Xia Xun discovered that there were many things to do when opening a bathhouse, such as purchasing firewood, towels, bathing supplies, arranging for payment, boiling water, bathing, and miscellaneous things. Fortunately, the shopkeeper was
The original team members have all been retained by Xia Xun, and everything is still the same, so he doesn't need to worry too much.
Just because a large number of troops suddenly arrived in Texas, the number of men taking baths increased sharply, so Xia Xun hired a few new burly men to expand the team of bath masters. This made the bath master Lao Jia very unhappy. Lao Jia was a Baiquan gangster.
We are old people in the hall, and the couple are both highly skilled bath masters here. They can perform massage, back tapping, pedicure, cupping, and scraping. All their skills are impressive. Brother, the couple is basically the same as the foreman in the mixed hall.
The same characters.
Recently, because his wife was pregnant, he had to go home to recuperate. Lao Jia lost half of his income. He originally hoped that there would be more customers and he would work harder to make some money for the family. Who knows, the shopkeeper hired a few more people to come back.
The new guy looked so big and thick, he was clumsy when taking a bath, and when there were a lot of people, he even took away his business.
But he could only complain, after all, he was the shopkeeper. Especially the new shopkeeper was very easy to talk to. He introduced his sister-in-law to come to the hall to find some work, and Shopkeeper Xia readily agreed. She used to be the shopkeeper.
He collected the money himself and now handed over this easy job to his sister-in-law. Lao Jia felt that the shopkeeper was selling him face, and he felt very proud in front of other bath masters and his own mother-in-law.
However, after only a few days, Lao Jia felt that something was wrong. He felt that the shopkeeper's decision to leave his sister-in-law to work was not necessarily for his sake. He found that the shopkeeper was very kind to his sister-in-law, and she smiled before she said anything.
She is always very polite. His sister-in-law is called Su Xinchen. She is a pretty girl with a flowered handkerchief on her head and a jade hairpin skirt. She looks a bit rustic, but if you look closely, she is actually quite attractive.
Later, I found out that shopkeeper Xia was in her thirties and had not married yet. Old Jia became even more worried. He reminded his sister-in-law several times in private, telling her not to give Xia a good look and stay away from him.
The girl didn't listen to him either, and quite liked being clingy with Shopkeeper Xia. Whenever Lao Jia threw his arms around the soldiers in the bathhouse, he could faintly hear his sister-in-law's silvery voice coming from the front hall.
He was particularly upset when he laughed.
"Shopkeeper, you haven't been in this business before, right?"
Su Xinchen put her hands on the counter, holding her chin and looking at Xia Xun.
Xia Xun said: "Yes, originally my hometown was in the north. King Yan rebelled and there was war and chaos everywhere, so he fled here. Thinking about it, you can't just sit back and rest. It just so happened that the shopkeeper here wanted to resell the hall.
It’s not a difficult job, as long as you endure hardships, I’ll take it.”
"Oh, I said so."
Su Xinchen rolled her dark eyes, looked around, and quietly approached Xia Xun: "Shopkeeper, I think you are a real person, and I can't bear to see you being bullied. I have to tell you something."
Xia Xun quickly came over and asked, "What's the matter?"
The little girl covered her mouth and whispered: "I tell you, shopkeeper, don't be so economical. Even if you don't go with us to purchase saponins, polyporus, and bath beans, you have to find someone you trust."
Jin Zhan, who is in charge of purchasing, is a man who likes to take advantage of the situation. The previous shopkeeper was very shrewd. He didn’t dare to tease others or bully you, the new guy, who doesn’t know how to do it..."
Xia Xun frowned: "What's wrong? Where did you lie to me?"
Su Xinchen said: "Well, look, these soaps, he used to buy them all were of the lowest quality, and put them in there for guests to use as they pleased. How much can be used? Now, all the soaps he bought were of the lowest quality.
The best one, this one, is called facial medicine. It has the effect of chilblain ointment and a fragrance. It is much more expensive than the original one. He bought it and charged the store a lot of benefits, but you, the shopkeeper, will lose the money.
?”
"Huh? There is such a thing?"
Xia Xun's frowned brows suddenly widened. He patted the counter and said, "I'll go find him!"
"Ai!"
Su Xinchen grabbed him and said, "Shopkeeper, don't be so arrogant. He is such an old man and can't keep his composure like a yellow-haired girl like me. Let me tell you, why is Jin Zhan responsible for purchasing here? He
My uncle is a well-known gangster in our Texas city. If we let his relatives work here, we can save a lot of trouble. After all, don't be too hard on him, just give him some guidance to calm him down.
It’s done.”
Xia Xun couldn't help laughing after hearing this, nodded and said: "Yes, I understand."
Xia Xun turned around to find Jin Zhan, who was in charge of purchasing. Su Xinchen held her chin and stared at his back, smiled happily, and said to herself: "The shopkeeper's smile is quite pretty..."
"Lao Jin!"
Xia Xun slapped a box of noodles in front of him: "How much of this kind of noodles did you put in?"
Jin Zhong was shocked when he saw it. He watched coldly for two days and saw that the shopkeeper was indeed a novice, so he wanted to get more benefits. Unexpectedly, although he had a cousin who was considered a capable person in Texas, he could not let others
The shopkeeper grabbed the handle with his own hands, and he was so embarrassed that he stood up with a blushing face and said sarcastically: "Shopkeeper... Shopkeeper, it's like this. When I went to buy it, the soap we often purchased happened to be out of stock.
, but there have been a lot of guests recently, so I’m thinking about it…”
Xia Xun smiled and said: "Stop scheming, go quickly and buy back all the soaps that can also cure chilblains in our Dezhou city. Don't leave even a single box behind, do you understand?"
"ah?"
Jin Zhan was a little dazed and said: "Buy them all... buy them all?"
Xia Xun said: "By the way, if you buy them all, you have to make sure that all the goods are with us. I know you can get some benefits from the store..."
Jin Zhan blushed and defended: "The shopkeeper..."
Xia Xun waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, you can make more this way. I'm not afraid of you making money, but you have to do one thing for me."
Jin Zhan hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper, you say it, you say it, as long as Lao Jin can do it, he will never frown."
Xia Xun smiled and said: "You will definitely be able to do this. I want you to find some people to help, shout a few times everywhere, especially in front of the soldiers, and shout out the signs for our Baiquan Hungtang, just say
We have a bath in the hot water of Baiquan Huntang, and we also have facial medicine to treat chilblains. You also know that all these soldiers in and outside Dezhou City have just withdrawn from Peiping. There are not many people who have chilblains.
After shouting like this, do you understand?"
Jin Zhan's eyes lit up, he raised his thumb and praised: "Shopkeeper, your head is so useful, it's so tall, it's really tall!"
Xia Xun smiled and said: "Okay, let's go and do things. The first thing is to buy all the noodles and medicine first, and then go to do this. There are so many people coming, and all kinds of sexual equipment are used up."
Everything is much better, and the benefits of you, Lao Jin, are naturally also..., understand?"
"I understand, I understand."
Jin Zhan smiled widely, hurriedly picked up his sheepskin robe, and ran out without even putting it on...
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At the second watch of the day, Baiquan Hungtang stopped accepting customers, and the hired workers also left one after another.
"Shopkeeper, I'm going home with my brother-in-law. See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
Xia Xun smiled as he watched Su Xinchen being dragged out by the sullen old Jia, while stroking his fake beard and making kind and misty gestures.
There were still a few people left in the hall to clean the pool and do the aftermath. Of course, these jobs were the work of the new bath masters. By the time they finished their work, all the other workers had left.
On the door panel, several people gathered around Xia Xun.
There was only an oil lamp lit on the table, and Xia Xun smiled and said: "Okay, tell me, what news did you hear today?"
"Hi! What's the news?"
A big-shouldered man with a big towel on his shoulders, a muscular man with thick eyebrows and big eyes complained. After he finished talking, Xia Xun said calmly: "Well, they said they sleep together in a tent at night.
There are three times as many people as before. They are snoring so loudly that the smell of stinky feet makes people dizzy. Two groups had a fight last night and there were many unfamiliar faces. What does this mean?"
Xia Xun walked around and found that his inspiring speech had no effect. Several big men were like ducks listening to thunder - they did not move (understand) after listening. He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Everyone, you have clearly remembered, you are now
The only mission of secret agents is to collect intelligence. From now on, you have to use your brain more and use less swords. Just killing and killing is not enough. Logically speaking, I should train you well, but time is urgent, so you can only do things at the same time.
, while learning how to do things. Take the things you have heard, Xu Qing, the number of people sleeping in the tent has tripled, what does this mean? At least it means that their military tent is not enough. "
Xu Qingniu rolled his eyes and said, "Sir, I know this, but what's the use?"
"What's the use? First, it means they can't rest well at night. If it goes on for a long time, their combat power will be affected, right? Second, it means they need a large number of military tents, and military tents are easy to burn. If we
If you need to cut off the enemy's supplies, you can know in advance what the enemy is transporting. If you want to attack their supply convoy, you don't even need to get close. You can just launch rockets from a distance to set the tent on fire. This will achieve your goal and reduce the number of people transporting them.
Casualties, right?
Third, it is okay to say that it is winter now, but what will happen if it is summer? One of the most important things in the military is epidemic prevention. Thousands of troops are together. Once an epidemic breaks out, it will be a very scary thing.
, what if I knew this situation in advance and deliberately threw a few sick cats and dogs near their camp, and only a few soldiers got sick? This is just what I thought of in a hurry after listening to your information,
Do you think this is useful?"
"Crack!"
Xu Qing slapped her thigh hard, nodded repeatedly and said: "I understand, I understand, I understand."
Xia Xun laughed and said, "That's not all. When they were taking a bath, you heard them scolding the soldiers transferred from Jingzhou for fighting with them in the same tent. What does this mean? They are Fengyang soldiers, how can they compete with Jingzhou soldiers?"
Mixed together in the same tent? It may be because they have just escaped, and the army is taking in the stragglers who have escaped, and they have not yet been arranged.
It is also possible that Li Jinglong deliberately disrupted armies from different places to prevent them from having different intentions and looking at each other during the war. Don't look at them now. They are fighting happily. Being in the same army can always improve them more than having clear barriers.
Combat strength, not to mention that after getting along for a period of time, you may not be so tense, man. So what is the reason? This requires further intelligence collection."
Xu Qing nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and said sincerely, "Sir, I understand."
Xia Xun asked several people about the fragmentary conversations they had heard, helping them analyze the information behind these words, and finally said: "Do you understand everything? How many ill-intentioned words and unintentional words,
It is very likely to reveal very important information. With this sentence, we may successfully attack the enemy camp and successfully ambush the enemy's marching route in advance. This is much more effective than if you personally go into battle and kill a few people.
Already."
Several of his men nodded one after another, and Xia Xun said again: "Okay, what news did the brothers we called in bring us?"
Several people also reported to Xia Xun the information that the Northern Army secret agent who had accompanied the imperial rebels south and infiltrated into the Southern Army secretly told them while taking a bath. Xia Xun first wrote down all the information, and then
He clicked on it and said in deep thought: "The news they sent back is not much better than the news you learned from the side. Let them hang around for now. If they can't get an important position, they won't be able to get an important position after all."
It’s a military aircraft, but at critical moments on the battlefield, cooperation from inside and outside can also play a big role.”
He closed the small book, raised his head and said, "No more? If there is no other news, just go back to sleep. But, remember it all for me..."
Xia Xun's face became serious and he said sternly: "When you work under me, you must always be vigilant and not drink any alcohol. Now you also know how much important information an unintentional word can reveal. If you don't be vigilant, an unintentional word will reveal
, you may bury us all here, so I say it again, if anyone violates my three commandments, he will be executed immediately once discovered by this officer, do you understand?"
Xia Xun's voice was stern, and he was definitely not joking. Those big men were all veterans of the battlefield who killed without blinking an eye, and their expressions changed in shock.
He seemed to be hesitating to speak, so he said: "What, do you have something to say?"
Xu Qing chuckled and said: "I... I also heard them nagging a woman. I originally thought that women's affairs were nothing important, so I didn't say anything. But after hearing what the adults said, I...
My heart is pounding, and if I don’t say it out loud, I’m afraid I won’t be able to sleep when I go back.”
Xia Xun asked curiously: "Woman? What woman?"
Xu Qingdao: "My subordinates heard that Li Jinglong has a girl with him. She usually wears military uniforms and pretends to be a junior high school student to serve him. This time when she returned to Dezhou, the girl couldn't stay in the military camp and often walked around the city.
We went on a tour and bought some things for women. Li Jinglong doted on this girl so much that he sent several small schools to wait on her. They cursed her while taking a bath. This news is of no use, right?"
Xia Xun was silent for a long time and sighed deeply: "Oh... Xu Qing, of all the information I collected tonight, this one is the most useful!"
"ah?"
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