Farewell to his mentor Xu Jie, Zhu Pingan returned to Tingyuxuan in the Hou Mansion. As soon as he entered Tingyuxuan, Zhu Pingan discovered a surprise.
There is a bathtub in the courtyard. It looks familiar at first glance, and even more familiar upon closer inspection.
Well.
Isn't this the bathtub that Xu Fan carried and hawked along the street for three hundred taels of silver? Isn't it the favorite bathtub of his father Xu Jie?!
Ahem
At that time, I had just entered the Xu Mansion, and when I heard Xu Fan say these words, I was still complaining in my heart, thinking who would spend 300 taels of silver to buy a second-hand bathtub. 300 taels of silver is equivalent to more than 20,000 yuan in RMB.
Well, the bathtubs of the Ming Dynasty were not modern high-tech bathtubs with massage and other functions. How could a bathtub made of wood be worth 300 taels of silver?
What kind of bastard would buy a second-hand bathtub for use?!
Never would I have imagined that the person I was thinking was the one being wronged at that time was myself.
"Gee, uncle, do you like it? Miss spent three hundred taels of silver to buy this specially for my uncle."
Baozi's little maid Hua'er popped out of nowhere, like a little butterfly, giggling and appeared next to Zhu Pingan, stretched out her chubby hand and patted the bathtub, blinked her big watery eyes, and looked at
Zhu Pingan asked.
When Zhu Ping'an heard this, he was stunned for a moment. If he was allowed to use the second-hand bathtub that Xu Jie often bathed in, it would be a huge challenge.
Although Zhu Pingan had no mysophobia, Zhu Pingan was a little daunted when he thought that this bathtub was a bathtub that had been passed down from Xu Jie's family for two generations.
"Hun said, who is going to use the broken bathtub that a smelly old man used? Let him put it in the warehouse and put it in any corner, so as not to be an eyesore."
Li Shu arrived gracefully, wearing an off-white cloud-smoked sweater embroidered with elegant plum blossoms, a meandering red skirt with ancient patterns of double butterflies and clouds, holding a Suzhou embroidered fan with a picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water, and a charming face.
In the third spring month, a pair of watery eyes shone with hope, he smiled, and his slender hand flicked the forehead of Baozi's little maid Hua'er.
"Miss, it hurts." Baozi's little maid covered her forehead with her chubby hands and looked at Li Shu with tears in her eyes.
Boom.
Li Shu flicked the buns again, and said with an angry smile: "This is what hurts."
The little maid Baozi let out a cry of pain and stretched out her chubby hand to cover her forehead again. This time it really hurt a little.
"Miss, why do we spend 300 taels of silver to buy a broken bathtub? It looks like it has been used." The little maid Baozi rubbed her forehead and asked in confusion.
"It's such a good opportunity, why don't you buy it?" Li Shu smiled sweetly, her beautiful eyes looking forward to it, "Are you your husband?"
Well.
All right.
It's a pity that this girl Li Shu is not an official.
Zhu Ping'an smiled bitterly and touched his forehead. Li Shu was more suitable to be an official than him. If Li Shu were a man, he would definitely be better and more successful than his official.
Well, if you buy it, just buy it. It can be regarded as helping the teacher as a disciple.
I just owed Li Shu another three hundred taels of silver.
hehe.
Why do I feel like I'm going further and further down the road of being a soft-boiled person? No, no, I'm a tall man and don't support my family. How can I keep spending Li Shu's money?
Having to find a way to make money, Zhu Pingan once again thought about the tertiary industry and decided to put it into action this time.
There will be many places to spend money in the future.
Don't think about your salary. On the one hand, your salary is too small, and on the other hand, your salary for this year has been deducted by Emperor Jiajing's last imperial edict.
Therefore, now that I have no source of income, I can only create a tertiary industry if I want to make money.
At noon, Wang Shizhen and Zhang Siwei came to visit together. After they heard that Zhu Pingan had been fined one hundred and sixty taels of silver, they were worried that Zhu Pingan was in a hurry and couldn't get enough money, so they came together to send money to Zhu Pingan.
Already.
It's a timely help.
Xinyi accepted it, but Zhu Ping'an confiscated the money because the fine had already been paid with Li Shu's strong support.
After hearing that Zhu Pingan had collected the money to pay the fine, Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen stopped insisting.
Zhang Siwei smiled and joked, I told Wen Sheng a long time ago not to worry about Zihou. Zihou is the son-in-law of Linhuai Marquis Mansion. I heard that Zihou's father-in-law is quite wealthy, so this fine of silver means nothing.
Wang Shizhen also laughed.
Zhu Pingan smiled helplessly and shook his head. Although Zhang Siwei and the others were joking, they once again strengthened Zhu Pingan's belief in creating the third industry.
Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen had to go to work in their respective yamen in the afternoon. After Zhu Pingan invited them to have a brief lunch in the outer courtyard of the Hou Mansion, they said goodbye and went to work. Zhu Pingan sent them all the way outside the mansion.
The three of them separated at the end of Gonghou Street. Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen went to work, while Zhu Pingan went to the Qihuamen area of Dongcheng District alone.
The Qihuamen area in Dongcheng District is an area that Zhu Pingan was optimistic about last time, and it is the best choice for establishing the tertiary industry.
This is the most prosperous area in the imperial capital besides the "first three gates", and the flow of people is even greater than that of the first three gates.
This is the only place where the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal leads to the imperial capital. It is the economic lifeline of the entire Ming Empire. Food is transported by water, merchants come and go, contributions from all directions are made, and officials, merchants, civilians, and laborers come and go incessantly. Qihua Gate
There is a constant flow of traffic.
Zhu Pingan was optimistic about this location last time and had preliminary considerations about the type of tertiary industry.
Catering.
The third industry initially planned by Zhu Pingan is the catering industry. The Qihuamen area has a huge flow of people, so the catering industry is the most suitable one. The catering industry is an industry with low entry barriers and high profits.
To initially test the waters, Zhu Pingan plans to target the common people and Lifu, and make popular catering. Zhu Pingan has inspected that in this area, the base of ordinary people is the largest compared to merchants, officials. Zhu Pingan is a modern person.
I am a grassroots foodie. When I was in school, I ate almost all the fast food restaurants and small restaurants nearby. I know the most about the modern fast food industry and affordable restaurants. Of course, compared to high-end restaurants, the investment cost of this kind of popular catering is also much lower.
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The last time Zhu Pingan brought his naughty kid and little lolita Niuniu here for an inspection, there was a lot of room for improvement in the restaurants in this area that catered to common people and Lifu. Whether it was dishes, services, marketing, etc., they were far from modern.
Already.
A pot of tea is charged, the food is expensive, especially meat dishes, the serving speed is slow, the food is lacking, the service attitude is bad, the environment is bad, there are a lot of problems, the list is endless, and none of them are very popular.
Zhu Ping'an plans to open a popular catering to test the waters, healthy catering, and benefit the people. It will not only benefit the people, but also provide him with multiple incomes. Why not do it.