"What is the origin of this Chang'an Qianzhuang? Brother Ling, can Brother He know? ”

The person who spoke was not confused, with a stocky figure, a black face, a short beard, and a loud voice when he spoke. Although he looks like a person from the rivers and lakes, this is the head of the Zhou family among the three major households in Shangshui County.

He Yuanwai, who is close to the sixtieth year, smoothed his beard, "Chang'an Qianzhuang is mostly active in Hangzhou Mansion, and it is common for Brother Zhou not to know much, and he dislikes that the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce has been recognized by the saint, so it has nothing to do with the owner of Chang'an Qianzhuang." ”

Ling Yuanwai, who was over the age of six, also said: "Exactly, the identity of the owner of Chang'an Qianzhuang has become a mystery, and many people have been speculating, but not long ago, Fuyang County almost made a civil uprising, and since then, it has been rumored that the owner of Chang'an Qianzhuang is a woman who is twenty-eight years old." ”

"It's amazing. It seems that this little woman has a big appetite, and she can't stay in Hangzhou Mansion well? If she reaches out to us, she is not afraid of losing all her money. Zhou Yuan mocked.

Ling Yuanwai also said: "The old man also thinks that this woman is too reckless, but she is young." ”

You must know that the ability of the local people to accept new things is limited after all, and the new thing of Qianzhuang, except for a small number of people who know the inside story, most of the people are skeptical and will wait and see.

Moreover, there are frequent floods in the local area, and the people are not as rich as those living in Hangzhou. There is almost no surplus food, and ordinary people are always prepared to flee the famine. As for these big households, how many of them have the ability to save?

Relying only on such a small number of customers, Chang'an Qianzhuang is afraid that it will close in less than half a year.

"But they don't save money, and they don't do any business." Zhou Yuanwai was puzzled, "This is also strange, does Chang'an Qianzhuang still have a back-up move?" ”

"Let's be a fool." He Yuanwai shook his head, "In the end, it is a young girl, whimsical, thinking that she only preaches the benefits of money bank deposits in a short period of time, and does not accept deposits, this is to give the people an expectation, and when the time comes, the people will be able to flock to it?" I think she's so beautiful. ”

"That's exactly what happened." Ling Yuanwai sneered, "Let's wait and see what happens." A young woman, and a foreigner who has not yet gained a firm foothold in Kaifeng Mansion, can she still run amok in the name of the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce? Our Henan Chamber of Commerce is not stupid. ”

The three of them agreed, made up their minds to watch the excitement, and just waited to see how Zhu Youning's money village was crowded, and finally was squeezed out.

And the righteous lord who was ridiculed by them is still chic and comfortable these days.

A shop and the branch of Chang'an Qianzhuang have already opened, but they are only open for idlers and are not open. Zhu Youning didn't care that these two places had become the talk of the local people after tea and dinner, so she just followed Yan Sui to check around, she first left Cai Yuanjie and Dong Ze, the two big shopkeepers, to sit in the town, brought enough guards, and followed Yan Sui to check a few places under his fiefdom, and then went to see the construction of dikes along the Yellow River.

100,000 laborers were building dikes in the face of the sun, and the rushing Yellow River was wider and more raging than she had seen in her previous life. The roaring sound of water drowned out the sound of the men's trumpets as they worked, and the scene was shocking.

Yan Sui took Zhu Youning back to the makeshift tent, and the two sat down next to the fire, with an iron pot on the fire, cooking a pot of fresh wild vegetable soup.

Steward Yan pinched the salt and sprinkled it into the pot, stirring it with a large wooden spoon, and lowered his eyes without saying a word.

He couldn't understand what Zhu Youning was doing now.

He thought that Zhu Youning had deceived Yan Sui's money and used it to open a store by himself, and the store was naturally opened for profit, but Zhu Youning opened the store only as a decoration, and he raised people without the slightest movement.

How many people are talking behind their backs about this owner with a brain problem, who actually made such a money-losing deal.

Thinking of Yan Sui's evaluation of Zhu Youning, Steward Yan was even more confused, and he didn't even know whether to trust Zhu Youning.

After a short time, the wild vegetable soup was cooked.

Yan Sui took a pottery bowl and washed it, and filled a bowl for Zhu Youning with his own hands.

"I'm tired of you coming out with me to endure hardship. There is nothing to eat on the construction site, and I owe more than a month to the palace people here, and I am not good at opening a partnership here. ”

"I understand." Zhu Youning held the bowl with a smile, blew it and took a sip carefully, "This vegetable soup is not bad, eating some wild vegetables in this season is also good for the body." ”

Seeing her obediently holding a pottery bowl and drinking soup with thick long eyelashes, Yan Sui's heart was already soft.

He also served soup for himself and Steward Yan, and the three of them ate slowly and reasonably.

Zhu Youning put down the pottery bowl and asked with a smile: "At first, I thought that the Holy Lord would send a servant to come. ”

"I thought so too, but then fortunately, the Son of Heaven did not send a servant to come, otherwise it would not be easy to feed 100,000 people. You also know the situation here, everything is expensive here, and if I give food and shelter to these laborers, I am afraid that I will lose my family and property a long time ago. ”

100,000 laborers dragged their families and lived scattered in the fiefdom under the jurisdiction of Yansui, and the large number of people naturally drove the local economy. Merchants sit on the ground and raise prices, grain and cloth, daily necessities, but mortals use all lions open their mouths, and even more, the reward is doubled, and there is no constant standard at all, the merchant's goods want to sell as much silver as they want, and if they can't give a reward, they can't buy things.

The mall here has long been completely chaotic.

"Haven't you thought about balancing the market and changing the status quo?"

"I also thought about it, but one of them has limited energy, and the other is really not a reliable way." Yan Sui smiled bitterly.

Zhu Youning smiled: "I have a way, in fact, as early as when you and I were in correspondence, when you mentioned the situation here in your letter, I had an idea, and I have been delaying until now, just waiting for the chess game to take shape." Now it's time for you to pay the laborers? ”

"yes." Yan Sui looked at Zhu Youning with a smile, "Do you have a way?" ”

Zhu Youning nodded, "Yes, I will provide you with the monthly money for the laborers this time." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yan Sui didn't react, but Steward Yan raised his head in shock first, and looked at Zhu Youning with round eyes.

Could it be that this person is planning to pay back?

Zhu Youning said with a smile: "According to the local prices, the monthly money you have given to 100,000 laborers has risen to eight dollars of silver a month?" ”

Yan Sui nodded, "Originally, it was two coins, but the price has increased, and they can't survive at all with two coins of silver, not to mention that these people still have wives and children in their families." I don't have the means to take care of food and shelter here, so I can only give them money and let them support themselves. ”

Zhu Youning nodded with a smile, pinched his fingers and calculated, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I can still afford the monthly salary of 100,000 laborers for two months." But what I gave out was not real money, but vouchers. ”

"Coupons?" Yan Sui was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then narrowed her eyes, "It's the coupon that Dong Da's shopkeeper said when 'a shop' opened before." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Youning nodded and said with a smile: "One or two or six yuan per person, let them take the coupon to the designated place to consume, and the purchase is all cheap goods, which is a big profit for the laborers." After all, the price of rice outside is three or four times more expensive than that of one of our shops. With the same amount of silver, they buy more things, and they don't lose money. ”

Yan Sui calculated quickly in his heart and did not speak.

Zhu Youning said with a smile: "I still owe you three million taels of silver, how about the first part of the debt with vouchers?" One tael of silver corresponds to one tael of silver coupons, first see how many taels of coupons need to be used. I'll give you the rest of the money. ”

"It doesn't matter." Yan Sui waved his hand, signaling that Zhu Youning didn't have to care, his focus was on the vouchers.

Yan Sui is extremely smart, as soon as Zhu Youning raised this, Yan Sui's mind had already completed her plan by itself. Thinking about what she might be going to do next, every guess was amazing.

Yan Sui's eyes were different when he looked at Zhu Youning.

"You ......" Yan Sui's throat was dry, and he suffocated for a moment before saying, "You really used a lot of money this time." ”

Zhu Youning knew that Yan Sui had already guessed some, so he couldn't help laughing.

"It's fine. I've been tired of those black-hearted businessmen for a long time. Just because of the existence of this group of stinky fish and rotten shrimp, the whole shopping mall is in chaos, they are shameless, but they are ruined by the reputation of their peers, and they don't leave a way back for themselves, this kind of person should have killed their prestige a long time ago. ”

Yan Sui smiled and nodded, "That's what you said." If you want to develop for a long time, you need a benign development environment, and you can't do anything that is the way back. What are you going to do next? Is there anything I can do to help? ”

"I'm so busy here. It's you here that makes it harder. I didn't get paid for two months. Paying wages is still something that everyone is familiar with, and if you want to convince these workers to believe in you, it will take a lot of work. ”

Yan Sui smiled: "It's not easy, but it's not difficult either." Before issuing vouchers, let them know about 'a shop', and it will be much easier to do things. Moreover, all of their families live in the neighborhood, and they always have money to go to the market. They should have heard of a shop, and I'll add a fire. ”

Zhu Youning saw that Yan Sui had a plan, so he smiled and said, "It's good if you have your own plan." Then I will not interfere, but only go and prepare enough vouchers, and I will also tell you to prepare enough goods. ”

"Okay, remember to prepare more food."

Zhu Youning, "Don't worry, I have prepared the most grain." I expected that. ”

After the two agreed, Zhu Youning took the Buddha and the eight masters to the city to make arrangements, and Yan Sui also instructed people to come here to tell everyone about the cheap shop of "a shop".

When the wages were paid, although some of the workers were skeptical about the vouchers and felt that they could accept them, there were still most of them who were dead minded and felt that any vouchers were all used by Yan Sui to deceive them into working in vain.

The palace people who built dikes along the Yellow River have more or less gone on strike.

On the day of the strike, Zhu Youning was busy supervising the transportation of grain, and he resolutely did not allow the three of them to exchange the goods with vouchers.

But when people came to report to Zhu Youning like a fly, they still left the cold sweat on her bluffing back.

With tens of thousands of people on strike, the scene must be very chaotic.

When Zhu Youning was just about to go to the scene after tidying up, Yan Fei also came back in a hurry.

"Miss Zhu, our uncle instructed the villain to come back and tell you, don't go to the scene, there are some men doing rough work, people are vulgar, the scene is chaotic, it is not appropriate for you to go to a girl's house. Uncle has already taken countermeasures, and he will definitely solve this matter properly, so that you don't go over, just do what you have at hand. ”

Although Yan Fei had a misunderstanding of Zhu Youning, as time went by, seeing Yan Sui's attitude towards Zhu Youning, and listening to some speculations from Steward Yan behind his back, he had no opinion on Zhu Youning at this time, and his attitude returned to his previous respect.

Zhu Youning thought about it, and also felt that if he went rashly, he might not only not be able to help, but also cause trouble for Yan Sui, so he said: "Okay, you go back to help Uncle, if there is anything, come and tell me quickly." I'm going to help you think of an idea. ”

"Yes." Yan Fei respectfully responded, went out and hurried back.

Zhu You was very uneasy, and arranged for a trusted guard around him to listen to the news.

At the same time, the local merchants led by the Ling family, the He family, and the Zhou family also received the news of the labor strike, and the local government naturally knew about it for a long time.

"With him a yellow-mouthed child, he still wants to use chicken feathers as an arrow, and wants to be the king and hegemon in the territory of Kaifeng Mansion?" The Shangshui County Commander stroked his three strands of hair and smiled very proudly.

"I sent a letter to Lord Futai, and I said that the person surnamed Yan lifted a stone and smashed his feet, let's just wait to see a good show."

"Yes." The master smiled all over his face and went to draft the letterhead quickly.

Yan Sui is a lowly businessman, who has no ink, but only a few stinky money, he became an uncle, and the taxes of the fiefdom under his jurisdiction belonged to him.

That kid still wants to take the tax alone? Could it be that these down-to-earth imperial court officials are dead people?

Yan Sui's joke, but they have been waiting to see it.

Isn't benevolence and righteousness? There are no taxes, and even the wages of the laborers are in arrears when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and this kind of slapping the saint in the face does not believe that the saint will not do him!

Many people are waiting to see the joke.

Just when Zhu Youning was anxious to send someone to inquire about the news for the fifth time, Yan Sui had already returned safely.

"Fortunately, the voucher has been issued. Everyone accepted it. Then you're going to get tired. Yan Sui took a sip of a pot of tea when he entered the door, cleared his dry and hoarse throat, and said with a smile, "I'll arrange people later, and then bring someone to help you." ”

Zhu Youning saw that his expression was natural and high-spirited, and finally quietly breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and smiled: "It's naturally better if you can help." Arrange some shopkeepers and guys who can read and hyphenation, and pay more attention to the authenticity of the vouchers, I have made a few anti-counterfeiting signs according to the village ticket of Qianzhuang, and I will tell you later. ”

Yan Sui smiled: "Aren't you afraid to tell me, I'll go back and get a bunch of fake deposit tickets and coupons to cheat your money?" ”

"If you can do that kind of thing, it's a big step forward."

Zhu Youning squinted at him with a smile and turned to get busy, leaving Yan Sui in place, his heart beat faster, and his cheeks were hot.