There were dozens of people, too many, and it was difficult to place them. Song Qiu simply asked Xiong Daxiong Er to take them back to Songshan Village first. The fifteen strong ones were given to them to train first, and the others
, go back and give it to Du Chuanfu, he knows the arrangements.
Xiong Daxiong Er has never been to Songshan Village and is not familiar with it, but fortunately he knows about Songshan Inn. He has been there before and stopped there for dinner with Brother Hou San.
If you go back and tell Song Qiu's name and tell Tao Zheng about the matter, there will be no mistakes.
Song Qiu gave Xiong Da a hundred taels of silver notes to cover the expenses for the trip back to Xiushan Lane, and asked him to pack up before leaving with the others.
The two mule carts and the carriage were taken away, leaving only Song Qiu's own carriage and Lu Jing's carriage with a wider carriage.
Li Yang went to the guardhouse for a while and then came back. After having lunch with Song Qiu, he took her to see the two shops together in the afternoon.
There are two shops, one in the south of the city and one in the north. Li Yang thinks the shop in the south of the city is more suitable.
But the shop was for Song Qiu to do business, and it was up to Song Qiu to decide which one was better, so Li Yang simply took her to see both shops.
Song Qiu and Li Yang went out together, but A Ling and the others wouldn't follow, so don't worry.
After leaving the door, a man in a green and blue gown followed him. This man came specifically to show Li Yang the shops. Both shops belonged to his employer.
Because Li Yang was promoted to commander, there were many people in this city who wanted to honor him.
Li Yang didn't intend to receive it in vain, he wanted to buy it at the market price, but he accepted the kindness because shops in Fucheng were in short supply and hard to find, not to mention it was in such a good location.
The shop in the south of the city was close, so I went to this shop first.
The shop is located in the middle section of Changping Street, with a double facade and two floors.
Song Qiu looked at it one by one and felt that this shop is good. It is a dessert shop. When the time comes, the downstairs will be a shop, and the upstairs can be decorated into private booths for guests to dine in, eat desserts, and drink.
Fruit tea is great for chatting and talking about things, killing time.
The market price of a shop of this size and location in this area is four hundred and eighty taels.
The price is not expensive at all. This is a provincial capital, not a small place.
Then I went to look at the shop in the north of the city. This shop is on the first floor. It also has a two-door facade with a courtyard at the back. It is similar in size to the shop in Panshi Town. However, in this area of Fucheng, the market price is 520 taels, which is several times more expensive.
times.
Comparing the two rooms, Song Qiu chose the one on Changping Street without hesitation, with a two-story building, which was more suitable for Fucheng.
Seeing that she had chosen it, Li Yang immediately asked the man following him to go through the transfer procedures.
The man obeyed his employer's instructions and took his employer's seal with him. Without saying a word, he went to the Yamen to complete the paperwork and handed it to Li Yang along with the house deed.
Li Yang took it, handed it to Song Qiu, and then took out five 100-tael silver notes.
When the man saw this, he waved his hands repeatedly, turned around and was about to run away. The owner said that this shop was dedicated to Mr. Li, how could he dare to collect money? He would not be beaten to death by the owner when he returned.
Li Yang grabbed him, forced the banknote into him, and kept it. He wrote down his intention. If he didn't accept it, he would be an enemy.
When the man heard this, he really didn't want to accept it or not. Seeing that Li Yang was serious and not playing around, he tremblingly accepted the bank note. He didn't have twenty taels of silver to make up for it, so he asked Li Yang to wait.
Go back to find your employer.
Li Yang was not afraid that he would miss the twenty taels of silver, so he waved his hand and let him go. He turned to Song Qiu and said, "Ah Qiu, do you want to see how we are going to decorate it? I'll find someone to do it and make sure it's done properly. I'll wait until August."
It’s just the right time to open.”
Song Qiu nodded, "When I go back and draw a drawing, you can just find someone to do it according to this."
After locking the shop and going out, it was almost dinner time, so the two of them looked for a place to eat.
On the way, he was caught up by a man who went back to look for his boss. What the man got for replacement was not twenty taels, but a whole banknote. "My boss said, this shop was originally intended for you, Mr. Li.
If you have to give me money, I'll be embarrassed to make my boss so, so I'll just give you a round number, even if it's four hundred taels for you."
This is a shortfall of eighty taels of silver.
Li Yang didn't say anything more and accepted the banknote.
Song Qiu thought for a moment and said, "Is this going to be okay?"
Li Yang grinned, "Don't worry, it'll be fine. If the water is clear, there will be no fish."
If he didn't take any bribes, he would be ostracized and feared by those people in the guardhouse.
Song Qiu listened and said nothing more.
We found an elegant and quiet restaurant for lunch. The two of us ordered three dishes and one soup.
Halfway through the meal, a group of people came in from outside. They saw Li Yang sitting by the window and immediately came over to say hello with a smile.
"Master Li!"
Li Yang saw that the people coming were all colleagues in the guard station. Their relationship was not good, but they had spoken to each other.
"Master Huang, Master Liu, Master Qi."
When several people saw Song Qiu, they also winked at Li Yang. They heard Peng Qianhu say that Mr. Li has already made an engagement and will get married this autumn. This girl is probably his fiancée.
"I've booked a private room, let's go and eat together." Mr. Huang took Li Yang by the hand and was about to go, with a warm expression.
Li Yang waved his hand and refused, "No, we have already eaten. You can eat slowly."
Mr. Huang's face turned cold, "Does Mr. Li look down on us?"
Li Yang has no reason to smile when others are cold. Besides, he really doesn't want to eat with these people. Wouldn't it be nice to spend this time with Ah Qiu?
Master Qi came out to smooth things over, "Master Li, it's rare for us to meet each other. Let's have a good drink together!"
Li Yang still refused.
Mr. Huang's face was heavy and he wanted to have a seizure.
Mr. Liu was still able to look at his face. When he saw that Li Yang had a serious look on his face, he knew that although he was young, he was not easy to get along with, so he hurriedly pulled Mr. Huang away.
After going upstairs and entering the box, Mr. Liu said, "I think if you pull me down any longer, Mr. Li will get angry."
Mr. Huang was embarrassed and a little annoyed, "Young boy, you don't take people seriously just because you have some military achievements. No wonder Mr. Chen doesn't like him!"
Another Master Qi said: "This is not just a military achievement, there are people behind it! If you also have a backer, you can be like this!"
Mr. Liu chuckled, "That's not true. Looking at his promotion, it won't take long for him to unseat all the commanders."
Master Huang snorted, obviously very dissatisfied.
I was in a bad mood and couldn't control my drinking. After the meal, except Mr. Liu and Mr. Huang Qi, both of them were drunk.
But they had to do things in the afternoon, and there was no other way. Master Liu sent them back to sober up, and went to the guardhouse to ask for leave for them.
Chen Jiao, the commander in charge of this area, naturally wanted to ask a few more questions. Mr. Liu knew that he was at odds with Li Yang. They had had a quarrel a few days ago and had been humiliated by Li Yang. He had been thinking about regaining the place.
Now I talked about what happened at noon.
When Chen Jiao heard that Li Yang's fiancée had come to Fucheng again, his eyes flashed and he didn't know what he was thinking.
After a while, he called two of his confidants to give detailed instructions.