"Okay, okay, okay, as long as you are happy." Yan Rong smiled helplessly, "We can eat whatever we like. It's okay to eat eight meals a day, okay?"
"This attitude is not bad. I'm very satisfied. It's settled until we eat, drink and have fun and these people are satisfied."
"Xiaocha, you have the final say, I have no objection."
"Okay, then just listen to me. I'll make a list. When brother A Rong has time, we can execute it as planned." Shen Cha nodded with a smile, turned to look at Shen Haolin, her brother also Said that this arrangement is very satisfactory. She coughed twice, took the warm water Jin Jing poured, took a sip, and then continued, "Brother A Rong, tell me, why did the Empress Dowager's natal family leave their place of origin and go to Jiangnan so far away? It stands to reason that their roots are in Wuzhou City, and there are things they want here."
"Didn't I just say that you interrupted me?" Yan Rong waved his hand, "Listen carefully to me and don't think I'm showing off. They were forced to leave their hometown because something serious happened. Let’s start with their insatiable greed.”
"You just said that your family is doing business in Torre Town and has some shops. They want to clean up those dirty businesses, move them out of Wuzhou City, and then start a serious business in Torre Town again. Just pretend that those low-level businesses have nothing to do with them?"
"If you don't say that the Duke of the country is the Duke of the country, you hit the nail on the head, that's what it is!" Yan Rong patted his thigh, "There are two streets for business in Torre Town. One of them is mostly for sales. Selling pens, inks, paper and inkstones, selling books, selling tea sprinklers, selling porcelain, gold and silver jewelry, etc., are aimed at elegant people. The other one is more pyrotechnic, and it is those things that are needed daily, basically Eat and drink and stuff like that.”
"Brother A Rong's house should be for elegant people, right?" Xia Jiu, who had eaten several big meals, was in a particularly good mood and said cheerfully, "Butcher's shop, vegetable shop, medicine shop, blacksmith shop, etc. Yes, it must have nothing to do with you, right?"
"That's half right. Now my family does only have a few gold and silver shops, tea houses, wineries, etc. Before that incident happened, I did have a few grocery stores. After all, shops for elegant people, You can't make much money in a year. According to my grandfather, you need both high quality and down-to-earth life." Yan Rong smiled twice, then his face sank, sighed, and said, "It's just Then something happened, and the down-to-earth shop had to be transferred to someone else."
"This other person is the Empress Dowager's natal family?"
"Yes!" Yan Rong nodded, "What Haolin said just now is right. They really want to get rid of those low-level businesses, and then change their appearance and start a few new businesses. But in Wuzhou City, no one Don’t you know the details of their surname Chang? It’s impossible for them to clean themselves up in Wuzhou City, and they don’t know who gave them the bad idea. Their eyes are set on Torre Town.”
"Because Torreya Town is close to Wuzhou City, it's easy for them to control it, right?"
"That's right." Yan Rong nodded towards Shen Haolin, "That's it, and they are not stupid. They know that in fact, those shops that look very high-end and grand can only make so much money in a month. It is impossible for someone to do it every day , who make jewelry every month, buy books, and sell pens, inks, paper, and inkstones. At most, they sell tea and wine better, but compared with butcher shops, they are far behind."
"Small profits but quick turnover. After deducting fixed costs, the income is quite considerable." Shen Cha nodded and saw Yan Rong looking at him in surprise, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "What does this mean? You don't think I can You should know this, right?”
"Absolutely." Yan Rong touched his nose sheepishly, "I never thought you cared about this before!"
"My brother and I are not only generals stationed at the border, we are also responsible for the daily affairs and people's livelihood here. Do you know that these are not taken for granted?" Shen Cha chuckled, "Besides, the Shen family also has a shop, so you can understand monthly revenue.”
"That's true!" Yan Rong patted his head, "The Shen family has many shops and shops, and I don't see them trying to rip you off!"
"I'm not showing off, why are you trying to rip me off?" Shen Cha raised his eyebrows slightly, "You mean, they are obsessed with fireworks.
That shopping street, right? Seeing Yan Rong nod, she twitched her lips and said, "It's a good idea. That street is indeed quite profitable, but it is very hard. Can they endure the suffering?" Can they do it if they wake up early every day and work hard at night? "
"They certainly can't do it themselves, and besides, they don't have that much money to really take over the shops that others have run for so many years. Many of them are left by their ancestors. What they want to do is nothing."
"A white wolf with nothing?" Shen Cha didn't quite understand what Yan Rong meant, "What's the trick?"
"It's still the same hooligans and gangsters they are used to doing. For example, find someone to buy meat from a butcher shop, and then say the next day that there is something wrong with the meat from this shop, and then..." Yan Rong looked at the people in front of him, "This method Doesn't this sound particularly familiar? When we first came to the border, there were many such things happening. The methods of robbery and robbery were not too easy for them to use. _o_m "
"Indeed."
Shen Cha recalled that when he was a child, before he came to Shen's house, he would always hear the uncle and grandma next door talking about things on the street. Such stories about gangsters and gangsters asking for money could usually be heard in three or two days. to once.
"They are making such a fuss that no one's business can survive. How can they profit from it?"
"If you can't do it anymore, you have to sell it at a low price so that they can have the money to buy it." Yan Rong sneered, "These idiots are really good at it. They only use this kind of *** when they know that they can't buy it at the original price." method."
"So, your shop is also..."
"No, no!" Yan Rong waved his hand towards Shen Haolin, "My family's shop was sold when they first started doing this. Although Torre Town is a little far away from Wuzhou City and Xijing City, But there are still a few relatively powerful families. Those gangsters don't know it, but everyone who does business knows that instead of selling the shop to those gangsters at a low price, it is better to sell it to these gangsters and the people behind them at full price. People, this way we can watch the show in a down-to-earth manner and see who wins."
