October 28.

Although it was a cold winter, it was a rare warm weather.

Wancheng is bustling with people, most of the people take advantage of the rare sun to come out to relax, the four city gates are also crowded, in and out of an endless stream, in addition to the people who drive the cart to lead the horse and drive the cattle, there are many rich families in the city with their servants to play outside the city, but since ancient times the rich and the poor are different, the rich and noble families wear fur and coats, and the poor people can only wear thick patched reed winter clothes.

Beyond the north gate, a caravan of three carriages and six healthy horses creaked.

There were a lot of goods bundled on the carriages, and in one of them sat a tall and thin young man and a teenager of about ten years old.

Six healthy horses, four tiger-backed bears, and the guards with big swords at their waists surrounded a young man with an indifferent expression, wearing a fine linen robe, a gray woolen scarf around his neck, wearing gloves, and a hat made of wool on his head, next to the young man a young man in black, carrying a long sword on his back, several people laughed while talking, and after paying the entrance tax of dozens of yuan at the city gate, they went straight to the city along the slightly bumpy horse path.

Twenty minutes later, the caravan stopped in front of a two-story wooden building with four small seal plaques from the Qinghe store.

Chen Xu sat on horseback and looked at the renovated foothouse up and down, the appearance was not much different from his original design, and even the doors and windows were more spacious than the original design, and he could see the counters and wooden shelves inside at a glance, and at this time in the store, several people were walking around to place things.

"Hu Kuan~" Chen Xu shouted into the room, and a man turned around, and instantly strode out with an extremely happy look on his face.

"Lord Ritori, Kuan thought you wouldn't come!" Hu Kuan bowed excitedly.

"Since I said I was coming, naturally I won't break my promise, how is the decoration of the foot house?" Chen Xu asked after dismounting.

Hu Kuan hurriedly led the horse bolt to the horse stake at the door and said: "It has been completed, and the final inspection will be completed today!" ”

"I've seen Rinori-sama!" The few remaining people in the room also hurriedly ran out and saluted Chen Xu tremblingly, it was the few gambling money splashes that day.

Chen Xu nodded and walked into the foot house, looked inside side by side carefully, then climbed up to the second floor and looked at it again, patted Hu Kuan's shoulder with great satisfaction and said: "Hu Kuan, you did a good job in this matter, I brought some goods to be sold here today, you arranged for everyone to move in first, by the way, how is Lu Dong's family now?" ”

"Lu Dong's family is still living in the backyard for the time being, according to the drawings you drew last time, we have also renovated the backyard, and the house and stove have been renovated......"

Hu Kuan arranged for a few splashes to help unload the goods, and then followed Chen Xu and said while walking to the backyard.

The backyard of this foot house covers an area of more than 100 square meters, and after renovation, it looks much cleaner, and the stove for cooking rice is paved with stone slabs, and a pergola has been specially built.

"Not bad, not bad!" Chen Xu nodded with satisfaction while watching, and at this time, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl came out of a room, stayed for a while after seeing Chen Xu, and then turned around and shouted to the room with a surprised face: "Dad, mother, Lord Lidian is here!" ”

Soon a middle-aged couple came out of the room, and after seeing Chen Xu, they excitedly walked up together to salute, and wanted to kowtow, but were pulled up by Chen Xu.

"You don't have to be so polite, I came this time to fulfill the promise of the last time, and when the store officially opens, you can work as a helper in the store, I plan to sell some steamed buns, steamed buns, noodles, soy milk and other food, you just happened to run a foot house, and you are more familiar with these!"

"Lady Riden, that ...... I've heard of the steamed bun noodles you mentioned, but we don't know how to make them! Lu Dong said very worriedly.

"Hehe, don't worry, I not only brought you a pastry chef this time, but also brought a full set of stone grinders and steamers and other necessary items, Liu Dazhui ......" Chen Xu turned around and shouted.

"It's coming!" A tall, slightly thin young man ran in from outside carrying a two-compartment steamer.

"From today onwards, you will carefully teach them how to make all kinds of pasta and soy milk as a family!" Chen Xu pointed to Lu Dong's family and said.

"Eh, don't worry, I'll teach them all!" Liu Dazhui nodded hurriedly.

Liu Da Hammer is the son of Liu Po, surnamed Liu is a big family in Qinghe Town, when the primary school canteen wanted three helpers, Liu Po did not hesitate to stuff his son in, Chen Xu naturally will not refuse, anyway, it is just a helper who cooks, but this Liu Da Hammer is still very serious and careful, and he is also diligent in his work, so Chen Xu is still very satisfied.

After chatting with Lu Dong's family for a few words, he withdrew from the courtyard, and the goods on the three carriages had been unloaded.

One of the packers is a steamer, a stone grinder, a cutting board, knives, etc.

The second car was loaded with scarves and hats knitted with wool by some women from Qinghe Town, including a few sweaters, which, although crudely made, might sell for a good price in this cold winter season.

The third car is loaded with the main commodity of the store, a bundle of clay bottles tied with corn and hemp rope are filled with wine vinegar oil, and then there are several large baskets of rice cakes, biscuits, candies, etc., and a basket is newly fired porcelain, the number is not much only more than 20 pieces, the style is relatively simple, nothing more than dishes and cups, but there are some simple red, yellow, blue and green glaze on it, porcelain white as jade, smooth and smooth, gorgeous glaze, although Chen Xu does not seem to have any feeling, But when he took it out of the corn in the rattan basket, he almost bluffed Hu Kuan and a few splashy souls.

"Big ...... Big...... My lord, this ...... What is this...... Thing...... How can it be so exquisite...... Hu Kuan's face was dull, holding a porcelain bowl with a simple green pattern in his hand, his whole body was trembling, and he couldn't even hold his tongue straight when he spoke.

"It's just a job!" Chen Xu said lightly.

"Rice...... Livelihood? Hu Kuan and the four gangsters had their eyes bulging out and couldn't take them back.

"Yes, this is a new kind of clay fired by me, it's just pretty! Because of the difficulty of firing, all of them are in small quantities, so they are ready to be displayed in the store as exhibits, and if the price is right, they can be sold! ”

"My lord, it's not just pretty, this ...... This kind of pottery is exquisite, as smooth as jade, I am afraid that ordinary people can afford it! If...... How much food do I need if I sell it? Hu Kuan stammered and asked.

"How much money do you think is the right amount to sell?" Chen Xu thought for a moment and asked.

"Ten thousand dollars, at least ten thousand dollars!" Hu Kuan said excitedly.

Chen Xu's hand shook and almost dropped a porcelain cup in his hand to the ground, and he hesitated for a while and said, "Is it too expensive?" Now a jade bowl is only a few thousand dollars. ”

"It's not expensive, it's not expensive, this painted pottery is so exquisite, white as snow, the color is gorgeous, how can the jade bowl be compared, this thing must not be in the palace, if it is me, 10,000 yuan will definitely not be willing to sell ......" Hu Kuan held the porcelain bowl and shook his head again and again.

"That's okay, you can do this thing, by the way, from today on, you are the director of this Qinghe store, take care of it carefully, the money and goods must be managed clearly, and the bookkeeping will be handed over to Zhang Quandan......"

After Chen Xu finished speaking, he called Zhang Quandan over and said: "From today on, you are the financial director of this store, and the money and grain accounts must be carefully recorded according to what I taught you, and they must be verified after closing every day. ”

The black and thin Zhang Quandan was wearing a brand new fine linen coat, a wolfskin coat on the outside, and a woolen hat on his head. ”

"Well, do a good job!" Chen Xu patted Zhang Quandan's shoulder.

"Hu Kuan, in addition to bookkeeping, everything in the store is responsible for you, you also carefully arrange everyone's food and clothing, and all normal expenses must also be reported to Zhang Quandan into the account, if you dare to cheat against the fake public economy, you know the consequences!" Chen Xu looked at Hu Kuan with a serious face and said.

"Don't worry, don't worry, Kuan will not dare to have any second thoughts!" Hu Kuan hurriedly saluted.

"Also, take good care of Zhang Quandan, if he is bullied, I will ask you when the time comes!"

"Don't worry, I'll take care of him!" Hu Kuan nodded again and again.

"That's all for now, as for your salary, it's ...... for the time being A thousand dollars a month! ”

"A thousand dollars ......" Not only were the four gangsters stunned, but Hu Kuan was instantly stunned.

"The four of you follow Hu Kuan to run this store well, and each of you has a hundred yuan per month, study carefully, maybe next year I will go to Luoyang, Daliang or even Xianyang to open a store, do you understand what I mean?" Chen Xu looked at the four gangsters and said.

"Yes, my lord, we understand!" The four thugs nodded again and again, their excited faces were deformed, they naturally understood Chen Xu's words, as long as they learned well, maybe they would go to other cities to be supervisors next year, so that they could earn a thousand yuan a month, and they would become rich people in a year.

Next, under Chen Xu's arrangement, Hu Kuan's five people were as diligent as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and all the goods brought by Chen Xu this time were placed next to each other, and those porcelain bowls were placed on the most conspicuous wooden frame in the house, and they could see it clearly at a glance when standing on the street, and when they were placing the goods, the people who came and went had been attracted to them, and many people gathered at the door curiously to watch, pointing and pointing and quickly blocking the street.

"Gao Gongzi let us take a closer look at this foot shop, will so many people make trouble?" On the second floor of a two-story wooden house across the street, two young men stood at the window, looking at the crowd below with a nervous expression.

"I'm watching here, you hurry up and tell Master Gao!" The older one said with a frown.

"Good!" The other turned and went downstairs and soon rode away on a horse.