Ximen Qing was a bit dumbfounded, but he didn't realize that this fifteen-year-old boy asked himself three questions in an old-fashioned way.
What does this mean? Employment interview or psychological screening?
Ximen Qing held the mentality of taking things as they came and said, "Sir, please speak."
At the same time, Ximen Qing secretly glanced at Qian Gui, and sure enough he couldn't find any answer on the old fox's face.
What did this old fox talk to King Zhao Kai just now? Could it be that Lin Lingsu was the one who brought him up to talk to in such a hurry?
While Ximen Qing was thinking hard about possible questions and answers, Zhao Kai smiled and said: "This matter has nothing to do with money. It is purely because I want to have a chat with you. Commander Ximen Qing, don't be nervous."
"You're so nervous, sister!" Ximen Qing showed a big middle finger in his heart. This boy is only fifteen years old, how mature is he mentally?
I'm twenty-six or seven this year, why do I need a fifteen-year-old brat like you to comfort me so I don't need to be nervous?
But face must still be given. Ximen Qing breathed out softly and pretended to be relieved: "Thank you, sir!"
Zhao Kai nodded slightly and asked, "I heard that you are a businessman?"
"I was indeed a businessman before I was dismissed from the official position." Ximen Qing did not expect that Zhao Kai would suddenly ask this. There was indeed an edict in this dynasty that officials could not do business, but for someone like Ximen Qing who was a businessman, he had to give up doing business.
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Regarding this, Ximen Qing naturally had a countermeasure for a long time. He just arranged all kinds of business to the people around him, and he just wanted to be the boss behind it. Many officials actually did the same thing.
But what is Zhao Kai’s intention when he mentions this matter now?
"Then you mean you have given up your identity as a businessman now?" Zhao Kai smiled: "Why did I hear from Qianzhang that you just bought a five-room, three-story restaurant on East Cross Street?"
Ximen Qing quickly glanced at Qian Gui, who was squinting next to him. The old fox seemed to be about to fall asleep!
Sure enough, everything that happened in Bianliang could not escape the eyes and ears of the Imperial City Division!
Ximen Qing also smiled and replied: "Your Excellency, it is clear that the restaurant is owned by a good friend of Xiaguan. In fact, it has nothing to do with Xiaguan."
"People of the wise don't tell secrets." Qian Gui, an old fox, suddenly coughed: "Commander Ximen, everyone knows how to play this kind of pretense trick. Then the owner behind the restaurant must be you, there is no doubt about it."
If you pull out something like this now, do you need Brother Hei to give it a try?
Ximen Qing scolded the old fox several times in his mind before replying: "I'm scared."
"When the Imperial City Division is handed over to me, I will naturally make some achievements to show to the officials." Zhao Kai smiled and said: "But everything is inseparable from money. Of course, the Imperial City Division's annual funds are stretched thin, Commander Ximen, you
You have to share your worries for me."
Ximen Qing looked at this fifteen-year-old boy and didn't know where to start. Did this guy have no good intentions from the beginning? I'm afraid he and Wu Song had been promoted to commanders and deputy commanders for a long time.
Are you going to be slaughtered as a fat sheep?
"The funds are insufficient. The right way is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure." Ximen Qing coughed and shamelessly acted as if he didn't understand: "Although the lower officials have little power, they should still work hard."
"What a way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure." King Zhao Kai smiled and said: "Since Commander Ximen has such money-making activities, you can tell me."
Qian Gui pondered for a while under Ximen Qing's attention, and then he spoke loudly: "How about turning over five thousand guan every year to use as funds?"
You old fox, why don’t you go and grab it?
Ximen Qing thought angrily, but he didn't know that Gui Gui had really stolen the money in private.
Wu Song, the magistrate of Zhu County in Qinghe County, traveled all the way to give Zhu Mian two thousand guan and was almost snatched away. If Qin Fei hadn't used people poorly, the two thousand guan would have been used as funds.
Qian Gui's idea is that if the money is given to Zhu Mian, it is better to intercept it and give it to the Imperial City Department. Anyway, even the birth date has been intercepted, so this kind of thing will not attract other people's attention.
Now it was Ximen Qing's turn to be brutally stabbed, and it was still 5,000 guilders per year!
The restaurant has not yet opened. Although Ximen Qing and the fortune teller Jiang Jing have estimated the profits in advance, the actual results will not be known until the restaurant is up and running.
Five thousand guan is not a small amount!
"Okay!" Ximen Qing replied decisively.
Qian Gui took a bite fiercely, always thinking that Ximen Qing would ask for a discount. In fact, the old fox's psychological price was between 3,500 and 4,000 guan. He did not expect that Ximen Qing would decisively agree after frowning.
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Qian Gui suddenly felt like he was outbid.
"But there are some conditions for my lower position!" Ximen Qing then made a twist.
"But it doesn't matter." Prince Jia Zhao Kai shook his sleeves: "As long as I or the Imperial City Secretary are within their capabilities, we will take action!"
"I want the right to brew wine!"
There is nothing wrong with the conditions Ximen Qing proposed. After all, the right to brew wine is indispensable for doing business in Bianliang. Although Ximen Qing had other arrangements at the beginning, he now has to pay a lot of funds, so naturally he has to negotiate conditions!
"Yes!" Prince Jia Zhao Kai nodded without hesitation: "Although there are currently only thirty-six restaurants in Bianliang City that have the right to brew wine, as long as I open my mouth, your restaurant will be the thirty-seventh!"
"The brewing place of Xiaguan is not in Bianliang. It is transported from a long distance and needs to be escorted by officers and soldiers to ensure safety."
"Accurate! If you have the badge of the Imperial City Division, you can be escorted by state officers and soldiers along the way!"
Seeing that King Zhao Kai agreed to two of his conditions, Ximen Qing's heart beat wildly, and he finally made his final request: "No government harassment is allowed in the brewing establishment!"
"Who dares to harass you when you have the imperial city's security guard?" King Zhao Kai felt slightly strange and couldn't help but ask: "Where is your brewing place?"
Qian Gui on the side said "hmm" and opened his presbyopic eyes: "Commander Ximen, you are very courageous!"
"How dare you!" Ximen Qing looked aggrieved: "When I went to make wine in Xianguan, I naturally found a geomantic treasure. There is a Liangshan River in Yunzhou, with a radius of 800 miles and beautiful scenery."
"Liang Shanshui Po?" Zhao Kaiqi, the king of Jia, asked: "There are thieves and bandits there, Luocao, who are involved in money activities, but the local government has been unable to kill them?"
Qian Gui did not expect that Ximen Qing could actually put forward this condition. He sneered secretly and replied: "There was indeed a small group of grass bandits commander Ximen before. Please explain it to me!"
Ximen Qing crossed his arms and said with a smile: "Sir, there is no doubt that there were grass bandits before Liangshan, but their number was only a few hundred. They only occupied the waterfront terrain, and the local officials were incompetent. Last month, Xianguan passed by Liangshan River on his way to Beijing.
I heard that there is a treasure cave above it, which is where Du Kang brewed wine, so I bribed the grass bandits to go up and have a look."
"Dukang?" King Zhao Kai listened with great interest: "That was the founder of wine making. What happened next? Commander Ximen Qing, please continue."
Qian Gui, an old fox on the side, naturally knew that Ximen Qing was talking nonsense, but King Zhao Kai had expressed his position, so it was hard to refute. In addition, Ximen Qing did help him a favor intentionally or unintentionally, so Qian Gui wanted to hear it.
Let’s see how Ximen Qing can complete this story.
"At that time, Xiaguan was accompanied by two brewing masters. They immediately recognized that this Tianbao Cave was indeed the legendary Tianbao Cave."
Jingyang's better wine brewed in Qinghe County came, so everyone started to repent."
"Xiaguan saw that those grass bandits were interested, and after persuading them for three days and three nights, the leader agreed to jointly develop Liangshan with Xiaguan, and to be good citizens and not to be grass bandits anymore."
"Then why did they drop grass before?" Prince Jia Zhao Kai listened in rapt attention and suddenly asked a question.
Qian Gui moved. This question seemed simple, but it was difficult to answer.
How could someone like King Zhao Kai, who grew up in the forbidden area, know the suffering of ordinary people? Even those people in Bianliang City, who enjoyed the prosperity of being the capital of the Song Dynasty, might not be able to understand.
If Qian Gui were to answer this question, he would have to think twice before speaking.
"It's nothing more than being oppressed by the officials, or offending the officials." Ximen Qing is not rich and will not go around: "There is a saying: forced to go to Liangshan! From this sentence, we can see that these people are all good people.
, he was forced to go up Liangshan and die in despair."
After hearing this explanation, Jia Wang Zhao Kai frowned and remained silent.
"This Ximen Qing is so bold!" Qian Gui's face changed. He glanced at King Jia secretly and gave Ximen Qing a hard look with his eyes.
Ximen Qingquan pretended not to see it and continued to beat the drum: "These people originally committed trivial matters. They were afraid of retaliation from the government, so they went up to Liangshan and were self-sufficient. They did not go down easily."
"Commander Ximen, can you ensure that these people will not become bandits again in the future?" Prince Jia Zhao Kai pondered for a while and finally asked.
"Who would run to the grass when there is food to eat and wine to drink?" Ximen Qing replied decisively: "Now the wineries on Liangshan Mountain, mainly Tianbaodong, are in full swing, and it is too late to be busy."
"Very good." Prince Jia Zhao Kai seemed to have made up his mind: "As long as you can ensure this, I can stop Yunzhou from besieging Liangshan."
"Thank you for your grace!"
"But if there is even one bandit in Liangshan again." King Zhao Kai's eyes flashed: "As long as the news reaches my ears, I will be the first to attack you!"
"I am willing to guarantee it with my head!" Ximen Qing really saw murderous intent in the eyes of this fifteen-year-old boy, but now that Liangshan has become his base camp, how could anything happen?
With this condition, Liangshan will almost never have any future troubles!
"Very good." Prince Jia Zhao Kai nodded and seemed a little tired: "Originally, I still have two questions to ask you, but I am a little tired now, so I will talk about it later."
"Sir, take care of your body!" Ximen Qing decisively flattered him. This King Zhao Kai has been his thigh for a long time. He must hold on tight!