Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 1615 Close to the truth 3.0
"Okay, okay, okay, as long as you are happy." Yan Rong smiled helplessly, "Let's eat whatever we like, eight meals a day is fine, okay?"

"This attitude is not bad. I'm very satisfied. It's settled. Until we eat, drink, and have fun, these people are all satisfied."

"You have the final say, Xiaocha, I have no objection."

"Okay, then listen to me, I'll make a list, and when brother Ah Rong has time, we can implement it according to the plan." Shen Cha nodded with a smile, turned to look at Shen Haolin, her brother also said the same The arrangement is very satisfactory.She coughed lightly twice, took a sip of the warm water poured by Jin Jing, and then continued, "Brother Ah Rong, tell me, why did the Empress Dowager's natal family leave their hometown and go so far to the south of the Yangtze River? It stands to reason that their roots are in Wuzhou City, and there are things they want here."

"Didn't I just say that I was interrupted by you?" Yan Rong waved his hand, "Listen to me carefully, don't think I'm showing off, because something serious happened, they were forced to leave their homes. Let’s start with their insatiable greed.”

"You just said that your family is doing business in Torre Town, and there are some shops. They want to clean up the dirty business, move it out of Wuzhou City, and then start a serious business in Torre Town again, pretending that those low-level business has nothing to do with them?"

"Why don't you say that the Duke of the country is the Duke of the country? That's what it means!" Yan Rong slapped his thigh, "There are two blocks in the town of Torre, and one is mostly for sale. Pens, inks, papers and inkstones, selling books, selling tea and wine, selling porcelain, gold and silver jewelry, etc. are aimed at elegant people. The other one is more pyrotechnic, which is those things that are needed in daily life. Eating and drinking and such."

"The voice at Brother Ah Rong's house should be aimed at elegant people, right?" Xia Jiu, who had knocked on several big meals, was in a particularly good mood, and said cheerfully, "Butcher shop, vegetable shop, medicine shop, blacksmith shop, etc. Yes, it must have nothing to do with you, right?"

"Half right, now my family really only has a few gold and silver shops, tea houses, wineries and so on. Before that happened, there were indeed a few grocery stores. You can’t earn much in a year. According to my grandfather, that is to live a life that is both high-quality and down-to-earth.” Yan Rong smiled a few times, then sank down, sighed, and said, “It’s just After that incident happened, 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 correct, they really want to get rid of those low-level businesses, and then remake them, and start a few new businesses. But in Wuzhou City, no one I don’t know the details of their surname Chang? It’s impossible for them to clean themselves up in Wuzhou City, and I don’t know who gave them such a bad idea. Their eyes are on the town of Torre.”

"Because Torre Town is close to Wuzhou City, it's easy for them to control it, isn't it?"

"That's right." Yan Rong nodded towards Shen Haolin, "That's the thing, and they are not stupid, they know that the income of those high-end shops that look very high-end is actually so much in a month, it is impossible for someone to do it every day, every day. Those who spend months making jewelry, buying books, and selling pens, inks, papers and inkstones, at best, sell tea and wine better, but compared with butcher shops, they are far behind."

"Small profits but quick turnover. After excluding the fixed costs, the income is quite considerable." Shen Cha nodded, seeing Yan Rong looking at him in surprise, raised his eyebrows lightly, "What does this mean? I don't think so. Should know this, right?"

"Almost." Yan Rong rubbed his nose in embarrassment, "I didn't think you cared about these things before!"

"My brother and I are not only the generals stationed at the border, but also responsible for the daily affairs here and the livelihood of the people. Knowing that these are not taken for granted?" Shen Cha chuckled, "Besides, the Shen family also has a shop, so you can also understand monthly revenue."

"That's true!" Yan Rong patted his head, "The Shen family also has a lot of shops and Zhuangzi, and I don't see them taking advantage of you!"

"I didn't show off either, so why are you trying to rip me off?" Shen Cha raised her eyebrows lightly, "You mean, they're thinking about that shopping street full of fireworks, right?" Seeing Yan Rong nodded, she twitched the corners of her mouth, "It's a good idea. That street is indeed very profitable, but it's very hard. Can they bear the hardship? Can they do it if they wake up early and work late every day? "

"They certainly can't do it themselves. Besides, they don't have that much money to really sell the shops that others have run for so many years. Many of them were left by their ancestors. What they want to do is empty-handed white wolves."

"White wolf with empty gloves?" Shen Cha didn't quite understand Yan Rong's meaning, "How to do it?"

"It's still the way they are used to by thugs and gangsters. For example, find someone to go to a butcher shop to buy meat, and the next day they say that there is something wrong with the meat, and then..." Yan Rong looked at the few people in front of him, "This way Does it sound familiar, when we first came to the border, there were many such things happened, and they should not use the method of robbery too easily."

"Indeed."

Shen Cha recalled that when he was a child, before he came to Shen's house, he could always hear the uncle and grandma next door talking about things on the street. This kind of story of hooligans and gangsters asking for money could be heard within three or two days. to once.

"They are so noisy, no one's business can continue, how can they profit from it?"

"If you can't do it anymore, you have to sell it at a low price, and they will have money to buy it." Yan Rong sneered, "These bastards know how to do it. They know that they can't buy it at the original price, so they use this cheap method."

"So, your shop is also..."

"No, no!" Yan Rong waved his hand at Shen Haolin, "The shop in my family was sold when they first started doing this business. Although Torre Town is a little far from Wuzhou City and Xijing City, it is still There are a few more powerful families, those gangsters don’t know, but those who do business know that instead of selling the shop to those gangsters at a low price, it’s better to sell it at the original price to these people who can clean up these gangsters and the people behind them. In this way, we can also watch the show in a down-to-earth way and see who wins."

(End of this chapter)