little fool's child bride

The old man went there several times unwillingly, but in the end he found nothing.On the contrary, Xiao Xiao calmed down, with a feeling that God sent him here, and it really wouldn't let him be so easy to be at ease.Since this matter could not be resolved, Xiao Xiao turned her attention back to poker and mahjong, researched it for several days, and sent it to Qinglou after making it.

"Why do you have such a long head? How come you have so many wonderful ideas?" Zhao Ming took the poker and looked at them one by one, his eyes sparkling.Just looking at these unfamiliar but self-contained symbols, he suddenly thought of Taibai, and looked at Xiao Xiao without any trace.

Since the Yellow Emperor, there has been a legend that has been passed down to this day, that is, "natural disasters destroy the world, and the lives of the people are devastated; the seven stars are connected, and the alien descends." ", but the situation of Qixing Lianzhu only happened once. During the prosperous period of Zhengzhi - King Zheng ruled the world, and all corners of the country were singing and dancing.

It is said that when King Zheng accepted the audience from various countries, a man in strange clothes suddenly fell out from the top of the hall. King Zheng immediately sent him to prison as an assassin, but how could he stop the mouths of the people present and the suspicion of the people all over the world? ?Soon all the countries knew about this matter. In order to compete for the "foreign guest", the world has been in constant disputes ever since.It's not that there are no sober people who react and want to quell this chaos, but when everyone is crazy, self-protection will exhaust all energy, so how can there be extra energy to persuade those royal families?Therefore, in less than a year, the "stranger" couldn't withstand the back and forth changing hands and tortured to pass away. This absurd farce also came to an end after several years of war.

Although the stranger left, the harm he brought to this world is eternal.In the past 100 years, there has never been another overlord who ruled the world like King Zheng, and there has never been another one like Zheng Zheng in the past.Today, the world is divided into three parts. In the north of Baiyu Country, there is Evergreen, and in the west, there are grassland alliance tribes harassing and invading. Among them, there are countless small countries trying to survive in the cracks.Shengshang is old and has no ambition to expand the territory of the country, so the three-legged confrontation is considered stable, but at this time, more than a month ago, Qixing Lianzhu appeared.

stranger.

What is a stranger?According to legend, he is the nemesis of natural disasters and a life-saving medicine; but the tragic reality tells them that the stranger may be a natural disaster.He may be the "cause" or the "effect".But these are not important, the important thing is to get him, if you can't get him, you will destroy it.In just one month, the situation in this world suddenly became blurred. Overt searches, unannounced visits, and mutual spying made every country leader tense up. It seemed that a world war was about to break out.

Liu Ziming -- or Liu Ziming just couldn't bear the oppression in the palace and escaped.Although he is the second prince, but because his biological mother was disgusted by his father, even his name is "Zi Ming" - self-knowledge.He once resented, hated his mother for giving birth to him as a pawn for the sake of prosperity and wealth, hated his father for spreading his anger on him, an innocent child.But so what?What he can do is to reduce his sense of existence and look forward to the day when he leaves the palace.

This year happens to be the time when he turns 16 and can go to the fiefdom.He was full of anticipation, but he didn't realize that he had thought of the "stranger", and the fief was delayed again and again.Depressed, he came to Ancheng under the pretext of visiting relatives. He had never thought about whether there was a "stranger" or not, but at this moment Xiao Xiao came into his sight.

Dim sum is nothing, but the symbolic text with its own rules reveals too much.Liu Ziming and Zhao Ming exchanged glances, and then put down the mahjong in their hands calmly: "Brother Xiao is really good, but the characters on it are really hard to read, why don't you change it to Chinese characters?"

"Unrecognizable?" Xiao Xiao tried hard to swallow the dim sum in her mouth, and had to say that the dim sum in Qinglou was really delicious.He thought about it, and when he finished, he asked the old man and the little fool that they didn't say anything, so it was hard to recognize.But whoever pays is the boss, so... "Change, what about the rules, do you want to change?"

"There is no need for the rules." Zhao Ming put away the paper on which the rules were written, and then took out a pen and paper. "Let's talk about the shareholding. What do you think of the shareholding system? I don't plan to open any gambling houses other than clearing the building." Like, this poker mahjong is not compatible with my clearing the building, so I don’t touch the building, I pay for the shares and get a share; as for Xiaodi, you are still the same as before, so the rest is too white--"

Just as Liu Ziming was about to speak, the person behind him suddenly stepped forward: "Master."

Liu Ziming's face immediately turned cloudy: "What's wrong?"

"The master will not allow the young master to run a gambling house, please think again, the young master."

"I see," Liu Ziming sighed, and looked at Xiao Xiao and Zhao Ming apologetically, "I can introduce a reliable person to take over."

"Why do you have to open a gambling hall? This is a kind of mass entertainment," Xiao Xiao sighed, and finally had some sense of superiority for her modern identity. "It is good to open a gambling hall, but gambling is lack of government management now." , the risk is high at the same time as the profit is high, it is better to sell these two things directly, it is much better than having a tea party or a flower party?"

Zhao Ming raised his eyebrows: "You mean?"

"This kind of time-killing thing is more complicated and interesting than gambling, and more elegant than shaking dice. Ladies and ladies can rub a few laps to connect with each other, and old businessmen can have a few games to talk about business. Small merchants and peddlers get together to exchange information, send Time - as long as it is extended to the deep boudoir, the streets and alleys, it is simply waiting to collect money, why bother to work in the gambling house?"

"But if you want to sell it directly, where to sell it and the price are all issues," Zhao Ming is not so optimistic. "First of all, the price is the price. If you want it to be popular all over the country, then you can't set the price so high that ordinary people can't afford it. But where should this thing be sold? If it is placed in those precious museums, then the price cannot be low; Wood, it shouldn’t be too easy to imitate.”

Xiao Xiao also thought about these questions when she was playing poker and mahjong.Ancient times are no different from modern times, and there is no such thing as copyright. If there are carpenters who are familiar with it, the price of playing a set of poker mahjong may be much lower than their selling price.Therefore, if you want to make a profit, you can only reduce the link of commodity circulation or reduce the production cost. What Xiao Xiao thinks is to reduce the link of poker and mahjong sales.Why let others earn the commission money? "Have you ever thought about opening a supermarket? A supermarket is a supermarket that sells all the groceries, but instead of buying the goods yourself, it makes other people's goods available by taking a commission in addition to the things produced by your own workshop. To be able to sell in supermarkets, supermarkets only need to ensure that the products meet the standards.”

Liu Ziming asked in confusion: "Why do other people buy or sell from you?"

"Because the things we sell are more complete, better and more convenient. I remember that I went out to buy materials a few days ago. I ran all over the east and west markets and asked many people. It took three or four days to buy them all, but I still bought them. It is unusable. If there is a place where you can buy everything at one time, and it is cheaper and of better quality, how do you think the people will choose? When there are more customers, there will be more merchants who want to sell things here , At that time, we can not only increase the rent we charge, but even sell the shelf space in the supermarket, the space on the promotional leaflets, and the quota for each event!"

"After reaching a certain scale, we can open supermarkets to other cities and become a chain enterprise. At that time, I think it will be no problem to be the richest man in Ancheng, not to mention the richest man in the country."

Even Zhao Ming, who lives as he pleases, couldn't help being moved.The prospect Xiao Xiao paints is really too beautiful, beautiful and real.Later generations believed that the most important reason why King Zheng was able to rule the world was that he saw the value of merchants, opened the East and West markets to promote commercial development, and allowed merchants to become officials to improve the status of merchants.After all, this supermarket is a miniature version of Dongshi, so it won't be too difficult to operate, but the profit - it can be seen from the tax revenue of Baiyu country in recent years.

"Taibai?"

"Done!" Liu Ziming glanced at the people behind him, and nodded excitedly after receiving approval.

Seeing this, Xiao Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, he thought that the "big cake" would be rejected by them before the painting was finished.Opening a supermarket is easy to say, and it can indeed make money in the later stage, but it is very sad in the early stage.In ancient times, the shops either harvested the products directly from the villages and sold them, or they had their own farms and workshops. Why would people spend money to sell these things in supermarkets?If the reputation is gained in the later stage, then the merchant will naturally not hesitate to invest in order to make more money, but in the early stage...

"I remember Brother Taibai said before that he has two Zhuangzi in his hand, grow some food and raise some chickens and ducks?" Xiao Xiao had to interrupt the two people who seemed to have been beaten, "Maybe there are not many people in the supermarket in the early stage. Merchants are willing to sell things here, so why not sell some food first, so you don’t have to worry about running out of stock. With the addition of Shuixinxuan cakes and poker mahjong, I think it is relatively easy to make a name for yourself... Ah yes, we In fact, various activities can be held, such as lottery draws and competitions, as long as there are enough gimmicks, you may not be able to attract customers..."

Before Zhao Ming finished listening, he burst out laughing: "What are you worried about, Brother Xiao? Not to mention Brother Taibai, it's just me——as the second son of the Zhao family, how many families in Ancheng dare not give me face to Mr. Zhao? Xiao Xiao Brother just wait to collect the money!"

Liu Ziming also laughed. Originally, he thought that Xiao Xiao knew Zhao Ming and his identities before choosing to cooperate with them. Didn't he think that it was really a coincidence? "However, I am very interested in the lottery and the competition. I wonder if Brother Xiao can elaborate?"

Xiao Xiao grinned in embarrassment, he had no experience in cooperating with this kind of rich second generation, so he forgot.After taking a sip of tea, Xiao Xiao talked about all the marketing methods he had seen in modern times. In the end, Xiao Xiao even talked about logistics before Zhao Ming and Liu Ziming were willing to let him go.The two looked at Xiao Xiao's leaving back, but no one spoke for a while, only the crackling of the stove for making tea from time to time.