The Only Favourite Ugly Husband - Chapter 111.1 – Keeping Business on Right Track

Chapter 111.1 – Keeping Business on Right Track

Jiang Zhen’s men were full of expectations for the school, but it will still take some time for the school to open.

So the first batch of people to use this school ware actually the accountants recruited by Jiang Zhen.

The next day, the 22 accountants were picked up by Jiang Ming before coming to Hexi village.

At first, these people were a little uneasy, afraid of being deceived, but after seeing the docks in the Hexi Village, their uneasiness disappeared immediately.

Although the docks looks empty, it’s really magnificent. It was all paved with green bricks!

Not only that, the houses near the dock ware all second-story buildings!

Although Zheng Baoning tried to avoid Song Li he was still “educated” later by Song Li, who came to his family.

He didn’t fully believe in Song Li words but he was still a little worried in the end. However, along the way, he felt that he had not been cheated. On the contrary, he believed that Song Li has had been cheated by Jiang Chengxiang.

For example, the leader of Jinzhen escort agency may be an ungrateful person who relied on the money of his wife family to develop…

The people who brought them clearly respected Jiang Zhen very much If Jiang Zhen was really the type of person Song Li described how could he convince others?

“You will live here in the future so each of you can choose a room to live in.” Jiang Ming led the way and brought these accountants to two-story buildings facing south.

These houses were not very big and they all were connected. When you entered the house you would see the staircase with room on both sides. On second floor there would also be rooms on both sides.

In such a house, sailors would live four people in one room. Except for a few leaders, they all lived two people per room. But because they ware not many scholars, each of them could live in a separate room.

Seeing this building, some people did not hesitate to live in a house on the second floor, while others felt that living upstairs was not secure and preferred the ground floor.

Zheng Baoning chose the first floor and lived up and down the stairs. He thought it was very troublesome. Moreover, if he chose the second floor he would have to go a long way to get to the chamber pot in the winter, which would be too troublesome.

They all brought their bedding so Jiang Ming first asked them to choose a room to put down their things, and then said “Tomorrow someone will come to teach you something. You will study for seven or eight days, and then you can go home. After that you have to go out with the boat.”

“We know!” Hearing his words, these people nodded together and then someone asked: “What are we going to do? Where are you going to eat? “

“When it’s time for dinner, you can go to the meal point. Everyone gets one, free of charge.” Jiang Ming said again and then pointed to a large house not far away.

This big house was named as the canteen by Jiang Zhen.

Jiang Zhen built a lot of stoves inside and found some gers and women to cook. When it was time, the sailors on the dock and his men could go there to get food. Then they could eat on the tables and chairs prepared there, or they could take the meal back to their own house.

This… When they ware not on the ship to work, the owner also provides food and accommodation? When

Zheng Baoning heard this speech his pair of eyes suddenly lit up and everyone else ware also very satisfied.

Two silver a month, including food and housing. This was a really good job.

Moreover for this day when they would learn things they also seem to be paid.

Zheng Baoning was even more satisfied with his job.

But at this moment Zhao Jinge was not satisfied with the work Jiang Zhen arranged for him: “I can’t. How can I teach people to read?” I don’t know every word, I…. ” Jiang Zhen even asked him to teach the accountants he haired. But how can he do such a thing?

A year ago, he didn’t know how to read, but what about those people? There were even some who studied since they were children inside!

Zhao Jinge was much more confident now, but he doesn’t think he can be could be considered a gentleman at all.

‘Jinge, you don’t need to teach them how to read, you just need to teach them arithmetic, and that numbers I taught you.” Jiang Zhen said thinking that arabic number were much more easier to use than writing one, two, three, four and could be written much quicker. After these accountants learn, in future when there would be 69 good wasn’t writing 69 would be easier than writing 69 words by word?

This could be also be regarded as a characteristic of their escort agency… Cough, at this time don’t some big business firms use some special code to keep their accounts?

“I’m a ger…” Zhao Jinge was still very upset.

“Apart from you, I am the only one who knows this…. Forget it. I’ll teach them in the evening when I’m done with daytime job.”Jiang Zhen sighed.

“How can you do that? You will be too tired!” Zhao Jinge said, and then clenched his teeth: “I’ll teach!” Jiang Zhen has already worked very hard so he must help him out to share some of the burden.

Jiang Zhen looked at Zhao Jinge and chuckled.

Although Zhao Jinge was unease, the next day he still went to the place that Jiang Zhen called the classroom.

Those accountants were still waiting for the Jinzhen escort agency to pay their wages, but they did not dare to disobey and all of them waited in the classroom since the early morning. When they saw Zhao Jing come it they all looked at him/

Zhao Jinge, who was already very nervous become even more nervous. As soon as he was nervous, he subconsciously stood up straight, and frowned slightly. Looking very cold and serious.

Zheng Baoning and others didn’t know Zhao Jinge, but they have seen Zhao Jinge and Jiang Zhen stand together. They all respected him as one of the leader of escort agency. Seeing this, Zhao Jinge finally relaxed a little: “My name is Zhao Jinge. I will now teach you some secret code of out Jinzhen escort agency. After learning them you will be able to do things better in the future.” Jiang Zhen taught him the numbers but now he directly called them code.

Code? Zheng Baoning and others were surprised and delighted. They had just arrived, but they were willing to teach them the code.

The students sitting below were very happy so Zhao Jinge relaxed a little and took out a writing brush and wrote on the wall.

There was no blackboard and chalk at this time and he would not be able to get them for a while so Jiang Zhen didn’t bother about it and helped Zhao Jinge pasted a paper on one side of the wall so Zhao Jinge would be able to write on these paper for other to see.

He wrote the numbers of “one, two, three” and “123” on the wall counting to twenty. After writing, he began to teach these people how to recognize them and copy.

These people all have some foundation so it was not difficult for them to learn this. When they wrote down everything that was written down on the wall, Zhao Jingo wrote down the multiplication table and told them to memorize it again “One by one is one, two by one is two…. Nine by nine is eighty-one. You should also write this down. After you write it down, you will be able to calculate things quickly. For example, in the previous question, nine people each were given eight silver, 72 the result can be calculated very quickly. “

If fact in daqi there had been a multiplication table for a long time. But the order and restriction was much different from that memorized by Zhao Jinge. But even if many calculation methods have been available, most people didn’t know these things.

These days the school basically only teaches you how to read but can not teach you how to calculate things. Those accountants knew about it but they still would not teach others their own housekeeping skills for no reason.

Some of these people recruited by Jiang Zhen have learned, but most of them have not. Zheng Baoning just heard his father say something like: 3 and 7, 21. but he never learned it thoroughly.

Because of this, everyone were studying very hard now, especially the “secret code” written by Zhao Jinge.

When Jiang Zhen deliberately came to have a look, he found that Zhao Jinge was doing very well. He quietly glanced at Zhao Jinge and then went to see his ship with his daughter in his arms.

In a few days, he will go out again so these days he must spend some time with his daughter.

Zheng Baoning and others came to class after eating porridge in the canteen in the morning. After two hours of studying when it was about the time to eat Zhao Jinge let them go to eat.

“I don’t know what to eat at noon. The porridge in the morning was so thick and delicious! ” A man with the same family background as Zheng Baoning said to him that there had never been any money in his family and that he could read only because his grandfather could read and he had learned from his grandfather.

Zheng Baoning has been hungry for a long time so he also could not help thinking about noon meal. After smelling the fragrance, he subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

In modern times, you can eat all kinds of meat even if you eat in the canteen. But in these days, productivity was very very low and the meat was not easy to get.

At the beginning, Jiang Zhen had few people so he could prepare meat for them to eat every day but not he no longer could. It was not that he was reluctant to spend money but if they eat meat every day, they may buy up all the pigs nearby and the price of pork would go up.

Therefore, he would give meat dishes to the people under his command every fifth day of the month, but the quantity was not much.

Coincidentally, today was the fifth day.

Jiang Zhen bought a pig, removed the bones, cut it into small pieces and braised it. Everyone who went to eat would get a spoon.

After Zheng Baoning meal was served those people put a spoonful of pork with a soup into his rice bowl. In addition, he also got a bowl of boiled lettuce.

Forget about this bag of food and accommodation, to be able to eat so well… Zheng Baoning couldn’t help getting excited.

Coincidentally, when Jiang Ming came to dinner, Zheng Baoning went up and said: “Jiang is in charge of affairs, Jiang is in charge of affairs, will we eat so well every day in the future?”

“No, only every fifth day there is meat to eat. But if you are willing to pay the kitchen is willing to make delicious food for you.” Jiang Ming said.

Although you can’t eat every day, you can eat meat every five days, which already makes Zheng Baoning very happy.

When they continued to study in the afternoon, he became even more energetic.

A few days later, the 22 accountants learned all the numbers taught by Zhao Jinge.

When Jiang Zhen learned of this, he especially gave them some simple arithmetic problems to do. Although they spent a little more time doing them, they did everything right.

If you want to calculate quicker you needed to practice slowly.

Jiang Zhen was relieved and then gave these people a day off: “Tomorrow morning, I will send you to the county town so you can go home for a night. But the day after that I will pick you up in the morning at the docks you will follow me out on a trip.”

“Yes, boss!” These accountants responded in unison, and like people under Jiang Zhen they also called him the ‘boss’.

After living in the dock for seven or eight days, they already have an understanding of Jinzhen escort agency. For example, Jiang Zhen was very capable, and everyone is convinced of him…. For example, Zhao Jinge who thought them before was not only a ger but also Jiang Zhen wife.

When he first learned about this, Zheng Baoning was still thinking about Jiang Zhen marrying into the rich family might be true. After all Zhao Jinge was not very good looking but soon he learned it was not the case.

There ware many people from Hexi Village on the dock. According to them, the Zhao family used to be very poor and they even needed Zhao Jinge who was a ger work as long-term work to earn food. If iy was not for Jiang Zhen, their family would never have had such a good life now.

“This boss Jiang is really good.”

“He said that he would increase our salary if we do a good job, which should also be true.”

“Maybe I’ll be some boss under him in the future!”

……

When Zheng Baoning and others returned to Hecheng County the next day, they all talked one after another and were full of hope for their own future.

The same was true for Zheng Baoning.

Jiang Zhen paid an advancement wage of one or two silver to each of them. So their families did not have to go hungry….. Zheng Baoning was happy when he was stopped by Song Li.

“Zheng Baoning, do you really want to die for the sake of money? Working for such an ungrateful man! ” Song Li accused.

“Song Li, don’t talk nonsense. Boss Jiang is not ungrateful at all. It is clear that Jiang Chengxiang framed him.” Zheng Baoning frowned and defended Jiang Zhen: “If it wasn’t for Jiang family who had done too much…”

“Zheng Baoning, I didn’t expect that you would be this type of person. For few silver you are willing to act so indiscriminately!” Song Li looked at Zheng Baoning in disappointment: “I can’t believe you speak for someone like that…. Do you think that a person like him will be nice to his men? If you work for him, you may lose your life! “

“Song Li, don’t talk nonsense.” Zheng Baoning was annoyed.

The two men quarreled and finally broke out.

Of course, Zheng Baoning did not listen to Song Li. The next day, he returned to Hexi Village, and a day later he left the Hecheng County with the fleet.

Hecheng county was located in Hexing Prefecture, so Jiang Zhen business was basically within the scope of Hexing Prefecture.

There were some pirates in Hexing Prefecture but they were all small groups so they would not dare to lay hands on Jiang Zhen fleet at all. Therefore, Jiang Zhen fleet was very safe.

Of course, in Hexing Prefecture there were also some places where Jiang Zhen would encounter danger, such as Hongjiang salt land. However, no one will do business there, and Jiang Zhen will not take any business there so there was no need to worry.

This time, they only stayed outside for more than ten days.

Life on the ship was somewhat uncomfortable for Zheng Baoning and others, but it was much easier and safer than they thought at first…. these people finally settled down completely and regarded themselves as part of the Jinzhen escort agency.

In the twinkling of an eye, it has been more than two months since the Zhao family moved to their new home and Zhao Mingzhu who was six months old was able to sit up.

Many children like to be hugged, but Zhao Mingzhu liked to play by herself. At this moment she was sitting in a big wooden basin and played with the rattle she was holding.

Zhao Liu’s and Ruo’er were watching over her from the side and talking to the people who came to the Zhao family.

“My family Mingzhu is very clever and smart. Jiang Zhen might not recognize her when he comes back from the business .”

“But it’s also because Jiang Zhen is close to her… before I was afraid that Jiang Zhen would not like his daughter, but on the contrary, Jiang Zhen loves Mingzhu very much….. As long as he is at home, he wants to hold her all day. “

“My Jinge also become more and more promising…”