Zhao Shuqing agreed happily. It took several months for the department store to open for business. After all, he still had modern knowledge in his mind, and he had a photographic memory. , When you need to use it, you can also pull it out from the corner of the knot for your own use.
Since the lazy ancient emperor ordered three years ago, if a craftsman can make something that he thinks is good, he will be rewarded with money and a good record. Originally, Zhao Shuqing did what he said. The mentality is completely different, now he usually says one step, and they have to compete to complete the remaining nine steps in a hurry.
Although he knew that the reason why these people worked so hard was because Wei Mingyan caught a carrot earlier, Zhao Shuqing also had to admit that with the full help of these craftsmen and hard work, it was indeed easier for him to improve Liu Guo than he imagined. a lot of.
As Minister of the Household Department, Zhao Shuqing strictly maintained the good habit of not arriving early and not leaving late, and even his subordinates were almost assimilated into the same temperament by him.
You can work as hard as you want at work, but after work, it's time to relax.
But on this day, when the time came, Zhao Shuqing didn't leave like before, instead he stopped the people who were about to leave, picked up a stack of stiff papers from the table, and handed them out to them.
Someone held the hard paper in his hand, with both surprise and hesitation in his eyes, "My lord, is it okay for us to give these?"
Zhao Shuqing sent out the last coupon, his expression still cold, and he said in a low voice, "The department store has always been busy with our account department, just distributing a few coupons, it's nothing."
What he sent was the coupons for the newly opened department store today. Because the department store is backed by the imperial court, all kinds of items are naturally complete, but some of the store locations that he thought he had to wait for had already been taken away by the merchants the day after the news was released. Swept away.
This is a serious property of the imperial court. As long as the rent is paid, they will enjoy the protection of the yamen here. What's more, people with a discerning eye can know that this department store will definitely become a lively place in the future, after all, it is like it is now. , oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, rice grain seasoning, basic necessities of life, even toys that children love to play with, and there are government servants who are always patrolling. Fortunately, people in other cities will come to buy whatever they want in the future.
However, the business of leasing shops to merchants and collecting rent from the imperial court, which was the most unpopular business, actually made the imperial court a lot of money on the contrary.
Now, those who were still stubbornly opposing in the end also shut up.
In any case, it is worthwhile to make more money in the treasury.
Today, because it is the first day of opening, the mall will also launch a lottery service. For every ten taels of silver spent, you can get a lottery service. The highest prize is 2,000 taels. The prize is the coupon that Zhao Shuqing distributes to colleagues.
If you buy one hundred taels, you can get twenty taels, and if you buy two hundred taels, you can get forty taels.
Although these subtractions are not much, for ordinary people, saving a tael of silver is enough to be happy for a whole day.
As for the officials of the household department, those who have property in their families are fine, but those who have no property in their families live only on their own salaries. It is hard enough just to maintain communication between colleagues. Coupons are definitely not a small amount of money for them.
Some officials took the coupons, thanked them, and stuffed them into their pockets, thinking about what to buy later, but some hesitated to ask them if this would allow people to read a book.
After all, although the department store is run by their household department, it is still considered a treasury industry after all. This coupon is issued to them...
"It's okay, let me talk about it, Your Majesty."
In his twenties, Mr. Zhao, who could be regarded as a young man in the court but had already taken the position of minister, had a cold expression on his face, but his words warmed the hearts of the questioners.
"You just use it, not only our household department, but also several other departments. After working hard for the past few months, you should get some rewards. If there is not enough, just come to me to get it."
Hearing these words, the hearts of the officials present were warmed up again.
In this Manchu Dynasty, only Mr. Zhao would think about his subordinates like this.
In the past, it was okay to not accept their filial piety. Whenever he came up with something new, he was always not afraid of rumors and insisted on distributing it to everyone. He only said last year's coal, and it was getting colder every day. If Mr. Zhao hadn't found such a good thing, the family wouldn't know how to spend it.
After working together for six years, these officials of the household department have long known the fact that Mr. Shang Shu seems to be cold-faced, but in fact he is warm-hearted. They all thanked him and happily took the coupons to figure out how to spend them.
Zhao Shuqing, who was behind him, looked at their backs silently, feeling inexplicably guilty in his heart.
Before the emperor asked him how to make people come to this newly opened department store to shop with confidence and boldness, he was attracted by the greenhouse, so he talked about the modern temptation to shop.
Originally, I just wanted to send coupons, and then attracted buyers to work hard to buy the discounted amount.
Unexpectedly, the emperor was more insidious than he thought, and he directly organized a lottery draw. Only when he bought enough taels of silver could he draw once, and the prize was this coupon.
The rest of the coupons were distributed to the officials to let them be grateful and contribute to filling the treasury at the same time. I really didn't expect that the ancient emperor really had a lot of heart.
In vain, I used to think that although he was playful and lazy, his thoughts were still pure and good.
After Zhao Shuqing resigned, he sat in the carriage and wondered if he had been tricked by this hidden emperor, and opened the curtain to look outside.
Looking at it, he found that a carriage was running over the freshly painted concrete road, and his eyebrows jumped immediately.
Before he could tell the people in front to stop the car to stop the strangers who didn't know that the cement that had just been applied could not be rolled over, a yamen servant came over and scolded him.
The coachman also noticed the movement behind him, and he also knew what his master has been busy with for the past few months, so he turned his head and said to Zhao Shuqing who was looking out, "It must be someone from the capital in the future. There are too many, the villain thought, it should be to see the department store."
Zhao Shuqing thought about it, and lost interest in looking outside, put down the curtain, and concentrated on thinking... Well, what was he thinking just now
After the expensive carriage of the Zhao family left, the driver on the dusty carriage was being reprimanded by the yamen servant with his head bowed, and he was released after repeatedly promising that he would never commit another crime again.
From the beginning to the end, the people in the carriage did not lift the curtain to take a look.
It wasn't until the coachman nodded and bowed to send the two yamen servants away, and drove the car all the way to Fan's house, the woman dressed as a woman in the car got out of the car, and the maid went to knock on the door, and the woman stood there Waiting by the door, he should be in his twenties, but he looks as old as his thirties.
She was the Miss Fan family who was hastily married six years ago to be a concubine with the son of a businessman. It was just that she was still beautiful at that time, and there was always a little arrogance in her brows, but at this moment, only her low eyebrows are pleasing to the eye.
Over the years, her half-brother, who has been promoted steadily in the army and was given a mansion by His Majesty, is not at home for a long time. However, Mr. Fan, who has been walking around the same place, went to the garden after getting drunk for some reason three years ago. Falling into the water, everyone thought he was spending the night outside, and it was not until the next day that Master Fan actually soaked in the water all night like this.
His luck was good and bad. His good luck was that Master Fan found a piece of driftwood after falling into the water. After one night, he didn't die. The bad thing happened. Although he didn't die, he was soaked in the late autumn water. Yi|Ye also broke down, and almost died of a serious illness.
Afterwards, it was Fan Yuan who begged the Imperial Physician in the palace and exhausted all the precious medicinal materials to save Lord Fan's life. Paralyzed on the bed, his consciousness was clear, and his body still had sensations, but he couldn't even speak a word.
Fan Yuancai, a dutiful son, waited on the bedside for a long time, until the battle became tight and His Majesty urged him to leave his father's bedside with great reluctance, and handed Mr. Fan over to Mrs. Fan's care.
Before handing it over to Mrs. Fan, he also kindly told his stepmother that Mr. Fan kept an outer room outside, and that outer room also gave birth to a son who was only one year younger than the younger brother in the house.
After receiving this news, Mrs. Fan took more care of her husband.
Lord Fan lived like this for three years without life or death.
When Miss Fan went to Beijing, she had nowhere to go.
She gave her body to her current husband because she wanted to marry His Majesty. When she found out the truth, Miss Fan refused to accept this fact, and she often ignored her husband. He was also a good-natured man, and he kept coaxing her It was fine for her to be like this at first, but when she had to follow her husband to Jinling and actually enter his room as a concubine, it was considered that she had suffered a lot.
Although Miss Fan is the daughter of an official family, she only has some banknotes that Mrs. Fan gave her, and she has no serious dowry. After that, the Fan family never came to visit from Kyoto, and they didn't have the temper to put up with her anymore.
The mother-in-law sets the rules, the wife in the main house is sneering and sarcastic, the husband who still has some affection for her has a new favorite, and she has nothing to do by herself, Miss Fan has really lived in hell for six years.
At first she was not reconciled, she cried and asked the married maid to send a letter to Fan's house, but there was no news.
Until later, she had completely abandoned her previous self-esteem, dressed in gaudy clothes, and re-enticed the businessman's son to come to her room. Who would have imagined that just after being favored, the businessman and his son went to escort the goods and encountered bandits? The two died together in the mountains, and the woman who left the family alone cried and cried but didn't know what to do.
The main house has a son, but Miss Fan has nothing to do. When she was favored before, she did not run out of the main house wife, but now she has lost her support. When she was in a panic and didn't know what to do, suddenly the maid beside her came running Looking for it, it is said that many debtors came to the family, and the old lady fell ill due to anger. Now the wife of the main house is in charge of the house, and she is about to sell the family servants and a group of concubines to pay off the debts.
Miss Fan didn't even need to think about where she would be sent after being sold.
She panicked all of a sudden, took her usual jewelry savings, and took advantage of the chaos to rush out with her maid.
Even if the family refused to have any contact with her for six years, it was better than being sold to that dirty place.
What reassures Ms. Fan is that although the Fan family is no longer what it used to be, Mrs. Fan is still her own mother. After seeing her daughter in just a few years, it has become so vicissitudes. Mrs. Fan cried my heart out. My son, I welcomed my daughter back home.
It's not that she didn't think about contacting her daughter at first, it's just that Mrs. Fan said that such a sister who was a concubine for a businessman was not good for her son. After crying, she chose her son. No matter how much she hurt her son, Mrs. Fan's heart softened.
Miss Fan returned home, only to find that this home was no longer the home she was familiar with.
There are no longer as many servants in the family as before, but only a few in each courtyard, and even her mother is no longer wearing silk and satin, which looks very ordinary.
She knew before that her father was paralyzed on the bed and could not move, but because Fan Yuancai's reputation had also spread to Jinling, she thought that Fan Jiajian was in the emperor's heart. Thinking that the home is so shabby.
When her daughter asked about this, Mrs. Fan's smile became a bit ugly, "The wars have been going on for the past few years, and your eldest brother was given a house by His Majesty, and he is not in Beijing all the time. I won't see you for a month." He did it once."
Miss Fan was suddenly surprised and asked, "Didn't elder brother always respect mother? Didn't he take the initiative to respect mother?"
Mrs. Fan showed a bit of bitterness on her face, "Your elder brother, he is no longer what he used to be."
He has gone through many years of war, and he is no longer the young man who was easy to fool and admired her.
When Mr. Fan was paralyzed on the bed, he could do the evil thing of starving his father for three days, and he never avoided Mrs. Fan, even if he was sure she still counted on his youngest son to grow up safely.
Thinking that her daughter had cheated Fan Yuan a few times before, she quickly pulled Miss Fan and told her carefully, "Take care when you come back, mother will find your husband's house for you, but don't bother your elder brother."
Miss Fan agreed with her mouth, but she didn't think so in her heart.
In her heart, Fan Yuancai was still the one who could go to the prime minister's mansion regardless of his reputation and make a scene as long as she just said a word. As long as she begged in front of him, he would definitely be able to ask for a good marriage.
What she cares more about at the moment is Zhao Shuqing, who has made a marriage contract and is now a supreme minister and has never been married.
Why has he been refusing to marry a wife
Is it for her
And on the night when Ms. Fan returned home, the department store opened, and the people who had been waiting for a long time carefully gathered around, holding money in their arms but looking at the yamen servants standing by the door with long knives in their hands. Dare to go in.
Officials who got coupons issued by the imperial court walked in first one by one. Seeing that they really picked and wandered inside, the common people walked in with a little excitement.
Speaking out, they can be regarded as shopping with the officials and gentlemen.
The lottery draw outside the door has never been interrupted, and the excitement is still going on at night.
The second day is the Lantern Festival.
Zhao Shuqing took the opportunity to launch the Lantern Festival event in the shopping mall. Buy one get one free for products that cost one or two.
Of course, before the brand was put up, the merchants raised their prices first.
Immediately, the mall became even more lively.
On this day in Kyoto, there are dots everywhere, and people walk among the crowd with lanterns, wandering around looking for fun.
Wei Mingyan was also strolling around, when he saw a man riding a child on his neck, the father and son passed by them smiling.
He folded the fan in his hands, and enthusiastically proposed to Zhao Shujiu who was dressed as a man next to him, "When our baby is born, I will try this too."
Rao has long been used to his inconspicuousness, Zhao Shujiu's fair cheeks blushed unavoidably, and reminded in a low voice, "This... I'm afraid it's not very elegant."
"It doesn't matter if it's ugly, as long as it's not written in the law that you can't do it, I can do it."
After Wei Mingyan finished speaking, he smiled at the people beside him, "Unconsciously, it has been eight years since you and I made a marriage contract. In the first year, we went to Jiangnan, in the second year, to Miaozhou, and in the third year. Then Xucheng, Jiu'er, take a look, if there is anything else to add."
Zhao Shujiu really thought about it seriously, and suggested, "I heard that you are famous for its mountains and rivers."
"Okay, then add Youcheng."
The emperor agreed very happily, anyway, where to play is not to play.
After the two discussed it, they happily went shopping together again. In the past few years, they were used to going out and playing together. They were familiar with each other, eating, drinking, and playing along the way. Until late at night, people almost dispersed. Then he walked to the prime minister's mansion very reluctantly.
On the way, Zhao Shujiu was still regretful, "If we had known that we would leave so quickly, we should have eaten vegetarian food first."
"Nothing, tomorrow I will retire early, and then we will eat together."
"And that Jiang Kee's clear water noodles."
"I will eat Qingshui noodles in the future. I heard from Zhang Yuan today that there is a new bun shop in the back street. It tastes good. Do you want to go there in the future?"
Zhao Shujiu was about to happily answer, when he suddenly thought of something and stopped, he touched his round belly and his almost eighteen-year-old round belly hesitantly, and said hesitantly , "I seem to have gained weight these few days."
"You are still young, you are growing your body if you are fatter."
Zhao Shujiu was immediately amused. At this moment, there were no other pedestrians on the street except their guards, and they no longer shy away from addressing them. "Your Majesty, don't tease me. I'm already so old, how can I grow taller?"
She remembered for a moment that in the past few years, every time His Majesty coaxed her to go out to play together, he told her to eat more things to grow her body, although she really loved eating those things.
"Life is alive, eat, drink and have fun."
"But if you eat fat, you will be laughed at by others..."
Even though he was about to turn 30, the man who was still handsome and striking naturally stretched out his hand, pinched the flesh on her face, his eyes were serious and gentle that Zhao Shujiu was not used to, "Just as long as you like it, don't worry about other things."
"My queen, why should you care about other people's opinions?"
Zhao Shujiu's face became hot, "Your Majesty..."
"His Majesty."
Zhao Shuqing, who happened to be back at this point, saw this scene as soon as he came over, his eyes widened on his usually expressionless face, and he walked forward quickly, crossing between the two of them.
Under his rare angry gaze, Wei Mingyan smiled lightly, and slowly withdrew his hand, "Why did Shuqing return home now, but it's too late?"
Zhao Shuqing's face seemed to turn black again, and every word he spoke seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, "I need to take care of the shopping mall, but it's not like your majesty, who can play around."
"It's fine to leave these matters to the subordinates, so why do you have to go on stage yourself?" The emperor seemed not to notice Zhao Shuqing's dark face at all, and said with a smile, "Look at me, don't you just leave everything at ease?" Is it handed over to you?"
Thank you so much!
"Okay, don't you want to be busy for a while? In this way, you can take a good rest tomorrow. The Lantern Festival will be lively for a few more days. You don't have to worry about anything, just have fun."
That's about the same.
After getting the holiday, the gloom in Zhao Shuqing's heart was immediately wiped away.
Although he thought that his younger sister would marry the man in front of him soon, but seeing that they got along well and that the ancient emperor had really insisted on not wanting another woman for eight years, the injustice in his heart slowly subsided again.
Although I have been complaining behind my back, I have to say that, as an ancient man, the emperor was a little lazy, a little playful, a little self-motivated, a little cheeky, a little shameless, and a little whimsical. not bad.
At least it's fun to give leave.
Zhao Shuqing slept soundly that night, and waited happily until the next day. When he got up early, he looked at this potted flower and then that potted flower. Then he put on his coat with satisfaction, and prepared to go to the greenhouse of the shopping mall to continue admiring his own flowers.
As soon as he went out, he didn't know why he bumped into a woman. Seeing the woman screamed in surprise and was knocked to the ground, Zhao Shuqing, who obviously didn't hit him very much, flashed two words of "Pengci" in his mind. words.
Oh, no, this is the modern age, no porcelain granny.
The woman was still on the ground clutching her ankle and screaming in pain, and she didn't follow anyone around her. Zhao Shuqing, as a good person cultivated in modern times with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, art and labor, naturally felt obliged to extend his kind hand.
"Come on, get up quickly."
Miss Fan on the ground blushed when she heard this faint but extraordinarily gentle voice because of her appearance, she stretched out her hand coquettishly and placed it on Zhao Shuqing's palm.
When she barely managed to stand up, Miss Fan blessed her body slightly, and thanked softly, "Thank you, sir."
"You're welcome."
Zhao Shuqing asked very kindly, "If you are in severe pain, ma'am, why don't you take it to the hospital?"
big, ma'am
The shyness on Miss Fan's face immediately fell, and she looked at the handsome man in front of her in disbelief.
Seeing the innocence on his face, the grief and indignation in his heart deepened.
She withdrew her hand and ran away crying with tears in her eyes. The servant girl who was hiding aside hurriedly followed, leaving only Zhao Shuqing standing where she was, with a confused look on her face.
"My lord, what are you looking at?"
The servant behind him finally found the lost master, and hurriedly joined him.
Zhao Shuqing frowned and turned around, "Nothing."
This aunt, sprained her ankle and ran so fast.