Several shops in the city have been renovated.

Xia Jing finished breakfast and took the two maids to the outside of the house together.

Today she plans to check in the shop to see what are still lacking.

Speaking of which, she has never been to see these four shops from the purchase to the decoration.

Passing by the garden, seeing that the women who usually like to come out to enjoy the flowers in the morning are gone, Xia Jing asked the maid, "What have they been busy with lately?" ”

"Back to the princess, after the ladies in the palace got the title deed, they were busy arranging for the stewards to go to the wasteland, plus a few masters were busy recruiting soldiers, leaving early and returning late, everyone will not have time to take a walk in the garden recently."

Xia Jing sighed lightly, and didn't pay attention to the other rooms.

Hongmei took the initiative to talk about Li Chengmu's whereabouts: "The fifth master has been busy training in the past few days, and he has been in the barracks for three days and has not returned. ”

"Young people are willing to work hard and endure hardships, and their hearts are good, so let him go."

Xia Jing was talking, and when she saw the old man at the second gate, she asked in surprise, "Why is Mr. here, waiting for someone?" ”

Mr. Zhang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I was idle for a long time today, and I happened to be bored in the house, I heard that the princess was going to the street, can you bring Weichen?" ”

Well?

Now that the government is busy, this old man actually said that he had been idle for half a day.

Why didn't she believe that?

Mr. Zhang's gaze at Xia Jing sensed the suspicion in her eyes, and immediately grinned: "Hehe, please bring it." ”

Xia Jing glanced at him meaningfully, raised her feet and walked past him to the outside of the house.

Hongmei and Baimei glanced at each other, saluted Mr. Zhang, and quickly overtook him to catch up with Xia Jing in front.

Mr. Zhang fanned the wind, put away the fan, and followed with a smile.

Silence is acquiescence, so the princess agreed!

When she arrived at the gate of the mansion, Xia Jing paused and noticed that next to her carriage, a Qingwei carriage was parked.

Hum!

Today's old men play tricks better than young people!

Of the four stores in Fucheng, two are located on the main street and the other two are in the streets and alleys of the north and south cities.

Mr. Zhang has always been curious about what shop Xia Jing is going to open? In terms of site selection, it is so unreasonable.

According to normal people's thinking, when there are enough funds to open a store, no one wants to open a shop in an alley with little crowd.

I can't guess her thoughts, so I'll follow her over today to take a look.

The main thing is that another man wants to know what she's doing.

The closest shop to the government is on the main street, and it is a shop with only more than 100 square meters.

As soon as Xia Jing got out of the carriage, Ding Daqiang greeted her, "Ding Daqiang, grass people, I have seen the princess." ”

"You are Ding Dazhuang's brother."

The physiognomy brothers are very similar.

"It's the grass people."

Xia Jing walked past him and walked into the shop, "The shop is ready?" ”

Ding Daqiang followed behind, and there was still a hint of uneasing on his expression, "I'm ready, I've recruited two guys, and I'm ready to open at any time, but I'm currently waiting for the goods to arrive, I don't know when our goods will arrive?" ”

There is a cash register, a display case, and a rest area for customers to rest.

Based on the small footprint of the goods, the inside of the shop seems to be a little empty.

But Xia Jing was very satisfied, "Yes, you don't have to worry about the goods, I have received the news that it will arrive tomorrow, and our shop will be officially open the day after tomorrow." ”

Ding Daqiang was stunned for a moment, "Let's not pick an auspicious day for the zodiac?" ”

Are the powerful so casual about the opening of the shop?

Xia Jing knew that he was kind-hearted, and smiled, "Every day is an auspicious day, and it will open on any day." ”

Mr. Zhang held a fan in his hand, fanning the wind while looking at the shop.

When he noticed the display case, he asked suspiciously, "Princess, is your cabinet for storing goods?" ”

Xia Jing nodded: "Yes." ”

"How many things can you put in these cabinets?"

"The goods that this concubine wants to sell are the same, and a few compartments in the cabinet are enough."

Mr. Zhang was startled, plucked out his ears and thought he had misheard, "Just the same commodity?" ”

"That's right! You heard it right. ”

Hiss!

Ding Daqiang, Mr. Zhang and the two guys all took in the air conditioner, and one shop only sells one product?

"What's that?"

Xia Jing smiled evilly: "It's a temporary secret!" ”

Mr. Zhang just pricked his ears, heard this, and looked at her speechlessly.

Seeing Mr. Zhang's speechless expression, the two maids pursed their lips and snickered.

After inspecting a few shops, Mr. Zhang really doubts that such a store can make money?

Thinking so in my heart, I asked, "Can you make money by opening these four stores?" ”

The two are in the alley, although the two are said to be on the main street, but the goods in each shop are only the same, so can the business make money?

"What am I doing when I open a shop if I don't make money?" Xia Jing asked rhetorically.

I saw an herbal tea shop on the street on the left, "I rarely drink herbal tea when I come to Lingnan, or let's try what this herbal tea tastes like?" ”

Mr. Zhang frowned, glanced at the herbal tea shop next to him, and knew that he couldn't ask anything for the time being, so he nodded helplessly: "Okay, it just so happens that Weichen hasn't tasted it either." ”

Ding Daqiang followed behind him and whispered: "Most of the shops on this street belong to the three major families in Lingnan, and now this herbal tea shop belongs to the Tong family." ”

After his introduction, Xia Jing noticed that there was really a Tong Ji emblem on the counter.

"Since most of the shops on this street are the shops of the three major families, how did you buy my two shops?"

Ding Daqiang laughed, "Small businesses can't be opened by being squeezed, and they are cheapened by small ones." ”

The herbal tea shop was divided into two floors, and Xia Jing and the others were led to the private room on the second floor.

The wooden staircase leading from the first floor to the second floor creaks when stepped on because of its age.

Mr. Zhang was dissatisfied with the staircase, "The Tong family has a big business, and how to do business is not even repaired in the hospitality place!" Will business be good on such conditions? ”

Xiao Er, who was leading the way in front, turned around and smiled: "Don't worry about the guest officer, our shop business is not bad." ”

After that, he pointed to the many individual customers sitting in the hall on the first floor.

Mr. Zhang glanced back and said unconvinced: "It's still early to leave the guest like a cloud." ”

Xiao Er: "."

It's the first time I've met a guest who raises a bar.

"Thank you, Mr. for reminding us, we will continue to work hard."

The sound from the second floor attracted several people to turn their eyes and found that it was the eldest young master of the Tong family.

"Yo! It's really fate, I was able to meet Tong Ji Shao's family here, and I admired it for a long time. ”

Mr. Zhang's yin and yang weird tone attracted the side glances of Xia Jing and several people.

Tong Song laughed at his words.

His eyes fell on Xia Jing, wearing an azure skirt, with three thousand strands of hair gently pulled behind her head, and her posture was natural.

Judging from her appearance, she really can't tell that she is already the ancestor of the palace, and her sons are about to grow up.

"The princess can come to the small shop, let us remember Peng Shen, can you let Xiaosheng treat you today?"

Xia Jing pursed her lips and bowed slightly.

Outside, she hasn't really been in contact with the people of the three major families, and this opportunity is rare, and she can't say anything if she doesn't go his way.

"Princess, please!" Tong Song made a gesture of please.

Tong Song heard that they had come up to drink herbal tea, so he asked Xiao Er to serve a bowl to each of them, and by the way, he made another pot of black tea.

Mr. Zhang saw Xiao Er withdrawing, and came out again to find fault, "Don't you drink the herbal tea in Young Master Tong's own shop?" ”

Young Master Tong smiled: "Mr. misunderstood, herbal tea clears heat and detoxifies, it is cold by nature, it's okay to drink it once or twice once in a while, it can't just drink it every day because it's your own thing, right?" ”

As he spoke, he looked at Xia Jing, "However, for those of you who have just arrived in Lingnan, because you have not yet adapted to the climate of Lingnan, you can drink more to relieve the heat, so as not to get on fire and bubble when you get it." ”

"Oh, no wonder I feel a little hot these days, it turns out that the weather is too hot." Xia Jing is not averse to drinking herbal tea, but she doesn't know how it tastes?

Tong Song said softly: "It will be better to get used to it for a while." ”

While chatting, Xiao Er walked in with herbal tea.

Xia Jing looked at the herbal tea in front of her like Chinese herbal juice, "Isn't this herbal tea in your shop a Chinese medicine soup?" ”

Mr. Zhang nodded: "Aren't you selling pork on the head of a sheep?" ”

Tong Song took a deep breath, "Yes, it's made from herbal tea bags." The people of Lingnan are like this, and they can drink it at any time if they have a demand outside, and the poor like to boil it themselves. ”

Mr. Zhang: "."

He suspected that this kid was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, which meant him!

I wanted to go back and boil it by myself, but as soon as this kid's words came out, whether he would boil it or not, if he boiled it, then he would admit that he was poor.

Tong Song looked at Xia Jing, "Princess, I heard that you have been busy clearing the wasteland recently?" ”

"Yes."

Xia Jing looked at the herbal tea on the table and took a sip, "It doesn't taste very good, how can anyone like to drink this?" ”

"It's good that the princess is used to drinking." Tong Song poured a cup of black tea and pushed it in front of her.

Xia Jing took two sips of black tea, and the bitterness in her mouth eased a lot.

Tong Song pulled the topic back again, "If the princess encounters any difficulties in clearing the wasteland, she can come to me, and I will definitely help if she can." ”

Xia Jing put down the teacup and exhaled, "Don't say it, this concubine really has something to trouble Young Master Tong to help." ”

"Oh?" You're welcome!

Xia Jing thought about the materials she lacked, "There is really a shortage of materials in the wasteland now, such as farming cattle, horses, farm tools, seeds, building materials, etc., it would be better if you borrowed a few more craftsmen." ”

The corners of Tong Song's mouth twitched, he really had a lot of appetite, and the Tong family was a little distressed when he took out so many supplies.

As long as he was not in the mansion, the eldest young master of the Tong family regained his self-confidence, and after hearing this, his momentum instantly weakened a lot.

"Princess, are you kidding me? The materials you are talking about are in short supply no matter where they are placed. ”

Mr. Zhang didn't wait for Xia Jing to speak, he said in disgust: "The dignified young master of the Tong family, do you want to break your word and get fat?" ”

Tong Song took a deep breath, his face was quite calm, "Princess, I will give out some of the materials I want from our Tong family, including only twenty ploughing cattle, ten horses, and a few other materials, but it will not be outrageous, because the Tong family does not have much." ”

Mr. Zhang glared angrily, "We have tens of thousands of hectares of wasteland, and you actually say that there are only twenty horses and ten horses, and you can handle this?" What about sending Hanako? What do you think of our palace, what do you want to eat? ”

Tong Song wanted to take back the words that he wanted to help at the beginning, which is called Huazi, it is simply a group of robbers!

Tens of thousands of taels were robbed before, and then more than 200,000 taels were robbed, and now they are robbing again due to lack of supplies.

Is there any heavenly reason!

Xia Jing didn't talk nonsense, and told him directly: "We bought it with silver, 3,000 ploughing cattle, 2,000 mules and horses, and a few others, you look at it." Concubine Ben wants to rely on Young Master Tong's influence in Lingnan, and this difficulty should be able to help us solve it! ”

So don't get her wrong.

Hiss!

A few people around gasped, the princess ate garlic for breakfast, and her breath was really not small.

Even Tong Song, who has always been good-tempered, wanted to sneer.

may be due to the habit of the businessman, he directly began to bargain, and directly cut the amount quoted by Xia Jing in half and then in half.

"You can only get together seven or eight hundred cattle at most, and it is even more difficult to get together mules and horses, only five hundred at most, and I'll try to make some of the rest for you. Princess, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's really that the situation in Lingnan is special, and the property of the people on the border cannot be guaranteed, so the people naturally don't dare to raise more livestock. ”

Mr. Zhang endured the bitterness in his mouth and put down the herbal tea bowl, "The young master of the Tong family is really worthy of doing business, and the bargaining is not as ruthless as you, just cut it in half and cut it in half, you like to act like this, do your business partners know?" With tens of thousands of hectares of wasteland for the princess, your hundreds of ploughing cattle are simply not enough! ”

As soon as these sarcastic words came out, Tong Song's face darkened.

"Sir, since you think things are so easy to do, why don't you try a few other ones?"

Mr. Zhang: "Master Tong, don't worry, the old man is telling the truth, tens of thousands of acres of land, the little ploughing cattle you said is really not enough." ”

"The construction of Lingnan, starting from the opening of the wasteland, the ancestors of the Tong family have taken root in Lingnan for generations, and I believe that the young master Tong does not want Lingnan to lag behind other state capitals, right?"

Tong Song waved his hand, frowned, and said, "Don't talk to me about righteousness, speaking about righteousness is tantamount to playing hooligan." ”

Xia Jing raised her eyebrows, and asked with a chuckle: "Young Master Tong, let's just say a real number, but the number just now is definitely not enough." ”

Tong Song pondered for a while, "The limit is the amount you report, cut it in half." ”

Xia Jing also experienced the horror of the family at this time, a large number of materials were occupied by them, living a luxurious and erosive life, but the people at the bottom were living a hard life.

She has been in Fucheng for such a long time, she sent people to the livestock market, and she only bought less than thirty ploughing cattle in so many days.

And the family can make up hundreds or thousands of heads casually, and the gap is really too great.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you." Xia Jing agreed.

"I'm sorry I couldn't help the princess solve all the troubles."

Xia Jing shook her head, "You've done your best." ”

Wait to leave from the herbal tea shop.

Sitting in the carriage, Hongmei asked puzzledly: "Why is the princess so good at talking in the end, and not letting the Tong family contribute much?" ”

When Xia Jing heard this, she laughed: "Concubine Ben originally thought that everything would be fine if he helped me solve five hundred ploughing cows, but I didn't expect it to exceed twice the estimate, so what's not to be satisfied with?" ”

In fact, I didn't expect to meet Tong Song at the beginning, let alone that he was willing to help.

The most unexpected thing was that he helped her raise 1,500 heads and 1,000 mules and horses.

How can this pie-in-the-sky thing be let go?

It's just that a lot of silver is needed to buy this batch of materials, and your own money is not enough at all.

We'll have to find a way to get enough money!

Do you want to take advantage of these days to go out and rob the bandits' den?

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