It was the first day of May in the nineteenth year of Yongtai.
It is written in the almanac: Sui Sha North, the eight buildings are broken, and the five riches are born. It is forbidden to break the ground and bury, but it is better to open the door and start a business.
Obviously, this is an auspicious day to start a business.
Sun Yixie's "West Lake Elegant Seat" chose this day to officially open for business.
In those days, there were no TV commercials or online media. Apart from shouting, the best way to publicize and distribute was leaflets.
Of course...the cost of printing flyers is not cheap either.
Although the printing technology in Da Zhe was quite prosperous, the efficiency of printing things at that time was completely different from the efficiency of modern printing plants. Not only was paper expensive, but printing also required a lot of manpower. In terms of shipping speed... In our modern printing plants, as long as an order is placed on the assembly line, the quantity of tens of millions can be released in a day or two. But at that time, if you wanted to print thousands of leaflets, it would take less than half a month to print them.
Fortunately, Sun Yixie was well prepared and had been handling this matter more than a month in advance. Therefore, the news of "the opening of the West Lake Lounge" had spread all over Hangzhou seven days ago, and even the surrounding counties. It all spread.
On the first day of May, the city of Hangzhou was buzzing with gongs and drums, and firecrackers were blasting. Although there were no red flags, there were still huge crowds of people.
Other owners and madams of restaurants and brothels in the city also wisely chose to close their doors for the day, and came to Sun Yixie's place with congratulatory gifts to pay homage to him.
If before the incident caused by "Red Plum Bird", they had some doubts about the rumors Sun Yixie left in the world, then after that incident, they had no other ideas except "recognizing their elder brother" - —After all, none of them want to be fucked to death.
As for Sun Yixie, he is also a good person. Before opening, he had already said hello to all the colleagues in the same industry: I will eat this bowl of rice, but I will not destroy your jobs.
So how exactly does he operate?
The main focus is on business hours and market positioning.
Sun's West Lake Restaurant is not open year-round like other high-end restaurants and brothels in Hangzhou. Instead, it adopts a business schedule of "one break every three days" and "one break every seven days."
For example, if the store opens on the first day of May, then the first and second day of the lunar month will be the normal business days. The so-called "normal business" refers to the full lunch market and evening market: the lunch market is the two hours before and after noon, only open the two floors downstairs for private seating, the price is moderate, and it is open to the public, so as to make profits and make a profit. The dinner market starts at midnight and ends at midnight. It only opens on the upper two floors and only provides private rooms. The dishes on the menu are guaranteed to be invisible and unavailable to you in other restaurants... Pricing Well, it's also extremely high, and it's just about making money from those high-ranking officials.
Then, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, there is a "half-day" break, that is, there is no lunch market on this day, only the evening market.
On the fourth, fifth and sixth day of the lunar month, there will be normal business for three days, and then on the seventh day of the lunar month, there will be a "full day" break. That is to say, the restaurant will not be open all day on the seventh day of the lunar month, and all restaurant employees will also have a holiday.
Starting from the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, this cycle will start again.
Everyone, that was Zhao Chao. Do you know how Zhao Chao worked at that time?
At this time, Zhang said the actor was about to reply: "I don't know." Then listen to what I have to say.
Since Taizu Taizu himself came from a poor background and was a real working person, he was extremely strict with himself, let alone others. At that time, the whole country only had three days off a year, which were the Spring Festival, the Winter Solstice, and the The emperor's birthday and the other 362 days are working days.
This approach is obviously contrary to human nature and science, so... after Taizu died, there was a serious "backlash" in the policy for a few years. The new emperor actually announced that people could be released for more than a month before and after the Spring Festival, starting from the twelfth lunar month. The twenty-fifth break is until the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, but this is a bit overkill.
It was not until the middle and late Qing Dynasty that the issue of holiday allocation became stable. In addition to the fixed three days of leave every month, various holidays could also be taken throughout the year... Anyway, the total number of zeros and zeros added up, there are Fifty days or so.
What is this concept? It is equivalent to you working a 996 job now, you only have the prescribed day off every week, and you have to work on all national holidays.
Otherwise, why would people's lifespan be so short at that time? You are short-changed if you do this.
However, the specific situation must be explained in detail. Most of the officials in the Zhao Dynasty did not work twelve hours a day like the people in 996. Especially the local officials, there were not so many official tasks for them to do. Besides, their office hours were very limited. You can allocate it yourself. If you are not particularly anxious, you can put it off for ten and a half days.
As for the common people, there are those who work without stopping for three hundred and sixty-five days, dare not take a break, and do manual labor; there are also those who occupy the house and lie on the ground, collecting rent every day without food and clothing There are worried people...but generally speaking, the majority are working people.
Therefore, for those who work in the "West Lake Lounge", Sun Yixie's "one break every three days and one break every seven days" is simply an earth-shattering benefit.
A rough calculation shows that they get at least 12 days more "regular leave" than others in a year, and they can also take a "half-day leave" every week; don't underestimate this half day, it is different from our modern "half-day leave" "They are completely two concepts. At that time, people didn't have to get up an hour and a half early to go to work, and then have to squeeze into the subway, squeeze into the bus, or drive on the road and be stuck in traffic for about an hour. They didn't have to do this again when they got off work... In ancient times People really "work nearby". They walk to and from work, and the commuting time is no more than half an hour at most. Moreover, the dinner market in the restaurant does not start until 7 p.m., which for people at that time is equivalent to the end of the day. They were left alone until dinner. Over the course of a year, there are fifty-two days of such "breaks"... With the same salary and benefits, the capable guys in the city must be rushing to come here to work.
Such business hours, coupled with the fact that only ordinary people's business is done in the lunch market, and the number of restaurants that can be accommodated in the evening is also limited, naturally it will not form a monopoly; at most, it can be scraped from the business of other restaurants during the lunch market. , the evening market only competes for a small number of high-end customers.
Moreover, Sun Yixie's restaurant does not provide accommodation or sell laughs like a brothel, so overall it does not have that big an impact on the business of his colleagues.
Brother Sun calculated this account very clearly. When he told the bosses and madams, those people made a calculation in their minds and felt at ease - since the young master of the Sun family is willing to leave a way for everyone to survive, then everyone will come today. It is also appropriate to be polite and courteous when giving a gift.
In addition to these "capitalists", "officials" are definitely indispensable in today's scene.
No, the new Hangzhou magistrate, Mr. Lu Wenlu, who was transferred just after the year, also "condescended to come".
Speaking of Mr. Lu, we have to say a few more words.
Lu Wen, whose courtesy name is Yancheng, is eighty-eight in his forties this year. He was the number one scholar appointed by the late emperor. He was still a Beijing official three years ago. What a pity... He was unlucky. Just when he was prospering in the officialdom , his father suddenly fell ill and died.
There was no way. According to the filial piety system of the Zao Dynasty, Lu Wen had to immediately return to his hometown to observe filial piety for three years (actually, it was twenty-seven months to be precise).
The matter of "keeping filial piety" is similar to the current military service system in South Korea. No one who is an official can escape. For them, it is equivalent to "overcoming a tribulation"; as for whether you can come back again after you have passed through this tribulation. Getting to the center of the political stage... depends on luck.
There are some people who are unlucky and have good official fortunes just in time to observe filial piety. However, after observing the filial piety, due to various reasons, they are not reinstated immediately and are demoted. I got there early and endured it slowly, but I never stopped getting promoted all the way.
Lu Wen undoubtedly belongs to the former...
The officialdom in the capital is so dangerous. After he finished observing his filial piety, his original position had long been taken. Fortunately, he had a good relationship with the adults in the official department. After some work and planning, he was arranged Come to Hangzhou Prefecture.
Although his official position was demoted and he only became a local magistrate, in this land of plenty in the south of the Yangtze River, there was a lot of money and money. Lu Wen estimated that he could stay here for a full term and use the money he got to "move around" to kill others. Returning to the capital is not difficult.
However, while he was still on his way to take office, he heard something that made him very unhappy - the "Red Plum Bird" was arrested in Hangzhou.
This news made him so angry that he slapped his thigh. Mr. Lu said in his heart: "Who did this? You said you would take action three to five days later? Wait until I take office and you will deal with this criminal thief. This achievement Isn’t it mine? Now it’s better, let my ex get a big advantage.”
How do people know when you will take office? Besides, if it really takes three to five days, even if Hong Wei hasn't run away yet, how many good women will he harm?
But Lu Wen didn't think so from his perspective. Therefore, after he took office and understood the cause and effect of the matter, he felt wary of Sun Yixie.
In fact, Lu Wen had heard of Sun Yixie before he came here - recently, Mr. Zhang, who was transferred from Zhoukou to the capital, told people everywhere that he had met two "young masters" when he was in office. "Xia", one is named Sun Yixie and the other is Huang Donglai. Their methods and virtues... are amazing! Especially the young hero named Huang, who is the master of murder in the cesspit, who can afford to offend him?
In addition, there are some rumors that these two people are also related to Jin Yiwei, but I don’t know whether it is true or not...
As an ambitious person in the officialdom, Lu Wen was very diligent in inquiring about all kinds of information. Naturally, he had heard about all these things. Therefore, even if he was slightly dissatisfied with Sun Yixie in his heart, he was trying to find out what the other party was like. No matter how many pounds ago, he didn't dare to fall out with the other party openly.
Today, Lu Wen came to the West Lake Lounge just to meet Sun Yixie in person. He also wanted to show off his official power with this boy and try to shake the mountain and shake the tiger...
