April 20th.
Everything is appropriate.
Zuo Zongyuan got up very early and went out early.
Although he went to bed very late last night and could not fall asleep after tossing and turning in bed, Zuo Zongyuan had already gotten up when the eastern sky was soaked in morning glow.
After a simple wash, he hurried out and came to the street, because he wanted to confirm Su Shi's words as soon as possible.
He had just taken a few steps when he saw a crowd of people gathered in front of a grain store. Everyone's face was glowing red, their eyes were full of excitement, and they were shouting incessantly.
Zuo Zongyuan looked at the group of people strangely, because he clearly remembered that this grain store was on the verge of closing a month ago, and it was even more closed during this period. Why was it so crowded today?
Zuo Zongyuan was suddenly shocked. He quickly raised his head to look at the signboard, and his pupils shrank suddenly, like needlepoints.
I saw that the originally dilapidated signboard had been given a new look, with several big characters flying on it: Qianqiu·Chenji Liangpu.
Zuo Zongyuan did not think about why there was a small dot in the middle of the sign, but was very curious about what method Su Shi used to bring a store that was about to close down back to life.
He walked to the back of the crowd and patted a middle-aged man on the shoulder.
The middle-aged man was at the back, thinking that if he couldn't grab Chen Ji's rice today, he would be scolded to death by the tigress at home when he went back, so he felt angry when he felt someone tapping him on the shoulder. , immediately turned around to see who dared to tap him on the shoulder regardless of life or death.
But when he saw the person clearly, the anger in his heart immediately disappeared.
Although he didn't know Zuo Zongyuan, he at least recognized the words on his clothes and the jade pendant around his waist.
When the middle-aged man saw Zuo Zongyuan dressed in luxurious clothes, his anger was reduced by more than half, and the word "left" on the jade pendant around his waist directly made him lose all anger. A flattering smile appeared on his face, and his speech became polite. .
"Master, what's the matter with you?"
Zuo Zongyuan was about to speak when he heard a shout from the front: "Don't crowd, we can guarantee that everyone can buy rice today, and you can buy as much as you want."
Hearing these words, there was a burst of cheers from the crowd, and the middle-aged man's expression seemed to be much more relaxed.
Zuo Zongyuan was even more surprised: "Why are there so many people gathered here?"
"Buy rice?"
"Why do so many people buy rice here?"
The middle-aged man's eyes flashed with excitement: "Because the rice here is cheap."
Zuo Zongyuan smiled and said: "How much cheaper can it be?"
The middle-aged man hurriedly said: "The rice in other rice shops sells for 500 cash per bucket, but the rice here only costs 300 cash per bucket."
Zuo Zongyuan was surprised: "Is it so much cheaper?"
"Exactly." The middle-aged man smiled and said, "That's why so many people come here to buy rice."
At this time, more and more people were pouring into the store. Zuo Zongyuan was squeezed out by the crowd and stood in the middle of the street, staring blankly at the sign.
He also knew that any newly opened store would definitely reward customers, but no one would reward customers as much as Su Shi did.
The price of a bucket of rice is two hundred cents less than that in other shops. Isn't he afraid of self-defeating?
Although this price is enough for Su Shi to attract many customers, the discounts are now so strong that when the price rises, most of those customers will probably be lost, and they will definitely be slandered by others.
This is not an empty talk.
If you only offer a discount of 10 or 20 cents when you open your business, everyone will think that you are doing it as a strategy to attract customers. Even if the price goes back up in the future, no one will say anything.
But if the price rises from 300 yuan back to 500 yuan, then customers will undoubtedly think that Su Shi must be a profiteer.
Su Shi should understand this, so why would he do this?
With this question in mind, Zuo Zongyuan continued to move forward.
At the end of the street was an intersection. Zuo Zongyuan stood at the intersection and looked around, and saw a large group of people surrounding Wangfu Restaurant.
The morning light shone on the signboard of Wangfu Restaurant, and Zuo Zongyuan clearly saw the words "Qianqiu Wangfu Restaurant" written on it.
Zuo Zongyuan hurriedly walked over, wanting to know what Su Shi was playing.
At this time, a tall and thin young master accidentally saw Zuo Zongyuan, rushed to greet him, and said with a smile: "Did Mr. Zuo also hear that Wangfu Restaurant has something new and come over to see the excitement?"
This tall and lanky young man was Guan Ning, the son of Guan Wen, the chief official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he had met Zuo Zongyuan several times.
"A novel thing? Mr. Guan, what do you mean by this?" Zuo Zongyuan looked at Guan Ning in confusion.
Guan Ning pointed to the door of Wangfu Restaurant and said, "It turns out that Mr. Zuo doesn't know that this novel thing is embedded in the door of the restaurant."
Zuo Zongyuan followed Guan Ning's hand and his expression immediately became dazed.
As tall as one person, the glass as smooth as crystal is inlaid on the door, and the crowd of people in front of the restaurant are reflected in a detailed and lifelike manner. Zuo Zongyuan can even clearly see the faces of the men in the first row through the piece of glass. of pockmarks.
"Is this a mirror?" After a long time, Zuo Zongyuan woke up from the shock and murmured.
Guan Ning couldn't help but sigh: "Exactly, but I have never seen a mirror that reflects a person so realistically."
Zuo Zongyuan asked in surprise: "What material is this mirror made of?"
Guan Ning shook his head, looked at the guy standing in front of the long mirror and said, "I asked the guy, but he doesn't know either."
At this time, a voice came from the restaurant: "Open the door!"
The waiter guarding the door immediately opened the door, and the door with the long mirror was pushed to one side, just enough to illuminate the people entering and leaving the restaurant.
At this time, four people were struggling to step out of the restaurant carrying a large wine jar half as tall as a person.
On the piece of red silk on the wine jar were written three powerful characters: The wine will come in.
"Will the wine be served?" Guan Ning looked at those three words and murmured: "Isn't this a poem written by Su Shi? Why does it appear on the wine jar?"
Zuo Zongyuan didn't speak, just looked at the jar of wine quietly.
At this time, two more people came out carrying a wooden frame, walked quickly to the four people, and placed it in the open space in front of the restaurant.
After the wooden rack was placed, the four people slowly walked to the wooden rack carrying the jar of wine, and carefully placed the wine jar on the wooden rack.
Then the four people stood guard by the wine jar in four directions.
At this time, someone in the crowd of onlookers finally couldn't help but asked: "What are you doing?"
At this time, one of the people standing guard in front of the wine jar said: "Master, don't be anxious, everything will be revealed naturally at noon."
After saying this, no matter who asked anything, the four people just shook their heads and stopped talking, as if they were mute.
At this time, the waiter who was guarding the long mirror seemed to have a stack of paper in his hand like a magic trick. He walked to the crowd of onlookers and said with a smile: "You gentlemen and young masters must be very interested in that mirror."
Having said this, he paused, and after seeing everyone's eyes focused on him, he continued to smile: "In addition to glass mirrors, we also sell other glass products, and we can guarantee that each one is absolutely exquisite. .”
At this time, someone asked loudly: "Where can I buy it?"
At this time, the clerk handed the stack of papers to the onlookers one by one, and said: "There are five jade shops here that sell jade. I invite all the gentlemen and young masters to come and buy."
Zuo Zongyuan watched all this quietly, but his heart was already raging like a tidal wave.
