After bidding farewell to his mentor Xu Jie, Zhu Pingan returned to Tingyuxuan, the Hou Mansion. As soon as he entered Tingyuxuan, Zhu Pingan discovered a surprise.
There is a bathtub in the courtyard. It looks familiar at first glance, and even more familiar upon closer inspection.
Well.
Isn't this the bathtub that Xu Fan carried and hawked along the street for three hundred taels of silver? Isn't it the favorite bathtub of his father Xu Jie? !
Ahem
At that time, I had just entered the Xu Mansion, and when I heard Xu Fan's words, I was still cursing in my heart, thinking who would spend 300 taels of silver to buy a second-hand bathtub. 300 taels of silver is equivalent to more than 20,000 taels of RMB. The bathtubs of the Ming Dynasty are not modern high-tech bathtubs with massage and other functions. How can a bathtub made of wood be worth 300 taels of silver.
What charlatan would buy a second-hand bathtub? !
I never expected that the person I was thinking of was myself.
"Gee, uncle, do you like it? My sister specially spent three hundred taels of silver to buy this for my uncle."
Baozi's maid Hua'er jumped out of nowhere, like a butterfly, giggling and appeared next to Zhu Pingan, stretched out her fat hand and patted the bathtub, blinked her big watery eyes, looked at Zhu Pingan and asked road.
When Zhu Ping'an heard this, he was stunned for a moment. If he was allowed to use the second-hand bathtub that Xu Jie often bathed in, it would be a huge challenge.
Although Zhu Pingan had no mysophobia, Zhu Pingan was a little daunted when he thought that this bathtub was a bathtub that had been passed down from Xu Jie's family for two generations.
"Hun, who's going to use a broken bathtub that a smelly old man used? Let's put it in the warehouse, in any corner, so that it won't be an eyesore."
Li Shu arrived gracefully, wearing an off-white cloud-smoked sweater embroidered with elegant plum blossoms, a meandering floor-length crimson skirt with ancient patterns of double butterflies and clouds, holding a Suzhou embroidered fan with a picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water, and a charming face. In the third spring month, a pair of watery eyes shone with hope, he smiled, and his slender hand flicked the forehead of Baozi's maid Hua'er.
"Sister, it hurts..." Baozi's maid covered her forehead with her fat hands and looked at Li Shu with tears in her eyes.
Boom.
Li Shu flicked the bun maid again and said with an angry smile: "This is what hurts."
The steamed bun girl let out a cry of pain and once again stretched out her fat hand to cover her forehead. This time it really hurt...
"Sister, why do we spend 300 taels of silver to buy a broken bathtub? It looks like it has been used..." Maid Baozi rubbed her forehead and asked in confusion.
"It's such a good opportunity, why not buy it." Li Shu smiled sweetly, her beautiful eyes looking forward to it, "Are you your husband?"
Well.
All right.
It's a pity that Li Shu is not an official.
Zhu Ping'an smiled bitterly and touched his forehead. Li Shu was more suitable to be an official than him. If Li Shu were a man, he would definitely be better and more successful than his official.
Well, if you buy it, just buy it. It can be regarded as helping the teacher as a disciple.
I just owed Li Shu another three hundred taels of silver.
hehe.
Why do I feel like I'm going further and further down the road of being a soft-boiled person? No, no, I'm a tall man and it doesn't matter if I don't support the family. How can I keep spending Li Shu's money?
Having to find a way to make money, Zhu Pingan once again thought about the tertiary industry and decided to put it into action this time.
There will be many places to spend money in the future.
Don't think about your salary. On the one hand, your salary is too small, and on the other hand, your salary for this year has been deducted by Emperor Jiajing's last imperial edict.
Therefore, now that I have no source of income, if I want to make money, I can only create a tertiary industry.
At noon, Wang Shizhen and Zhang Siwei came to visit together. After they heard that Zhu Pingan was fined one hundred and sixty taels of silver, they were worried that Zhu Pingan was in a hurry and couldn't get enough money, so they came together to give Zhu Pingan money. .
A timely help.
Xinyi accepted it, but Zhu Ping'an confiscated the money because the fine had already been paid with Li Shu's strong support.
After hearing that Zhu Ping'an had collected the money and paid the fine, Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen stopped insisting.
Zhang Siwei smiled and joked, I have told Wen Sheng a long time ago that there is no need to worry about Zihou. Zihou is the son-in-law of Linhuai Marquis Mansion. I heard that Zihou's father-in-law has considerable financial resources. This fine of silver is nothing.
Wang Shizhen also laughed.
Zhu Pingan smiled helplessly and shook his head. Although Zhang Siwei and the others were joking, they once again strengthened Zhu Pingan's belief in creating the tertiary industry.
Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen had to go to work in their respective yamen in the afternoon. After Zhu Pingan invited them to have a brief lunch in the outer courtyard of the Hou Mansion, they said goodbye and went to work. Zhu Pingan sent them all the way outside the mansion.
The three of them separated at the end of Gonghou Street. Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen went to work, while Zhu Pingan went to the Qihuamen area of Dongcheng District alone.
The Qihuamen area in Dongcheng District is an area that Zhu Pingan was optimistic about last time, and it is the best choice for establishing the tertiary industry.
This is the most prosperous area in the imperial capital besides the "first three gates", and the flow of people is even greater than that of the first three gates.
This is the only place where the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal leads to the imperial capital. It is the economic lifeline of the entire Ming Empire. Food is transported by water, merchants come and go, contributions are made from all directions, officials, merchants, civilians, and laborers come and go incessantly. Qihua Gate There is a constant flow of traffic.
Zhu Pingan was optimistic about this location last time and had preliminary considerations about the type of tertiary industry.
Catering.
The tertiary industry initially planned by Zhu Pingan is the catering industry. The Qihuamen area has a huge flow of people, so the catering industry is most suitable. The catering industry is an industry with low entry barriers and high profits.
As a preliminary test of the waters, Zhu Pingan plans to target ordinary people and Lifu, and do popular catering. Zhu Ping'an has inspected that in this area, compared to merchants and officials, the base of civilians is the largest. Zhu Ping'an was a grassroots foodie in modern times. When he was in school, he ate at almost all nearby fast food restaurants and restaurants. He also knew the most about the modern fast food industry and affordable restaurants. Of course, compared to high-end restaurants, the investment cost of this kind of popular catering is also much lower.
The last time Zhu Pingan brought Naughty Child and Loli Niuniu here for an inspection, there was a lot of room for improvement in the restaurants in this area targeting common people and Lifu. Whether it was dishes, services, marketing, etc., they were far from modern times. .
A pot of tea is charged, the food is expensive, especially meat dishes, the serving speed is slow, the food is short of food, the service attitude is bad, the environment is bad... there are so many problems and problems, the list is endless. , are not very popular.
Zhu Ping'an plans to open a popular catering business to test the waters. Healthy catering will benefit the people. It will not only benefit the people, but also provide him with multiple incomes. Why not do it.
Come on out, have a quick meal.
