Looking at the large piece of land in front of him, Xie Youcai felt that it was absolutely right to defect to Li Xiao. This is a large piece of land outside Xibianmen. Some people think that it is incomparable to the land in the capital. But Xie Youcai feels that it is better than the land in the capital.

The land inside the city walls is more valuable.

After seeing Li Xiao's renderings, Xie Youcai seemed to see a three-story building in front of his eyes. The house was made of cement, and the exterior walls were covered with ceramic tiles. On a sunny day, the sun shone on the white ceramic tiles, and the holy light made him feel

People dare not look directly.

In Xie Youcai's heart, this is paradise. He has decided that no matter whether he will be punished by Li Xiao afterwards, he must build such a house. My father and mother have lived in the alley all their lives. If they cannot live in such a house,

, Xie Youcai felt that he was worthy of being a son of man.

His identity has changed. He is now Li Xiao's big shopkeeper in the capital and Ai Husheng's most important subordinate. Li Xiao's business in the capital is all decided by him. The world is like this, as long as you have money and power in your hands

, people who flatter you will surround you like flies.

Xie Youcai only sighed for a moment, and there were already several guys with smiling faces standing around him. Some were old, some were young, and there were even some customers who Xie Youcai had served when he was a big teapot.

The guys who would not even look at Xie Youcai in the past are now all hunched over with the most flattering smiles on their faces. They stood next to Xie Youcai and did not dare to speak for fear of affecting Xie Youcai's thoughts.

"Everyone, you are all introduced by the adults in the imperial court. Some are entrusted, and some are the adults' own business. I, Lao Xie, have also been in Sijiu City for decades. If there are more,

Needless to say.

The construction here requires a lot of materials. As long as the quality is up to standard, it will be given to anyone. Since you have people behind you, this business belongs to you. But let’s talk about the ugly things. Our adults want to build a reputation. Who gave you the things?

Damn, don't blame my surname Xie.

My lord is from the military, and my family also practices military law. If I really can't handle the errands well, I, Lao Xie, won't want this head anymore. I am telling the truth, and I will never fool you. Ever since my lord made his fortune in Liaodong,

Any battle is not a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. In the Battle of Jinzhou that just ended, the Tatars chopped off more than 10,000 heads." Xie Youcai turned around and glanced at the usually arrogant guys.

They are all people picked out from your family to take charge of business, and they all have a delicate heart.

"Xie Daguan is joking. In business, you need to be honest. Although we have adults from the court standing behind us, there will never be ambiguity in this business. As long as you find something shoddy, you can deal with it.

I, Lao Yu, poached them with a pair of tricks." Lao Yu, the steward of Cui Chengxiu's family, vowed and patted his chest.

This transaction is a big piece of meat, although the price is a little lower than the public price in the capital. But the quantity is huge! There is no other buyer like this except the palace. If they are not officials, there is no chance to get them.

This kind of business. Now that Xie Youcai is relieved, why don't you quickly finalize the matter?

"If that's the case, I'd like to thank you all if I thank someone." Xie You, the consortium's hand-offers, are all stewards of officials and other people. There will be many things that will be used by each other in the future. When people are messing around on the ground in the capital, they are just messing around with their heads and the ground.

Ripe.

Before Li Xiao left, he also said that the businesses of Cui Chengxiu's family, Xu Xianchun, and Tian Ergen's family must be taken care of. After all, they are all local snakes in the capital. If you really can't get this piece of meat in your mouth, you won't say what's in your heart.

He won't be happy either.

Now Xie Youcai still remembers Li Xiao's words, business must be win-win, the guy who eats alone looks great, and will die the worst in the end.

What a wise saying! I have been living in the capital for more than thirty years, and I have seen the rise and fall of many families. When you are powerful and rich, you are supported by many people, and you are surrounded by smiling faces. Once you are unlucky, those who usually support you, what?

The guy who greets you with a smile every time you see him is often the one who steps on you the hardest.

No matter what business Li Xiao is doing now, he always drags these adults with him. Xie Youcai often says, intentionally or unintentionally, that there are emperors and nine-thousand-year-old members in the business. When he goes to the yamen in the capital to do business, the chief officer comes out to greet him in person. In the past,

Go to these yamen, and the big men will sit there and talk to themselves in the same tone as their servants. They will yell at them loudly at every turn, and their attitude is even worse than that of the dog at the door.

Now everyone is greeted with smiles, and we have to watch tea when we arrive in the lobby.

"Your Excellency, I have prepared a banquet at the Hairpin Flower House. I would like to invite you to honor me. We will come and visit you often in the future, and let us get closer to each other." Lao Jiang, the steward of Tian Ergeng's family, is Jin Yiwei. Today

Although he was not wearing Feiyu uniform and holding a embroidered spring knife, Jin Yiwei's waistband was clearly hanging on his waist.

"Haha! It's better not to go to Hairpin House. My family has opened a restaurant called Dong Laishun. The food is quite unique. I would like to thank someone for the treat today and let you guys try it too." Xie Youcai smiled and handed over his hand.

"Since this is Brother Xie's business, I want to support it. Don't worry, my family's entertainment will be in Donglaishun from now on."

We are all sensible people, and a newly opened restaurant must always have customers to support it. Today, Xie Youcai said it was a treat, but in fact it was a tasting. I just don’t know what this Dong Lai Shun Er is. As long as the cooking is not unpalatable, the restaurant will be good

I want to praise it.

"Haha! In this case, brothers, please!"

There is a three-story single-story building about two miles outside Dong'an Gate, covering an area of ​​six or seven acres. Now it is surrounded by tall courtyard walls, and the majestic building looks square without cornices and brackets. However, the outer wall

They are all embedded in marble and are made by people who have seen the world in the capital. But this is the first time I have seen marble hanging on the exterior wall of a building as smooth as a mirror.

The doors on the first floor are all covered with large floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and individual customers eating and drinking on the terrace can be clearly seen inside. There is a special place for carriages parked at the door, and horses are led into the backyard. This kind of building reflects light everywhere, and it makes you look at it.

So majestic and majestic.

The front entrance is faced with four huge glass doors, all edged with white steel. There are pearl curtains hanging in front of the door. They are all made of fine pearls, each one is the size of a thumbnail. The most amazing thing is that every hanging curtain

There is a small bell made of silver underneath. When the wind blows, it makes a tinkling sound, as if someone is playing music.

I dare not say anything else. I am afraid that this door curtain is not even found in the palace.

There is a plaque hanging above the middle door with three characters written on it: Dong Lai Shun!

"Dong Laishun? Brother, what does this mean?" Lao Qian raised his head and asked as he looked at the plaque.

"My adults are from Liaodong, which means that we people from Liaodong do business in the capital, and everything goes smoothly."

"Oh, good sign, good sign." Lao Yu was born as a scholar and liked this name quite a lot.

"Brother! Is this how you use the marble you ordered?" Lao Qian, the steward of Cui Yingyuan's family, widened his eyes. Cui Yingyuan's family is in the stone business. They do everything from marble to white marble, but most people don't dare to use white marble.

. Let alone a merchant, the use of marble in this place is not illegal. But the price...!

In those days, marble had to be transported from Henan to the capital, and the freight cost alone cost a lot of money. From the perspective of old money, this was not pasting marble on the wall, but money.

"That's how it works! From now on, the exterior walls of our houses will be like this. Every month, we have to send someone to clean them. My adults said that the first priority for this person's place to live is cleanliness. Haha!"

The several stewards looked at each other and secretly made up their minds. No matter what, after the house is built, they must find a way to get such a set up. Living in this kind of house is not a waste of time in this world.

"Welcome!" As soon as they arrived at the door, two cleanly dressed boys bowed with a smile and lifted the pearl curtain.

Stepping into the door, everyone was shocked again. The floor was actually made of marble tiles. The floor was as smooth as a mirror, but not slippery when walking on it. No wonder the price of marble in Beijing quietly increased by nearly 10% last year. It turns out that

It’s all laid out here!

"Shopkeeper, you're here. The private room on the third floor has been prepared for you." A guy in his thirties came out personally to welcome him.

"Okay, lead the way." Xie Youcai was still full of aura on his own floor.

The stairs paved with white marble are a foot wide, with black marble edges inlaid on both sides. The handrails of the stairs are made of yellow brass, polished to a shiny finish. Some fools thought they were made of gold.

I'm drooling at the railing. I have the urge to pry one off and go home!

After going up to the third floor, you can even see the street in front of the palace from a distance. Through the glass window, you can see it is transparent. There are people buying and selling in the market, and there are also policemen patrolling the streets with knives.

.A gust of wind blew over, raising loess into the sky. People on the street covered their mouths and noses, and some even faced the wall with their backs to the street.

The sand and dust hit the thick glass, making a "crackling" sound. But it did not hinder the people inside at all! The spring in the capital is very windy, and strong winds blow every year. In other places, I really don't dare to open the door during this season.

You can’t even see this view from the windows!

Glass is a precious thing, and now only the nobles of the imperial court are eligible to wear it. Even the third and fourth grade officials of the imperial court have not been able to replace the windows of their homes with glass ones. I dare not say anything else. Just this decoration, this

This restaurant can be called the only one in Beijing.

There are bamboo woven hangings hanging on the wall, as well as some landscape paintings, which look extraordinary at first glance. Lao Li and Lao Zhang had some ink in their stomachs, and they talked around the calligraphy scrolls.

"Brother, you must have spent a lot of money on this decoration." Old Yu looked around and saw strange things everywhere. Especially a strange chair in the house, which was soft and soft when he sat on it. Old Yu sat on it and was frightened.

It suddenly popped up. When I saw Xie Youcai sitting on it, I sat down with a blushing face. When I touched it with my hand, it seemed that this thing was made of real leather.

"Haha! Brother, this thing is called a sofa. Sitting on it is far from comparable to an armchair. To be honest, if we have to do things, sitting on an armchair all day is really enough. This thing is soft and made of

It’s high-quality cowhide. If I need it, I’ll have it at Bianyifang. Can I have someone give you a set at home?”

"Oh! Thank you for that, brother."

Customers who need training are all stewards. If you give one set away, they will definitely buy another set for the master. Otherwise, the slaves will use it better than the master, and the steward will not have to do it.

It is impossible for the master to live without a wife, plus the aunt who is more favored in the family. If you count the number of people and give out these sets, you can sell at least a hundred sets of sofas. The wool comes from the sheep, don’t look at that Mr. Ai

Xie Youcai was very young and admired his business skills.

"Brothers, please take a seat!" The copper-edged embroidered lotus partition door of the private room opened, and a very large round table appeared inside. Eight pretty maids stood aside.

This is the first time I have seen this way of eating. There are eight chairs placed under the table. On each chair, there is a copper pot with a lid that is covered with white gas.

The meat on the table is all raw, and the seafood is also raw. A fish was chopped into pieces and arranged in fish-shaped pieces. There are also some unknown vegetables, and I don’t know what kind they are. It’s just that there is no harvest this spring.

It is not easy to have green vegetables to eat.

They were all people who had seen the world and sat on the chairs one after another. As soon as they sat down, they realized that the chairs were not softer than the sofa, but they were also comfortable to sit on. Especially the backrest, which had a bulge at the waist, was particularly comfortable to lean on.

.

The guests and hosts were seated, and the maids each took a piece of cloth as white as snow to surround everyone. Seeing that Old Yu was a little surprised, Xie Youcai quickly explained: "Brother, this thing needs to be eaten with sauce. If

It would be unsightly to wear it when you go out, but with this thing, you won’t be afraid anymore.”

"So that's it!" Old Yu blushed. Old Qian next to him secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he didn't ask stupid questions just now. It would have been so embarrassing if he had asked this question.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Xie Youcai knew that they didn't know how to eat this food.

Smiling slightly, he first picked up an exquisite small porcelain bowl. On the shelf next to him, he scooped out various sauces, stirred them in the bowl, and finally put a handful of coriander in it.

"Brothers, make your own sauce. This sauce is made of sesame seeds. It is the main ingredient. This is the red recipe, this is the leek flower sauce, this is...! Oh, you have to pay attention to this red one. This thing

It's called chili pepper, and it's extremely spicy when you put it in your mouth, as if your mouth is on fire. Brothers, please pay attention!" Xie Youcai introduced the sauce in the same way, and the little maid next to him kindly asked everyone about their taste. Then

With green onion-like fingers, he picked up a silver spoon and scooped out various sauces.

After mixing evenly, place it in front of everyone.

When the lid of the pot was opened, the milky white soup inside had been boiled until fish-eye bubbles appeared. A strong aroma immediately filled the private room.
Chapter completed!