Yang Congyi closed the door and rested for a few days, but he felt a little depressed.

This morning, after practicing the gun for half an hour and practicing the words for a while, I wanted to go out for a walk. After collecting the pen and ink, I got out of the yamen, turned to the left and went to the seemingly more prosperous market, of course, it is not comparable with the county market in later generations, but it is also much more prosperous than the ordinary town.

The Lantern Festival has long passed, the first month has also reached the end of the month, the plan of the year lies in the spring, the early spring is the recovery of all things, the good season for sowing seedlings, in the agricultural society, the most important thing is the problem of eating, so agriculture has always been valued by the officials.

In the Song Dynasty, every year in early spring, the emperor would choose a good sunny day, and lead the civil and military officials to personally go down to the fields to hoe the land, symbolically hoe the ground nine times, edict the world, and encourage agriculture.

Therefore, at the end of the early spring, the snow melts, and although the weather improves, it is no longer a good time to catch the market, and the market is much deserted, and there are not many idlers who come out to shop compared with the crowded scene of the previous year, and even the owners and men of tailor shops, grocery stores, grain stores, bookstores, cloth shops, etc., all kinds of shops have lost their spirits and relaxed their own slack.

Yang Congyi has been a head catcher in Taihu County for four or five months, and now he is on the street, but few people recognize him, he rarely goes out to hang out, plus he has basically been running outside for several months, and he rarely has the opportunity to deal with these people, and the most important thing is that he came out today in civilian clothes, and no one recognizes him, which is normal.

Yang Congyi is also calm, walking aimlessly, with nothing else in his heart, and watching his life, but he also has his own fun.

"Brother Yang."

was walking, suddenly heard someone next to him greeting, the voice was quite familiar, stopped and turned his head to look, and saw that it was Guo Qing, who opened a restaurant, who had chatted with him a few times before, and had eaten together a few times, so he was a person Yang Congyi was more familiar with. smiled and said, "Brother Guo, you opened the door early enough." ”

Guo Qing sighed and said, "No way, a small business, you can't be lazy." I haven't seen you for a long time, come in and sit down, Brother Yang. ”

Anyway, he was idle, Yang Congyi didn't refuse, and walked into his store with his feet.

The store is well organized, the cleaning is quite clean, the furnishings are the same, there is no difference from the previous year, Yang Congyi sat down at the table at the door, and asked with a smile: "Brother Guo, how is your restaurant business, how much money do you make?" ”

Guo Qing also sat down, poured a cup of tea for Yang Congyi and himself, and replied helplessly: "Small business can only maintain no loss, where can I make any money." ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "No, there are few restaurants in the city, how can they not make money." ”

Guo Qing said: "Brother Yang, don't you know, the chefs of these big restaurants in the city are all invited from Luzhou, and almost all of them are from Huaining, and the dishes are really good, I can't compare with them." The decoration and layout of their restaurant are also very particular, I have a small business, and I can't compare, those who can afford to spend a lot of money go to the restaurant, and those who love face will also go to the restaurant, how many people can come to my shop, and what money can I make. ”

Yang Congyi took a sip of tea and said: "Years ago, you were often full here, not that the capital had already been recovered, and I was ready to renovate and decorate, I was still thinking about whether I could buy shares and make some money to marry a wife, it seems that I am going to be in the soup." ”

Guo Qing said: "A few years ago, it was just talking, the freshness has not passed, I am not a person who can sit still, I have been tortured for half a year, if there is something better to do, the restaurant will be closed a long time ago." ”

Yang Congyi said: "All walks of life are not so easy to do, the key is to sink down." ”

Guo Qing said: "I also understand this truth, but my interest in opening a restaurant has faded, and I have no thoughts." ”

Yang Congyi thought for a while and said, "If you can't sit still, you can be a running businessman, food, clothing, housing and transportation, and you can sell whatever you want, isn't it good." ”

Guo Qing said: "It's not that I haven't thought about it, but running a business is risky, the road is not smooth, and if something happens, it's all over." I don't have much capital, and I can sell anything for one hundred and eighty taels of silver. ”

Yang Congyi said: "Now that Song and Jin are making peace, the world is peaceful, the people live in peace, and thieves are not so rampant." Besides, there's no risk in doing anything. You just sit at home, and there is no risk. ”

Guo Qing nodded and said, "It also makes sense, then I'll think about it." ”

Yang Congyi said: "What else to consider, since you don't want to sit and open a restaurant, take advantage of your youth and go out for a run, even if you can't make money, you have seen the world." ”

Guo Qing said with a smile: "Okay, just listen to Brother Yang, I'll take this restaurant out in the next few days, and then see what to sell." ”

Yang Congyi also smiled: "You should be casual when you are young, how can you have so many worries." If you don't know what to sell, I suggest you go to Luzhou first, it is close to the north, there should be scarce things in the south, and you can sell what you lack here in the south of the Yangtze River, and you will be able to make money. ”

Guo Qing said: "Okay, when I take this restaurant out, I'll go to Luzhou to see it." ”

Yang Congyi said: "When the time comes, you need capital, tell me, I have a little spare money, and it will be moldy if I put it away." ”

Guo Qing said: "Thank you, Brother Yang, when the time comes, I will pay you back when I earn the money." ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "You don't have to pay it back, just let me buy shares, if you make money, share me with some dividends, and forget if you lose it." ”

Guo Qing hurriedly excused himself and said, "It's so embarrassing." ”

Yang Congyi said: "It's okay, it's so decided, I'll give you fifty taels of gold to make the capital, and you can go to the county government to find me another day." ”

At the beginning, Yang Congyi came out of the mountains, penniless, and worked as a head catcher in the county government, and Chen Zhixian only gave him 300 yuan a month, without much savings. But last year, he saved Lord Mo's father and daughter in Xiaosongpo, and when he parted, Lord Mo gave him a lot of property, and after Lord Zhang redressed him, those assets naturally belonged to Yang Congyi's legal property. Fifty taels of gold is not too much for Yang Congyi, and he can still take it out if he doesn't spend much money.

Hearing Yang Congyi say this, Guo Qing didn't shirk anymore and said, "Okay, since Brother Yang believes in me so much, I will listen to Brother Yang." I don't have much capital, and I only have two hundred taels of silver to make do, if we make money, we will divide it fifty-fifty, if the younger brother loses, Brother Yang should not blame the younger brother. ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "How come, of course it's best to make money, it's okay to lose it, and it's all outside my body for me." ”

Guo Qing said: "That's okay, I'll get up in the past two days and transfer this restaurant out first." ”

Yang Congyi said: "Well, come to me directly if you have something." ”

Guo Qing nodded and said, "Okay." After picking up the teapot and refilling the tea for Yang Congyi, he asked, "Brother Yang, I haven't seen you for a long time, I haven't seen you during the Lantern Festival, why have you been there recently?" ”

Yang Congyi said: "There is a mission. ”

Guo Qing said curiously: "What task, I can't pass the busy Lantern Festival." ”

Yang Congyi thought about it, and it seemed that there was nothing to say, so he talked about the case of going to Lotus Village to investigate the prison escape.

After chatting about the case, let's talk about the big and small interesting things in the county, and it's not too early.

Yang Congyi saw that there were already customers entering the store, so he said, "Brother Guo, I'll leave first, and we'll talk another day." With that, he got up and walked out of the store.

Guo Qing got up and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, stir-fry a few dishes, eat and leave?" ”

Yang Congyi said: "No, I'll go back to the yamen first, there have been a lot of things recently." ”

Guo Qing sent it outside the store and said, "Brother Yang, then I'll look for you in two days." ”

Yang Congyi said hello and walked in the direction of the county office.