Return to the Song Dynasty

Zhao Bi had to part with his beloved wife for a short time, and obediently followed his father-in-law and a group of brothers-in-law to the main hall to chat.The Ma family didn't talk about politics with the prince, and Zhao Bi was used to making people happy, so they had a sumptuous lunch at noon, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves.

Ma Zhener followed her grandmother, mother and aunt to the inner house.As soon as she sat down, Mrs. Li couldn't help asking: "Zhen'er, how does this little prince treat you? Are you wronged?" Ma Zhen'er looked at her mother's worried expression, and then at her grandmother and aunt who were full of concern. , Thinking about my ten best husbands, I just feel how lucky I am, and my relatives around me care so much about me, I really want to wake up laughing from my dream.

"Mother, don't worry, the lord treats me very well, hey, he even called me 'Chong Chong'." Ma Zhen'er lowered her head shyly when she said the second half of the sentence. "What does 'heavy' mean?" Mrs. Li was at a loss, causing her daughter to panic to death.

"My lord said, my girlfriend's name is Zhen'er, precious and precious, so he called me 'Chong Chong'. He also said that he only treats me well, and spends all the money he makes." Ma Zhen'er had a sweet face when talking about her husband. .

The three Mrs. Ma looked at me and I looked at you, and all laughed.It's been a long time since I saw such a shy little girl from my own family. I think the prince must treat Zhen'er very well.The three wives felt relieved and began to look at Ma Zhen'er.

When she returned home today, Ma Zhen'er also dressed seriously.I saw that she was wearing a gold silk sprinkled skirt, and a pair of purple embroidered double-breasted panties with dark patterns on her coat.The ornament on the head is even more amazing, it is a golden peony in full bloom, with layers of petals, stamens dotted with gemstones of various colors are hidden, it is just like the real thing.What's more interesting is that on the peony, there are two flying butterflies. With the eyesight of the three ladies, they can't tell that it is the handicraft of any time-honored brand in Bianliang City.

"Mother and aunt like this headdress?" Ma Zhen'er asked when she saw her mother and aunt looking at her headdress. "Your headdress is really unique, not to mention your mother and aunt like it, I feel itchy just looking at it." Mrs. Ma said with a smile.

"It's great that grandma likes it. The prince has prepared a lot of jewelry for grandma, mother and aunt. They are all custom-made, and no one else has them." Ma Zhener hurriedly told grandma.Zhao Bi prepared a lot of gifts for the Ma family and spent a lot of money.

"Hey, which shop's jewelry is this? It's really exquisite. It looks like the real flower. It's also paired with two vivid butterflies. When will this jewelry shop pay attention to artistic conception?" Second Madam Ma endured Can't stop interrupting.

"My aunt has always been discerning. This is made by the jewelry shop that the prince is about to open. Does it look good? The pattern that the prince specially painted for me." Ma Zhen'er and You Rong recommended their own shop, "It's in Huining On the street, it's called Zhenpinxuan. It will open in a few days, aunts and mothers, you should come and join us."

Hearing this, the three ladies had different expressions on their faces. 'My lord is really not doing his job properly like the rumors outside... Sigh. Mrs. Ma, Mrs. Li was still a little unhappy, but she didn't say anything. The old man had already spoken, so what else could others say.

"The aunt you mentioned wants to go see it right away. The shop opened by Mrs. Zhener's husband, my aunt will definitely support it." Second Madam Ma obviously has no worries about this, she really likes these exquisite ornaments. "Mother, Zhen'er just said that she brought us jewelry, I want to see it now, what should I do?"

"You, you are such a monkey, I think you are in a hurry. The new son-in-law of the prince has just entered the door with his front feet, and you have opened the presents brought by him with his back feet. You are not ashamed to lose it." Mrs. Ma said Laughed angrily.

"That jewelry is really beautiful, it makes people's hearts tickle." Mrs. Ma continued to mutter...

After dinner and chatting in the afternoon, the time for the princess to return home is over.The prince and concubine finally reunited after a brief separation (less than a day apart, don't be so nasty).Zhao Bi took Ma Zhen'er's hand, said goodbye to everyone, and went back home.

"Well, not bad." Mr. Ma stroked his beard and went back to the room.

"It's not bad, this kid Zhao Bi has a sweet mouth, hum! My brother-in-law, Ma Qi, expressed dissatisfaction.

"Sister Madam is so kind, she also said that next time she would take me out to eat together, what kind of barbecue.It sounds delicious. 'This is Ma Bin, the foodie brother-in-law who was bought off.

After returning to the palace, Zhao Bi and his wife closed the door and lived their own lives.I spend my free time every day drawing jewelry patterns, researching recipes, admiring my own garden, teasing the little parrots under the corridor, and living a happy life.

Zhao Bi is going to open a jewelry store and a restaurant.They are all located on Huining Street. This street is full of shops, and the location is excellent. It was Zhao Ji's uncle Chen Liang who put in a lot of effort to sell them.The jewelry store is called Zhenpinxuan, which comes from the homonym of Wangfei's name.The name of the restaurant was given by Zhao Ji, and it is called Mingyue Xiaolou.The name is weird. Zhao Bi asked Zhao Ji why he chose such a name, but Zhao Ji just laughed and didn't answer.Forget it, Zhao Ji contributes both money and effort, so he can be regarded as a competent shareholder, so the name will be his.

So in the future, the No. [-] Chain Hotel in Dasong was named like this.At the beginning, it was not noticeable, but who knew that the restaurant would get better and better, and it would develop into a leading enterprise of Dasong Hotel.People began to wonder about the origin of this name, why is it called this name?I heard that this was opened with Prince Duan when the official family was still a prince. Could it be that the official family likes the bright moon?

For this reason, there was an upsurge of chanting the moon in the literary world at that time, and even the ministers of the court and the central government competed to compose poems and lyrics to praise the bright moon at the banquet.Zhao Bi was baffled, but Zhao Ji, who knew the reason, didn't point it out, and didn't intend to explain everyone's confusion at all.In this way, Mingyue Xiaolou entertained all kinds of foodies amidst the discussions. "This is really delicious, little Er'er, bring me another plate." A high-nosed, deep-eyed foodie from the Western Regions wiped his mouth, and shouted bluntly in Chinese with a strange tone...

Since ancient times, among scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants, the status of merchants is the lowest.However, the Song Dynasty was an exception. This was the only dynasty in ancient China that did not implement the policy of "suppressing business" for a long time.Since its inception, the Song Dynasty has been encouraging farmers liberated from the land to invest in commercial handicrafts and formulating a series of policies to promote commercial development.Therefore, businessmen also ushered in their own spring.

Although the royal relatives, relatives and court officials did not directly engage in business, everyone more or less had to have a shop or Zhuangzi.Who doesn't want a lot of money?Who can have trouble with money?

It's no big deal for Zhao Bi and Zhao Ji to open one or two stores.However, it is still not directly listed under their names (the prince opened a shop, there is always a suspicion of competing with the people for profit, it is better to avoid suspicion), but everyone knows what is going on.Bianliang City is so big, and everyone knows a thing or two about who is behind which shop.I know, I know, Zhao Yu didn't want to cause trouble, so he hurriedly ran to report to Zhao Xu. Of course, he didn't dare to say that he thought the salary was too small, and he was afraid that it would not be enough. What people said was, "My brother only has so many hobbies, so I really want to be happy." Let’s open a store and let everyone comment and support it.”

Zhao Xu is also quite satisfied with this younger brother who is becoming more and more righteous, "Xiao Jiu'er doesn't want to participate in court politics at all.It's hard to get a little fond of spending time with the princess all day long, and I, as an older brother, have to support it. 'Zhao Xu smiled brightly, and said that he would let Zhao Bi open the shop freely, and that his brother might one day try private visits in microservices to try something new.

So Zhao Bi's two small shops opened so smoothly. (Zhao Bi: Hehe, I have already greeted the big boss. I have also invited him to dinner, Kaifeng Fu Shaoyin, can it go well? Kaifeng Fu Shaoyin Wang Xuyang: The county prince invited me to dinner, saying that he is going to open a shop , let me take care of it. Is this going to open a black shop?)

The jewelry store opened first, and the opening day was full of people.There are also eight large flower baskets placed at the entrance of the store, and the flowers of various colors compete with each other, which is quite eye-catching.What Zhao Bi wants is this effect, so as to attract more people to come over!

The jewelry store is a small two-story building, the first floor is the lobby, and it mainly sells relatively popular conventional jewelry, and the salesperson is a boy who everyone uses.However, there is a paulownia sign at the top of the stairs leading to the second floor, with four large characters "Stop Your Majesty" written on it.

what does this mean?Not allowed to go upstairs?The shopkeeper explained that it is not that they are not allowed to go upstairs, but that men such as lords, servants, etc. are not allowed to go upstairs.Only women such as wives and young ladies can go upstairs.This is done for the convenience of the wives and young ladies who come out to choose jewelry, so that they can shop with peace of mind, so as not to encounter desperadoes and suffer unnecessary harassment.

Want to know what's for sale upstairs?Let your wife or little ladies come to buy some jewelry and you will know.

People are curious, the more they are not allowed to see it, the more they want to see it. The older girls and younger daughters-in-law who came to join in the fun went up to the second floor to find out.

"Welcome to visit, what kind of jewelry do you want to choose?" Once on the second floor, a gentle female voice greeted the guests.When I looked up, I found that the salesperson upstairs was a girl in Yishuier. They were wearing uniform light pink skirts, and all of them were smiling. When they saw someone coming up, they would take the initiative to greet them and ask them what they needed. Then lead the guest into a single room for a detailed discussion.

It was only then that everyone discovered that the second floor had been divided into small single rooms, with tables, chairs, good tea, and an album of fine jewelry in the store for people to choose from.For customers who want to see the real thing, the clerk will also bring the selected jewelry to the customer for inspection.The second floor focuses on high-end products, limited edition products, and can also be customized according to the needs of customers. Although the price is expensive, it is guaranteed to be the only one and unique.This is the weakness of the madam and the little ladies.The most important thing in Bianliang City is rich people. The gathering of wives and ladies is a competition to show off their wealth. Who doesn't want to have unique jewelry?Who doesn't want to dominate?

However, on the day of the opening, there were no such rich ladies and ladies. There was no other reason. There were too many people on the opening day. in the heap.So no matter whether it was the maid who was looking for the way for the master or the big girl and the young daughter-in-law who came to see the fun, they were all overwhelmed by this Zhenpinxuan. I have never seen such a jewelry store.

"Look, the girls who greet us all have flowers on their heads. That's a crabapple, it seems to be silver, and it's really beautiful." "Do you want people here? I want to come here to work. The older girls and the younger daughters-in-law were a little embarrassed, as soon as they came up, they knew that this upstairs was reserved for the wives and little ladies of dignitaries and dignitaries. They couldn't afford the jewelry here, and they came up out of curiosity. It feels a little awkward.

But the girls in the shop are still gentle. They didn't drive them away because they didn't buy anything, but guided everyone to look around, introduced the business content and characteristics of the store, and finally invited everyone to taste some refreshments for free as a thank you Everyone cheers. (This is the staff training content and opening process explained by Zhao Bi to Lu Xi. Lu Xi is the first store manager of Zhenpinxuan appointed by Zhao Bi. "Treat customers as warm as spring." ——What Zhao Biyu said to me I always don’t understand, but it must be right! —— Lu Xi, a blind admirer)