He Jiugong found Qiu Yizhi in a secluded corner, and immediately saluted again, smiled and approached while greeting, and saw that it was Liu Qing, the envoy of Jiangnan Jiedu, who was there, so he also greeted: "Yo, the son said that there is an old man, who else should I be, it turned out to be General Liu!" It's a pity that this side is not a yamen, nor is it a line, otherwise the grass people would have to give a big gift to the general. ”

Although He Jiugong's words were polite, there was a bit of ridicule in his words. Liu Qing was in sorrow, and he didn't seem to hear it, but Qiu Yizhi and other sensitive-minded people knew it in their hearts, and couldn't help but have some doubts - businessmen do things, and they pay the most attention to the government, this He Jiugong, who is well versed in shopping malls and officialdom, speaks so harshly and arrogantly today, which shows that the human feelings are cold.

But I heard He Jiugong say again: "It's better to come early than to come by chance." It's lunch time, I wonder if Childe can appreciate the light and let the old man invite you to a meal? ”

Qiu Yizhi replied with a smile: "Jiugong's words are not right. It's not a coincidence that you're here, you see, didn't Liu Jiedu invite me to dinner? You're a step too late, so you can only be a companion, not a treat. ”

He Jiugong grinned and said to Liu Qing: "General Liu, you are a common man doing business, how can you invite Young Master Qiu?" The old man is thick-skinned today, why don't I invite this meal, how about I invite you back in the future? ”

When Liu Qingzheng was distressed, how could he have the heart to make a gift with He Jiugong, so he agreed without thinking about it.

He Jiugong was happy when he saw it, and said, "That's Liu Jiedu and Qiu Gong who put gold on my face." The seats are elegant, but they're too narrow, so why don't we get a bigger table? ”

Qiu Yizhi replied: "Jiugong is reasonable. But the so-called shop bully, there are a lot of rules in the 'garden building' here, I'm afraid that we can't temporarily change our seats when we eat halfway, right? ”

He Jiugong smiled all over his face: "There are not many guests here, the hall is full of empty seats, what can you do if you change one?" After that, he beckoned, "Where is the second shopkeeper?" ”

He Jiugong shouted, not only called the shopkeeper who was waiting carefully, but even the shopkeeper came upstairs and bowed down to respond: "What is the matter with Jiugong calling the little one over?" ”

He Jiu said fairly: "I heard that you have big rules here, and you can't change seats after half eating, is there such a thing?" ”

The shopkeeper rubbed his hands together and said with a smile: "There is such a saying. The guests were halfway through eating, and suddenly they came to accompany the guests, so they wanted to change to a larger seat. Or the guest in the good position is gone, and other guests have to move over. These guest officers only said one word, we will be busy for a while, and the store has few people, so we simply set this rule and do not let customers change seats. ”

He Jiu said fairly: "This son also said that you are a 'shopkeeper bullying', and it is true. Now I'm going to invite this boy to dinner, can't I change my seat? ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Others can't do it, isn't Jiugong still good?" ”

He lowered his head and thought about it and said, "Business is getting better these days, but there is a single room over there that is empty, very spacious, so let's arrange for someone to go over and open another table." With that, the shopkeeper led Qiu Yizhi and the other four people to a single room.

I saw that this single room is really very spacious, a round platform in the center is enough for more than ten people to sit, the room is also quite elegantly arranged, and a pen, ink, paper and inkstone are specially prepared, specially for the guests to eat and drink after the vassal elegance, leaving a few words of ink treasure.

He Jiugong was satisfied, and asked Qiu Yizhi again: "Childe, are you okay here?" ”

Qiu Yizhi nodded: "It seems that this single room is also specially arranged by people who know how to do it, very good, this is it." ”

Jiugong nodded, and said to the shopkeeper: "You have good wine and good food, just come up, and the old man will not shorten your account." ”

"Where, where......" said the shopkeeper in trepidation, turning and exiting the room.

Everyone sat down, and Qiu Yizhi said to He Jiugong: "Just now I said that the words 'shop bullying customers' don't seem to be comprehensive, and I think there are also 'customers bullying customers'." Zhou Cijing's business is big, and even this 'garden building' must be the first to look at it, and the seat will be changed, which can be described as a big face. ”

Jiugong laughed twice "haha": "Although it is said to be 'harmonious and wealthy', you can open a store to do business, in the end, it is still the word 'wealth'." Don't hide it from the child, the reason why the shopkeeper here is so polite to the old man is not for any other reason, but this transaction has been taken down by me......"

Qiu Yizhi was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly exclaimed: "Yo! Jiugong is so generous, when did this store come down? How much silver was spent? ”

He Jiugong laughed so hard that the wrinkles on his face trembled: "When the plate came down, it was still when the Lingnan Army besieged the city!" At that time, there was a big case in this restaurant, and it turned out that your owner couldn't do it for a long time, and the old man only spent a total of three hundred taels of silver, and even the land was a total of one thousand taels, and he took it down. ”

a thousand taels of silver...... You must know that Zhou Cijing gave Qiu Yizhi a tap of 5,000 taels of silver in overseas trade every month, and such a restaurant, according to the price at the time, could buy no seat at once, which can be said to be extremely cheap.

Qiu Yizhi asked: "Jiugong is right, the world was not peaceful at that time, and blood had just been seen here, although a thousand taels of silver was a drop in the bucket for Zhou Daguan, but it was not a small amount of money, so it couldn't be wasted, right?" ”

He Jiugong smiled again: "The world must be peaceful." Now that people are determined, it is expected that the prince of Lingnan will not be a big deal, and he will not lose money if he buys it. As for one or two murders...... That's not a big deal, set off more firecrackers, give alms a few times to the beggars and sing the lotus fall, and it will be gone. ”

Although these two sentences are easy to understand, there is a great deal of knowledge in them, and this insight of He Jiugong, a businessman, may not be able to understand even how much he is well-educated and the two Jinshi may not be able to understand it.

But I heard He Jiugong say again: "In fact, at that time, the prince of Lingnan was besieging the city tightly, and the old man was idle for money and people at that time, so he was just looking for something to do, but it was just an occasional interest, and he was lucky to be able to invite the prince to eat here." Originally, in such a big battle, it was not easy to barely save a life, where could I think of these two money. ”

Qiu Yizhi said: "I remember that after I withdrew from Jinling City, it was Zheng Yu's kid who occupied the city. Jiugong, and Lord Zhou Cijing, are serious imperial businessmen, why didn't Zheng Yu embarrass you? ”

He Jiugong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Why aren't you embarrassed?" In order to raise money, Zheng Yu summoned the merchants in Jinling City several times and asked us to donate money and grain. In order to buy a peace, most of us also gave some money to Zheng Yu. Thinking of this section, He Jiugong immediately arched his hand and said, "Oh, it just so happens that Gongzi is a person who can speak in front of the emperor and the prime minister, if the emperor and the prime minister are held accountable, Gongzi will play a few sentences for me, don't ask for the crime of funding the rebels!" ”

Qiu Yi's eyes rolled and asked, "How much did you give Zheng Yu?" ”

He Jiugong smiled "hehe": "There are always six or seven hundred thousand in total." ”

"Phew! That's not a small amount. Qiu Yizhi exclaimed half-truthfully, "This is a little difficult, I don't know which merchants gave it, how much each gave it, is there a list of lists here in Jiugong?" ”

He Jiugong is also a personal essence, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "How can there be such a thing here?" I guess Zheng Yu has a copy over there......"

Qiu Yizhi is still persevering: "Although Jiugong is old, he has a good memory, and he must be able to remember most of it, so why don't you take the time to write it silently, and how about I send someone to pick it up tomorrow?" Jiugong, don't be afraid, this list is just for us to know in our hearts, which one is guilty and which one is not guilty, so we can handle it accordingly. ”

He Jiugong was about to resign, but Qiu Yizhi immediately turned the conversation away and said to Zhao Fuyi: "Uncle, why are you here?" Together with the Nine Princes? ”

Zhao Fuyi's own life and that of the whole family were in Qiu Yi's hands, so he didn't dare to put on a half-elder's stand for this "nephew", so he hurriedly arched his hand and replied: "It was the chaos of the war in the past few months, and the accounts of the officials of Zhou were still a little unpleasant, so they deliberately settled the accounts with Jiugong." When we saw that it was lunchtime, we figured it out, so we simply came out for a meal, but unexpectedly met Yizhi here......"

What he said was reasonable, Qiu Yizhi was just about to ask how much silver he had made in the past few months, but he heard a few knocks on the door of the private room, and several men and women rushed in, each holding a plate, and in a short time there were twenty or thirty kinds of seasonal delicacies, delicacies and delicacies on the table.

Qiu Yizhi saw that he couldn't finish eating such good dishes no matter what, so he suddenly had an idea and said to Liu Qing: "Liu Jiedu, can I ask you to borrow two soldiers and pass on a few words?" ”

Liu Qingkut sat for a long time, listened to this, and said with a wry smile: "I don't have a soldier under my command now, and I am a serious general with a light pole......"

He Jiugong on the side said: "There are still a few errands under the old man, if you have any words, the old man can pass it on for the son." ”

"Good!" The way of Qiu Yi, "It's not a big deal. Please send two people, one to Yanziji Wharf, and invite the young owner Li Shengjie; The other went to 'Bansongzhuang' and invited Mr. Lin Shuhan and General Zhao Chengxiao to come over and drink together. ”

He Jiugong said with a smile: "These people are all outstanding people, and they are willing to come over and let the old man invite him to have a meal, that is the light on the old man's face, and he is as glorious as my Zhou Daguan." The old man sent someone to invite it, and I thought it was a major military event......"

Qiu Yizhi heard He Jiugong mention the words "military affairs", and suddenly felt that he would be a taboo when he summoned so many important people over...... But this thought flashed in his mind, and he thought: These people are his old friends, and now the situation is settled, and there is nothing to say when he takes the opportunity to get together.

Or He Jiugong opened his eyes a lot, called the shopkeeper of the "Garden Outside Building", and asked him to pass on the people at the same time, and at the same time, he also specially instructed: "I want to invite the nobles to dinner here, you will close the restaurant, and the guests are only allowed to go out and not enter, understand?" ”

The shopkeeper immediately agreed.

Jiugong said again: "It will take some time for the guests to arrive, and the dishes will be cold by then." These dishes can't be used, so you make another table like this and prepare to serve them. ”

The shopkeeper asked, "What about these dishes now?" ”

He Jiugong raised his eyes and said, "Are you the first day you opened a restaurant?" Do you want me to teach these things? Is this year's new tea coming up? Make four bowls of tea first. ”

The shopkeeper was taught a lesson by He Jiugong, and hurriedly beckoned the shopkeeper to come, and took it personally, and brought these dishes down like a whirlwind.