The biggest change after Guan Zhuzhu ran the salt factory was not the appearance, but the way he learned to observe people's emotions while interacting with all kinds of vendors.
In fact, he didn't have anything to do on board the ship. He was just worried about Jin Feng and Guan Xiaorou. He heard that Jin Feng was back and came to take a look.
However, I found that Jin Feng seemed to be in a good mood today and talked more than usual, so he stayed and accompanied Jin Feng to Jinchuan Pier.
Seeing familiar people again, Jin Feng felt much better. He chatted with Guan Zhuzhu on the deck about some topics related to the salt factory, and gained a deeper understanding of the salt factory.
When they were approaching Jinchuan Pier, Guan Zhuzhu said goodbye.
"Brother, we are almost at the pier. Why don't you go back and see your mother and sister-in-law?" Guan Xiaorou asked.
"Xichuan is planning to build another factory soon. The people sent by Mr. Qing are still waiting for me at the factory. I'll go back next time."
Guan Zhu waved his hands and jumped on the speedboat.
In fact, the biggest cost of a salt factory is not refining salt mines into edible refined salt, but transportation.
At present, the steamships under Jin Feng are mainly responsible for the military mission of transporting soldiers and grain. Traditional wooden ships are still needed to transport salt.
It's fine for wooden boats to go down the Jialing River, but if you want to transport salt to Xichuan or counties within Sichuan and Sichuan, you need to change the route from Yuzhou and hire lurkers to pull the wooden boats upstream.
This undoubtedly greatly increases transportation costs.
Guan Zhuzhu decided to open more salt factories in Sichuan and Sichuan, so as to reduce transportation costs.
He came to Jin Feng today to confirm this matter. Jin Feng had already agreed just now.
"You are the only one who is busy every day, you are busier than the emperor!"
Guan Xiaorou cursed impatiently.
Guan Zhuzhu smiled and waved his hand to Jin Feng, signaling the escort to start the speedboat.
"Madam, please don't tell me. Brother Zhuzhu may really be busier than His Majesty."
Tie Hammer watched the speedboat draw a water mark on the river, and said with a smile: "Last year, Mr. asked me to suppress the bandits. I followed the transport team of the Chamber of Commerce and lived in the salt factory for a while. Only then did I know that Brother Zhuzi every day
The various lists to be dealt with are really no less numerous than His Majesty's memorials.
At that time, Brother Zhuzhu didn't know much about literacy, and he was not very good at calculating accounts, but he had to check every account. When I was at the salt factory, he almost didn't go to bed until late at night."
Guan Xiaorou knew that Tie Zhui was trying to say good things to her brother, so she couldn't help but glance at Tie Zhui gratefully.
There was a hint of pride in his eyes.
Guan Xiaorou felt happy that her brother was able to help Jin Feng.
"I have to tell my elder brother later that work is important and family is also important. My sister-in-law should be angry later."
Jin Feng reminded with a smile.
Guan Xiaorou could realize that Tie Zhui was saying good things for Guan Zhuzhu, and Jin Feng naturally noticed it too.
In fact, Iron Hammer rarely praises someone in front of Jin Feng, because it will affect Jin Feng's judgment. Now that he is saying good things for Guan Zhuzhu, it means that Guan Zhuzhu's performance is indeed good.
"I'm not worried about my sister-in-law being angry, I'm just worried about my brother being arrogant."
Guan Xiaorou said: "Master, my brother has liked to have his tail raised since he was a child. From now on, you can't always praise him and hit him from time to time. I don't want to go to the military court to see him one day."
When Jin Feng heard this, he couldn't help but turned his head and glanced at Guan Xiaorou in surprise.
He didn't expect Guan Xiaorou to think so.
As the saying goes, it is easy to conquer a country but difficult to sit on it.
In fact, this situation is very common in history, including when many companies started their business, the bosses and employees worked early and late, full of energy.
But as the company grew, some of its top executives began to become lazy and corrupt, and eventually even turned to crime.
Sichuan and Sichuan are now prosperous. That's because everyone's life was too hard before. Now that they have a head, they can't help but work hard.
People's desires are endless. Once they get used to the current life, some people may be dissatisfied.
Especially those with power.
So Guan Xiaorou's worries are not groundless.
With the power in Guan Zhuzhu's hands, once he commits a crime, it will not be small.
It's just that Jin Feng didn't expect Guan Xiaorou to think so far.
"Xiaorou, do you know something that I don't know?" Jin Feng asked with a frown.
Guan Xiaorou rarely cares about political affairs. Now she suddenly said such a sentence, which made Jin Feng think. Did she discover something to remind herself?
"No, I'm just a little worried about my brother and want the boss to beat him. If the boss doesn't have time, you can find someone to watch him and don't let him make mistakes."
Guan Xiaorou shook her head.
"Okay," Jin Feng nodded, somewhat understanding what Guan Xiaorou meant.
Guan Xiaorou must have discovered something, which reminded him to strengthen internal supervision.
In fact, Jin Feng started this work a long time ago, and the Zhongming 2nd Group, which is in charge of Xiaoyu, is in charge.
However, since the work of attacking the local tyrants and allocating their fields was carried out, Zhong Ming's second team is now not only responsible for various intelligence work, but also immediately carries out ideological education work for the people after the escorts have established the territory, as well as the subsequent work of allocating the fields.
Zhong Ming's second team, from Xiaoyu to the lower-level clerks below, were almost too busy, and the thankless work of internal supervision was put aside.
The corruption of many forces starts from within, and Jin Feng didn't want to see the same for the forces under his command.
"It seems like we have to have a good talk with Wuyang and Xiaoyu when we go back."
Jin Feng made a decision in his heart and turned his head to look ahead.
At this time, it was less than three miles away from Jinchuan Pier. Even without using a telescope, Jin Feng could see the golden dragon flag of the Ninth Princess erected high as well as the dense crowds on the shore.
As soon as I saw Zhenyuan No. 2, the sound of gongs, drums and cheers rang out from the shore.
Jin Feng couldn't help but think of Song Dandan's famous saying in his previous life.
The gongs and drums are noisy, firecrackers are blasting, there are huge crowds of people, and the red flag is waving.
On the river, the waterway has been blocked, Zhenyuan No. 2 slowly slowed down and docked in the empty area that had been cleared.