Go back to ancient times to be a royal merchant

On the first day of the grain store's opening, despite the absence of any important figures, the flowers and blues lining the door all showed that the owner of the grain store had an unusual identity.Many people who watched the excitement dispersed because of the strange conditions of the small restaurant. The people who did not leave heard that the shop sold crab rice for the emperor, so they boldly went in to see the difference.The appearance of the rice is indistinguishable, but there is still some difference in the aroma between crab rice and ordinary rice. Of course, this difference does not refer to the price.

The common people can't see any difference, but the price is high enough, and those who are not short of money will buy some to go home and taste what it is like, and each person can only buy three taels a day, and the people in the shop will immediately look at them, It also made some people who disliked Jiegao before feel excited. They can’t afford too much, but they can still buy it for three taels. After buying it back, they can let their family members taste the rice that the emperor eats.So I immediately surrounded the guy who was in charge of taking care of the crab rice. This one cost three taels, and that one wanted to buy a share. The guy immediately greeted him with a smile, "Everyone line up, and the little one will weigh everyone. Today is the first day of opening. , although each person is only allowed to buy three taels, but there is no limit to the rice in the rice box. After today, only one box will be sold every day, first come, first served, and there will be no one who arrives later. Please let everyone know.” As he spoke, he weighed everyone with an oiled paper bag, on which a piece of red paper was pasted, on which was written the special trademark of Xie Mitian, which was snatched from the emperor by Wang Xiujin - Fulinmen.

A few years ago, after the branch shop in Xiangcheng was stabilized, Wang Xiujin wanted to make special oil-paper bags for rice and put a label on the bags. However, Wang Xiujin wanted to use Wang Ji, and he didn’t want Zhao Si to know about the oil-paper bags. One month later, Wang Xiujin received the trademark granted by the emperor, and received an imperial decree in front of the shop, to the effect that only the Wang Family Grain Shop can use this trademark in the future, and if others use it falsely, they will be punished.At that time, Wang Xiujin lamented that this was much more useful than any trademark law in his previous life.

People who bought crab rice rushed home immediately, wanting to taste the taste, and stretched their necks in the queue to count how many people were in front of them, and then yelled very consciously, no jumping in line, recently the people queued up I have experienced it, before it was for lo mei, but today it is for crab rice.

Later, I heard that there was a queue, and then I saw that the front was a grain store. What is there to queue for in this grain store? Out of curiosity, I also stood in the upper row. After a while, the queue grew a lot. Wang Xiujin sat in the snack department. Looking downstairs from the window on the second floor, with a smile on his face, after today, he will not worry about no one in the shop. "Master, there is a master outside who brought his servants to see you by name, and there seem to be guards following behind." Shopkeeper Wang ran up to the second floor with sweat on his forehead. He thought that there would be more people today, but Unexpectedly, there was a big row outside.

Before, the boss asked people to prepare some more boiled water, but he didn't think so, but he still did it. After the line started, the boss asked people to move the big kettle outside. If anyone was thirsty, he poured some water to drink, and even let a waiter watch it. Then, add water when there is no water, and look at the cup by the way, don't let people go by.Waiting for the queue to get longer and longer, the shopkeeper Wang admired his boss's business.So when the master downstairs asked to meet the owner by name, shopkeeper Wang hinted to the other party that the identity of the owner was unusual.

No matter where they are, those who can take servants to the streets are either famous or rich, especially in the capital, and such people are even more difficult to guess their identity.After shopkeeper Yu hinted, he didn't see the slightest reaction from the other party. Such a person is either stupid or has a bigger background.Seeing that the master's demeanor does not look like the former, it is very likely to be the latter, so shopkeeper Wang hurried upstairs to invite someone.

As shopkeeper Wang went downstairs, he went to the grain store in the backyard. Because shopkeeper Wang couldn't determine the identity of the other party, he didn't dare to lead people to the backyard.Wang Xiujin saw the visitor in the grain shop, and immediately bowed respectfully, "Master, please move." Wang Xiujin led people to the restaurant, this is not a place to talk, and the backyard is not a place to entertain distinguished guests.

The person who came was the emperor who wanted to embarrass Wang Xiujin and slipped out of the palace.Entering the restaurant, the emperor wandered around on the first floor, and then went up to the second floor. There were only two soft chairs and a tea table on the first floor, but the plum blossoms on the wall seemed real.There are four private rooms on the second floor, the central hall is very empty, and only soft chairs and coffee tables are placed randomly, and it is really impossible for diners to use it as a dining table.The four private rooms are marked by orchid, bamboo, pine and peony. The emperor looked at the four pictures and said, "I remember plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. Why did you replace plum and chrysanthemum with pine and Tedan?"

"Plum blossoms are downstairs. Although chrysanthemums are noble and pure, they are the soul of flowers, but grass people prefer pine trees. Pine trees can also grow in barren land, and they are tall and unyielding." After a pause, Wang Xiujin looked at the emperor carefully, but he couldn't see Happy and angry, I felt a little uneasy, "As for the peony, it means that flowers bloom and wealth, so opening the door to do business is for auspiciousness."

The Son of Heaven did not speak, but looked at the pattern of the pine. Unlike the other three places, only the pattern of the pine had a poem attached to it. The poem was written by Zhong Jiao. The meaning of the growth of the earth shows the longevity of the pine. "Do you have food today?"

Wang Xiujin waited for a long time, but didn't want to wait for such a sentence, and then smiled wryly, "Your Majesty, the cook is not in the shop. The grassroots guess that the grain shop must be busy today, so they didn't open the restaurant. Why don't the emperor move to the general's mansion, and the little one ordered the cook?" Go to the general's mansion and cook a table for the emperor?" It's not that he doesn't want to invite the emperor to his home, but that the family is full of female relatives, and it's not convenient for them to entertain guests.

The emperor naturally understood, nodded, and did not make things difficult for Wang Xiujin and left with his servants first.Wang Xiujin heaved a sigh of relief, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He regretted that he had spoken too much just now. He was barren and unyielding, and he wondered if he would offend the emperor.I opened my mouth, now it is a feudal society under the imperial system, not the modern times in my previous life. In my previous life, if I said something wrong, at most I would be expelled, and I still have my life, but now it is not, if I am not careful, I will die!

After sending people to the General's Mansion and his own house to pick up Sister Liu, Wang Xiujin rushed to the General's Mansion.The person sent to the General's Mansion was a servant who followed Wang Xiujin all the time, one step ahead of the Emperor. Although the servant did not know the identity of the Emperor, he knew that he was a noble person who could not be offended. Because he followed Wang Xiujin into the General's Mansion, the servant was also familiar with Steward Li. The young master made it clear that he was going to entertain distinguished guests in the General's Mansion, and he was going to use the kitchen to talk about it.Steward Li immediately sent people to prepare, and greeted the distinguished guests respectfully at the door. After seeing the soft sedan chair and the people following the sedan chair, Steward Li started to sweat. When a distinguished guest arrives, he needs to be greeted personally.

The person who can be greeted by the old general in person must have a difficult identity. The gatekeeper immediately ran to look for the old man. After a while, the old general rushed to the gate. When the people on board saw General Li, they whispered something into the sedan chair, and then saw a hand stretched out from inside the sedan chair.The old general hurriedly bowed his body deeply, he still didn't know the purpose of the emperor leaving the palace to the general's mansion today.

Wang Xiujin arrived after the emperor entered the General's Mansion, and brought a lot of things that Sister Liu needed. Sister Liu came here in a hurry, not knowing who to prepare food for. After seeing the young master, before she could speak, she went Hearing the young master report the names of a few dishes and urging her to cook them quickly, he asked Butler Li to take someone to the kitchen.Don't look at ordinary people's houses where all the housekeepers are women, but if they want to hire a cook, they don't use women, and they don't even allow women to enter the kitchen. The Wang family is a special case.Wang Xiujin was afraid that Sister Liu would not be able to enter the kitchen of the Li family and delay the matter, so he could only ask Butler Li to come forward.When rushing to the main hall, Wang Xiujin thought in his heart that the emperor came out at an inappropriate time, but when he entered the main hall, he respectfully kowtowed to the emperor.

"Come on, I can wait for the food and drink, I don't know how long it will take." The emperor didn't care about asking for the restaurant. Wang Xiujin's remarks to Song were only because of a line of poems under the picture of Song, and asked Wang Xiujin to reserve Song's room for He uses it, and others are not allowed to enter.

Wang Xiujin quickly agreed, thinking that the emperor had so many official duties, he didn't leave the palace just because he wanted to, but Wang Xiujin soon regretted it. After the emperor had a meal in the general's mansion, the emperor was very satisfied with the cook's craftsmanship, and later On four or five days in January, I will go out of the palace to go to restaurants, and I will not be paid for the meals.

After the meal, the Son of Heaven invited Wang Xiujin to ask about building the road. He understood the literal meaning and thought of the reason, but how to build the road was a problem. Daliang has a vast land and people are all over the place. If all the roads are built, the money needed will not Even if there is no shortage of money in Daliang now, it cannot be used to build roads.

Wang Xiujin has a trick, which is to use roads to maintain roads. He can raise funds to build roads, and then charge a certain amount of tolls to the trucks and vendors who use the roads.This method is a way of maintaining roads in the 90s of the previous life. The method is good, but the implementation is not very good. The best policy is changed, and this method has become a way for some small local officials to earn money. .The important reason for not mentioning it is that the supervision methods for officials in this era are too simple, and it can almost be regarded as non-existent. If he speaks out the method and really implements it, the people will still suffer in the end, and he does not want to be the executioner indirectly.

"The matter of road construction should be supervised by fair and honest people, so that the money that has been pulled out will not be left alone, and then officials from the two parties who are not at each other's side will assist, so as to prevent people who are not greedy for money from seeing large sums of money. Shaken." This is the opinion given by Wang Xiujin.

The Son of Heaven nodded his head and said that it was reasonable, but he still did not solve the problem of money.

"The old minister thinks that Xiu Jin's proposal is correct. If the emperor is worried about money, the old minister is willing to donate a thousand taels."

The author has something to say: In the Song Dynasty, Zhongjiao wrote a poem "Ancient Pine in Jinglin Temple": "The ancient pine grows on the ancient road, the branches do not grow leaves, and the skin grows grass. When the pedestrians do not see the tree planted, the tree grows old several times when the pedestrian sees it."