In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 604 Explosion
"If I can't make money, I will leave and let Sister Meihua deal with me."

"Is it true? You're at my mercy?" Sister Meihua suddenly covered her mouth and smiled, looking up and down at Zhao Yurui inconspicuously.

Zhao Yurui felt a chill in her heart and quickly folded her arms: "Sister Meihua, I sell my art but not my body."

"Dead look." Sister Meihua giggled.

After having dinner in the karaoke bar, Zhao Yurui borrowed a bicycle from Sister Meihua and rode all the way to the pier.

Dinghai County has two docks. One is for foreign trade, located in the northeast. In the past, envoys from Goryeo and Japan all landed here.

Later, Zhao Xie occupied Japan, Goryeo and the Far East, and the two countries became enemies. There were no more envoy ships, only merchant ships, and this place became the same as the East Wharf.

Zhao Yurui's small flag is located at the East Wharf, where there are many ships coming and going, and the largest number of merchant ships come from all over the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang and his group lived in the northern part of the wharf, while Zhang Jiusi and his group lived in the southern part of the wharf.

Zhao and Rui came to the south first.

There was only one row of shops here, and in the southernmost part of the shops, there were iron boxes, simple wooden sheds, and even tents.

This is the so-called floating population, where outsiders live.

Zhang Jiusi and his crew occupied dozens of iron carriages, which were said to be taken from old trains. Each one was not expensive and could be used as houses after being dragged here.

But there was no air conditioning at that time, only electric fans. It was cold in the winter and hot in the summer, and most people couldn't stand it.

"Boss Zhao." Just as Zhao Yurui was looking around, someone suddenly called him from a distance.

Zhao Yurui turned around and saw that it was Pan Yuanming, one of Zhang Jiusi's brothers.

Pan Yuanming is actually a descendant of Zhao Tingmei, the younger brother of Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Guangyi. After Zhao Yi seized the throne, he killed many of the Zhao family's descendants. Many of them changed their names and fled overseas. By the time of Zhao Meng, the name was changed to Yuan. There are few descendants of the original Zhao Song family with the surname Zhao left in China.

Of course, Zhao Yurui didn’t know that the person in front of him was a relative of his in his previous life.

After Pan Yuanming walked up to say hello, he led Zhao Yurui to meet Zhang Jiusi. Along the way, they saw many cool mats placed on the ground, and people nearby came out to cool off.

There was no way. It was extremely hot there in August and I didn't dare stay in the tin box before going to bed.

Some people even slept outside.

The conditions were so difficult that Zhao Yurui couldn't help but shake his head. In his previous life, when he was the emperor of the Song Dynasty, there was no such situation in Dinghai.

It is really speechless that those rebellious sons and grandsons could have turned the Song Dynasty into this state.

After a while, Zhao Yurui saw Zhang Jiusi.

Zhang Jiusi was shirtless, sitting on the dock with a group of men and women with bare arms, enjoying the sea breeze, drinking Laobaigan at two yuan a pound, and eating peanuts.

Seeing Zhao Yurui coming over so late at night, he was slightly surprised.

"Come here, sit down."

Zhao Yurui was not polite and sat next to him.

Zhang Jiusi immediately asked someone to bring a bowl and pour a bowl of wine.

In his previous life, Zhao Yurui didn't drink much, but this time he didn't hesitate. He raised his glass, clinked it with Zhang Jiusi, and drank it in one gulp.

"Cough cough cough" Zhao Yurui didn't expect that the wine was so strong, probably more than 40 degrees in today's wine.

"Hahaha, this is the first time I see Zhao Tou drinking. He turns out to be so straightforward." Zhang Jiuda was very happy.

Zhao Yurui remained calm: "Suzhou is a good place. Suzhou is not one of the richest places in my Yuan Dynasty. Why do you come here to make a living?"

"Of course it's better for rich people to stay in Suzhou. We are all poor." Zhang Jiusi sighed.

"You said during the day that you had more than a hundred people. How many of them had wives?"

Zhang Jiusi was stunned for a moment. Most of the fellow villagers who came out with him, as well as the fellow villagers who were recruited later, came with their families.

There aren't many single people.

"Is there anyone young, respectable, unmarried, who can drink?"

“?” Zhang Jiusi.

"I'm running a karaoke bar and I need girls to help out."

"Twenty dollars an hour, plus the money the client gives me. If I work ten hours a day, I'll make more than you guys do."

That’s right, Zhao Yurui plans to pick up a girl in the KTV.

Of course, most of the people here are married, so they can’t be considered girls.

When Zhang Jiusi heard that there was money, he immediately asked, "I have to ask my brothers if they are willing to do so."

"Qiqi, Qiqi."

"What's the matter, brother?" A girl about sixteen or seventeen years old appeared in front of Zhao Yurui.

The girl looks good, not as wild as Zhang Jiusi, but not very beautiful either, just above average.

This is Zhang Jiusi’s sister, Zhang Qiqi.

"What do you think of my sister? Can she do it? She can drink a lot."

When Zhang Jiusi heard that he worked more than them in a day, he must go out to make money.

"Brother, what do you want me to do?"

Zhao Yurui simply said: "Sing with the guests and coax them to drink. The more alcohol they drink, the more commission they get."

"Isn't this an art skill?" Zhang Qiqi raised her eyebrows, thinking that they were going to the Red Mansion.

"It's different, it's different." Zhao Yurui quickly explained: "We only sing and drink, we don't do anything else."

There are relatively few people like Zhao Yurui who have never been married.

Of course Zhang Jiusi also knew why.

To accompany guests to drink and sing, one must be unmarried. No married man can stand that.

"I'm afraid I can't find many here, but I know where there are some."

Zhang Jiusi said he couldn't find many, but after going around his own territory that night and asking around, he found four people who were willing to do this job.

There's no way, twenty dollars an hour is really a lot.

Before, they worked as porters at the dock, carrying heavy loads every day until they were exhausted, and that was only for thirty-one hours.

Now you can get 20 yuan just by singing and drinking, and there is also commission. It's like a huge piece of meat pie falling from the sky.

Several married men wanted to join in, but were rejected by Zhao Yurui.

That night, Zhao Yurui went to Zhang Jiusi and Zhu Chongba's territory and got seven unmarried girls who were willing to do it.

Early the next morning, he ran to Liuzhi Street that Zhang Jiusi mentioned. There were many poor people living here, which was considered a slum in Dinghai County. After some inquiries, he spent a few days and found eight more girls.

In this way, there were fifteen more girls in Zhao Yurui's karaoke parlor.

The next step is to sell alcohol. Da Yuan also has beer at that time, but the alcohol content is relatively high, about 10 degrees. Zhao Yurui found a brewery and asked them to make a separate low-alcohol beer of 3 degrees, which is specially for KTV use.

The cost price is 50 cents a bottle, and he sells it for 5 yuan in KTV, making a hundred times the profit.

It took Zhao Yurui a week to get the beer and find all the girls. During this time, Meihua Karaoke was temporarily closed. Zhao Yurui asked Meihua to change the appearance of the store and make it more upscale. First, the name was changed to [Huangting No. 1 KTV]. Then Ma Gang was sent to use a loudspeaker to advertise at the door every day. Huangting No. 1 KTV opened grandly. The opening was a reward for customers. A recharge of 100 yuan was used as 500 yuan, and all the beer in the venue could be purchased freely. However, this money could only be used to buy beer.

There were several posters made of boards at the door, all of which showed young girls wearing sexy clothes and holding beer.

Every night, two rows of little girls in miniskirts dance passionately at the door.

This attracted many passers-by to watch and make a noise.

Within a week, Huangting No. 1 KTV has become famous throughout Dinghai County.

Everyone knows that a KTV is about to open and there will be a lot of beautiful girls there.

Until the official opening day.

Zhao Yurui called out all the tenants in his house, and asked Zhu Chongba and Zhang Jiusi to send a large number of people, change into better clothes, and pretend to be guests to line up.

When the store opened at noon that day, there was a huge crowd of people. The long queue stretched from the door to the street corner, which was simply terrifying.

People in the Yuan Dynasty liked to join in the fun, and when they saw others queuing, many of them would also line up.

Then when it was their turn, they found out that they had to recharge their queue. They could use the money they charged for 100 yuan as 500 yuan, sing songs, and drink with beautiful women.

Most people couldn't help but recharge their accounts when they saw the girl dancing sexy dance at the door. Of course, there were a few who refused to recharge.

At that time, the Yuan Dynasty did not have a recharge sales model, so Zhao Yurui was a pioneer.

There are many pre-recharge scams in later generations. Some merchants deceive people and then run away immediately after recharging, but people still keep being deceived.

The people of the Yuan Dynasty were easier to deceive. They would definitely be deceived if they charged their money. When they saw someone charging their money first, everyone would follow suit.

The queue that day lasted from noon to night. Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Jiusi's people took turns queuing. After finishing the queue, they went out for a walk, changed their clothes, and then queued again.

Although there are many actors, many of them are fooled. When other people see how lively it is, they have to line up.

Afterwards, after someone recharged their account and wanted to go sing, they were told that their VIP level was too low, they only had fifteen private rooms, which were all full, and they had to wait.

"What? I paid for the game but can't play. Give me a refund." Someone was furious.

"No, our business is so booming, so we have to follow the first come first served principle." Ma Gang and Lin Bin kindly advised them.

At this time, Zhao Yurui would watch from the side.

First look at the clothes and demeanor of these people. If they look like ordinary people, they will immediately look at Zhang Jiusi. Zhang Jiusi understands and immediately leads a few fierce-looking people over: "Brother, come here, let's talk."

If he looks like a noble, Zhao Yurui will go over to say hello in person, revealing his identity as a Jinyiwei, and say if there is anything you want to talk about, you can talk about it in a nice way. You originally recharged 100 and it will be 500, right? I will give you 600. Come back next time. Today's place is really full.

The scene was still a bit chaotic that night, mainly because there were a lot of people recharging but the number of private rooms was limited.

Sister Meihua was simply stunned.

In the past, it was enough to have half of the customers every day, but today the whole day was full, with groups leaving one after another.

The beer sent by the manufacturer was almost sold out.

In the past, people could eat and drink white wine in her restaurant, but now Zhao Yurui has changed. People can’t eat or drink white wine anymore. They can only drink beer, and then they serve snacks, such as peanuts, fruits and so on.

The girls kept drinking with the guests.

When a customer started to act inappropriately, Zhao Yurui immediately sent people to mediate. They almost got into a fight, but they were able to suppress it in the end using their identities as the Imperial Guards.

Although it was chaotic that night and there were conflicts, overall nothing serious happened.

It wasn't until three in the morning that the last group of guests left.

"Ba ba ba". The abacus next to them made a clacking sound. Zhao Yurui, Zhu Chongba, Zhang Jiusi, Zhao Yusheng and others were sitting around the table, all dozing off. Everyone was a little unbearable. They didn't expect to work so late.

"It's out." Sister Meihua suddenly shouted excitedly.

Zhang Qiqi beside him also jumped up: "So many?"

After a while, the data arrived in front of Zhao Yurui.

Today, seventy-six people actually recharged their accounts. The lowest amount was of course one hundred, and the highest was one thousand. Seventy-six VIP cards were issued, and the total amount was 16,100 yuan.

The full-day room fee was over 3,000 yuan. (Sister Meihua used to charge by time, but now charges 80 yuan for a small package, six hours, and 160 yuan for a large package, with beer and fruit plates included.)
In addition, beer sales were also good. Although sales on the first day were relatively low as most customers were not used to it, we still sold more than 600 bottles, totaling more than 3,000 yuan.

The total income for the day was more than 22,000 yuan.

After deducting various expenses, Zhao Yurui gave Zhu Chongba and Zhang Jiusi two thousand each, and finally there were eight thousand left, which he and Sister Meihua could each share four thousand.

Sister Meihua was smiling from ear to ear, and Zhang Qiqi's eyes were also shining. Because she was young, had a sweet mouth, and looked good, she sold more than a hundred bottles of beer today.

The commission was 50 cents per bottle, which made her 50 yuan in total. Plus 20 yuan per hour, she worked for ten hours, so she got a total of 250 yuan.

This money came so easily, faster and easier than doing hard labor at the docks.

There was someone who did something physical in the middle, but fortunately Zhao Yurui sent someone to stop it in time.

Zhang Qiqi was originally resistant to this kind of art-like work, but the money came too quickly, and at such a young age, the impact of the money made it difficult for him to maintain his Taoist faith.

After becoming an instant success on the first day, Zhao Yurui also gained confidence. Even Zhu Chongba and Zhang Jiusi felt that this industry was profitable and both wanted to change careers.

But most of their employees are men, who are obviously not suitable for this business and have no start-up capital.

Then Zhao Yurui called two people over to tell them what to do next.

"The people of our dynasty have always flocked together."

"We are famous and successful today. In the future, every karaoke bar on the street will copy us, so we must take precautions."

In the following few days, Huangting No. 1 KTV became very popular. It was packed with people every day and was fully booked at noon.

Because it is very hot outside in August, and there is little entertainment in this era, apart from playing billiards and mahjong, which were passed down by Zhao Yurui during the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Yurui installed an electric fan in the box, and then placed ice cubes in front of the fan, which blew out cool air, which was very popular with everyone.

It's simply a summer resort.

While running the business diligently, he first sent people to inquire about the backgrounds of several other karaoke bars in Dinghai County to see if there were any big bosses or high-ranking officials also running the business.

The result is still relatively good. There is no skirting the rules in this era. As long as you have money, you can open a business. Most of them have no background and are just ordinary businessmen.

There was only one karaoke bar called Zhong’s, and the owner was Zhong Ping, whose father was a clerk in Dinghai County.

Zhao Yurui was still investigating them. A few days later, when Zhao Yurui was on duty at the dock, he suddenly received news that some yamen runners had come to Huangting No. 1 KTV, saying they were there to inspect taxes.

Damn it, Zhong Ping took the initiative?

Without saying a word, Zhao Yurui called two of Zhang Jiusi's men from the dock and hurried back to the store.

As soon as I entered the hall, I saw three yamen runners in uniform sitting next to the electric fan on the left side of the hall.

There is a large piece of ice on the ground, and when the fan blows out, there will be gusts of cool breeze.

One of the yamen runners was staring at the ice, seemingly wondering how the ice was made.

"Tou Zhao, you're here at last." Sister Meihua hurried to greet him.

Swish, the three yamen runners also looked at Zhao Yurui.

When he saw Zhao Yurui wearing Feiyu clothes, his face changed slightly.

(End of this chapter)