Because Empress Aijing has just passed away, firecrackers and fireworks are strictly prohibited in the capital, and this year's festival is plain and simple.

After the seventh day of the first month, the morning holiday ends and the course of the new year begins.

In order to facilitate the management of business, Liu Junchen has now become the account of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the account books everywhere are sorted out by him and then submitted to Tillian, if Tillian has instructions, he will also convey them to the shops.

In this way, others naturally have nothing to say.

Although with the help of this 'secretary general', as a 'big boss', there are some things that still need to be done by Tillian herself.

For example, at the beginning of each year, the representatives of the foreign branches sent to the capital to hand over the account books and plans of the past years, as well as the current head of the Yun family's business, Yun Shili.

On the ninth day of the first month, Dilian came to the 'Diner Huan' again after a few months, and instructed Liu Junchen to go to Yunhou Mansion in person to spread the word, and if there was anything, he would invite Yunhou Shisun to come over and talk in detail.

Yun Shili naturally went in person, and brought Uncle Liang and his close attendant Song Jue.

Liu Junchen led the three of them all the way to the third floor, gently pushed open the Zhu door of the private room, and several people entered one after another.

When I raised my eyes, I saw that the box was full of people, and I couldn't help but be stunned.

Liang Bo and Song Jue glanced at each other, but seeing that these people were all neatly dressed but simple and mediocre, with different ages, the four of them stood in seven rows, and these twenty-eight people lowered their heads and silenced as if they had made some mistake.

The peach blossom eyes swept slightly, Yun Shili looked at the woman sitting on the side of the soft couch under the south window, wearing a wide tunic skirt with silver thread embroidered with clusters of roses, and a sinuous lotus at the waist opened at the neck, and the snow skin looked like a fairy in the painting.

Yun Shili stepped forward, only to see a half-arm-high blue account book stacked on the small table of the soft couch, and Tilian was holding a red pen to look through one, and several books were thrown messily around the foot, one of which was almost stepped on by Yun Shili.

Seeing this, Song Jue bent down and picked it up, raising his eyes to look at his grandson, the atmosphere at this time was really not good, maybe it was not the right time for them to come.

Liu Junchen hurriedly stepped forward to take the account books in Song Jue's hand, and then picked up a few books that were thrown on the side of his feet, took a few account books in his arms, and led Yun Shili to sit on the other side of the soft couch, and Uncle Liang and Song Jue stood quietly on the side.

It seemed that it was only at this time that she saw Yun Shili's appearance, and Tilian raised her eyes from the account book, and said lightly, "Please wait a little longer." ”

Wen Ya smiled, Yun Shili nodded, and glanced down at the account book opened by her hand, on which there were many handwritings outlined with a red pen, from her clear but slightly cool eyes, it can be known that Di Lian's mood must not be good at the moment.

The three of them waited aside, thinking that the stack of account books would at least see noon, Song Jue considered persuading Shisun to come back in the afternoon, but before he could figure out how to speak, he was shocked by the speed at which Tilian looked at the account books.

Song Jue was dumbfounded, and just glanced at it a few times, could it be that he never forgot it? Can you still annotate modifications?

Pulling Uncle Liang beside him, Song Jue glared at him, but Uncle Liang looked calm, because he had seen it before, and Tilian's mental arithmetic was something he had only seen in his many years of business.

Seeing Di Lian close the last account book, Liu Junchen stepped forward to put away the account book on the table and put it aside, and then put the ones he was holding in his arms in front of Di Lian.

As soon as she let go of her hand and let the pen fall at her feet, Tilian picked up an account book at the top, and her voice was cold.

"Xiangnan Jiangzhou 'Cooking Building'."

But seeing that everyone who had stood for two hours looked sideways, and then their heads hung lower, and a middle-aged man in his forties stepped forward quickly, not daring to look at Dilian with his eyes down.

Glancing at him, he threw the account book in his hand on him, and said, "In March, the torrential rain flooded half of the Jiangzhou tea plantation, and the tea prices in the entire eighteen counties of southern Hunan are rising, but the business of the tea house is lively?" Go back and tell the shopkeeper of the king, since he dares to exaggerate, let him make up for the money out of his own pocket. ”

Bending down to pick up the account book on the ground, the middle-aged gentleman handed the account book to Liu Junchen, and then bowed and retreated.

Then picking up the remaining copies, Tilian's voice became colder and colder.

"Fifty thousand taels of silver were sent to Shudi, and there was no income for a whole year, when did the Luo silk brocade in the capital become so unsightly?"

"In the year since the expansion of 'Baoyu Zhai', the Lizhou branch is the only one that is not only not profitable but loss-making, Mr. Liu, looking back and suing Sù Zixu, to remove the owner of the Lizhou branch."

"Last year, due to the national funeral, the business of the restaurant was indeed not very good, this year from the other plans to put it first, 'diners' all the stores pù, all the implementation of a dish to send a dish is omitted, a month later I want to see the good news of customer recovery, in May, the people of each branch with the account book into Beijing for retrial."

"Order one get one free?!" , someone exclaimed in astonishment.

Everyone looked at Tillian in astonishment, when did their girl give someone away like this?

Hearing this, Di Lian glanced at everyone, and then motioned to Liu Junchen.

Liu Junchen stepped forward and explained, "The girl issued this slightly, for the same price of the dishes, in fact, the price of the dish is sold at half price, to absorb more new customers and old customers, during the national funeral 'diners' many poultry purchased in advance are in vain, which is a lot of money, the price of vegetables is halved this month just to gather customers from all over the world, the amount of dishes can be considered, after a month, the price of vegetables has slowly risen back to the original price, will not make people feel abrupt, and within an acceptable range. ”

What kind of method is this, Song Jue frowned, he had never heard of it.

Yun Shili smiled gently, the loss of silver, then used clever tricks to increase the source of customers to make up, in the future, the price of vegetables slowly rose back to the original price, those silver will naturally be in the process of this slow rise from the extra customers to earn back, can eat a meal in the 'diner Huan', do not care about the difference in the price of a few taels of money, it seems that the 'diner Huan' suffered a loss, but in fact it is a long-term increase in income and profit.

Waving off everyone in the room, Di Lian motioned for Liu Junchen to put the account book away, and Fang Wen looked at Yun Shili with a smile.

"Since the last time I was fined and confined to the house, today is the first time I went out of the house, I read the letter you handed to the house last time, the Yun family has occupied the position of a giant in business, and if you want to expand the right of flow in the sea area, I am afraid it is not easy, after all, there is a snake in Washington, and you don't want to think about it without blood."

In the comfort letter that Yun Shili handed her last time, a brief description of the shipping industry in the South China Sea was attached, and she had thought about the possibility of this matter in her spare time in the past few months, once the Yun family was involved in shipping autonomy again, it would really be all over the mainland.

The deep sea-like peach blossom eyes smiled, and Yun Shili looked at Uncle Scale.

Uncle Liang took a step forward and said to Di Lian, "Over the years, the Yun family's business in the Starfall Dynasty has been inconvenient after all, and Washington has relied on this to make a lot of tax money from it, and in the past, Hou Ye has tried many times to build the Yun family's docks and ships in the South China Sea, and even promised great benefits to Washington, but none of them recognized the Yun family's circulation rights in the South China Sea in the express confirmation. ”

Dai raised her eyebrows slightly, and Di Lian knew in her heart that the silver was accepted correctly, but it just didn't give you convenience, didn't cooperate with you, and wanted to go to sea? Yes, but all the shipping on the edge of the South China Sea is controlled by Washington, and you have to pay reasonable taxes and silver.

If there is a seal of Washington that explicitly acknowledges that the Yun family has the autonomy of the circulation of goods in the South China Sea, then Washington will no longer be able to absorb a lot of money, and if she is replaced, she will not give you this convenience. It's as if someone proposed to the Yun family to mix in the gold mining area, I'm afraid the Yun family won't agree.

With her index finger tapping a few corners, Tillian smiled lightly, "Since you can't coax him, let's force him." Don't eat the soft ones, come the hard ones.

Uncle Liang was condensed, and Song Jue said, "What kind of force?" ”

Raising her eyes to look at Yun Shili, Di Lian asked with a smile, "The closest gold mine to the South China Sea, but the 'Hump Cliff' outside Jiangzhou City?" ”

couldn't guess her thoughts, Yun Shili smiled and chuckled.

Tilian nodded and looked at the scale, "Near that mountain, can there be Zhuangzi and tea plantations in Washington?" ”

"In the eighteen counties of southern Hunan, all the tea gardens, eight out of ten are Washington, because there is a living water spring on the north side of the Hump Cliff, Washington even spared no expense to buy two tea gardens on the mountain that originally belonged to other merchants, and now the tea gardens within 100 miles of the Hump Cliff are the private property of Washington." ”

At this time, Liu Junchen, who had gone and returned, personally brought tea in.

"In this way, the living spring landscape of Hump Cliff is still the golden oil of Washington?" , took the cup of golden lacquer orchid, Tilian chuckled, and took a sip with her eyes down.

Uncle Liang immediately looked at Di Lian's expression and couldn't hide his admiration and fear, this woman's method has always been to pinch the snake seven inches without mercy.

At this time, Yun Shili held the pen and ink on the table and wrote on rice paper, "That mountain spring supports thousands of people in the Jiangzhou mining area. ’

Uncle Liang hurriedly said, "Not only the laborers in the gold mining area, but also several villages and towns under the mountain in Jiangzhou are also eating the water flowing from this spring." ”

Dai frowned slightly, and Tilian said, "This is tricky." Then he fell into deep thought.

Seeing her like this, several people stopped talking.

It seemed that after almost half an hour, I heard Tilian say again, "The gold mine is in the deep stream of the 'Hump Cliff', and the tea garden is in the middle of the hillside, isolated between the gold mining area and the village. ”

Uncle Liang shook his head, "The five built streams are guarded by people from Washington day and night. ”

Tillian hooked her lips, "Man-made destruction can't work, can it still withstand natural disasters?" ”

Song Jue was slightly stunned and asked, "Natural disasters? How can we control this? ”

"yes." , Tilian Yue's eyes smiled, "How can we control this?" Even if something happened, the Yun family couldn't be blamed. ”

Song Jue was even more confused, and looked at Uncle Liang in confusion for an explanation, but Uncle Liang was also confused, looking at Di Lian silently.

Seeing this, Di Lian gently put down the cup, "The 'Hump Cliff' has been mining gold all year round, and it is reasonable for the vegetation to be destroyed, and when the vegetation is thin, the mountain rocks are easy to collapse, and it is also common sense to smash the drainage dam built by Washington, right?" It takes at least half a month to build a new drainage channel, and the tea trees that have just been flooded last year and sprouted in spring, not to mention half a month, are cut off for three days, and they are afraid that they will die. Raising her eyes to look at Yun Shili, Tillian said with a smile, "First break him a drainage channel, and then prepare a generous gift to go to Washington to negotiate the right to allow the circulation of the Yun family's business name; If it is rejected, he will destroy him again, and still come to the door to discuss the matter of the clear rules; By the time the third diversion channel was damaged, Washington would have to come to the door on its own. time, can reduce the benefits that can be given. ”

The dark blue eyes were bright, Yun Shili looked at her quietly, and nodded with a light smile for a moment.

Liu Junchen exclaimed, "Girl, this is a clever plan, if Washington insists on not giving the Yun family firm the right to circulate independently, it will ruin most of its own foundation." Last year's waterlogged tea plantation harvest is bound to be bad, if a large number of tea trees die, I am afraid that they should go crazy, I believe that which is more important, Washington can distinguish clearly. ”

Uncle Liang also sighed and bowed deeply to Tillian, "Miss Tillian is really a master, and the old slave is in awe. ”

Her lips raised slightly, and Tillian lowered her eyes to taste tea, "If this matter is successful, I need to borrow the Yun family's ship to go to the Starfall Dynasty." ”

The diners are already all over Xia Lan, and she wants to change the new signboard to hide in the Starfall Dynasty, so she can take advantage of the power of the Yun family at this moment to take more shortcuts.

Uncle Liang looked at Yun Shili, Yun Shili bowed his head lightly, and his expression was gentle and firm.