Imperial Exam Daily

After going up to court for more than ten days in a row, Yang Ye almost figured out the way to go up, so he wrote a letter back with Yang Cheng, asking his elder brother to prepare to send Fuxizhai's pastry materials to the capital, and to draw two from home. Capable people go to the capital.

These days, the old fritters of the Imperial Academy know that he is a member of Shaofu's family, and they intend to please him. Almost every day, someone invites him to drink tea. These small officials in the capital can't do anything else, but they talk flattering people He is very good at it. He went with these officials two or three times, and each time he went to the street of the tea house. These days, tea is indeed not in vain. The more times he goes out, he knows how powerful these officials are. Where did the people like to go, and thus found a place to open a branch.

He ran back and forth for several days, and finally got the store in his hands, but it also consumed all the savings he held in his hands. After that, the store's operating funds had to be taken out of money from home.

Axi has nothing to do in the day, and occasionally takes the servants at home to clean the newly bought shop. The shop is located on Wen Street. There are not many shops on the same level in the whole street. Most of them are tea houses and restaurants with three or four floors. , as well as some large gold and silver jewelry stores, as well as musical instrument stores, in short, they are all shops that attract people to spend a lot of money.

Their shop is also a small three-story building. If it weren't for the three-story small building, Yang Ye's savings would not be exhausted. Axi still knows his family's money, knowing that there is no savings right now, thinking that he can save some money Please save a little labor money.

While waiting for Yang Cheng's reply to send the materials to the capital, the new shop was almost cleaned.

There are new shops opening in Wen Street every now and then, and no one pays attention to the opening of a new shop. It was not until Yang Ye got the signboard from the carpenter and the servants hung up the signboard of Fuxizhai that people who had tasted Fuxizhai’s pastries started to wake up. focus on.

In the past few years, the Yang family has developed their own unique experience in opening a branch store. Whether it is time or handling ability, many merchants cannot compare. From buying a store to opening a store, it can be said to be extremely fast.

Yang Cheng transferred Lu Yuan and Yang Dong from Fuxizhai, the provincial capital, to the capital for Yang Ye. Lu Yuan followed his family in business and was very business-minded. The capital has experienced well. As for Yang Dong, he learned how to make pastries in his early years, and later went to the provincial capital. Whether it is the technology of making pastries or selling pastries, he can be said to be proficient in his proficiency.

The shop has three floors. The first floor is used as a place to collect bills. There are ten tables in the lobby. The second floor is a private room with four large rooms and three small rooms. As for the third floor, Yang Ye can only go there if he is a member. There are a total of four rooms in the ultimate elegant room, and one is reserved for Axi's exclusive stay, and he occasionally invites friends or ministers.

Now that the shop is getting bigger, we can't just sell pastries, we have to add some drinks to them.

Yang Ye also went to the market, tea must be needed, but he didn't specialize in the tea business, the tea he could buy was naturally not as good as the tea from the tea house, and he couldn't make signature tea, so he bought some Middle and high-grade tea leaves are used as a drink of Fuxizhai. In addition, the main drinks are fruit tea and some fruit juices.

The summer season is good, such as bayberry juice, watermelon juice, etc. can be produced, not only that, but also the lemons they harvested before can also come in handy.

With such an arrangement, Fu Xi Zhai was already well-known, but now that it has added a new trick, there will naturally be people to support it.

The first guests who came to join us were Li Cheng and Wen Han. They also made new friends in the capital these days. They were from the officialdom and businessmen. They each brought some people. Lu Yuan was assigned as The shopkeeper of Fuxizhai met two people in Wenyang County back then, and knew that they were friends of his master. Even without Yang Ye's greeting, he knew to arrange a private room for Li Cheng and Wen Han.

The spread of the capital is fast, especially when there are novelty shops, people who hear the news love to join in the fun, just like a kind of cloth, once many people praise it, those who are capable will rush to buy it, and soon It will evolve into a fashionable thing in the capital, and the dignitaries in the capital are willing to lag behind the fashion.

However, in a few days, Yang Ye saw the consumption power of the capital. Even though he had tripled the price of pastries compared to Wenyang City, the pastries and drinks sold every day were still more than three times that of the county. .

The waiter in Fuxizhai was so busy that his feet were smoking, and Lu Yuan also felt that the good business made him a little bit overwhelmed.

In order to deceive people's eyes and ears, Yang Ye never wandered around Fuxizhai all the time, but even if he didn't go, he could still hear the old fellows of the Imperial Academy making appointments to go to Fuxizhai every day when they were about to go down. Some people brazenly said that they could book a private room if they went by themselves, and so on. Several times, some people dragged Yang Ye to go. In the end, the braggart did not book a private room, but every time Yang Ye went, he was lucky enough to be able to sit in the private room. .

The summer is scorching hot, and the heat is so hot that Yang Ye no longer eats breakfast at home. After staying in the capital for a long time, he learns to go to a small stall outside to eat noodles for breakfast in the morning. The only way to see her husband is at night.

With a child who is sleepy, he goes to bed early at night. After half a month of such an ordinary life, he feels that it is time to go out for a walk, otherwise the baby will become lazy like him.

It's been quite a while since Fuxizhai opened. Except for the opening day, he went to see it, but he never visited it afterwards. It's not too hot today, so he planned to go and have a sit.

When the servant heard that he was going to Fuxizhai, he hurriedly called a soft sedan for him from outside, and asked the new brother in the family to accompany Axi to go out.

The small sedan chair is light, and it is fast to go out from the house, but it slows down when entering the section of Wen Street. It is hot in the afternoon, and the children of rich families like to come out to cool off in the teahouse. Almost all people go out in sedan chairs. It is bigger and more luxurious than a roof, no matter how wide the street is, it can’t resist such tossing, and there will always be congestion. Fortunately, Ah Xi’s sedan chair is small and ordinary, but it quickly passed through the gap to the entrance of Fuxi Zhai.

From morning to afternoon, there are mostly young people in the area of ​​Wen Street. There is a big reason for this. The people who come to Wen Street are mainly rich children. He is in charge of the business, so naturally he has no time to take care of the young masters and young ladies at home. At such a free time, if you don’t come out, how long will you stay? When father gets off work later, they will go back. After all, no one wants to be with their own children. My father was having fun in the same restaurant or teahouse, and we were stuck with each other, so we didn't have a good time. Later, when those who went to work got off work, Wen Street probably had to change a group of people.

"A private room by the window."

"Miss, the private room on the second floor by the window is already full, can you change it?"

"Isn't there a private room on the third floor?"

"The private rooms on the third floor are all near the windows, and they are spacious and comfortable, but only members are allowed to enter the private rooms."

When Axi entered Fuxizhai, he saw that the business in the store was just right, and there were two young ladies at the front desk, one was very round, and the other was very slender. He mentioned Song Miao, the second daughter of the Song family, and Sun Liaoran, the cousin of the Song family.

As expected, seeing that the private room by the window could not be booked, the slender woman said: "Forget it, cousin, the location of Fuxizhai is not easy to book, if you play for a while, I am afraid that there will be no private room on the second floor." gone."

"Poran! We came out against the sun, but we couldn't sit by the window, so what's the point of that?"

The little brother who served beside Ah Xi said: "Fu Lang, don't stand outside, go in first, the weather is hot, be careful not to take it."

Ah Xi nodded, Lu Yuan saw that Ah Xi was coming, and hurriedly wanted to salute respectfully, but was saved by Ah Xi's look.

Lu Yuan turned around and said, "Fu Lang hurry up and invite you on the third floor, and let Xiao Er go upstairs to arrange for you."

A Xi said: "No need, you are busy, if you need anything later, I will let Xiao Yu come down and let me know."

"Okay, go upstairs carefully."

Song Miao and Sun Liaoran standing in front of the front desk stared blankly at Axi going upstairs. The two were amazed at Axi's beauty and couldn't recover for a long time until Lu Yuan asked: "Miss, Yajian, are you still waiting for me?" Want it?"

Song Miao, who was thinking about the cakes in her heart, realized it. She twisted her beauty and said, "Why can he go to the private room on the third floor?"

Although she is beautiful, she wears mediocre clothes and doesn't have extravagant and expensive accessories. How can she afford 50 taels of silver to start a membership, just for a private room in a shop.

"Miss, don't judge by appearance. That husband can indeed go to the private room on the third floor." Lu Yuan said: "If you really like the private room by the window, why don't you also become a member, so you don't have to worry anymore There is no private room."

Song Miao said coldly: "Who would be so unlucky to spend 50 taels of silver to open a membership, the second floor is the second floor. This lady is not like those people who slap their faces to pretend to be fat."

Ah Xi entered the private room on the third floor, Fang Zhi Yang Ye told him that he could go to Fuxizhai when he had nothing to do, and prepared a good place for him to hang out.

The private room is very spacious. There is a soft bed inside for taking a nap. There is a bookshelf next to it. There are more than [-] books. There are flowers on the table. There is a fragrance in the room, which is very elegant.

After a while, Xiaoer also sent him ice cubes for him to keep cool.

The window is opened, and the scenery on the street can be seen at a glance, and the sun can't shine into the house. Occasionally, the cool breeze sweeps through, which is very pleasant and cool, and it is really more comfortable than being bored at home.

His busy husband has all his heart for him.

The next month, after Fuxizhai's business was on the right track, Yang Ye planned to bring cold skewers to the capital while it was still hot. The main reason was that he was relatively free now, and he was afraid that there would be too many ceremonies at the end of the year, and he would not have time to take care of the business. Things, in fact, as long as he pushes the business on the right track, the family members can do well later on. As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning, and this difficulty can only be solved by him.

Now the funds invested by Fuxizhai are returning, but they don’t dare to move too much. The purchase of materials, workers’ salaries, etc. need money. He doesn’t plan to spend a lot of money on the shop or rent the shop. Anyway, it’s for the common people to eat. Setting up a stall to accumulate funds is the best way.

Just do it, he drew a blueprint for the servant, asked him to find a carpenter to make a cart, and then asked the apprentice who was taught to make cold skewers at home to send it to the capital, so that the offal of cold skewers can be ordered and bought There are not many people, as long as you explain a little, you can collect a lot.

It's a small business, but it can be sold on the street in two or three days.

Yu Da, the cook who was taken in from the refugee pile, taught a pretty good apprentice. He not only made cold skewers in Wenyang County, but also took care of the business of cold skewers shops. He was very active. Now he is required to set up a stall in the capital alone. I'm more than happy.

The younger servants in the family have all heard of Xiaoliu more or less. He was just an errand runner at first, but after working so hard, Yang Ye brought him to the county town to become a shopkeeper. Who wouldn't want to mess with such a future.

Needless to say, Yang Ye knew where to set up a stall to sell it.

After the court was set, the sun was westward, Yang Ye took Axi out to press the stone slabs, and stopped by to see the situation of Qifu's stall.

It made the two of them very satisfied, Qi Fu was not shy at all, his yelling was so loud that he could hear it from half a street away, and he saw a lot of people around the small stall from a distance, even if he was busy collecting money, he would not forget to yell passerby.

A Xi said: "The apprentices taught by Yu Chu are always happy like him, and people with a kind face are suitable for business."

Yang Ye is also very proud of the people cultivated by his family, perhaps because the people in small places are relatively simple, born without the influence of too many interests and intrigues, and their nature is pure and kind, what benefits have been given to him? Just thinking about it, I want to work hard to keep my job and repay the master's family, so no white-eyed wolf has appeared in the family.

The two pretended to be ordinary diners who bought things, and went forward to promote the business and add some popularity to the stall.

Qi Fu is very good, and said proudly: "Look, even respectable old men and husbands buy things from my stall. What can't be eaten? This red oil is made from high-quality vegetable oil. It's spicy and spicy." taste, this hairy belly is crispy and delicious, it goes with rice and wine."

"Master, come and try, there are free samples here."

Yang Ye took a mouthful with a dignified appearance, his brows raised, and then he let go: "It's really delicious. The spiciness is moderate. The key is that it's cold. It's not hot. It's delicious. Give me a few skewers and wrap it up. Go home for supper."

Taking advantage of Qifu's packing time, Yang Ye picked up a piece of yellow throat and fed it to Axi, and the people watching the excitement clicked twice in unison. Husband and wife love each other.

"Come on, how many strings do you want for me? How do you calculate the price?"

"A string of meat dishes costs three pennies, and a string of vegetarian dishes costs one penny."

The diners called it cheap, after all, a bowl of Chaos in the capital costs about ten cents, this snack tastes delicious and the price is not high, it really makes people happy.

"If it's delicious, I'll come to this street every day to buy wine, and I'll come here to get some to go back to drink with."

After the business opened, Axi and Yang Ye withdrew. The servants of Li Cheng's family sent a message to let the two of them go to the dinner party. Leng Chuan at home brought a food box to Li Cheng's mansion, and he had been talking about it for quite some time.

For many days after that, Yang Ye didn't bother with the cold chain stalls anymore. It wasn't that he let go, but that his business affairs suddenly became busy.

For some reason, the emperor suddenly sent a task in person, asking him to sort out all the measures to deal with the catastrophe that occurred in the three years since the new emperor took office. At that time, many miscellaneous booklets of quotations were submitted, and he had to read them all, and then read them again. To tidy up, not to mention the trouble, it has to be completed within ten days, and he has to work overtime after the court, so he is very busy for a while.

"I asked some other officials. I heard that these cumbersome things were done by the people below. Now the emperor has asked you to do it. It is likely that Song Tingyou came to inspect the Imperial Academy that day. When you came, you just left. He carried People sue in front of the emperor."

Li Cheng picked up the thick books and complained to Yang Ye.

"I knew that he wanted to deal with me, but I didn't expect that I would go up and down in a proper manner. He still had the nerve to say in front of the emperor, I won't leave after I go down one day."

"He didn't leave, so he felt that the people under him couldn't leave yet."

Yang Ye flicked his wrist, which was sore from writing: "It's really the first level of government that crushes people to death."

Then he said angrily: "Whether these officials who recorded the emperor's quotations have put a little thought into it, people have to guess if the handwriting is scribbled."

Li Cheng glanced at the brochure, and said: "You think that everyone is born in the imperial examination like us. After a lot of hard work, you have practiced your handwriting again and again? Many Beijing officials are descendants of their fathers. They are not capable enough, so they throw it away. Some small officials of the seventh or eighth rank, although they are small officials, but their parents have high official positions, and no one dares to reprimand them."

Speaking of this, Yang Ye laughed in the bitterness: "Work hard, maybe from our generation on, children will also have careers to inherit, and they don't necessarily have to take the imperial examinations."

"That's true. After all, we have just entered the official career, and we still have most of our lives to pursue our careers."

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