In the years of ancient traders

There were too many people here, and it was inconvenient for Xie Wan to get out of the car, so Song Shu asked the coachman to go to the back of the workshop, and asked Xie Wan to talk in the workshop.

The newly recruited workers were still outside. Song He Sanniang and others divided them into groups, explained the work instructions in detail, showed them the workshop, and settled the workers who needed accommodation.Song Anan didn't go to help, but followed Song Shu into a guest room in the workshop, stood behind Song Shu, folded his arms and said nothing.

With Song Anan standing like this, the faces of the maids following Xie Wan changed, thinking whether to call the guards outside the door to protect the young lady.

Xie Wan didn't panic after all, and she showed a friendly smile to Song Anan: "It seems that this little gentleman has never met Shiro here, I wonder if you can introduce him?"

"This is my younger brother, Anan." Song Shu said, although Anan did not join the ranking of the Song family, outside they are all brothers.Of course, Song Anan would never call him brother.

"It's no wonder they look familiar, maybe I've seen them in hot pot restaurants." Xie Wan said, he knows that the Song family has many brothers and sisters, and they often go to the hot pot restaurants in Datu County to help.When I saw Song Anan at first glance just now, I always felt that he looked familiar. Now that I think about it, it should be that he met a few times when he went to help the hot pot restaurant.

Although Song Anan didn't come here often, he had been there to some extent, and Song Shu also agreed with this statement, and asked Xie Wan's reason for coming this time.

Xie Wan's speech was not fast, but she spoke clearly, and she explained clearly her intention in a few words.It turns out that every summer when Hengzhou City is prosperous and in full bloom, there will be a flower viewing banquet, and young men and women from big families in the city and nearby are invited to participate.This year it happened to be the Xie family's turn, and Xie Wan wanted to add something new to the banquet, so she wanted to add the hot pot from Song Shu's restaurant to the banquet menu.

"Although this hot pot is not suitable for summer, it is fresh after all. It's good to put it on the table for everyone to try." Xie Wan said, and she also mentioned a few names, all of whom are regular customers of Song Shu Hot Pot Restaurant. Participating in this flower viewing feast, "My mother entrusted me with the management of this flower viewing banquet. I also hope that the banquet can be more unique, so I came to Shiro for help."

"Of course it's okay. If you really have to count it carefully, you've helped me a lot." Song Shu smiled.It's not a little bit of advertising effect to let his own hot pot appear at the banquet of this kind of aristocratic family, even if it is for nothing, he would be willing to provide it.

"So, will Shiro really come to Hengzhou City to open a hot pot restaurant?" Xie Wan and her close friends who also love hot pot have already guessed, but Song Shu said this, and she confirmed this guess. "That would be wonderful."

Song Shu asked her some specific requirements for the banquet, such as how many pots, what kind of pot bottoms, whether they need to prepare hot food, etc.Xie Wan was very serious about doing things, and she also discussed these trivial matters with Song Shu in person, and finally finalized a list, in duplicate, and signed their names.

The flower viewing banquet was not complicated. After Xie Wan left, Song Shu wrote another letter listing the requirements, and asked Song He to ride back to Datu County the next day.Because there are still many workshops in Datu County, although there are managers, they still have to go back and visit often. Song He can ride a horse, so most of the tasks are entrusted to him.

The soybean oil workshop and the beer workshop are fully recruited, and the work can be officially started the next day.Shi Sanlang also came to Hengzhou City this time. He used to work in a soybean oil factory. Song Shu asked him to manage the soybean oil factory, and handed over the brewery to Zhuo Yuan, who was brought from the brewery in Xianghe Village. .Zhuo Yuan was not from Datu County, he was recruited by the brewery. Song Sanniang and Song Anan recognized his work ability, so they let him take charge of the brewery.

In addition, Sanniang is in charge of managing the cafeteria and dormitory of the workshop, and she does not need to do it herself, but recruits a few women who can cook and clean.If the Soybean Oil Factory and the Brewery need the Song family to make up their minds, they will also come to her.

Song Anan found a job in a soybean oil factory, and started to work in silence. This kind of work that requires no talking but only relying on strength is really his favorite.

There was Sanniang in the workshop, and Cheng Erniang took care of the younger ones in the family, so Song Shu got away and went to the dental shop again.There is a decree in the seven prefectures of Yicheng that all sales of land and houses must go through the dental office, and the dental office will collect the commercial tax on the sale.If it is a subordinate county, it is possible to fish in troubled waters, but Hengzhou City is right under the eyes of the Jiedu Envoy, and no one dares to know the law and break the law.

Song Shu liked the gambling house he saw earlier, and the shops around it were also very good. If he could open a hot pot restaurant there, he would not have to worry about no customers.But Song Shu went to several dental shops in a row, and was disappointed to find that the owner of that building had not listed the casino for sale, nor had he even leased it.

"Who's the owner?" Song Shu asked the Yaman who was looking for a house for them last time.

This person did business with Song Shu last time, and now he doesn't hide it: "Song Silang, I just told you that I know you. The owner of this building is named Shen, Shen's Erlang. This Shen The old man of the family is an official in the imperial capital, and the Shen family has been a rich family for hundreds of years, so Shen Erlang must not be short of such a small amount of money. Before he bought this building to open a gambling house just for fun, but now he accepts it when he finds it is not fun. There are more than one or two wealthy businessmen in and outside the city who have made plans for it, but Shen Erlang said he would not sell it, and no one dared to provoke him!"

The Shen family and Song Shu have heard a little bit that, like the Xie family, they are a rich family with hundreds of years, so they really are not easy to mess with.

Shen Erlang and Song Shu didn't know each other either, and his building hadn't been put up for sale. Maybe it was just closed for a while, and there might be other plans in the future.Song Shu didn't stare at a tree, and immediately asked Yaren to introduce other shops.

Just like opening a hot pot restaurant in Datu County before, he doesn't limit the shops that must be facing the street. As long as the road is open to traffic, a larger house is also acceptable.It's just that luck is not so good this time, the shop and house that Yaren found is either not the right size, or the location is really bad, there are always such and other shortcomings.

After a few days in this way, the Soybean Oil Factory has started to ship.

"Steward Pang, come to the six altars!"

"I want five altars!"

"Steward Pang, can you still teach cooking today?"

"I didn't come here a few days ago. I heard that you have free oil here?"

"Steward Pang..."

"Steward Pang..."

Pang Liulang was so busy that he wished he could have three heads and six arms.After Song Shu came to Hengzhou City, he thought about it and simply followed him.He originally wanted to find a place to settle in the city, then sell soybean oil, and then think about whether there is a better way out.There are many people in Hengzhou City, and there are also many businesses. It is definitely more promising than doing business in Yuexing City.

However, his first load of oil hadn't been sold yet, and Song Shu found him.

When Song Shu said the word sales director for the first time, Pang Liulang was thinking about how to reject him.Pang Liulang has been in business since he was a child, and he likes the days of running around the streets and talking to all kinds of people. He is absolutely unwilling to work in a certain workshop.

But later Song Shu explained to him that although the sales director is also an employee of the workshop, he is in charge of sales. Simply put, he sells things.He doesn't need to squeeze soybean oil, he just needs to sell the soybean oil squeezed out of the workshop.And his salary is also linked to the monthly sales of the workshop. Simply put, the more he sells, the more money he gets.

"If you are too busy alone and want to ask the salesman for help, you can find it yourself, but you have to figure out how to divide the share with them." Song Shu told him again.Pang Liulang thought, every time he sold a jar of oil, the share would be fixed. If he was the only one, he would take it by himself. If there were salesmen, he would have to share it with them. A salesman, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the business of selling soybean oil.

When Song Shu first started selling soybean oil in Xianghe Village, Pang Liulang hadn't gone there yet. Later, he heard from the farmers and hawkers there that he used Song Shu's method from the beginning to open up the market in Hengzhou City.

At first, he was afraid that the method of free distribution of oil would cost oil, but he didn't expect that in just a few days, the soybean oil sold was far more than the one given away.Pang Liulang breathed a sigh of relief. You must know that although Song Silang told him that he would get a share of the sales, he also said that if the oil and money used to open up the market were more than the harvest, his wages might be deducted. of!

Now, he is finally not afraid of this situation.

He also learned a lot of cooking methods from the women in the cafeteria. Every evening, he taught cooking outside the soybean oil workshop, as well as scallion pancakes, deep-fried dough sticks, and soup pancakes with toppings.He has a loud voice and can talk, and after teaching, he chats with those who come to watch or get free soybean oil.He wasn't talking nonsense, he was mostly talking about those people in Xianghe Village and Datu County who made their fortunes by trading in soybean oil.

"Steward Pang, the Wu Shiyilang you mentioned yesterday is really an ordinary peddler?"

"Of course, he originally sold soup cakes in a restaurant, and he had no money to marry a wife. Later, he took the lead in selling soup cakes with toppings in Datu County. Now he has a house and his wife is married." Pang Liulang said, "This The sooner the fresh business is done, the more money you can make. Besides, Datu County is only a little bigger, and he can earn so much. If you set up a fried dough stick stand, topping soup cake stand, etc. in Hengzhou City, you will definitely earn more than him That's a lot!"

Pang Liulang never finished talking, but he not only has a lot of stuff in his stomach, but also knows how to tell stories attractively. Those farmers and vendors around him listened with gusto, and many of them have already planned to go to Hengzhou City Set up a stall to do business.

With Pang Liulang working so hard, the business of the bean oil factory quickly improved, and Song Shu felt a lot easier.

After Song He stayed in Datu County for a few days, he returned to Hengzhou City with the pot and bottom ingredients Xie's family asked for.The bone soup base can be made by the Xie family. Except for a few special dishes such as fish balls, most of the ingredients are also prepared by the Xie family. Song Shu mainly provides pots, and the most important thing is the butter and spicy pot bottom. .

Among the large number of things Song He brought back, the lumpy butter and spicy pot bottom accounted for more than half, and they were neatly packed in the ice cup with ice cubes in the interlayer.

"This time I went back and opened the ice cellar. Ice is sold in the village and the county now. With ice, life in summer will be much easier." Song He wiped his sweat and said, "It's a pity that in Hengzhou city No, otherwise we can put some at home."

"I'm not afraid of it." Song Shu said, there are many more merchants in Hengzhou City than in Datu County and Yuexing City. Maybe you can find saltpeter buyers and sellers. With saltpeter, it is not necessary to build a cellar. The ice storeman said, "Brother, next time you go back, ask the carpenter to make more ice mirrors. It's hot now, and these things must sell well."

"Remember, I'll go back and tell them in a few days." Song Hedao, after putting down his things, he didn't say anything more to Song Shu. He hadn't seen Cheng Erniang for a few days, so he was thinking too hard.

The flower viewing feast was not far away, and since the things had arrived, Song Shu went to visit Xie Wan the next day.

Xie Wan took him to the garden belonging to Xie's family where the banquet was going to be held. The decoration there was almost done, but Xie Wan knew that Song Shu was always ingenious, so she asked him to take a look and give him some ideas.

Song Shu talked to her a little bit.

"Your ideas are very good. Qiu'er, you call all the stewards. I have something to order." Xie Wan said to the maid next to her. After the maid left, she asked Song Shu again, "Is Shiro's hot pot restaurant good?" Is there a place? If you need help, please don’t hesitate.”

Song Shu had been thinking about this for the past few days, but when Xie Wan mentioned it, he realized that he was secretly scolding himself for being stupid.Xie Wan came from the Xie family, which is also a big family, maybe she knew Shen Erlang, maybe she should have come to her long ago.

Thinking of this, Song Shu told Xie Wan about the gambling house he fell in love with.

"I've heard about that gambling house. The location is very good, but Shen Er may not be willing to sell it. Why don't I introduce him to you on the flower viewing feast?" Xie Wan said.

With such a turning point, Song Shu's heart also brightened: "That would be great." As long as he can talk to Shen Erlang, the deal will have more hope.

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