Chapter 837 Zhao Gongcun

"Young master and young master are fighting" Liu Cheng hurriedly ran from outside, and shouted loudly to Liu Yiyi, who was basking in the sun on a chair in the backyard: "There has been a fight on the northwest border, and now there are crazy rumors outside, saying that the Tang army has lost two cities in a row."

"The border between the two countries has long been bound to be the same," glanced at Liu Cheng with half-squinted eyes, Liu Yiyi closed his eyes disapprovingly, and said lightly: "It's a matter of time before the fight starts, is it worth your excitement?" ”

"Besides," Liu Yiyi said, "This matter has nothing to do with us little people, as long as it doesn't affect our Liu family's business, everything will be fine." ”

There is no impermeable wall in this world, so Liu Yiyi did not feel strange about the news brought by Liu Cheng, in fact, it was able to reach the lower classes of the people two days after the report arrived in Chang'an, which had already made Liu Yiyi feel a little surprised, but he did not expect that the secrecy measures in the Tang Dynasty had such a high level.

"How is it not related?" Liu Cheng was unconvinced, took out the account book that he had been carrying in his arms, and said to their owner quite proudly: "Young master, look, this is the order that the subordinates of the household have given to our Liu family in the past two days, just for instant noodles, I asked for a million boxes at once, hundreds of thousands of transactions, how can it be said that it doesn't matter?" ”

"A million boxes?" Opening his eyes again, Liu Yiyi looked up at Liu Cheng rather unexpectedly, are you kidding? One million boxes, calculated as 40 million packs, enough for a 100,000-strong army to eat for half a year, the household department has ordered so much, it doesn't mean that Li Ji and them directly use instant noodles as rations, right?

"Mm-hmm" Liu Cheng nodded affirmatively, in fact, even he himself couldn't believe that the imperial court would swallow a million boxes of shares as soon as he opened his mouth, which was the largest order they had received since the creation of instant noodles, and the income of hundreds of thousands of yuan was much more cost-effective than their direct sale of grain.

"Is there so much stock in the warehouse?" Not carried away by the huge benefits in front of him, and after feeling that this should not be a trap or a joke, Liu Yiyi asked Liu Cheng in a faint voice. If instant noodles have been selling so well, I believe that the 300,000 quintals of rice donated a year ago will soon be recovered.

"There are only 100,000 boxes in stock." Liu Cheng didn't have a trace of worry, and said to their owner: "However, the contract does not require that it must be prepared at one time, as long as our business association can provide a fixed supply of 100,000 boxes per month." ”

"If you recruit some more people and rush to make it overnight," as he spoke, Liu Cheng cautiously glanced up at their young master, and said softly: "The share of 100,000 boxes a month can be easily completed." ”

"Well," Liu Yiyi nodded suddenly, a bamboo box of forty packs of pastries, one hundred thousand boxes is four million packs, in the case of all the raw materials are sufficient, the output of four million packs a month is not a lot.

"Young Master, His Royal Highness the King of Jin is asking to see you outside" At this time, the chief housekeeper Liu Wuchen came over from the front yard, bowed down to Liu Yiyi, handed over the things in his hand, and said softly: "This is a name sticker handed by His Royal Highness the King of Jin, please take a look at it." ”

"Name sticker?" Liu Yiyi was stunned, a child who is still underage, where did he get the name sticker? Liu Yiyi frowned slightly, and secretly thought in his heart, could it be that this kid has moved out of the palace and set up his own portal?

"He came alone?" Playing with a piece of paper in his hand that was crimson, Liu Yiyi raised his head and asked Liu Wuchen softly.

"Jin King Li Zhi", red paper, gold characters, tangible, like this kind of similar to a business card, in addition to a person with a certain identity and status can be used to communicate and demonstrate, there is also a feature that the person with the name is either the head of the family, or a celebrity, no matter how bad it is, there must be a formal name or official title.

Now, Li Zhi suddenly took out such a famous sticker to pay a visit, respectful and formal, thinking that he was also telling himself that he had left the palace and officially took King Jin as his name, and he was no longer the little kid who had been surrounding the queen's buttocks before.

"Back to the young master," Liu Wuchen replied in a loud voice: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is also accompanied by a one-armed man surnamed Zhao, who is the butler of the Jin Palace, and it seems that His Royal Highness the King of Jin seems to have a lot of respect for him. ”

"One-armed man? And the surname is Zhao? Liu Yiyi's heart moved, and he couldn't help but think of a small person in history who was not very inconspicuous.

Zhao Gongcun, in order to guard a county treasury with less than ten copper coins, was cut off by a Turkic soldier, and was valued by Li Shimin and sent to the palace of the king of Jin, and Li Zhi, the reason why he was able to have the last laugh among all the princes, this Zhao Gongcun can be said to be a great meritorious.

There are not many records of this person in the history books, there is no official residence, no power, and even real wealth has never been there, compared to Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and the eldest grandson Wuji, these strategists and strategists, he is a little pitiful, and few people in later generations can remember his existence, if he hadn't watched a TV series about Li Zhisheng, Liu Yiyi would never have remembered such a one-armed and loyal person.

"Let's lead them to the front hall first," Liu Yiyi raised his head and instructed Liu Wuchen: "Wait for the good tea and water, and we will meet you after I change my clothes." ”

"Yes, young master." With a sound, Liu Wuchen turned around and left, and went to the front yard to greet visitors.

"Young master, do you see this instant noodle order?" Seeing that their young master was going to receive distinguished guests, Liu Cheng asked softly beside him with some hesitation. After all, it is a business of hundreds of thousands of yuan, and many affairs such as recruiting people and stocking up cannot be delayed, so although it is a little out of place, Liu Cheng can't help but ask.

"Follow the example of the previous cotton mill to recruit people, and then go to the county and a few surrounding villages to recruit more." Liu Yiyi stood up and whispered to Liu Cheng: "Bamboo boxes and paper bags continue to be purchased from other business associations, as long as the pastries can be made in time, the rest is not a problem, and this matter will be left to you to take full responsibility." ”

"Yes, young master" finally waited for the result he wanted most, Liu Cheng said with some excitement: "Young master, rest assured, Cheng will do his best, handle all affairs neatly and neatly, and live up to the young master's trust." ”

"Alright, let's do it." Nodding slightly, Liu Yiyi sent Liu Cheng down, and walked towards the bedroom, ready to change into a new set of clothes. Anyway, Li Zhi made things so formal, and even voted for his famous post, he, a master, can't be too casual, right?

Also, although Zhao Gongcun is not obvious, he can be regarded as a character in the end, and the first time he met him, Liu Yiyi didn't want to leave him with any bad impression.

At the time of half a cup of tea, when Liu Yiyi tidied up and rushed to the front hall, Li Zhi and Zhao Gongcun had been waiting in the front hall for a long time.

Li Zhi sits, Zhao Gongcun bowed and stood close to him, looking at Zhao Gongcun up and down, not tall, slightly thin, the right arm in both arms was missing, but looking at his face, there was no trace of decadence and malaise, his face was resolute, his eyes were bright, and the whole person looked radiant.

After some politeness, the two sides sat down, Liu Yiyi thought that he was a teacher, sitting at the head, although Li Zhi was a prince, he also had to sit on the side, as for Zhao Gongcun, who had been standing behind Li Zhi, he didn't even say a word, and kept standing silently behind Li Zhi.

"Who is this?" After sitting down, seeing that Li Zhi did not introduce Zhao Gongcun, Liu Yiyi had to take the lead in speaking, watching Zhao Gongcun ask Li Zhi out loud.

"Sir should have guessed," Li Zhixiao said to Liu Yiyi in a general manner: "After the New Year, the students have moved out of the palace and live alone in the palace of the King of Jin in the west city of Chang'an. ”

"Villain Zhao Gongcun, I've seen Mr. Liu" Zhao Gongcun, who didn't want to speak, was asked out loud by Liu Yiyi, so he had to stand up and bend down to greet Liu Yiyi.

"Mr. Zhao is polite" Liu Yiyi got up and saluted back to show respect, looked up at Zhao Gongcun, and Zheng Sheng said: "Mr. Zhao's name, Liu has also heard of it before, he is loyal to his duties, and he will not retreat from his broken arm, which is for loyalty."

"Huh?" After listening to Liu Yiyi's words, Zhao Gongcun couldn't help but be surprised, he never thought that he, a nobody who had been silent for nearly ten years, would also fall into Liu Yiyi's heart, he actually knew himself?

Was it a coincidence, or had he investigated his identity long before? Zhao Gongcun couldn't help but be a little suspicious in his heart, if it was a coincidence, it would be better, if it was the latter, Liu Yiyi was so deliberate, deliberately probing His Highness and himself, what was his mind?

"Mr. Liu's false praise, it's been ten years ago, even the villain is about to forget, I don't want Mr. Liu to remember." Bending down slightly, Zhao Gongcun said to Liu Yiyi.

"Hehe," seeing the doubts in Zhao Gongcun's heart, Liu Yiyi smiled lightly, and said softly disappreciatively: "With the position of Sicang to join the army, he did not hesitate to be cut off by a thief in order to guard the treasury ten copper coins, this kind of thing, I heard it last time, how others Liu did not dare to comment on it, but Liu will never forget it." ”

"Huh? Is there such a thing? Xiao Li Zhi looked at Zhao Gongcun with a surprised face, and his eyes unconsciously fell on Zhao Gongcun's broken arm, it seems that this little guy doesn't seem to know much about his previous experiences as a housekeeper.

"It's been many years since the incident, and the villain has long forgotten it, if it weren't for Mr. Liu mentioning it today, Gong Cun wouldn't have remembered it again." Nodding at Li Zhi, Zhao Gongcun said lightly: "And when you are a villain, you just keep your duty and do your duty, it is not worth mentioning." ”

When he spoke, Zhao Gongcun's face was serious, without joy or sorrow, and he could hear that he was not talking falsely.

A very practical and pure person, this is Liu Yiyi's first impression of Zhao Gongcun