As the Chinese New Year is approaching, the people of Yong County finally know what is going on in the newly built shopping mall at the Xicheng Gate.
Shops are all shops, shops that make people dizzy and forget to leave...
There are restaurants, gourmet restaurants, inns, cloth shops, clothing stores, music shops, jewelry shops... and a food market that occupies five shops.
From now on, they no longer need to travel all over the county just to buy a few things. In this small shopping mall, there is nothing they can't think of and nothing they can't buy.
In the past, the people living near Xicheng Gate were the poorest people in Yong County. In the past few months, the situation has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Businessmen from all over the country can no longer rent shops in shopping malls. Land in Yong County is temporarily not allowed to be bought and sold by foreign merchants. They can only pay high rents to the surrounding people and rent their houses as shops.
They immediately became the wealthiest people in the county.
It is not just these people whose lives have changed. Textile-based workshops have also provided local women with idle work at home with many ways to make money. They can choose to weave at home, sell to cloth mills, or work in cloth mills.
, you can get a certain amount of wages every month, and you can also raise silkworms and sell the silk...
Jingguo's fabrics and ready-made clothes, especially silk, are very popular in various countries. No matter how much goods are produced, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell them.
The tradition of men farming and women weaving has not changed, but the delicate women hold up most of the sky at home with their skillful hands.
Later research showed that in Yong County, the famous silk town of Jingguo, the tradition of men eating soft rice and being henpecked started from this...
Although living standards have improved, people in Yongxian County have limited spending power, so they still have to rely on businessmen from all over the country. Even transactions conducted in Yongxian County require a portion of taxes to be paid to the local government, and the rents for shopping mall stores are also high.
, but it is much better than them taking many risks and traveling across mountains and rivers.
Just two days after opening, the mall is already overcrowded.
After all, there are bargains to be had, so don’t take advantage of them. Many of the stores there are offering grand opening discounts and year-end clearance sales at the same time, a double discount. If you miss this time, you will have to wait until next year.
"The whole audience is ten cents, the whole audience is ten cents, you can't buy it with ten cents and suffer a loss, you can't be fooled with ten cents..."
"The shopkeeper is in a hurry to go home and celebrate the New Year. Big sale at a loss, big sale at a loss, the last two days, the last two days!"
"The shopkeeper ran away with his sister-in-law, so we had to take Ruyi lotion and perfume as payment for wages. Everything is half price, everything is half price..."
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Any shop that shouts like this will have an endless stream of customers, making the peers around them dumbfounded.
Ten coins, half price, loss... If everyone did this business, then all the businessmen in the world would have starved to death.
These Jingguo businessmen really have no bottom line at all...
Money is so important, why would you even give up your face for money?
But looking at the crowded shop of the other party, and then looking at the few people in their shop, the expressions of other people began to become complicated.
Finally, a few people whispered something to the clerks in their own stores. The clerks hesitated for a moment and walked out of the store.
"New store opened, the second item is half price..."
"Buy three and get one free, buy five and get two free, buy ten and get five free!"
"The opening reward is ten cents off for a hundred cents, fifty cents off for a three hundred cents..."
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The crowd divided into several groups and rushed toward those shops.
In the crowded crowd, a man in blue walked out of the shopping mall, looked back for a long time, looked around, and left the city gate in another direction.
Opposite the shopping mall, on the second floor of a teahouse, another man in blue looked away, stood up and said respectfully to the young man opposite: "Master Xu, this man's name is Zheng Bang, he is the envoy in blue in the sect, and he works under the right envoy...
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In the chaotic place, a man in blue looked at Fang Yu and said: "Dharma protector, it has been confirmed that that place has indeed been turned into a market. I went to see it with my own eyes. The shops there are doing very well. If we go from the west city gate
After breaking in, you can first plunder all the goods and money there, which is very convenient..."
Fang Yu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then asked, "What's going on in Yongxian's city defense?"
The man in blue thought for a while and said: "There is no abnormal movement. I have already contacted our secret agent. He said that there are no signs of mobilization of Yong County's defense. If there is any news, he will notify us immediately."
Fang Yu nodded and said, "Let's do it on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month!"
"inappropriate!"
The King of Shu strode in from the outside and said: "There are people coming from Baldhead. They suggest that we take action a few days in advance on the 11th day of the first lunar month. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival. The county will definitely strengthen its defense in the first three days. It is best to take action on the 11th day of the lunar month."
Suitable and can minimize losses."
Fang Yu thought for a moment and felt that what he said made sense. Then he seemed to remember something, frowned and said, "The almanac says that on the eleventh day of the first lunar month, it is forbidden to travel."
The King of Shu knew that this holy religion was troublesome, but he didn't expect it to be so troublesome. There is already a Queen of Heaven. Why do you still believe in the almanac? Hearing this, he frowned and asked, "Where is the almanac?"
Fang Yu pointed at the table.
The King of Shu walked over and looked at it, picked it up, and said with a smile: "This is from this year. In a few days, it will be next year. This almanac is out of date..."
"It's the eleventh day of the first lunar month." He looked at Fang Yu and said, "I'll send someone to notify those bald heads. Start preparations now to make sure nothing goes wrong!"
Fang Yu was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay."
The two discussed for a while, and then the King of Shu left in a hurry.
Stepping out of the door, he looked up at the sky, with a smile on his lips, and said grimly: "Li Yi, King Jing..., we are going to meet soon, are you surprised or not..., are you getting married soon?"
Well, I will give you a big gift before your wedding!"
Inside the room, Fang Yu looked at the person behind him and said, "Go get a new almanac."
"Yes, protector."
The man nodded, walked out immediately, and quickly took out a new almanac.
"On the eleventh day of the first month of the year Yihai, it is appropriate to receive wealth."
"This is God's request for my holy religion to receive wealth." Fang Yu was very satisfied with this, nodded, looked at him and said, "You can go out first."
"Yes." The believer walked out, still having a little doubt in his heart.
The almanac says that it is appropriate to receive wealth, but the almanac does not say who is suitable for it. What if - what if it is the other person?
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A place of chaos, somewhere on the top of a mountain.
Several figures were crawling hard on the mountain road, panting from exhaustion.
"I said, why do you have to go over mountains and ridges when there is no main road..."
"Don't complain. Although the main road has been smoothed by those bald heads, you still have to go faster on the shortcut. It will delay His Highness's business, so be careful."
"You said that the place where Baldhead lives is as good as they say. It's a city in the mountains, with restaurants, bars and schools. Why don't I believe it..."
"Whether you believe it or not, you will know with your own eyes soon."
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A few people were chatting while climbing the mountain. When they climbed to a certain location, their eyes suddenly opened up.
A smooth road winds straight to the top of the mountain. Looking around, it seems that there are shadows of buildings hidden in the woods.
A few people had just taken a few steps forward when several feather arrows suddenly shot out from the forest and stuck diagonally on the ground in front of them.
The person walking at the front couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If the arrow were to go downwards and upwards, his feet would be shot through.
