Chapter 115: The Troubled Place
"It turns out that the Nine Kings also called everyone to spend money."
Fan Lao and Hua Shaoying are old acquaintances, he recently helped Situ Xi to comment on the book, and naturally knows that Hua Yaoying is now very close to Situ Xi, but Shopkeeper Zhang is not very familiar with Hua Shaoying.
"Mr. Fan is also here, this is the shopkeeper of the sake restaurant, the slave family has heard the son mention you."
Hua Shaoying walked to Situ Xi's side with her skirt, Fan Lao pulled out a chair for her, she smiled and thanked her, naturally sat down next to Situ Xi, and then looked up in this jade wine house.
"Childe, the decoration here is really ingenious, the slave family is still seeing it for the first time, just with this elegant and atmospheric layout, I am afraid it can attract a lot of distinguished guests."
"Then I'll borrow your auspicious words, I don't know if I can make a profit, after all, I don't know much about the market of this Chu country, but it's always good to try."
"Nine Kings, you don't understand, Lao Zhuo understands very well, our Jade Wine House will definitely make a lot of money, Lao Zhuo is already thinking about the matter of opening a branch you mentioned earlier."
Fan Lao looked full of confidence, he has rich experience in business, so he can naturally see the potential of this restaurant, this first store has not yet opened, he has already begun to think about the future development.
A few people exchanged pleasantries again, Fan Lao also brought a glass of wine to Hua Shaoying, Hua Shaoying did not refuse, and drank a few glasses with a few people, the degree of this wine is not low, but her face did not change after drinking, Situ Xi was a little ashamed when she saw it.
After drinking, several people discussed the celebration at the opening time, Situ Xi called Hua Shaoying over today, firstly, to ask her to help find some skilled musicians to help play, and secondly, to talk about the establishment of a cooperative relationship between this jade wine house and Jinsefang.
Hua Shaoying did not hesitate to invite the musician, nodded and agreed directly, and did not ask Situ Xi for anything, but when they talked about long-term cooperation with Jinsefang, Hua Shaoying inadvertently glanced at the two of them on the side, and became a little hesitant to speak.
Everyone here is a human spirit, and I don't know what she means.
"Everyone, the matter of cooperation should be discussed between the two masters, Lao Zhuo and Brother Zhang just need to go to the street to buy some ingredients, you two talk carefully, we will not bother for the first time."
"Yes, yes, I drank a little wine, and I almost forgot about buying ingredients, Childe, then let's go first."
After finishing speaking, Fan Lao immediately pulled up the shopkeeper, and the two of them did not delay in the slightest, and soon walked out of the door of the Jade Wine House.
Turning his head to look at the two people who rushed out, Situ Xi found that before leaving, Lao Zhangtou also threw an ambiguous look at him, and then winked at him, Situ Xi shook his head speechlessly, this old man is not serious, but his legs and feet are neat.
"Everyone, but what difficulties have you encountered?" Situ Xi returned his gaze to Hua Shaoying's beautiful face.
"Are the rooms on the right private rooms?"
"Exactly."
"Childe, let's go to the box and talk."
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Entering the private room called "Fujichikukaku" on the right, the two sat down at the round table in the room.
There are a lot of bamboo shoots and bamboos in this rattan and bamboo pavilion, and there is a desk on the side of the wall, on which there are excellent pen, ink, paper and inkstones for people to write, and the atmosphere inside gives people a fresh and elegant feeling, Situ Xi feels that the literati will like it.
This is some of his small designs, next to the two private rooms are "Qiao Song Pavilion" and "Hanmei Pavilion", obtained is the "three friends of the year and the cold" allusion, although this Chu State may not have this statement, but after the opening of this jade wine house, I believe that this elegant talk will be spread among the literati and ink writers of Chu State.
"The slave family first wants to congratulate the son on his good health, and when he heard that you were assassinated again, the slave family was very worried." Hua Shaoying's eyes were quite resentful when she said this, and she deliberately bit the word "again" in that discourse very hard.
"They didn't come to me on both occasions, but I happened to be right next to their assassins, and I had some luck."
"Childe, you really have to be careful about defense, the slave family has stuffed all the girls in the Jinse Pavilion with good skills to you, but they are weak after all, you had better hire more guards."
"Thank you for your concern, I will pay more attention to it, but there are some things that can't be prevented just by defense."
"The slave family doesn't care about you, it's asking you. Speaking of which, the cooperation between us is just like this restaurant, which is a business, but the slave family has invested capital in you, and this has not yet reached profit, you can't easily ......"
When she said this, Hua Shaoying slowly approached Situ Xi, although the words in her mouth seemed to be impersonal, but her coquettish tone vividly reflected the so-called "human affection".
Facing this fairy-like woman, Situ Xi couldn't help but retreat half of his body.
"Let's get down to business."
"What the slave family is talking about is the right thing." Seeing him retreat, Hua Shaoying suddenly felt bored, and leaned back on the chair in a lazy posture.
"What's the problem with the cooperation I just talked about, it stands to reason that Jinse Pavilion can also get a lot of benefits."
"Did Childe read the notice posted in the city?"
"Is that really the case?"
The notice in her mouth was the notice that Zhong Lixuan said before that Xuan'an would conduct a thorough investigation in Xuan'an City, and when he listened to Zhong Lixuan during the meal before, Situ Xi noticed that Chaoyun and their faces were a little bad when they were listening on the side.
Thinking about it, the number of them in the Jinse Pavilion is not small, and it can also be called a "force", and Xuan's actions will definitely bring them some trouble.
"It seems that Gongzi also thought of it, in fact, Emperor Chu originally did not have a strong management of the various civil forces in Xuan'an City, it can be said that it is the most lenient among the six countries, and Gongzi should have also experienced it, such as the Kite Tower, the imperial court also knows about it, but it still turns a blind eye."
"Why?" Situ Xi felt that it was not very reasonable, if there were more such forces, it would bring a lot of chaos to the governance of Emperor Chu.
"There are many reasons, on the one hand, it is related to some personal experiences of the first emperor of Chu, and on the other hand, it is because these civil forces will also bring a lot of benefits to the Chu emperor."
"Of course, if we really want to strictly control it to eliminate this phenomenon fundamentally, it is actually unrealistic, and sometimes it will be time-consuming and labor-intensive."
"But now it's different, after this announcement was posted, Xuan Chawu immediately sent many officials to various places in the city, and it seems that His Majesty the Emperor Chu is determined to 'clean' it this time."