Datou didn't know that the Taiping Inn was also the property of the Ni family. After hearing Changsheng's words, he just thought he was going there to buy weapons, and hurriedly shook his head and declined, "My lord, you have heavy official duties, so don't worry about such small things."
Datou is Chang Sheng's confidant, and Chang Sheng will naturally not hide it from him, so he casually said, "Before the Ni family left, they left all the properties in Zhongtu to me, including the Taiping Inn. Now that the Ni family has left, these properties in Chang'an I have to go to each store one by one and visit them to prevent them from becoming suspicious and confused."
Hearing Changsheng's words, Datou suddenly understood, and then said, "My lord is very kind, but disrespectful. Do you want me to go back and inform the three of them?"
Changsheng nodded, "Okay, you go back and call the three of them to the Taiping Inn. They can personally choose whatever weapons they like."
Datou agreed and turned the horse's head to the west. Changsheng continued south to the Taiping Inn.
Arriving in front of the Taiping Inn, Changsheng felt melancholy again. Ni Chenyi had tried to take him to the Taiping Inn many times to broaden his horizons, but he had always refused. Now that Ni Chenyi had left, there was no one to guide him.
Taiping Inn is not only the largest auction house in Chang'an, but also the largest pawnshop. The departure of the owner has not affected the business of Taiping Inn. The lobby is still very busy with people coming and going.
Changsheng came directly after he retired from the court without changing his clothes. Those who can wear purple official uniforms are all officials of the third rank or above. Therefore, as soon as he stepped through the door on the first floor, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the store.
After the previous martial arts competitions to recruit brides and the martial arts exams for children, Changsheng has become a celebrity in Chang'an. Many people know him. When he arrived, the nearby waiters hurried over to greet him.
Not everyone knew that the Taiping Inn was owned by the Ni family, not even the clerks in the store, but the shopkeepers knew it. When they saw Changsheng arriving, they hurriedly left the patrons they were entertaining and walked over to send them away. He killed the man, and then personally took Changsheng to the elegant room in the northwest corner.
Changsheng came to Taiping Inn for the first time. He looked around and found that the first floor was divided into two areas: inside and outside. The north was the reception area with a large tea table, the south was the work area, and behind the large counter was the storage warehouse. The ascending stairs were located at The westernmost side of the first floor.
The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man, about forty years old, slightly fatter, with a smile on his face. After inviting Changsheng into the elegant room, he immediately put away his smile and saluted solemnly, "Song Fu, I have met my boss."
Seeing Chang Sheng frowning slightly, Song Fu hurriedly said, "The big shopkeeper came here yesterday before leaving and had an explanation with us."
Changsheng nodded. The big shopkeeper Song Fu mentioned was Ni Ni's Seventh Madam. Yesterday, after Ni Ni learned that Zhang Shan would entrust eight purple energy masters to accompany him for protection, he sent people to the Taiping Inn to take away a lot of easily cashable items. It was at that time that the seventh lady summoned the other six shopkeepers and made the necessary explanations.
"As far as I know, the shopkeepers on the second and third floors are all surnamed Song, and you are also surnamed Song. What is the relationship between you?" Changsheng pointed to the seat next to him when he spoke, and motioned for Song Fu to sit down.
Song Fu stood aside and did not sit down. "When I go back to my employer's house, I will tell you that we are all brothers from the same family. We have brothers and cousins. Our ancestors are servants of the Ni family and have worked for our employer for generations."
Changsheng nodded. For any wealthy family, it is often not the efforts of one generation, but the hard work of several generations. The same is true for the Ni family. Being able to become rich in the world is also the management and accumulation of several generations.
"We are ignorant. We have violated the rules and offended many times before, and we still ask our master to punish him." Song Fu lifted the hem of his clothes while speaking and wanted to kneel down.
Changsheng knew why Song Fu said this. Among the people who forced Master to die was Song Bao, the shopkeeper on the second floor of the Taiping Inn. Song Cai, the shopkeeper on the third floor, had also launched an attack outside the Yizhuang with Long Haotian that day. I want to capture him to avenge Song Bao.
Thinking of his dead master, Changsheng sighed, then raised his hand to Song Fu, "Get up, those who don't know are not guilty."
Seeing that Song Fu was nervous and uneasy and did not get up, Changsheng said again, "At that time, everyone is their own master, and I can't blame you. Get up and talk."
Hearing what Changsheng said, Song Fu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and stood with his hands down.
There are many reasons why Changsheng no longer pursues the Song family. First, Song Bao is dead. Second, it is reasonable for Song Cai to want to avenge Song Bao. After all, both sides had their own positions at that time, but the most important thing is The reason was that when Song Bao, Gongsun Chengwei and others joined forces to force Luo Yangzi that day, Luo Yangzi's life span had already expired. To be precise, Song Bao was not the murderer who killed his master Luo Yangzi.
The waiter knocked on the door and brought the brewed tea. Song Fu opened the door and took it, pouring tea and water for Chang Sheng. When Chang Sheng was pouring water, Chang Sheng pointed to the free seat next to him again and motioned for Song Fu to sit down and talk, but Song Fu did not. Persist in standing, just say that there is a difference between superiority and inferiority. A domestic servant cannot sit on an equal footing with his master.
Seeing that Song Fu insisted on his own opinion, immortality was left to him.
Song Fu knew that Changsheng knew little about Taiping Inn, so he took the initiative to tell him about the situation of Taiping Inn. Song Fu will not go into details of the well-known things. What he talked about this time was only secret matters including profitable inventory. The Song family's six Although they are all brothers of the same family, they do not know the profits of other floors except the floors they manage. Taiping Inn has seven floors, and each floor has its own accounting room and warehouse. All business income is Independently calculated.
Worried that what he said was not clear enough, Song Fu personally moved the relevant account books. Changsheng had to wait for Datou and others to arrive, and could not go to the second floor, so he casually looked through the account books. What he didn't expect was that it was on the first floor. There are actually more than ten million taels of silver in the warehouse.
I was wondering why there were so many deposits in the warehouse. When I looked carefully, I suddenly realized that the more than 10 million taels of deposits did not belong to the Taiping Inn, but were deposited by customers. They may not be picked up at any time.
Ni Zuo naturally knew that there was a large amount of silver in the Taiping Inn, but he did not touch the money before leaving. This was also Ni Zuo's pattern and magnanimity. He did not disrupt the normal operation of the Taiping Inn and left the Taiping Inn intact to him. .
There were a large number of things for sale in the warehouse on the first floor. The account books were divided into categories and recorded clearly. Changsheng turned to the weapons category and took a rough look at them. He found that although the weapons in stock were all top-grade, they were not considered magical weapons.
At this moment, Datou's voice came from outside. Changsheng put down his account book after hearing the sound, got up and left the private room, and waved to Datou and others who were standing at the gate.
Before Datou and others approached, Changsheng asked Song Fu a question, that is, how much is the monthly profit and income of the first floor. Song Fu answered that the amount of income varied depending on the season, and it was about 20,000 taels per month.
When the four people arrived, Changsheng turned around and walked to the second floor. Taiping Inn had many rules. Song Fu did not go to the second floor with the five people, but respectfully sent Changsheng and others up the stairs.
The shopkeeper on the second floor was originally Song Bao, but after Song Bao's death, he was succeeded by the Song family. The new shopkeeper was named Song Shou. He knew that Changsheng was the owner of Taiping Inn, and his behavior was also the courtesy of master and servant, so his attitude was extremely respectful.
Changsheng came here mainly to find useful weapons for Datou and others. He also knew that the higher you go, the better the quality of the weapons in stock for sale. Therefore, he did not stay longer on the second floor and had a brief chat with Song Shou. After the conversation, they went to the third floor. Before leaving, they did not forget to ask about the monthly profit of the second floor. The amount Song Shou said was similar to that of Song Fu, which was about 20,000 taels.
It stands to reason that the second floor receives distinguished guests, and the inventory is better than that on the first floor. According to common sense, the profit should be higher than that on the first floor. However, there are relatively few people who can afford good things, so the profit is similar to that on the first floor. It's also reasonable.
Changsheng then came to the third floor. Song Cai, the shopkeeper on the third floor, was embarrassed when he saw Changsheng, but Changsheng did not embarrass him because it was Song Cai who was in trouble that day, not his master Luo Yangzi. As a victim, he was qualified to forgive him. Only the victim himself is qualified to forgive the other party.
Song Cai submitted the warehouse account books as usual, but Chang Sheng did not read them. Since he wanted to give weapons to four people, he had to choose the best ones, and the best things must be on higher floors.
The monthly profit on the third floor is slightly more, about 30,000 taels.
The shopkeeper on the fourth floor is named Song Ji, and the monthly profit on the fourth floor is around 30,000 taels.
The shopkeeper on the fifth floor is named Song Xi. Since most of the items auctioned twice a year are from the fifth and sixth floors, the profit on the fifth floor is relatively considerable, averaging about fifty thousand taels per month.
The shopkeeper on the sixth floor is named Song Rui, and the monthly profit on the sixth floor is around 50,000 taels.
Although the Taiping Inn has seven floors, the seventh floor is not involved in the operation, because the Seventh Madam is usually in the Ni Mansion and rarely comes here. The seventh floor is just the study room where the Seventh Madam accumulates accounts and handles affairs, and there are also some stored in it. It was a valuable item, but it had been moved away by the Ni family yesterday.
After hearing what Song Rui said, Changsheng knew that the Taiping Inn alone could have an income of 200,000 taels per month, which was a lot of income. In addition to the Taiping Inn, the Ni family also had many shops, and he had not yet I don't have time to calculate it in detail, but I can roughly estimate that the monthly income from all the Ni family's businesses should be a very scary figure.
Went to the seventh floor and walked around, and found that it was just a study room as Song Rui said, and the few valuables had been moved away. Changsheng took Datou and others back to the sixth floor, opened the inventory account book and took a closer look. Read, he came here this time not only to equip Datou and others with useful weapons, but also to find Taoist magic weapons for the eight purple energy masters who were escorting the Ni family to the west.
Changsheng did not start reading from the first page, because the account books were organized and written according to the date. The items at the front were in stock for a longer time. To put it bluntly, they were picked by others.
He started reading from the last page, but after reading only one page, he suddenly frowned.
Seeing the drastic change in his expression, Datou asked in confusion, "Sir, what's wrong?"
Changsheng did not answer Datou's question, but turned to look at Song Rui who was standing by, "Where did you get this big iron rod weighing 360 kilograms..."
