Du He walked into the house, Wu Zhao hurriedly stood up to greet him, and at her invitation, Du He sat down opposite her.

Du He looked at her with some incredulity, remembering their first meeting at that time, remembering that at that time Wu Zhao was just a poor person who was abused by his brother and couldn't visit relatives, but now this is almost a blink of an eye, she has gone from nothing in this short period of half a year to the owner behind the scenes who owns the drunken fairy boat, and in this short period of time, in one fell swoop, she has surpassed the welcome building of the first restaurant in Chang'an for 50 years and the first restaurant in Chang'an for ten consecutive years, and has become a rich man who has entered Jindou.

Such an achievement has to be amazing, and I have to admit that this highly intelligent person does have a power beyond the reach of ordinary people.

But it is not difficult to imagine what kind of hardship Wu Zhao suffered for this achievement.

All this is just as Du He thought, Wu Zhao has come all the way, and it is indeed not easy.

At the beginning, Wu Zhao refused Du He's help because of his pride and self-esteem, and came to Chang'an with his family. God did not have mercy on these poor people who had suffered so much, but once again brought disaster to them.

In Chang'an Wuzhao, there is only one person they can defect to, and that is their eldest sister Wu Shun, who has married Helan Anshi.

They found Wushun in Chang'an, but they encountered Helan Anshi's taboo. Helan Anshi got a strange disease because he was a businessman, and there was no cure for it, so he died of illness.

The Helan family also has a certain amount of power in Chang'an, but the death of Helan Anshi made Wu Zhao and them fall into a desperate situation of being alone and helpless again. Because of Helan Anshi's death, the entire Helan family's industry stopped operating.

Wu Shun is a standard good wife and mother, husband and child, never ask about family business, and know nothing about Helan's family industry. As a result, all kinds of unavoidable things happened: such as slaves bullying the master, and like the clan relatives in the Helan family who privately swallowed the property of the Helan family, and tacitly divided the foundation that Helan Anshi had called.

In the face of their group of orphans and widows, driven by interests, all kinds of people fell into the well one after another, and the good Helan family was only left with an empty shell. They took all the benefits, but threw a large pile of unsettled accounts to them, leaving them to be responsible for the orphans and widows.

In the face of the creditors who came to the door one by one, Wu Zhao used all the entanglements given to her by Du He before he investigated and solved the current crisis. At that time, they could not even sustain three meals a day, and they were forced to almost sleep on the streets.

Fortunately, Wu Shi Tong is a grandfather of the country after all, who has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and he still has some confidants and friends in Chang'an.

In order to help them get out of their predicament, a friend of Wu Shi Tong got a place as a show girl through a relationship, he saw that Wu Zhao was young and beautiful and knowledgeable, and intended to recommend her to enter the palace, as long as Wu Zhao can be selected to become a talent, not to mention glory and wealth, but at least not to worry about food and clothing.

At this time, there were only two ways in front of Wu Zhao, one was to enter the palace, and if he was lucky, he was favored by Li Shimin to become a concubine, and then he soared, and if he was unlucky, he would be a female official for a lifetime, and after losing his youth, he would retire from the palace; The second is a desperate gamble to sell the house left by the Helan family in exchange for funds to engage in business.

In the face of these two paths, Wu Zhao in history chose the first way to enter the palace, but because of the appearance of Duhe, she chose the second one this time...... Business.

She persuaded her eldest sister Wu Shun to sell the house left by Helan Anshi in exchange for enough funds for business.

Although Wu Shun is reluctant, the huge house also needs funds to maintain, and now they don't even have the cost to maintain the operation of the house, so they can only sell the house in pain.

Unwilling to spend money on renting a house, the family lived on a cargo ship.

The Helan family's shipping business has now withered, but the cargo ship has been left behind for the family to live in.

Faced with the funds given to her by Wu Shun, Wu Zhao did not act hastily, but chose to plan and then act, because she understood that she could not afford to lose, and once she lost, everything would be over.

After a month-long observation and visit, Wu Zhao found that the most profitable industry in Chang'an is food and clothing, especially the catering industry.

So she took the Yingbin Building on the first floor of Chang'an as the observation target and wandered outside the Yingbin Building for a whole month.

In this month, she discovered two crucial points in the catering industry: first, basically all the people who go to the restaurant to pay the bill are men, and there are very few women, and it is difficult to meet a woman in a hundred customers. Second, all the guests are mostly literati and scholars.

In other words, as long as you capture the hearts of men, the favor of the writers is equivalent to capturing the hearts of the vast majority of customers.

At the same time, Wu Zhao also encountered an opportunity this month.

Guanzhong is the birthplace of Du Kang wine, and in Du Kang Village in Baishui County, near Chang'an, there are direct descendants of the god of wine, Du Kang. The biggest drawback in ancient times was the private possession of technology, which was willing to lose technology rather than pass it on to outsiders.

Therefore, there are many people who can make Du Kang wine, but only Du Ziqiu, the real direct descendant of Du Kang, can make the purest Du Kang wine.

In the past, the wine made by Du Ziqiu was purchased by Yingbin Building, but because Du Ziqiu found that Yingbin Lou mixed the Du Kang wine he brewed with water first, and then sold it to customers, in a fit of anger, he made a big fuss about Yingbin Building, but it made people fight. In anger, Du Ziqiu refused to continue to supply the supply of goods for the welcome building.

When they were arguing, Wu Zhao just listened to it. So, she persuaded Du Ziqiu with her three-inch incorruptible tongue and monopolized the purest Du Kang wine.

It's just that they don't have enough funds and can't afford to rent a good location to open a restaurant, when she went home and saw the cargo ship she lived in, she had an idea, and directly converted the cargo ship into a boat, opened the restaurant on the ship, and anchored in Furong Pond, the prosperous place of the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that the Drunken Fairy Boat is newly opened after all, and it has no fame and prestige, so it is difficult to attract a large number of customers. So she thought of building momentum, building momentum for the Drunken Fairy Boat and gaining popularity. Therefore, he deliberately came to make things difficult for all the literati and scholars on the night of the last yuan, aroused the arrogance of their scribes, and let them know the existence of the drunken immortal boat.

The unexpected appearance of Du He and Princess Changle left behind amazing masterpieces such as "Blue Lotus", which made the Drunken Immortal Boat more glorious, and the purpose of building momentum was successfully completed with unimaginable results.

In order to see the calligraphy and painting of "Qinglian" with their own eyes, almost all the literati and scholars of the Tang Dynasty have been to the drunken fairy boat.

In fact, just as Wu Zhao expected, after building momentum, the reputation of the Drunken Immortal Boat was greatly enhanced, and a large number of customers were ushered in on the first day of opening.

And Wu Zhao himself is delicate and good at capturing people's hearts: using women as juniors to capture the hearts of consumers with male surnames, and from time to time using some small programs with entertainment surnames to highlight the status of literati.

With her efforts, under this new business philosophy, Zuixianfang has become a unique scene in Chang'an in a short period of time, and the passenger flow is better than the Yingbin Building, officially replacing the existence of the Yingbin Building, the first restaurant in Chang'an.

It is not easy for Wu Zhao to come to this point, in the face of many difficulties and obstacles, she relied on her wit to personally open up a path step by step. took care of his family with his own skills and achieved his own career.

Wu Zhao clapped his hands, and the maid brought exquisite wine and food. She personally picked up the wine jug and filled Du He with a glass, and then filled herself with a full glass and said: "Du Gongzi, if it weren't for your life-saving grace at the beginning, if it weren't for your generosity, the concubine would not have achieved what it is today." The great kindness was reciprocated, and he toasted himself three cups to show his gratitude...... Do it first! He raised his glass and drank it all.

Du He was still a little curious at first, and he didn't know why Wu Zhao invited him to come, but when he heard that she wanted to repay her kindness, he couldn't help but doubt that he had him, so he raised his glass and drank it.

After drinking three glasses in a row, Wu Zhao seemed to be a little overwhelmed, only to see her smiling lightly, and the smell of wine steamed her pink cheeks, which was beautiful.

Du He was stunned, a little excited, and hurriedly looked away.

The two elaborate on the past.

Du He curiously asked about her family history.

Wu Zhao didn't hide it, and he said all the ups and downs, the bitter and the salty.

When Du He heard what had happened, he was full of emotion, and he was resentful of the house slaves and the clan relatives of the Helan clan that Wu Zhao said, and wondered if he should teach them a lesson. He thought so, but his heart was also extremely shocked.

Although Wu Zhao has suffered a lot, every decision she has made since she started business is very clever, all of which reflect her extraordinary talent and intelligence, which is shocking. A girl is still like this, if she is an adult, who else can match her in the mall?

Therefore, he did not hesitate to praise, praising Wu Zhao for his step-by-step and thoughtful thinking.

Wu Zhao listened to his praise, smiled, and secretly rejoiced.

Du He remembered some of the business methods of later generations, and said in his heart: These concepts can't be used by themselves anyway, so it's better to tell Wu Zhao and let her admit her feelings. Maybe one day, I need the help of her, the empress in history!

So he said: "I have some opinions about running a restaurant here, I wonder if Miss Wu is interested in listening to it?" ”

Wu Zhao showed a different smile and said: "The son is talented and has no right love in the world, and the concubine listens to him!" ”

Du He talked about the one-stop service in the hotel in the later generations, and then talked about the essence of a series of promotions in the later generations, such as VIP cards and memberships.

Hearing this, Wu Zhao was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Du He to have such a hand, his eyes flashed with brilliance, he listened carefully, and wrote down every word of him.

"It turns out that this restaurant can still be opened like this, and the concubine has been taught." Wu Zhao praised again and again, and his admiration for Du He was even more difficult for him.

(To be continued)