Shen Lie, who got up early, looked at the instruments he had carefully crafted in the small courtyard, including two stone locks, a wooden stake, and a thick jujube wood stick.
Taking a deep breath, Shen Lie did a few stretches and lifted the stone lock a few times, then narrowed his deep eyes and performed a combination of skills on the wooden stake.
Punch, elbow, knee, leg sweep...
A series of sharp modern fighting combinations were hit on the wooden stakes, whether it was speed, strength, or accuracy, it was a bit interesting.
After all, because he was young and had maintained his body for so long, Shen Lie felt that his boxing skills had almost recovered to half of the strength in his previous life.
Further improvement depends on years of accumulation to improve core strength.
After wiping the sweat from his forehead, Shen Lie went out and ran around Willow Street twice more. After hurriedly returning home, Yun'er put on a floral apron and brought out the hot meals.
Looking at the little maid's delicate face and her growing body, Shen Lie smiled slightly: "Eat quickly, when you're done... get out of the stall!"
In the blink of an eye, it was already three o'clock in the sky.
Shen Lie carried the large and small bags of goods, turned around and locked the dark courtyard door of his home, and then waved his hand to greet the neighbors.
"Hello Aunt Li."
"Third uncle... take a walk!"
After exchanging pleasantries, Shen Lie took large and small bags of goods and walked out of the alley with Yun'er and entered Willow Street.
It can be seen that in the first month of the year, the New Year atmosphere on the streets has faded, and all walks of life, vendors and people have begun a busy and hard year again.
But as soon as Shen Lie walked out of the alley and looked at the several trap stalls that had appeared out of thin air on both sides of the street, he couldn't help but froze in place.
Just like this, the first month of the new year has passed, and it seems like overnight, this small trap business has become popular, and there is one every other distance.
Shen Lie looked at the several colleagues who had appeared out of thin air. They were all shouting vigorously and holding colorful traps in their hands to solicit customers on the street. He was speechless for a moment.
What's going on?
Shen Lie couldn't help but touch his head, and couldn't help but curse: "What's wrong...it's rolled up!"
The New Year had just ended, and there were so many people trying to grab business. Shen Lie was confused by this result, but he soon felt relieved.
A glimmer of understanding arose in my heart. What did that line say? The Ming Dynasty during the Wanli Period was a highly commercialized society.
Whenever a business becomes popular, costs are low, and barriers to entry are low, then after a period of time many people will follow the trend on the street.
At this moment, Yun'er was also dumbfounded, looking at Shen Lie helplessly, pouting her little mouth and muttering: "Master... what should I do?"
Shen Lie was speechless.
a long time.
Shen Liecai waved his hand decisively and said softly: "Let's go back!"
While taking Yun'er home, Shen Lie rubbed his head in embarrassment. Faced with such a complicated situation, it seemed that this stall could not continue to operate.
The trapping business was originally a novelty, but when more and more people followed suit, it became unprofitable.
Go home and close the courtyard door.
The two of them walked into the main hall together, and Yun'er sat on the imperial chair, supporting her white chin with her delicate hands, and sighed.
"Master..."
I can't blame Yun'er for being worried, her livelihood is gone now!
Shen Lie lifted the hem of his robe and sat down next to her. He couldn't help but scratch her little nose lightly and said relaxedly: "Don't be afraid, let's... do some other business."
Yun'er looked at the young master's heroic face and nodded hard: "Yes!"
At this moment, she was very confident in her young master. She looked at him with wide, shining eyes. Now, she would believe it no matter what the young master said.
Shen Lie smiled slightly, sorted out his thoughts, then walked to the wall of the back room, pulled out a blue brick from under the wall, and took out the box where the money was hidden.
Shen Lie planned to take stock of his current property, repairing the yard, roof, purchasing furniture, wages... all added up, he spent a total of more than thirty taels of silver.
Now he still has more than 80 taels of snowflake silver as start-up capital.
Quite a few.
Shen Lie began to think about what to do next. In the ninth year of Wanli, he had very few choices.
When all walks of life are highly monopolized, it is not easy to innovate. Shen Lie rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, feeling that opening a small restaurant might be one of the few options.
Selling pancakes and fried dough sticks may be a way, but the profit is really low, and you can't make a lot of money even if you work early and stay late.
soon.
An idea popped up in Shen Lie's heart, so he pulled Yun'er up and chuckled, "Let's go find the store."
A moment later, on the street.
Shen Lie and Yun'er walked slowly on the bustling street. After passing Liutiao Street, they walked forward to Chaoyang Gate. After passing Chaoyang Gate, they reached the inner city.
The further you go, the more prosperous the retreat becomes. The streets are lined with inns, teahouses, wine shops, and pawn shops. The various signboards are dazzling. The further you go, the streets are all bookstores, calligraphy and painting antique shops...
From firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea, to food, drink, entertainment and luxury goods, it’s really a dazzling array.
Behind each store represents the gray income of every family of dignitaries, relatives of the emperor, and civil and military officials during the two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Shen Lie wanted to rent a shop near Chaoyang Gate, but when he asked about the rent, Yun'er was so frightened that she spat out her sweet tongue.
Not only is the rent here not cheap, every inch of land is extremely expensive!
In this prosperous area at the foot of the emperor, the annual rent for even the most ordinary shop starts at at least three to four hundred taels.
this price……
Shen Lie shook his head. He couldn't afford to rent a shop facing the street, so Shen Lie planned to find a slightly remote location to see if he could find a smaller shop.
Hard work pays off.
Shen Lie took Yun'er around Chaoyangmen for three days, and finally found a small shop of about thirty square meters deep in the winding alley.
Standing in front of the small shop at the end of the alley, Yun'er frowned with disgust. Not only was the location of this shop remote and sparsely populated, it was also a dead end.
This is simply a piece of land!
Moreover, the shop owner used to sell aged vinegar, but it closed down due to poor management, so the smell of aged vinegar was everywhere in the shop.
For such a small, remote shop, the rent still costs thirty taels.
But Shen Lie had already planned to do so. He simply walked around the store and looked at a few dead rats in the corner and the big vinegar bars that exuded a strong sour smell.
Shen Lie touched the thick layer of dust on the table again. His heart moved, and he began to bargain with the landlord: "Ten taels!"
The landlord was naturally very dissatisfied and wanted to counter-offer: "Sir, you..."
But before the landlord finished speaking, unexpectedly, Shen Lie pulled Yun'er and turned around to leave, his expression looking very determined.
Sure enough, the landlord was anxious and hurriedly caught up with him, shouting to persuade him to stay: "Hey... don't leave, sir, please give me more, please give me more!"
Shen Lie was determined, so he pretended to be very reluctant and stopped, and seriously made a price: "Twelve taels, how about it?"
The landlord was still a little confused.
But Shen Lie asked again: "How about renting for three years and paying the rent in full for three years?"
The landlord gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, clenched his fists and nodded.
"become!"
Seeing the landlord nod, Shen Lie couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart. He blinked at Yun'er. This time he really made a mistake. It was a big mistake!
