"Sir, what are these utensils for?" The steward had already directed people to send the utensils into the warehouse and came to Chu Nan to ask.
"Salt production." Chu Nan didn't hide it. He might have to do these things in the future.
"Salt?" The steward looked at Chu Nan in surprise. The salt and iron trade has always been controlled by the imperial court. Although the imperial decree cannot reach Xuzhou now, within Xuzhou, this matter is also managed by the government office. There is no certain relationship.
He really couldn't do it, so he hesitated and said: "Sir, although this salt is a good deal, it would be difficult to make it without the relationship with the government office."
Chu Nan's eyes fell on the steward.
Chu Rong
Destiny 8
Talent: Actuarial (born with extremely keen insight into numbers)
Luck 89 (can withdraw 30)
Chu Nan narrowed his eyes slightly. After meeting so many people, this was the only person who could extract his luck. Although he couldn't extract all of it, a part of it was enough.
extract!
Chu Nan subconsciously chose to extract, and his luck instantly changed from 106 to 136.
Is it because the other party relies on himself for a living?
Chu Nan wrote down this possibility, then looked at Chu Rong and said with a smile: "I happened to receive the post of Jincao today. I still have these utensils and they will be put to use soon."
Originally, I wanted to open up the relationship through the Mi family, but it is obviously impossible now. Now that I have the position of Jin Cao, I don’t have to worry so much. Jin Cao was originally in charge of the salt and iron trade. After I sorted out the relationship between the government agencies, I
He was able to start making refined salt, which was one of the few useful knowledge he brought from his previous life.
Asking him to mix gunpowder wouldn't work, and it probably wouldn't be very useful in this era. You should know that early gunpowder wasn't very powerful, but refined salt was fine.
"Sir, you..." Chu Rong looked at Chu Nan with some surprise. As a servant of the Chu family since Chu Nan's father's time, he naturally hopes to see the Chu family prosper. Don't look at Jin Cao as just a lieutenant.
He is not even an official, but he is still halfway into the official career, not to mention that Jin Cao is still a senior Cao with some real power.
No matter how much money Chu Nan can earn, he is still just a businessman. No matter how much money he makes, let alone today's world, even in the peaceful and prosperous times, it would be just a matter of words for the government office to deal with him. Now that Chu Nan has entered the officialdom, in many
In people's hearts, this status is different.
After being surprised for a moment, he quickly said: "Congratulations, young master."
"Congratulations are due." Chu Nan felt a little helpless. He boarded Lu Bu's ship, and he didn't know when it would sink. Strictly speaking, this was really not a happy event. He still had to gain luck and strengthen himself as soon as possible.
Just fine.
"Uncle Rong, go and call the servants at home. I'll tell you something." Chu Nan thought for a moment and wondered if his guess was correct.
"Let's go now." Chu Rong was obviously in a good mood after learning that Chu Nan was an official. He agreed, turned around and left. After a while, he summoned six servants from the house.
It is better to say that they are servants than hired workers. The Chu family is a home of merchants. It has declined by Chu Nan's generation. Therefore, after Chu Nan's parents died, in order to save money, Chu Nan dismissed all unnecessary maids and unused servants.
The ones left behind are all capable of working. Chu Nan now agrees with this approach after taking over.
After all, we don’t have many resources at hand now, and if we don’t want to sit back and have nothing, we have to spend our money wisely. Therefore, although the Chu family is large, except Chu Rong, who is in charge of affairs, the other six people in the family are all capable of working.
Chu Nan looked at the six people. Their fortunes ranged from high to low. The high ones were five or six points, while the low ones were only two or three points. However, they could extract some luck.
These people are servants of the Chu family, and they live dependent on Chu Nan. They are connected by fate. To a certain extent, Chu Nan can control their destiny.
After understanding this, Chu Nan felt a little happy, not only because he had received so much luck, but more importantly, he finally understood where the luck added after Lu Bu's luck came from.
He is now the lord of Xuzhou, and is involved in the livelihood of thousands of people. The luck of these people is naturally connected to him, and they can also provide him with great luck. Therefore, although Lu Bu's destiny is only more than seventy, he can have such a huge fortune.
Luck makes sense.
If I enter the officialdom, if I am lucky enough to be in charge of people's livelihood, will I also be able to obtain such great luck?
Although I don't really want to defect to Lu Bu, this incident did open a new door for me.
This favor is quite big!
Thinking of this problem, Chu Nan felt helpless. He didn't think he had the ability to change Lu Bu's fate, but since he owed a favor, he had to pay it back. In the end, he could only sigh helplessly. There was only one step to take in this matter.
Take a look.
"Everyone, I have been running around with me for the past three months, and I have done a lot of dirty work. Now I am lucky enough to be appreciated by the court and find a position as a minister. My family is a little better off. You guys can do it these days.
I will rest for a day, and in the meantime, everyone will go to Uncle Rong to collect a hundred coins. This is my thanks to everyone for coming these three months." Seeing everyone looking at him, Chu Nan put aside those thoughts in his heart and said to everyone with a smile.
No matter what, this time I have taken a step forward in this world. The future blessings and disasters are still unknown. Even if the people around me are not very capable people, I have to win them over, at least use them smoothly.
"Congratulations, head of the family, and thank you for the reward!" The six people were overjoyed when they heard this. They helped Chu Nan do things. Chu Nan paid his wages, which was a matter of course. Now Chu Nan was rewarded with a hundred coins on top of this.
For them, it was quite a lot, and it was equivalent to nearly a month's wages. They were naturally overjoyed, and at the same time, their recognition of Chu Nan was naturally higher.
Chu Nan discovered that after making this decision, everyone could extract more luck, ranging from three to five points less to seven or eight points more.
After making this discovery, Chu Nan gained another level of understanding of luck, and he didn't say anything more at the moment. This luck may also be related to these people's recognition of himself, gratitude and other emotions.
After encouraging everyone, Chu Nan asked everyone to disperse.
"Uncle Rong, you also get two hundred dollars."
"Sir, I haven't done anything, but I can't get this money."
"Sigh." Chu Nan shook his head and said: "If these six people are compared to army sergeants, Uncle Rong, you are the general of the three armies. How can you say that you have not done anything? Now that the family is not rich, Uncle Rong should not be too little."
"Thank you so much, Master." Chu Rong nodded and accepted Chu Nan's kindness without saying another word.
However, Chu Rong did not bring up any extra luck. Obviously, it was not because Chu Rong's recognition was not enough, but because his recognition had reached a limit. It was impossible to significantly increase it because of this matter, but Chu Nan would not do it either.
Therefore, he regretted that Chu Rong had come to help him in these three months and take care of the housework. Everyone else would be rewarded, but if he didn't, it would make people's hearts cold.
Now that Chu Nan was seeing Chu Rong, his luck suddenly increased a lot, and his destiny also improved. He had to try other uses of this luck...