Kou Ji felt that it would be awkward to lie with another woman in front of his first wife.
But Xiang Yan doesn't seem to think so.
She seemed to think that Chun'er was her dowry maid and maidservant, and when she couldn't take care of Kou Ji, Chun'er had to take her place and take good care of Kou Ji.
These are not Xiang Yan’s feelings and thoughts alone.
The wives of the wealthy families in Bianjing City, and even throughout the Song Dynasty, seemed to have this idea and feeling, and they were also keen to put this matter into practice.
It seems that keeping a warm bed is something that shouldn't be mentioned. If you mention it, it will easily make people sleepless.
Kou Ji was on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
He glanced at Xiang Yan sitting under the candlelight, then jumped out of bed suddenly, and carried her back to the bed while Xiang Yan screamed.
…
A night of silence.
The next day.
With Xiang Yan complaining in his eyes, Kou Ji got up from bed, washed himself, and left Kou's house with the Jiaozi template he had prepared.
He rode a donkey and wandered half a circle around Bianjing City until he arrived in front of a shop covering an area of 100 acres.
There were two boys standing at the door of the shop, and beside them stood an arrogant figure.
After Kou Ji arrived, his arrogant figure suddenly lowered his waist and walked in front of Kou Ji in a few steps.
"Master..."
Lu Ming bowed and gave a friendly shout.
Kou Ji stared at Lu Ming, looked him up and down, and sighed: "The gentleman in the house said that among you, Er Bao, and Bao'er, you are the most intelligent and the most promising to pass the Jinshi examination.
Why don't you want to study anymore?
Do you think I can't support you, young master, or do you think I can't give you a good future if you pass the Jinshi exam?"
Lu Ming grinned and said: "Sir, if you pass the Jinshi exam, you can't be a servant for others. Even if you want to be a servant, you can only be a servant for the official family, not for you, the young master."
Kou Ji stared at Lu Ming and said seriously: "If you pass the Jinshi exam, you can become an official. With the help of the young master, you can not only become an official, but also a high official. Once you become a high official, you will be famous in history.
, Guangzong Yaozu.
You don’t want any of these?”
Lu Ming laughed softly and said: "The villain doesn't need to honor his ancestors, because he has no ancestors. The villain doesn't need famous people, because he doesn't care. The villain only knows that in the villain, he is sold as a slave.
When I was young, it was you, young master, who saved me.
I have read a lot of books over the years, but I can only read one sentence of the truth in the book.
That is the kindness of a drop of water, which should be repaid by a spring of water."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "If you become an official, you can repay my kindness."
Lu Ming shook his head and said: "I am afraid of becoming an official, so my tail is raised too high, and I have forgotten your kindness, young master."
Kou Ji frowned and said, "Why do you have such an idea?"
Lu Ming smiled and said: "When Ding Wei was beheaded, the gentleman took the villain and Erbao to watch at the entrance of the vegetable market. At that time, the gentleman told the villain that among the crowd watching underground, there were many people who were helped up by Ding Wei.
The villain did not see them begging for their lives for Ding Wei, nor did he see them crying loudly.
The villain only saw their eyes that hated Ding for being immortal.
Villains don't want to be like them. After climbing to a high position, they forget the support they received in the past."
Hearing Lu Ming say these words, Kou Ji knew that Lu Ming had made up his mind.
He no longer opened his mouth to persuade, but just sighed deeply.
He raised his hand to pat Lu Ming on the head, but found that Lu Ming had grown into a big boy and was no longer suitable to pat him on the head in public.
Kou Ji put his hands behind his back and sighed: "That's it...that's all...since you don't want to take the imperial examination, just keep an eye on me in Jiaozi's shop. When Jiaozi's shop is opened, you will have another job."
Opportunity.
Your future achievements may not be lower than those of passing the Jinshi exam."
Lu Ming smiled brightly and said nothing.
Kou Ji asked: "Is anyone from the Mu family here?"
Lu Ming bowed and said, "Everyone from the Mu family, the Qian family, and the Meng family are here."
Kou Ji nodded and said, "Go in and talk."
Lu Ming led Kou Ji into Jiaozipu.
The heads of Mu, Qian, and Meng families came out to greet them.
After bowing to each other, we sat down in a room on the second floor.
The head of the Mu family is the second master of the Mu family, named Mu Chong.
The head of the Qian family is a tall and thin man with a beard and a cheerful smile, like a good gentleman, named Qian Le.
The head of the Meng family is a short, chubby middle-aged man with a long beard that hangs down to his chest. He is taciturn, not angry and has no authority. He looks more like an official than Kou Ji. His name is Meng Weizhong.
After the four of them sat down, Mu Chong introduced the other two to Kou Ji.
After the introduction.
Qian Le was the first to speak, and said with a smile: "Shilang Kou, our three families have bought this shop in Bianjing City according to your instructions, and repaired it according to your instructions.
I don’t know when Jiaozi can be released, and how to issue it?”
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "Issuing Jiaozi is not something that happens overnight. Doing it too hastily will only cause the trouble you caused before to happen again."
The smile on Qian Le's face was a little stiff.
Meng Weizhong said in a deep voice: "When will Minister Kou plan to release Jiaozi? At least give the three of us some time. You also know that the three of us have a lot of business behind our backs, but we don't have that much time to wander around Bianjing City.
"
Kou Ji knocked on the table and said calmly: "I've been sitting here for so long, aren't you going to ask someone to give me a cup of tea?"
The three of them were stunned.
Mu Chong hurriedly greeted him and asked someone to bring Kou Ji a cup of tea.
After taking a sip, Kou Ji said: "How big of a business can you have behind you? Can it be bigger than Jiaozipu's business?"
Before the three of them could speak, Kou Ji added: "How does Jiaozipu make money and how much money can it make? You have already tried it. I don't need to say anything more."
The three of them looked at each other and pondered without speaking.
Kou Ji continued: "To open Jiaozi Shop, two things need to be done."
Meng Weizhong frowned and said: "The Jiaozi Shop in Bianjing, Sichuan Prefecture, Jiangning Prefecture, and the three places are all run by our three families. You occupy one percent of the share, but you have done nothing..."
Kou Ji glanced at him and said with a smile: "Are you dissatisfied with the way I do things?"
Meng Weizhong said in a stiff tone: "I don't dare. I just think that since it is a business, everyone should contribute. We can contribute the money, but we can't do everything."
Kou Ji's face turned slightly cold and he said with a sneer: "Do you really think this is a business? What is related to Jiaozi is money. If we can really connect the world, we will control all the money in the world and the imperial court.
lifeline.
This is no longer as simple as a business.
Therefore, all aspects must be taken into consideration. If you are not careful, it will cause catastrophe in the future.
If you are not satisfied with the way I do things, you can quit.
I will eat you as a member of the Meng family. Mobile version::
I don't give money because I have wisdom.
If I contribute money, what will happen to you?"
Meng Weizhong stared at Kou Ji with an ugly expression.
Seeing that the two of them were quarreling, Qian Le hurriedly warned: "Being harmonious makes you rich... Being harmonious makes you rich..."
Kou Ji coldly snorted, "I just asked you to do a small thing, but you already feel uncomfortable. Someone took 30% of the shares but didn't do anything. Why can't I see that you feel uncomfortable?"
Although I hold one percent of the shares, the remaining three percent are also within my control.
I have the say of 40% of the members.
So I hope that the three of you will not question my words in the future.
The reason why I leave you to continue working as Jiaozi is not because I have no money and cannot afford to be a Jiaozi.
But I think you have made great contributions to founding Jiaozi, and you deserve to occupy a place in Jiaozi's distribution.
Without you, I can still fight and make friends, and I will do it faster and better."
Mu Chong smiled bitterly and said, "You don't have to be angry, Mr. Kou. Brother Meng's business is in trouble, so he feels a little unhappy, so he contradicts you. Don't argue with him about money."
If you have any instructions, just tell us and we will do it."
Qian Le nodded vigorously.
Meng Weizhong hesitated for a moment and nodded stiffly.
Seeing this, Kou Ji's expression softened a little.
"First of all, Jiaozi Shop still lacks a signboard. After the signboard is decided, Jiaozi Shop in Shuzhong and Jiaozi Shop in Jiangning Prefecture must use the same signboard as the Jiaozi Shop in Bianjing City.
Secondly, all the personnel above the management level of the three major Jiaozi shops need to be summoned to Beijing to participate in training."
When Qian Le heard this, he quickly said: "We have already thought about the sign for Jiaozi Shop..."
Before Qian Le could finish what he said, Kou Ji interrupted him and said, "Have you thought about it, is it useful?"
Mu Chong instantly understood the meaning of Kou Ji's words.
Qian Le didn't understand, and frowned: "How could it be useless?"
Mu Chong tugged on Qian Le's sleeve and pointed to the sky.
Qian Le was stunned at first.
Then he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it's no use what I thought about... No, I never thought about it, never thought about it..."
Kou Ji ignored Qian Le's unruly words and continued: "I will bring the words over later, and you will send someone to frame them into plaques and hang them up."
The three of them, Mu Chong, nodded in unison.
Kou Ji took out the Jiaozi template from behind and said: "In the future, this set of templates must be used for the issuance of Jiaozi. This set of templates corresponds to one guan of money, five guan of money, ten guan of money, and twenty guan of money.
, fifty guan of money, one hundred guan of money.
Jiaozi is uniformly printed by Jiaozi Pu in Bianjing City, and then distributed to Jiaozi Pu in Jiangning Prefecture and Jiaozi Pu in Sichuan.
In order to avoid Jiaozi making mistakes during transportation.
I will make three special seals for each of the three Jiaozi shops.
A Jiaozi with a seal is a complete Jiaozi; a Jiaozi without a seal is just a piece of waste paper."
After Kou Ji took out the template, Mu Chong and the others came forward together and looked at the template carefully.
Mu Chong said in shock: "What a fine template. It's many times finer than the template we used before."
The three of them did not question Kou Ji's mention of the Jiaozi denomination.
They have been in the business world for many years, so they naturally know the benefits of the denomination customized by Kou Ji.
At the same time, they guessed that Kou Ji set the denomination for Jiaozi and did not use the original handwritten denomination.
Customized denominations are more convenient to manage, less prone to errors, and can save a lot of trouble.
It wasn't until this moment that they truly realized what a wise choice it was to cooperate with Kou Ji.
It was just a Jiaozi template, but Kou Ji had put so much thought into it, far surpassing them.
Compared with the set of templates they used before, compared with Kou Ji's set of templates, it would not be an exaggeration to describe them as shoddy.
For a moment, Meng Weizhong looked at Kou Ji with a layer of conviction.
Kou Ji took out a few finished pieces of jiaozi from his sleeves, placed them in front of the three of them, and said calmly: "Stop looking at the jiaozi templates, look at the finished product."
Qian Le looked up and was a little stunned.
The five-colored jiaozi made his eyes go straight.
The Jiaozi they originally created only had two colors, but the Jiaozi created by Kou Ji had five colors.
It has a white background, black characters, light green lines, green lines, and blue lines. If it is stamped with a red clay seal, it will be six colors.
Mu Chong couldn't put it down, playing with the Jiaozi in his hand, and sighed: "Shilang Kou is so awesome... You haven't done Jiaozi before, have you?"
Qian Le nodded vigorously and said: "What Jiaozi does is just like painting."
Meng Weizhong smiled bitterly and said: "With it, I don't want to give it to others."
Kou Ji didn't pay attention to the sighs and admirations of the three people. He pointed to the Jiaozi in his hand and said: "The color on it is not just for good looks, but a means to prevent others from copying it.
The three pigments are specially prepared by me. Without my recipe, it would be difficult for others to prepare the exact same color.
So if others want to imitate our Jiaozi, it will be difficult to overcome the pigment barrier."
Mu Chong muttered: "There are many talented people in the world, and we must not be inferior to the people in the world. When we took back the Jiaozi we printed before, we found a few fake Jiaozi in them.
The person who created the fake Jiaozi didn't seem to have much ambition, so he didn't create many.
Otherwise, even if the three of us lose all our wealth, we still won’t be able to afford it.”
Kou Ji said calmly: "I have never thought of being inferior to others. Color is just one of the three levels. In addition to these three levels, I also designed thirty hidden marks on it."
"where?"
Mu Chong and the others took the jiaozi and looked at it for a long time.
Except for Meng Weizhong who discovered three places, Mu Chong and Qian Le found nothing.
They are not like the craftsmen in Kou's house who have superb eyesight.
Kou Ji pointed out thirty hidden marks on Jiaozi to them respectively.
Under Kou Ji's guidance, they discovered the existence of thirty hidden marks.
When they put down Jiaozi, they looked at Kou Ji with shock and admiration in their eyes.
Even Meng Weizhong, who had quarreled with Kou Ji before, changed his dissatisfied look just now.
He looked at Kou Ji with a hint of awe in his eyes.
Under the shocked and admiring gazes of the three of them, Kou Ji said, "I pointed out the thirty hidden marks to you. Later, you three will teach the shopkeepers of the three major Jiaozi shops how to identify the hidden marks on them.
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Remember, you can only tell them the twenty-four hidden signs above.
You'd better discuss it in advance, make secret bids in 24 places, and choose the same one.
Ask the shopkeeper's professor to teach the twelve places.
When the professor in charge is given to the assistants, he can only teach six areas.
When the guys are issuing jiaozi, they can teach the guests three things."