After leaving the two groups of Turks in the post house and leaving the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette to receive and accompany them, Master Fang, the hands-off shopkeeper Shi Shiran, lived his own small life.
Young Master Fang's life has not been easy recently. As the saying goes, "A penny can kill a hero." Men's uneasy life is mostly related to money.
Yes, Young Master Fang is very poor now. The bribes he accepted when he first became an official were given to Feng Qiudao in a fit of enthusiasm. The one million taels sent by the prince were kept at home, but the money was too hot.
Fang Zheng didn't dare to move. Mr. Wu gave him twenty thousand taels of silver notes, but Fang Zheng changed hands and gave it back to him as a social and public relations fee...
Fang Zheng sighed heavily, brother, are you too selfless? Some of the money I got was afraid to spend it, and some was given away. This is not like my character. I am obviously a corrupt official, but at the end of the day I have nothing to do with my life.
, this is too ironic.
Young Master Fang sighed all the way to Ruyuzhai in the north of the city.
This time he came with bad intentions - he came to ask for money. If Yuzhai has been open for many days, as the major shareholder, he has not received a dividend yet. Now he is so poor that he is almost begging, so Fang Zheng naturally
When I think of Ruyuzhai, I think of Yinzi, and when I think of Yinzi, I think of Sister Feng... and her big red bellyband.
As soon as I stepped through the door, the business in the store was as prosperous as usual. Sister Feng was standing behind the counter instructing the clerks to work.
"Wow, business is good today, boss lady, congratulations on getting rich." Fang Zheng smiled happily. The better the business, the more money I can get, young master. This is a good sign.
Sister Feng raised her head and saw Fang Zheng, her face flashed with joy, and then she said with a pretty face: "This store does not accept male customers, please leave."
Fang Zheng blinked and smiled: "I am not a guest, you are the landlady, and I am the boss, have you forgotten? Besides, your place is not a nunnery, so why are you not allowing male customers to come in?"
Sister Feng finally laughed out loud, walked out from the counter, and pinched Fang Zheng hard: "I told you to take advantage of me! Come with me, don't hang around here, it's inconvenient for you to be a big man."
As she said that, Sister Feng pulled up Fang Zheng and walked towards the backyard. Fang Zheng was staggered by Sister Feng. He struggled while walking and said: "What's the inconvenience? I think it's quite convenient. There are so many beauties looking at me..."
While staggering back, he waved excitedly to the female customers in the store: "Hey! Beauties, buy more, dress up well when you get home, and then come over and show me. As the saying goes, 'women should look good to please themselves'..."
"You are seeking death! Leave now!" Sister Feng pinched him angrily, and the two of them dragged each other to the backyard under the stunned and shy eyes of the female customers in the store.
Fang Zheng didn't regard himself as an outsider at all. As soon as he reached the backyard, he went into Sister Feng's wing. Sister Feng was anxious and stopped him and said, "What do you want to do?"
Fang Zheng glanced inside and said: "...I went in for a drink of water, but your master is not hospitable at all. When I came, you asked me to stand outside to bask in the sun? You are the shopkeeper, how can you be a boss!"
Sister Feng bit her lower lip, blushing and said, "No, that's the wing where I live, you can't go in!"
Fang Zheng said "cut" disdainfully: "Think of me as rare..."
Taking advantage of the moment when Sister Feng relaxed her vigilance, Fang Zheng scurried into the side room like a nimble monkey.
Sister Feng was shocked, her beauty turned pale and she shouted: "Ah! You are going to die!"
Young Master Fang's admiration came from the side room: "Wow! Sister Feng, your taste has changed recently, and your bellyband has changed to pink! Well, it really has connotations, I like it... Oh, no hitting anyone..."
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Twisting her slightly messy hair, Sister Feng glared at Fang Zheng and said, "It's been so long since I came out of Tianlao, and I didn't even come to the store to have a look. I'm going to burn this store down, and you won't know."
Fang Zheng spread his hands and said with a smile: "I'm busy... I have to worry about national affairs and people's livelihood, taxes, rivers, soldiers' wages, agriculture and mulberry. I really don't have time... Recently I was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate, and the imperial court
You can't live without me every day..."
Sister Feng suppressed her laughter and said: "Bah! Don't think I don't know. You are just a fifth-grade official, doing nothing every day. The emperor saw that you were so idle and could get your salary for nothing, so he sent you to negotiate with the Turks. As a result,
It would be better for you to kill someone else's horse as soon as they meet..."
Fang Zheng said unhappily: "Hey, I don't like to hear this. Others say that I am a national hero. How come I am a bastard in your mouth?" He said proudly: "In front of you.
I kill horses and bleed them in front of the Turks, but the Turks have nothing to do with me. I have to tell my conscience, which Chinese person can do that?"
Sister Feng said with a smile: "Look at what you can do. A national hero took the time to come to our shop today. What are you doing?"
Fang Zheng said with a playful smile: "I came to see you. I haven't seen you for so long. I miss you so much..."
Sister Feng's beautiful eyes flashed with brilliance: "Really?"
Fang Zheng nodded: "Of course it is true, more real than real money and silver. I have admired Sister Feng for more than a day or two. I think about it day and night, and have trouble sleeping and eating. Sister Feng's grace in my heart is like an old tree.
As strong as the roots, as holy as Guanyin sitting on the lotus..."
Sister Feng looked ashamed and was about to speak, but Master Fang changed the subject and continued: "...Ahem, by the way, I'll get some money..."
It was like sitting on a hot kang but having a basin of cold water poured down on your head. Sister Feng's face changed several times, and finally she said coldly with a straight face: "It's hard to believe that you have laid so much groundwork before. You've been making trouble for a long time just to get money."
Fang Zheng smiled and said: "Of course, I really missed you, so I came here in person, otherwise it would be easier to just send someone to get it... Sister Feng, hehe, the business in the store is good..."
Sister Feng said coldly: "Business is good, but it requires money. Two words: none!"
Fang Zheng was suffocated and said: "Why...why?"
"No reason, it just doesn't happen anyway." Sister Feng rolled her eyes at him cutely, looked up at the sky, and looked like "What can you do to me?"
Stunned, Fang Zheng suddenly jumped up and said angrily: "You, you, you... I am a shareholder of this store. We have signed a contract! Don't you want to monopolize it? Me, me, me..." Looking around
After looking at it, Fang Zheng gritted his teeth and said angrily: "I will fight with you!"
Sister Feng glared at him fiercely and scolded: "Sit down! You're not afraid of being embarrassed if you yell!"
As she said this, Sister Feng ordered the accountant to bring over the account book and pointed to the explanation one by one: "In the past two months since we have been open, we have spent about one hundred taels of silver every day. As for the cost, it is about two thousand taels of silver every month. As for the income,
The total net income is...hehe, eighty thousand taels of silver..."
When Fang Zheng heard this, he couldn't care less about being angry. He opened his eyes in surprise and said, "Eighty thousand taels? Damn it! Are you running a black shop? Are you robbing money part-time?"
Sister Feng said happily: "We have to thank Her Royal Highness Princess Changping for this. She has helped us attract many distinguished guests. Our Ruyuzhai is now famous among the princes and nobles in the capital. The family members of those ministers buy it.
Thousands of taels of makeup without even blinking an eye..."
Fang Zheng stretched out his hand happily: "Young man, you said you have no money, please bring me some money! I want to share the dividends!"
Sister Feng rolled her eyes at him and said angrily: "Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet. I do have money, but I fell in love with a shop in the west of the city a few days ago..."
Fang Zheng felt dizzy: "You...you have your eye on the store again?"
Sister Feng nodded happily and said: "Yes, that store is in a very good location, and it is close to the Qinhuai River. The owner's price is not too much, not too little, just 80,000 taels of silver..."
Fang Zheng said with a sad face: "Sister Feng, what do you want to do by opening so many stores? The money you make now is enough for you to spend two lifetimes, what's the use of having so much money..."
Sister Feng glanced at Fang Zheng with a look of sadness and resentment, and sighed: "I am a widow with no children and no husband. I can't count on anyone. I can only earn more money to support myself until the end of my life..."
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Fang Zheng said helplessly: "There's no need to drive so fast, Sister Feng. I'm penniless now and my situation is worse than yours. You can give me some money, otherwise I won't be able to survive this life."
Sister Feng smiled and shook her head: "We have agreed in advance that if Ruyuzhai opens another branch, you must invest in cash in cash, so your dividends can be used as stock capital. Master Fang, please go elsewhere and think about it."
Zhe, this store doesn’t have any money to share with you.”
Fang Zheng kept talking till he was exhausted, but Sister Feng refused to agree. In the end, out of sympathy as a partner, she sympathized with him and lent him thirty taels of interest-free loan, and also asked him to write down an IOU...
Fang Zheng looked at the pitiful thirty taels of silver in his hand, feeling like he wanted to cry without tears. He glanced at Sister Feng with a resentful look, and Sister Feng patted his shoulder sympathetically: "Save some flowers, our second branch
It’s about to open…”.
Fang Zheng stared at her with hopeful eyes: "Can I get dividends then?"
Sister Feng shook her head with a smile: "No, I still have to find a store. Let's open a third branch..."
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Sister Feng sent the crying Young Master Fang to the door of the store. Fang Zheng turned around with a pitiful look and was waiting to say something more to Sister Feng. He saw Xiao Wu running from the street in a hurry, panting: "
Young Master... Young Master, it's not good! General Feng sent someone to send a message to the mansion, asking you to go to the post house quickly..."
Fang Zheng held his forehead and groaned: "What's wrong with those two groups of Turks?"
Xiao Wu gasped and said, "I heard they were fighting."
Fang Zheng said: "What do those officials from the Ministry of Rites do for food? Are they just watching? Besides, you can just beat them, it's none of our business."
Xiao Wu said: "...Yes, young master. Would you like to go over and have a look?"
Fang Zheng waved his folding fan leisurely and said: "Go, of course I want to go, but there is no need to rush this matter. It is normal for Turks to fight. They fight among themselves, why should we be anxious... By the way, why are they fighting?"
Xiao Wu recalled: "It seems that they heard that the house in the post house was burned down. The two groups of Turks said it was the other party who burned it, so they started fighting..."
Fang Zheng was stunned: "The house in the post house was..."
Then Fang Zheng jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on: "The house in the post house was burned down? Damn! You... why didn't you tell me earlier!" After saying that, Fang Zheng lifted up the hem of his clothes and got up.
run.
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Thank you for everyone's encouragement. I feel much better. Those who like it will naturally like it, and those who don't like it will not be forced. I just hope that those who don't like it will be kind and don't say dirty words. If you dirty others, you will also dirty yourself.