King Zhao was very attentive to his guests, and each merchant had his own separate room in the Zhao Palace, and the merchants who came with him could also ask the palace people to live in the same courtyard. Shu'er originally thought that King Zhao invited more than a dozen merchants in the Chengyu Palace, including himself and Lin Ying, but he didn't expect that not counting the scholars, coachmen, maids, little maids and rare guards who accompanied him, a total of sixty merchants came from all over the country.

These sixty businessmen are either the highly respected families of Chen, Song, Shu, Chu, and Zhao, or they are rising stars in the business world like Shu'er. The dozen or so people who entered the Chengyu Hall that day were selected by King Zhao one by one from among these sixty outstanding people.

Shu'er, Lin Ying, Qing Yu, and Yifeng were led into an elegant courtyard with a small bridge and flowing water by the palace people, and there were four small rooms in the courtyard, and they happened to be one person in one room. The four of them walked around this exquisite little courtyard, allocated rooms, put down their bags, sat at the four stone tables in the courtyard, and waited for the palace people to lead them to dinner.

Lin Ying said with a smile: "King Zhao's harem is really empty, and it is empty. It is no wonder that the sixty merchants of the Five Kingdoms, together with the various guards and servants they brought, can live in this empty city like a palace in an orderly manner. ”

Shu'er felt that they had their own independent courtyard, so they were not as restrained as they were in front of the merchants just now, and said with a smile: "Isn't King Zhao crying poor? In fact, he could have rented out this empty Zhao Palace, or changed it into a big inn. In this way, not only can he feed the palace people in the palace, but he and his sister can also eat and drink, and in a few years, save more money, and also renovate and expand the palace, and become the most luxurious inn in Kyushu. One day, maybe Zhao Guo can get rich. ”

Lin Ying tapped her fingers on the stone table, nodded and said, "Hurry up and write down this good policy and write it into the 'business strategy' to be presented in three days, it will definitely make King Zhao's eyes light up and impress our Boss Yan." ”

Shu'er thought for a while and said, "Boss Su is right. I meant it as a joke, but when I think about it, it's a good idea to take a different path. Those old stubborns in the business world may come up with many flashy strategies to revive Zhao Guo's business, but after taking a look along the way, after listening to what King Zhao just said, I think that what Zhao needs to change is the attitude of the people. It sounds good, it is to live and work in peace and contentment, but it is not good, in fact, it is a rat's eye, content with the status quo, I always feel that Chen and Song will fight again one day, while there is no fight, hurry up to harvest more grain, and enrich the granary at home is the best policy, and other businesses are not as reliable as their own fertile land. In fact, the people of Zhao seem to live a stable life, but in fact, they are worried in their hearts, and they do not live casually, because they were afraid of the Chen and Song wars more than 20 years ago. Moreover, King Zhao himself lived so simply, and the people of Zhao had never seen the prosperity outside, so how could they have any ambition to do business? ”

Lin Ying stretched her waist and said, "It is worthy of Boss Yan, who is quick to think and hit the nail on the head, it seems that in the next three days, we don't have to worry about the content of this strategy." ”

Shu'er shook her head helplessly: "I never thought that Boss Su would worry about this. ”

Lin Ying sneered: "All living beings have their strengths and weaknesses, and it is important for them to perform their duties. I don't have the eyes and brains of your god of wealth, even if I rack my brains and turn my hair gray, I can't think of any good way to make money within three days. But I have my uses, too. Aren't you going to renovate the Zhao Palace? Why don't I draw a 'Ninghe Palace map' and embellish your strategy, what do you think? ”

Shu'er paused for a moment and said gently: "Xiaoying, if it weren't for those ingenious containers you designed, our Biliang cosmetics would not have become famous overnight. If you hadn't snapped up this Huaiwang Sword for me on the Fanjing Black Market, I would not have been targeted by the Ten Sects and Eight Sects in Xiling, and I would not have been able to get the exclusive right to sell the Biliang Ningxiang given to us by the King of Shu so smoothly. Without your advice that seems to be a cold eyelid but actually thinks carefully, our business would not have grown at such a rapid rate. ”

Lin Ying was suddenly embarrassed by the praise, and lowered her voice, but there was a sense of triumph: "My benefits, I naturally know." ”

Shu'er patted him on the shoulder and said, "I just wish you knew that I knew too." ”

Lin Ying smiled absently. They grew up together, and Sister Shu'er trusted him, and he actually knew it for a long time. After knowing her background, he listened with concern to the gossip about the mystery of the princess of Song in the teahouse restaurant, but whether she was his blood cousin or not, the friendship between them no longer needed to be limited to worship, blood or business partners. He knew that he didn't like women, but if there was a trace of love between men and women between him and Shu'er, it would be a desecration of the purest and most sincere time in these years.

A palace man came over and saluted them, saying, "Four distinguished guests, lunch in the garden has been prepared, please come with me." ”

Lin Ying had a happy journey all the way, and couldn't get rid of the problem of making many comments, and said to Shu'er in a low voice: "King Zhao is really approachable, you see that the palace people in the Zhao Palace can come to 'me' and 'I' go, which is as hierarchical as the Chen Palace and the Chu Palace." ”

Shu'er glared at him and said, "Tell you to talk less." After a while, you will definitely have to sit with businessmen from all over the world, don't keep commenting on King Zhao's long and short Zhao, it seems that we are richer than King Zhao, and you can judge him. He is the king of a country, where did you get the fat guts to keep talking? ”

Lin Ying said with a grin: "I didn't say anything bad about him." Besides, in the Chengyu Hall just now, I listened to his nagging while drinking tea, didn't he care at all? And let everyone be casual. Also, not only did you, Qing Yu, and Yi Feng each take a sword, but I also saw that the guards of other merchants in the palace also took weapons, and King Zhao turned a blind eye to these weapons that could hurt him, and obviously didn't care about me talking about him. ”

Shu'er sighed and stopped bothering with him. She knows that although Lin Ying is keen on gossip and good at making noise, he is never confused in major matters, such as her life experience, he can keep her mouth shut for so many years.

The garden of Zhao Palace is full of fragrance, all kinds of flowers compete with each other, this pastoral spring scene, probably the most luxurious one in Ninghe Palace. Shu'er couldn't help but slander King Zhao: "It seems that King Zhao doesn't like farming, he likes to plant flowers." "If you want to talk about "The Ups and Downs of the Nations" with more like-minded people, follow "Hot Network or rd444" on WeChat to chat about your favorite books with more book friends