Li Sheng is a very ordinary guy. He has never seen a place more than a hundred miles away from his hometown since he was a child. The farthest place he went to was Xiangling County at the age of 17, which was not comparable to Linfen where he lived.
Linfen, where I live, is the capital of Jinzhou. It’s prosperous. Well, others say that. The surrounding counties are poor. People who live in the surrounding counties are naturally stupid. Yes, they are stupid. Some people don’t even know that this place belongs to Hedong. road.
Even the deceased Juren in Xiangling County is not as knowledgeable as the account room of Nanfeng Building where he is located. The account room knows what the sea is like? Knowing that there are big fish that are more than ten feet long in the sea, Juren, who lost the first place, didn't know.
I have been a buddy in Nanfeng Tower for four years, and I am busy every day. Only in Nanfeng Tower can I eat all kinds of things in the sea. It is also transported by boats and carts and horses. Dried goods, soaked in water, will become delicious.
I am usually busy, and I always want to relax, not just myself, but also other folks.
But now that I was really free, I realized that it's better to be busy.
Except for the occasional people who go to Jinju outside, the local people who always come to eat in the past are no longer here. There is no reward for money. Yesterday the shopkeeper also explained that, if this continues, even the monthly wages will not be settled.
They all blamed the three restaurants with the same name in the mansion just now, Shuiyunjian.
I don’t know where the three restaurants get the seafood at the same price. I heard people say it tastes a hundred times better than the Nanfeng Tower. Plus, the guy who wears the same clothes is said to be literate. The son dragged the rich local people over.
why? Three of the same restaurants operate in the same city where the state capital is located. Who has the bad idea? Can you still make money
If there are no more guests, it is estimated that the shopkeeper will be able to quit all the guys in the restaurant next month. I don’t know where to find a way to survive. I don’t know how to read. Shuiyunjian is really idle. What's the use of literacy? I’m not a guy.
"Li Sheng, you are here, don't hurry over to greet you, sit at the door and get paid, come here soon." With the shouts from the restaurant, Li Sheng broke free from his thoughts, hurried in and ran in. The rag for wiping the table was placed on his shoulders, with a flattering smile as before.
"Four people, what can you eat?" Li Sheng habitually wiped the table with a rag, and swept the four guests who came with his eyes, knowing that it was from outside.
One of the four was the youngest and the youngest. The old man closed his eyelids slightly without making a sound. The young man sitting next to him looked at the man, and then at the rag, frowning.
"How long have you not washed this rag? There is also a table, and the worms on the side are all scumming, and it is not a small wine shop on the side of the road."
"What the guest officer said is that if you are a small one, you can change it. The four of you, please go to the next table and sit. The one is not eaten by insects."
Li Sheng slandered in his heart, where is the restaurant not like this? She didn't dare to say it, she still had the same smile as before, catering to the troublemaker.
When the four of them changed positions, Li Sheng also brought another piece of woolen cloth. The color was better than the previous one. He wiped it on the table and asked, "What do you want to eat? The shop has..."
"No need to recite, four bowls of minced chicken and tender bamboo shoots soup, two dishes of light side dishes." The person who had just spoken did not wait for Li Sheng to introduce any dishes, so they ordered one.
Li Sheng's face was embarrassed, and his smile was not as natural as before. He replied: "Guguan, our restaurant, Nanfeng Building, specializes in seafood dishes. There is nothing else. Would you like to change it?"
"Oh, let's have four shark's fin and bird's nest soup, and a plate of fried fresh conch." This person is also easy to talk, and he orders whatever the restaurant manages.
"Ah? Fresh conch? Can you stir-fry the conch meat?" Li Sheng's smile disappeared, thinking that four people would make trouble, otherwise, who could order fresh conch and transport it from a distance to survive
"What? Can't do it yet?"
"This... Guest, the price of fresh conch is a bit high, are you..."
With a sound, another person took the four strings of copper coins out of the package and threw them directly onto the table.
Li Sheng was shocked. He didn't know why this person had brought more than 20 kilograms of copper coins on his body. He bit his teeth and said honestly: "Guest, you are so embarrassed. Who can transport the living conch? Here? Not in our shop."
"I haven't said anything about seafood? We come from the capital, eat and live in the champion building every day, and there is no more here. No wonder we can't continue to operate. Forget it, if you have any soup, you can put it on any soup, just come with a light dish. Up."
This person looked at the old man when he was speaking, and the old man squinted his eyes and nodded slightly, then settled down.
Li Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, and hurried to make arrangements. After the soup came up, he stood aside and waited. Seeing the four people eating there, he wanted to ask several times and held back.
The person who was talking just drank half a bowl of soup, estimated the old man’s eating speed, and paused for a while, so that he could finish eating at the same time with the old man, otherwise it would be rude to let the old man eat by himself, just in time to meet the buddy’s gaze. , Asked:
"But something?"
"It's okay, it's okay, I just want to ask, can the champion building in the capital really eat food from the living sea?" Li Sheng looked at the old man from time to time. He knew that as long as the old man is satisfied among the four, then Do not worry.
The person who stopped for a while suddenly nodded: "Naturally, the champion building belongs to Shuiyunjian, so what about Shuiyunjian's ability?"
"Shuiyunjian? Shuiyunjian again?" Li Sheng hates and yearns for the name Shuiyunjian now.
"Well! Do you know Shuiyunjian here too?"
"I know, Shui Yunjian opened three local stores at the same time, they also specialize in seafood, and the business of Nanfeng Tower is getting worse and worse." Li Sheng replied bitterly.
"Oh? There is also Shuiyunjian here? If I knew it, I went to Shuiyunjian to eat. It is more expensive, but it is comfortable to eat. The rags are all white. You can change them when you wipe them dirty. You can also sell them in Nanfeng Tower. Seafood? I wonder if the owner's surname is Ning?"
This person became interested, and the old man also stopped the unpleasant movement, and opened his eyes slightly.
Li Sheng's eyes opened wider, his face full of doubts, "How did the guest officer know? The owner is named Ning."
"The surname is Ning. Is the price of the food in Shuiyunjian's shop here the same as that of Nanfeng Tower? If you lose, I will definitely go to Shuiyunjian to eat more later."
After this person said this, he saw the dude's still puzzled look, perhaps because he was able to eat cheap food between the water and the clouds, and kindly explained:
"Your boss has offended someone. It's not good to provoke someone. You must go to provoke the Zhang family in Sanshui County. The method is so bad that you beat a banker in the family. Shuiyunjian's revenge is coming, right? Obedient me , Hurry up and leave Nanfeng Tower, Nanfeng Tower will be closed in the future."
"Huh? A farmer was beaten, and Nanfeng Lou invited three seafood shops in Shuiyunjian? The farmer's life is so valuable?"
Li Sheng thinks this fact is fresher than living conch. Is it possible that the Zhang family's farmer is made of jade? Can't touch it
As if he knew what he was thinking, the speaker said: "The things here are complicated and complicated, simple and simple. The head of the Zhang family is an official in the south, next to the head of the Ning family. There is a bit of contradiction between each other. .
The Ning family couldn't deal with the Zhang family's Patriarch, so they hit the Zhang family's banker with their idea. Less than ten days after finishing the fight, the Zhang family started it, like a squally storm, do you know why
The Zhang family is telling other people that if you have the ability to cause trouble, you should directly deal with the head of the Zhang family. Don’t take the people down to talk about it. There is no difference between the subordinates of the Zhang family and the master of the Zhang family. You get revenge. It's the same. Ning's family is over, no one will help Ning's talk.
Other businesses are connected to the Zhang family. People in the imperial court do not only look at who has money, but also who has great ability. The master of the Zhang family’s ability to govern the locality can’t be compared to a hundred Ningzhong. Just listen to me. Change it quickly, go to Shuiyunjian, learn literacy there first, and then work. "
"Ah? That's the way it turns out? But can Shuiyunjian want me?" Li Sheng understood now, he couldn't change anything. If the adults fight, the children should stay away.
"Yes, you don’t know how the Zhang family acts. No matter what kind of business they are doing, they will find local people. They never directly bully a certain store. They always unite first, unless the store provokes them. Yes, even if you get offended, don’t be afraid, the store is gone, and the local buddy Zhang Jiahui will take over.
Officially because of this, the court didn’t take care of it. Zhang’s family has not only restaurants, but also various other shops. When they open a certain place, they will recruit local people for work, even if they are farming. There are always Zhang’s shops. In places where people’s lives will be easier.
Go ahead, if you say you are a guy from the Nanfeng Tower, they can help you arrange and do a good job, maybe they can let you stand on your own and send you overseas to be a steward in a certain place. "
While talking, the man took a slice of melon fried with shrimp and sent it to the old man's plate, and then he lowered his head and ate it.
Li Sheng didn't expect such a result. After being happy, he suddenly reacted, "Guest, how did you know so clearly?"
The man just laughed.
…
The guys who did things for the Ning family are no longer worried, but the master of the Ning family in Qinzhou is worried.
As long as the family's industry is not in Qinzhou, all have been hit, even if the news has not been sent back from further places, Ning Zhong has no chance of luck.
Especially the shops near the capital, which are the foundation of the Zhang family, have been suppressed elsewhere, and they will not run away around the capital.
"It's over, it's over. It's still not enough if the faculty can't keep it. The status in the family is gone."
Ning Zhong knew the seriousness of the matter immediately after receiving one piece of the news back. Looking at the housekeeper who was standing there, he really couldn't push the responsibility to the housekeeper this time.
In the past, the family clearly knew what was going on, and it was considered acquiescence. Now the shops in the family have been suppressed one by one, and the family will not be satisfied if only a housekeeper pushes it out.
"What should I do? What should I do?" Ning Zhong sat paralyzed there, muttering the same words continuously.
The housekeeper sighed beside him. He did not expect the Zhang family to react so fiercely. He would rather lose money than to destroy the Ning family’s business. Originally, he wanted to use this method to force the Zhang family to make concessions. Can't bear it.
The master can't be broken, if the master is broken, he will be finished.
"Master, or else the younger one should go to the master's house and say that it was a small idea. Master, you have made the last paper, said Zhang Zhong's kind words, and asked the court to allow you to go to Luzhou to study, and compromise with Zhang Zhong. Something? Luzhou's construction is almost done, Zhang Zhong should leave, when he leaves, isn't that the master's decision?"
"It's useless, Zhang Zhong has done it. In order to suppress us and lose so much money, why would the Zhang family agree to let go? Change to you, what can you do? If it was before, it's good to say, not to mention that my paper has already been sent. , Zhang Zhong waited for the opportunity, and finally it was delivered to him.
I can’t figure it out. Zhang Zhong is in charge of the lives of the local people while collecting souvenirs from his family. On the other hand, he has a few new businesses and the construction of Luzhou. How can he spare his hands to deal with me
One by one, Zhang Zhong didn’t worry at all, and he solved it lightly. I felt that he was not against me. He was like playing with me. After fighting, I led the soldiers and said that there was a fugitive. , See if Zhang Zhong still wants to play with me? "
Zhang Zhong was cruel and asked to make dangerous moves.
"Master, I can't do it, you must not lead soldiers, then it will be Zhang Zhong's plan. If you don't say Zhang Jiong is afraid of it, the court will not allow it. The people in send it, let them get Zhang Zhong away early."
The housekeeper gave an idea while discouraging.
…
On the Luzhou side, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were also discussing how to make their father leave earlier. It is best to cultivate before the New Year, wherever they go, in the beginning of spring, and go early and busy with spring plowing.