Chapter 23: Winter (1)
That night, there was a sudden gust of wind in Kaifeng City, and the wind carried fine hailstones, falling on the ground like snow, and I don't know how many people woke up from freezing. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
On the second day, people went out to take a look and found that today's weather was much colder than yesterday, and people shivered from the cold.
It was also on this day that it was discovered that all the dead leaves on the trees were gone, and they were all swept away by the strong wind last night.
The street was full of fallen leaves, fluttering and drifting somewhere, and the water that had been splashed in the yard in the morning had frozen and almost slipped the old man and child.
After this freeze, the people of Kaifeng Mansion suddenly remembered a message some time ago.
According to some people, Wang Chaijun of Yunnan judged that the weather would be particularly cold this year, and sent someone to remind the imperial court to defend in advance, and at the same time hoped that the imperial court could allocate some food to Yunnan to resist natural disasters, but the soldiers of the prince of Yunnan were locked up in prison by Li Hao, and were assassinated by Li Hao, and almost died in the prison.
At that time, people were naturally very angry about this incident, but after a few days, people gradually forgot about it, and now they suddenly remember, and many people regret it.
It turns out that the judgment of the prince of Yunnan is not wrong!
In Baiwei Restaurant, many diners are discussing this matter, and there are about 50 people around eight large tables.
Zhao Gu listened to the people's discussion with great interest, in his eyes, these people are much cuter than those officials in Kaifeng Mansion.
Near noon, Zhao Gu made a few dishes, put them in the food box and went out, and went straight to the county lord's mansion.
After having lunch with Su Xiaocheng's second daughter of Lord Cheshire, Zhao Gu chatted with them as usual, making the second daughter laugh again and again.
They chatted all over the world, Zhao Gu had a foresight, Su Xiaocheng was well-informed, and the Lord of Cheshire was well-informed, and the three of them stayed together to chat, only hating the rush of time, and chatting was not enough fun.
After having dinner at the county lord's mansion, Zhao Gu found the second dog Hao Bai and Li Danran, and learned that Li Danran's dart shop had begun to prepare, they contacted many big men and bought a lot of utensils.
The last time the four of them were drinking, Zhao Gu had given them forty copper coins, and they were able to prepare the preliminary plan for the establishment of the dart store, relying on these forty copper coins.
But horses are not something that can be bought with money, since the Great Song Dynasty lost the horse breeding land of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, horses have always been the main problem that plagued the Great Song Dynasty, and it was even more difficult for the people to obtain horses.
Zhao Gu thought about it and proposed to buy a horse by himself, and then he found Cao Wei and wanted to buy a horse from him.
After Cao Wei hesitated for a long time, he only gave him five old horses that he didn't need in the army, although he could barely ride, but obviously it would not last a few years.
Zhao Gu was helpless, so he had to give these horses to Li Danran, Li Danran was overjoyed when he heard that Zhao Gu really got the horses, patted his chest, and said that he would definitely manage the brothers' industries well.
After doing this, it was already noon on the second day, and Zhao Gu hurriedly made a few more dishes and sent them to the county lord's mansion as usual.
After lunch, the three of them did not chat again this time, but at the suggestion of Zhao Gu, the three of them each held a bamboo pole and went winter fishing in the small lake of the county lord's mansion.
Although the three of them didn't catch a few fish that afternoon, they all had a great time.
In the evening, Zhao Gu returned to his small building, and the two dogs and the three of them had already waited here, telling him a news that the dart store would officially open tomorrow!
Zhao Gu and the others immediately discussed the opening schedule, and they all went back to sleep peacefully.
Early in the morning of the second day, the dart shop named Brother Dart Club by Li Danran was officially opened, and Zhao Gu also attended the ceremony.
What made Zhao Gu nod secretly was that the group of dart masters that Li Danran found looked very powerful, and they were all men from good families, and they had no record of being traitors, and they were a group of trustworthy people.
On the day of the opening, Ergouzi, Hao Baikong and Li Danran's friends all came, and more than 30 tables were set up for the banquet alone, and everyone ate until the afternoon of the same day.
Among these people, there are street gangsters, small houses of large families, running halls of restaurants, etc., and even two catchers in the county government under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture, all walks of life.
The banquet dispersed, Li indifferently gathered a group of brothers' dart masters, and everyone set up a table of banquets again.
There were not many people who participated in this banquet, except for the four people of Zhao Gu, there were only ten dart masters left, and everyone did not drink again this time, but expressed their opinions on the development of the dart industry.
During the banquet, everyone agreed that this upcoming natural disaster will be an opportunity for the brothers, as long as they grasp this opportunity, the brothers will definitely become famous in Kaifeng.
As for how to use this natural disaster, everyone couldn't pay attention for a while, only Li was thoughtful, but he couldn't say why.
Zhao Gu smiled and said, "Actually, we don't have to wait for the natural disaster to come, we can still take orders now." ”
"Brother Zhao, if you have any way, just say it, don't test me with any intention." Li indifferently heard that Zhao Gu had a way, and said with a wry smile.
Zhao Gu smiled and pointed at him: "You, you, isn't this to cultivate you." ”
Li indifferently scratched his head and smiled, and Zhao Gu said, "I'll make a long story short, and you can understand the rest yourself." In fact, this natural disaster is coming, many people have realized that maybe there are a lot of displaced people rushing towards Kaifeng City, once there are more chaotic people, it will inevitably breed a lot of bandits and robbers, and those businessmen who have business in other places will bear the brunt of the impact, we might as well set our sights on them. ”
Li Ran's eyes lit up: "I see, I know." ”
Ergouzi and Hao Bai also understood, and everyone immediately negotiated on which businessmen to contact.
After discussion, everyone reached an agreement, in line with the principle of never eating a big fat man, everyone decided to contact those small merchants first, and the brother dart store escorted their goods and collected dart silver.
As for those big merchants and even big commercial houses, they must wait until the name of the brother dart shop is out before cooperating with them, otherwise who knows if they will be ignored after they and others venture to find them.
After discussing these, the future development of the brothers' dart line was basically decided, and Zhao Gu said goodbye to everyone and hurried to the county lord's mansion.
As soon as he entered the backyard of the county lord's mansion, Zhao Gu immediately felt the smell of resentment in the air, and when he entered Su Xiaocheng's room, he saw Su Xiaocheng and the Cheshire lord who were constantly eating snacks.
"Why are you eating this?" Zhao Gu asked with a wry smile.
Su Xiaocheng smiled and didn't speak, but the Lord of Cheshire glanced at him first, and said resentfully: "It's not because of someone who doesn't count, he said to bring us lunch, but he didn't come, so we can only be hungry now, and we can't eat snacks, what else can we do?" ”