Chapter Twenty-Three: Lower Suzhou

Ten Mile Piaoxiang Building is a restaurant in Jinling Mansion, the first capital in the south of the Yangtze River, but Wang Fuyan, the owner of Ten Mile Piaoxiang, is not inheriting the family business, nor is he tying up the powerful, but breaking out step by step with his own ability.

At this time, in the kitchen of the Ten Mile Piaoxiang Building, Wang Fuyan really tasted a new dish, but his ears listened to the report of his right-hand man Zheng Xu.

"The owner, this Dong Ce is Dong Yuanchang's son, and now that this incident has happened in the Dong family, there is a chance that this son is here to borrow money!" Zheng Xu reminded.

Wang Fuyan put down the chopsticks, took out the silk handkerchief to wipe the corners of his mouth, first put forward the views and shortcomings of the new dishes to the cook, then turned to look at Zheng Xu with a smile and said: "Hehe, what I'm afraid of is that he won't borrow it!" ”

"Oh! What do you mean by that? Zheng Xu didn't know at all, after all, they opened a restaurant, and they couldn't fight with the merchants, why did the owner lend them money? Besides, if this money is lent out, can he Dong Ce pay it back?

"What do you think of Dong Ce's son?" Wang Fuyan asked suddenly.

"It's just a scrap of the tongue." Zheng Xu didn't want to think about it.

"Dumbfounded! yes, it's a squish, haha! Under Zheng Xu's suspicious face, Wang Fuyan strode out of the kitchen.

The door of a private room suddenly opened, followed by Wang Fuyan's hearty laughter: "Haha, Master Dong, I can be regarded as looking forward to you!" ”

"Master Dong?" Zheng Xu, who was following behind Wang Fuyan, was shocked, I really don't know how this Dong Ce can be called a master by the owner?

There are three people in the private room at this moment, a fat man, a scholar, and a young man wearing a white robe and a black robe standing by the window to watch the city scenery outside the window, it is Zhou Cong, Meng Feng and Dong Ce!

Dong Ce turned around when he heard this, and a humble smile immediately appeared on his expressionless face, and he took two steps forward and arched his hand: "Outside the king, don't come unharmed." ”

Wang Fuyan hurriedly returned the salute and said with a smile: "I don't care about Master Dong, I don't think I'm doing well, but I heard that Master Dong's family has suddenly changed, which makes me very worried, and I want to visit Master Dong several times, but I have been entangled in trivial matters recently, so I have to send someone to hand it over, can Master Dong receive it?" ”

"Of course there is, but I am busy with affairs at home, and I didn't squeeze out some time to come over and talk to Wang Yuanwai until today!" Dong Ce snorted, then introduced Zhou Cong and Meng Feng to Wang Fuyan, and the four of them sat down together after being polite again.

"Wang Yuanwai invited me over before, why did you come over?" Dong Ce asked casually.

Wang Fuyan's tiger eyes narrowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Of course, I hope that Master Dong can patronize this small restaurant more!" ”

"Hehe, if this is the case, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Wang Yuanwai!" Since Wang Fuyan wants to play Tai Chi, Dong Ce doesn't mind having a trick with the other party!

"Oh, then I don't know why Master Dong came here today?" Wang Fuyan asked again.

This businessman of the Ning Dynasty, pay attention to a prophet and lose, it seems that whoever picks the words first understands, there will be no hole cards, the momentum will naturally be weak, and even more people think that this move is equivalent to asking for help, self-surrender identity, therefore, there are some business clear words can be discussed, they have to go around, around for most of the day to barely come up with a result, are hoping to get greater benefits with a sharp mouth!

"There's nothing else, I just want to come and talk to Wang Yuanwai about business." Dong Ce smiled lightly.

"Oh! Business, then I don't know what kind of business Master Dong wants to talk about with the contemptible people? Wang Fuyan asked knowingly!

Dong Ce's narrow eyes narrowed slightly, and said, "Our Fantasy Hall wants to make a small fortune by borrowing precious land!" ”

"That's it?" Wang Fuyan couldn't help frowning lightly.

"Is there anything else?" Dong Ce became curious.

When Wang Fuyan heard this, he immediately understood that he had fallen behind, and if he didn't agree, it was obviously impossible to get along with money, but if he agreed, he Wang Fuyan would inevitably get too little!

It is necessary to know that although Dong Ce's Fantasy Hall can't even talk about starting, and except for Dong Ce, the rest of the people are not even wild in Wang Fuyan's eyes, but he knows very well that as long as Dong Ce is alone, he can support the whole scene and make him famous.

But in this way, Dong Ce, who he will be subject to everywhere in the future, once Dong Ce doesn't come to him to act, then his business will inevitably be greatly affected, if Dong Ce plays a few plays from his rival, then he will undoubtedly fall into the abyss from the top of the mountain!

After pondering for a long time, Wang Fuyan smiled bitterly, looked at Meng Feng and said, "I heard that Meng Gongzi bought Yang Yuanwai's cloth village on the bank of the Qinhuai River?" ”

This sentence shows that Wang Fuyan is always paying attention to Dong Ce's movements, not only that, but even Zhou Cong and Meng Feng have not let go, which shows his sense of smell of business opportunities, and even Dong Ce has to admire three points.

Meng Feng glanced at Dong Ce, and seeing that he didn't say anything, he looked at Wang Fuyan and smiled modestly, and said, "Yes, I bought it, but I still lack a little money to repair the decoration!" ”

Half an hour later, Zhou Cong patted his bulging belly, burped and asked Dong Ce, "Brother Dong, you're not joking, are you?" ”

Dong Ce walked out of ten miles of fragrance, looked up at the sun, and said casually: "What, you don't want to?" ”

"Yes, of course!" Zhou Cong immediately became energetic, and said excitedly: "Thinking of the fat man, I will stand on the stage, and the trick will change, tsk, I don't know how many ladies are crazy about me!" Saying that, Zhou Cong couldn't help but look at Dong Ce curiously and said, "But why didn't Brother Dong not come to power himself?" ”

"I have a lot of things to do, I don't have that time to spare, I'm going to Gusu Mansion in two days, if you really want to come to power, you have to work hard for me in the past two days, otherwise I don't mind changing people!"

"Don't!" Zhou Cong immediately became anxious and shouted: "Except for you, Brother Dong, who else in the world can hold up better than my fat master, don't worry, when the time comes, let everyone in the whole house know the prestige of our Art Garden Fantasy Hall!" ”

"I hope so!" Although Dong Ce didn't have any hope on the surface, he was quite optimistic about Zhou Fatzi in his heart, after all, this guy is thick-skinned, loves to be showy, and can pretend, which is a necessary condition for being a magician.

In the next two days, Wang Fuyan invested 1,500 yuan to renovate the cloth village as promised, but this does not mean that he can get two percent of the profits, because Dong Ce is the big head, although this is a bit of an empty glove white wolf, but Meng Feng and Zhou Cong are like brothers with him, they really don't care whether they make money or lose money, but Wang Fuyan is extremely optimistic about Dong Ce, otherwise he would not have paid for it.

A person who can attract people, he is the best capital, representing a steady stream of wealth, as a businessman, if he can't see through this, then he is not worthy of being called a businessman!

In the past two days, Dong Ce was busy teaching Zhou Fatzi and Tu Ping, and on the other hand, he discussed with the craftsmen who decorated the cloth village, and by the way, he also had to give Wang Fuyan some advice, so that he could build a stage in his Shili Piaoxiang Building, and at the same time give Zhou Fatzi and them practice, they can also attract customers and play the fame of Shili Piaoxiang and Fantasy Hall, so as to achieve the wonderful effect of taking the lead.

While Dong Ce was busy here, he also paid attention to the situation in the Dong Mansion, and learned that whether it was the Dong Mansion or the Dong family's several shops, they were basically sold out, and after these were sold, Dong Yuanchang was going to cross the river and go north with some owners of the previous trading houses, although he didn't tell Dong Ce what to do, but Dong Ce could still guess that they were to ensure that the caravan coming back from the west was foolproof, and this was the last capital they could gain a foothold!

The two days passed in a hurry, and early in the morning of the third day, Dong Ce stepped on the carriage to Suzhou.

Speaking of his fiancΓ©e, don't say that Dong Ce has never seen it, even his predecessor has not been seen, and even Dong Yuanchang has only seen it once when others wear open crotch pants!

As for why the marriage will be made, it has to start with Dong Ce's grandfather, but no one in the Dong family knows the specific details now, if Dong Ce wants to know, he can only ask the old Cao family, but he is too lazy to inquire about these old things, besides, he is going to withdraw from the marriage, if he still wants to ask people how to get married, this feels too wrong!

"Drive, drive!"

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, whoever dares to stop the Jinling Mansion guards from arresting the thieves will be punished for the same crime!"

As Dong Ce got closer and closer to Suzhou, the scene along the road became more and more chaotic, and many soldiers and horses in military uniforms hurried by, and came to check on them from time to time, and only after making sure that Dong Ce was carrying a household registration before letting them go.

Looking at a team of soldiers and horses galloping by, Liu Fu, who was sitting in front of him and driving the carriage, sighed: "This autumn sun is shining, and the guards of Jinling Mansion are so busy in order to protect their families and defend the country, it is really hard. ”

"If you are not busy, who will give money, and our taxpayers' money is not falling from the sky." In the car, Dong Ce's lazy voice was heard.

"Young boy, I heard that there are also some places in Suzhou that have been attacked by mobs, I don't know if there is anything wrong with Gusu Mansion, if it is also chaotic, isn't it extremely dangerous for us to go!" Liu Fu was very worried.

Dong Ce was sitting in the car playing with a piece of black wood, and with the other hand he turned a seal carving knife like a pen, and said casually when he heard the words: "Gusu Mansion is the capital of Suzhou, and there are many rich people in it, so it can't be messed up." ”

"Isn't it supposed to be messy when there are more rich people? After all, those mobs want to rob the rich, and the poor can't rob anything. Liu Fu said with a puzzled expression.

"You, don't you know that money can make ghosts grind, and there must be brave men under heavy rewards, didn't you just hear yesterday, isn't there a Yuan Dadu commander who is known as the commander of 3,000 county and township soldiers to resist the riot in the east of Suzhou, oh no, I heard early this morning that he was promoted to general, tsk, if there is a battle, he will rise quickly, and he can also let a group of guys who are afraid of death send him money, food and equipment." Dong Ce sneered, and said: "He also let go of his wild words, and will never give the Huzhou mob another step to Suzhou, otherwise he will cut off his own head and play with the people of Suzhou, so you are still afraid of a ball." ”

Liu Fu drove the car back to the middle of the road, and said with a sad face while driving: "Having said that, but the disaster in Huzhou is too big, and it has endangered Ningzhou and Suzhou. ”

Dong Ce yawned, lay in the car and crossed Erlang's legs, carved black wood leisurely, and said casually: "Don't care, Jiaxing Mansion is really anti, and it can't set off any waves, besides, if you die, I, the young son, will cushion your back, Anla." ”

"The young boy is really tormented, let's give you a small back!" Liu Fu's face was indescribably depressed, he felt that he couldn't understand the young man's words more and more, what is the true opposite? Isn't the riot in Huzhou Huating Mansion really anti-opposition? That's ridiculous, isn't it?

In fact, Liu Fu is indeed worried, although the disaster of Huating Mansion spread to the entire Huzhou, so that the local government was caught off guard, but the two states next to it quickly set up defenses, especially Yuan Dadutong in Shangpu County, is simply an unpredictable prophet, early gathered a thousand county soldiers and two thousand township soldiers ready to go, and when the mob took Huzhou and wanted to take advantage of the situation to seize Suzhou, they suddenly appeared, killed the mob by surprise, and retreated again and again, causing the mob to be seriously injured, but not a single one died, and a large number of prisoners were captured, It is also said that the brothers of the eight villagers in ten miles do not kill their own families!

Dong Ce had to admire this Yuan Dadutong, it would be too condescending to be promoted to the rank of a partial general, and he should be given the title of King Zhuang, and even Emperor Ying is not an exaggeration!