At the gate of the East Palace, I handed over my badge for entering and exiting the palace. Seeing that it was still early, I rode a horse to the East Market for a look around. The business of Qianjintang was still booming.
Nowadays, people are queuing up to buy the signature elixirs. Many wealthy families just throw down their money first, and then just deliver the medicine to their homes when they have it, without negotiating the price.
"Our soaps are selling very well now, and the supply exceeds demand. Can you ask Longyou to rush in a few batches?" When Zhao Yi saw Huaiyu, he immediately made a request. The soaps are all from Meiyutang in Longyou Zhang County.
Manufactured and shipped to supply.
Qianjintang also orders from Meiyutang, but Qianjintang will do different packaging and marketing according to its own customer base. Some of the packages are very exquisite, and the selling value is also staggering. A sandalwood box and silk packaging, plus a
They dare to sell a beautiful calligraphy card for thousands of dollars.
There are even some limited editions, with serial numbers, that sell for tens of thousands of dollars per box, and they are actually very popular.
Who would have thought that a drug store selling these beauty and skin care products could be so popular.
After sitting in the store for a while, I went to have a look at the pharmaceutical workshop in the back, and then checked out the pharmacy, warehouse, and the dormitories for the employees in the back. They were all pretty good.
The big pot of rice cooked in the kitchen is dry rice, with one meat, two vegetables and one soup.
"Can we have meat every day?"
"Yes, every day we ask the butcher to deliver vegetables, either pig heads, pork belly, intestines, sheep bones, sheep tripe, etc. There is also a meal of meat every ten days. The food is good for everyone, but there is a smell of oil every day." Zhao
Yi is very proud, who can have such good treatment for his staff? It would be great if the shopkeeper and other senior staff are treated like this.
Huaiyu looked at the pig intestines, tripe, and lungs, etc., and knew that Zhao Yi and the others were trying to save money for themselves. These pigs were cheap, but they were difficult to clean, and if they lacked seasonings, they would indeed have a bit of an odor, but for the shop assistants
To us, this is meat after all.
People who are short of non-staple food and oil and water are usually hard and tired, so their bodies like these meaty foods the most. No one cares about the taste. What everyone cares about is filling their stomachs and having oil and water.
"Our guys, if you stand on the street, they are all fatter than others, and their faces are rosy!"
"Who doesn't envy our boss's generosity?"
Huaiyu was very embarrassed after hearing this, "You can't just buy these cheap meats. It's too little to eat good meat every ten days. You can eat something better every five days."
After looking through the account books, Runniang no longer serves as the accountant of Qianjintang. Instead, she has recruited a relative from the Wu family. She is relatively honest and honest, and she does good accounting. She was in this business before.
There was a lot of profit on the books. Huaiyu was not in a hurry to pay the dividends. Instead, he told Zhao Yi, "I think everyone has been working hard recently. I will spend a sum of money like this to give everyone a winter benefit, and the apprentices will receive a hundred coins."
, the other guys will wait for more posts.”
"Have any of your family members or relatives or friends been in difficulty recently and need to borrow money or food?"
"Yes, but I took them to the Changsheng Hall to borrow money."
"how?"
"It's still quite a lot, but now that food prices have dropped, everyone is better off."
"If we shopkeepers are in need and want to borrow money or food, we can borrow it directly at the counter. As long as it does not exceed the amount we set before, no interest will be charged. If the amount exceeds the amount, we will charge less interest. They
If relatives and friends want to borrow it, they should take it to Changshengtang."
"How is the construction of the West City Branch going?"
"It's going to be open soon. It will be opened before the year,"
"Well, thank you for your hard work."
Huaiyu rode to the West Market again. The Qianjin Hall in the West Market was already in some shape, and everyone was still working on it. He said hello to everyone, and then went to the Changsheng Hall again.
The business of Changshengtang's shop is still going well. The shopkeeper carefully reported that the last transaction made by Wei Zheng's family was considered an open business and could earn more than 2,000 yuan. However, the result is still stagnant now.
Although it was a partnership business, Huaiyu was the majority shareholder after all. Seeing such profits, any loss caused by his dismissal from office was made up for.
I rode horseback to the nearby Fan Mansion in Huaiyuanfang.
"I was dismissed from my post, and now I am without an official position. I originally said that I would ask for leave from my boss to get married today, but now it's okay. I don't need to ask for it."
Fan Xuanfu was very happy after hearing this. Now he could have more time to concentrate on the wedding.
"Why is Wei Zheng so annoying? Do you want to find some way to treat him?"
The two of them flirted with each other for a long time, until Fan Xing returned home, and Huaiyu hurried away.
As soon as we returned to our home in Yongxingfang on horseback, the steward of Changsun Wuji's family drove three carts, one cart of copper coins, two thousand kilograms, one cart of silk, and one cart of grain.
"My Alang said that today he implicated General Wu, who was dismissed from his post and fined twenty kilograms of copper. My Alang said that General Wu didn't have to worry about his official position, so he decided to hold the wedding at home for the time being, and wait for some rest.
, he will definitely make arrangements for General Wu."
"The general was fined twenty kilograms of copper for causing trouble. My Alang specially sent me two thousand kilograms of copper coins."
"Alang said that the general lost his official position and had to rest for a while. He would lose some monthly salary and daily rations, so he sent this cart of silk and a cart of grain. The silk is three hundred pieces, and the grain is twenty-four shi."
Huaiyu looked at the three cartloads of money, food and silk, and was so surprised that he could not speak.
What a big deal.
The new emperor's first favorite, his actions are different.
A typical copper coin is six pounds and four taels, which is exactly one hundred taels. These two thousand pounds of copper coins are a full three hundred and twenty guan, as well as three hundred bolts of silk and twenty-four stones of grain.
This compensation is really adequate.
Huaiyu is now a sixth-grade official, and his salary for a year is only ninety shi, which is less than eight shi a month. As for salary and other things, with his fifth-grade official position, his monthly salary is only three thousand shi.
money.
Now the price of silk has dropped, and a piece of silk is only worth 200 yuan, but these 300 pieces are not worth 60 pieces.
In exchange for three guan of salary per month, Sun Wuji, the eldest son of the family, directly gave 360 guan, a hundred months' compensation.
"This, how can this be so embarrassing?"
"Alang said that General Wu must accept it. Originally, he was going to come in person, but now he is asked to reflect at home and it is inconvenient to go out. In the future, he will come in person."
Fatty Changsun is a good man, but I don’t know if he has given three loads of money and food to the captain on duty today. I guess not.
In fact, relationships between people are not that pure. You have to be valuable for others to value you. Wu Huaiyu is not an ordinary fifth-grade imperial military attache, and Changsun Wuji knows it very well.
Huaiyu also knew it.
He accepted the gift, and the steward of the eldest son's family left.
Huaiyu sent people to the door to go back, but saw Wei Zheng standing at the door of his house, looking around.
"Wei Gong!" Huaiyu stepped forward.
In the end, Wei Zheng ignored him and retreated home, even closing the door.
Grass!
Huaiyu's nose almost turned crooked with anger.
"Mr. Wei, don't even think about eating my spinach again!" he shouted angrily at the closed door of the Wei family.
No one responded.
Huaiyu was very angry. He had left some room for Wei Zheng to borrow money last time, but this old boy didn't know how to restrain himself.
Looking at the gate of the Wei family, he thought of an idea, asking Wei Zheng to use the secret recipe of Wei Gong wine to pay off the debt.
Using the name of Wei Gong Liquor, and even using his family's secret brewing recipe, Wu Huaiyu paid to package the brand, expand production, and build a winery. Then he would use his name and his name to make a lot of money and piss Wei Zheng off.
This can also add another money-making project for yourself, which also makes Wei Zheng disgusted.
If you don't want to hand over the prescription, then hand over the house. His house has a large yard of fifteen acres. Although the house is a bit dilapidated, it is right next door. It would be good to clean it up and make a garden.
Mrs. Pei watched her husband come back after closing the door. Hearing Wu Huaiyu's scolding outside, she helplessly said to her husband, "The previous matter has not been resolved, so why bother?
Sun Wuji, the elder of the family, is the elder brother of the Queen and a close confidant of His Majesty. Now he is red and purple. He accidentally entered the palace with a knife. You can just point it out. Why do you insist on saying that he should be killed according to the law?
Aren’t you offending people to death?”
"You are impeaching my uncle, and why are you dragging Wu Erlang into this?"
Wei Zheng ignored his wife and went back to his study.
Just after the steward of the Changsun family left for a while, Queen Changsun sent someone to the Wu family to reward him.
The emperor rewarded him with some palace damasks, embroidery, and a pair of silver basins.
This pair of silver basins is much larger and heavier than the silver vases that Li Shimin often rewarded his courtiers. They are full of materials and very valuable.
The people sent by the queen didn't say anything, but everything was left unsaid.
When Lao Wu came home from get off work at Qujiang Shenji Workshop, he saw the money, food and silver basins, and heard about what Huaiyu had encountered today. The old man just patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's not you who committed the crime, you just happened to meet him."
You don’t have to worry about being implicated. After a while, you will definitely be reinstated, so just prepare for the wedding at home."
The father kept his mouth calm, but turned around and went to the wall that separated Wei Zheng's house. He led a sheep to the wall, slaughtered the sheep directly under the wall, and then poured the sheep's blood on Wei Zheng on the other side of the wall.
In the vegetable field at home, I finally threw all the sheep hearts, livers, tripes, intestines and lungs directly over there.
After throwing it away, he even leaned on the wall and shouted at the Wei family.
"Wei Zuocheng, Madam Pei, I will kill a sheep at home today and give you some heart, liver, lungs, intestines and stomach to nourish you."
Wei Zheng and his wife were disturbed by his loud noise. When they came over and saw the vegetable field full of blood and feces, as well as those heartless people, they frowned in anger, but Wei Zheng did not dare to confront Lao Wu.
Mrs. Pei felt that it was wrong. Even if the vegetable garden was dirty with these bloody viscera, it was not easy to come forward and say a word.
"You two eat more heart and liver to make up for it. If it's not enough, my family will kill a sheep tomorrow and bring it to you."
After Lao Wu finished speaking, he jumped off the wall and left.
Wei Zheng was left pointing at the empty wall, blushing and speechless.
At this time, Wu Huaiyu's voice came from the other side of the wall, "Aye, those sheep are in the water, the heart, liver, belly, lungs and intestines, why are they thrown away? It's better to feed them to the two dogs I raise. If they eat them, they will shake at people."
Where’s the tail?”
"Well, I gave it to Lao Wei's family next door. Next time I'll just feed it to the dog. I gave it to them out of kindness and didn't even say thank you. Even the scholars read it and it went into the dog's belly." Lao Wu responded.
