Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 224 Building a Team
There are many cases like this scholar.In the past, those scholars who wanted to test their fame couldn’t come to teahouses to listen to books without doing anything; there were also those who had something to do, such as clerks in yamen, shopkeepers, accountants, and squires and landlords in the countryside. Storyteller.The entertainment in ancient times was so poor that you didn't know what to do if you wanted to pass the time. Now that there are two books with such good reputations, it is natural to buy them and take a look.

So the first and second volumes of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" were printed [-] copies each, and they were sold out in just two days, and people kept coming to ask if they were in stock. Countless people asked when the next volumes would be printed. The staff in the bookstore were tired of answering these questions. It was Yao Shuqi who wrote a notice and pasted it on a wooden board and erected it at the gate. Saved a lot of talking.

After Du Jinning finished school, he went to the bookstore to check the situation, and immediately ordered: "You can count and see how many tea shoppers bought scripts, and what proportion they accounted for."

Seeing Mr. Accountant's promise, Yao Shuqi began to count, and couldn't help asking Du Jinning, "Young Master Du, why do you count this?"

"I want to see whether tea customers buy more or other people buy more." Du Jinning said.

This is actually nonsense, Du Jinning's real plan, in front of the accountant and the clerk, did not say it.

She felt that it was time to open shops in other counties and prefectures.As for whether the teahouse and bookstore opened at the same time, or whether the teahouse opened first and then the bookstore, we had to look at the statistics.

She was different from Guan Jiaze and Qi Muyuan, and also different from Zhang Hongwen.

Guan Jiaze and Qi Muyuan have no need to make money at all. Even if they don't make a penny, their family can provide them with food and clothing for a lifetime; while Zhang Hongwen's goal is scientific research, as for making money, they can leave it to their father or brother Do.If he focuses on making money, he is putting the cart before the horse.

But Du Jinning is completely different from them. She has no family background to rely on, and no father and brother to work hard together. She can only rely on herself.As for the imperial examination, although she will take part in it, it has never been her ultimate goal to pay homage to the prime minister and give power to the government and the public.

She still likes small money.

She wanted to go to other big cities or even the capital to buy a house, and also to buy fields and pavements there. All of these required money, which was not supported by the income of a tea garden, several teahouses, and bookstores.

So she wants to expand the business.

The accountant quickly compiled the statistics and reported to Du Jinning: "Sixty percent of the tea customers bought it, and [-] percent of it was bought by other customers."

"Look at how many tea customers accounted for on the first day, and how many tea customers accounted for the second day."

The accountant was stunned for a moment, then made some statistics and said: "The tea customers accounted for [-]% of the customers on the first day, but only [-]% on the second day."

Du Jinning nodded, feeling confident.She looked at the sky and said, "It's almost time, let's get on the board."

In ancient shops, the door panels were all movable. The door panels were removed in the morning, and the door panels were pushed back piece by piece when the door was closed in the evening.Therefore, opening the door in the morning is called "lower board", and closing the door at night is called "upper board".

As early as half an hour ago, Yao Shuqi had counted today's goods and money, and after hearing Du Jinning's words, he said, "Everyone, pack up your things and put them on the board."

The accountant and a clerk quickly packed up their things and put the door up.

Seeing that Du Jinning was still standing there, Yao Shuqi stepped forward and asked, "What else does Young Master Du want?"

"Do you know Lu Xiaobei's family and Qin Laoliu's family?" Du Jinning asked him.

"I know." Yao Shuqi looked at Du Jinning in confusion.

"I'll be waiting for you at Wangji Restaurant. You close the door and call the two of them. Let's have a meal together. I have something to tell you." Du Jinning said.

"Okay." Yao Shuqi smiled, "I'll go around and tell my family in a while."

Du Jinning nodded, walked away slowly, and went to Wangji Food Shop.

Wangji Food Shop is a small restaurant, the owner does a good job of cooking, but because the environment is not good and the prices are low, those with status and status will not come here.The business of Wangji Food Shop is not good today, except for one table of guests, the rest of the tables are empty.

Du Jinning found a corner and sat down, ordered a few dishes, then drank tea slowly and waited for some people to come.

Not long after, Lu Xiaobei arrived first.After a while, Qin Lao Liu and Yao Shuqi also walked in.

The boss brought up the dishes, warmed up a corner of the wine, and then retreated.

Du Jinning picked up the wine glass and was about to fill it up for everyone, but Lu Xiaobei quickly took it and said, "I'll come." He was about to pour wine for Du Jinning.

Du Jinning covered the cup in front of him, and said with a smile, "I'm too young to drink, you guys drink."

In fact, during the Chinese New Year, she also tasted wine out of curiosity.The alcohol content in this era is not high, and with her body, she thinks she can hold a good amount of alcohol, and she is fine after a drink.But if she goes home smelling of alcohol, Mrs. Chen must beat her to death.

Among the four present, although Du Jinning is the youngest, she is the boss and a scholar, and everyone respects her.Since she didn't drink, Lu Xiaobei naturally couldn't force it, so he poured wine for others.

Du Jinning replaced wine with tea, met with everyone, and after drinking for three rounds, he said: "I want to open teahouses and bookstores in Fucheng and other counties."

Everyone was startled, put down their glasses and looked at her.

Du Jinning said again: "Young Master Guan and Young Master Qi have extraordinary family backgrounds. They want to do business at home, and they have their own people to take care of them. They used to partner with me, but it was just because the elders of the family took pity on my poor family. Now I am going to open teahouses and bookstores elsewhere. The shop, their elders will definitely not let them handle it again. As for Master Zhang, he is now focused on taking the imperial examination, so I don't want to distract him too much."

"So, even if they are willing to participate in opening teahouses and bookstores elsewhere, they will only pay some money, and they will not care about other things. But in my hands, apart from you, there is no one who is useful gone."

As she said that, she looked at the three of them and said, "If you have any reliable people, feel free to recommend them to me. I can trust you, so naturally I can trust the people you recommend."

Lu Xiaobei looked at Yao Shuqi and Qin Laoliu, and seeing that they were not talking, he shook his head first.

He said: "I am young, and it was a coincidence that I met shopkeeper Yao. I really don't know other people, let alone have no friendship. Besides, it is not always possible to meet a reliable and capable shopkeeper, let alone be willing to go. It's somewhere else. It's a little tricky."

Qin Laoliu also smiled and said: "Don't look at me, I'm just a loafer on the street. I know either gangsters or ordinary people, the shopkeeper... He looked at Yao Shuqi and said with a smile, "Now I just met one, the shopkeeper Yao . "

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Yao Shuqi pondered for a moment, then raised his head to look at Du Jinning: "I'll go."

(End of this chapter)