The guard collected the copper coins and immediately found another person to collect the money. There was no receipt, invoice or anything like that.
It should be said that this city entry tax was actually abolished in the late period of the previous dynasty.
However, now that Marshal Li has taken office as a new officer, he is suffering from lack of money for military training. At the suggestion of a certain staff member, he has restarted the collection of city entry tax.
Therefore, the guards guarding the city gate are actually Marshal Li's direct troops!
Even the county magistrate of Nanxiang County has no power to manage them.
As for the city entry tax collected, it is also sent directly to the barracks in the provincial capital and has nothing to do with the locality.
As for whether these guards will take the opportunity to profit from it and scratch the oil, it is unknown.
After passing the city gate made of large bluestones, there was a loud noise.
This county town is more lively than the market outside. A bluestone road runs through the entire county town, with three-story blue-tiled wooden houses on both sides. There are ropes connecting the second floors on both sides, with straw mats and canvas piled up. on both sides of the rope.
If midsummer comes, you can imagine how cool it will be when straw mats and canvas are stretched along the ropes to cover the entire street and block the scorching sun.
Fang Xiaoyue has long known this from Cui Shangui's memory.
It must be said that the resourcefulness of working people is comparable to modern technology.
Relying on these ropes, straw mats, and canvas, the temperature in Nanxiang County in summer is almost equivalent to installing dozens of air conditioners on the streets. Not to mention extremely cool, at least it is much more comfortable than being exposed to the scorching sun.
Today should be the festival of the City God, so the streets are crowded with people, and vendors can be seen everywhere selling various snacks, cigarettes, windmills, etc.
Walking a little further forward, you can still see the branch streets on both sides with stalls for acrobats, snake charmers, medicinal materials, etc.
Fang Xiaoyue first went to stay in an inn according to Cui Shangui's memory, and then asked one of the waiters to introduce him to the shopkeeper of Xianghe Restaurant.
The Xianghe Restaurant at this time was very different from the lively Chenghuang's birthday. There were very few customers in the three-story restaurant, which could be said to be a deserted place.
Several waiters were leaning against the pillars, chatting feebly.
The shopkeeper was lying on the counter, supporting himself with one hand, half asleep and half awake, his head nodding together, which was somewhat similar to Fang Xiaoyue's dozing off while studying.
"Shopkeeper Liao! Shopkeeper Liao! Wake up! The boss is here!"
The inn waiter who led the way patted the counter and shouted with a smile.
"You monkey grandson, come here to scare me."
Shopkeeper Liao suddenly woke up and stood up, almost knocking over the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the counter. However, after waking up, he immediately found that the boss was not here, but that the waiter was just scaring him, so he couldn't help but scolded him angrily.
"Don't be angry, I'm looking for business for your boss."
After the inn waiter introduced Fang Xiaoyue to Shopkeeper Liao, he left on his own.
After all, the inn's business was pretty good, and he couldn't stay away for too long.
Fang Xiaoyue met Boss Zhang of Xianghe Restaurant through shopkeeper Liao.
That boss Zhang had a sad look on his face when he met him, as if someone owed him a huge debt and wouldn't get it back.
However, when he heard that Fang Xiaoyue wanted to take over his restaurant, the sadness on his face suddenly disappeared, and he grabbed Fang Xiaoyue and started bargaining.
Although the boss of this restaurant said that business in the restaurant was not good, he was still a businessman and he was very good at talking. After haggling with Fang Xiaoyue for a long time, he settled on the transfer price of 18 silver ingots.
To say that these 18 silver ingots are not too few.
You know, a silver ingot issued by the former dynasty was worth 12 foreign silver coins, and 18 silver ingots equaled 216 foreign silver coins!
200 silver dollars is enough to buy a house with three entrances and three exits in the capital of Dongju Kingdom.
Although Nanxiang County is much more prosperous than other counties, it is still just a county. A three-story restaurant can be sold for more than 200 silver dollars, which is definitely a high price.
After taking over Xianghe Restaurant, Fang Xiaoyue only had 6 silver ingots left.
According to Cui Shangui's memory, Fang Xiaoyue put Xianghe Restaurant in good order in the next few days.
First of all, shopkeeper Liao and several waiters stayed, but the chef in charge was driven away directly by him.
No way, to say that the business of Xianghe Restaurant is poor, a big key reason is that the chef's skills are not up to par!
But it is conceivable how difficult it is for Nanxiang County to find a few more good chefs.
If you want to hire a chef from the provincial government, Boss Zhang will definitely not be willing to spend money.
No chef? Easy to handle, Fang Xiaoyue is the chef!
At that time, Cui Shangui disliked the chef's poor skills and became self-taught.
But now Fang Xiaoyue has moved forward the time to drive away the chef.
Small changes like this are not a problem at all for Fang Xiaoyue, and they are not enough to cause the main mission to fail.
Of course, with the new atmosphere of the new restaurant, Fang Xiaoyue immediately took matters into her own hands and renovated the restaurant with a few waiters.
With his current carpentry skills, decorating a restaurant is really not a difficult task.
In the entire restaurant, the third floor is a private room, that is, a VIP private room, while the first and second floors are scattered seats. Of course, the second floor is definitely more stylish than the first floor.
All windows, wooden columns, decorations, etc. are carved by Fang Xiaoyue himself.
The private rooms on the third floor have their own styles, such as mountains and rivers, splendor, fairy pavilions, etc.
The second floor is about the auspiciousness of pine and crane, good luck and longevity, and the first floor is about the prosperity of wealth and abundance every year.
After the overall carving and decoration is complete, apply a few more coats of paint and you're done.
Of course, the most important thing is to change the name of the restaurant.
The name Xianghe Restaurant seemed to Fang Xiaoyue to be sincere.
This is a name for a restaurant, not a residential area.
Of course, he was not good at naming, so he named Shangui Restaurant based on his memory.
Well, Cui Shangui's cultural level is not high to begin with. According to tradition, it is very reasonable to name the restaurant after the owner of the restaurant.
After he straightened out the channels for purchasing ingredients for the restaurant, Shangui Restaurant opened amidst a series of firecrackers.
In order to make the restaurant business prosperous on the first day of opening, Fang Xiaoyue also thought of some ways.
For example, setting off firecrackers, inviting people to play lions, scattering small red envelopes, etc., and the most important thing is that the restaurant is open for business, all with a 10% discount!
If you apply for a card and pre-deposit 5 silver coins, you can get a discount of up to 20% off! If you apply for a card and deposit 20 silver dollars in advance, you can get an additional 30% off!
At the same time, one lucky diner will be selected every day for the next week to get a free order!
Okay, once this set of marketing methods from modern society was used, those guys who were watching the excitement outside the restaurant rushed into the restaurant one by one.
It's like getting a big bargain.
Shangui Restaurant became an instant hit and became famous in Nanxiang County.
