Red Mansion Wind

Chapter 39: The strategy of welcoming guests.

Inside the reception building.

This store was originally a resting place for those shopkeepers of merchant ships in Hong Kong, so it is not as dilapidated and shivering as those Lifu foot stores. Although the furnishings are not luxurious, they are still eye-catching.

Dai Quan led the guards inside, went up to the second floor and kicked out all the guests, and the shopkeeper of the welcoming building rushed up to ask questions.

Dai Quan asked someone to take out a sign, and the shopkeeper just glanced at it and was so frightened that his feet were numb, he dared not speak, and was about to retreat timidly.

"Wait~"

Dai Quan looked around the upstairs and found several semi-open seats, pointing to those places and said: "Hurry up and send someone to clean it up carefully, our master is in a good mood today, and I gave you this small shop." What a great blessing, please take care of me!"

"Yes, yes, yes, my little one, let's arrange for a maid to clean up~"

"Take it~"

The shopkeeper didn't dare to say anything, and he agreed, Dai Quan nodded and squeezed out a small gold nude from his cuff, and threw it to the shopkeeper.

"No one is allowed to come upstairs for a while, this is considered as your expense, and the rest is for those who drive out guests."

A person of his class naturally wouldn't care about these small moneys. When he said it, he thought that the chief executive loved free food. When the shopkeeper received it, he sank in his hand. It's also quick, and I am grateful to go down and arrange it.

These big masters are difficult to serve, but they are really willing to do so. This effort is worth his income for a few days.

He hastily called a few servant girls over, wiped again and again with hot water wrung out towels, and after wiping several times with dry towels, he put on his newly bought mattress.

Then take out the best incense, warm the stove with the least smoke, and prepare dried melons, fruits and tea one by one, which is more dedicated than entertaining your own father.

The above was almost ready, Dai Quan just came to the first floor, and saw Emperor Zhenguo just talking to a businessman.

"My lord, don't you know that transporting food from the south to the border, not to mention making money, sometimes you have to pay some money~"

It turned out that I was asking about the transportation of grain at the border. Since the last meeting of the court, the ministers have not come up with a good charter. When I came to the West Market, I also wanted to know for myself the loss of grain transportation, and I heard the businessman say that he still had to lose money.

He didn't quite believe it. As the saying goes, there is no business without evil, and no business without evil, so he said displeased:
"Hmph! I... really think I don't know that business is not successful. The price of food in the north is several times that in the south. How can it not make money?"

"Yo, my lord, what you said is that the grain has arrived in the land. It is indeed much more expensive than the south, but the grain will not fly to the north, will it?" The businessman may have seen some things in the world. He is oppressive, but he has also seen some officials and lords, so he is not afraid to wring his fingers and say:

"Let's not talk about the management in the south, but in the north you can't go by land and water or big boats, and you have to pack horses to transport it, which will cost you a lot of money, and the management of the passes along the way is also a lot of money, especially when you encounter those who pick up A strong man with a path, if he fails, he will lose all his money, so he will sell it after the bumpy journey, and in the end, it will be good if he can keep his capital, regardless of how much he earns."

In fact, the businessman did not say a word, that is, if the border market is opened to trade with the Kun Kingdom and the grassland tribes, then it can make some money, but if the border trade is opened, the court directly buys grain from the North Kingdom, and there is no need to ask people to transport the grain, yes Most of the private businessmen are unwilling to transport grain to the border.

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The emperor just wanted to say how could he only care about his own self-interest and disregard the interests of the country, but he had nothing to say when he saw this businessman. If a lowly businessman thinks about the country, Dagan would have ruled the world long ago, Dai Quan Seeing that the emperor was silent, he knew that His Majesty was not happy, so he hurried up and said in a low voice, "Master, the above has already been taken care of~"

"Humph!"

The emperor flicked his sleeves and turned around, leaving the businessman bewildered, why did he lose his temper with him, and if he had a temper, tell the elders in the court.

"It's unreasonable, they are really short-sighted people!"

The emperor went to the second floor and sat down in the elegant room. He was still a little angry, and Yang Qinhu, the Lord of the Town, persuaded him, "Why should Baoye care about those merchants? Isn't there still Xue Shen and other big imperial merchants transporting grain to the border?" Selling, don't get angry."

"What's the matter with those few families? It's just because they want to put on the royal skin, and they are perfunctory~"

The emperor waved his hand and suddenly saw Zhou Xu looking around, so he nodded his hand. Zhou Xu stepped forward in a daze and said:

"what?"

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Dai Quan saw his casual appearance, if it wasn't inappropriate for him to be outside, he would have said something bold and dared to be so disrespectful in front of His Majesty, but unfortunately he could only hold back at this moment, which made him very uncomfortable. The emperor saw this kid pretending to be stupid, Unhappily said: "You were not talking big when you were outside. Is there a better way to say something than the princes of the court? Why don't you say it now."

Did the emperor say the word butt? Zhou Xu scratched his head and asked, "Why don't you tell me to stand while you are sitting?"

"Bold!"

Dai Quan couldn't bear it anymore and went up and scolded, you are so ignorant, how can you have a place in front of His Majesty? Didn't you see that our family is standing in a proper manner? Brother Chun outside the door heard this scolding and thought Zhou Xu was with someone else There was a conflict, and he was about to come in, but was blocked and held down by several men, so he could only shout outside the door.

"Grandpa! Grandpa! Are you okay!"

"It's okay~ What are you calling for?"

Zhou Xu responded to Brother Chun before he felt relieved. Yang Qinhu looked at Zhou Xu and said with a smile: "Zhou Suyuan knows his duty, why is your son not in harmony with his temperament at all."

"The old man often said that it is not that the dragon has nine sons, but the sons are different. Although my father is not so noble, he is still considered a tiger. It is so strange to have a son like me~"

"Haha, it's true that the tiger father has no dogs, so tell me how you can arrange these soldiers from the Beijing camp. I'll ask you a seat in front of Master Baomu."

Seeing that Zhou Xu boasted that he was a tiger cub, Emperor Yang had fun capturing the tiger again, but he wanted to see if it was a tiger or a dog. Zhou Xu curled his lips, we don't care, well, it doesn't matter if he doesn't sit down, he put his ass on the floor, calling two People laughed again.

"Tiger Chi, you have a way to speak quickly!"

The emperor also wanted to hear what a good idea such a foolish boy could come up with, and told him to listen to it to relieve his boredom.

"There are not many ways. The imperial court is full of grand masters. They are usually high-ranking figures. They always have their eyes above the top. Even if the hem is dirty, some people will wipe it for them. How can they look at the bottom? Whenever you come out and walk What is 3000 people around here, 3 people are also arranged~"

Zhou Xu was so stage frightened that he thought of a random strategy to deal with the two big officials in front of him based on what he had seen and heard.

"Let's just say that there are so many shops on the Royal Street, you two have seen it too, and the extension of these shops can arrange thousands of soldiers."

"How to arrange the shop, can't they let them do the work?"

The emperor thought it was some kind of idea, but it turned out to be the idea of ​​being a shop assistant, so he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. It really was a child's opinion. These people from the army are reluctant to ask them to fight and kill the enemy, but if they were shop assistants, which shop would want them?
Zhou Xu waved his hands repeatedly and said:
"Of course it's not about being a clerk. Being a clerk only costs a few dollars. What I'm talking about is looking after a shop and being an urban management!"

"Take a shop? Work as an urban management?"

(End of this chapter)