Ye Lu'an hesitated to speak: "However, I heard my aunt say a while ago that I plan to return to Lianghe Town in a while, and I have already decided to cooperate with Boss Huang......"

Master Lu was puzzled, so he asked, "Boss Huang?" Which Huang boss? ”

Ye Lu'an seemed to explain casually, but in fact, he observed Master Lu's expression from time to time, and said: "Speaking of this Boss Huang, he is the owner of a granary in our Lianghe Town, even if the war is raging now, his business is very prosperous." ”

Master Lu was already angry when he heard the word "granary", and scolded at the moment: "Sure enough, women's words are unreliable, two days ago, they boasted that they would help me promote it when they went back, but they quietly found a home behind their backs, do you really want to play me Lu as a monkey?" ”

"Uncle, don't be angry first," Ye Lu'an hurriedly persuaded: "Auntie just said that she might cooperate, and the specific thing has not yet been decided." ”

Master Lu sneered: "Specific? Oh, it's good, wait for you to come down and see my Lu someone's jokes? ”

Ye Lu'an was also embarrassed to speak: "Actually, I also think this is not good, but because I am in front of my eldest mother...... But I also heard from the eldest lady that although the grain business has no connection with the Lu family, in the future, the grain of the Ye Mansion will still be bought in the Lu family's grain shop. ”

Where could Master Lu listen to it, and said ruthlessly: "Who is rare!" I thought that if the shop was still only in and out, I would close it; Now I can hear that my own sister is embarrassing me with outsiders, and now I want to fight with them, even if it is a loss, I don't care. ”

"Uncle said this, Lu An knew that Uncle must not be the kind of person who gave up easily," Ye Lu'an smiled secretly and said, "But Lu An has a plan here, maybe he can help the Lu family shop improve a little." ”

Master Ye was really curious this time, and hurriedly asked, "What plan?" Ye Lu'an said slowly: "In fact, the problem of the Lu family's grain shop is only in sales, and its own quantity and quality are excellent. ”

Master Lu nodded and motioned for Ye Lu'an to continue, and Ye Lu'an continued: "But Uncle may not know, now that we are in troubled times, everyone is just asking for food and clothing, where can I pick and choose and think about expensive rice?" ”

Master Lu's face turned cold and said, "According to what you say, if my rice can't be sold at a reduced price, it really can't be sold?" ”

Ye Lu'an shook his head and added tea to Master Lu, nervous but also relaxed and said: "Lu'an never said that it was to reduce the price to increase sales, I mean, send!" ”

"Send!" Master Lu felt that Ye Lu'an was going crazy, and it was better to sell the grain for free and come back to make a profit, so he said in an unkind tone: "Hmph, you go, I think the third young master of the Ye family has some good plan!" You go, I have my own solution. ”

Mrs. Lu heard Master Lu's voice in the back room, gloomy, presumably angry, and hurriedly walked out, but heard Ye Lu'an's voice say: "Uncle listen to me, Lu'an's delivery is not that one." He stopped and continued to listen to Ye Lu'an: "If you want to send it, send it to the officials in the court." ”

Master Lu felt bold and novel, and asked, "How do you send it?" ”

"The Lu family has been an official in the imperial court for several generations, so the accumulated contacts must be very extensive," Ye Lu'an analyzed: "Send the milled rice to the official family." Although there are foreigners in today's Qing Dynasty, there are many corrupt officials and corrupt officials inside, but officials are always officials. ”

"You say this, are you asking officials to do propaganda with my Lu family shop?"

"It's not like that, the rice was given to the official family for nothing just to let those officials say that the rice they ate came from Yefu...... In this way, it is naturally propaganda from the top down. ”

"That's it, what can my Lu family get?" Master Lu asked: "If it is a few polite words of praise from those people, mine is indeed not uncommon. ”

"Uncle, listen to me, we give away some for free, and we sell some." Ye Lu'an said: "In addition to the Ye family, there are many wealthy families in Lianghe Town, and on weekdays, because of the troubled times, it can be said that they have nothing to do all day long, competing with each other. If you learn that even the officials in the imperial court eat our Lu family's rice, you will definitely feel that this is a thing that can earn face and show off, and you will definitely rush to it. In this way, let's sell these grains to them in batches at the original price, and I think this batch of selected grains will definitely not have a market. ”

Master Lu was still a little unwilling, and asked, "Can you only sell it to these people?" ”

"Naturally not, Lu An has seen some people buy Boss Huang's grain, and often carry some dust, sand and gravel out when washing rice and cooking. If the Lu family can make the people realize that the Lu family's grain is much better than Boss Huang's through this sale, and they will try to buy it at the Lu family's grain shop, then the Lu family's grain will also have a way to sell. Ye Lu'an replied.

Master Lu shook his head and said, "Can those people afford it?" ”

Ye Lu'an smiled lightly and said: "We don't sell polished rice to those ordinary people, as long as we prepare some grain that is not mixed with excessive sand and gravel, so that the quantity and quality can be passed, and they will definitely be favored." ”

Only then did Master Lu comprehensively understand, and after thinking about it, he realized that he had first sent some grain out to officials to increase his popularity; and then use the vanity of those rich people to attract them to buy their own food; In turn, it affects the civilian population......

I have to say that Ye Lu'an's strategy is very useful to Master Lu. He thought that in this way, it was not only possible to sell his own grain; If it succeeded, he slapped Mrs. Ye even hard, telling her that the Lu family was not a master who could be bullied casually.

Even Mrs. Lu secretly praised this plan as wonderful, so she took a few steps back and retreated to the backyard with Chunwen first.

Master Lu was also excited, and just about to say something, he heard Ye Lu'an speak: "But I also said just now, this Boss Huang is indeed well-known in Lianghe Town, if Uncle Huang implements it according to what we just said, he may not be able to shake Boss Huang's status at all if he is not careful, if he wants to greatly improve the success rate, it is best to find someone who is more familiar with Lianghe Town." ”

This was already said explicitly, and Master Lu said secretly: "I finally began to say the purpose." His face suddenly became gloomy, and he said slowly: "Then listen to what you mean, I'd better find someone around Liufang, right?" ”

Ye Lu'an nodded slightly, and said with a straight face: "That's right." ”

"I see, for what you mean, it seems that I still have to think carefully about the proposal just now. Go back first, I think your wives have already started looking for you. "Master Lu really gave an eviction order this time, and Ye Luan only knew that he was not good here, so he could only retreat with doubts.

Out of the courtyard, Ye Lu'an secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was about to be dinner time, but Master Lu never left him, thinking that he already had a mustard in his heart, so he couldn't help but sigh and go back.

Tong Shuang waited in the house for a long time, saw Ye Lu'an coming back from a distance, ordered Lizhu to prepare hot water, first washed his face and soaked his hands, and then quietly asked, "What's wrong?" How was the conversation with Master Lu? ”

Ye Lu'an rubbed his forehead, said carefully to Tong Shuangzai, and sighed: "I think my uncle should be very dissatisfied." ”

After hearing this, Tong Shuang said with a smile: "Then didn't you make it clear, you actually meant to help manage, not to manage directly." ”

Ye Lu'an seemed to be seen clearly by Tong Shuang, his face was a little red but he also nodded, and said: "I saw my uncle so happy at that time, so I couldn't care about it, and I blamed ......."

Tong Shuang put his hand on his shoulder and rubbed it, and said, "Didn't I say, at this moment, we can't be in a hurry, all we can do is wait, wait for an opportunity." ”

Ye Lu'an nodded, but said with regret: "Did I miss it?" This opportunity just let it slip away in vain? ”

Tong Shuang seemed to think of something and asked, "You said, you focused on Boss Huang's storefront?" Ye Lu'an nodded, Tong Shuang thought, as if talking to himself: "If you say Boss Huang, then Master Lu should know that if he succeeds this time, what he will get is not only the profit from sales, but also the ability to show his might in front of the old lady." Ye Lu'an knew this principle, but he also felt that at this moment, these words were not of much use.

"So he will only allow himself to succeed, and he must not make the slightest mistake," Tong Shuang sneered and said: "Heh, this is the unique nature of the Lu family, competitive and competitive, showing off his might, no matter who it is, no one can change it!" ”

Ye Lu'an already had the answer in his heart, but said again: "But he has already kicked me out?" ”

"No, maybe Master Lu is looking for a step for himself." Tong Shuang seemed to have a bamboo in his chest, and said: "If he really plans to put his store under your name, you have to pick a formal occasion no matter what." ”

Ye Lu'an was a little puzzled, and at this time, Lizhu, who was outside, came in and said, "Shuangniang, have you passed the rice?" Tong Shuang shook his head and ordered, "Don't use it now, you can go down and eat some first." Lizhu looked at Ye Lu'an, saw that he also nodded, and went by himself.

Ye Lu'an turned his head and said, "What's wrong?" You can eat a little bit of it, and be careful that your body can't stand it. ”

Tong Shuang shook his head and said, "If you don't seize the opportunity this time, what if you eat less?" "Actually, Tong Shuang's original intention was to ask Ye Lu'an to keep an eye on the Lu family's grain shop. There is no other reason, but a few days ago I received a letter from Tong Fu, saying that last year there was a bumper harvest, but now it can't be sold, seeing that the grain in the granary has begun to grow worms, he and Mrs. Tong are anxious but can't, just someone came to collect the grain, I don't want that person to know that the Tong family's grain storage has become a problem now, so he took the opportunity to make trouble, to use a price much lower than the market price to collect grain, Tong Fu had no idea for a while, so he wrote to his daughter.