At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly gave a wink at Li Chujiu next to him. The latter understood and took a step forward, saying to the second young master: "Second Young Master, Qi Guan is dead, but the work in the side courtyard cannot be stopped. Starting tomorrow, who should we those who are carrying the work listen to?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Li Chujiu to ask questions just right. The second young master yawned and was about to go back to the house when he suddenly heard another broken thing. He looked impatient and muttered, "How can I do all this? The side courtyard is full of mud legs. Isn't it the same for whoever is in charge of the business? Then who... what are your names?"

"The little one's surname is Li, who was born on the ninth day of the first lunar month, so my parents named Xiao's name Li Chujiu."

The second young master twitched his eyes and said unhappily: "Okay, that's you, you're here to be the manager of the side hospital."

Li Chujiu was startled and didn't even dare to be happy. He quickly rolled to the side and kowtowed, "Second Young Master, the young man, I don't dare, the young man has no ability and cannot convince the public. I will never be the manager of this side hospital."

Ma Qianjiu, the chief manager of the front yard, frowned, leaned into the second master's ear, and whispered: "Second Master, this person cannot be used. He is a small character who runs errands at first sight. If he is asked to manage the side yard, it will probably give you a headache every day."

The second young master just wanted to go back to sleep, but he was not in the mood to care about these messy things. He said unhappy to Li Chujiu: "You can't be a good person, you have to recommend someone to me, right? Tell me, which group of people with mud legs in the side courtyard is suitable to take charge of the matter?"

Li Chujiu was so scared that his whole body shivered. He was about to recommend Zhu Ba when he suddenly saw Zhu Ba standing behind the second young master at some point. He winked at him and pointed to the direction of Baishui Wang Er.

Brother Zhu asked me to recommend Brother Wang? I can't figure it out... Li Chujiu's poor intelligence is not enough, so why don't I recommend him? Don't he want to be the manager of the side hospital? Oh, I understand. Brother Zhu and Brother Wang practice boxing together every night, and have a deep relationship. He wanted to give up the position of manager of the side hospital to Brother Wang. It's really touching.

Li Chujiu kowtowed three times to the second young master, and then said seriously: "I think Brother Wang is a righteous man and takes care of his brothers. He is very suitable for being a side hospital manager."

As soon as this sentence was said, a response immediately sounded from the side, and most of the workers shouted: "That's right, Brother Wang is good, it's definitely right to choose Brother Wang!"

"I also think that Brother Wang's second is the best, we all obey him!"

"Wang Er? Well... let's just Wang Er." The second young master planned to make a decision rashly again.

At this time, Ma Qianjiu, who was standing next to him, suddenly spoke again: "Second Young Master, please report some important matters."

"Well, you said!" The second young master turned his ears.

Ma Qianjiu bit his ear and said, "This Wang Er is a man who cares about brothers and values ​​friendship. If he is the manager of the side courtyard, he will be afraid that he will help these mud legs against us all day long."

The second young master was stunned: "What's wrong with this? If he doesn't do well, I'll remove him."

Ma Qianjiu smiled bitterly and whispered: "My Second Master, things are not as simple as you think. Wang Er's reputation is very famous in all villages, and he is known as the first hero in Baishui. It is easy to be a manager, but everyone is convinced, but it will be difficult to remove him. If he raises his arms and exclaims, all the Mud Legs are hugging him. If you remove him from his position, you must arrange another new manager. At that time, Mud Legs will start to make trouble. If you don't listen to the new manager, or listen to Wang Er's words, it will also cause you a headache, right?"

Although the second young master's IQ was not very good, he finally understood these words. He frowned and asked, "This is not OK, that is not OK. You have to choose me personally, right?"

Ma Qianjiu smiled bitterly and said, "The old slave is the manager of the front yard and is not familiar with the people in the side yard. This person must be chosen by the second young master."

The second young master was not familiar with the people in the side courtyard. He tilted his head for a long time, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came in his mind. He remembered that he came alone. During the day, the general manager brought two people to report to me about what happened in the county government office. At that time, someone suggested not to beat the county magistrate and arrest the slaves of the county magistrate's family to beat him. That person seemed to be pretty good and respectfully respected me. I also liked him. By the way, I asked his name at that time, what was his name? Zhu... By the way, Zhu Ba!

The second young master turned his eyes left and right and shouted: "Where is Zhu Ba? Where are you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed in his heart, and finally... you fool thought of me.

He asked Li Chujiu to speak at first, but he didn't want to recommend himself and seemed too eager for quick success. Later, when Li Chujiu wanted to recommend him, he suddenly had an idea and thought about using Ma Qianjiu. According to his observation just now, Ma Qianjiu was a mature and polite person, and he was devoted to thinking about the Ma family. When he was present, someone suggested that Wang Er be the manager, and he would definitely raise objections.

So Zhu Yuanzhang hinted that Li Chujiu recommended Wang Er and borrowed Ma Qianjiu's mouth to permanently eliminate the possibility of Wang Er coming to power.

After all the opponents were eliminated, even if he didn't say anything, Li Chujiu would no longer recommend him. After all, the second young master could only choose his head, and there was no other possibility.

Hearing the call of the second young master, Zhu Yuanzhang stepped in front of the second young master in two steps and bowed: "Second Master is looking for me?"

The second young master tilted his mouth: "I decided to let you be the manager of the side hospital. Do it well for me and manage the group of people in the side hospital..."

"Brother Zhu is good too!" The onlookers started yelling again. Zhu Yuanzhang quietly followed the surroundings and found that there were not as many people who supported him as Wang Er. It seemed that he had not done enough skills. It was no wonder that he had arrived for a short time. It would be a dream to surpass the reputation of the famous Baishui Wang Er in such a short time.

"How can I do?" Zhu Yuanzhang pretended: "The second brother Wang is the best."

"I said ok!" The second young master was already very impatient and waved, "Okay, that's it. I was quarreled in the middle of the night to deal with some broken things. I'm really annoying. Go back to the house... That, Manager Ma, Zhu Ba should pay attention to after becoming a manager in the side courtyard. You can tell Zhu Ba."

Ma Qianjiu quickly politely said, "Yes!" He lacked understanding of Zhu Ba, but he saw that he was calm and unrestrained when walking, and his movements and expressions showed a sense of sophistication and maturity. When he was appointed as a manager, he rejected him again. He seemed to be a person who knew how to be a sensible person, so he did not raise any objections.

Four lantern-carrying servants hugged the second young master back to the house. The little maid with two ponytails was still rushing to help him tidy up his clothes. The second young master smiled and said, "What else do you have to do? When you go back to the house, you have to help the young master take it off again. Are you trouble?"

The little maid quickly let go of her hands, followed behind with her head hanging down, and the group slowly went away.

The long-term workers and short-term workers watching the murder scene found that there was nothing to watch, so they coaxed and began to retreat to their house. In the dark, many lanterns were dragged into several lines and spread out on the field stems.

Zhu Yuanzhang hugged Wang Er and sighed: "Brother Wang, brother, I originally wanted to recommend you as the manager, but the second young master..."

Wang Er was indifferent and laughed: "I don't care about things, such as the one who is in charge of things. It seems that I can't be a manager, either. I will take Yang Chao back and lock him in the woodshed first, and I will send him to see the official early in the morning."

"You can't just treat your brothers as a family just because they become managers. You have to support your brothers a few times in the future." Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his attitude and said seriously.

Wang Erhao laughed and said, "What are you talking about! I learned my boxing skills from you. Can I treat you as an outsider?" He lifted Yang Chao in his hand, kicked him casually, and cursed: "Although the one with the surname Qi is not a good person, he will be killed if he kills him. But it is wrong for you to betray our own brothers. I won't fix you well tonight."

While kicking and scolding Yang Chao, he dragged the body of the governor of Qi towards the woodshed in the side courtyard. When the trial will be held tomorrow, the body of the governor of Qi will be submitted to the court, so it cannot be buried yet. Yang Chao squeaked and whimpered with blood choking sounds getting farther and farther away, and soon afterwards, he finally fell silent.

At this time, all the onlookers dispersed, and Ma Qianjiu told Zhu Ba: "Brother Zhu, let me talk!" Since the two of them were in charge, Ma Qianjiu's name became "brother". This change was really unpleasant. Of course, Ma Qianjiu's identity was not comparable to a manager in a side-school, and he just used this attitude to show friendship.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly: "I dare not take it. If you have any questions, just give instructions."

"I'll tell you what the manager of the side courtyard should take care of." Ma Qianjiu led Zhu Yun to the small courtyard where Qi was in charge of the affairs, and said as he walked: "Your usual work is mainly to supervise whether the chief workers and short-term workers have done their work well. I will allocate a batch of money and grain from the front courtyard every month, and you use these things to arrange meals for the long-term workers and short-term workers."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. He saw that he was familiar with these things every day.

Ma Qianjiu continued: "In addition, all rural farmers who come to our house will be managed by the side courtyard. You have to take them to apply for household registration and sign and write a contract for sale."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded again, that is, the person who came here "intentionally" was also under his jurisdiction. In fact, he knew very well that the side courtyard was responsible for agriculture, while the front courtyard was responsible for commercial affairs. As for the inner courtyard, it was mainly responsible for the daily life of the master, young master, lady, and others. The responsibilities of the Ma family were very clear.

Ma Qianjiu and Zhu Yuanzhang were talking while walking into the small courtyard where Qi Guanshi lived alone. Qi Guanshi is in his forties this year, but he has not married a wife or children yet, so he lived in this small courtyard alone. Now that he is dead, there is no need to clear the courtyard, so Zhu Yuanzhang can be allowed to live in directly.

The two walked into the hut, and the accompanying servant lit the oil lamp. Ma Qianjiu took out several books from the Qi Manager's study, threw them on the table, and asked Zhu Yuanzhang: "Do you know how to read? Can you do arithmetic?"

"Learn literacy! You can count!"

"Huh?" Ma Qianjiu was shocked. He asked casually whether he could read or not. He had no intention of getting a satisfactory answer. He also planned to transfer the accountant from the front yard to help him return the account. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang actually said he could recognize it, and this made him look at him differently.

It is not easy to read in the countryside. Ordinary villagers have difficulty even reading, let alone reading. Zhu Ba actually said that he reads literacy, which really made Ma Qianjiu feel incredible.
Chapter completed!