Wei Dean hurriedly sent someone to tear the seal, went to his internal office again, and took out the 1,000 taels of silver tickets, and wanted to return them to Long Xiao. Long Xiao didn't want to live or die, Wei De'an dared to accept it, but he had already taken Long Xiao and Long Zhi as his backers. Now that the two brothers have bonded with the backer Wang Yang Su, this is a great event in the capital. You can not be afraid of the emperor, because the emperor is in the deep palace compound every day, and he doesn't come out all year round, anyway, the emperor doesn't know how old you are. But the backer Yang Su is different, he is outside the palace every day, and he is in charge of the world's military power, and it is easy to want a person's life.

Long's cloth shop is open as usual again, and a large amount of cloth has been shipped to the house, Long Xiao saw that Longsheng is indeed not suitable to be the shopkeeper of the cloth shop in the capital. Although he is a good hand at doing business, he is a step behind in handling things. Long Xiao asked Jing Zhaoyin to recommend a person, this person is a staff member of the Ministry of Rites, and since the death of the Ministry of Rites, he has been idle at home. Long Xiao hired him with a high salary, and Long Xiao personally tested this person's character, and felt that he was a loyal person, so he made him the outer shopkeeper, all in charge of Long's cloth shop, Long's grain store, and Long's gold store, and was in charge of the foreign affairs of the three stores.

The original three shopkeepers became the inner shopkeepers. The inner shopkeeper is in charge of the entry and exit and sales of goods, and cannot intervene in the affairs of the outer shopkeeper. The outer shopkeeper only deals with the various yamen in the capital, and cannot intervene in the affairs of the inner shopkeeper. Long Xiao took out 10,000 taels of silver every year, let the shopkeeper eat, drink and have fun, and specially accompany the high-ranking officials in the capital to play, even if it exceeds 10,000 taels of silver, it can be reimbursed, in addition, the annual salary of the shopkeeper is 1,200 taels of silver.

The name of this external shopkeeper is Wanquanhe, he is indeed a delicate and clear person, he has not worked hard for a month in office, and he has done a good job in all aspects of the three provinces and six departments, and the money is not much, Long Xiao is very happy, so he decided to expand his influence again, and he wanted to feast on the prince, preferably in the Long's cloth shop.

Long Xiao went to the palace for more time and times, and the prince Yang Su also saw the matter, so he asked Long Xiao: "Long Xiao, do you want to ask me to do anything again?" ”。 Long Xiao: "Lord Wang, our Long family is counting on these shops, but the Beijing officials are like clouds, and they can't afford to offend anywhere, not to mention the three provinces and six departments, there are dozens of people called the prince, we dare to offend the common people, I want to invite the prince to have a meal, borrow your prestige, we can also do business." Yang Su said with a smile: "Long Xiao, since you begged me, there is no problem with this, but these shops of yours are all small businesses, what kind of money can you make, as long as you follow me, I can put you in charge of a few gold mines, and when the time comes, you will be squandering money every day."

Long Xiao smiled: "Lord Wang, that's your money, I can't ask for it, I just want to make my own money, as long as the prince is willing to go to my shop, I can't be grateful." Yang Su stroked his beard: "Okay, I'll make a trust for you, let you also pull the tiger skin and pull the banner." Yang Su chose a good day, took his entourage, came to the Long's cloth shop, and had a meal in the Long's cloth shop.

The news soon spread all over the capital, and they all knew that the relationship between Long's cloth shop and the backer king Yang Su was very good. Since the outer shopkeeper of Long's three stores is Wanquanhe, Wanquanhe has also become a celebrity in the capital, and they all have joined Wanquanhe. On this day, the shopkeeper of the 8 major cloth shops in the capital made an appointment and came to the Long's cloth shop together to invite Wanquanhe to dinner.

Everyone came to the most luxurious restaurant in the capital, Tianwai Village. Tianwai Village is opened by a prince, this person is an old prince, according to the generation, he is the uncle of the current emperor, and he is also an iron hat prince, although there is no military power and official power, but the identity of the prince is enough to make people enviable. On this day, there are 200 private rooms in the outer village, and there are 5 halls for eating. Eating in Tianwai Village, there are three words to describe, one is expensive, one is strange, and the other is many.

The so-called expensive, that is, there is no most expensive, only more expensive, that is, plain, a person comes to eat a casual meal, there are no dozens of taels of silver, and it can't come down, if it is above four people, it is hundreds of taels. It is tens of thousands of taels of silver for a table of meals and banquets. Ordinary people can't get in, especially the 200 private rooms, even if you have money, you may not be able to get in, because there are thousands of taels of silver in it. How much silver does a common person earn in a month? Even the annual salary of the county is only 72 taels of silver a year, not to mention the ordinary people. Ordinary people work hard for less than half a tael of silver a month, and even the tips for entering Tianwai Village are not enough to give to the gate guard.

The so-called strange is all strange, eat in Tianwai Village, as long as you call the name, they will get you to eat, that is, dragon liver and phoenix gall, they will also get you a big snake and a chicken. Another time, in order to embarrass Tianwai Village, a guest said a dish called the Heart of the Tiger King, and Tianwai Village slaughtered a cat and dug out the heart to serve wine to the guests. Therefore, there is nothing that Tianwai Village cannot do. Of course, it must be legal. If you want the emperor's heart, it will be a rebellion, not to mention that Tianwai Village will not do it, that is, you will be killed.

The so-called more is more service. Although Tianwai Village is a hotel, it does not affect his service with women. When eating, you can ask the female second to accompany the wine, or you can ask the female to accompany the second to eat, as long as the price is right, you just want the female second to sleep with you, provided you have enough silver.

What's more, when you eat in Tianwai Village, you don't want to eat overlord meals, the thugs here are not vegetarians. The boss of Tianwai Village is the prince, the power is all over the sky, even if someone dies, it is a very common thing, as long as you don't have enough strength, kill you and bury your body, no one will care. The boss of the Bada Cloth Store chose to eat here, which shows his sincerity to Wanquanhe.

The shopkeeper of the Eight Cloth Shops chose a private room and invited Wanquanhe in. 9 people, the host and the host sat down, and each of them ordered a female junior to stand in the back. Don't look at it as just a little two, but they all look like they are beautiful and fragrant, and if you eat a meal here, you won't lose even if you spend thousands of taels of silver. After Wanquanhe sat down, Li Changgeng, the biggest boss of the eight major cloth shops, spoke: "Wan shopkeeper, our 9 major cloth shops are also the largest in the capital, but none of our eight are your Long's cloth shops, you not only have the backer prince as the backstage, but even the cloth that is listed every day is sold out in less than an hour, and our eight major cloth shops are deeply frightened."

Wan Quanhe: "Shopkeeper Li, what do you mean by this, do you think my cloth business is too good?" Li Changgeng hurriedly said: "No, no, I definitely don't mean this, I just want to think, can you Long's cloth shop even out some cloth, our eight major cloth shops will sell it to you, we don't make money, we will buy your cloth according to the market price, we don't make money to sell, just want to be popular."

Wan Quanhe: "Hehe, Boss Li, it's not appropriate for you to say this, if our cloth is sold to you, our cloth shop will be unpopular, and we can only cooperate with you in the future, if you control our sales in the future, can we still open a store in the capital?" ”。 As soon as Wan Quanhe said it, Li Changgeng was faceless and sat down in a daze. In fact, Li Changgeng's meaning is also everyone's meaning, one can strengthen the relationship with Long's cloth shop, and the other is to add a little popularity to his cloth shop, the key is that the quality of Long's cloth shop is too good.

However, Wanquanhe was also an old fritter, and he immediately found out the unfavorable side of himself from his words, and categorically rejected Li Changgeng's proposal. Li Changgeng felt that the shopkeeper of Long's cloth shop was powerful, and he didn't even think that Wanquanhe would immediately think of this, and Li Changgeng couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Li Changgeng saw that Wan Quanhe was a little displeased, and quickly apologized: "Wan shopkeeper, I didn't mean that, I just wanted to be closer to Long's cloth shop, and I definitely didn't mean to seize Long's cloth shop market."

At this time, Wu Jinbao, the shopkeeper of Yong'an Buxing, stood up and played a round: "Shopkeeper Li, we are eating, not discussing business, today's topic is mainly to let Shopkeeper Wan eat, drink, and have fun, don't you say?" Wanquanhe is also an old oilman, and when he saw someone playing a round, he smiled at Li Changgeng: "Shopkeeper Li, it's easy to say, Shopkeeper Wu, you go to our Long's cloth shop in a hurry, I will give you a few Long-brand cloth, and go home to make clothes for your wife and children." Shopkeeper Wu expressed his gratitude, and when Li Changgeng saw it, he also echoed it, and everyone began to be happy.