Li Qi taught seriously, and the group of children also studied seriously. The people on the side looked even more serious. Only Li Qi's voice could be heard in the whole yard.
Time passes quietly.
Before I knew it, the sun had turned westward.
Seeing that it was getting late, Li Qi stopped teaching and told the children to practice more at night. He would come to check tomorrow. Then he took Tian Carpenter and the others back to the city with Bai Qiannuo.
went.
Li Qi was busy all day today, and Wu Furong was not idle either. He took Wu Xiaoliu and a few others and almost traveled all over Bianjing City, and finally brought in carpenters, bricklayers, painters and other decoration workers.
All found.
The work started in the afternoon and was busy until the evening.
Not long after the workers left, Li Qi arrived.
Li Qi returned to Zuixianju and first told Wu Furong the origins of Tian Carpenter and his gang and the reason why he brought them here.
After Wu Furong heard this, he was immediately excited. Now that Zuixianju is employing people, it would not be a bad thing to have several people helping out. Moreover, most of these people are experienced hands and can work with just the tools. It is really a good thing.
there is none left.
After having dinner together, Li Qi asked Wu Xiaoliu and the others to clean out a few vacant rooms and settled Carpenter Tian and the others there.
After everything was done, Li Qi told Wu Furong about his plan to select refugees to work as bartenders in Zuixianju.
When Wu Furong heard this, he was happy and worried at the same time. He had been troubled by recruiting people these days. Now that he heard that Li Qi had already found someone, could he feel unhappy?
However, Li Qi found thirty or forty people at once. He thought it was too much and they didn't even have a place to live.
Li Qi also felt that it was a bit much, but at this point, he could only make do with it. After some discussion, the two of them planned to select five younger and more agile aunts from this group of refugees.
Zuixianju cleans the house, and then selects five older ones to do housework in the Qin Mansion. As for the room arrangements, Li Qi plans to let Mr. Tian Carpenter and other elders live in the backyard of Zuixianju. As for the children, they will be arranged separately.
Some of them lived in Wu Furong's home. Anyway, Wu Furong was the only one in his home, and his wife died of dystocia a long time ago.
After discussing this, Wu Furong suddenly said: "By the way, Mr. Li, there is something I almost forgot to tell you."
"What's up?"
"Madam came to the store today. If you had come back an hour earlier, you could have seen her."
"Oh, is this serious?" Li Qi said in surprise. This seemed to be his impression that this was the first time Mrs. Qin came to Zuixianju. He felt excited and regretful at the same time. If he had known this, he should have rushed back earlier.
Wu Furong nodded and said: "Madam, the main reason for coming here today is about Yang Lou. That member, Zhang, went to the Qin Mansion again early this morning."
"Yeah, I almost forgot about it."
Li Qi slapped his forehead and asked hurriedly: "How was the conversation with him, Madam?"
Wu Furong said: "It's roughly as you expected, except that Zhang Yuanwai wants to lower the price to 150 wen per catty."
Li Qi frowned and thought, "Then how much does he plan to sell it for?"
A flash of surprise flashed in Wu Furong's eyes, and he laughed and said: "It seems that I can't hide anything from you. Yes, Zhang Yuanwai wants to use lower prices to deal with Jade Xuan. He plans to sell two hundred coins together."
This price is fifty cents lower than the price at Jade Pavilion.
Li Qi thought for a while and said, "What did Madam say?"
Wu Furong said: "Madam hasn't replied to him yet. Madam came here today to discuss this matter with you. Do you think you should agree to him?"
Li Qi thought for a while, nodded and said: "I think it will work. The current price of stinky tofu is still too high. I believe that after a while, the price will come down. I think it will only cost a hundred yuan at most. Anyway,
We don’t plan to sell stinky tofu anymore. It’s better to lower prices later than earlier. As soon as Yang Lou lowers its prices, Jade Xuan will definitely follow suit. If we make less money, the two of them will not be in trouble. This business can only be done at 150 yuan.
One hundred and fifty, but when you ask your wife to talk, you have to pretend to be hesitant and embarrassed. Talk less about money and more about feelings. Don't show your flaws. If you let that member Zhang know that this stinky tofu is involved
Huge profits are not a good thing for us and Jade Xuan."
Wu Furong nodded and said: "I know that. Well, I will go to the Qin Mansion early tomorrow morning. Oh, and when Madam came here today, she saw that the store was being decorated, and she also made some suggestions."
"Oh? This is a good thing."
Li Qi looked happy and said, "What did Madam say?"
Wu Furong stroked his beard and told Li Qi all the suggestions Mrs. Qin made today.
Although Mrs. Qin doesn't understand business, she was born into a scholarly family and is a noble, so her taste is naturally very high. Today, she heard that Li Qi wanted to turn the third floor into some kind of VIP private room, so she gave them some VIP rooms in terms of layout.
suggestion.
After hearing this, Li Qi nodded without even thinking about it and said: "Just do what the madam said. Also, it's rare that the madam is interested in this matter. Why don't we take advantage of this to drag her into the water.
"
Regarding the decoration, Li Qi actually gave a rough plan at that time. He didn't know how to do it specifically. After all, people's taste here must be different from that of his time. If it was done according to his time, it might still be better.
It would be self-defeating. He originally wanted Wu Furong to take care of things by himself, but he never expected that Mrs. Qin suddenly stepped in, which really excited him. Mrs. Qin's taste could not be compared to that of Wu Furong.
Wu Furong was stunned and said: "Pull him into the water?"
"Uh... I mean, why don't we take this opportunity to leave all the decoration matters to Madam. Since she made the suggestion, of course she has to be responsible for it. Besides, I have a lot of things to do these days.
I can’t take care of it at all, so it’s Madam’s turn to take action.” Li Qi said with a sly smile.
"This——I'm afraid that my wife won't agree." Wu Furong was confused.
Li Qi rolled his eyes and said: "Uncle Wu, just tell Madam that now that the opening is about to happen, we both have a lot to do and there are not enough manpower. Let her pay attention to the decoration of the store and remember
, when you talk to the madam, show that you are unable to do what you want, and the madam will definitely understand."
"Isn't this not good?" Wu Furong asked worriedly.
"What's wrong? Madam has been sitting at home all day long. Sooner or later she has to hold it back. It's not a bad thing to go out for a walk. Anyway, the matter is settled. If you don't want to talk about it, then I'll go.
"Li Qi said very roguely.
"No, I'll let you talk." Wu Furong stopped him quickly. He was very afraid of Li Qi's mouth now. If Li Qi was allowed to talk, something might happen.
"You said this yourself. I didn't force you. However, if you can't make sense, then I have to do it myself. I still don't believe that I can't persuade Madam." Li Qi said disdainfully.
Wu Furong smiled bitterly and nodded, and then said: "I estimated today that the decoration of the store will be completed in about a month. Do you want to decide on the opening date first?"
Li Qi said casually: "You and your wife can discuss this matter. Also, I think we don't have much wine in the wine cellar. We need to prepare the wine first, so that when the guests come to our store, they don't even have the wine."
drink."
Although Li Qi hates wine and has vowed not to drink again, this does not mean that he will give up the huge profits from wine.
I remember that when he first traveled to the Northern Song Dynasty, he spent all day drinking.
What impressed Li Qi most about the wine of the Northern Song Dynasty was that it was difficult to get drunk.
The alcohol content is at most 11 or 2 degrees, which is similar to beer. No wonder Wu Song could drink eighteen bowls of it in Jingyanggang at that time. But not to mention, drinkers in the Northern Song Dynasty also preferred low-alcohol wine with a mellow taste.
The alcohol content is low, so you can naturally drink more. If the guests drink more, they will naturally make more money. It would be unethical to not make this money.
Wu Furong nodded and said: "But I wonder if you plan to go directly to the wine shop to buy wine? Or go to Quyuan to buy wine koji?"
Jiuqu? Liquor?
Li Qi frowned and said, "I haven't thought about this yet. Please tell me about the market situation first."
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