novelaction Chapter 1228: The Old War Horse
Chapter 1228: The Old War Horse
Those who can become war horses are all carefully selected. With such genes, even a mule born from a donkey will be stronger. No matter how you look at it, she has gained something.
A few days later, Xu Xiaobei returned to the border, and about three days later, he brought over a batch of retired war horses.
Although it is a little old and has some injuries, its tall body is still incomparable to that of ordinary horses.
Compared with these horses on the grassland, they are inferior.
She gave the money readily. Once the horse came, it was hers. There was no dispute after the payment was made.
Those who raise livestock were very happy, as it was a great learning experience.
After settling the horses, Zhou Guo went to Chengding and summoned all the remaining managers, big and small, in the north to discuss matters.
Hu Zi and the others are no longer with us. When they went south, they took a large number of middle-level managers with them. The abilities of those who stayed behind are not that outstanding, but they are capable enough to maintain the status quo.
Quanzi was very happy to see Zhou Guo. Beidi only left him as a senior manager. Beidi was so vast and all matters were handled by him and Zhou Gu. Although nothing big happened in Beidi and they could just follow the routine, the burden on their shoulders was extremely heavy.
The first thing he said when he saw Zhou Guo was, "Master, are you back for the New Year?"
Seeing his brilliant smile, Zhou Guo really didn't want to speak, but finally said, "No, I'm leaving in a few days."
Quan Zi: “…”
The smile froze on his lips, "When will you be back?"
Zhou Guo said, "You don't know yet, what are you afraid of? I have left so many people for you, and the eldest master is here too, you can discuss everything with him."
Quan Zi had no choice but to say, "You have to come back earlier."
He was really not used to the eldest son's style of doing things, and he had to make the decisions most of the time, unlike Zhou Guo, who was concise and made clear arrangements about what to do and when.
He was in Nanhe at that time, and Zhou Guo didn't visit him often, but he just felt at ease because he had someone to back him up.
Zhou Guo consoled him, "You can hold up the South River by yourself, so how can there be any problems in the North? The North has grown to a certain size over the years, and there are old rules. Everyone knows what to do and when to do it. You don't need to show up in person for many things. You just need to handle emergencies."
Quanzi had no choice but to nod.
When Zhou Gu rushed back from Kang'an, the meeting officially began.
The stewards, big and small, hadn't seen Zhou Guo for a long time, and there were many things to talk about when they met.
Even if one person mentions two things, it’s still a lot.
Zhou Guo listened carefully and gave solutions to every problem. In the business world, it is inevitable to encounter rivals. They will not bully others by taking advantage of their power, but they will never give in when encountering problems.
The meeting lasted for ten days, and all the managers left with satisfaction.
Before leaving, I hoped that Zhou Guo would stay in the north.
But when I heard that she was going south, I understood. After all, there is more to the world than just the North.
Zhou Guo said: "You are all my right-hand men and my generals. In the future, you will go out like General Hu. If you practice your skills well in the north, nothing will be difficult for you. You must work hard, and this day may not be far away."
"Really? We can get out too? Aren't we the ones left behind?"
As soon as these words came out, Quanzi's face twitched.
Zhou Guo said, "Of course not. The North is our base camp and rear area. We cannot allow chaos. Those who are left behind must be able to maintain the status quo. I believe you are not so short of money these years. You have wives and children. If you have money, you must pursue other things. Work hard, everyone. There is a great world outside, and it is open to you to fight and explore."
She even got a little excited when she said that.
She paid her subordinates high wages. With this money, everyone's wife, children and the elderly could have a good life without any worries.
After hearing her words, everyone suddenly became enthusiastic. It turned out that Zhou Guo valued them so much?
They must work hard and strive to go to the South next year. According to letters from those who have been there, it is very busy and there is nothing there. Once they get there, they will have to start everything from scratch on their own. It is exciting just thinking about it.
Starting everything from scratch on your own and making it bigger and stronger, what an achievement would that be?
If one day they could build a prefecture as great as Yunzhou, Chengding or any prefecture in the north, their lives would be worth it.
Quanzi looked at this group of people full of fighting spirit, and felt that people are different after all. Both he and Zhou Gu had said these words to them, especially when they were just left behind. These words were repeated every few days, but the effect was minimal.
Zhou Guo just said a few words and he aroused the fighting spirit of these people?
Zhou Gu smiled and said, "You are the one who speaks the truth. No one listens to us when we say this."
Zhou Guo comforted him, "Brother, don't be discouraged. After all, you just arrived. Think about it, if you were back home, in those counties, would they listen to everything you said?"
Zhou Gu nodded.
"So, you should work hard in the North and bring these people out. After a while, they will listen to you. Then your words may be more effective than mine."
Although Zhou Gu is the eldest grandson of the Zhou family, he has just come out, so it is understandable that not many people take his words seriously.
People here have all risen up based on their own abilities, so they are quite competitive. After being a manager for a long time, it is inevitable that they become a bit arrogant.
After this discussion, all the work for the second half of the year has been arranged, and the work for the first half of next year is almost done. As long as nothing unexpected happens, everything will go according to plan and there will be no problem.
After the matter was discussed, Zhou Gu and Zhou Guo returned to Cangshan Village.
She will be leaving soon, so before she leaves, the family will get together and celebrate the New Year in advance.
No one in my family has tried the red soup pot yet. Although she left some of the ingredients from last time, she was not at home, so none of them were used at home, waiting for her to come back and eat together.
If you want to have hot pot in the evening, you need to prepare a lot of ingredients, including meat and vegetarian food that everyone likes.
The whole family huddled on the kang and ate hot pot mutton.
She brought back ten this time, enough for them to eat in the next six months, and she could even keep one for the New Year.
A double-flavored hotpot, half red soup and half clear soup, whoever wants to eat whichever side they want can eat.
Zhou Su said: "This pot finally comes in handy. So this is how it is used."
Everyone laughed and nodded. It turned out that they didn't know what the point of making it like this was. The pot was split in half from the middle.
The old man is already eating mutton. The little bit we gave him back then was never enough, and he still remembers it after all this time.
He had eaten too much clear soup, so he rinsed it in the red soup first, ate it, said nothing, glanced at Zhou Guo, and picked up another piece with chopsticks.
No wonder the kid values this thing so much. It turns out this is how it can be used properly. He thought it could only be used to stir-fry meat, or at most sprinkle some on the grilled meat like salt or pepper powder, but it turns out it can be eaten like this.
Genius way of eating!