Lu Jin took a deep breath and finally said with a smile: "An Yue, you know a lot. You even know such secret things as mine."
If An Yue hadn't been his uncle, he would have died hundreds of times.
An Yue drank tea with a calm expression: "I don't know, someone told me."
Doubt flashed in Lu Jin's eyes. No one knew about him except his close confidants. He frowned and asked, "Who told you?"
An Yue smiled gently: "You also know this person, he is your uncle, Shi Wei."
Shi Wei had disappeared for more than ten years. Lu Jin was stunned for a moment when he heard this name. When he was doing business in Anzhou, Shi Wei was not there at all.
Therefore, Shi Wei has been paying attention to him since then and is in Anzhou.
"When was the last time you saw him?"
An Yue put down the tea cup and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Just now, the old friend I met is Shi Wei, your brother-in-law."
How can his uncle, who has nothing, help him?
He held his forehead with a headache: "That's all, since you are here, I will go out to look for Yaoyao."
Restaurant?
An Shuyao's eyes narrowed, and she pursed her lips and asked, "What happened?"
The grain and oil shopkeeper's surname was Li and his given name was Liang. He was in his forties or fifties, and An Shuyao respectfully called him Uncle Liang.
There are five shops, selling cloth, rouge, wine, grain and oil, and porcelain.
"Yes, but I only came back to Anzhou to settle down in the past two years. I used to travel around the world."
When the two of them learned that the owner behind the scenes was finally coming to manage the store, they were both moved to tears.
After An Shuyao investigated, he fired the other three managers, leaving only the grain and oil shopkeeper and the rouge shopkeeper.
Changing careers suddenly is risky, and you might lose your pants in the big city of Xizhou Gongfu.
"The Yan family seems to be cousins to the Shu family. The Jiang family's business is booming without publicity, but the Yan family likes to cause trouble for small shops like us and requires a protection fee of ten taels per month, otherwise it will
Our store was destroyed. Alas, with this business, we can’t even make ten taels of silver a month.”
Only the one who sells grain, oil and rouge is loyal and always waits for the owner behind him to come. Over the past few years, although he has not made any money, he is not greedy. The situation has been much improved by the other three.
This was the first time Uncle Fu heard about it, but seeing that An Shuyao was confident, he felt relieved and said, "Okay, then I'll wait for news from my employer."
Without exception, business is not good.
The rouge shopkeeper's surname was Wang and his given name was Fu. He was about the same age as Uncle Liang, so An Shuyao also called him Uncle Fu.
As Shi Wei's close nephew, he actually didn't know much about his uncle like An Yue, and he didn't even know his whereabouts.
Lu Jin: "..."
Lu Jin's eyes were shocked: "He is in Anzhou now?"
After seeing An Shuyao, the two of them looked at her. Uncle Fu asked: "Master, what should I do next? The rouge shop I manage is all low-quality rouge and gouache, which cannot be sold at all. The rouge on this street
In addition to the Jiang family's store, there is also the Yan family's store that relies on the Shu family."
The coachman replied breathlessly: "Seventh Master, Seventh Master... He was arrested by the Jiang family for molesting a woman."
The store has no profit and has to pay protection fees. No wonder the losses are huge.
An Shuyao walked out of the shop and was about to go back to discuss with Lu Jin, but she ran into a panicked carriage driver.
Uncle Fu took it, nodded and said yes, hesitated for a moment and then said: "What about our supply of goods? If we don't have good goods, we can't make money."
Cosmeceutical?
The two of them also watched the store suffer heavy losses and did not do anything to help. They felt guilty and felt sorry for the owner who had helped them.
The two looked at each other, but they didn't expect An Shuyao to be ready to cause trouble as soon as he arrived.
An Shuyao walked around and discovered that it was not just the shopkeeper of Buzhuang who had ulterior motives. The shopkeepers of wine and porcelain also made a lot of money from it, just waiting for the shop to close down so they could run away.
Lu Jin: "..."
And stores like these that have no support are at risk of being evicted. If you don't realize what's going on and leave voluntarily, they will suppress you in other ways, such as the supply of goods.
An Yue nodded and continued: "Remember to deal with your rotten peach blossoms and don't disturb my little sister."
After the negotiation was completed, An Shuyao was about to formulate her idea.
"I will find a solution for this matter. Next time someone from the Yan family comes, they will come here to find me." An Shuyao gave her the address of the inn where she lived.
An Shuyao looked at him with a smile and comforted: "Don't worry, I have the supply here. From now on, our rouge shop will be a drug store, and I will provide the supply."
An Shuyao frowned slightly as he listened to his complaint: "So, you handed it over?"
"Miss An, it's bad, something happened to Master Qi!"
It is difficult to do business in Xizhou Gong Mansion, especially under the pressure of the four major families, and there are many people related to the four major families. The forces are complicated and everyone wants a piece of the city, so this leads to
A situation where there are too many monks and too little food.
If you can't buy good goods, your business will naturally not be as good as other stores with exquisite goods. Over time, you won't be able to operate. Closing the store and leaving is the last way out.
Lu Jin ignored him and went out directly.
Except for Buzhuang, which has a good location and was noticed by the Wang family, the other four companies were almost losing money even though they were not noticed.
Seeing that he had finished asking, Uncle Liang hurriedly interjected: "Boss, what about my grain and oil store? Although the loss is not as serious as that of Lao Fu, it is still difficult."
But the two of them gritted their teeth and acted recklessly: "As long as the boss doesn't dislike us two old guys, we will do whatever you want."
An Yue looked at his complicated expression with a smile: "He doesn't want you to go to him. He will show up naturally if something happens. He also said that if you want to regain the throne, he can help you."
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The supply of rouge was controlled, and Uncle Fu was extremely worried.
Uncle Fu scratched his head in embarrassment: "I'll hand it over... I can't do it if I don't, they will disturb you and make it impossible to do business."
Seeing An Shuyao deep in thought, Uncle Fu continued to ask: "My boss, what should I do?"
An Shuyao looked stunned, suspecting that she heard wrongly: "What did you say? Who took him away?"
The grain and oil store is much larger than the rouge shop and has two floors. An Shuyao said with a smile: "How can a grain and oil store make money like a restaurant? But if you want to renovate the restaurant, you need to calculate how much inventory you have. If you can, sell it."
If you don’t go out, just keep it. I will design it and hire people to decorate it. Therefore, I also ask my two uncles to help me with the work. I have few people here, so I can only work hard for you two during this period. Work under my hands. I
I will never treat you badly."
Her store must be opened in Gongfu, Xizhou.
The carriage driver had a look on his face: "The Jiang family has captured Mr. Qi."
An Shuyao: "..."
She thought An Jingzhou would keep to himself, but she didn't expect that he would give her a big blow when he came and directly offend the Jiang family first.
It's better to tease a girl from the Jiang family. The one who can cause such a big fight is probably not a low-status woman.