After three consecutive days of operation, Xu Ji's stall was still doing brisk business, so on the afternoon of the third day, Zhang Yuanwai found Shen Yi as promised, and the two of them still arranged to meet in the teahouse.
After sitting down, Zhang Yuanwai had a smile on his face. He looked up at Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, I have traveled all over the Qinhuai River these days and communicated with almost all the stall owners. There are thirty-seven stalls in total. Lord, I am willing to pay for the young master’s secret recipe, but..."
Zhang Delu glanced at Shen Yi cautiously and said, "But the stall owners still have doubts in their hearts and would like to ask the young master to tell them what Xu Ji's grand opening reward means..."
"We just opened our business and we need to build our reputation."
Shen Yi looked calm and said with a smile: "Besides, the cost of this business is not high, and the price is not expensive. Under normal circumstances, one person can eat for ten or twenty cents, but with this, fifty cents minus twelve According to Wen's explanation, they will buy fifty Wen."
"If you sell more things like this, you will naturally make more money."
This is actually very particular.
Calculated based on half the gross profit, if you sell something for 20 cents, you can make ten cents. If you sell something for fifty cents, even if you only charge thirty-eight cents and the cost is twenty-five cents, you will actually make thirteen cents. Money-making.
Although the profit was a little thin, we sold a lot more and did not lose money.
Moreover, this thing is just an "opening event" and is not held for a long time. Shen Yi has no intention of doing it for a long time, nor is he planning for the long term.
However, Shen Yi did not intend to explain these words clearly to Zhang Delu. After all, these were the essences summarized by later business societies. It was nothing to teach them to Xiao Xu. They could not be handed over to the bad fat man in front of him for no reason.
Zhang Delu rolled his eyes and only understood the words "opening a business to gain fame". After nodding to Shen Yi, he said: "Master Shen, I will still have the thirty-seven stall owners tomorrow morning." , will be waiting for you at Wanghuai Tower by the Qinhuai River. Then you can pass us the recipe and we will pay you?"
Shen Yi reached out and knocked on the table, glanced at Zhang Delu lightly, and then said with a smile: "Executive member Zhang, are there really only thirty-seven people?"
Zhang Delu was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, you are a nobleman living in Prince Jin's palace. I dare not deceive you no matter what. Although your prescription is good in business, the price of thirty taels is really not cheap. Indeed, there are only thirty-seven people..."
"good."
Shen Yi said calmly: "Then as Zhang Yuanwai said, we will meet at Wanghuai Tower tomorrow, but tonight, when Xu Ji goes out to the stall again, I will write on the signboard the words "Thirty Liang Teaching the Secret Recipe" Let’s see if there are only thirty-seven people in Wanghuai Tower tomorrow.”
It was still January, and the weather was still very cold, but Zhang Delu wiped the sweat from his head, looking a little embarrassed.
Just when Shen Yi was about to speak, a thin figure stumbled up to the second floor of the teahouse and stood anxiously at the door, but did not come in.
After Shen Yi saw this figure, he frowned slightly, but he didn't show it. He looked up at Zhang Delu and said slowly: "Executive member Zhang, you may have misjudged the specific number of people. It's better to go back and think about it." , we will know how many people there are when we meet at Wanghuai Tower tomorrow."
This is for steps.
Zhang Delu has also been on the ground floor for many years, so he naturally understands the principle of getting off the stairs. He nodded quickly and said: "Yes, we will know how many people there are tomorrow at Wanghuai Tower."
He stood up silently and said goodbye to Shen Yi.
"Young Master is so smart at such a young age, it really amazes me."
Faced with these flattering words, Shen Yi remained calm and silently sent Zhang Delu away.
After Zhang Delu left, Shen Yi quickly stood up and came to the door of the room.
He looked at Ding Man, who had his head lowered at the door, and asked in a deep voice: "Xiao Man, what happened?"
Timon has been standing at the door for a while. This young man, who is only twelve years old, has his head lowered. He is shaking slightly, whether because of cold or fear.
Shen Yi pulled him into the room, helped him sit down, and then said in a deep voice: "What happened?"
Ding Man raised his head, his face was full of tears, his voice was trembling: "Sir, two big men came to the house this morning. After asking the eldest brother a few words, they took him away. Before he left, he asked me to come Looking for you here…”
Hearing his words, Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, then frowned.
"Two big men..."
He looked at Timon and said in a low voice, "Have these two men gone to the kitchen to rummage?"
If you are going to the kitchen to look for things or looking for soup base, it may mean that others are jealous of Xu Ji's good business and want to use violent means to get Xu Ji's recipe.
Ding Man shook his head: "No, after they asked the eldest brother a few words, they took him away..."
Shen Yi took a deep breath and asked again: "Have these two people taken the family's money?"
In the past few days, two little guys were doing business on the bank of the Qinhuai River. Although they did not earn a lot of money, they did earn a lot of copper coins. The copper coins at home were already piled up in two small wooden boxes. It was just because they were too busy at work that they never had time. Go to the bank and exchange it for gold and silver.
Ding Man shook his head again. He wiped his tears and snot with his sleeve and choked: "They took my eldest brother away without taking anything..."
He looked up at Shen Yi with tears in his eyes: "Sir, please help me. We will no longer set up a stall in the capital. Let's go back to Jiangdu..."
Shen Yi reached out and patted Ding Man on the back, comforted the little guy, and said softly: "An Xin, I'm not asking for money or prescriptions. It probably has nothing to do with setting up a stall..."
Shen Yi closed his eyes and thought carefully about the cause and effect of the matter, but no matter what he thought, he still had no clue. The only possibility was...
Is there something wrong with Xiao Xu’s life experience?
He exposed his background in Jiankang and was arrested?
wrong…
Shen Yi shook his head slightly, denying this possibility.
If there were problems with Xu Fu's life experience, uukanshu.com www.uukanshu.com or if there was a lawsuit against him, he would not come to Jiankang capital with Shen Yi anyway, but would obediently stay in Jiangdu and be his undercover .
After all, Jiangdu's pancake business is enough for him to survive.
Shen Yi thought about it, but still couldn't think of any reasonable reason. He looked at Ding Man and asked, "Did those two big men say anything before they took Xiao Xu away?"
Timon wiped his tears and sniffed back the snot, still choking.
"They seem to say that they are some kind of internal guards and they want to take the elder brother back for questioning..."
"Inner guard..."
Shen Yi murmured and repeated these two words.
He was not unfamiliar with these two words.
After all, the other Shen Yi was born and raised in this world and received all the orthodox education of this era.
Although Shen Yi may not know much about some unpopular official positions, he still knows something about internal guards.
The inner guard…the guard of the forbidden palace, the emperor’s personal army…
Thinking of this, even Shen Yi felt confused.
Xiao Xu has only been in the capital for a few days... With his character, how could he have anything to do with the Emperor's personal army?
Originally, Shen Yi was already planning to take Master Lu's letter to find some senior brothers for help, but when he heard the word "inner guard", he gave up the idea.
When it comes to the Emperor, not to mention those senior brothers who can't help, even Master Lu himself would probably have a hard time helping.
Thinking of this, he turned to look at Ding Man and sighed slightly: "Xiao Man, let's go back and wait."
"Since you are an internal guard, you should give an explanation..."
