Chapter 10: The Biography of Cao Yang XI
Han Lang sat in the hall with a gloomy face, his fist slammed on several cases, making a bang, which frightened the stewards, shopkeepers, account offices and others below into silence, lowered their heads, and didn't even dare to breathe. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"You just said that all the taro in the neighborhood was bought? And our inventory is only for three or five days' consumption, so you mean, soon our restaurant will no longer be able to cook this dish every year, right? ”
Han Lang's face was very ugly, the people below knew his irritable temper, who dared to answer, still bowed his head and kept silent, just hoping not to call himself.
"Since we know that we don't have much taro in stock, why don't we replenish the stock in advance, and we have to wait until this urgent moment to report it? Shopkeeper, I'd like to hear what you think? ”
The shopkeeper was so frightened that he shook his head, and then said tremblingly: "Go back to the owner, this... In fact... At this time, it is just the season of taro production, and according to the past, taro is almost unpopular, it is to wait for half a month later, when the taro backlog, we can buy again, the price can be overwhelming the lowest, but for some reason, this year someone actually bought out all the taro, just imagine that there are few shops in Yanzhou that will cook taro, as for the joints... The villain is really incomprehensible! ”
Han Lang said angrily: "You idiot, you still can't tell you anything in detail, come on, drag him out and take him seriously for thirty years, let him take a good look at it!" Two strong men walked in from outside the hall in a menacing manner, and without saying anything, they took the shopkeeper's shoulders and dragged them out, and the shopkeeper was so frightened that he forgot to beg for mercy.
"The owner is angry, the owner is angry!" The steward hurriedly stood up and persuaded: "Actually, I can't complain about this matter, if anyone deliberately buys out the taro, I'm afraid it must be Zhao Teng of Fuyun Building!" ”
He saw Han Lang looking at him intently, and continued: "Since the opening of our Hongfu Building, Zhao's Fuyun Building business has been declining, which is entirely due to the foresight and clever management methods of the owner, and of course, it also benefits from the dish of abundance every year. Because of this, Zhao Teng plans to fight to the death and force us to be unable to supply the taro every year by buying out the taro, so as to grab some business! ”
Han Lang nodded, motioned for the family members who came in to step back, and glared at the shopkeeper fiercely.
The account room suddenly interjected: "The steward is reasonable, but Zhao Teng has almost no business in the past half a year, according to his situation, there must not be too much silver in his hands, why did he suddenly buy out all the taro in Yanzhou, which requires a huge amount of money!" ”
When Han Lang heard this, he only felt that his face was hot, of course he knew where Zhao Teng's money came from, he touched the ring made of the green jade of the God King in his hand, and he was annoyed in his heart. He was afraid that the account office would continue to ask, so he hurriedly interrupted: "Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, it is useless to think about those, Zhao Teng will never sell the taro to us, if you all mention it, how should we tide over this difficulty now?" ”
Everyone was silent for a while, and the account room suddenly said: "It's better for us to wait and see, although Zhao Teng bought all the taro, but according to his strength, it must have reached the point of exhaustion, as long as we supply a limited supply of taro every day, we can naturally last a little longer, and then reduce the price of the dishes to attract customers, and the fortune building must not last a few days, it will be so poor that it can't even afford the vegetable money, what is the use of leaving so many taro rotten in your hands, then you will definitely have to ask the owner to buy, And we can buy it back at a lower price, and then we will defeat Zhao Teng without much effort, and we will also receive a lot of taro cheaply, wouldn't it be good? ”
The steward nodded, and hurriedly answered: "Even so, the owner can also send people to other states and counties to purchase, although it will take some more time, but it is better to prevent problems before they happen, in case there is a change!" ”
Only then did Han Lang furn his brows, nodded with a smile, and said, "Just according to what you say, if you crush the Fortune Building, each of you will have a reward!" ”
Starting from the second day, the daily supply of Feng Taro is limited to 20 cases, which not only does not affect the flow of customers, but makes guests feel that this dish is becoming more and more mysterious and more popular.
Zhao Teng hurriedly pulled Cao Yang out of his sleep, explained the current situation, and asked, "Cao Gongzi, how should we deal with this Hongfu Building's use of limited supply?" At the moment, we don't have much money, if we don't make any more money, we can't wait for half a month, we have to close the door, and this time we even lost our old capital! Alas, how can I explain to the owner in the future! As he spoke, he shed a few tears.
Cao Yang rubbed his sleepy eyes and said casually, "What's the matter? The shopkeeper sent someone to pretend to be a businessman, and then mixed into the crowd waiting in line in Hongfu Building, and asked them to spread rumors, saying that this is the season of taro production, but Hongfu Building's annual abundance of taro is limited, how can such an embarrassment be considered abundant? If the production season is over, won't there be even no food? What a bad luck! And so on, you ponder and say! ”
Zhao Teng hesitated: "This... Will it work? Even if the rumors succeeded, Hong Fulou recently lowered the prices of the dishes and snatched away the few of our customers, who were afraid that we would have no money in our hands and would want to starve us to death with this trick! ”
Cao Yang stretched his waist, twisted his stiff neck, and said, "It's okay, shopkeeper, you must ensure that the rumors are successful, and from now on, all dishes will be half price!" ”
Zhao Teng was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth: "Cao Gongzi, I heard you right, we don't have much money in our hands, and now the dishes are half price, I'm afraid that it will barely be enough for a capital, wouldn't it be self-defeating to operate like this?" ”
Cao Yang patted Zhao Teng's shoulder and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about money, as long as you follow my plan, we will have money in a few days!" By the way, you send someone to transport some flammable materials such as firewood and grass, pack them in boxes, transport them to the eastern suburbs of the city and burn them, the bigger the smoke, the better, and then throw some taro into them, yes, that's it! He laughed a few times, pretending to be mysterious, and didn't say anything.
Zhao Teng was confused when he heard it, and he didn't know what burning the box had to do with making money, but the matter had come to this point, there was no other way than to obey Cao Yang's arrangement and pray that he really had the power to reverse the decline, so Zhao Teng sighed softly and said, "I hope it will be as the son said!" ”
The next day, rumors spread in Juancheng County, provoking the merchants who came to live in Fuyun Lou - doing business always has to please a good fortune, now every year is rich in taro in the time limit, it does cause many businessmen to feel unlucky, and the name does not match, as a result, the passenger flow of the two restaurants actually fought a drum quite, the difference is that Hong Fulou has entered every day, while Fuyun Lou is losing money every day, Zhao Teng has a sad face all day long, he felt pain for the first time when he saw a full house of guests.
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