Wear it quickly! My mad dog-like host!

Mei Qianghua poked her head in and said, "Yes, doesn't Shopkeeper Zhou own a teahouse? There are some good dim sum recipes here. Do you want to buy them back and try them out?"

Shopkeeper Zhou flipped through it again, and sure enough he saw some dim sum recipes. Although he didn't know whether they were delicious or not, the pictures on them were equally tempting.

He wanted to buy it, but...

"Shopkeeper Qian, can you sell this recipe to just one store?"

Mei Qianghua nodded and said casually: "Okay, but we won't sell it for less than one hundred thousand taels of silver."

If you want to have a monopoly, you have to pay a price.

Shopkeeper Zhou: "..."

Why should he worry about Shopkeeper Qian not making any money? One business can last him a lifetime!

Mei Qianghua walked over and took a look at the recipe in his hand, "The cake you have in your hand is called cake. It is very delicious and suitable for your tea. You can buy it back and try it."

Shopkeeper Zhou: "..."

He also wanted to buy it, but the teahouse didn't belong to him and he couldn't make the decision. He couldn't bear to pay fifty taels himself.

Ugh……

He sighed and put down the book in his hand, "Shopkeeper Qian, it's best to put this book on the counter and read it, otherwise it will be easily taken away."

Mei Qianghua smiled and did not refute that others could not take it away, "You are right, then I will put it on the counter."

I cleared a few boxes behind the counter and laid out all the recipes.

Looking at the increasingly prominent recipes, Shopkeeper Zhou opened his mouth and was speechless for a moment.

He stood there and hesitated for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "Give me the recipe for that cake."

Mei Qianghua secretly smiled and took down the recipe, holding it in her hand, "Chenghui fifty taels."

Shopkeeper Zhou touched all over his body and found a total of more than a dozen taels of broken silver.

"This is not enough, Shopkeeper Zhou." Mei Qianghua said.

Shopkeeper Zhou: "Wait a moment." After saying that, he turned and walked towards the next door.

After a while, he came over with a handful of broken silver in both hands, put it on the counter and pushed it in the direction of Mei Qianghua.

Mei Qianghua counted the extra three cents and returned it to him, then handed him the recipe.

"This is an extra three cents. Do you want to buy something small?"

Shopkeeper Zhou originally wanted to go back early and try out the recipes, but when he heard her words, he turned around and asked, "You run a bookstore, what can you buy with three pennies?"

Mei Qianghua took out a dozen pencils from under the counter, "I can buy a charcoal pencil with another two cents."

Shopkeeper Zhou tightened his grip on the three cents in his hand, with a vigilant look on his face, "I can't take out two cents."

He had an intuition in his heart that if this hole was opened, it would definitely not be stopped with two cents.

"My charcoal pen is very easy to use, you see..." Mei Qianghua took out a sharpened pen, took out a piece of paper and drew a black line, then turned the charcoal pen upside down and used the eraser on its head to erase it. Erase the black lines.

Mei Qianghua smiled and handed the pen to him, "Try it, Shopkeeper Zhou? In addition to being portable, this pen can save a lot of paper for children's enlightenment."

Shopkeeper Zhou's mouth moved, but he never said the words of rejection. Not only did he not say it, he also imitated the way she held the pen, picked up the pen and wrote a few words on the paper.

He has good calligraphy skills. Even if he writes with an unfamiliar charcoal pen, the words are still drawn with iron hooks and can penetrate the back of the paper.

"Shopkeeper Zhou's handwriting is really good." Mei Qianghua nodded and praised.

Shopkeeper Zhou raised the corners of his mouth slightly, coughed twice and suppressed it, "It's not bad."

It's not his fault. In this entire city, his handwriting ranks at least in the top thirty.

"Then give me two. I'll ask the waiter to bring the money over later."

Mei Qianghua smiled and handed him two, and said, "Would you like an eraser? They cost five cents each, but they can be used for a long time."

Shopkeeper Zhou thought it made sense. After all, the eraser on the tip of the pen was obviously not enough for one pen.

"Then have a piece."

Mei Qianghua smiled and took out a dozen boxes of erasers from elegant cartons, placed them one by one on the counter, and introduced them to him, "Shopkeeper Zhou, take a look, do you want the one with that scent? This is jasmine scented, this is The one with orange scent... and this one, with tea scent, is quite suitable for your teahouse."

Shopkeeper Zhou looked confused, "Tea...is it fragrant?"

"Okay." Mei Qianghua took out an eraser wrapped in light green paper and handed it to him.

"I see that Shopkeeper Qian's handwriting is so good. Would you like another crystal pen?" Mei Qianghua took out a box of crystal pens from the counter and opened them before he could say whether she wanted it.

Crystal pens are glass pens. They are very beautiful but have average practicality. When paired with various colored inks, they look quite "high-end".

Shopkeeper Zhou: "!!!"

The steps he was about to leave stopped. He clenched the charcoal pen in his hand, stared at the crystal on the counter, oh no, glass pen, and swallowed, "How much?"

"Fifty taels each. Since you spend more than 100 taels, I will give you an extra bottle of ink." Mei Qianghua secretly smiled in her heart, and then took out a small bottle that was also in glass but definitely no more than ten milliliters. of ink.

This ink looks black, but after shaking it gently, you can see that there are fine sparkles in the flowing ink inside. The handwriting produced by this bottle of ink is colorful black.

Mei Qianghua did not recommend other inks to him because he would still come.

Shopkeeper Zhou: "..." I want it, but it's beyond my tolerance.

He knows it!

Shopkeeper Zhou suddenly felt a surge of sadness and anger in his heart. He should have left long ago!

"Shopkeeper Zhou?" Mei Qianghua waved her hand in front of the stunned shopkeeper Zhou, "Do you want to buy it or not?"

Shopkeeper Zhou came to his senses and gritted his teeth, "Buy it!" He wanted it!

Mei Qianghua quickly packed it and handed it to him.

Shopkeeper Zhou took it and took a deep breath, "Fifty taels and twelve cents. I'll ask the waiter to send the money over in a minute."

Mei Qianghua smiled and nodded without saying anything.

Shopkeeper Zhou stood for a while, not hearing what he wanted to hear. He looked into Shopkeeper Qian's smiling eyes, took another deep breath, turned and left.

Do you know how to do business?

……

Shopkeeper Zhou entered the teahouse carrying his things, with a strange expression on his face, sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and sometimes gnashing his teeth.

The waiter in the store came forward and said, "Shopkeeper? What's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

The shopkeeper had just asked him to borrow 20 cents. Nothing could happen until he paid back the money.

Shopkeeper Zhou stood still and looked straight at the waiter, "Xiaoqu, lend me another fifty taels and twelve cents... No, you can lend me as much as you have and I'll pay you back at the end of the month."

"Ah?" Xiaoqu was stunned for a moment, then said with a grimace, "I just lent all the money in my hand to the shopkeeper, and I can't even take out a penny."

The shopkeeper just now asked the waiters and chefs in the teahouse to borrow money. How long has it been? Not only is the money just borrowed gone, but he still owes more than fifty taels?

Xiaoqu asked in a tactful tone: "Shopkeeper, please stop going to places you shouldn't go, right?"

Shopkeeper Zhou sighed, and then glared at him angrily, "Do you think I am that kind of person?"

Xiaoqu's expression was swaying, the corners of his mouth moved, and he swallowed the words in his heart.

Shopkeeper Zhou first went to the counter to put his things away, and then went to the kitchen with the cake recipe.

"Chef Qu, come and see if you can make this recipe in my hand?"

As soon as Shopkeeper Zhou said this, other dim sum chefs also gathered around.

In front of everyone, Shopkeeper Zhou opened the paper envelope on the outside of the booklet, revealing the booklet inside.

The content of the booklet is illustrated with pictures and texts, and the ratio of the required ingredients is clearly written. Anyone who knows how to make snacks can make it after a few attempts.

After flipping through the book carefully, Shopkeeper Zhou looked at the other cooks, "How is it? Do you understand everything?"

All the chefs in the back kitchen have signed a contract of sale, so he dares to let everyone see it openly. Besides, shopkeeper Qian is still selling it!

Thinking of this, rows of various recipes flashed through his mind.

The cook in the back kitchen nodded, "You can give it a try."

Shopkeeper Zhou arranged for everyone, "Chef Qu will try it out first, and the others will prepare the snacks for the guests in the afternoon. Don't worry, everyone has to learn."

They are all guaranteed, so everyone has no objection.

After talking about the arrangement, shopkeeper Zhou coughed twice guiltily, "Um...do you still have any money with you? Lend me some more..."

Um? Didn’t you borrow it just now?

Everyone looked at him in confusion.

"I bought a pen for fifty taels..." Shopkeeper Zhou explained.

Everyone looked at him with suspicion. Do you think we believe it or not?

Fifty two pens? Is it made of gold? It costs fifty taels?

Shopkeeper Zhou: "What I said is true! If you don't believe me, I'll show it to you!"

Everyone waved their hands and refused to listen to his explanation, "Go, go, don't disturb us..."

Shopkeeper Zhou: "..."

In the end, he borrowed enough money and agreed to pay half of the interest in monthly silver.

Mei Qianghua put away the money sent by the waiter and said, "Tell your shopkeeper that you are welcome to patronize us next time."

The waiter nodded blankly, "Okay, I'll talk to my shopkeeper later."

……

The hottest time at noon has passed, and the teahouse is full of guests.

"Shopkeeper Zhou, are there any new snacks at your house? I could smell the sweetness at the door."

"Yes, give me a piece of this snack and a pot of tea. This sweet and fragrant smell makes my heart itch."

Shopkeeper Zhou also smelled it, and he is now waiting for Chef Qu to ask him to come in and taste it.

He held his hands up to the customers and smiled, "This is indeed a new snack in the store, but you still need to wait, it won't be ready for a while."

Most of the customers who came to the teahouse with a little money were reasonable and didn't say anything after learning that they wouldn't be able to eat for a while, but their eyes always glanced behind the kitchen involuntarily.

Shopkeeper Zhou was very happy when he saw this scene. Just the fragrance alone made the fifty taels worthless.

When the chef asked him to come in and try the taste, the guests in the teahouse couldn't help it.

"Let us try the taste. We are guests, so it must suit our taste."

"That's it."

Shopkeeper Zhou had no choice but to be thankful that there weren't too many customers in the store at the moment, otherwise he wouldn't be able to eat.

The taste and freshness of the cakes naturally please everyone.

Shopkeeper Zhou smiled when he saw the satisfied expressions of the diners and came to the counter. He planned to write a letter to Zhuzhi to inform him about this.

If you need recipes from other stores in Fucheng, hurry up and buy them.

It's not that he didn't want to directly copy the recipe and give it to Zhuzhi, but the recipe sold by Shopkeeper Qian was really detailed and had realistic pictures, which made it seem easier and save a lot of detours.

Shopkeeper Qian still had many recipes, and he was worried that telling her the recipes without permission would make her dissatisfied. He didn't know her details yet, so he didn't dare mess around.

Besides, she was able to come up with so many things that he had never heard of before, so her background was not ordinary, right?

He picked up the brush next to him and suddenly thought of the crystal pen he just bought. How about writing with it?

He bought it for fifty taels of silver, but he didn't dare to take it home for fear of being scolded by his wife.

He took out the crystal pen and opened the ink given by shopkeeper Qian. The crystal pen was stained with ink.

Place the tip of the pen slowly on the paper...

……

"Hey, hey, don't crowd, don't crowd."

"Shopkeeper, bring me a crystal pen!"

"Shopkeeper Qian, bring me five charcoal pencils!"

"Here, get me a pig-raising manual like that."

"Me! I want a manual for raising chickens and ducks!"

"Give me three of the barefoot doctor's manuals!"

"Give me two rice and wheat planting manuals! No, ten!"

"Give me twenty copies of the manual for retting!"

"I want recipes, all of them!"

"..."

Mei Qianghua looked at the crowded crowd with a smile on her face, "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, line up, we have everything!"

……

Thank you, Shopkeeper Zhou!

From the moment people saw him taking out his crystal pen to write in the shop, word spread that there were good things in Shopkeeper Qian's shop.

Exquisite and practical pens, inks, papers and inkstones, various recipes for making a fortune, various knowledge on agriculture and animal husbandry, and expensive jewelry upstairs...

In more than a month, hundreds of thousands of books of all kinds and the jewelry upstairs were sold out, and it began to spread to other places with Fucheng as the center.

Regardless of the content of these books, just the books themselves can earn at least half of the profit once they are resold, so many people have started reselling them, and there are even printing workshops that buy the books and then print them.

Mei Qianghua did not stop these things, and she was not at a loss anyway.

The reason why Mei Qianghua chose this Fucheng is because the literary style here is strong and there are many people who are literate. Even the nearby remote villages and towns have at least one or two scholars. For the people here, there are many bookstores. Visiting bookstores is a common thing.

Unlike other places, the people have a natural fear of bookstores. They always feel that it is not a place for mud-legged people like them to go to find food. Even if Mei Qianghua gives them books, they will think that this person is not Are you uneasy and kind-hearted?

Anyone with a normal mind will know how important the content of various agricultural books is. As long as one person among the common people has done it, others will come to their door if there is comparison.

In more than a month, Mei Qianghua made money very quickly, and almost all the money and silver notes in the entire city fell into her hands.

The dignitaries in the city are beginning to make moves. Such a large amount of cash is really tempting.

If you have the life to get so much money, you have to have the life to spend it...

After paying all the business taxes, the stop at Meiqianghua is complete.

So she ran away overnight.

The next day, those who came to find trouble only saw an empty shop.

……