Chapter 25 Zhao Dezhao and Bai Gucheng
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On the same day, Yang Ningshi and Bai Gucheng entered Kaifeng and immediately rushed to the south of the city.
Entering Guangwei Building, Zhao Dezhao heard that Yang Ningshi and Bai Gucheng rushed back from Luoyang, and hurriedly came out from behind.
As soon as Zhao Dezhao saw them, he immediately smiled on his face, feeling that the burden on his shoulders had been lightened a lot, and said happily: "Old Yang, Brother Bai, you are finally back, and Zhao'er has waited so long." ”
When Yang Ningshi left from Kaifeng, he saw that Zhao Dezhao was still white and tender, and when he came back, he saw that his body was small and firm, and his face was sunken, but it seemed that the whole person's spirit was much better, and he said: "Zhao'er, I haven't seen you lose much weight these days." ”
Zhao Dezhao replied with a smile: "Lao Yang, it's nothing, I'm still me, it's okay to be tired, but this time Brother Bai is not here, little brother I am really very hard, I'm an idler This time is finally useful, every day the rooster cries up early, and goes to bed later, the bitter taste is really uncomfortable, I am looking forward to it day and night, waiting left and right, just like that, I don't see it for a day, such as every three autumns... Phew, haha, that's a misdescription. But it's not as good as that. Now that you have returned, the burden on my shoulders has been lightened. During this trip to Luoyang, Lao Yang was in good spirits. ”
"Let Zhao'er worry, little old man, I, since I learned Zhao'er's Tai Chi, I have been full of energy, comfortable, and honest." Yang Ning laughed and laughed, always smiling on his face, this is his way of immortality, the origin of Yang Madman's name.
Bai Gucheng was a little embarrassed, Zhao Dezhao was still a five-year-old child, and he was still growing up, and he couldn't stand the hard work every day, not to mention the adult, he said slightly apologetically: "Brother Dezhao, I haven't seen you for a long time, during this time, because An Ran (Bai Gucheng, the word Anran) did not help Brother Zhao take care of business, let Brother Zhao work hard, guilty and guilty!" ”
Zhao Dezhao suddenly remembered the matter entrusted to Bai Gucheng, and tried to ask: "Brother Bai is polite!" By the way, Brother Bai, this trip to Luoyang City can be regarded as having fun, what have you gained? ”
Bai Gucheng was returning from this matter, and he said: "Bai has seen a lot of things in Luoyang, and I want to tell Brother Dezhao." Brother Dezhao, let's go to the upstairs box to talk, there are many people here. ”
As soon as Zhao Dezhao heard it, he understood that it was a business matter, so he made a posture of raising his legs and stepped forward. After speaking, the two of them went into the box where they usually stayed, and Yang Ningshi waited in the box next door.
As soon as he entered the box and pulled the door open, Zhao Dezhao asked straight to the point: "Brother Bai, how is the matter?" Or ......"
Zhao Dezhao has a little worry, but whether it succeeds or not, it is not a big loss for Zhao Dezhao, after all, Luoyang is just a place for his business plan to go west, and sooner or later he will have to go to Luoyang to develop.
Bai Gucheng reported everything he saw in Luoyang to Zhao Dezhao, he told Luoyang about the situation of water transportation, and said: "Luoyang is not very developed water transportation now, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the merchant ships from the south to the north are docked in Kaifeng, and large ships can sail on the Bianhe River, and the Luoyang river is silted, big ships can not pass, only some small boats can pass, naturally Luoyang's commercial status is not very ideal, but Brother Zhao really wants to open a semicolon of the restaurant in Luoyang?" ”
Bai Gucheng still tried to ask Zhao Dezhao, in fact, the matter was already half successful, but he still had a question in his heart, he wanted to ask Zhao Dezhao.
Of course, Zhao Dezhao knows Luoyang's embarrassing water conservancy disadvantages, and now Luoyang is opening a restaurant is a chess piece, and at the same time, the next step of Changchun Hall is to set up a monitoring point in Luoyang, what he Zhao Dezhao has to do is to be a sight and ear through the restaurant, collect intelligence, and facilitate the next step.
In the past few years of Guo Rong's reign, he has always been fighting in the south and the north, and Zhao Dezhao does not plan to fight in the army, but now as the young master of Changchun Hall, he can give full play to the power in his hands, secretly monitor all places, and wait for the opportunity. At the same time, you can also discover some talents, what you lack most now is talents, and money is indeed not lacking at present. In the past few years, he can only sneak into the storm, and a few years later will be his main battlefield.
He said with a smile, there is no talent, what he lacks most in his hands is talent, in his previous life, he combed through the search for some history and what he knew in the first life, and some of the contacts he had contacted, he combed it through, Changchun Hall was his brocade guard, and now he is scattered in various countries, but he still doesn't know how strong the power of this force in his hands is, so he can only slowly let his father-in-law Yang Meng teach him.
Economically, Zhao Dezhao himself has Guangwei Building and its Guangwei Group, and has the assistance of Bai Gucheng, so it is not bad. Politically, his father Zhao Kuangyin fought bloodily in Gaoping, just promoted to the palace in front of the capital Yu Hou, leading the history of Yanzhou Thorn, was Guo Rong, his grandfather was also an officer, Yang Ning style is highly respected, after several dynasties, now is the prince and young master, although the official position is not big, but the fame is also great, his calligraphy still has great influence in Shilin.
Then he shook his head, his face became serious, and he said seriously: "Big Brother Bai, do you think I, Zhao Dezhao, am joking?" I think Luoyang is also the direction of the development of the restaurant, Luoyang is the birthplace of Dezhao, and it is still close to Kaifeng, Tokyo, although the river is blocked now, and the big ship can not pass, but its status is still important, at the moment it is the Xijing of the Great Zhou State to stay. So although Dezhao seems to be very stubborn, he is still principled. Luoyang is not a difficult bone to gnaw, and I, Zhao Dezhao, are. ”
Bai Gucheng was stunned by Zhao Dezhao's words, he immediately eased the tone of his speech, and planned to report the good news of Luoyang to Zhao Dezhao, so he said: "My husband and I went to Luoyang to visit relatives and friends, and we also went to visit several restaurant merchants in Luoyang City, and found out some news, and of course brought some surprises!"
"What's the news? What's the surprise? Zhao Dezhao couldn't wait to know how things went, so he asked without waiting for Bai Gucheng to finish speaking.
"When they heard that the Dezhao brothers were the chairman of Guangwei Group and that I was the general manager, they were planning to open a branch in Luoyang, Xijing, and they rushed to the door and squeezed their heads to the bout. Then An Ran made a plan with Lin Dongjia of Tianxianglou according to what the Dezhao brothers said, and deliberately acted in a play on the day of the banquet for businessmen, and then on the second day, several restaurants planned to be under the name of Guangwei Group, and used the name of Guangwei Group to attract business! ”
Zhao Dezhao clapped his hands, his face turned from worry to joy, and said, "Brother Bai was going to scare Zhao'er to death just now, alas, by the way, which ones are they?" What is the scale? ……”
Bai Gucheng was asked by Zhao Dezhao and didn't know where to start, he slowly took out the contract that had been prepared for a long time from his cuffs and handed it to Zhao Dezhao. Zhao Dezhao quickly took the contract in Bai Gucheng's hand, opened the contract and read it.
According to the agreement established by Guangwei Group, if any restaurant wants to form an alliance with Guangwei Group, there is a contract, and this contract is in triplicate, one is in Zhao Dezhao of Guangwei Group, one is in the hands of the restaurant owners, and one is in the third party, as for the third party, it is Kaifeng Mansion. Zhao Dezhao saw the names of six restaurants from the contract, namely Tianxiang Building, Lujia Restaurant, Liujia Restaurant, Tongtai Restaurant, Qianjin Restaurant and Yingbin Building.
Among these restaurants, Tianxianglou in Lin Zhennan is the largest, and it is also the most prosperous and largest restaurant in Luoyang. And the Bai Gucheng family does have a certain relationship with the Lin Zhennan family, so Lin Zhennan is really a golden sign in this banquet, attracting customers' golden rice bowls, and the Jiangnan Bai family is also famous, for the Jiangnan business family, the head of Jiangnan businessmen, second to none, this kind of momentum is comparable to a nouveau riche.
The scale of the rest is not large, but it has been mixed for decades in Xijing Luoyang, and it is a time-honored brand.
Although business was a cheap industry in ancient times, the Bai family was also intertwined among the official eunuchs, and Bai Gucheng's second uncle was an official in the imperial court, so this kind of relationship was also unattainable by ordinary businessmen.
The Bai family is also an official and a businessman, and this relationship is there, and doing things is twice the result with half the effort.
Zhao Dezhao closed the contract and teased: "Brother Bai, the harvest is quite good, I thought it was ...... just now This matter is really troublesome, but your Bai family's prestige is here, and you can do things easily. Alas, Big Brother Bai is a god! The little brother made Big Brother Bai condescend. ”
"Brother Dezhao smiled, what is condescension? I am still so high, although I have the name of the Bai family in Jiangnan on my head, but the person in charge of the business of the Bai family over the years is my uncle Bai Zhantang, I was forced by my father to study since I was a child, and I have learned something, and I know how to manipulate business. But the father asked Bai to come to the imperial examination to win glory for the Bai family.
But in this troubled world, the military generals supported their own troops, the country was in turmoil, and the people suffered. I heard that the emperor of the Zhou State worked hard to restore production and recuperate, and there was a vague indication in my heart that the Zhou State would unify the world in the future. And I came to Kaifeng to fulfill my father's will, to hand over the manuscript to Mr. Xubai, and then live in the inn, waiting for the imperial court to open a department and get scholars, and earn a scholar in the coming year. That's just a wish. ”
He listened for a moment and continued: "Later, in Kaifeng, when I met Brother Dezhao, I changed my mind appropriately. The Dezhao brothers were able to make their own business at a young age, and I was fortunate to have met the Dezhao brothers that allowed me to play my part. And the Dezhao brothers are good at business, and they must be rich businessmen in the future, so I think it is better to be a staff officer for the Dezhao brothers by the way, mainly planning to take the imperial examination and fulfill the last wish of the late father. I am helping Brother Dezhao to fulfill my father's will, but Brother Dezhao wants to support Bai. ”
"Big Brother Bai is polite, Dezhao has been taught, and I look forward to Brother Bai entering the Son of Heaven Hall as soon as possible." Zhao Dezhao is proud in his heart, in the future, when the Great Song Dynasty is established, he will need a talent like Bai Gucheng, his financial management ability is indeed very strong, but it still needs to be enhanced, but under Zhao Dezhao's tempering, he will be a piece of jade in the future. It is now in front of us, and in the future it is in the consideration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
"Thank you, Brother Dezhao! Bai must complete his father's last life! ”
After a while, Bai Gucheng went to send Yang Ning back to his house first, and Zhao Dezhao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then happily packed up his things, and personally washed the dust for his father in the restaurant at night.