Introducing too strong capital at this time could easily cause her to lose control of Xiaotong Waimai, but she is really short of funds.
Lack of funds meant that she could not recruit enough manpower. She could not always rely on the beggars, especially this group, which had a mixed bag of good and bad. Just because Ji Xi and the others could trust it did not mean that other groups of beggars were worthy of trust.
Funds have severely restricted her follow-up plans, otherwise she would not be so anxious.
However, Meng Qing still signed a long-term cooperation contract with Shopkeeper Liu. Perhaps out of apology, Shopkeeper Liu took the initiative to increase the price per customer, adding two cents to the original price.
In other words, Ji Xi and the others can earn 7 Wen per transaction.
In the past three days, Ji Xi and the others have delivered nearly 400 orders in total.
Earn 2 taels of silver for takeaway and some tips.
After deducting what was given to them, Xiaotong's bill outside showed a total income of 1 tael and 200 taels, plus a tip of 320 + 2 taels of silver + a piece of jade pendant (from 10 taels of silver upwards) + 600 taels of silver + 5 taels of broken silver.
It can be said that the tips completely exceed the income, but these are all personal rewards for Ji Xi and others.
As soon as Meng Qing and Shopkeeper Liu put down their pens, they heard voices coming from outside.
The voice sounds like the voice of Tianyue Tower's waiter, Wang Er.
There seems to be something urgent.
"Shopkeeper, Mr. Meng. Someone from the county government is here. Let the two of you go there quickly." Wang Er's eyes were filled with anxiety. It was obvious that someone from the government had made him think too much.
Meng Qingze knew it well, thinking that the county government was eager to know the result.
Shopkeeper Liu looked at Meng Qing's unhurried look and made some guesses. He still remembered that the reason why he cooperated with Meng Qing was because she had violated the banner of the county government. Now that he thought about it, it was undoubtedly that matter.
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Facing the anxious Wang Er, the two of them were very calm and calm, and even Wang Er's originally anxious heart began to calm down.
"Where is the person coming? Take us there." After all, this is Tianyue Tower's territory and people. Naturally, Meng Qing can't go around and wait for shopkeeper Liu to make the decision.
"It's just in the lobby, waiting for you, the shopkeeper."
When Meng Qing and Shopkeeper Liu came to the lobby, the first thing they saw was the obvious uniforms of the servants, and the second thing they saw was Ji Xi who was coming back from delivering the orders.
The eyes that looked at her were full of worry, and it was obvious that the arrival of government personnel made her worried.
Meng Qing felt warm in her heart, nodded towards her, and shook her head, indicating that she was fine and it was not a bad thing.
Let her not worry.
When Ji Xi saw Meng Qing's gesture, his uneasy heart calmed down a little.
Then he watched helplessly as Meng Qing and Shopkeeper Liu followed the man away.
Ji Xi wanted to follow her desperately several times, but remembering the look in Meng Qing's eyes just now, her steps seemed to be stopped by something, unable to move forward at all.
She couldn't be messy. Looking at Sister Meng Qing's calm expression, it must be something bad. Ji Xi thought about how Sister Meng Qing dared to go to the county government office to do things before. She finally regained her former composure. Not only that, she also
You need to appease other people who keep sending orders back and hearing the news.
For example, a big treasure, and another example is a stone.
Make sure that Xiaotong’s takeaway will not fall off the chain.
At the county government office, when shopkeepers Meng Qing and Liu arrived, they discovered that they were not the only ones called by the government, but there were also many other shopkeepers or directors.
Meng Qing and Shopkeeper Liu looked at each other, thinking that the government was making a big move.
Under the guidance of the officer, the two sat down.
Among them, Shopkeeper Liu's position is much higher than that of Meng Qing. After all, Shopkeeper Liu's Tianyue Restaurant is considered a relatively iconic restaurant in Xiaotao County, while Meng Qing is at best a rising star.
But Meng Qing always felt that she would be dragged here. The main reason was the idea she had two days ago.
Meng Qing sat at the end and looked carefully, and found that at least a dozen people had arrived, filling the reception area to the brim.
Among the first few, there was another woman.
This is also the only woman besides Meng Qing.
Judging from the logo on the clothes, he should be from Baixiu Pavilion. But it is not Zhang Zhangxiu, whom he has met once.
Everyone had their own guesses as to the county government's intention of summoning them.
Only Meng Qing looked at everyone with interest, confirming the news in his heart.
It was a pity that no one took her to socialize. Meng Qing guessed that it might be because she was uneasy because she didn't get the exact news.
Only Meng Qing unfortunately wasted a good opportunity to socialize.
The only person who made eye contact with Meng Qing was the woman representing Baixiu Pavilion.
As the only two women, the two looked at each other from a distance, feeling quite sympathetic to each other.
This was all in Meng Qing's head, but in fact the director of Baixiu Pavilion just glanced at her coldly and looked away.
Fortunately, the people in the county government had no intention of leaving them alone.
After Meng Qing and others, several shopkeepers came. After everyone arrived, Mr. Fang arrived belatedly with Chief Liang and Master.
For the magistrate of Xiaotao County, no matter who is behind the person present, he must at least give him some face.
"I have met you, sir." All the business owners stood up and saluted Mr. Fang to show their respect.
"Everyone, please take a seat. Thank you for your hard work, but you still have to come here during your busy schedule."
This is the first time Meng Qing has seen Mr. Fang. It is similar to what he imagined. He looks like a middle-aged handsome man. He looks quite kind, but he is very thin. I wonder if all scholars are so thin, with a smile on his face.
Unhealthy whiteness.
When I send Goudan and Huahua to study in the future, I will have to replenish their bodies and strengthen their exercise.
Meng Qing's thoughts suddenly dispersed.
I missed the first few unimportant greetings.
When he came back to his senses, Mr. Fang got to the point.
"Today I have summoned you all to come here. To be honest, I have something to ask for your help. I won't keep it secret. You all know that there has been a bad disaster in the north this year. A large number of refugees have appeared and are constantly coming towards us. What is the harm caused by the refugees?
, I think most of you who have traveled far and wide know this.
And my mission is to resettle these refugees. When doing business, you all value being harmonious and making money, so I don’t want the refugees to ruin your business.”
I have to say that Mr. Fang speaks very well. In this way, resettling the refugees is not only doing things for the government, but also doing things for themselves.
Meng Qing saw thoughtful expressions on many people's faces.
Obviously Master Fang's words had no impact on them at all.
A shopkeeper sitting in the front seemed to have some authority among the people, and he was the first to speak: "I wonder what you want us to do? What I said is that the front of me is my shop, and I can only recruit people in front of me.
It’s just five or six people. If there are too many, we really can’t accommodate them.”