"Obviously I won. If we don't accept it, let's have a fight. Whoever wins wins?"
"If I'm afraid you won't succeed, I'll hit you!"
When Cui Jiuming arrived, Huo Jin and Gou Tianming were fighting over the outcome of the martial arts performance. Seeing that the two were about to fight, Li Cheng quickly intervened.
Su Renyi pulled Cui Jiuming out of the house and asked Huang Shisan to prepare tables, chairs and tea. He was already fed up with the two of them. They had been making noises since early in the morning and could come up with a lot of reasons to prove themselves.
Won. One said that the people cheered the loudest when his team came out, and the other said that the prefect praised him a few times when his team came out. I don’t know how the two of them heard it in such a noisy environment.
Sima Xiangru sat sideways between Su Ren and Cui Jiuming: "Looking at Shopkeeper Cui's face, there must be something good going on, right?"
"Hehehehe! As expected of Mr. Sima, he has a unique vision, and he does have good things!" Cui Jiuming laughed twice, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip: "My father sent someone yesterday to tell me that the matter of military horses and cattle
Now that we have a clue, His Majesty is worried about the lack of horses in the court, so we sent them over unexpectedly. For this reason, His Majesty also awarded my father the ninth rank!"
"Ninth-class title, this is a high title!" Sima Xiangru's eyes widened in disbelief. Generally speaking, the maximum title for commoners cannot exceed the eighth-class title. The Cui family is a businessman, and they were awarded nine degrees at once, which shows that the emperor
Pay attention to military horses.
Cui Jiuming humbly held his hand in his hand: "This still takes advantage of Brother Zi Heng. My father said that I must thank Brother Zi Heng properly this time!"
"You really have to thank me!" Su Ren sighed: "I presented the method of making salt to the imperial court, and also opened up the Yelang and Qiang land trade routes for the imperial court, but I was only awarded the ninth rank. You guys sold horses and cattle to the imperial court.
Just give him the ninth rank, and now I wonder if the court is unclear about rewards and punishments!"
"Hahaha, you're kidding!" Cui Jiuming got an advantage and behaved: "Regardless of whether the reward or punishment is clear, I'm treating you today. I'll invite Brother Ziheng and Mr. Sima to Cuixiang Tower. You won't come back until you're drunk!"
"Going to Cuixiang Tower? And me!" At some point, Huo Jin, Gou Tianming and Li Cheng, who were arguing in the room, came to the yard. Hearing Cui Jiuming's words, Huo Jin hurriedly moved up.
"Hahaha! Okay, let's go together!" Cui Jiuming agreed generously.
Su Ren waved his hand: "We'll talk about the meal later. Let's talk about the horses and cattle first. These things are all obtained from the Qiang land with all the hard work. It won't work if they are sold at a low price. Is there something in them that I know a lot about?
What about big investments?”
"It's not cheap! A war horse costs 1,000 yuan, and a farm ox costs 600 yuan. Is Brother Heng satisfied with this price?"
Su Ren thought for a while: "One thousand war horses and six hundred plow oxen. We now have three thousand war horses and six thousand plow oxen, which is 6.6 million yuan. It sounds quite appropriate!"
"Hahaha, not only is it appropriate, we didn't spend a hundred thousand dollars to get these war horses from the Qiang people. This is a profit of sixty times. The court also said that we can get as many as we want in the future, and the price will remain the same. This is our big business!
"
"Okay, let's just sell it to the court at a low price. I originally planned to make a hundred times the profit, but I can make do with it at only sixty times!"
Cui Jiuming spit out a sip of tea and walked away, smiling helplessly: "Okay, everyone says I'm a profiteer, but in front of you, I'm the best good person in the world!"
Everyone burst into laughter and were very happy to have made six million yuan. With this money, things will be much easier to handle. Both Yelang and Yuanshan people will be safe, and the business of the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce will also increase.
A level. As he talked, he talked about Zhuo Wangsun, the only Chengdu merchant who did not join the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce.
In fact, Zhuo Wangsun's toughness is not consistent with his status, nor is it because Su Ren didn't kill Zhuo Wangsun because of Sima Xiangru's cheap son-in-law. A good recruitment plan must have an opponent. Only
Let those who are wavering see how miserably their opponents have been dealt with by themselves, and then they will make the right choice. Zhuo Wangsun is the opponent specially selected by Su Ren.
Cui Jiuming's banquet place was not Cuixiang House in West Market, nor Cuixiang House in Baihua Lane. He chose the Cuixiang House in front of Zhuo Mansion. As soon as he walked into Furong Lane, Huo Jin started mumbling.
, if he hadn't seen Huo Laosi staring at him, Hawking would have started scolding Cui Jiuming.
Zhuo Wenjun's dress is very suitable for being a stall owner. In fact, he has been working as a stall owner for half a year. Since Cuixianglou opened here, the business is neither good nor bad. The people living in Furong Lane must be poor. Who can
I don’t have any spare money to eat out every day.
To Su Ren's surprise, he met Dong Qian here. As soon as the two met each other, Su Ren was stunned: "You, why are you here?"
Dong Qian pouted: "Why can't I be here?"
Zhuo Wenjun almost made Zhuo Wangsun angry to death. This Zhuo Wangsun was just a businessman. Dong Qian also came to be a stall. Is Dong Zhongshu dead? How can it be said that Dong Zhongshu is also the prime minister of a country? The imperial court
As a minister, even thinking about my daughter selling wine makes me feel embarrassed.
Dong Qian smiled and put on a stern expression: "Everyone, please come in. This wine shop has fine wine, freshly cooked meat, exquisite seasonal vegetables, carefully made pastries, and greenery from the West Market."
The materials used in Xianglou are the same, but they are much cheaper than there. You have come to the right place. Please wait a moment and I will pour you some tea!"
Dong Qian was busy, and she and Zhuo Wenjun quickly arranged for tea and pastries to be served on the table. Huo Jin lowered his head to look at the dark tea soup in the bowl, muttered in his throat, and was about to get up to curse, but was stopped by Huo Jin next to him.
The fourth child grabbed him.
Su Ren took a sip and his face turned dark. This was not tea, it was simply poison. He wanted to vomit when he opened his mouth.
"Don't vomit!" Dong Qian suddenly appeared behind Su Ren and stared at him with sharp eyes: "This is the best tea soup in the shop. If anyone vomits, get out of here immediately!"
"Uh!" Everyone was dumbfounded. If they were ordinary people, based on these few words, this small wine shop would definitely not be able to open, and they might not even be able to stay in Chengdu. However, the person who spoke was Dong Qian, and the person who came
Everyone remained silent and looked at Su Ren.
Su Ren suppressed his nausea and swallowed the mouthful of tea soup. The look on his face was even worse than eating a fly.
"How's it going? Isn't it very good?" Dong Qian chuckled and filled Su Ren's cup: "I made this myself. If you like it, drink more!"
Su Ren almost burst into tears and pretended to smile: "Okay, it tastes good, thank you, girl!"
Dong Qian watched Su Ren drink every drop of the unpleasant cup of tea, and then turned and left. Watching Su Ren gnashing his teeth and scratching his head, the people at the table covered their mouths and snickered. Before Su Ren could refute, Dong Qian
Qian came again, and Su Ren quickly sat down and looked at her with a smile on her face, pretending to be a good person.
Today's dishes are very rich, and they carry forward the style of Cuixianglou in Furong Lane. The plates are very large and the portions are sufficient. The table is set with large plates and bowls. Cui Jiuming greeted everyone to start, but Su Ren ran away in a hurry.
I went to invite Zhuo Wenjun. Of course, everyone knew that Su Ren was a drunkard who didn't care about drinking. This was the first time he saw Su Ren like this, and everyone took it as a joke.
Everyone in the Su family came, one by one, as long as they could be called by their names. Even Liu Gao was invited. It was a lively event, so there were no tables assigned.
All the tables and chairs were put together to form a huge table. More than 20 people sat around and had to stand up to pick up food.
Zhuo Wenjun glanced at Dong Qian with a smile and agreed to Su Ren's invitation. After all the dishes were served, he dismissed the cooks and waiters in the shop, closed the shop, and all the people left in the house were his own family members.
Su Ren picked up the wine glass: "Everyone, Shopkeeper Cui is treating us today. Don't be too mean. Just order what you want to eat and drink what you want. Shopkeeper Cui is a famous iron rooster. If you don't pluck a few hairs today, you are looking down on Shopkeeper Cui! Come on!
, have a drink first!”
Su Ren turned his head and wanted to clink glasses with Dong Qian beside him, but Dong Qian ignored him and went to Zhuo Wenjun and Leng Yue. Su Ren smiled awkwardly and could only drink by himself. Since we are all one of our own, there is no need to be polite.
, eating and drinking freely while setting up the dragon gate array. It was the most enjoyable meal they had since coming to Chengdu. Because the weather was too cold, the vegetables got cold quickly, so Su Ren brought the copper basin for roasting to the table and put it in the charcoal basin.
A copper basin was put on the shelf, water was poured into it and condiments were added, and it was euphemistically called hot pot. This was the first time for everyone to see such a novel way of eating, and they all clapped their hands and praised it.
Su Ren kept serving dishes to Dong Qian, showing his hospitality. But Dong Qian was lukewarm, neither refusing nor happy, and ate as a matter of course.
Hawking drank two more drinks, and when he saw Leng Yue's resentful eyes, he stood up and complained: "Brother, you can't always serve dishes to Sister Dong, but you should also serve dishes to Sister Dong, right?"
Su Ren chuckled, quickly picked up a pair of chopsticks, and put them on the plate in front of Leng Yue: "Mistakes, mistakes, are all part of the family and should be taken care of."
Dong Qian snorted coldly: "Who is your family? My surname is Dong!"
Su Rendao: "When we sit together, we are a family. What's more, you saved my life back then, otherwise how could I be who I am now?"
"Do you still know? It was because I felt sorry for you. Even if a rabbit is about to be eaten by a wolf, I will take action."
"No matter what, I will never be able to repay my life-saving grace. Su Ren will always remember the girl's kindness."
Leng Jun glanced at Dong Qian: "Wenling is an inaccessible place. How could the girl be there back then?"
This question made everyone stop eating immediately and looked at Dong Qian sideways, waiting for her answer. Even Su Ren put down his chopsticks and looked at Dong Qian.
Dong Qian took out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth: "It's a long story to say. To put it simply, it can be regarded as a coincidence. That year I was ordered by my master to go down the mountain to go home, and I met this guy on the road, so I took action.
saved."
"Master, Sister Dong's master is in Wenling?" Huo Zhilan looked at Dong Qian with gleaming eyes.
Dong Qian nodded: "That's right, Master Miejie from Mount Emei is our master!"
"Ah!" Leng Jun and Leng Yue were stunned, their mouths wide open in surprise. (To be continued)
