"..." Xiao Kouer was confused by Xia Shang's series of wild ideas, "No money...give it away for free?"
"It means depositing fifty taels of silver in Xiao's house, and then giving away two boxes of rouge worth a total of six taels of silver. Of course, these deposited silver cannot be exchanged for banknotes, and can only be exchanged for goods of lower value at Xiao's house. You Xiao
Don’t we have a lot of goods? In the future, except for rouge, everything sold by the Xiao family store can be exchanged. And you can also become a member of the Xiao family store.”
"member?"
"They are distinguished VIP users. Oops, I guess you don't understand. Anyway, they are very special guests and will enjoy the special services of the Xiao family. The most direct thing is that in the future, whenever you purchase items from the Xiao family, you will enjoy certain
Discount. Moreover, as the total amount of consumption in Xiaojia increases, the membership level will increase. If you spend fifty taels, you will be a junior member and enjoy a 95% discount. If you spend 500 taels, you will be an intermediate member and enjoy a 10% discount.
If you spend two thousand taels, you will become a senior member and enjoy a 15% discount. By analogy, subsequent members will also receive holiday condolences gift packs, exclusive boxes, new product notifications, member tea parties, poetry gatherings, travel, etc. In short, become a member
There are many benefits, and the higher the membership level, the more benefits.”
"You, you, you...wait a moment, I...I'll take notes first."
Xiao Kouer interrupted Xia Shang's words, quickly found a pen and paper, and wrote quickly with a pair of delicate brows, not sure whether he understood or not.
Seeing Xiao Kouer's serious and troubled expression, Xia Shang realized that he had said too much in a fit of anger.
In fact, Xia Shang still had a lot of ideas in his mind and a lot he wanted to say.
The Xiao family started business, and Xia Shang became even more excited as he talked about it.
The reason is very simple, because the path Xiao Kouer is taking now was originally the path Xia Shang wanted to take.
Xia Shang's name contains the word "Shang", which naturally means that life in ancient times could have commerce as its main goal.
As a result, ever since he obtained the title of Chief Inspector, his original plan was completely disrupted, and he fell into the whirlpool of power at some point. When he found out, he tried to break free, but could no longer break free.
At this moment, Xia Shang was making suggestions for the Xiao family, but he inadvertently brought it into his life. This was a rare passion that emerged from the bottom of his heart, and Xia Shang couldn't help it.
Xiao Kouer spent a lot of effort to understand everything Xia Shang just said.
Remember it all, and after you write it down, take a closer look at it, and all the ideas that you thought were wild and unimaginable will become feasible.
And Xiao Kouer had a feeling that if he followed Xia Shang's approach, not only the Xiao family's rouge, but anything from the Xiao family could sell well in the capital.
"Xia Shang, where did you find so many clever ideas?" Xiao Kouer smiled, feeling relieved.
But Xia Shang looked at the time and made plans to leave.
Seeing Xia Shang thinking about leaving, Xiao Kouer's face showed a trace of reluctance, but there was really no reason to stay, so she could only watch him go helplessly, and only mustered up the courage to say one sentence at the last moment: "
It opens tomorrow, so you should come."
Xia Shang had already walked away and did not reply. However, he turned back to Xiao Kouer in the crowd and made a gesture that she could not understand.
Later she realized that the gesture was called "OK", which meant no problem.
…
At dusk again, the last messenger from the Hubu Yamen was about to leave and shouted loudly into the Yamen: "Master Shangshu, are you still in there?"
After a while, a response came from who knows which room inside: "You go, I will close the door later."
The policeman sighed, a little touched, and said that after working in the Ministry of Revenue for so many years, he had never met a minister who worked as hard as Mr. Xu.
Everyone left, and Master Shangshu was the last to leave. How loyal and patriotic is this?
After thinking about it, he sent someone to leave the door ajar and quietly left.
At this time, Xu Renjiang was sitting in front of the newly purchased desk, sweating profusely in front of dozens of brochures.
Putting his official hat aside, he tapped the table nervously with one hand and plucked his hair with the other.
When he scratched his hair like this, it felt like he was going to tear his scalp off.
"It's over...it's over..." Xu Renjiang's mouth trembled and he muttered in a low voice.
After having some conflicts with Xia Shang in the morning, Xu Renjiang followed the opinions of other policemen and reconciled all the accounts of the entire household department.
You won’t know if you don’t look at it, but you will be shocked when you look at it.
The pile of bad debts in the accounts department is like a bottomless pit with no end in sight.
It was impossible to calculate an accurate figure at all, but Xu Renjiang could feel that the loopholes in the household department were frighteningly large.
Only now did he understand,
Why did Jia Shangjie run away so early?
He ran away not because he was worried that the new policies would push him into a dangerous position in the future, but because the loopholes in the household department were like a time bomb, and it was unclear when it would suddenly explode.
The accounts of the Ministry of Revenue were not corrupted, but as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he absolutely has an unshirkable responsibility.
Most of the accounts here are bad debts left behind when Li Xin was here, but this kind of thing cannot be made public. Even if it is made public, no one will believe it. Instead, it will be considered that the dead person is trying to get away with it, or it will be slandered.
So the prince.
Moreover, I don’t know where a lot of money has gone. Even if I want to trace it, I don’t know what to trace. Anyway, there are loopholes in every account book, but I can’t find out where the problem lies.
And all seemingly unrelated accounts are actually secretly related, because they are all removed and misappropriated repeatedly.
Xu Renjiang thought it was a great good thing that the prince asked him to be the Minister of Household Affairs. Now he finally understood that this was a trap, a huge trap!
"Ahem..."
Just when Xu Renjiang was confused, a slight cough outside startled Xu Renjiang.
Xu Renjiang quickly closed the account book in front of him and shouted without raising his head: "Didn't I tell you to leave first? I know how to leave!"
"Ha...is Mr. Xu always such a bad temper?"
Hearing this, Xu Renjiang realized that the voice of the speaker was different from before, and he was not the same person.
When Xu Renjiang looked up, he saw a man standing at the door with a half-smiling smile. He looked a bit mean and made people angry just by looking at him.
But Xia Shang's sudden appearance gave Xu Renjiang a chill.
"Master Xia, it's so late, why are you here at the Ministry of Finance?"
"I should be asking you this, Master Xu? It's almost dusk, but you're still staying at the Ministry of Revenue. Are you really working so hard for the imperial court?"
"What do you mean?"
"After a day, Mr. Xu should have figured out where he is, right?"
Xu Renjiang frowned and did not answer. "..."
"Do you want to terminate the cooperation with the Xiao family now? It is not easy to be the Minister of Household Affairs now. Apart from working hard to make money for the court, it is difficult to find any other way, and it is difficult to trust anyone. If this hole cannot be plugged,
Come on, when the day comes when the Dongchuang Incident actually happens, do you think the prince will resist all this for you?"