Please follow the script of cultivating immortals

"Liu's Grain Shop is an old brand. It has been in business for three generations. In addition to the government's grain, it is his grain. Over the years, there have been some grain shops that have tried to open, but they have all been squeezed out by him, or they have been annexed. So. Although my store has only been open for three months, it is almost over.”

Wu Xiaoman told Jiang Li the news about his Liu's grain store. After Jiang Li listened, he asked again.

"How did they suppress you?"

"Money. I'm new here, and I know that the store has been open for three generations and is an old brand. So if I want to make a business, I can only sell at a low price. I put up a sign saying that in the first month of the food store's opening, If you come here to buy food, you will get a 20% discount. I want people to know that the food here is good."

"Isn't there no problem? Why are you talking about money again?"

"When we lower our prices, they also lower their prices. Since we are a new store with ordinary purchase channels and higher costs than them, they can still make the same profit as us even if their prices are lower than ours and they have more labor."

"It's really simple and crude..."

Jiang Li said this. She thought there would be some magical business war method, but in the end, she just relied on fighting for money.

Even if Wu Xiaoman keeps lowering prices, he will definitely go bankrupt first. At that time, that company only needs to raise the price again, and it will be the same as before.

Wu Xiaoman also sighed.

"Using this method, they have forced many stores trying to open grain stores here to stop."

"They will surely cause public outrage, right?"

"There's nothing we can do about it. They didn't sell it at a particularly high price, and the government can't control it. They just forced other families to go bankrupt."

"Um……"

"Is there anything the military advisor can do?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. But let's go say hello first."

"what?"

"I don't like people who are trying to trick me, so I might as well say it openly and openly that we are going to start a business war with them."

Jiang Li said and looked at the sky outside. It was already dark, so she sat back again.

"Let's wait until tomorrow. Early tomorrow morning, we'll go over there and say hello."

"Does the military advisor really want to help me?"

Wu Xiaoman suddenly asked this question, and Jiang Li thought that he had promised to go there to say hello tomorrow, which aroused distrust.

"If you don't believe it, I'll go now..."

"It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that if it is true, then please ask the military advisor to be the boss of this grain store."

"Eh?"

Jiang Li didn't expect such a sentence.

Wu Xiaoman said it very sincerely, and Jiang Li could tell that she was not joking. Later, Wu Xiaoman continued.

"The principal that I make money from is given by the military advisor, so this shop belongs to the military advisor. Although I am the boss, when the military advisor comes, the military advisor is the real boss. This must always be said to the workers in the shop In one sentence, they can do what the military advisor said."

"...You mean, you give me the shop? But I won't be able to stay long, I will bankrupt the Liu family and I plan to leave."

"That's it. When the military advisor is here, he is the boss. When he is away, I am the boss. In this way, you can be justified in dealing with the Liu family."

After Jiang Li heard this, he thought about it and realized that it was the same thing.

But in the face of such trust, Jiang Li still planned to tell the ugly story first.

"Sometimes I do things that are outrageous. Are you sure you can accept that?"

"It's outrageous to steal a bride, but didn't it succeed in the end? Whatever the military advisor plans to do, just do it, and it doesn't matter if you don't explain it to us. My guys are also carefully selected, and they come from the place where they used to sell candy. Followed here."

"You've already sold one hundred thousand taels, so there's nothing strange about coming here, right?"

"The sugar business was quite big at that time, with more than a dozen workers. I first told them that the sugar business had been taken away by the court, and I didn't mention the money. A few days later, the city lord came to give money, and the four people were the only ones left. .I met four more people on the road, so there are eight people now."

"Does the grain store need so many people?"

"Because my ambition goes beyond the grain store. These guys always have to look everywhere to know who can stay."

Wu Xiaoman smiled sheepishly. Only then did Jiang Li realize that he had ignored such an ambitious person before.

So Jiang Li asked curiously.

"Apart from the grain store, what else are you going to do?"

"There must be stores that cater to common people, and there must also be stores that cater to wealthy people. The only ones that can be thought of at the moment are cloth and tea."

“These things seem to be available to people with or without money. The gap is quite big.”

Cloth ranges from linen to silk, and tea leaves range from fine pieces to tea cakes.

Wu Xiaoman nodded.

"Because these are the only expensive things I can think of, food, clothing, housing and transportation."

"It's a pity that your choice is not good enough. If you choose cloth or restaurants for food, clothing, housing and transportation, I know a few dandies."

"The grain store is actually quite good, but I can't survive it now. Whether it's funds or surplus grain, I don't have enough. Now because of the war, grain prices are going to rise a bit."

"Isn't the autumn harvest coming soon? Why is it still rising?"

"Because we are about to lose. If we lose, we have to pay them money and goods, and naturally we have to start with food. Some people want money, some people want food, and the price of food will naturally go up."

"That's it..."

After Jiang Li heard this, he silently made a calculation in his heart. Whether a country is peaceful or not will really affect many things.

At this time, Wu Xiaoman looked at the bamboo hat next to him again and said a little relaxedly.

"Now that the military advisor is here, I don't have to wear a hat every day."

"Why are you wearing a hat?"

"When a woman shows up to do business, she will always be criticized, which is inconvenient. So I wear a hat and men's clothes every day."

"Am I a woman too?"

"But a strategist is not an ordinary woman. A strategist can not only do business, but also make everyone who points at you speechless."

"This flattery won my heart. Besides, you are not an ordinary woman."

Jiang Li said this and smiled.

Early the next morning, Wu Xiaoman announced the matter in the store. Because several of them had seen how Jiang Li blackmailed the bandits yesterday, they knew Jiang Li's strength and did not dare to make any mistakes.

But there are always some ungrateful people looking after the store.

One of the waiters snorted in dissatisfaction, and Jiang Li naturally noticed it.

Wu Xiaoman was about to say something when he was stopped by Jiang Li. Afterwards, Jiang Li walked over and looked at the forty-year-old man.

"Are you dissatisfied with me?" "I have been selling candy with Boss Wu before. I stayed here and continued to work because I admired Boss Wu's strength and ambition. A woman who is so young can still work here." If you can run the business like this and treat your employees well, I will naturally listen to her. But you, I don’t know where you came from, you just have brute strength. Although I am an old acquaintance with Boss Wu, I don’t approve of you. .”

"But I was introduced as the boss by your boss Wu?"

"...People will always do things on impulse that they regret."

Jiang Li looked back at Wu Xiaoman. He didn't expect Wu Xiaoman to be so popular.

She had always played an ordinary role in the team before, and had never tried to be the boss. Now, she realizes that being the boss is indeed difficult.

No wonder Boss Shi finally expressed his dissatisfaction with these people when they were about to leave.

Jiang Li walked up to the crowd again and said.

"Don't worry, I won't take away your boss Wu's job. You are still her people, but she is mine. She will be the shopkeeper of you people from now on, and I am the boss. And as a boss, I can only I stopped working after Liu's Grain Store was closed down."

"Then what if we go bankrupt first during this period?"

It was the same guy who asked, and Jiang Li felt that it was a very good question to write. The main reason was that the store could no longer sustain itself.

So Jiang Li took out another two hundred taels.

"I will treat these two hundred taels as picked up, not mine. But yours. If this store is really bankrupted by me, each of you will be able to get 25 taels of silver. This has been yours for several months How much salary? No, how many years of salary? Your shopkeeper Wu will naturally get more, which is enough for you to make a comeback. Can you accept me as your boss now?"

The guy looked at the money and said nothing.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Jiang Li understood what he had heard before. You don't need a reason to distrust someone, but you need a reason to trust someone.

Wu Xiaoman whispered beside Jiang Li.

"I'm sorry, my guys are like this."

"It's a good thing to have such a loyal guy. At the very least, I can be sure that he will never betray you. Whether he will betray me or not is not certain."

Jiang Li said with a smile, walked out of the door again, and found Liu's Grain Store under the leadership of Wu Xiaoman.

I have to say that the business of Liu's Grain Shop is really big, and they only sell grain.

Although Fuhucheng is not very far from Jiangnan and has mountains and rivers, the land here is not suitable for growing food, and there is only a very small piece of arable land. Self-sufficiency in food here is completely insufficient to feed so many people, so we mainly rely on imports from other places.

The food grown locally, except for the farmers and landlords who keep it in their own homes, and the remaining taxes are basically placed in the warehouse of the city lord's palace. Therefore, the city lord's palace also regards these grains as emergency food to prevent natural and man-made disasters, which are not frequent. sell.

In other words, all the people in the city depended on Liu's Grain Shop for food.

Such a big plate can be eaten by Liu's Grain Store. Why should he share it with others?

This is why they want to shut down Wu Xiaoman's Qingfeng Grain Store. Not even a mouthful of soup can be left behind. They had to beware of people who drank soup and wanted to eat meat.

Jiang Li entered Liu's Grain Shop and looked around. The waiter had never seen the two women who came here, so he came over to ask.

"Sir, what do you want to eat? Rice? Flour?"

"I want to meet your boss."

"What's wrong with this guest?"

"Just say, the owner of Qingfeng Grain Store just came down from Fuhu Mountain and came to say hello to him."

The waiter's expression suddenly changed, and he looked at Jiang Li and Wu Xiaoman again.

Wu Xiaoman always wears hats and men's clothes in the city. Except for the eight clerks in the store, no one knows that she is a girl, and naturally the waiter does not know her.

The two people were invited to the guest room to rest for a while, and a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties came over with a young man in his twenties.

The young people did not say hello, but the middle-aged man came to them and introduced himself.

"Are you two the owners of Qingfeng Food Store?"

"What? Women can't be bosses?"

"I've never heard of an owner of Qingfeng Grain Store. I've only seen Boss Wu."

"Boss Wu will not come."

Jiang Li raised his eyes and glanced at the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man's expression changed, and then he sat on the chair again.

Jiang Li saw this and said again.

"When I came back yesterday, Boss Wu was caught by bandits on Fuhu Mountain, and several carts of goods were robbed. It happened that the two of us were also coming with the cart, and this is Boss Wu's sister."

Jiang Li said and pointed at Wu Xiaoman. Wu Xiaoman nodded and Jiang Li continued.

"But after we went up the mountain, Boss Wu refused to pay the ransom. He said that if the goods were gone, Qingfeng Grain Store would go bankrupt. I wanted to stop him, but he wouldn't listen and angered the bandits. The leader was beaten to death with a single blow of the mace.”

"How could this happen? I'm going to report it to the official and get an explanation for Brother Wu Xian!"

"Don't rush yet."

Jiang Li interrupted the middle-aged man who stood up and continued unhurriedly.

"Boss Wu told me before he died that I must come to your Liu's Grain Store."

"This...Did Brother Wu Xian say anything else?"

"That's not there."

"Then I should be asked to avenge him! I will..."

"But the bandit said so."

Jiang Li glanced at the middle-aged man again, put down the teacup, and sighed.

"Boss Liu, you were looking for someone smart, but why did you find a talkative one? I heard him tell all about you. Logically speaking, it would have been better for him to kill us, right? But he just robbed all our money. He let us go and asked us to line up to pay the ransom. Then can’t I go down the mountain to find Boss Liu?”

"Those bandits are slandering me! They came to me before and said they wanted me to give them food at a low price. I didn't agree, so they slandered me like this. Please don't believe it."

"Believe it or not... the bandits have something in my hands. They killed people, and as long as I report it to the official, troops will be sent to suppress the bandits, and they will be finished. Who else has something in the hands of the bandits? I hope those who do business with them won’t leave any evidence behind.”

The middle-aged and young people broke into cold sweat.

This was Jiang Li's wild guess. She just didn't believe in leaving no traces.

Immediately afterwards, came the focus of Jiang Li's words.

"I came to see Boss Liu today with only one thing. I hope Boss Liu will not do business these days."

"What do you mean?"

"Our goods are brought down and it takes time to sell them. Only when they are sold out will we have money to pay for Boss Wu."

"... Whatever you have here, how much money you need, I will give it to you. Just think of it as your contribution to the tragedy of Boss Wu."

The middle-aged man quickly figured out Jiang Li's purpose.

blackmail.