Concubine Dong still clutched the money bag and refused to agree, so Qian Hao had to go to Dong Jincai and ask him to help persuade his mother.

Dong Jincai scolded Qian Hao: "If you don't study hard, you think about some evil ways all day, do you have experience in managing hotels?" Do you know how to run a business? Be honest with me. ”

Qian Hao returned home in a gloomy manner, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was in his twenties, the father of two children, but he was no different from a poor scholar, he couldn't do anything, he was depressed for two days, he actually held back the fire, there was a blister on his lips, and he couldn't eat in pain, Concubine Dong was very distressed, and ran to the eldest brother for help, Dong Jin was annoyed, and sent a strategist Zhang Chen to help his sister deal with this problem.

Zhang Chen found a few Beijing officials who had a good relationship with Qian Xiancong and invested under Dong Jincai, and asked Ming that the business of Lotus Dock was indeed very good, and he also pretended to be a customer in person and went to Lotus Dock a few times, where the business was also first-class and good, at least five days in advance, otherwise he would not be allowed to enter at all, whether it was the taste of the food, or the environment and service, it was indeed not said, especially the price, which was very high, making people feel that it was very profitable.

Zhang Chen quietly sighed to his friend that he had no money, otherwise he would definitely take this hotel down: "It's just a million profits." ”

Dong Jincai listened to Zhang Chen's report, and couldn't help but make up his mind, sent someone to call his sister back, asked her to take down the restaurant, and also put pressure on the county lord of Yujie through Qian Xiancong's superior, Prince Rong, to let her halve the price.

The lord of Yujie was very angry, and the next day he sold the hotel to someone else for 33,000 taels of silver, who knew that the buyer walked out of the lotus dock, and there were a few gangsters behind the carriage, threatening him with a knife and a stick, the man was more and more afraid, and finally turned the horse's head, and would rather lose 3,000 taels of silver than take over the hotel, the lord of Yujie had no choice but to sell 25,000 taels of silver to Qian Hao.

Qian Hao really hopes that the hotel business is good, he did not rashly change it, the first month of business is indeed very good, the net profit of more than 1,400 taels of silver, as soon as the accounts come out, even Dong Jincai is excited, regret not to make some money to participate in the shares, who knows that the second month is not more than half, the hotel's business suddenly took a sharp turn, half of the attendance rate is not, and, the customer went, the pomp was very large, but the consumption was very small, to the third month, the hotel was even more cold, unable to make ends meet, Qian Hao faced such a situation, at a loss, Mrs. Dong was in a hurry, forcing her son to sell the restaurant, Lotus Dock was transferred continuously in a short period of time, and the people outside immediately noticed that something was wrong, except for picking up the cheap, wanting about 10,000 taels of silver to take over, no one was willing to pay a high price, and the matter dragged down like this, and before the year, there were only a few customers a month, Qian Hao was angry, and did not give money to the chef and the guys, those people couldn't afford to mess with him, so they had to think that they were unlucky, and gave up the monthly money for a month, and secretly ran away.

There was no one in the hotel, Qian Hao could only close the door, this toss smashed all the money in the hands of the two women, and even the New Year was very poor.

The more Qian Hao thought about it, the more angry he became, on this day, on the way to Qian Xiancong's resignation, he stopped him and wanted to return the restaurant, but he didn't expect Qian Xiancong, an honest man, to be not stupid, he put forward a few conditions to Qian Hao: "First, the restaurant originally had a famous critic Mr. Yang, you invite her back." ”

Mr. Yang's monthly money, as much as more than 100 taels, Qian Hao felt that it was a waste, the hotel business deteriorated, he had to reduce it to 50 taels of silver, Mr. Yang was angry, and proposed to resign, Qian Hao felt that Mr. Yang went back and forth for a few plays, and agreed without hesitation, Mr. Yang is now in the eldest princess's mansion, Qian Hao is no longer a dog, Dong Jincai can't afford to provoke the eldest princess's father, Emperor Yongchang, this condition, he can't agree to it anyway.

"At least one-third of the people go to Mr. Yang every month, and if you don't take him back, I won't be able to take back the hotel."

Qian Hao knew that Qian Xiancong was messing around, but he couldn't meet the conditions, so he could only eat Coptis dumbly, and he couldn't speak.

Qian Xiancong's second condition was also something that Qian Hao couldn't achieve: "When my hotel was handed over to you, it was full every day, and after five days of reservation, you only need to let it be re-booked, even if there is a seventy or eighty percent attendance rate, I will add five hundred taels of silver to buy it back after three months." ”

The dignitaries and nobles in the capital all went to eat on the cherry blossom street opened by the second princess, where did Qian Hao find so much money to make the hotel last for three months?

"Third, this is also very important, the original chef and guy in the store, you have tried to find a way to get it back, those are all familiar human hands, you now give me an empty shell, and you still want more than 20,000 taels of silver, why? Was that what I sold to you? ”

Qian Hao listened to Qian Xiancong theorizing with him one by one, only to feel that his head was as big as a fight, and when he remembered that he had 25,000 taels of silver, he bought back a courtyard that was only worth 78,000 taels of silver, Qian Hao could vomit blood, he knew that he had been fooled and had done a big wrong, but he was not the only one who wanted to buy this hotel at that time, and the lord of Yujie did not force him to buy it, now, how can people allow him to regret it?

Qian Hao did not give up his last hope and said: "Lord Qian, you are a county horse, and you don't care about this money, if you are willing to take a step back, my uncle will definitely not forget this friendship." "This is a threat to Qian Xiancong, if you don't agree, be careful that Dong Jin will give you small shoes.

Qian Xiancong smiled faintly: "Actually, you and I are still relatives, the princess of Nanhai is my daughter, you should call me a cousin, hehe, our family doesn't talk to each other, the hotel business is not good, you can go to my house, ask a few stewards, see how to adjust and adjust, maybe you can come back to life." ”

Thinking of buying it at that time, as soon as he brought out his uncle, the other party immediately softened, but now, he put his uncle on his lips, and the people in the Qian Mansion also ignored him, and also moved out the great god of Qian Jun, Qian Hao is a pig brain, and he can also figure out that he is the one who pits him, and he was still proud at the time, the old queen mother who Yujie County Lord relied on, she couldn't get angry, it turned out that people were pretending to be pigs and eating tigers.

Of course, the matter was arranged by Wen Jin, that time the county lord of Yujie took the Wei sisters to visit Wen Jin, and Wen Jin persuaded her to sell the hotel: "The county lord Niangniang, no matter how good your hotel is, it has been open for 20 years, and those dignitaries are tired of seeing it, there was no better place to go before, so I had to go to you to cheer up, I heard that the second princess's concubine met a capable person, he was ready to open a high-end hotel, invested 70,000 taels of silver, the decoration is very luxurious, your customers are about to stay, and we redecorate, and the second princess competition, There's really no need for that, just sell it. ”

"Okay, Jin'er said that no matter how good, it will be good." The county lord of Yujie is actually very reluctant, there was a time, she relied on this restaurant to support most of the family's expenses, and later, she used the money she had saved to buy two farms with good returns, which was relieved, but she was not a greedy person, and she was very reasonable, she knew that Wen Jin must be for her good, so she didn't have a word of superfluity, so she agreed.

Wen Jin naturally would not let go of this opportunity, she thought carefully, and the arrogant Qian Hao automatically got in.

Qian Hao was fooled, and was scolded by Mrs. Dong's concubine, he was ashamed and annoyed, guessing that he had fallen for Qian Jun's scheme, and wanted to retaliate, he was not so capable, but he had no money, how could he give up? couldn't fight Qian Jun, and his eyes turned to Qian Xuan, who was the weakest.

Qian Xuan had long been locked up in the smallest and worst yard of the house by the Huo family, staring at his blind old lady every day, they were shouting and cursing at the beginning, in a vain attempt to threaten the Huo family and release them, but then they were exhausted, and the Huo family didn't even take a look, only to understand that this woman was ruthless and assertive, in the palace before, she was stared at and had to bow her head, now, who still takes his mother and son seriously?

Qian Xuan and Concubine Liu shouted and scolded angrily, Huo Shili ignored it, there was no one to supervise here, and those servants were also slack, they didn't eat well and dress badly every day, and they had to do dirty and tiring work, so they were naturally very dissatisfied in their hearts, first they were slack, and then they occasionally abused their masters, and it didn't take long for Qian Xuan to get bedsores, and the skin on his body ulcerated in several places, which made him cry and cry.

A paralyzed man, who couldn't get out of bed for more than ten years, and now he can't eat well, coupled with bedsores, Qian Xuan started a fever, this time, those servants had to ask someone to pass the word out, Huo Shi listened, and muttered to the nurse: "Hmph, I knew that there was today, and he should have been more restrained at that time, he thought that it was so easy to behave." ”

The nurse persuaded the Huo family with some fear: "What if he has three long and two short, and the palace investigates it?" ”

Huo Shi thought about it, and said a little unwillingly: "I'll take a look in two days, those lazy and slack dog minions will not spare any of them." ”

The nurse's eyelids jumped, Huo Shi was looking for an excuse to kill people, so she hurriedly reminded: "Don't be busy, madam, the people in that courtyard have to be alive, otherwise it will be too easy to attract tongues." ”

"Okay, I'll go over here."

Huo Shi went, and ordered someone to beat up the servants who served Qian Xuan, especially a big girl who had hooked up with Qian Xuan, who almost lost her breath, and the servants in the courtyard were frightened, so they had to work hard. Huo didn't dare to ask for a doctor, so he only sent someone to buy some medicine for bedsores to apply to the man, Qian Xuan's rotten life was really tenacious, and his body gradually healed and came back to life. What happened to the Huo family, not only Wen Jin knew, but Concubine Dong and Qian Hao also knew that they were already jealous of the Huo family's share of the family's property, and they couldn't help but fight Xiao Jiujiu at this time. Flies don't bite seamless eggs, Huo's still lacks housekeeping experience, and the domestic servants are planted by others and don't know it, although she has the help of her parents, her own affairs are handled with loopholes, how not to be fooled?

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