Tan Jiaxing was naturally happy when he heard Sun Zhaoyuan's kind words, and said, "It's not too late at this time. Xiaguan was trying to find an opportunity to tell Master Sun all about his origins, but he didn't want Lord Sun to take the initiative to ask, and Xiaguan just told the matter. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan thought that in Yunxi Prefecture, there was suddenly a prefect, as a helper, he was also happy, thinking that this Tan Jiaxing would choose a side in the future, and he must be on Sun Zhaoyuan's side, so he said: "This is exactly the old acquaintance in a foreign country, Brother Tan, today I have to drink freely, so that we can be worthy of such fate." ”

Tan Jiaxing naturally couldn't ask for it, and said: "Master Sun has such a Yaxing, and the lower officials should be good students." ”

Those officials were happy to see that Sun Zhaoyuan was so kind to Tan Jiaxing. I think that if Tan Jiaxing is favored by the governor this time and continues to rise, the officials of this government can follow suit.

So at this banquet, although the food has not yet been served, everyone is happy and happy.

Suddenly, more than a dozen of the second junior of the restaurant came, each holding a plate to pass the dishes. Not long after, there were more than a dozen dishes on the table, Sun Zhaoyuan took a bite and tasted it, and praised: "What is the name of this dish?" Why it has such a naturally sweet aftertaste. ”

Tan Jiaxing said: "This dish, called noodle pork ribs, is the signature of the local cuisine of Ziyuan Mansion, which is the original of a local chef surnamed Yuan, and has been passed down for three generations for more than 100 years. This noodle pork ribs are taken from the mountain stocking goat ribs, poured with sesame oil, dipped in soybean flour, mixed with chili, pepper and salt, marinated for half a day, and then steamed on a slow fire with sweet potatoes for half an hour. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan took a few more bites and nodded in praise. Tan Jiaxing saw that Sun Zhaoyuan was happy to eat, so he joined the officials below to toast together, Sun Zhaoyuan touched a glass with everyone, and went to eat other dishes, all of which were delicious.

Sun Zhaoyuan thought that this shop was opened by Jiang Yuanyun, listening to the meaning of yesterday's tenants, this Jiang Yuanyun's business, Yao Yungui is the Allah behind it, so he said: "Such a delicious meal, I am indeed happy to eat today, I don't know if this shop owner is also there, let him come in, let the official know what he looks like, can open such a good store." ”

Tan Jiaxing said: "Jiang Yuanyun, a big owner of this shop, when the lower official came in, he happened to see it, and he was in the store in person, directing everyone to wait, preparing and serving food, and the lower official let him come in and meet Master Sun." Immediately called the second child in the store and went to call Jiang Yuanyun to come up.

This Jiang Yuanyun heard that Governor Sun wanted to see him, so he quickly straightened his clothes, came to pay a visit, and knelt in front of Sun Zhaoyuan. Sun Zhaoyuan looked at Jiang Yuanyun, about forty years old, shrewd and capable, with a hint of cunning in his eyebrows.

Sun Zhaoyuan wanted to explore the reality of his industry, and said, "Jiang Guanren, please get up." Today, the official came to your restaurant and ate this table of dishes, and I liked it very much, so I wanted to see what the owner looked like. I heard that you are the richest man in this capital mansion, and you must have piled up a mountain of money. ”

Jiang Yuanyun was afraid that he would show his wealth, and Sun Zhaoyuan was greedy for the idea of beating his family property, so he said: "The villain's huge rich name is a person from this house, seeing that the villain has opened many shops, thinking that the villain has made a lot of money, and forcibly gave the villain this name, but he doesn't want to, although the villain has more business in the store, but he usually spends a lot of money, but all the money he earns is to pay for labor and store rent, and there is not much left, and he is worthy of the name of the richest man." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "How many shops do you have, and what industries are involved?" ”

Jiang Yuanyun knew about these matters, and the government had long known about them, so he didn't dare to hide them, and said: "The villain has opened a total of fifty brothels, a total of thirty restaurants, and a total of thirty inns in this Ziyuan Mansion and county town, and the daily expenses are huge and the expenses are very large. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "The expenses are more, and the natural income is more." Jiang Guanren, I heard that there are less than 600 brothels in this mansion, and you alone account for 10%, I want to rumor that you are the richest man, or have some provenance. ”

Jiang Yuanyun said: "The adult has won the award, it is nothing more than the accumulation of several generations of ancestors and the family background, so that we can have today's situation." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "I see that you are also a shrewd person, you have made money, and you have opened such a beautiful shop next to the government office, and you have invited a skillful master to help this government office to usher in the matter of sending it, but it is a clever idea, first, to honor the officials of this government, and secondly, it does not involve money and bribery, nor does it violate the law." can come up with such a method, Jiang Guanren is also a smart person. ”

Jiang Yuanyun said: "Lord Sun is really a mistake, compared with the famous Lord Sun of the world, the villain is nothing, but it is just a small skill of carving insects." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said with a smile: "Jiang officials don't want to be too modest, they can do so much in the people that they want to come to the whole country, and there are only a few people." You have so many stores, how can you do it properly, I think you have limited energy alone, just looking at the daily account book, I'm afraid that you will be useless, let alone others. ”

Jiang Yuanyun said: "The villain makes a living, it is difficult to say, it is simple to say that it is simple, it is nothing more than to invite a shopkeeper in each store, give him a dry stock in the store, each county has a general shopkeeper, give the chief shopkeeper all the stores in the county, and the chief shopkeeper will report to me if he has something, and each store will also set up an account book, and the account book also has dry shares, and each county has a general ledger book, and also give the general ledger book all the stores in this county, and the general ledger book will also report to me if there is something in the general ledger book, so that the person in charge of affairs and the cashier will report separately and restrain each other, in order to make their own dry shares fair. They will carefully check the cost and revenue of the store. Then each county set up a number of inspections to inspect the cost and revenue of each store, so that the shopkeeper and the account book do not dare to collude, and it is naturally foolproof. I'll take charge of the rest, and I'll have someone else to take care of the rest. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "It turns out that you are also a genius, and you have already integrated the way of national governance into the governance of the store. You have a lot of money, why don't you want to become an official? If you become an official, isn't it like a tiger with wings? ”

Jiang Yuanyun said: "The villain has been very proficient in business since he was a child, but for the Four Books and Five Classics, he is really tasteless, and every time he opens the book, he will be drowsy. And I heard that when the official enters the office, the power struggle is too deep, if you are not careful, you will fall into the mortal dust, some of the more miserable people, even lost their lives, the villain is a bad gambler, every gamble will lose, if you fail to bet in the party struggle, is it not to lose your life? So since I was a child, I just wanted to do my best in the business field, and I didn't want to enter the company at any time. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said in his heart: "This Jiang Yuanyun is also very smart, his Jiang family has been in Yunxi Prefecture for three or four hundred years, as long as he is not involved in political affairs, his family will not be ruined." No matter who is the governor or prefect, as long as he takes the money to open the way, the relationship will naturally be able to be dotted, and if the relationship is dotted, it will not affect his business. If the governor and prefect fall and a new governor or prefect is replaced, it has nothing to do with him, as long as he takes care of the relationship between the next governor and the prefect, he will make money and open a shop, and he will not bear any risk. ”