Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 114 The Changed Compromise

At dusk, the people of Luoyang City saw the domineering scene, leading more than fifty guards in heavy armor to the restaurant.

"Uh, my lord, can I invite my guards to eat together?" Outside the Mingyue Tower, Zhang Shuli greeted Sun Xiangfu who was in the horse team.

"It's okay, they've all eaten dry food for the march."

Sun Xiangfu didn't get off his horse, but Zhao Long led a group of people into Mingyue Tower first. After a while, there was a noise inside, and Zhao Long walked out alone. Soon, more than fifty heavy-armored guards came Enclose Mingyue Tower tightly.

"My lord, it's safe."

After receiving Zhao Long's affirmative answer, Sun Xiangfu and Xi Jun bought two people to dismount and enter.The scribe also followed in a little bewildered, thinking, the emperor travels, and the safety and defense are nothing more than that!

Mingyue Tower is the most famous restaurant in Luoyang. Of course, its scale is similar to Chang'an's Zuixian Tower, and there is still a gap with Wangjiang Tower. When I walked into the lobby, I saw a few people dressed in luxurious clothes and were set up by Zhao Long. Some enlightened people came out to welcome them.

"Xue Muhua, the proprietor of Mingyue Tower, met Sun Xiamu. This is Zhang Dongquan, the proprietor of Chunjiang Tower, Jia Feng, the proprietor of Cuihong Tower, and Chen Fu, the proprietor of Piaoxiang Tower..."

Along with Xue Muhua, seven or eight so-called proprietors, in Sun Xiangfu's view, they are just shopkeepers running errands, and there are only two kinds of people who can open a first-class restaurant in a big city like Luoyang , dignitaries, aristocratic families.

The reason why Sun Xiangfu came here was to see that his opening Wangjianglou branch in Luoyang would touch the interests of those people.

The status of the purebred merchants in Datang is relatively low, not even farmers. Since they are invited to meet as merchants, Sun Xiangfu is more or less an official. Sit in the elegant room upstairs.

"When I first arrived in Luoyang, I was invited by all of you. I don't know what to discuss!" Sun Xiangfu said straight to the point.

"The Wangjiang Restaurant run by your lord is a leader in the restaurant business in Chang'an. When we pass by Luoyang, we naturally want to take this opportunity to ask your lord for more benefits." Zhang Dongquan, who was sitting on the lower right side of Sun Xiangfu, said with a smile.

This person was about forty years old, with a kind face on his face. Sun Xiangfu, who had more and more experience in reading people, knew at a glance that he should be older than a philistine.

"How do you know that I'm just passing by? I'm here to Luoyang this time, and I'm actually a permanent resident, at least until the Luoyang branch of Wangjiang Tower opens." Sun Xiangfu said intentionally.

Hearing this, the faces of the so-called restaurant proprietors all darkened, and the scene was suddenly awkward.

"My lord, stop joking. These few people all have their needs."

Zhang Shuli came forward to smooth things over, and then gave Xue Muhua a wink before saying, "Master Sun, I have already invited you here. If you have any difficulties, you can just say it. If we can cooperate and win-win, I believe Master Sun will not let you down." You will be rejected."

Seeing Zhang Shuji's eyes, Xue Muhua stopped hesitating, got up and quickly walked to Sun Xiangfu's case, bowed deeply and said, "I beg Mr. Sun to give me a way to survive!"

Seeing Xue Muhua's action, the rest of them were not idle and followed suit one after another, which made Sun Xiangfu stunned.

"What's going on here? Why don't I leave you a way to survive?"

"My lord, once your Wangjiang Tower is opened, even in Chang'an City, where there are many dignitaries, many big restaurants can't support it, let alone Luoyang. In the past, the restaurant branches opened by several big families in Luoyang have added a new style. After the dishes, I can only barely maintain my business.

Now, they have bought land in the city again. It is rumored that they want to imitate Wangjiang Tower and build a big restaurant. If Wangjiang Tower also opens a branch in Luoyang City, the restaurant I run will have to close its doors and go out of business. gone. "Xue Muhua said with tears in his eyes.

The industries of the first-class rich and powerful families dominate Chang’an, while the second- and third-rate families are mainly distributed in Luoyang, Yangzhou, and Yizhou. For example, in Luoyang, where there are only 50 permanent residents in the city, the proportion of rich and powerful households is much smaller than that in Chang’an, and they can often eat in big restaurants. There are at most 2 or [-] wealthy households in China. If these people are scattered among the original ten or twenty restaurants, they can still earn some surplus. But once a large restaurant like Wangjianglou appears , The impact on them is simply disastrous, and Luoyang is very likely to have two more restaurants like this at once.

After the fried dishes were gradually introduced, these original restaurants actually no longer possessed market competitiveness. They were trying to find a way out, which was normal, so Sun Xiangfu turned his attention to Zhang Shuli again.

"Is Changsun Chun deliberately avoiding me?"

"Uh, my lord is extremely intelligent, and he hits the spot." Seeing that Sun Xiangfu had guessed through his and his master's plan, Zhang Shuli bowed his hands in embarrassment.

"Then, is this the empress's intention, or the elder grandson's intention?"

Sun Xiangfu pointed to the few people who bent down and bowed down, but refused to get up.

"It's the elder grandson's intention." Zhang Shuli said while handing a letter to Sun Xiangfu.

After a while, Sun Xiangfu slapped the letter paper on the table angrily, and cursed in his heart, "Well, you eldest grandson Wuji, you just want to ask brother to give up [-]% of the profit if you talk about it. Is it not working?"

Sun Xiangfu should have guessed that there are not many people who know that he is going to the south of the Yangtze River. Changsun Wuji must be one of the midterms, and with Zhang's status as a scribe, he is not even qualified to send a letter to Changsun Wuji. This letter is actually Changsun Wuji. Ji let Changsun Chun hand it over to Sun Xiangfu early in the morning, but Changsun Chun, who knew Sun Xiangfu's character, was afraid of being scolded by Sun Xiangfu, so he hid shamelessly. After all, he is also an official now. To save face, I never thought that Sun Xiangfu even hated his eldest Sun Wuji at this moment, so how could he not hate him.

The content of the letter is not complicated, that is, Changsun Wuji asked Sun Xiangfu to accept these people who bowed down to him as younger brothers, to help them run restaurants, and to fight against the restaurants under the name of several big families in Luoyang. In the branch, these people can help and give them [-]% of the shares. Where do the shares come from?Of course it's Sun Xiangfu here.

Of course, this is not a simple business problem. The deep-seated reason why Changsun Wuji did this, Sun Xiangfu also knows with his ass, is that this will get the proprietors behind these restaurants to support Changsun Wuji in the court. In this case, supporting Changsun Wuji is considered supporting Li Shimin.

The retainers have no human rights and can only follow the orders of the patriarch, but Sun Xiangfu does not want to do this in his heart. After all, this is not Li Shimin's order. , becoming another force that the emperor would be afraid of, even unshakable, no matter whether the future emperor is Li Chengqian or someone else.

Why did Changsun Wuji demand [-]% of Sun Xiangfu's shares with a single mouth?He thought he was the emperor?

This is where Sun Xiangfu is good, but as a farmer with no background, he does not bow his head to aristocratic family members, nor does he bow his head to a powerful person like Changsun Wuji?Can he survive in this feudal society?

Sun Xiangfu once again felt that dignitaries like Changsun Wuji are the same as sons of aristocratic families. They don't take themselves seriously in their hearts. In this world, if there is no power, they will always be exploited at the bottom.

It is obviously unwise to refute Changsun Wuji's face. As a weakling, he can only make more allies and avoid enmity. I can completely achieve the goal of Changsun Wuji without giving up the shares!

Who stipulated that a company's shares can only be divided into [-]%, [-]% is also possible!As long as you are the largest shareholder, you can persuade other shareholders.

After making up his mind, Sun Xiangfu said, "I have to say, the master behind you has climbed a big tree, so you should have a way out.

Wangjiang Tower will definitely open to Luoyang, and you need to use a lot of manpower, financial resources, and material resources in exchange for [-]% of the shares of Luoyang Wangjianglou branch, and this [-]% of the shares will not affect the original shareholders. Proportion, all subsequent profits will be divided into thirteen equal parts, and you will take three of them. How to invest and distribute the specifics is up to you to discuss. "

"So, I will give you an answer after we have discussed it." After hearing the words, although there was no surprise as expected, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Before I leave Luoyang tomorrow morning, I hope you can give a clear answer. Remember, not anyone who has money can get the shares of Wangjiang Tower. I used to go to the new restaurants jointly opened by the sons and daughters of the aristocratic families."

Sun Xiangfu actually said this to tell the masters behind these people that by exchanging money and materials for [-]% of the shares in the Luoyang branch of Wangjiang Tower, he has already given Changsun Wuji face, so don't try to share his equity and interests, because If he can't control the management right of Wangjiang Tower, then even if Wangjiang Tower is opened, it may not be able to securely win the joint venture restaurant of the family. The pros and cons of it are for them to analyze by themselves, and let them make a quick decision on whether to accept it or not.

Sun Xiangfu, who was returning home, thought a lot. The most important ones were the aristocratic families and dignitaries of this era. He was a bit out of tune with them. If it weren't for the appearance of a family like Wang Lin, he should still be just a farmer in Xingfu Village. Small money farmers.

And would a powerful man like Changsun Wuji force him to go another way?

Sun Xiangfu felt helplessly that it was really difficult to live comfortably in this world, and it was a little bit good. Everyone wanted to take a bite from you. Maybe, after he solved the problem of food and clothing, he shouldn't expand the industry An Anxin is good to be a farmer. However, it is too late to regret it now. I can only hope that the small and medium-sized families such as Changsun Wuji and Luoyang can accept their conditions. Otherwise, once an ally like Changsun Wuji becomes an enemy, then he It's really troublesome.

"My lord, Li Daochang and Master Xuanzang have not returned tonight, shall I leave on time tomorrow?"

Back at the residence, Zhao Long got a report from his subordinates and told Sun Xiangfu.

"I made an appointment with them yesterday on the departure time, so let's wait for them on the boat tomorrow!"

Thinking about this monk together, Sun Xiangfu also had some headaches. With the two of them, Sun Xiangfu had selfish intentions.

Xuanzang, from the perspective of future generations, he is at least an outstanding linguist. In a short period of time, he has mastered the languages ​​​​of Central Asian countries. The degree of difficulty is no more difficult than Russian and French, which are more difficult to learn in later generations. , Hindi language is low, and what Sun Xiangfu admires is his spirit of learning. This nation is gradually being overtaken because of its arrogance and lack of spirit of learning, which has led to a situation of lagging behind the rising civilization.

He used shortcuts to help Xuanzang reach Tianzhu, which seemed to help him fulfill his personal wish, but it may also destroy a book that is very important to the Tang Dynasty, "The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty".Without this experience, it is hard to say whether Xuanzang would have received courtesy from Emperor Taizong. At least, Buddhism would not have emerged as it did in history.

As for Li Chunfeng, Sun Xiangfu has always expected him to bring surprises to himself. This is a mathematical genius. When this era develops to a certain level, mathematics is an indispensable knowledge, but such an important knowledge, but it is for later generations. Sun Xiangfu's shortcomings, Sun Xiangfu did not have the confidence to develop his own shortcomings, so he can only rely on him. I hope that the two of them, who are outstanding in the world, didn't make an appointment to fight in the wild!
(End of this chapter)