"Little girl, Ren Yingying, salute Mr. Su..." This ceremony was solemn, a bit like apprenticeship.【】
He waved his hand, pulled out a few pieces of paper from the book, handed them to Ren Yingying and said, "Fresh fish must be marinated to taste; marinated fish must be paired with secret sauce to enhance the flavor."
It's even more unique. These are all recipes and cannot be shared outside. Once you remember them, they will be burned. Do you understand?"
Ren Yingying took the paper and nodded.
"If you still don't understand anything, just ask Yu'er, she will teach you... After you learn it, come to me again. I have a few words to tell you... Okay, you go..."
"Oh..." Ren Yingying didn't expect that things would start and end like this.
Could it be that everything I had thought about before was redundant? I had many ideas before.
I always feel that his craftsmanship may not be good, and I don’t necessarily need to learn it from him; I have also thought about how I will deal with it once he puts forward conditions, where is my bottom line, and what is the maximum condition I can accept... But these are all
No, the craftsmanship was so good that she immediately wanted to learn it. Although she had no business acumen, it was enough for her to think that if these fried fish nuggets were on the market, they would be a hundred times better than the steamed buns she bought.
She didn't expect that he took out the most critical part of his craft without even mentioning any conditions.
It could barely be regarded as a condition, and it was just the requirement that the formula should not be shared with others. But this requirement, no matter what, seemed to be for his own benefit... One thing that surprised her was the tone of his voice. It seemed that he was familiar with it.
A good friend for many years, he seems to be his own brother... There is no tone of discussion in his words, he just explains things naturally, and you just need to follow them... It makes people feel that everything has been arranged.
, as if there was no need to worry at all... She didn't know why she listened to him so much. From beginning to end, everything was beyond her expectation, but it happened so naturally.
Until she walked out of his study and walked to the kitchen, she felt like she was in a dream.
He didn't put as much thought into it as Ren Yingying. For him, this matter was just a small matter and didn't require too much energy. Therefore, after arranging Ren Yingying's affairs, he took the pole and went
Fishing. Recently, the two old men like to come to the East Lake to drink tea. Once they arrive at the lake, they gather around the stone table to drink tea and chat. The fish did not see the two of them fishing seriously a few times.
When he arrived, the two old men had already been discussing a topic for some time, which seemed to be about Lin Hailu, the governor of Wuling County. He did not participate in their conversation, but just sat down by the lake alone and fished.
After Mr. Zhou finished his tea, he stopped fishing and led his servants back. Mr. Sheng had no more fun and accompanied him fishing by the lake... It wasn't until the sun turned west that the two of them collected their poles together, and Sheng
The old man was not in a hurry to leave and said to him, "I heard that some taxes in the city need to be adjusted, especially the taxes on cloth and silk."
What Mr. Sheng said he heard must be true. If that were the case, the largest cloth merchant in the city would undoubtedly suffer a huge blow, and the Su family was the largest cloth merchant in Wuling City.
Although the Su family's business is not limited to Wuling City, if their control over Wuling City's cloth is reduced due to a sudden increase in taxes, the consequences will be serious.
If a businessman cannot even maintain stability in his own back garden, it will be difficult to expand outwards. Wuling City is the foundation of the Su family and the base for cultivating talents of the Su family. Without this foundation, it will be like a towering city.
The tree has no roots. Although it goes up, it still has lush branches and leaves, but it is not far from death... In the previous life, he experienced many such things, so he naturally understood the seriousness of the problem. Although the Su family's affairs, there is no need
He comes to worry about it, but the restrained life he is living now comes from the Su family. Protecting the Su family, of course, means protecting yourself.
However, in his opinion, the problem may not be as serious as he thought. The key to the problem lies in two aspects. First, is this tax increase a unified move by the Feng Dynasty? Or is it just the opinion of the Wulingcheng County Governor? Secondly,
If it was the words of a family in Wuling City, then did Governor Lin's move intentionally target the entire cloth industry, or did he intentionally target the Su family?
Only by understanding the true situation here can the Su family have the right countermeasures.
These thoughts just flashed through his mind, so fast that he had no time to stop them. Therefore, as soon as Sheng Lao finished speaking, he understood the possible impact of this matter.
Hey, even the strange power of time travel cannot erase the visitor's thinking mode... Sheng Lao smiled so much that he couldn't help but ask, "I remember that Ningyuan's little friend's family is in the cloth business.
Bar?"
"Oh, yes. I'm afraid this tax increase will have some impact. I don't know if this time, is it a city-wide adjustment in Wuling City or a nationwide adjustment?"
"I'm afraid it's just Wuling City..."
"Oh, I don't know how much higher it will be than before?"
"After all, it is estimated to account for 20% of the purchase price... It has more than doubled compared to the original price..."
This shocked him. Taxes accounted for 20% of the purchase price. How is this different from robbery? Although the Feng Dynasty valued agriculture over commerce and always imposed heavy taxes on merchants, cloth was originally a civilian material and was not a huge profit.
For items, 20% of the purchase price is deducted as tax, and the merchant's transportation costs, operating costs, and labor costs are also deducted. Merchants have to work hard and work hard, but they also have to make a modest profit. This tax increase,
The direct consequence is to force the price of cloth to rise... Although he has not participated in the family's management, he knows these business experiences well. If the government raises tax points, merchants will have to digest these in the market.
Tax point, but in the atmosphere of natural economy, the price of daily use things sometimes does not increase once in ten years. If the price of cloth rises by 20% overnight, the government will inevitably intervene to suppress it.
Cloth price.
With heavy taxes and a suppression of cloth prices, cloth merchants can only operate at a loss or withdraw from the market. Unless the government allows cloth prices to rise and ignores... is it possible?
Of course it's impossible, because this time, Lin Hailu, the governor of Wulingcheng County, is probably coming for the Su family.
Only Wuling City has such a tax increase, and the main target of the tax increase is the cloth and silk business. If people believe that this is not against the Su family, only a fool will believe it... Only those who are inexperienced in the world,
Only then would I believe those bluffing excuses... "Oh, this is kind of interesting..."
"Is it just interesting?" Mr. Sheng said that Su San still had a calm face, thinking that he didn't understand the meaning of his words... He chuckled, "It's better not to talk about this... I, just teach and teach, I am free.
When I was young, I had to take care of my family when it came to fishing and business matters.
Gongsun Sheng took a serious look at Su San, thought for a moment, and then shook his head with a smile. Does this count as being nosy, and others don't appreciate it?
When he saw Gongsun Sheng's self-deprecating expression, he guessed a little bit of the old man's thoughts and said, "By the way, I got some new food and asked Yu'er to deliver it to my house later... But I have to hide this first."
Monk."
"Boy, have you taken it out a long time ago? If the old man hadn't said a few words today, I'm afraid you wouldn't have taken it out..."
He did not explain, but said with a genuine smile, "In the past few days, I have found a disciple. After a while, these things will be everywhere in the streets. Mr. Sheng will taste them first, and we can improve on the shortcomings...
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"There will be them all over the streets? I'm pretty confident, so I'd like to give it a try..."