"Okay, show me the purchase price of the items, and let's see if they are intentionally expensive."
After listening to what the other party said, the store manager agreed. Isn't that just ordering goods?
"How could it be written as expensive?" Shopkeeper Qin took out a stack of paper.
The chief clerk took it, divided it into five parts, one for himself and one for each of the four clerks, and began to read.
Two quarters of an hour passed, and the orders were read one after another. No problem, everyone knew the approximate price.
After signing the red deed and pressing fingerprints in triplicate, shopkeeper Qin first took out one-thirtieth of the money to pay the tax.
"Master Fang, everyone, it's noon, let's go to Fuhua Building for a drink of water." The head of the house invited.
Zhu Taiyi then said: "Yes, yes, please help me count them next."
The head clerk smiled and agreed: "It's so annoying to bother you, but actually, as long as you buy goods, you have to count them in the end."
Zhu Taiyi also laughed: "It's different. If the money is small, like fifty guan? They will give the money directly, and it will take time to order the goods."
He told Shopkeeper Qin that you can ask for less money and we won't have any trouble.
Shopkeeper Qin shook his head, "If I don't do it for fifty dollars, just order it!" Anyway, I have the total quantity and it depends on how busy you are.
Zhu Wentian also shook his head slightly, is this person stupid? What are you doing wasting this time? How about taking the money and quickly making a fortune? Some people are just bad, for no reason, and they seem to feel better if they torment others.
We all go to dinner together, and if we don't take Shopkeeper Qin with us, he won't go if we ask him to. He has to stay and look at the money with the waiter.
Shopkeeper Xu of Fuhua Building has already asked people to prepare meals. Together with the food sent by the palace, it is enough for everyone.
The head of the village carefully kept the house deeds. From now on, Xiaqiu Village will have a foothold in Yingtian Mansion. As for how to run the business, I asked Hanhan.
Chief Fang said a few words, lowered his head and ate hard. He specially picked the dishes sent from the palace to eat, but he didn't eat them.
The four civil servants and the government servants made the same move. Today there are minced pork and eggplant, sweet and sour pork slices, salted duck, and shrimp and cucumber.
Seeing that they love to eat, the villagers ate the meals provided by the restaurant first, so that they would be in a good mood to help with the work.
Zhu Wentian had sex twice and ate slowly, thinking about things in his mind, including the follow-up arrangements for the house.
Two merchants who rented a house had to pay compensation to move out, the beams and supporting columns of the house had to be inspected, and the vegetables grown in the backyard had to be disposed of.
The six houses and latrines were demolished, and the latrines were moved to the back, and greenhouses were built on the free spaces. In Nanjing in the winter, vegetables that could not be grown were grown in the greenhouses.
Industrial production cannot be put in this place, as it is guaranteed to leak secrets.
You don't expect to make money by growing greenhouses here. You want to provide food for the people in the palace, and try to have balanced nutrition, especially the Crown Princess, Sun Guifei and others.
In addition, Concubine Sun's daughter must be protected if possible, and important people in the palace must always be killed.
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Shopkeeper Qin from Sihai Grocery Store was also eating. He squatted at the door and ate the steamed buns and chicken noodle soup from the rental house next door. He wanted to laugh while eating.
He told the two families that the house was sold, and the new guy promised to drive them out without giving them a penny. If he wanted money, he should quickly go to the Yamen to file a lawsuit.
Seeing the two families in a panic, he was happy because he was going to make a fortune anyway.
His family is all at the beach, but he stays here with his two nephews as waiters. How much money can this inherited grocery store make?
While he was thinking about it, a pair of shoes appeared in front of him. He looked up and saw a man wearing a sun hat, with a beard and a cyan birthmark on his forehead.
"Buy something? If you don't want to sell it, you'll sell it to someone else, including the house." Shopkeeper Qin thought this man wanted to buy something.
"Did you sell your house? Alas! Who bought it? And opened a grocery store after buying it? My home is nearby, but other places are far away."
The man in the hat complained and asked, looking worried.
"Where can he throw these things if he doesn't open a grocery store? They want to change their business. You have to come and buy them. The things are guaranteed to be cheap. They want to sell them as soon as possible."
Shopkeeper Qin has already thought of two options for the house buyer, either to continue doing it or to deal with it at a low price.
"Okay, thank you!" The man in the hat left. He walked through the streets and alleys, and finally came to a high wall. He coughed several times in a rhythm. A rope was thrown over there, and he grabbed it and rubbed it. .
He jumped off the wall, the two men next to him collected the rope, and he went straight into the front room.
There were six people waiting in the room. After seeing him, they all called Brother Ninth.
"Did you make any mistakes when you alerted others last time?" He sat on a chair in the room and asked.
A man with a big mole on his nose smiled and replied: "Brother Jiu, don't worry, the person doing the work doesn't know what it is. I was just pretending to do it. When I went there, I promised that it was just to cheat money. It's best to know how much the other party has." Isn’t it normal that you haven’t cheated me of your money?”
"Okay." The Ninth Brother stared at the other person for a few seconds before nodding: "From today on, keep an eye on Sihai Grocery Store. If they recruit assistants, one of you must sneak in."
"Then what?" asked another man with a scar on his forehead.
"Besides, don't act in a hurry. Only with patience can you catch big fish."
After the Ninth Brother said this, he asked about other things arranged, and the six people one after another told what they were responsible for.
After asking this question, Ninth Brother walked over the wall again, came out of the alley and pressed the edge of his hat. When passing by the grocery store, he casually glanced in and was stunned.
The two doors of the grocery store were open, and there were people inside carrying things back and forth. He saw the guards of the Prince's Mansion bringing down some things and placing them in front of the children.
Some of the children were counting numbers, some were clicking on the abacus, and some were holding notes nearby.
More than 20 children were divided into five groups, plus a bookkeeper and five clerks from Shangyuan County, a total of ten groups of people were there to order goods.
The ordered goods were taken to the backyard by the yamen and guards. Shopkeeper Qin stood behind the counter and stared.
The person who plays the role of Brother Cheng Jiu is actually Lu Zhidong. He is like this after putting on makeup, and no one outside knows his true identity.
He was surprised now. It was not uncommon for clerks from the yamen to know how to order goods. Why were the children in Xiaqiu Village so skilled in abacus?
I have to tell the master, this is a big problem. The children's seriousness is surprising, and they are not afraid of disturbing each other when counting.
"Hey! Are you here again? Want to buy something? Find them to see if they sell?"
Shopkeeper Qin saw the man wearing a bamboo hat and shouted kindly.
"I finished the shopping, I just bought it elsewhere." Lu Zhidong dropped the words, lowered his head and walked away.
He continued to turn around to see if anyone was following him, and after a while he turned to the back door of Hu Weiyong's house.
He knocked on the door rhythmically, and the door opened a crack. The person inside looked at him and let him in, then quickly closed the door.
While unloading, he asked: "Is the master on duty today?"
"No, I can come back at night. What are you..." The person who opened the door answered and asked again.
"We still don't know many things. Xiaqiu Village is different from other villages. They..." Lu Zhidong stopped, unable to describe the feeling.
