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Zhao Guangyuan walked around the Nanshi grocery store, nodding while looking, and asking the clerk next to him from time to time.

"How well is this food sold? Where do you get it from?"

The clerk's enthusiasm continued, "The grain sales are very good. Although our prices are the same as those in other grain stores, the clerks are loose and always like to give us an extra handful and a half. When the people get benefits, they always like to go to us." Run home. As for where to buy the goods..."

The guy answered more cautiously.

"As small as a clerk, he only cares about whether the store pays wages on time, and the owner and shopkeeper have to worry about everything else. If the customer is satisfied with the purchase, we will tell the owner so that the owner is also happy. If the customer is not satisfied, we will also Give your feedback to the shopkeeper so that we can improve next time.”

Zhao Guangyuan glanced at him, feeling satisfied, "What's your name?"

"The younger one's name is Zhang Xiaonan."

Cao Cuo smiled and said, "Don't you have a brother named Xiaodong, Xiaoxi, and Xiaobei?"

"The younger one has an older sister but no older brother. However, he has a younger brother named Zhang Xiaobei."

"You are Zhang Xiaonan." Zhao Guangyuan was still impressed by him and looked at him again with a smile.

Cao Cuo also reacted, "So you are Zhang Xiaonan!"

He also knows this Xiaonan. Although I have never seen it, I heard it from the shopkeeper. He said that his family lived in Nanshi. His father was gone, and his grandmother and mother took the family to wash clothes and earn some hard money.

Every time I come back to the store, I have to buy a lot of laundry detergent and laundry soap. I also figured out the rules and always picked up some cheap laundry detergent and laundry soap that were on sale or sold in the store in the morning. I also gave suggestions to the store and helped improve and upgrade these two products.

Later, the shopkeeper saw that he was lively and recruited him as a clerk.

"Does the noble one know the young one?"

Zhang Xiaonan glanced at Zhao Guangyuan suspiciously, and then looked at the smiling Cao Cuo. I always felt that these two guests were too mysterious, but now they became enthusiastic about a guy like me.

He is such a small person, has the noble man heard of him?

It shouldn't be.

Zhao Guangyuan smiled and did not answer. Cao Cuo was a little warm to him, and asked him what kind of goods the customers in the store liked to buy, and what kind of goods sold best.

When the shopkeeper heard that two distinguished guests had come to the store, he walked out of the backyard. When he saw the person, he straightened up and walked over quickly.

Seeing Zhao Guangyuan hinting at him with his eyes, he hurriedly swallowed the words in his mouth and said: "If your distinguished guest needs anything, let me introduce it to you. There is tea in the backyard, please move forward."

Zhao Guangyuan followed him into the backyard. Cao Cuo was extremely interested in the goods on the shelves in the store and did not follow him, only letting Zhang Xiaonan continue to introduce them.

Zhang Xiaonan is a good person. Seeing the attitude of the shopkeeper, he made up his mind and became more and more enthusiastic about Cao Cuo. He was also willing to talk to Cao Cuo about information that was inconvenient to be revealed to other customers.

In the backyard, Jiang Zhen saluted Zhao Guangyuan, "Little Jiang Zhen, I have met His Royal Highness the King of Yue."

"No need to be polite."

Zhao Guangyuan sat down on the stone bench. Seeing that Jiang Zhen was about to get him the account book, she stopped him and said, "I can't stay here for too long. Just send the account book to the big shopkeeper according to regulations."

"Yes." Jiang Zhensi stood aside and poured tea for Zhao Guangyuan.

"With the disaster in Yanzhou, will there be any obstacles in transporting food to Beijing?"

"My return to the prince has not been hindered. We have our own food route. Everything went well on the way. The price of food has not fluctuated too much."

"Very good. The grain transportation channel should be covered up to prevent people from finding out about Yuezhou."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. The laborers in charge of everything, including the food transporters, are all our own. And they only lift the food from the warehouse and don't know where it comes from."

"That's good." Zhao Guangyuan nodded. I gave him a few words of encouragement, and expressed my appreciation for how well he managed the shop and how the business was running satisfactorily.

"I think the notice you ordered people to post outside is very good. We still need to keep doing it. We need to open up the channels between the east and west cities and the north and south cities, and control all the people's sentiments in the capital. No small thing can be ignored. These will be in the future You might need them all.”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will carefully screen all news every day."

The notices Zhao Guangyuan was talking about were the notices posted on both sides of the store entrance.

In addition to the daily food prices, there are also various notices posted. For example, which job is assigned to which family, who is needed, and what kind of job is assigned. Such information as the need for paddle washers, the need for craftsmen to repair houses, which shops and households need temporary laborers for moving and lifting, and so on.

Nanshi Grocery Store was originally designed to attract more customers in order to attract more customers. It collected various employment information in Nanbei City where people lived together, so that everyone could receive various subsidies.

In the beginning, we used people to collect information from all over the place, or provided it by customers who came into the store. Sometimes nearby shops need labor to import goods, and they will come to the shop and let them know, and the shop will post a notice outside to help recruit workers.

As soon as this move came out, it really attracted residents from Nanbei City. They always came here to take a look, hoping to find a job to supplement their family income.

Even if they come here, they will also go into the store to choose one or two daily necessities, so the sales in the store will directly increase and skyrocket several times.

Later, the reputation spread, and anyone who wanted to find labor would come to the store and let them know, and the store would post a notice outside.

It’s not like there are no people posting such employment notices in other places, but there are no grocery stores in other places to check whether the work is genuine and whether the wages can be paid truthfully. No one can guarantee.

But ordinary people can't twist their arms with their thighs, and there are many who don't get paid for their hard work.

So everyone loves to come to Nanshi Grocery Store to read the notices.

The notice posted here reassures them.

Nanshi Grocery Store gradually became a kind of Chinese character.

Those who are looking for labor need the help of the grocery store to guarantee that the person who comes to pick up the work is not the kind of sneaky person, so the owner can rest assured. People who are looking for work can rest assured that there is a grocery store to help them check the job, and they will be able to take over the job, and there will be no problem of not being paid after the job is done.

As a result, the grocery store in Nanshi became more and more prosperous. The goods it sold were inconspicuous, but its monthly turnover was not inferior to that of the exotic pet store in Dongshi.

Even businessmen from other places who come to Beijing like to come to the store to inquire about the situation in various parts of the capital. Ordinary people love to come here to read the notices.

The reputation spread from there.

Now there is no need to look around for people in the store to find all kinds of news. People send different news every day.

Of course, there is more than just job-seeking information.

As a result, the relationship network and intelligence network that Zhao Guangyuan wanted, with his unintentional interference, became more and more dense and became a scale of its own.

A new supply relationship formed by Nanshi grocery stores was also formed in Nanshi. For example, there are several more teahouses, inns, restaurants... Even jewelry shops, pawn shops, clothing shops, dental shops and other expensive shops have opened in Nanshi.

"Concerned about the mixed crowds in our store, we still need to ensure the safety of the store clerks and goods. Sooner or later, we will have to send more people to the store to guard it to ensure safety."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Nowadays, people come to read the notice every night. People who work at night have to pass by our store several times every night. Xiao Xiao doesn't dare to come near. Our store has several people guarding it every night." Zhao Guangyuan nodded, expressing satisfaction. In order to prevent others from prying into his information, he did not stay any longer. Soon he left the shop with Cao Cuo carrying various goods.

Zhang Xiaonan held two taels of silver in his hand as a reward, stood at the door of the store with a smile and raised his hand, "Welcome our distinguished guests to come again next time! Your distinguished guests, go slowly."

Seeing him like this, Jiang Zhen patted him on the head and said, "You usually get a lot of money every month, but now you act like this!"

Zhang Xiaobei smiled at him and carefully put the two taels of silver into his arms.

"No one thinks money is too much. Our boss is generous. He never defaults on our monthly payment. The more we work, the more we get. The little one gets the care of the shopkeeper. He can earn several months' wages from others in one month, and his family's life is better." , my brother can also be sent to a private school to learn a few words."

"You don't want to study? Don't you envy your brother?"

"I don't want to. I'm not that good at it. I just want to follow the shopkeeper and our boss. I hope that my boss's business will become bigger in the future, and I can follow suit and make more money for a few more years."

“Don’t you want to be your own boss?”

"I don't want to. I know what kind of material I am, so how easy is it to be the boss? We, the common people, can have a full meal with the boss. Thank God. We don't want to wallow in the crowd of nobles and get frustrated."

"You kid, you think it through."

"Hehe." His greatest advantage is contentment, and only by contentment can he always be happy.

"Hey, why don't you go to work! The other guys are too busy to do anything, but you think you are lazy here because of the money."

Seeing that he was about to run into the store, he warned him again, "The guy who came just now is a distinguished guest of the employer. Next time he comes, treat him as one of our own and don't be rude. Don't reveal his words and deeds to others."

"Yes, shopkeeper, don't worry, I understand."

Cao Cuo, who sat back on the carriage, put down all kinds of things in his hands and poured tea for Zhao Guangyuan, "Your Highness, the business of that shop is very good. Now you can rest assured."

Zhao Guangyuan smiled and said, "I didn't know that the shop was doing well the first day. When did you look through the account book and didn't you smile so hard that your teeth were exposed?"

Hehe, Cao Cuo grinned happily.

"Looking at the ledger is meant to look at the ledger. This is my first time in the store. After taking a look at it, I feel more at ease now."

Especially the old and new notices posted on the walls on both sides of the store. Seeing many people standing outside to look at them made him feel happy.

In the future, when everyone knows that this store belongs to His Highness, they will support His Highness even more.

Although the shop is open in a place like Nan City where ordinary people live together, news about the nobles from the East and West Markets are constantly coming in every day, such as news about labor assignments, information about purchasing various goods, or processing various items at low prices. Items etc.

Communicate with the people in the capital and exchange what they need. Countless people in the capital have benefited.

I heard from Zhang Xiaonan that many people buy the cloth, ready-made clothes, furniture, appliances, etc. that Guiren sells at low prices, and many people come here to hunt for goods every day.

In this way, the grocery store connected the dignitaries and ordinary people living in the east, west, south, and north cities, allowing the prince to filter out more useful information.

Still quietly and unnoticed.

That's good. Cao Cuoting was happy for His Highness. "Your Highness, should we go to the Dongshi Pet Store? Or the library?"

"I won't go to the library. I'll also go shopping in the North City and East and West City."

He just wandered around aimlessly, so that those who were staring at him could not figure out his intentions. They just pretended that he had not returned to the capital for a long time and just walked around to watch the excitement.

"Yes. Then let's go to the North City. Buy more things in the North and South Markets, and just visit the East and West Markets. Anyway, everyone knows that the prince is poor, and we can't afford the things in the East and West Markets."

The emperor only gave two shops and two or three Zhuangzi, which was regarded as a gift. However, King Jin and King Qin got many Zhuangzi and various properties.

The prince's Zhuangzi combined are not as big as any of their Zhuangzis.

The villages of several princes have many fertile fields and good scenery. Which part of the village is not being used by people to borrow for gardening and banquets in spring, summer, autumn and winter?

Cao Cuo felt that his prince was not worth it.

It was as if his prince had picked it up. How could he have the magnificence of a legitimate prince?

snort. Three melons and two dates sent his prince away. Fortunately, his prince is capable. Otherwise, when he returns to Beijing and socializes with people here and there, how can his prince go out empty-handed without being laughed at?

The master and servant walked around again, as if they were not tired. After visiting the South Market and the North Market, they bought a carriage of things, and then continued to visit the East and West Market. This time they just stopped shopping. I also went in to browse my own exotic pet store.

It's just that whether the goods coming from overseas or the perfumes, dews, pearls and all kinds of strange things, such as glass products, flowers, birds, fish and insects, are sold at extremely high prices, they are not something that the "poor" King of Yue can afford.

The shopkeeper was also very interesting. In front of the nobles of the capital, he said that he wanted to give the King of Yue a set of glass tea cups. It was extremely precious and the price was a thousand gold. He said that he would treat it as a good relationship and give it to the King of Yue.

Cao Cuo also wanted to show off his misery in front of all the nobles, saying that the favor was not good and he would not accept it.

In the end, Zhao Guangyuan smiled and asked him to accept it.

"This is the first time for me to see such a precious thing. It seems that I have been away from the capital for so long that I don't know the changes in the world. I didn't expect that the capital now uses such transparent glass tea sets to make tea. It seems that this is the king. I am so ignorant."

The play was well acted, and the embarrassment, helplessness and a bit of reserve were vividly portrayed.

He motioned to Cao Cuo to accept it: "Since it is the shopkeeper's kindness, I accept it. If you take it back to make tea, it will taste really good. I will come to visit you again next time."

The heartbreaking words that had never been seen in the world made everyone watching on the side feel sour. The nobles in the store were all filled with emotion. Is this the same Seventh Prince who used to beat horses and parade through the streets and spend huge sums of money?

Sure enough, no one will hurt a child without a mother.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty on your return to Beijing. I hope that Your Majesty will be in good health."

The guests in the store gathered around to congratulate him, and said that the King of Yue had returned to his palace at the beginning of the year. They wanted to add some joy to the palace of the King of Yue, so they all wanted to give gifts.

"I heard that the emperor had one of these fish tanks in his study room, and he also kept gold and silver treasure fish. I'll also give one to the King of Yue."

The golden dragon and silver arowana were called golden and silver arowanas to avoid taboos. Zhao Guangyuan didn't even react when he heard it.

Looking at the fish tanks in the store, he did not have to work hard to carry them. Now he can produce them in his own workshop. There is also this golden and silver treasure fish, which was also cultivated in Daqi.

The other guests did not want to miss the opportunity to make friends with the King of Yue, and also said, "I will give the prince two pots of these five-color camellias! It will also add happiness to the prince."

"I heard that Your Majesty is in poor health. I'll give him some of the good medicine from Siam in the store."

……

Cao Cuo was stunned. In just a moment, his prince didn't pay for anything and he accepted so many gifts? This is worth hundreds of gold or a thousand gold, each of them is expensive, so you just give it away?

He had previously said that the price set by the prince was too high and he was afraid that the items in the store would not be sold. As a result, there were still many rich people in the capital.

Do you want this or not? Look at the King of Yue.