323: Fighting the Autumn Wind (middle)【Seeking Monthly Pass】
"This is?"
Xu Jie looked curious.
Gu Chi smiled and invited him in to take a look.
While introducing: "This is the shop opened by the government office."
"The shop opened by Zhi? Is that what Mr. Shen meant?"
"yes."
"This is a strange thing."
Xu Jie did not expect that this young Shen Jun also knew about merchants. You must know that no matter before or now, policies in various places are mainly anti-business policies. Merchants do not produce but control a lot of money. They have always been criticized by those in power.
fear.
Small merchants are just that, they just do some small business to support their families, and those big merchants all have the shadow of powerful families behind them... They usually have a group of private soldiers in their hands. When doing business, they line up and drive out.
Horses are in full swing.
Otherwise, how to protect the safety of valuable goods?
The bigger the merchants are, the stronger their private armed forces are, which in itself is a fearful and destabilizing factor.
Therefore, the status of merchants has always been restricted and high municipal taxes have been set, which is also conducive to the stability of people's livelihood under the rule.
Merchants are not in the upper echelons, and their status is at the bottom. Even the Xu family behind Xu Jie rarely does business personally, and all is left to servants, relatives or distant relatives to take care of it. The county governor of a place personally handles business.
, very few.
It’s actually quite shameful to say it out loud.
However, Xu Jie, as the head of the Xu family, naturally would not think so. The Xu family cannot survive today without the basic industries of the family. Without these, how can the children of the family rely on food, clothing and food? No matter how tall a person grows, his legs still have to touch the ground.
of.
He followed Gu Chi and walked into "Fu Gu Department Store" chatting and laughing. As soon as he entered, he was stuffed with a small bamboo basket.
"This is?"
Gu Chi said: "It's a bamboo basket."
Of course Xu Jie knew that it was a bamboo basket made of bamboo.
We even know that there is a bamboo forest near Fu Gu.
But why hand him a bamboo basket?
Gu Chi also asked the "shopping guide" for a bamboo basket and hung it on his forearm: "The master calls it a 'shopping basket', which is used to carry goods in the grocery store. Note: if you want something on the shelf, just call it
Someone can come over and open it for you to take it off."
Over time, the variety of goods in department stores has increased. They are not as shabby as the ones at the beginning. The shelves have been rebuilt and small bamboo doors have been added. When customers want to buy, let the "shopping guide"
Open the door and take it off.
This is also done for safety reasons.
Shen Tang is not stingy about using the worst side of human nature. After all, Fugu is a poor place, and unruly people come out of poor mountains and rivers. Open shelves are prone to frequent thefts. It is unrealistic to send someone to keep an eye on every customer, so just click on the shelves.
Door.
The customer enters the store and selects the goods, and then has someone pick them up.
Of course, some of the more expensive goods are not placed on the shelves. They only have one sample and have to be picked up from the warehouse.
Then just go to the counter to pay.
Xu Jie was fascinated by what he heard and murmured: "Can it still be like this?
The department store area is much larger than before.
Two people can easily stand between the shelves.
Xu Jie also noticed bamboo pieces hanging under the goods on the shelves. These bamboo pieces are usually used to mark prices. He also knew that, but the novelty was that the bamboo pieces were not familiar words on them, but some strange patterns. Question:
"This is?"
Gu Chi said: "Price. Shen Jun felt that it was difficult for ordinary people to understand complex numbers, so he took a few simpler patterns to replace different numbers. The first line of the sign outside the store wrote numbers from zero to nine.
It’s easy for ordinary people to remember. If you remember the number corresponding to each pattern, you no longer need to ask for prices frequently when entering a store, you can just look at the price tag.”
Xu Jie listened carefully and memorized it carefully.
"I see, it's really novel." The letters and numbers are also simple, but it is still difficult for ordinary people to remember.
Under normal circumstances, a store as large as Fugu Department Store requires a lot of people to take care of it, but customers can read the prices and select the goods themselves, which virtually reduces the cost of the store and makes it more convenient to manage.
In Xu Jie's opinion, these can be regarded as "business secrets", but Gu Chi had no intention of hiding it. He was surprisingly frank and straightforward. Not only did he show it to him generously, but he also explained it to him in detail. He was so hospitable that Xu Jie Xie was flattered. It even made Xu Jie a little suspicious - the frail-looking young man in front of him was really... a literary scholar?
This style of painting is not quite right.
He didn't buy anything when he went shopping, Xu Jie couldn't bear to lose face, so he just bought something expensive, which was regarded as a "shuxiu".
From the point of view of the head of the Xu family, the goods in the shop are not of high quality. After thinking about it, I can understand. After all, it is a shop for the common people, and people cannot afford the goods if they are too good.
Accompanied by Gu Chi, Xu Jie looked at each shelf and found some interesting patterns.
For example, goods will be classified according to how they are used, which can greatly save the time of staying in the store and looking for goods, and the purpose will be clearer; for example, more commonly used goods will be placed in places that can be easily reached by hand, if they are too high or too low Place objects that will not be used too frequently...
Xu Jie thought this through.
Said: "Shen Jun's move is not for profit."
Gu Chi asked what he meant.
Xu Jie smiled and raised his hand to point to the shelves around him: "If you are a merchant, you must try to make the customers who enter the store stay longer in the store. The longer you stay, the more you can buy, and then put the expensive and high-profit items in the most convenient locations... But looking at the layout of the shop, it is completely contrary to this, so Mr. Shen’s intention is not good."
Gu Chi: "..."
Good guy!!!
As expected of the eldest son of the Xu family in Tianhai, this guy is really a profiteer! I had just been thinking about this for a while after entering the store!!!
Oh, he is still the head of the family now.
Gu Chi adjusted his micro-expression so as not to reveal his secrets.
At this time, Xu Jie also invited a "shopping guide" to ask for a few jars of wine.
The "shopping guide" is a tall and rough man.
He used to be a bandit.
Later, he was taken under Shen Tang's banner. Because he was sensitive to numbers, had good arithmetic skills, and was relatively friendly to the people, he was transferred here to work. He glanced at Gu Chi, with a troubled expression on his face: "This daily limited supply, in order to Wine sticks' in exchange for..."
Xu Jie was stunned for a moment.
What is "limited supply"?
What is "in exchange for wine bars"?
Another unfamiliar and novel vocabulary.
Just ask Gu Chi these questions, and Gu Chi's eyes indicated that he would elaborate later. He turned to the "shopping guide" and said: "Wen Zhu is Mr. Shen's distinguished guest, different from others. Just go and get it. If anyone When asked, he said it was what I meant."
"But this is against the rules..."
"Shopping guide" is becoming more and more difficult.
Xu Jie was wondering what this meant, when he heard a strong male voice coming from his ear, with a bit of inexplicable ridicule: "What do you think this is? The rules are the rules, how can you ignore the rules just because you are looking at the tide?" "
Xu Jie looked at the sound, and his eyes lit up.
Without him, this person would be extraordinary at first glance.
Gu Chi smiled bitterly: "Mr. Yang."
He turned sideways to reveal Xu Jie behind him.
Captain Yang knew with just a glance that this was really a "distinguished guest". His whole body exuded a "noble" aura, and he gave up the thought of watching Gu Chi's excitement. He waved to the "shopping guide" and ordered: "You go to the general manager's place in the back.
Get some jars, hurry up."
After saying that, he said to Gu Chi: "You can bring out the wine bar."
Gu Chi said funny: "Okay, okay, I won't break the rules."
After a while, all the jars of wine were brought in.
At the counter, Captain Yang asked Xu Jie to check if there were any problems with each item, and then said to Gu Chi: "Check out."
Only then did Xu Jie see the so-called "wine bar".
Just ordinary wood chips.
It looks like something like a deed.
Xu Jie asked in confusion: "Can't you pay with money?"
What kind of doorway is this?
Captain Yang recorded the account and said: "Others are acceptable, but the daily limited supply is not acceptable. The account must be settled with a 'wine note' deed. In the future, when the common people are a little richer, this restriction may be removed."
Xu Jie nodded. When you come to other people's territory, you should abide by other people's rules. He didn't have to do anything special. He just converted the money to Gu Chi at the normal price. After all, he had to pay "Shu Xiu", so how could he let Gu Chi
Pay money?
He just didn't expect such good wine to exist in this remote country - he just inspected the goods and found that the clear aroma of the wine was coming to his nostrils. Judging from his experience, this was definitely a high-quality wine.
No wonder there is a "limited supply".
Maybe the supply is scarce?
When Xu Jie asked, he found out that this was not the case.
There was a lot of wine, a lot of wine.
Gu Chi started his performance of making nonsense with his eyes open - Shen Jun's ancestors were in the wine business, and passed down many brewing recipes from their ancestors. They could brew the highest quality wine with the least consumption, ensuring that every jar is of the same quality!
The most important thing is——
Gu Chi paused deliberately and gave it a try.
When Xu Jie looked at him with curiosity and knowledge in his eyes, he continued to compile. These ancestral wine-making recipes in Shen Jun's hands were inspired by the spirit of words, improved, and passed through generations.
of diligence.
Therefore, these wines also have more magical effects than ordinary wines, and are quite beneficial to literary scholars and courageous warriors.
Xu Jie was shocked when he heard this and asked quickly.
"Can this be taken seriously?"
"Of course it's true! My lord regards Mr. Wu as his elder brother, how can he lie to me about such a trivial matter?" Gu Chi seemed to be offended and said, "How can you doubt the pure brother/sister relationship between the two lords? Such a trivial matter
Are the real brothers or sisters the ones who keep the secrets hidden?" The expression on his face showed his true feelings, which made Xu Jie confused.
I couldn't help but beat the drum in my heart.
The relationship between the two of them is so good?
Or should I say——
When Shen Jun was young, he took his master's flirting as brother-in-law seriously, so he didn't hide anything and treated each other with sincerity? Xu Jie, who had this guess in his mind, felt slightly panicked, as if a shameless liar had deceived an innocent child.
However, Xu Jie is not that easy to coax.
If it is true or false, you will know when you go back and check.
If the wine is so precious and rare, there is no reason to put it on grocery store shelves. Ordinary people can also exchange it for "wine notes". Xu Jie also saw other different types of notes. However, there is no need to tell such an obvious lie.
ah.
Young Master Xu Jie had no choice but to test it out.
Test what?
Try this "touching brotherhood"!
He didn't believe that some people really took it seriously.
Xu Jie pretended to be curious about those "notes".
Gu Chi said: "The annotation mentioned those deeds? Isn't it because although the lord has food and property confiscated by Fugu local snakes, he doesn't have enough copper coins. It's just that privately minting coins is illegal and indisciplined! Common people have many uses for transactions. Copper coins. In desperation, I exchanged the money and food in my hands for these deeds to temporarily replace the copper coins, so I can survive this period..."
What he said was well-reasoned and clear-cut.
At least it makes perfect sense logically.
"Tiaozi" represents copper coins.
It represents the money in Shen Tang’s hands.
But it did not reveal the real purpose of the "slivers"! Not to mention that Shen Tang used these "slivers" to recycle limited resources. These "slivers" could be used as money! And on the premise of not collapsing, She can do as much as she wants.
Gu Chi warmly entertained Xu Jie.
Take him to visit every corner of Fugu.
Let Xu Jie see Fu Gu's poverty, and also see Fu Gu's vitality and potential vitality, and talk about her heart to heart, which makes Xu Jie's defensiveness look like a villain.
Two hours had passed since the tour and explanation. Gu Chi looked at the sky and smiled brightly: "At this time, Dayi should have returned from outside the city. I heard from my lord that Wenzhu and Dayi are close friends and have a very close personal relationship. ?”
The corner of Xu Jie's mouth twitched slightly: "..."
I wonder if there is something wrong with Shen Tang's tent.
Three points of politeness can be exaggerated by ten points.
One point of friendship can be regarded as twelve points of truth.
He and Zhao Feng had some personal relations, but the two families only had normal friendships. Xu Jie also had a good relationship with the other five generals under Wu Xian. After all, there was no benefit in offending these powerful generals.
If you can make good friends, then make good friends. If you can't make good friends, then don't offend.
