The clouds are thick, the stars and the moon are dark, and in the tent of a pint of incense, the abacus beads are crackling. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoLiang Pandi is a good hand at accounting, pulling the abacus with one hand and writing accounts with the other, smoothly and freely.

Fan Jin had a steaming hot pot in front of him, and Sister Hu was pouring wine for him on the side. No matter what he asked, Sister Hu insisted on serving him to drink, reluctantly. It can be seen that the girl does not suffer from this kind of service, but enjoys it, and perhaps this kind of service can make her feel the taste of being a wife, and because of this, she will never tire of it.

"Jin Zai, the day's running water in this restaurant is enough for me to sell dog meat for a month in the past, and now it is really going to be developed. As long as we work for a few more years, we can open branches and then open restaurants all over Guangzhou! ”

Liang Pandi said confidently and handed the account book to Fan Jin, but Fan Jin shook his head and only motioned for her to sit down. "The account can't be counted like this, this is just the beginning, and there is the face of the army to support, and the banquets of the government are all held here with us, of course, the accounts are good. After doing it for a long time, it will face a bottleneck period, and it is best to break through, and if you can't get through, it may gradually decline, and finally become a second- or third-rate small wine shop. ”

"No, there is Brother Jin here, how can it be." Sister Hu waved her hand and said: "Brother Jin is so smart, this restaurant will definitely be able to do well, and it will definitely make a fortune!" It doesn't matter if you don't test for fame. ”

"That's not the case, if you don't test your fame, this restaurant will be in trouble when it gets bigger in the future. Many of our people in Guangdong know that they can't pass the Jinshi exam, so they go to business, but if you want him to do it when he is a talent, he will definitely not agree. It's because there is no fame to protect oneself, and this is not a good use. ”

Liang Pandi asked: "Jin Zai, you are so smart, why didn't you say it in your hometown?" Why have you been poor for so long? ”

"It's not that you don't say it, it's that it's useless to say it." Fan Jin looked at Sister Hu, "Thank you for your hard work, I have suffered with me for so long, I should respect you for this glass of wine." Let's have another bite to eat. It was said that you should have made a good life a long time ago, but it couldn't be done. If you want to get rich, you don't have brains, the first thing you have is opportunities, and the second is backing. For example, when I was in Fanzhuang, where did I get the capital to open a store? Even if the whole village has made up the capital, how can it maintain it without a backer store? Officials, splashers, guilds, no way the gods can entertain, no business can be done. Peeling off the layers of skin, how much is left in the end is a question. I was able to gain a foothold in Xiguan because I built a academy for them, and everyone helped each other. But when I was in Fanzhuang, where could I give people a academy? You know best how xenophobic there are, when the time comes, our restaurant will not be able to open in Xiguan, so we will have to open in Xiaguan. ”

Xiaguan is a stone's throw away from Xiguan, and the Furong Chung Waterway is equally convenient. However, there is a special boat, which transports the manure from the city to Sixiang for sale, and is one of the famous slums outside Guangzhou. Hearing Shimonoseki's name, the two women both frowned and subconsciously fanned their noses with their hands.

Sister Hu said: "I'm not afraid of hard work, croppers should have suffered." I am willing to help Brother Jin farm, and I sometimes dream of helping my aunt work in the field, and when I come home, I talk to Brother Jin......"

Liang Pandi coughed, "Yes, you helped him farm in the past, and now he comes to you to farm the land, which is also a report and a report." ”

Although she has changed from a girl to a woman, after all, she is not as good as Liang Pandi, who has been beaten in the market, and her face does not change when she talks about meat, Sister Hu's face is flushed, and she lowers her head and does not speak. Liang Pandi said to Fan Jin again: "This year's New Year...... Not going back? ”

"yes, most likely I can't go back. Just now, there are so many orders for the banquet, and we don't have our own chef now, so you can't rely on the third sister alone, and I also want to help, so I can't leave. But I want to take advantage of the time to go home and see my mother in the next few days, and then come back in a day or two. Do I have the strength of my feet now, it's fast for dozens of miles, and I don't take it seriously. I also want to see if the village also uses chimney coal stoves, and if they don't use them, let them use them. ”

"It's time to go back and stay longer. You don't have to worry about things here, just have me in everything. Isn't it just a few tables of banquets, I work hard, and I can be busy. ”

After a moment of silence, Liang Pandi coughed, "Jinzai...... Today, Miss Pan's maid is looking for you again, right? She asked a lot about you, and she must have asked for her own young lady. Still sneaking something to you, isn't it? Miss Liang bought all the books you wrote, Qionglin, Luo Zhu's love history, and even a chivalrous golden dart you just released. You said that she is a girl's house, what are you doing watching the story of the eaves and walls, and she is not the one who rushes at you? Which of these ladies do you fancy? ”

Sister Hu's spirit also became nervous, and Ai Ai said, "Brother Jin...... Are you going to get married? Shouldn't I have asked my aunt first......"

Liang Pandi said: "It's the same if you don't ask, it's so easy for you to do business in the eighteen shops?" I don't know how many disgraced businessmen there are every year, if you don't perfunctory them, believe it or not, someone will come here at night and set fires? These three members have a lot of money, and they are so-so and worthy of being motivated. If you want to say that she is beautiful, Miss Pan looks good, and people call her Concubine Sai. But Miss Liang is virtuous and virtuous, and her temperament is more gentle, in fact, the Ye family is not bad, that young lady heard that she helps Master Ye do business at home, and she is a famous middle school husband, and if she marries her, I can rest. ”

Sister Hu looked at Fan Jin nervously, for fear that he would really marry one of these women. Even if she knew that such a thing would definitely happen, but when it really happened, the girl's pure heart still felt extremely sore, as if her most precious treasure was about to be taken away. Tears rolled in his eyes, and his eyes grew redder.

Fan Jin took a sip of wine, shook his head and said:

"If I want to pull the flag in the eighteenth shop, even if there is a plaque of the army's handbook, this business will not last long, and it will be smashed in less than a month. But now it's different, I'm just doing a restaurant, I won't commit other people's territory, and everyone can't turn their faces against me. What's more, the status of businessmen is always limited, and if they want to gain social recognition and equal status in government interactions, they must study and become officials. Like Pan Bailing, he wants his family to have a Jinshi Guangyao lintel, so he wants me to be his son-in-law, so that he can help his children and grandchildren win the first place in the imperial examination in the future. Ye Guanghan's family is a little worse, several of his sons and nephews are not good at business, they are also poor at studying, and no matter how powerful his daughter is, he can't come out to support the field, he is already desperate. Let me be a son-in-law, in the final analysis, I still have to give him a strong façade in his family, these families say that the family is not high, low is not low, and it is definitely not possible to be small, to be big...... I didn't want to say yes. So you two don't have to worry, in a short period of time, there will be no woman coming in the door to compete with you. ”

Liang Pandi said: "Are you really not tempted? Those young ladies are all like flowers, younger than me, and more beautiful than the eldest sister. I don't know what their father thinks, but I know what they think, as long as you hook your fingers, it's not difficult for the three to see each other in the back garden. ”

"When the three watchmen met in the back garden, they thought, how can I have that time and thought. I'm not busy enough now, I have to study recipes, I have to write, I have to teach those blind girls to sing, I have to write books. A whip method has already begun to be trialed, and this one thing alone is enough to make a big head, and the mouth is dry every day when he talks about the Fa, how dare he steal jade and steal incense. Besides, there are nursing home thugs under the three members, I guess it's easy for me to go to bed, and when I want to leave, I'll be blocked by someone's nursing home, and I'm not allowed to get married, I'm afraid I don't want to leave. If you think about it, I only have one main room, and if I give this one, I will offend the other two, so I simply don't want them and end up clean. ”

Sister Hu said happily when she heard this: "I know that Brother Jin won't go to interact with them casually, isn't it good to have only the three of us?" But...... What if the three members want to send their own daughters to make a child for their brother?"

Fan Jin smiled: "How is it possible? The three of them are all big members, although their fame is worse, but they also donate the title of cabinet secretary, not in vain. Even if you want to pick a scholar to be your son-in-law, they are the ones who pick people, not people who pick them, how can you make my daughter a little one for me? ”

Sister Hu snorted, "How is it impossible?" Brother Jin is so good at learning, and he also has a lot of money, it won't be long before he will be richer than them, and it should be that they want their daughter to be a concubine. ”

"Do you want them to send my daughter to be a child, or don't you want to?"

Sister Hu thought for a while, and said embarrassedly: "I don't know either." Of course, I don't want anyone to come and enter my brother, but I am not happy when I think that they actually look down on my brother. ”

"Fool."

Fan Jin smiled and hugged the eldest sister and took her into his arms, and the eldest sister closed her eyes obediently and let him grope.

"In order to implement a whip law, the army will not go to Zhaoqing for the time being, and will still be stationed in Guangzhou, and the importance of this matter can be known. This whip law was proposed by me to be implemented, and now that it is really being carried out, of course I, as a staff member, must rush to the forefront. And on the Luo Mountain side, he can't relax. Although Yin Zhengmao won the fight against South Australia, he suffered heavy casualties and looked ugly. If it weren't for the dozen or so urns of gold beads, it would have been a defeat. Luoshan is the first battle after the promotion of the army, and it can't be fought like Nanao. Not only to win, but also to win beautifully, which has to be carefully planned by the people below. In military and government affairs, no work can be relaxed. Tell me, I don't have time for that. ”

Sister Hu said: "Then will they come to burn the house?" It doesn't matter if the house is burned, but Brother Jin is here......"

"No, everyone is in business, not in the face of splashing, and they won't kill people and set fire to me because I refuse to be his son-in-law. I'm doing business here, and I'm giving them a way to make a fortune, hello, hello, everyone, they won't be ignorant. Besides, no matter how powerful Xiguan is, it is also a group of businessmen, they are conservative, and at the same time they lack the way to open the upper echelons. Now that they have this bridge, they can contact the army, and the protection is not yet protected, where will the fire be set on fire. ”

Liang Pandi said: "If you want to say that you want to get a whip, it's a serious matter, but why don't you go to the yamen, either go out to teach the Fa, or entertain guests in the restaurant?" The new army is rising, everyone goes to worship the dock, pull the relationship and climb the friendship, you are good, there are fewer contacts than in the past. ”

"It's because there are so many people who go that I don't always go. In the past, we were fighting, and now we are fighting, we have some people in Daming, it is not okay to grab things from outsiders, but they have a great ability to grab things with their own people. If you can't do something, you have to engage people, and even if you can't get up, you have to pull others down. The last time Lin Feng caught me, those miscellaneous people made a lot of tricks, this time Zhongcheng was promoted to control the army, they were even more red-eyed, desperately squeezing in, if I go too much, I will be targeted by everyone, and I can't do it. ”

Liang Pandi snorted, "What's it?" If you have the ability, you can go to South Australia to see if you have the life to come back, and then think about being an official. ”

"It's just that I don't have the ability, that's why I have to engage people with the ability, and that's what these people think. But it doesn't matter, I fight with them, it's not that I can't fight, but it's unnecessary. The two most important things now, a whip and Luo Shan, as long as these two things can be done, my benefits are indispensable. When I get the Jinshi, I may have to leave Guangzhou, and you still have to live here. If I do something, I will definitely offend people, I can only try to make some friends, and if you are friends and foes, you will not be calculated. ”

"Then you work so hard, why do you have to build a restaurant and write a book...... Not asking for trouble? ”

"Of course it would be nice if it were just me, but you. The whipping method I engaged in is to smash many people's jobs, and they actually have nothing to do with me, so if they get into trouble with you, they must be guarded against. So do you want to find some allies to pull one faction and fight another faction to ensure your own security? Making money in this restaurant is secondary, the most important thing is to do it with Jinyiwei and the army, moving you is equivalent to moving their interests, these people can speak. Now we have to add the merchants of the eighteen shops in Xiguan, everyone is connected to the first line, even if the magistrate wants to trouble you, you have to consider whether it is worth it. As for writing books, in fact, it is not profitable, and the merchants in Fujian will directly sell my book prints, and I will not get a penny. But it doesn't matter, it's enough to make a reputation. The people of Guangdong were in Nancai during the imperial examination, and they fought for places with Jiangxi people and Zhejiang people, which was a great loss. I don't have the confidence to take the exam, so I can only accumulate roll call numbers before the exam, even if I don't pass this subject, it is always good to have a reputation. In the future, even if you don't get into the jinshi, relying on this reputation, you will not be bullied. ”

"Brother Jin'er......" Sister Hu thought that Fan Jin has been busy every day recently, except for official business, but more than half of it is running for himself, but he is still jealous, and she feels guilty. Pulling Fan Jin's hand, he said: "I can go back to the countryside to farm, and I can also kill pigs, in short, there is a way to support myself." We closed the business and stopped doing it, I don't want to go in and work so hard for me. ”

"A lot of things are done together, it's hard work, but it's also exercise, and when this period passes, it's actually not so hard. You and the third sister learned to cook very quickly, and when you learn the first pot, you won't have to worry about the kitchen soon. Teach those blind girls to sing songs, write books, drink with outsiders, talk about things, in fact, they are still covered, don't you know how strong my body is? ”

Liang Pandi suddenly said: "If there are those women who sing songs that you are satisfied with, you can do whatever you want, I won't be jealous." If they hadn't met you, they would have either starved to death or been dragged to the lowest shack, and they would not have been dissatisfied with the fact that they would have been able to serve you, a scholar, if they had received coolies at a time. ”

"Forget it, they're pathetic, so don't do that. Teach them to sing songs, so that they can make a living from this in the future. Don't underestimate this song, maybe in the future, you can also start a sect. ”

Like the invention of double-skin milk, Cantonese opera is a synthesis of Fan Jin's own memories of later generations combined with the current dramatic vocal cavity, which is hundreds of years earlier than the Cantonese opera that appeared in the Qing Dynasty in the original history. Relying on professional knowledge, this kind of music will naturally not be unpleasant, and it is very in line with the aesthetics of Guangzhou people, and the difficulty lies in the training of actors.

In the original history, in the development of Cantonese opera, blind female performers played a great role in the development and evolution of Cantonese opera. In a large commercial city like Guangzhou, there are unemployed people who come to beg for a living, and it is not difficult to find blind girls from inside.

This kind of skill is not something that can be achieved overnight, according to Fan Jin's estimate, it will take a few years to cultivate a good seedling, and as for the one that can come out, there may not be one. But just like these Cantonese dim sum that I invented in advance, as long as you sow the seeds and take care of them carefully, there will always be a day when they will sprout and grow in the future, and you just need to be sure that it will grow. He's not a person who has to see the results on the spot, and it doesn't matter if he can't even see the results in his life, he can benefit from it anyway, so there's no need to rush.

Relying on the power of the system, in the process of inventing dishes, Fan Jin's own cooking skills, that is, the experience of firewood, rice, oil and salt, have soared, and it is also a great gain for him. Of course, outsiders don't know about this kind of harvest, but they only see him a scholar staying in the kitchen every day in order to make new dishes, and preparing to improve the kitchen, so that the two women feel grateful in their hearts, but they feel useless. At least when learning cooking, they won't tear each other down, and they enter the country very quickly, I believe it won't take too long for them to support the scene by themselves.

"Xianggong...... Since one whipping law has offended so many people, it would be good not to do it. As long as you are lifted, no one will catch you, so why bother to do that, offend people in vain? If you can't do it, won't you still suffer? ”

"We don't talk about the rights and wrongs of a whip, we just say that it must be done, and it must be done. Because this is the meaning of Shoufu, if it can't be done in Guangdong, it will not be able to get along with Shoufu, so it can only succeed, not fail. If it fails, you have to find someone to take the blame, and I'm the first one who can't run away. The wealthy families in Guangdong, after all, are not as powerful as those big families in Jiangnan, and they will always give in. After this thing is done, Ling Zhijun will have benefits, and I will also have benefits, whether it is to make a name for himself or to do a career, it will be helpful. Don't take risks, where is the return, I don't go to South Australia to fight once, how can we have today, I will tell you a reason: love to fight to win! ”