Zhu Deguo was drinking tea and thinking.
Zhang Huipin looked at Zhu Deguo nervously and found that his palms were all sweaty.
Zhu Deguo expressed his thoughts: "They came purely for the top ten workshops and top ten shops of the government!"
Zhang Huipin also drank tea and thought. He shook his head and sighed: "This selection is made by the Jintang County government, not the Chengdu government, let alone the commander-in-chief's selection. I don't understand what they are fighting for."
Zhu Deguo looked at him, but he didn't expect that the partner didn't see any of this, and said: "They are not very interested in the government selection, but Director Zhao is participating in this selection. This is the key."
He took a sip of tea and seemed to make up his mind.
He said seriously: "With Master Zhao's participation, this brand can be shown off to the world. This is the capital for them to make a comeback at any time. No matter how much they lose, it is still worth it."
Zhang Huipin had also considered this, but he was unwilling to admit it, or maybe he was still lucky.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Deguo directly stated what he was most worried about, and his face suddenly became ugly.
Because Zhu Deguo shattered his only hope, he put down the tea cup and fell into deep thought.
Jintang County is now extremely lively. Not only are businessmen from other places pouring in, but there is also a newly built ancestral hall.
Chen Xingquan from Chengdu Mansion is the shopkeeper of Taofeng Vinegar. It turns out that he is not optimistic about Jintang County at all.
He originally had a concept that the aroma of wine does not matter if the alley is deep, as long as he concentrates on making vinegar.
As long as the quality of vinegar is good, business will come naturally. Of course, his business was really good in the past.
After all, the entire Chengdu Prefecture has a population of one million. Excluding the counties, Chengdu has a population of 700,000 to 800,000.
With such a large population base, Chengdu is also the land of abundance. The people are wealthy, so they are naturally willing to work hard on food.
But he never expected that the Hu people attacked Chengdu twice, burned, killed and looted, causing great damage to Chengdu.
The people in the entire Chengdu Prefecture were running to death, and in the end there were only one hundred thousand people left.
What is deplorable is that not only is the population small, but it is also poor. The people have been basically squeezed completely by the barbarians.
This naturally had a great impact on Chen Ji Taofeng's vinegar, and he barely lived under the iron hoof of the barbarians.
After the security team rid Chengdu of the barbarians, he expected that Chengdu would gradually return to its previous days.
Because he knew that Zhao Ping's appointment as the chief registrar of Chengdu would definitely bring hope to Chengdu.
But he didn't expect that the hope Zhao Ping brought to Chengdu Prefecture started from Jintang County.
Later, he heard that the magistrate of Jintang County was Uncle Zhao Ping, and that Jintang County was the county with the heaviest losses in Chengdu Prefecture, so he understood Zhao Ping's thoughts.
However, Jintang County has been burned, killed, looted and emptied by the barbarians, and almost all the people have fled. Is Zhao parallel?
Unexpectedly, Zhao Ping suddenly made a businessman a ninth-grade official, and started a war of recruiting people from various places.
Of course, local governments passively responded and set up checkpoints under various names, which made Chen Xingquan disappointed again.
However, Zhao Ping's hometown, Zhaojiazhuang in Changyuan County, naturally strongly supported Jintang County and built a new Zhaojiazhuang in Jintang County.
This was an incredible move, attracting a population of 20,000. Including the Sichuan Protection Army and the security group stationed there, the total population of Jintang County was no less than 50,000. This was already a standard medium-sized county population.
Chen Xingquan was a little hesitant at this time. After all, Zhaojiazhuang also produces condiments including vinegar, and the quality is better.
Although Chengdu has not recovered as quickly as Jintang County, it is gradually recovering.
This is related to the recuperation management of Qin Yulong, the prefect of Chengdu, but it is more related to Zhao Ping's large investment of tens of thousands of dollars.
When people have money, they are naturally willing to invest in food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Five things to do before opening the door: oil, salt, rice, firewood, and vinegar. Although vinegar is ranked last, it is also a necessity in life.
Chen Xingquan Taofeng Special Vinegar is a time-honored brand in Chengdu. Naturally, business is recovering and production is booming.
At this time, he had no intention of coming to Jintang County, but the selection of the top ten workshops made him unable to sit still.
His Taofeng Special Vinegar is only a time-honored brand in Chengdu, and although this top ten workshop is selected in Jintang County, it will be announced in the "Da Song Zhonghua News".
The announcement in the Song Dynasty Zhonghua Newspaper was made known to the Hu people, Dali, Annan, and the Japanese state.
Compared with this small place like Chengdu, it is obviously one heaven and one underground.
The key thing is that Zhao Ping also participated in this selection.
In other words, everyone who is rated has been able to enter Zhao Ping's eyes.
Chen Xingquan immediately used an ox cart to pull several jars of Taofeng special vinegar. After a day of running around, he rented a storefront in Jintang County and started selling it.
He was very confident in Chengdu, but when he came to Jintang County, he no longer had this confidence.
Because he was obviously not the only one who had this idea. When he came to Jintang County, he already had several jealous people from other places.
Zhaojiazhuang's vinegar is also sold in Chengdu. After comparison, although his Taofeng special vinegar is good, there is still a certain gap.
Fortunately, Zhaojiazhuang's vinegar takes a high-end route and does not directly compete with him.
In fact, Zhaojiazhuang vinegar sales are not the focus, because soy sauce production has already begun at this time.
This is a condiment that is said to be only available in the imperial palace. Zhao Ping directly put it into the private market.
It’s ten times more expensive than vinegar, and demand exceeds supply.
After all, this soy sauce has just been put into production. It is an extremely high-end luxury product like colored glaze and fairy paper, and can only be used by the rich and powerful.
In order to quickly open up the market in Jintang County and face more and more equal competition, Taofeng Special Vinegar had to adopt a low-price strategy.
The price of transportation from Chengdu to here is at least 50% higher than that in Chengdu.
Now he adopts this kind of price which is even lower than that in Chengdu. Obviously, the more he sells, the more he loses.
But he had to sell it at a loss. If you don't sell it, you won't be famous.
In order to be selected as one of the top ten workshops, he thinks it's worth it no matter how much he loses.
In his impression, Jintang County should be a remote and remote area.
When he came to Jintang County, he found that he was wrong, and he was very wrong.
The wide avenue is bisected by willow trees, ensuring that bullock carts and carriages can only travel in one direction.
It can be said that this way his ox cart will not collide with other people's ox carts and carriage horses.
As for pedestrians, they can use the pedestrian walkway outside the avenue to avoid collisions with cars and horses.
There are shops on both sides of the avenue, and between the shops and the avenue are willow trees, yellow oak trees and pedestrian paths.
Chen Xingquan walked slowly on the pedestrian walk, constantly looking at everything around him, feeling very strange about it all.
Chen Xingquan thinks it is indeed convenient, but what if pedestrians have to cross the avenue?
After walking for a while, he finally discovered that there was a pedestrian path where he could cross the avenue.
But what if the carriages and horses don’t give way to pedestrians?
Chen Xingquan saw a foreign carriage running very fast and did not stop on the sidewalk.
Immediately, an urban management officer got on his horse, ordered the carriage to stop, and demanded that they pay a fine.
The carriage stretched out a small official wearing a red flower, howling loudly and never seeing the sidewalk.
As soon as the urban management officer blew his whistle, several urban management officers wearing red armbands rushed up and the carriage was forced to stop.
The owner of the carriage is a small official wearing a red flower. There is also a young lady and a maid in the carriage. It is expected that she is a child of either wealth or wealth.
At this time, several servants dressed in black came from behind. Seeing the situation, they also rode over.
They raised their hands to the urban management officer and said, "My little official is the yamen of the Hanzhou judge. He has something urgent to do and has to rush back immediately. I am also favored by several officials."
It turned out to be the son of a judge from another neighboring state. The urban management officer couldn't help but be stunned.
The young man wearing the red flower couldn't help but smile. What kind of urban management officials like you, who are similar to thieves and soldiers, dare to control the carriages in this office?
The urban management officials blew their whistles again, and then a city management officer came.
Just now, several urban management officials bowed their hands to him and reported the matter.
These urban management officers turned out to be members of the security group. They were seriously injured in Jiading. Although they were cured, they were no longer able to go to the battlefield. Zhao Ping arranged for them to serve as urban management officers.
The city manager named Ruan Tianxing looked at the son of the Hanzhou judge coldly, and couldn't help but be startled when he saw this little official wearing a red flower.
But he quickly calmed down and said coldly: "The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law. Since you have already broken the law, of course you must be punished in the same way."
Several servants couldn't help but get angry and wanted to take action, but several urban management officials glanced at them coldly and suddenly became angry.
These few servants may be able to bully the people, but these urban management officers had killed Hu people in Jiading, and they had a murderous aura about them.
The yamen wearing the red flower had to pay the usual fine.
Even though his family has money, the constant fines still make him heartbroken.
No matter how powerful he is in Hanzhou, can he compare to the current Director Zhao of Chengdu Prefecture?
This is the reason why Ruan Tianxing dared to severely punish the Hanzhou judge's office.
Chen Xingquan stopped looking at all this. When he saw this low-level official from Hanzhou showing his identity, he thought that the urban management did not dare to punish him.
I didn't expect that the urban management not only punished him, but also gave him severe punishment. I couldn't help but nodded.
These urban management officials, which are not found in other places, are really powerful. They can even drive the horse-drawn carriages in Hanzhou Yamen.
He nodded happily and continued to move forward.
After walking for several miles, he wanted to take a rest.
What makes Chen Xingquan considerate is that there are chairs made of stone or wooden boards every 100 steps or so in the pedestrian zone for pedestrians to rest.
Most of the shops are on the first floor and one bottom, but there are also some places on the third floor and one bottom, and the highest ones are even on the fifth floor and one bottom.
Of course, the third floor and above are due to the use of Shangxian cement, which makes them even more luxurious and wealthy.
In addition to the two bridges on the middle river that have just been opened, the four bridges on the two small rivers have been open for some time, making travel extremely convenient.
Suddenly, he saw a one-foot-high fence in front of him. It looked like it was a garden. Camellias, roses, and yellow orchids stretched out from this low fence.
Which garden is this that is so magnificently built?
