In the end, the matter of the cooperative restaurant selling wine to Qingfenglou in private was finally resolved with a fairly good result, the black sheep were eliminated, and they were severely punished, and those who did not participate were also in front of them because of these two painful and vivid examples this time, presumably they should not do such a thankless thing in the future. Some money can be made, but some money is completely unnecessary.

When Cao Yi was about to go back, the other shopkeepers followed the two carriages that Cao Yi came, and as for the shopkeepers Li and Zhang, who were in Cuiweilou and Qingyuanlou, they could only figure out their own ways, even if Cao Yi invited, they would definitely have no face to get into the carriage again. However, when Cao Yi arrived at the Zuixian Building, he still asked the red sleeves to inform the two shopkeepers of the carriage and coachman, and it was not so unkind to go to Qingyuan Building to pick up their masters.

When the remaining shopkeepers were leaving, they assured Cao Yi over and over again that they would never do this kind of thing, so that Cao Yi could cooperate with them with confidence. The main thing is that they still remember what Cao Yi said to Zhang Qi before, in addition to the wine jar, everyone's wine will be exclusive, and even the wine itself will be different, and after adding some mysterious liquids, it will make the color different. Although none of them knew how Cao Yi did it, with Cao Yi's low-key and not good personality, as long as he said yes, there must be, so no one would choose to take risks.

This time, Cuiweilou and Qingyuanlou only lost 10,000 taels of silver at first glance, no matter whether Shen Yan would help them pay at that time, it was just a pain in their bones for them, and they didn't say that they would be emptied. But the violation of the business agreement and the betrayal of the business partner will definitely spread all over the city, so that their road in the future will be narrower and narrower, because their character and business ethics have been questioned, unless there is a profit against the sky, otherwise few people will choose to cooperate with them again.

Before the Chinese New Year, the matter of Qingfeng Lou's private sale of a large amount of liquor was finally resolved, which was also a relaxing thing for Cao Yi and Red Sleeves and others, and they no longer had to spend time and energy staring in Jiangning City, because the status of Zuixianlou in Jiangning City had been completely stabilized, and the title of "Jiangning No. 1 Restaurant" was recognized by many Jiangning people.

In this way, the two of them could devote more time and energy to the branch of the Drunken Immortal Building and the branch of the Taibai Chamber of Commerce. After the first month of next year, that is, in February, the Zuixian Building in Yangzhou City should be almost ready for business, and in the Zuixian Building in Hangzhou, now it is just bought and is planning to build, even if the speed is fast, spend more money to let two or three times the craftsmen construct, it is estimated that it will not be built until May or June, and under the premise that the existing two branches can not make a profit, the expansion of the Zuixian Building will be temporarily slowed down.

And the Taibai Chamber of Commerce branch, at this stage, can only rely on the expansion of the Zuixianlou branch, the two must be tied up in the early stage, and go to various cities to get offices and chambers of commerce alone, but the gains outweigh the losses, and it is completely unnecessary, because it will waste too much money in the early stage, and now Cao Yi They can only use the limited money on the blade.

Cao Yi didn't have anything to do in the afternoon, and Red Sleeves had to solve all kinds of Spring Festival trivial matters in the store, and he didn't have time to buy gifts for Cao Yi, so Cao Yi let Red Sleeves be busy with his own affairs, and as for the gifts he brought to the banquet at Yang Gong's house tomorrow, he could only go to the antique workshop to see it.

When Cao Yi returned to the private seat, he happened to find Yu Youwei and Jin'er wandering around the restaurant aimlessly, so he invited Yu Youwei and them to accompany him to buy gifts...... Naturally, where the young lady goes, where she goes.

Yang Gong is familiar with it, and he has been giving gifts before, so he doesn't care about the quality of the gift, but Yang Gong's son, Cao Yi has not seen it before, and he is not very familiar with his preferences, so his gift should be carefully considered. When Cao Yi explained to Yu Youwei about going to the banquet tomorrow and buying two gifts, Yu Youwei said with a smile: "Childe, if you don't worry, I will give advice to Childe about this gift?" ”

Cao Yi laughed: "I can't ask for it, so please ask Youwei!" ”

Then the three of them ran two or three antique shops, treasure shops, although it is a New Year's gift, but the two people to give are officials, so the selection of gifts is quite shackled, not too expensive, otherwise it is easy to attract tongues. Finally, at the suggestion of Yu Youwei, I bought a jade gourd ornament for Yang Gong, homophonic Fulu, meaning beautiful, and bought a green bamboo pen holder carved from jasper for Yang Gong's son, which means that the official luck is prosperous and rising, which is very good. And the material of these two things is not a precious jade, so it is not too expensive, but the carving looks good, and the meaning is good, so I bought it, and the two things together cost more than seventy taels of silver.

Just as Cao Yi and Yu Youwei were about to leave after paying the money, Cao Yi suddenly saw a picture hanging on the upper wall out of the corner of his eye, stopped, and let out an exclamation of "Huh". Yu Youwei and Jin'er also stopped after hearing the voice, turned their heads and looked at a painting with Cao Yi's gaze, from the picture, it should be a picture of the bright moon and the clear wind of the rivers and mountains, and from the painting and artistic conception, it can be concluded that this is a good landscape map, which should be from everyone's hands. However, Cao Yi said that this painting was the most suitable gift for Yang Gong, and Yu Youwei didn't know about it, and she didn't know what different meaning this painting had behind it, which could attract Cao Yi.

"Cao Gongzi, what's wrong?" Yu Youwei asked curiously.

"Hehe, I found the best gift for Yang Gong!" Cao Yi said excitedly.

Then he happily walked up to the picture, turned his head and asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, how can this painting be sold?" ”

"Childe has a good eye, this painting is a rare good thing in our store!" The fat shopkeeper showed a happy smile on his face at this time, opened his mouth to Cao Yi and said this, and ran over quickly, the fat on his face and stomach trembled and trembled as he ran.

Yu Youwei and Jin'er's master and servant both rolled their eyes at the same time when they heard this, if this was the first time they heard this sentence when they entered this shop, then they might still believe it, but now they have heard this sentence five or six times, and not a word remains the same...... As long as they ask, it will always be this sentence, and the difference is that the son has become a girl, and the painting has become something else. Let's have a book

Cao Yi also smiled, and said with a smile: "Boss, don't get excited, I will naturally buy it if I like it, and I won't start if I don't like it, no matter how much you recommend it, you see that we were like this before......"

The fat shopkeeper smiled wryly, "Haha, get used to it, get used to it!" ”

Cao Yi carefully looked at this picture and found that the seal at the bottom of the painting was "General Youwuwei", but the inscription was not very clear, but it vaguely seemed to be the word Jianjian...... Cao Yi suddenly felt excited in his heart, thinking that this was Li Sixun, who was known as the "ancestor of the Northern Sect of Landscape Painting" and was called "the best hand of the gods" by Emperor Tang Ming. Cao Yi quietly glanced at the fat shopkeeper and found that he did not show any strange features, Cao Yi guessed that the fat shopkeeper did not know the true value of this painting.

"Shopkeeper, how much is this painting, I have bought the gifts I planned to give to people before, I think it, I am still not poetic and bookish enough, and I need more of this good thing to edify me day and night, so as to cultivate my talent temperament as a literati and ink writer, so I plan to buy this painting and hang it in my room, take a look when I have time, feel the talent of the predecessors, shopkeeper, you make a price, you see I have bought two pieces in your store, this third piece must be cheaper for me!"

"Look at what you said, Childe, even if you don't mention it, I will give you a cheaper price...... Well, otherwise, this painting boy will give me a hundred taels! Even if you want to give me more, I won't ask for it! The fat shopkeeper said categorically with a shy face.

This time, it was not only Yu Youwei and Jin'er, but Cao Yi also joined the army of rolling eyes, and the three of them rolled their eyes at the same time when they heard this, needless to say, this sentence has been said many times.

"One price, ten taels of silver, do you sell it?" Cao Yi stopped the fat shopkeeper's tirade that was about to come out, and immediately lowered the price to one percent, and quickly cut the price into chaos.

The fat shopkeeper looked embarrassed, rubbed his hands, and said, "This ...... This son, do you want to add more ...... You're adding some money! ”

"Okay, I'm not an unreasonable person, you have to make money after all when you open the door to do business, so I'll add a little more!"

"Yes, yes, son!" The fat shopkeeper smiled and gave Cao Yi a thumbs up.

"That's it, eleven taels, I want this painting!" Cao Yi said quickly.

"Huh?" The fat shopkeeper was stunned for a while, and even Yu Xuanji and Jin'er were stunned, this is really bold enough!

"Don't, shopkeeper, you see that your painting is hanging here and is dusty, I don't buy it, presumably no one will buy it, you hurry up, do you sell it or not?" Cao Yi looked at the shopkeeper with an impatient look.

"Sell! Sell! Sell! Who said not to sell! The fat shopkeeper seemed to be afraid that Cao Yi would regret it, so he rushed forward very quickly and flexibly to take down the painting, and then rolled it up and tied it up for Cao Yi.

In the carriage, Cao Yi looked at the rolled up painting and grinned happily, as if he had picked up a treasure.

"What's wrong with Childe? Could it be that this is a good painting? Yu Youwei asked curiously.

Cao Yi nodded: "As the fat shopkeeper said, this painting is a really rare good thing in their store!" ”

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