Chapter 218: Comfort Building
Inn, three people.
Su Wuming already understood what Di Bu meant, and since he came back from Qiantang, this kind of wooing has not stopped.
He didn't want to lose his friends because of this, so he didn't show that he was very excited, and after looking at Dibu and smiling lightly, he asked Dibu to continue.
"Today's emperor is eloquent and strategic, and Lord Li is a good official for the country and the people, and he is not talented for his brother, and he has already thrown himself into the door of Lord Li, and he only hopes that he can do something great in his lifetime. Brother Su is more talented than below, if he can take refuge in Lord Li, he must have a smooth career in the future. ”
After saying this, Di Bu looked at Su Wuming, Su Wuming also looked at Di Bu, the two looked at each other, and they were silent for a moment, Su Wuming showed a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, and said: "What Brother Di said is not bad, but I don't know if Brother Di regrets what he did before?" ”
Di Bu didn't expect Su Wuming to say such a thing, he was a little surprised, and said: "The eldest husband was born in the world, what do you regret or not regret, and you have taken refuge in Lord Li, it is also because Lord Li is a good official and has done a lot of things for the country and the people, and my brother is not a person who is keen on party fighting, I just want to realize my ideals and ambitions." ”
Everyone has ideals and ambitions, and there are many ways to realize their ideals and ambitions, and it is not wrong for Di Bu to choose this path, Su Wuming nodded slightly: "I don't know if Brother Di knows the ideals and ambitions below?" ”
Di Bu shook his head: "Brother Su has never said it, and there is no way to know for my brother." ”
"The ideals and ambitions of the lower are actually very simple, that is, to judge the world's doubtful cases, as long as the case can be judged in the lower division, as for the big and small officials, it is all up to the will of God."
Su Wuming's words are already very clear, since he doesn't care about the big and small officials, then why do he need to take refuge in others?
Drinking wine one after another, Di Bu didn't mention anything about taking refuge in Li Deyu, Di Bu is a smart person, since he has already understood Su Wuming's thoughts, then why bother to insist more?
The two will still be friends when they meet in the future, and when it is time to drink, they still have to drink.
After separating from Di Bu, Tang Xiong asked Su Wuming: "Brother Su, do you really care about the big and small officials?" ”
Su Wuming smiled lightly: "How can I not care, it is convenient to do things when the official is big, but if I want to be attached to others for promotion, then it will not work, I Su Wuming is only attached to Datang." ”
The entire Tang Dynasty is the emperor's world, and Su Wuming is attached to the emperor, the current emperor, and the future emperor.
Drunk, when he returned to the inn, it was very lively, a group of people gathered together, laughing from time to time, crying from time to time, as if they were a group of crazy people, and among that group of crazy people, Su Wuming faintly saw the shadows of Nangong Yan and Lin Yunjiangying, and the three of them also laughed and cried from time to time, which made people look puzzled.
Su Wuming squeezed through the crowd and patted Nangong Yan's shoulder, Nangong Yan saw that it was Su Wuming, and immediately rejoiced: "Su Lang come and listen, someone here is telling the story, Yuan Zhen's "The Legend of Yingying", so touching!" ”
People like Su Wuming in later generations will naturally be no stranger to "The Legend of Yingying", which is a famous legendary novel in the Tang Dynasty, writing a love story between a poor scholar Zhang Sheng and a rich lady Cui Yingying.
Now the storyteller is talking about the poem "Cui Niang's Poems": Qingrun Pan Langyu is not as good, and the grass and snow in the atrium are sold out. The merry and talented man thinks a lot, and Xiao Niang has a paper book.
As soon as the poem ended, everyone applauded it.
Nangong Yan was still saying: "This story is so good, but it's a pity that my sister didn't come to listen to it, she said that it was indecent for women to crowd here to listen to books." ”
Jiang Ying and Lin Yun were slightly afraid on their faces, after all, following their wife to listen to books in this kind of place was really insulting to Su's nameless identity.
However, Su Wuming didn't speak at this time, he just frowned slightly, as if he wanted to do something, and the storyteller here had already begun to close the stall, holding a copper cymbal in his hand, asking everyone to give a reward, and when he walked to Su Wuming, Nangong Yan gave a copper coin very generously, which made the storyteller excited.
Seeing that the storyteller was about to leave, Su Wuming suddenly stopped him and said, "I don't know what Your Excellency is called?" ”
The storyteller is about forty years old, and he is already old, because Nangong Yan gave a lot of reward just now, he seems very enthusiastic: "The old man's surname is Zhang, and everyone calls me to open my mouth wide, because my mouth is not only big, but also very good at speaking." ”
Su Wuming also listened to the story just now, he is indeed very good at speaking, and he is a rare storyteller, Su Wuming even thinks that if such a person is put in the next generation, Shan Tianfang and those people are afraid that they will not have a bright future.
Nangong Yan and the others didn't understand what Su Wuming was doing when he shouted and opened his mouth wide, and just when they were puzzled, Su Wuming asked, "Uncle does this for a living?" ”
opened his mouth wide and nodded: "There is nothing else to do, but to earn a bite to eat." ”
"Then I don't know how much money the old man can earn in a month?"
When it came to money, he opened his mouth and was obviously a little vigilant, but seeing that Su Wuming had no malicious intentions, and he was talented, he relaxed and said, "If the business is bad, it will be about one tael of silver, and if it is good, there will be two taels." ”
A tael of silver is already very good for many people, at least it can keep a family from starving for a month, and they can also drink a few sips of wine from time to time.
Su Wuming nodded slightly to show understanding, and then said: "I opened a new comfortable building in Xia, which is specially used for people to listen to books for leisure, and now there is a shortage of capable people like the old man, who is willing to pay five taels of silver a month, I wonder if the old man is willing to settle in?" ”
Hearing Su Wuming say such a thing as Shuxinlou, Nangong Yan and Jiang Ying Linyun were very strange, they just came to Chang'an, when did they open a new Shuxinlou?
Although everyone was surprised, they didn't ask on the spot, and the big mouth was a little puzzled, after all, he had never heard of Shu Xinlou, for fear that this Su Wuming was a liar.
But at this time, Su Wuming took out a tael of silver from his body and said, "This is a deposit to hire an uncle, and when the Shuxin Building opens, the rest of the silver will be made up in the next, how about it?" ”
With the silver, it is easy to do things, opened his mouth and took the one or two silvers, and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, my family lives in the No. 3 alley of this street, when do you need me to appear, please feel free to command." ”
Su Wuming nodded, and then led someone upstairs.
When Nangong Yan and Su Wuming entered the room, Wen Wan'er was reading a book, she was a woman who liked to read, when she saw them come back, Wen Wan'er put down the book and was about to say something, but Nangong Yan was the first to speak: "Su Lang, what are you doing, what kind of comfort building, and suddenly give that big mouth a salary of five taels of silver a month?" ”
Su Wuming smiled: "We don't want to sell a house in Chang'an City, but the money in our hands is not very much, not enough to buy a big mansion, so I want to open a comfortable building for business." ”
"But you...... Can you do a storytelling business, although this Chang'an City is a rich place, there are not many people who are willing to give money to listen to books, you also saw it just now, as soon as the big mouth opened and asked someone to give a reward, those people scattered one after another! ”
Wen Wan'er was in the fog of listening, so she interjected: "What are you talking about, what is Shuxinlou opening his mouth wide?" ”
So, Nangong Yan told her what happened downstairs just now, and after Wen Wan'er heard it, she was also very surprised, and said, "Xianggong, are you really going to do this business?" Sister Yan'er is right, there are very few people who listen to books in Chang'an City. ”
Su Wuming shrugged his shoulders and smiled lightly: "The two ladies can rest assured, husband, I have my own way to make those people pay for it." ”
Nangong Yan and Wen Wan'er glanced at each other, as women, even if they didn't understand what their husbands were doing, they had to support them.
If a man is doing things outside, if the woman doesn't support it, then what big things can this man do?
Nangong Yan and Wen Wan'er were no longer ready to persuade each other, and now they had to figure out what Su Wuming's intentions were first, and then see what they could help.
Su Wuming said his thoughts, and then called Jiang Ying and Lin Yun and them, and asked them to go to all parts of Chang'an City, and find a few who can tell stories and say good things, while he, Nangong Yan, and Wen Wan'er went to find a place to open a store.
The place they are looking for must be prosperous and lively, with a lot of traffic, and it must be large, they found the evening, and finally found a place, that place is very in line with Su Wuming's standards, two floors, each floor can accommodate dozens of people, it is simply the most ideal place.
It's just that although this building is ideal, the asking price is very high, but Su Wuming was ruthless and still bought it.
After the building was bought, it was renovated, and a podium was arranged inside, and more than a dozen round tables were placed below for guests to drink tea and eat fruits, which was similar to the theater building, but it did not sing operas, only told stories.
After a few days of renovation, the Shuxin Building was erected, and Tang Xiong and others also found a few storytellers, and now everything is ready, only to open.
Because Su Wuming is an official, the bright boss of this shop is Nangong Yan, Wen Wan'er can't do this kind of thing, she wants to open a cloth workshop, after all, it is her Wen family and the Su family's old business, and she can't lose it.
Everything was ready, Nangong Yan and Wen Wan'er asked Su Wuming several times when it would open, but Su Wuming never gave a clear answer, and he locked himself in the house for several days, and he didn't tell anyone what he was doing.
A few days later, in the evening evening, Su Wuming suddenly said that it was time to open.
No matter at any time, entrepreneurship is exciting, and after hearing Su Wuming's words, everyone's hearts jumped.