Although Sihai Gambling was opened in Luoyang City, Li Mu almost never asked about it. So the management of Sihai Gambling was Ergou's idea, and it was what he is now. Although the profit was good, Ergou was nervous. He didn't know whether what he did could be recognized by Li Mu.

In fact, when Li Mu saw the four halls of spring, summer, autumn and winter, he knew that the Sihai Gambling House in Luoyang had many differences and the Sihai Gambling House in Chang'an City. In addition to the business scope of the Sihai Gambling House, Ergou added catering and created a model similar to the heaven and earth. Now, people who come to Sihai Gambling House are not only gamblers, but also poets. They recite poems, write literary friends, and make friends here.

Ergou brought the account book to Li Mu for review. According to the records in the account book, since it opened in the winter last year, and more than four months have passed, the income of Sihai Gambling has reached 173,000 guan, of which the catering part has reached 63,000 guan. It can be seen that this catering department is by no means a decoration, and this revenue can also rank in the top five among all catering industries in Luoyang.

After deducting the cost of 27,000 knots, the total profit in four months reached 146,000 knots.

Li Tai's eyes were about to pop out. He knew that the gambling house made money, but he didn't expect that the gambling house would be so violent. Otherwise, why would people say that the gambling house is a gold-selling cave? It's more money than opening a gold mine!

Li Mu didn't expect that the Sihai Gambling House in Luoyang City was so large, and this number had surpassed the Sihai Gambling House in Chang'an City. It looked a bit incredible, but if you think about it carefully, it was nothing incredible. After all, the emperor, whether it was noble or clan, dare not be too ostentatious. Luoyang is different. The one who lives the most here is wealthy. Li Mu encourages business, and places and means of spending money are emerging one after another. As the exclusive monopoly of the gambling house industry, Sihai Gambling House will come here as long as you want to spend money like this. It is reasonable to have more revenue.

"Marquis, all the cash is in the cellar, guarding it layer by layer. These days, I am planning to ask the Marquis to ask if it is transported to Chang'an and stored in the bank, or for other purposes-" Ergou said a little embarrassedly; "The cellar can no longer be put, and I am afraid that something will happen."

"It's not as troublesome as it has to be transported back to Chang'an. In a few days, there will be a bank in Luoyang City." Li Mu said, looked at the account book in his hand, and said, "Ergou, I look at the account book. I have a problem. Why didn't I pay the bonus for the guys?"

"Bonus?" Ergou was stunned and said, "Marty, what is the bonus?"

"If you do things well, you will naturally have bonuses. If you manage Sihai Gambling so well, it is appropriate to give some bonuses, otherwise people will think that I am stingy."

Ergou hurriedly said, "Mr. Marquis, you are already generous enough. Who doesn't know that Marquis is famous for treating his subordinates? Our Sihai Gambling House staff are holding more than double the monthly rate than other stores, and give them bonuses? Isn't this a shame? No need, Marquis, everyone under his command is grateful to the Marquis, and everyone has this delusion of not being able to do not have any face..."

"It's still necessary." Li Mu waved his hand and interrupted Ergou, saying: "From now on, we will set a rule. For any transaction under this hou, the main operators will enjoy a half-percent net profit as a bonus. All the other employees, including the kitchen, men and women's waiters, grooms, security guards, musicians, actors, female historians, etc., as long as they are permanent and hired, they can share half-percent net profit. This is a prescribed rule, and this will be done in the future."

"This..." Ergou estimated in his mind that the total net profit in the previous four months was 147,000 guan. What is half a share? 7,350 guan! He can get a bonus of 7,350 guan in four months, and then a year will be a small income of 30,000 guan!

Although he is used to seeing money every day, Ergou's heart assumes that all these money is Li Mu's, and it has nothing to do with him. He is under Li Mu's command, and he uses Li Mu's food, drink and wear. He has never thought about getting money. His "salary" is actually only a few dozen cents a month. He has almost never used it except Zhou Ji's relatives. Suddenly, he has more money, and he was a little confused. Where can he spend this?

The other workers are also very rich. Although they share the remaining half of the total, which seems not much, there are not many people in the entire Sihai Gambling House. On average, one person can get four or five jin of money every month, which is the same as their salary.

A ten-month income of one month has been exhausted for three or four months. More importantly, working in Sihai Gambling is very decent! You don’t have to face the loess and backs to the sky. Such a job is simply a pie falling from the sky!

Ergou burst into tears and said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Marquis, you really don't need to..."

"Do you dare not listen to me?" Li Mu threw the account book back to Ergou, and raised his leg and kicked it. The familiar feeling brought Ergou back to reality. He remembered who he was talking to, so he hurriedly picked up the account book and responded.

Li Mu would not have thought that a move on his own whim created another legend. When people from later generations analyzed Li Mu's life, many people could not understand why the workers under his command worked for him as if they were desperate.

Only a few smart people can understand this mystery.

In fact, it is not difficult to think about it carefully. First of all, the benefits given by Li Mu are particularly good. If workers do not work hard and fail to do well, they will face being driven away and being driven away. Where can I find such a high-paying job?

Secondly, if they do not work carefully, if something goes wrong and leads to a decline in profits, their bonuses will also shrink significantly...

Finally, it is a simple calculation, which means that if everyone does as much as possible, they can hire fewer people to share their bonuses.

A simple incentive policy completely activates the workers' ownership.

Anything that is forced to do is of course different from what you want to do.

But with such a simple truth, it is difficult for ordinary people to learn. After all, most people do business to make money, and Li Mu does not necessarily have to make money when doing business, although he has never lost money.

...

After entering the night, it was the time when the Sihai Gambling House was doing well. Not long after, the second floor was full, and guests were having a banquet in all the private rooms. Seeing that there were people in the "Supreme Private Room" today, they all looked at each other with curious eyes, but without guessing, they also knew who the people inside were. Ergou had said long ago that no one except the Marquis would receive the Supreme Private Room.

Ergou went down to arrange it, and Li Mu finally had time to look at the furnishings in the house.

In the private room, the pearl curtains are beautiful, the antique calligraphy and paintings are decorated with rosewood, and the furniture is all made of rosewood, which looks elegant, expensive but not luxurious, and does not have the temperament of a nouveau riche. At least, literati and poets like Li Tai are very fond of them.

A music prostitute came in quietly to burn a furnace of ambergris and played a soothing piano piece in the corner. Li Mu originally wanted to drive him away, but when he saw that Li Tai liked him, he didn't say anything and let him go.

Through the window, I looked down at the beautiful lake outside the building with beautiful lights and shadows, and the long street with strings of lanterns hanging. The enjoyment of overlooking the world of love makes people feel extremely honored before they even eat.

This is what only those who are in high positions can enjoy. It is very pleasant to be able to explain what it feels like.

"Brother is really good at doing business." Li Tai said with a savoring tea: "There is no second place in Luoyang City, which makes people feel this way. Even if they are all here, they won't feel this way in other private rooms."

"Haha, I want to say it's not my idea, do you believe it?" Li Mu smiled helplessly and said to Li Tai: "It was all arranged by Ergou himself. I didn't expect that he would recognize a few rogues who didn't recognize a lot of words. He still has some talent in this regard."

"Oh, my brother's words are nothing. Now the shopkeeper Zhao is not Wu Xia Among." Li Tai waved his hand and smiled: "As early as the New Year, when I came here, I heard him chanting poems with others. The words were neat and there was a bit of charm."

"Haha, is that?" Li Mu didn't believe it, but Li Tai had no reason to lie. Besides, he was always extremely picky about poetry and prose. If you can say that you have charm, it can be seen that Ergou is still OK.

As the two of them talked, a pretty female waiter brought up the thirty-two cold dishes.

Li Tai had also eaten and seen it. Looking at the tableware, jade bowls, gold plates, silver plates, ivory chopsticks, fools knew that this tableware was worth at least two or three hundred cents.

He picked up the wine glass of Doucai, looked at the lifelike hibiscus flowers on it, and couldn't help but smile: "The fragrance and the rain are beautiful and beautiful. No wonder literati and poets gathered here and spent the most expensive price in Luoyang, but said that it was worth it, it made sense."

"Hehe, aren't this your two here? You must get the best hospitality." Ergou came back at some point and explained flatteringly from the side.

After a while, the hot dishes came up, and it was indeed amazing. Li Tai almost bit his tongue.

He savored while saying, "Why is the same dish so much better than other places when it comes to cook here?"

"It's just the same." Li Mu said lightly, but he agreed with it. Ergou really put in his efforts to run the Sihai Gambling House.

When he couldn't eat enough, Li Tai rubbed his stomach and smiled bitterly: "If you eat too much, you will eat too much. What should I do if I can't eat it in the future?"

When Li Mu heard this, he smiled and said, "If you like to eat, come often. This private room will be given to you." Li Mu said to Ergou, "I have received your filial piety to me. But I can't come to this place a few times. It's a waste to be empty in such a large private room, so I will use it for the King of Wei in the future."

Ergou responded quickly. Although his purpose was to flatter Li Mu, since Li Mu said so, his purpose was achieved, and it would be unrelated to anyone's use.

"Oh, there's this good thing?" Li Tai was quite moved, but then shook his head and said, "Forget it, don't bother, I don't know if I can come and eat again for a while."

"How do you say this?" Li Mu frowned slightly and said, "Are you leaving Luoyang?"

"This..." Li Tai thought for a while and said with a smile: "It's not that you are leaving, you just want to travel far away." Li Tai said with a serious look on his face and said: "Brother, do you know what happened to the former Sui Secret Treasure?"

Li Mu thought to himself, I not only know that the news your father knew was made up by me. But he was calm on the surface and said, "I heard a little, what's wrong?"

"During the Chinese New Year, my father mentioned this to me. He said——" Li Tai was about to say it, but suddenly realized that Ergou was also next to him and gave an apologetic look. Ergou was of course sensible, so he quickly found an excuse and turned around and went out.

Li Tai then said: "Father said that there is only one secret treasure left of the former Sui Dynasty. But all the news pointed to Huining. But he sent someone to search for it, but found no signs. When I knew about it, I went home to check the geography. I actually found some things. Huining County Chronicles once recorded that someone picked up silver pieces by the river. And there were far more than one related record. From this, I judged that there should be a silver mine near Huining. The last former Sui Dynasty secret treasure should be this silver mine!"

"Ah?" Li Mu was stunned for a moment. Li Tai thought he was shocked and continued, "Brother, when I thought of this, I was also surprised and thought it was impossible, but now all I can think of is this one explanation."

Li Mu also recovered from his surprise at this time, and he remembered something.

In his previous life, Huining was not very famous. However, the place where Huining was located was very famous. There was a very valuable name there, Baiyin. Yes, the place name was Baiyin.

The reason why silver is called Baiyin is naturally because there is a silver mine here. It is also a large silver mine, but the one that makes it famous is not a silver mine, but a murderer. It was a sad story. When Li Mu was reading the news, he was filled with righteous indignation and more regret.

Now that the memory is in line, isn’t it like Li Tai guessed?

The former Sui secret treasure refers to the silver mine. This also solved Li Mu's doubt, that is, why Emperor Yang of Sui dared to be so powerful and spend money like flowing water. He must have learned about the reserves of silver mines and silver mines for a long time. In his superficial financial understanding, he must have thought that what if I had such a large silver mine, what if I spent some money? If I spent it, I would dig it. Isn't it money to dig it out?

When he saw that the situation was over, he chose to write this secret on the robbery and painted a mountain, thinking that one day his descendants would understand the meaning of the above and dig up money to make a comeback.

Unexpectedly, what I learned in the dark was Li Tai, who deserved the eternal solidarity of Li Tang.

What can Li Mu say? That's such a coincidence?

"How long will it take for you to come back?"

"I'm going to hide it from my elder brother. My father means no one should tell me about this. But my elder brother is not an outsider, so I naturally have no reservations to my elder brother. My father told me that if it was found out, it would be a silver mine, and I would set up my ban there, but I don't think it's necessary. Once it is found out, I will come back. At least three months or six months, I will definitely come back!"
Chapter completed!