Lu Ming

Chapter 528 The Daily Life of Shopkeeper Wu ([-])

Bai Shen and Bai Juren are celebrities in Zengcheng County.

There is no doubt about this.For a small place in the Ming Dynasty, Juren was naturally the local "hometownship", a member of the upper class, and a well-deserved ruling class.

The ruling class is not for nothing.Fan Jinzhong made a move, and Zhang Xiangshen, who came to congratulate him, sold 50 taels of silver and a big house with three rooms and three rooms on Dongmen Street. Afterwards, there was an endless stream of people who came to deliver land and shops in a place where the power of the gentry was severely suppressed This was true in the Qing Dynasty, not to mention the Ming Dynasty when the power of the gentry was so arrogant.

The family business of Bai Juren in Zengcheng is also well-developed.

In the beginning, the Bai family was just an old ancestral grocery store in the county town, and it was considered a well-to-do middle-class family.Theoretically speaking, Bai Shaodong's family, who was still very young at that time, would just inherit the grocery store in the future, changing from the young master's family to the old one.

However, Bai Shaodong's family is very talented. Although his skills are not high and his literary talent is mediocre, he is a competitive player in the scientific examination. No.8.

Afterwards, Bai Shaodong's family failed to become Jinshi in the examination, but this did not prevent the Bai family from being promoted overnight in Zengcheng County and becoming an enviable wealthy family.

After becoming a Juren, Comrade Bai Shenming first went to Jiangxi to serve as a county magistrate.After that, he was going to change his official position, but because Bai's old boss had an intestinal ulcer (chronic appendicitis) and finally died, so Master Bai returned to his hometown to guard the system for three years and take care of the family business.

However, due to this system, Grandpa Bai gradually lost his desire to be an official. It is impossible to be a high-ranking official, and the left and right are just some idle second-hand officials in small counties. Corruption is not his turn. How can there be a response from everyone in his hometown? Is it better to point fingers and be a gentleman?

From then on, Master Bai could stay at home and develop his industry with peace of mind.More than ten years have passed, and Young Master Bai has become a middle-aged master Bai. With his dedication to management, the Bai family not only has farm tenants in the countryside, but Baiji grocery has also developed from a single store at the beginning to a famous store in Zengcheng area. A powerful chain enterprise has become a big family in the true sense, a "farming and studying family".

But the good thing is: despite the expansion of the family business and high social status, Mr. Bai has maintained the approachable style of the young owner of the grocery store after so many years. This makes shopkeeper Wu not too cramped after seeing the master today.

"Brother Qianshan, it's been a tough trip to the mountain."

After serving tea to each other in the study room for entertaining close guests, Mr. Bai smiled and said to shopkeeper Wu.

"Lao Dong's family is always thinking about it. I'm always used to running around. It's not hard work."

"Hey, brother, you are also old now. When you know how to take care of yourself, if you have any errands to go out, let the guys below do it. These things are ultimately left to the younger generations."

Although the relationship between the guest and the host has always been good, Master Bai is now more polite when facing shopkeeper Wu. He is caring and considerate, and really puts on the attitude of a family.

This is also what the title should mean.Ever since shopkeeper Wu got in touch with the General Military Mansion due to a blessing in disguise, Master Bai's attitude towards him has been upgraded from that of an old subordinate/retainer to that of a close comrade/partner.

This kind of emphasis is not because shopkeeper Wu's shareholding in Baiji Grocery has increased - the Baijia family has a big business, and these shares are nothing.

What caught Bai Juren's attention was the connection between shopkeeper Wu and the General Military Mansion.

Although the Bai family has also purchased land properties in the countryside over the years, at the same time, Bai Juren still puts a lot of energy into business. Over the years, he has personally carried forward the old family name and established it as a chain enterprise.

However, in the past two years, due to the deterioration of the social environment, Baiji Grocery has also been under pressure. The sales channels are not smooth and the sales are not prosperous, and the business is going from bad to worse.Naturally, Bai Juren was helpless in such a situation where the overall situation was ruined. Every time he thought about this matter, he always sighed, and in the end he could only order Shopkeeper Wu and the others to try their best to maintain the matter.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of last year, things took a turn for the better: due to the repeated battles outside Guangzhou, Bai Juren collected some information about Cao Zongbing and Yizhou.

Bai Juren, who came from the young owner of a grocery store, naturally behaved differently from those traditional gentry.Not only was he very interested in this information, he did not hesitate to spend money on many inquiries, and in the end he even took the risk of going to Yizhou himself.

Ever since Bai Juren came back from Yizhou, his appearance has completely changed: he ran to Guangzhou every now and then, not only bought a house in Guangzhou city, but also paid close attention to every move of certain forces.

Later, at a bidding meeting that ordinary people didn't even know about, due to his advanced business vision and sufficient information, Bai Juren gritted his teeth and made a big bet even though his financial resources were not very sufficient, and he was able to win the rest. The emotionally wealthy businessman bid for Zengcheng County agents for seven kinds of Yizhou groceries from the hands of the cross-travel crowd in one fell swoop.

Afterwards, there will be stories about the resurrection of Baiji Groceries and the stories of shopkeeper Wu encountering bandits.

After going through so much, until today, it can be said that Bai Juren is interested in the affairs of Cao Zongbing and Yizhou.

This is not only due to business reasons. Yizhou's factory assembly line had a great impact on Bai Juren's thinking.

Bai Juren, who is familiar with history books, doesn't look like Cao Zongbing engraved on his back to serve the country with loyalty, so he is willing to give up no matter how many resources he has, just to build even a little relationship with the people who have traveled through—here In the southern country where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, it is reasonable to plan everything early. He is a businessman thinking, and there is no ideological drag of "the world is blessed by the emperor".

This is the deep-seated reason why Bai Juren is now disregarding his status and calling shopkeeper Wu a brother and brother, but he is not enough to be an outsider.Shopkeeper Wu has registered at the General Military Mansion, and he is a friendly person who can talk to them. Now that Shopkeeper Wu is settled, sooner or later, this line will be widened, bringing even greater benefits to the Bai family. .

"Brother Qianshan, don't go to the cabinet these few days, rest at home to make up for the year. When the year is over, we still have one big thing to do."

Master Bai chatted with shopkeeper Wu for half a cup of tea time, and after checking that the time was almost up, he finally revealed the next work arrangement.

When shopkeeper Wu heard that there was a major event from his boss, the professional habits he had developed over the years immediately put him into a working state: "Oh, a big event? Dare I ask my boss, what is the big event, should we make some preparations?"

"Hehe, there is no need to prepare anything." Bai Juren took two pure white cigarettes from the plain plate at the side, handed one to the shopkeeper, and skillfully lit it with a sterling silver Zippo: "The wilderness outside the city Qitan, at that time, there will be a master craftsman from the General Military Mansion coming to see the stone. Let's say hello. You can talk to the other side, and there are many people who have been there to get close to this matter. It is said that the county magistrate is also jealous. Family can’t be left behind.”

(End of this chapter)