It is said that there are three things to do when a new official takes office, but Qing Ji was more or less stupid and continued to carry water and fill the water tank. He only went out from time to time to see the blacksmithing situation and chat with the guys.

When Li Shu left, she handed over to Qingji the account books and the keys to all the houses in the blacksmith shop, including the keys to the money box.

Today's Qingji can be said to be under a heavy burden and has many responsibilities.

Someone actually volunteered to carry water in the water tank, but Qingji didn't let him go. He naturally knew the difference in his body. From the moment Zhao Heng taught him the breathing method, Qingji knew that this was a training for himself, and ordinary people really couldn't do it.

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Seeing that Qing Ji refused to give in, the clerk in the shop stopped insisting and started working hard on the iron.

After carrying water, Qingji sat in front of the shop, staring at the account book in his hand in a daze. Qingji had not read many books, but he was still good at calculations. After all, his grandfather Qingfeng taught him when he was a child.

Qingji moved his abacus and kept calculating the amounts on the account books.

"Shopkeeper Qing has done a good job..."

Qing Ji raised his head and looked at the man who came to the store. He was a middle-aged uncle named Liu Zong. He was a simple and honest man with a kind heart.

Qing Ji smiled and waved his hands and said: "Uncle Liu, please stop making fun of me. I am a new official and am messing around..."

Liu Zong laughed loudly. It was actually very easy to chat with Qingji, because this guy was more down-to-earth and made them feel close to each other.

"Nacheng, shopkeeper Qing, you are busy, I still have some iron tools to finish over there..."

The man Liu Zong was shirtless and had a cold cloth hanging on his body. He smiled and waved to Qing Ji, walked back to his place and continued to forge.

Qingji smiled and continued to calculate the account books.

At noon, meals were prepared in the rear kitchen, and many workers stopped working early and started eating.

Only Qingji was still checking accounts at the front desk.

Liu Zong held a large bowl of rice, a standard portion, and handed it to Qingji.

"Isn't it over yet?"

Qingji nodded. Now he was not familiar with the blacksmith shop's account books. If he didn't want to lose money, Qingji had to reconcile the accounts and find out which materials were not liked by others.

Qingji will naturally buy more iron tools.

"Uncle Liu, you don't have to worry about me. We'll eat after we're done. You can go ahead..."

Liu Zong nodded, looking at Qingji with eyes full of admiration. He was so serious, he was a piece of material.

Just after Liu Zong left, the store's roller shutter was pushed open, and a slightly fat figure entered, showing off his wealth with a big belly.

Qingji looked subconsciously and saw a man in rich clothes, a bit fat, with a muscular body, slightly squinted eyes, and he didn't look very kind.

"Is the shopkeeper here?"

Qingji put down what he was doing, looked at the man, and shouted: "I am..."

The obese man looked at Qingji and was slightly startled. There was a smile in his eyes, but it was well hidden. He walked forward, followed by many followers.

"Um, I heard that your iron tools are the best?"

Qingji nodded and said: "Well deserved..."

The man laughed and said, "That's good! I want to hit something!"

Qingji looked at the wealthy man and asked with a smile: "What's your surname?"

"The last name is Jia!"

Qingji nodded and silently wrote down the pronunciation, but he really couldn't write it.

"What does Boss Jia want to fight?"

The man smiled and said: "To be honest, I am going to open a hotel in our town. I went to the far north to do business for a while a few years ago and learned a set of dishes there called hot pot!

This time I came here just because I wanted the shopkeeper to give me thirty hotpots. I also want to open a hotpot restaurant like this..."

"hot pot?"

Qingji really didn't know what this was.

The man noticed Qing Ji's confusion, and immediately took out a piece of rice paper. The drawings on it were clearly drawn with a brush, but they were a bit abstract and distorted. The overall recognition was pretty good.

Qingji looked at the drawing and asked with a smile: "This pot looks strange..."

The man smiled and said: "That's not true. After all, it is a trump card dish in the far north..."

Qingji nodded with a smile and said, "Wait a moment..."

After Qingji said this, he shouted Uncle Liu behind him, and Liu Zong ran out quickly.

When he saw this posture as soon as he came out, Liu Zong realized that he had come to work. He walked forward with a smile and looked at Qingji.

Qingji handed him the blueprint in his hand and asked, "Can this beat Uncle Liu?"

Liu Zong took the drawing and was a little curious. He looked left and right and asked, "Is it for eating?"

Qingji nodded.

Liu Zong placed the drawings on the front desk and said with a smile: "That's definitely possible, but since it is for eating, the materials used must be the best. If they are not used well and the fire corrodes them, the pot will break sooner or later.

, even unhealthy for people..."

When the rich man heard this, he was extremely happy. He waved his hand and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, as long as you can make it, I will pay you any amount..."

Seeing the man's happy look, Qing Ji knew that he really wanted to do business. He asked Liu Zong in a low voice: "Uncle Liu, what materials should I use? It will take thirty pots..."

Liu Zong responded: "Xijin Iron will not be damaged by high temperatures, it is the best material..."

Qingji nodded, then started to flip through the account books and goods list, found Xi Jintie, looked at it again and again, and then smiled and said: "When we do business, we must first talk about integrity. In this way, Boss Jia, I will tell you the price, and then you can

Decide?"

The man nodded, very happy.

"Our blacksmith brother also said that if your pot wants to open a restaurant, it will definitely be exposed to the fire, so the best material can withstand it. The best material here is Xijin

Iron, fifty grains of silver per pound, I wonder if this is acceptable?"

The man was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said: "It's only fifty silver coins? Boss Qing, do you think it's expensive? You know that you can just find a blacksmith shop outside the town and use the best materials, at least seventy coins."

Wen Yin started, your blacksmith shop is really conscientious..."

Qingji was speechless. How could he know these things? Wasn't the price Li Shuding's?

The man was so happy that he smiled and said: "I'm not indebted to the shopkeeper either. Blacksmithing outside is expensive, but your place is really good. Let's do this. I'll give you sixty taels of silver per pound. You can hurry up and get it out."

What do you think?"

Qingji was stunned and nodded with a smile. This boss was also a real person. In fact, Qingji didn't know that if it were left outside, the boss would make a lot of money.

What Qing Ji didn't even know was that Li Shu had set the price casually.

"Uncle Liu, how long will it take to produce thirty pots?"

"If we hurry up, it will take at least twenty days..."

When the man heard this, he shouted directly: "Okay, twenty days is twenty days, and the difference between the two days before and after is for the shopkeeper, how about it?"

Qingji nodded and said, "Boss Jia is really kind-hearted..."

"Hey! Look at what you said, you are all doing business, why bother your own people..."

Qingji nodded, turned sideways, pointed the way, and asked with a smile: "Shall Boss Jia pay a deposit first? Can we also sign a receipt?"

The man walked towards the back with a big belly, smiling, and said: "That's for sure, that's for sure, the rules are followed, Jia knows..."

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The order was signed just like that.

During the afternoon meal, many of the waiters were talking about it. The new shopkeeper signed a big deal when he took office. This fortune is really good, and the remuneration is high. Now the store can make a lot of money.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the store was extremely cheerful, except for Qi Shou, who was sitting in the corner with a very obvious look of ridicule on his face.

backyard.

Qingji called Liu Zong to the back and began to calculate the price and quantity of the order.

"Shopkeeper, based on my experience, the size of this pot is at least about 40 kilograms. That means we can earn more than 240 kilograms from one pot. This is really a big deal...

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Qingji nodded, it was indeed true, and he really made a lot of money.

But Qingji always felt uneasy in his heart. Everything seemed to be going too fast and too smoothly.

Qingji, who was calculating, leaned into Liu Zong's ear and whispered in a low voice.

After a while, Liu Zong looked surprised and shouted: "Isn't that true?"

Qingji quickly told him to be silent, but the latter immediately covered his mouth.

"Keep a backup plan just in case..."

Liu Zong nodded, as Qing Ji said, he would do whatever he said.

Qingji continued to look at the drawing, held his cheek, and sighed: "I hope I am worrying too much..."
To be continued...