Chapter 8: A humble and good official(1/2)
"Thank you, sir!"
Zhang Yuanwai quickly thanked him, his heart filled with joy.
He didn't expect that he would finally embrace the big tree of Mr. Liu!
But he just heard that Mr. Liu is very concerned about his husband and wants to ask him about his experience of getting acquainted with him.
He later realized that he had taken advantage of Mr. Ning.
If it weren't for Mr. Liu, I'm afraid Mr. Liu wouldn't have easily promised him a shop.
But one thing is that Zhang Yuanwai was wrong.
If he hadn't often helped people, Mr. Liu wouldn't have treated him differently just because he knew Mr. Ning.
However, it has become a habit for Zhang Yuanwai to help the people. He has long regarded it as his own business and does not feel that he is getting any glory from this matter.
I even think that helping others is a normal thing and not worth mentioning.
When Mr. Liu saw Zhang Yuanwai's expression of suppressed surprise, he knew that even if he had something to do tomorrow, he would be fine, so he waved his hand and said: "It's getting late today. Tomorrow I will ask Liang Wenli to go to the restaurant to look for you and bring you."
Go and have a look at that shop."
The words fell.
Lord Liu signaled him to go back and rest.
Wait for Mr. Zhang to say goodbye again and again and leave.
Mr. Liu also summoned a well-educated official in the palace and asked him to go to the restaurant early tomorrow morning to find Zhang Yuanwai and take him to the new shop to have a look.
The good official bent down and held his hands in his hands, remembering Master Liu's instructions.
During this bow and salute, my head almost hit the ground.
Mr. Liu looked at the good official's humble appearance and nodded secretly in his heart. He felt that the good official was capable and humble, so he should help him when the time comes.
Also early the next morning.
Liang Wenli got up early, had something to eat, and was ready to go to the restaurant to find Zhang Yuanwai.
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he left the house, he saw Zhang Yuanwai waiting outside the house.
After.
The two of them arrived at the east side of the city without taking anyone else with them, as if they were just taking a stroll.
The shop Mr. Liu mentioned is located in the southeast of the city.
Counting from outside the city, it is at the corner of the third street, or the entrance and exit of the market.
When Zhang Yuanwai came here, he was attracted by the wonderful location of this store.
But before coming here, he felt that Mr. Liu just randomly placed one for him.
"What do you think of Zhang Yuanwai?" A well-educated official who was over thirty years old stood in front of the shop with his hands behind his hands, his head held high, and he seemed to be giving advice.
"Excellent!" Zhang Yuanwai praised, then turned to the aristocratic Liangwen official and bowed his hands and said: "This is a prosperous place!"
"Of course it's very good!" Liang Wenli said with a smile, waved his hand, took the lead, and motioned for Zhang Yuanwai to come in and have a look.
Zhang Yuanwai followed the words and pushed open the door first.
However, I discovered that there are two other courtyards and several rooms for people to live in.
There is also a large pit in the courtyard, with traces of gravel underneath that have not been cleaned.
See these traces.
Zhang Yuanwai curiously explored and asked: "Mr. Liang, was this originally a house where people lived?"
"Exactly." Liang Wenli said with a smile, then took out a hand from his back and pointed to the pit on the ground, "This is a small rockery. It was moved a few days ago and has not been filled in yet."
He said, looking around the yard again, "And this store was originally a courtyard.
It's just that the location is good, but it was taken over by Mr. Liu.
With a slight modification, it is a store with a wonderful location.
Of course, before Mr. Liu took over the whole thing, there were other members who had already taken a fancy to him.
But the owner of this yard is wealthy himself, so naturally he doesn't care about the money.
But with Mr. Liu coming forward, the favor belongs to Mr. Liu, this is different again."
When the good official said this, he also warned: "Master Liu values Zhang Yuanwai very much. Zhang Yuanwai must not disappoint Master Liu.
If this gold shop is not managed well and does not meet your expectations, you will take it back and hand it over to other shopkeepers.
When the time comes, don’t blame me for not speaking to you."
"The common people will definitely live up to your expectations!" Zhang Yuanwai responded quickly and thanked the civil servant with clasped fists, "Thank you so much, Sir Liang, for your guidance!"
After saying this, Zhang Yuanwai took out two pieces of silver from his pocket and wanted to hand them to Mr. Liang.
Mr. Liang declined briefly and accepted it.
After collecting the money, Mr. Liang smiled a little more, and mentioned something again: "Although I have never done business, I often follow you, and I often deal with those few people, so I have figured out some things."<
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He said this and looked outside the courtyard, "Here in the east of the city, the money-making businesses are nothing more than pawnshops, rice dealers, salt merchants, inns, cloth shops, gold and stone.
There are two rice shops, four inns, and three pawn shops on these streets. The salt merchants and gold and stone merchants are handled by our Jincao people.
There used to be two cloth shops, but one of the shopkeepers had a conflict with a customer a month ago and injured him.
The guest went to the city government office to complain.
The shopkeeper calmly prepared some money and prepared to compensate him.
After that, the shopkeeper was shackled and imprisoned without any trial that night.
Later I found out that the guest was the chief arrester of Ling County.
I inquired with the jailer in the prison and found out that this shopkeeper might not be able to come out within a few years.
His store probably won’t last long without him in charge.
Even if you continue to do it, you may be shut down by Xing Cao's people."
Liang Wenli said, then looked at Zhang Yuanwai, "Zhang Yuanwai's new shop is in a good location. We might as well find some knowledgeable clerks, or wait until the shop is closed down and recruit the clerks there to try the cloth shop business.
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But... I also know that Zhang Yuanwai was a grain merchant and a major grain farmer in Zhou County. As for which industry makes money, I'm just giving my own thoughts.
In the end, it was left to Zhang Yuanwai to make the decision."
"Thank you for your advice!" Zhang Yuanwai heard this and felt that it benefited a lot.
Just a few words made him understand the entire money-making business in Dongcheng.
The good official nodded lightly, accepted Zhang Yuanwai's gratitude, declined Zhang Yuanwai's dinner, and left on foot.
Because he has something to do today.
It was also when Zhang Yuanwai was renovating this store.
As time passes.
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The next morning.
The good official came out of Jin Cao's Mansion and walked straight towards Jin Cao's Mansion.
He also holds a tea shop qualification in his hand.
What Master Liu ordered us to do.
In just two days, this certificate passed through the Jincao Office and the Jincao Account Envoy, and only left a printed copy in the government office in the city, belonging to the business office.
This is equivalent to leaving a file in the government database in duplicate.
What was left in the government office was the certificate proving the existence of this store.
Delivered to the store owner, it is the store deed.
They are all marked with the address, time, and stamp.
If the store needs to be operated by another person, you need to take the store deed to the government for proofreading and cancellation, and then go through the process again.
Now, this original document has also been taken by a good civil servant and sent to the civil servant in charge of archiving in the government office.
The filing clerk looked at the certificate of ownership carefully and saw that there was a blank space for the store's name and surname, leaving room for filling in.
"The store owner didn't come?" He looked at the well-educated official, as if he was used to it.
The good official nodded and pointed to a seal on it, "This is also approved by Mr. Liu, just stamp it and return it to the treasury."
"Okay." The clerk didn't doubt that he was there, and didn't ask too much about why the shopkeeper didn't come.
Because for Mr. Liu, it is very simple to apply for a blank certificate without the owner of the store going there.
To be continued...