Queen of Nongmen: Hexagrams determine the universe

Chapter 151

Ye Qiongdan played a cover for him, saying that she asked him to discuss some business matters, so the family members had no doubts.

In fact, Ye Qiongdan knew very well that he was going to take that thing to find the youngest son of the head of the Hanshan School.

I hope that he can successfully reach some agreement with the youngest son of the Hanshan faction.

After bidding farewell to Ye Qinghan and Cheng Shisan, Ye Qiongdan came to Jiuwei Restaurant with thoughts, and was a little absent-minded all morning.

In the afternoon, she simply went to Qinghe County, intending to take a look at the firecracker shop she bought.

This shop is located on the busiest street in Qinghe County. It has been in Qinghe County for more than 30 years. It can be regarded as a time-honored firecracker shop in Qinghe County. Before Ye Qiongdan took over the shop, the shop's business has been very good.

However, because the shop has changed owners recently, people in the shop are panic-stricken, and the guys are always worried that there will be three fires when the new shopkeeper takes office, and even some of them will be laid off. Such as mourning concubines.

After Ye Qiongdan entered the shop, the clerks immediately cheered up and called out cautiously: "Master Ye!"

The last time Ye Qiongdan and the original owner of the shop went to the Yamen to transfer ownership, they visited the shop for a while, and the original owner introduced her to the guys in the shop, so everyone knew her.

"I'll just come over and take a look." Ye Qiongdan said lightly.

just looking around?

Isn't this here to find fault?

The guys are getting more nervous.

"How's the business these few days?" Ye Qiongdan walked in front of Mr. Cashier and asked casually.

"Compared to the previous period, it's a bit down," the cashier said sternly, and handed the account book to Ye Qiongdan, "Please take a look at the shopkeeper Ye."

Ye Qiongdan carefully read the account book, picked up the brush again, circled some mistakes in the account book a few times, and nodded: "It's okay."

The accountant broke out in a cold sweat and quickly lowered his head.

How many shop assistants in this world don't use public funds in a clever way?
It's just a matter of using more and using less. Sometimes, the prices of the things that are asked to buy in the shop are deliberately higher, and the difference between the prices goes into the pockets of the guys.

Since the old shopkeeper is very kind to these guys in the shop, and these guys are all permanent workers in the shop, so the situation of stealing public funds in the shop is not serious.

Seeing that the accountant lowered his head in fright, the three shop assistants turned pale with fright, for fear of losing their jobs.

After all, the treatment given to them by the old shopkeeper is considered excellent in Qinghe County.

"I don't care about the things in the past," Ye Qiongdan said, "I was born in the countryside, and I am familiar with this market price. I can understand your little tricks at a glance! From now on, I will become your shopkeeper. , I guarantee that the treatment will only be better than before, not worse than before!"

Everyone was uneasy.

"What are you worried about?" Ye Qiongdan asked.

"Master Ye, shopkeeper Ye, you don't want to fire us guys, do you?" A middle-aged guy asked nervously, "I, I have an old man and a young man, and my wife is weak and sick, I really can't This job is gone!"

"I have no plans to quit my buddy." Ye Qiongdan said.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"How did you sell firecrackers in the past, and how do you sell firecrackers now," Ye Qiongdan said lightly, "Who here knows the situation of export sales best? How many regular customers did our shop have before?"

Everyone looked at each other, and the accountant said: "Master Ye, I will deal with some old customers who have a lot of dealings with you from the account some other day. Please wait for a few days."

Ye Qiongdan sighed: "Okay, then I'll go to the production workshop in the backyard now."

Several guys nodded, and one of them led Ye Qiongdan to the backyard, explaining as he walked, "Some of the houses in charge of filling firecrackers are dangerous. I will take you around in a safe place."

Ye Qiongdan nodded.

The backyard of this shop is very large, there are temporary workers in several rooms planting firecrackers, and in a room in the southeast corner, two permanent workers are filling firecrackers.

The master craftsman of the workshop is lazily lying on the deck chair under the big tree, humming a little tune leisurely and fanning the cattail fan.

"Master Ye, this is the best firecracker master in Qinghe County. I'm used to being lazy on weekdays. Please forgive me." The man beside Ye Qiongdan said quickly.

"It's okay." Ye Qiongdan looked at the old master enthusiastically, "Old man, is your skill really the best in Qinghe County?"

"Hmph, if I dare to be the second, no one dares to be the first!" The master said proudly.

"I don't believe that!" Ye Qiongdan used the aggressive method.

"Then how do you want me to prove it?" The master sat up.

"That's not easy. If you can make something unique according to my idea, then I will believe it!"

"I'm an old man who deals with firecrackers every day. If you ask me to carve flowers, paint pictures, and write calligraphy, then I can't do it!" The old master snorted coldly.

"Of course not. If I ask too much, you can refuse." Ye Qiongdan looked around, "Master, let's find a quiet place and talk about it in detail?"

"Okay!" After all, he still wants to eat this food, and he has worked in this shop for so many years, and now that he is old, he is not willing to move.

The old master put his hands behind his back and brought Ye Qiongdan to the utility room in the backyard, and said to Ye Qiongdan, "Seller Ye, please tell me."

"Master, you have been making firecrackers for so many years, have you ever thought about using saltpeter to make something new?" Ye Qiongdan asked seriously.

"New thing? You said it lightly," the old master snorted coldly, "Nitre is a dangerous thing, do you think you can fix it casually? What if it hurts someone? Isn't this a crime?"

"I have a ready-made formula here, but I don't know if the master will dare to listen to it."

The old master hesitated for a moment, and said, "Let's listen."

"I want to make a kind of fireworks called 'Red Peony'. Fireworks are like firecrackers that can fly into the sky and explode," Ye Qiongdan said slowly, "The craft of 'Red Peony' is very simple. Its fireworks Divided into two tubes, inside and outside..."

"Wonderful!" The master is an old expert, and after hearing a few words, his eyes lit up immediately, "It turns out that the principle of shooting this firecracker tube into the sky is so simple!"

Ye Qiongdan explained the other steps and principles, and the master nodded repeatedly after listening.

"As long as you put red beads around the explosives made of saltpeter and other substances, when the red beads are exploded, the effect of red peonies will appear in the sky; similarly, if you want to To make waterfall-shaped fireworks, then grind the red beads into powder..." Ye Qiongdan introduced several other simple methods of making fireworks.

The master master has specialized in this way for many years, and he knows everything. What's more, Ye Qiongdan's words are easy to understand, so it can be seen that the production process of fireworks is really not difficult.

"Then that means, hundreds of fireworks with different effects can be developed just around the 'Red Peony'?" the master teacher asked enthusiastically by inferring other cases from one instance.

"Yes," Ye Qiongdan nodded, "how is it? Teacher, dare to prove your strength to me?"

"What's so difficult?" The master nodded confidently.

"Then I will wait for the good news from Master." Ye Qiongdan said with a smile.

At this moment, someone in the yard shouted: "Master Ye! Someone is looking for the front shop!"

"I'll come out right away!" Ye Qiongdan shouted.

She opened the door, walked out of the yard, and came to the front bunk.

There was a young man standing in front of the bunk, this young man looked familiar, he was the person in charge, and some time ago, under the order of the steward, he came to Quanfulou in Qinghe County to give Ye Qiongdan a big gift.

"Treasurer Ye," the sweaty boy took out an invitation card from his pocket, and handed it to Ye Qiongdan respectfully, "My lord is here to invite you."

Ye Qiongdan opened the invitation, glanced at it, and smiled slightly: "I really want to congratulate He Guanshi. I didn't expect He Guanshi to be promoted to the chief steward of Yiling County so soon!"

"Tonight, the steward held a banquet at the Bazhen Building in Qingyuan County. This is also a practical banquet," the servant explained, "I also ask Miss Ye to honor it."

"Naturally!" Ye Qiongdan nodded.

"The carriage is ready, have you finished your business with shopkeeper Ye?"

"It's done, let's go now!"

It was already the second quarter of Shen Shi, and the journey to Qingyuan County was a bit far away. After arriving in Qingyuan County, it was almost a quarter of You Shi.

Ye Qiongdan got into the carriage parked on the street, and the young man acted as the coachman and drove the carriage.

An hour and a half later, the carriage stopped in front of Bazhen Building in Qingyuan County.

Tonight, Bazhen Tower had already been booked. When Ye Qiongdan got out of the carriage, there was a servant shouting loudly at the door.

When Steward He heard that Ye Qiongdan had arrived, he took a few stewards from the county and walked down from the second floor, and said as he walked, "Let me introduce to you, this is the shopkeeper Ye who is currently the most popular in Qinghe County! Shopkeeper Ye is amazing, Wen Neng makes Yiling Zhigui expensive, and Wu Neng eliminates the Black Tiger gang! You should get to know her well, maybe in the future, there will be places where she needs to support her!"

"Hello, Shopkeeper Ye!" The managers of Wu's Chamber of Commerce in those counties under Yiling County all bowed their hands to Ye Qiongdan.

Ye Qiongdan also bowed to them and smiled politely.

"I said shopkeeper Ye, I haven't seen you for the past few days, and you've impressed me even more!" He said with a smile, "After hearing so many heroic deeds about you, I can hardly recognize you!"

"Wherever it is, it's all thanks to the trustee and steward." Ye Qiongdan smiled slightly.

"Where is this talking? I entrusted you with your blessing," He said pointedly, "I specially prepared the best Junshan Silver Needle tea today, shopkeeper Ye please go upstairs and try it? "

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

Ye Qiongdan followed them upstairs, and the steward specially let her sit in the most precious seat to show his respect.

After Xiaoer poured tea, he joked with the steward: "Last time, when I asked the boy to give you a gift, I said that shopkeeper Ye would have some good business in the future, so you should think about me. Now, is there any business?" ?”

"Hey, Manager He, you really just happened to have a deal, and I want to cooperate with you!" Ye Qiongdan said immediately.

"Oh?" He immediately became interested, "What business?"

(End of this chapter)