soon as he opened his mouth. Brushed their duties to the end and stripped them of their fineness.

The shock continued, and Lin Jue's voice continued to sound: "There is also Meng Yuandong, the shopkeeper of the Lin family's cloth shop, who is not present today...... The shopkeeper of the North Gate Grain Shop, Qi Deli...... Ma Yu, the shopkeeper of Xicheng rice grain store, and Jiang Daan, the shopkeeper of Xicheng grain and oil shop...... Wu Gang, the manager of Zhonghe No. 9 Pier...... Zhao Huanzhang, the steward of Donghe No. 19 Pier...... Li Mugen, the steward of Donghe No. 21 Wharf......"

Lin Jue said the names and positions of the twenty shopkeepers and stewards who would participate in the meeting in the future in a row, and finally said in a deep voice: "The above people and others will all be dismissed." The wages were settled immediately, and they immediately handed over to their subordinates, and left the Lin family without delay. If there is damage to the property, the compensation shall be calculated. If you make trouble, you will immediately take down the report to the official. ”

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“……”

All the people in the hall looked at Lin Jue dumbfounded, and a thought came to everyone's hearts: "It's amazing, something is going to happen, something big is going to happen." ”

Master Tang's face turned pale, and he stepped forward to persuade: "Chief steward, don't be like this, don't be like this." Such a large-scale personnel change cannot be hasty. ”

"Sloppy? These people are doing this today, they are deliberately doing it for me, embarrassing me, organizing against me, and giving me a disadvantage. Do you really think I don't understand anything? Last night, when everyone was there, the head of the family and the second master asked me to take over as the chief steward, and said that I would be in charge of everything. I didn't want to be this big steward, but since I did, even if it was just for a day, I would never allow these people to be so arrogant and bullied. These people have betrayed the trust of the head of the family, lost the minimum criteria for being hired by the Lin family, and are not suitable to stay in the Lin family, all of which they brought on themselves. Lin Jue shouted coldly.

"Something is going to happen, the big steward, isn't it going to make a fuss? I can't end it. Master Tang smacked his lips again and again.

Lin Jue sneered: "Can't end it? Are they more difficult to deal with than pirates? I've faced tens of thousands of pirates and come back unscathed, I can't cure them? Master Tang, don't say more. Ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful that you can come. My Lin family needs you, you cut back to do things, today I want to promote some backbones among you to take on important responsibilities, I hope you do things well, my Lin family will not treat you badly. ”