The snow was falling, and there were few pedestrians hurrying through the streets.

In front of a small tavern, a luxurious horse-drawn carriage was parked, out of place in the deserted streets.

In the wine shop, an old man and a young man gathered around a small stove, eating delicious hot pot and chatting happily.

This old and young man are Xu Mengxi and Guo Dan.

"Here's a thousand taels."

Xu Mengxuan was so happy that he pushed a thousand taels down in front of Guo Dan, "You deserve the reward." ”

Guo glanced at Yinzi lightly, smiled and said nothing.

Xu Mengxi was stunned for a moment and asked, "What?" Too little? ”

Guo Dan nodded.

Xu Mengxi looked a little surprised, and said with a smile: "The old man doesn't mind giving you more, but you have always re-engraved the contract, and what we said was a thousand taels at the beginning." ”

"I want to earn another thousand taels with my ability." Guo Dan smiled and groaned.

Xu Mengxi hesitated and said, "But the old man has nothing to ask for recently!" ”

Now his family is reunited, enjoying the joy of family, and there are no regrets.

Guo smiled lightly: "Uncle, don't be too happy, because you have only welcomed back half of your daughter." ”

Xu Mengxi was surprised: "Half a daughter? ”

Guo Dan nodded and said, "I believe you have been sure, what I said is true, that is to say, since Ling Yan was sensible, she has been working hard to become your uncle, and she has gone crazy for this, do you want her to continue to live for you, uncle?" She has lost a happy family that should have belonged to her because of this. ”

Xu Mengxuan was silent.

Guo Dan said: "Give her freedom and let her do what she wants, this is what you owe her." ”

Xu Mengxi looked up at him and said, "Do you want her to continue to help you do things?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Even if it is, it is her choice." ”

Xu Mengxi was silent for a while, and suddenly asked: "There is a question, the old man has always been very curious, how do you know that the little girl did all this just to make up for the regret in the old man's heart, and it is really ashamed to say that the old man has never noticed it before." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "This is thanks to my wife." ”

"Your wife?"

"Hmm."

Guo Dan nodded and said, "When my wife talked about Ling Yan teaching her skills, she said that Ling Yan was very concerned about the relationship between their father and daughter, but Ling Yan was obviously not a person who liked to inquire about other people's family affairs, but I didn't care about these at the time.

And when Ling Yan said the reason why your father and daughter were stiff, I suddenly realized that the reason why Ling Yan taught Neizi was just to do experiments through Neiko, how could I make my father proud. But things are often full of drama, and with the same method, the apprentice succeeded, gained the trust of my father-in-law, and became the head of the tooth shop, while the master failed and was forced to run away from home, isn't it ironic. ”

Xu Mengxi closed her eyes and sighed, "Does your wife know?" ”

Guo Dan shook his head and said: "Why should I tell her about these unpleasant things, plus I don't think there is anything wrong with this, after all, Ling Yan still taught my wife a lot of skills, and did not charge any tuition, so as a price, my wife provided her with a family sample, which is also reasonable." ”

"I see." Xu Mengxuan nodded with a smile, and suddenly said, "But there is still one thing you haven't said." ”

Guo Dan was curious: "What? ”

Xu Mengxi said: "It's that you've been speculating about why the little girl will help you, if not, you can't think of it." And before that, all this is just your speculation, and there is no real evidence to prove that the reason why you are doing this is that you plan to use the old man to verify your thoughts, so that you can rest assured that the little girl will continue to stay with you. Your motives are no different from the little girl who taught your wife the skills at the beginning, but you are more hateful than the little girl, and you still have the face to accept the old man's money. ”

Guo Dan snorted and said, "Uncle, you can't cross the river and tear down the bridge!" ”

Xu Mengxi snorted: "The money has been given, and the old man of this bridge will demolish it if he wants to." ”

Guo Dan shrugged and said, "Even so, this is a win-win situation in the end." ”

Xu Mengxi said: "But you have spent so much effort on this, it can be seen that you are not only doing business, but the old man has to carefully consider whether to let the little girl continue to help you." ”

Guo Dan was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "Uncle, you will definitely get it." ”

"Why?"

"Because it's a deal."

Guo Dan put his hand on the one thousand taels and smiled confidently: "I want to make money, and the Buddha can't hold it." ”

......

Back to the dental line.

"General manager, you're back."

When Zhu Yaoyuan saw Guo Dan, she immediately got up and came to him and whispered.

"Is there something wrong?"

Guo Dan asked.

Zhu Yaoyuan pointed to the side of the sofa.

Guo Dan turned his head and saw Xu Jirong sitting on the sofa with a glass of wine, completely unaware that he had returned, and suddenly, Xu Jirong laughed.

Zhu Yaoyuan whispered: "He has been sitting here and laughing all afternoon." ”

Guo Dan nodded and said in a low voice, "Leave it to me." ”

With that, he walked over and sat opposite Xu Jirong, laughing twice.

"Faint!"

Xu Jirong suddenly found Guo Dan, couldn't help but scream in surprise, and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "I see that you are so happy, little uncle, so I am also happy!" ”

"You see that?"

Xu Jirong said hehehe.

Guo Dan nodded and said, "Say, what's the happy thing." ”

"You know, my aunt reconciled with my grandfather and moved back home."

Xu Jirong said, his eyes were red: "To tell you the truth, I thought it would be impossible to eat at the same table with my grandfather and aunt in this life." ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Congratulations, congratulations." ”

Xu Jirong grinned and said: "I really can't imagine that our double fools in the capital will have such great ability, and even if we can do this, I think we can really go to Mobei to break through." ”

“......！”

Finished! It's completely over! Guo Dan rolled his eyes and said, "Your grandfather called you home for dinner." ”

"Go home for dinner."

Xu Jirong stood up abruptly and said, "What time is it?" Oh no, I have to go home right now, I have to go home for dinner now, faint, I'll go first. ”

Before he finished speaking, he had already run out of the door.

Guo smiled lightly and shook his head.

Suddenly, I heard a muttering, "How can this little uncle be so nervous." ”

Guo Dan turned his head to look, only to see Zhu Yao muttering and closing the door, and suddenly shouted, "Fangchen, come and sit." ”

Zhu Yao was stunned, came to the sofa, but did not sit down, and asked, "What's the matter with the general manager?" ”

It can be seen that she has entered the role of secretary.

"Sit."

Guo Dan said again.

Only then did Zhu Yaoyao sit down.

Guo Dan said: "It's almost the Chinese New Year, do you want to go home?" ”

Zhu Yaoyuan didn't hesitate, just shook her head and said, "This is my home." ”

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment, and said, "Aren't you going to go back to see your mother?" ”

Zhu Yao shook her head without a trace of hesitation.

Guo Dan asked, "Why?" ”

Zhu Yaoyuan said: "Because I'm afraid that after I go back, I won't be able to come out again." ”

Guo Dan was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then you can celebrate the New Year at my house." ”

Zhu Yaoyuan smiled embarrassedly: "Will this disturb you." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Celebrating the New Year at my house is not much different from working in a dental shop, because I can't take a few days off for the New Year this year." ”

Regarding this year's Chinese New Year, Guo Dan plans to take two and a half days off, because of the previous crisis, it is equivalent to letting them all take a long vacation, and at the same time, once the imperial court decides to contract the reserve warehouse to him, then he will have a lot to do.

However, this matter is already a certainty, because the emperor, the cabinet, Shen Zhengyi, and many ministers all support this plan.

Even conservatives know that this is unstoppable, because many local officials will support it.

No one wants to follow in the footsteps of the German government, and the reserve warehouse system has existed in name only, there is nothing to fish in this, but once a natural disaster occurs, they have to carry it themselves, but most officials are powerless about it, because the household department is also relatively difficult at present, and there is not much food rescue, if this plan is passed, they don't have to worry about natural disasters.

And this is only a temporary solution.

Once the imperial court improves the disaster relief system, it can still be taken back.

A few days later, the imperial court made a decision and promised to contract the reserve warehouse to Guo Dan.

In addition, the tax revenue of the state treasury was reduced, and some of the tax grain was deposited in the reserve warehouse in various localities, which was received by Yinuoya Bank.

A no-tooth line!

"In my opinion, it's just a bunch of trouble."

Kou Liansha leaned back on the desk, looking at the warehouse distribution map that Guo Dan had painstakingly drawn, and couldn't help but shake her head.

Guo smiled lightly: "Businessmen can't be afraid of trouble, businessmen are most afraid of no trouble, as long as we operate properly, we can still get a lot of profits." ”

Kou Zhuansha frowned and said, "What profit can there be in this, lending?" Even if every account is recovered, we won't make much money, or sell grain? It doesn't make much money either. ”

"Neither."

Guo Dan stepped forward, took down the warehouse map, threw it aside, and pasted a blank piece of paper, "The biggest profit we get is that we have obtained a natural disaster." ”

He wrote the word "natural disaster" on the paper.

“......！”

Kou Zhuansha looked at Guo Dan with a hello face.

Guo smiled lightly: "Natural disasters will definitely give birth to two kinds of goods, one of which is people. Second, land. When the wind and rain are good, man and the earth are one, but in the event of a natural disaster, the relationship between the sky and the land will become extremely fragile.

At the same time, the value of people and land will also be greatly reduced, and the value of food will be greatly increased, in other words, in the event of a natural disaster, we will get everything in our hands, cheap labor, cheap land. And when the two become one, it is equal! ”

He sketched a line on paper --- cheap cost.

"Cheap costs will help us get higher returns."

Guo Dan said: "Not only that, but now we have weapons in one hand and food in the other, which can help us wage war against any surrounding area, and war is the most profitable business." ”

Kou Zhuansha looked at Guo Dan in shock and said, "You premeditated?" ”

"Not really."

Guo Dan shook his head and said: "If I can, I really don't want to contract this reserve warehouse, after all, the uncertainty in this is too high, and the ghost knows what the damn god is going to do, but since I took over this deal, then I must squeeze all the profits out of it, it's just a habit." ”