After chatting with Li Xun for a while, the three of them finished their meal and prepared to leave. There wasn't anything big at home. If there was something that couldn't be solved, he would ask Housekeeper Zhang to look for Minister Bi who had retired. Don't think that he didn't care about this kind of person who took the initiative to retire, even the Emperor wouldn't dare to ignore him. If he presented a memorial to the Emperor, no one would stop him.
Before leaving, Zhang Xiaobao found Xu Si and said to him, "Xu Si, I have seen some of the things you have done recently. My family has decided that you will no longer be in charge of the market and the grocery store. Ergou is enough."
"Ah?" Xu Si felt that his head was buzzing. When he heard this, the first thing that came to his mind was that the master felt that Ergou was better and didn't want him anymore.
"What ah? From now on, you will have new things to do. The end of the river, the arrangement of the restaurant Between the Clouds and the Water, and the design of the cloister between my family and the Wang family's. You will be in charge of all of these. If something happens, don't blame the master for not giving you face. "
Zhang Xiaobao didn't wait for Xu Si to start crying and gave him the job. Xu Si had signed a death contract, so he didn't need to use his previous methods to suppress him.
"Ah?" Xu Si called out again, but his tone was a little different. He thought that the master didn't want him anymore. He didn't expect that he would be given a job with more power.
"What ah? What I want to tell you now is that when you do something, don't do it casually if you don't have confidence. If you don't understand something, ask someone who knows. Don't worry, no matter who you ask, as long as the job is done well, the credit will go to you. If I find out that you deliberately suppressed some people, you will find a better job. "
Zhang Xiaobao warned Xu Si. There were many cases of supervisors bullying their subordinates and denying the suggestions of their subordinates. Those people would rather the company not develop well than to use the better methods of their subordinates. Zhang Xiaobao wouldn't allow such a thing to happen to his subordinates.
Xu Si nodded vigorously. He knew that this little ancestor had taken a liking to him, so he had to listen to her. If he made the main house unhappy, his monthly allowance might be deducted. If he made the little ancestor unhappy, no one would say anything if he lost his life.
He hurriedly agreed. Only when the three of them were seated in the carriage did he let out a sigh of relief. He muttered, "If you don't understand, just ask. Tell the person who came up with the idea to the young master and young lady. I will also be rewarded. I can't go and suppress others. I will die."
"Xiao Bao, if someone comes up with a better idea, how do you plan to deal with Xu Si?" Li Xun sat beside Zhang Xiaobao and thought of what Zhang Xiaobao had just said.
"Arrange for him to go out and let him take care of things on his own." Zhang Xiaobao said without thinking.
Li Xun didn't understand. "Then what about the person who came up with a better idea?"
"Keep him by your side and see if he can be like Xu Si. If he can, arrange for him to go out. If he can't, just do what you were doing before," Zhang Xiaobao said again.
"Why? If he can come up with a better idea, won't he be better than Xu Si? "Li Xun asked.
"There are many good people. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can find them. What the Zhang family wants is not this. What we want is a kind of unity. For the Zhang family, talent is not the most important thing. Knowledge and experience can be cultivated, but character is not. Our family doesn't care about talent. What we want is character."
Zhang Xiaobao almost said that he didn't care about talent. He really didn't care. It wasn't like he was making an atomic bomb. It was just a small business. At most, he would do it himself. It was better than finding someone with bad character to worry about it all day. If he had the energy to worry about it, he would rather do it himself.
Li Xun couldn't figure out why Zhang Xiaobao would say that. He could only keep it in his heart for the time being. He could slowly think about it himself or ask someone else.
The car wasn't slow. It was shaking. Fortunately, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's willpower was stronger than a scream. They didn't vomit. Li Xun's car was really worse than his. There were some bent pieces of bamboo between the carriage and the axle to act as a buffer.
The car shook as it moved. When it was time to eat, they had to look around to see if there were any small wine shops. Li Xun was not like Zhang Xiaobao's father, who carried a bunch of things when he went out. In the past, he might have been able to do so. Now, he felt that he was the best person. Even if there were no wine shops around, he felt that he and Zhang Xiaobao would be able to reach their destination alive.
After surviving in the wild, he was now full of confidence. However, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn't want to persist like this. The two of them didn't think that surviving in the wild was good. They had already suffered enough. At this time, they were sitting in a roadside shop and eating.
There was only one dish, fried with beans and meat. There were a lot of beans and very little meat. When they looked at the plate, they saw that it was all lean meat. This wasn't because the people in the shop knew that the three of them didn't like to eat fatty meat. It was because there was very little fatty meat. Everyone else liked to eat it, so they didn't use it to cook.
"The food in this shop is good. Look, how is this shredded meat? It's obviously a steak. The medium-rare kind. If you don't have the ability to cook, can't you first blanch the meat with water? It's eaten together with beans. "
Zhang Xiaobao picked up some meat. As soon as it entered his mouth, he spat it out. When he looked carefully, there were still traces of blood in the meat. If it was just fried meat, he would eat it. However, if it was fried together with beans, it would be easy to become laxative after eating it. It was just right for people with indigestion.
Wang Juan only picked beans to eat. Fortunately, the beans were cooked. She asked someone to bring her a spoon. She ate with the steamed buns that she didn't know.
Li Xun glanced at the meat that Zhang Xiaobao spat out. After thinking for a while, he said, "If I had known, I would have brought my own chef or used their ingredients and kitchen. I think that eating insects is better than eating this meat."
"Isn't it easy to eat this meat? Shopkeeper, bring me some garlic and some salt. " Zhang Xiaobao naturally had a way to deal with it. He waited for the only shopkeeper, waiter, and owner to bring the garlic and salt. Zhang Xiaobao picked up a piece of meat, dipped it in the salt, and stuffed it into his mouth. He also asked for a mouthful of garlic. He ate it very happily.
Li Xun also learned. He found that he couldn't eat the fishy taste of the meat, only the saltiness of the salt and the spiciness of the garlic. He said with admiration, "Zhang Xiaobao, I have seen it. You are really not ordinary. You can even eat this thing. Okay, I will remember it. I will eat it like this when I see it next time."
"Well, there is actually another way. Let them make soup with the vegetables. When we go back and boil it, the meat may be a little bit worse, but it will definitely be cooked." Zhang Xiaobao didn't want to find more trouble. If it wasn't cooked, then eat it. What else could he do?
The three of them made do and finished eating. They decided that if they came across this kind of restaurant in the future, they would only order salted vegetables and pancakes. They wouldn't eat anything else.
The carriage didn't travel slowly. It only took six and a half days to reach their destination. If Li Xun wanted to, he could directly enter the manor. That was his home.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn't want to see a prince so early. It was difficult to talk to him, so they pretended to be ignorant children. In fact, the other party already knew that the two of them had learned a lot. But if they said too much, then it would cause trouble. If they didn't do well, then there would be many talented people fighting to teach the two of them.
The three of them directly walked towards the dock. The river here was not something that the river in Zhuangzi of the Wang Family and Zhuangzi of the Ge Family could compare to. It was also not something that the small river in front of the Zhang Family could compare to.
The surging river water was vast and mighty. From time to time, the waves in the river would splash onto the shore.
The location of the dock hadn't changed. It was still the location chosen by those people. Those people had good foresight. The ground here was flat, the water was deep enough, and it wasn't as turbulent as it was just now.
The general framework of the dock had already been built. Half of it was on the shore, while the other half extended into the river, making it convenient for boats to enter the water.
At this time, there were already people making small boats. This was easy to make. As long as the current wasn't too fast and there were some reefs, then it would be unimpeded. Moreover, there were fewer places to enter the water. When there was no sail, the boat's speed would be faster.
Li Xun, Zhang Xiaobao, and Wang Juan looked around. As they looked, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan discovered a problem. To be precise, it was the technology. This boat was beautifully made. It was two zhang long, six feet wide, and about six feet tall. This was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that there was not a single nail in the entire place.
All of the connections between the pieces of wood were made using the method of riveting. This method was not too unusual, and many of the furniture in the Zhang and Wang Family's farmsteads were also made using this method. However, it did not seem to be very reliable when used in shipbuilding.
Especially when building boats in the future, if they still used this technology, the advantage was that when the waves hit, the connected parts could borrow the force of each other and disperse the force. There was no need to talk about the disadvantages. If a part was damaged slightly, it was easy for other parts to be damaged as well.
Zhang Xiaobao asked a person who was building a boat there, "Master, why don't you use nails here?"
"Little guy, you don't know. Nails are easy to rust. When a boat is built, it won't be used for more than a few years. As long as it is hit by water, the place with nails will rot. It won't be used for long." The worker smiled at Zhang Xiaobao.
Zhang Xiaobao really didn't know how to build a boat. He turned to Wang Juan and asked, "You really don't use nails on the boat? What about the iron boat? "
"The anti-rust technology is different. A layer of paint is applied here. It has a function, but the paint will always fall off. For a boat that is soaked in water all day, the protection is not so good." Wang Juan felt that this should be the reason.
Zhang Xiaobao estimated the time when the boat was in use. He found Li Xun and said to him, "When we build a big boat, we will add another layer of nails. It won't be long if the boat is in use. Three or four years is enough. It can't be like building a small boat now."
"Using nails? Xiao Bao, where do you want these big boats to go in the future? "Li Xun was already used to it. He probably found these skilled people.
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