Datang Institute of Technology

Above the main hall are the voices of Wei Zheng's righteous words.

The worst one is probably Li Chengqian, two of the three memorials are related to him.

No, the worst is Li Shimin, who was either his wife or his son.

His face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Empress Changsun always advocated diligence and frugality, but she was not spared.

"Your Majesty, such unhealthy tendencies must be severely punished."

Wei Zheng's voice stopped, and the whole hall was silent.

The prince, empress, and prime minister are all involved in their affairs now. Which of these officials is not smart, and now they are silent, waiting to watch.

Li Shimin is also waiting, but you can help me with a word.

But after waiting for a long time, no one gave him a step down.

He had no choice but to say, "Xuan Cheng, did you make a mistake? You said that the treasury doesn't even have such a large ganoderma. How can it be stewed in chicken soup?"

Wei Zheng snorted coldly, "I have to ask the prince, what I saw with my own eyes yesterday, how can it be fake?"

Li Shimin was also surprised, so the big Ganoderma lucidum is really stewed in chicken soup?Well, it's a bit wasteful, so I couldn't help but look at Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian was expressionless, and stepped forward and said, "Ganoderma lucidum is not owned by the treasury, but it was a gift from my friend when he entered the city."

It means that if he didn't take the treasury, he can't decide how to use his personal things?

Everyone was taken aback, is that Xu family son again?Didn't he give Fang Xiang a Ganoderma lucidum?How come?

Wei Zheng's eyes were expressionless, "It's a good thing for the crown prince to be courteous and corporal to make friends with others, but he gave and received them privately. It's such a big hand, you won't be afraid of people saying that you form a clique for personal gain."

Li Chengqian glanced at Wei Zheng and said that he formed a party with a four-year-old child for personal gain?Say it and see if anyone believes it?

Changsun Wuji interjected, "Your Majesty Wei is serious. As far as I know, the son of the Xu family gave the prince Ganoderma lucidum, and the prince returned the gift with a musical instrument. This is just a reciprocal gift, a friendship between gentlemen. How can there be a party for personal gain?"

Although the officials would not think that it was really forming a party for personal gain, but he had to suppress this idea, which would not be good for the prince's reputation.

Only then did everyone realize that the prince was missing a white jade flute from his waist today.

According to uncle Guo, did the crown prince give his favorite musical instrument to the Xu family?

There is indeed a deep friendship between the two, if Wei Zheng hadn't read a book, it might have been a good story in Boya's childhood.

Wei Zheng is a man who admits to death, "The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, why do you need such valuables to be reciprocated?"

That's what I said, but Xu Jiazi gave the prince Ganoderma lucidum. As the prince, how could he not express it at that time?

Just like every year on His Majesty's birthday, all officials compete to give gifts to His Majesty, why?Because His Majesty returns the gift, and the gift returned is more expensive than the gift given.

Many officials with a clean sleeve are waiting helplessly for an opportunity to make extra money blatantly once a year. Among them, the housekeeper is the most thorough. Every year, they give themselves free pens and inks, and then exchange them for a lot of good things.

If Xu Changsheng knew that after drinking a bowl of ganoderma lucidum stewed chicken soup, the dignified prince and empress were read a book in public, he would probably shake his head and say that the life of the royal family is so miserable.

Wei Zheng will not let go of the matter between the prince and the empress if he does not show any intention of knowing his mistakes and being able to correct them.

But judging from Li Chengqian's attitude, it seems that he will not follow Wei Zheng's wishes.

From Li Chengqian's point of view, his mother's health is not good, so what's wrong with him stewing some chicken soup with his own stuff?

It is estimated that there will be a period of slobber in the future.

Wei Zheng looked at Fang Xuanling again.

Fang Xuanling took a step forward, "Your Majesty, Xu Jiazi did bring a Ganoderma lucidum when he came to the door, but at that time the old man accidentally fainted, my old servant used the Ganoderma lucidum to save the old minister..."

Xu Jiazi actually gave away Ganoderma lucidum, a group of ministers looked at each other, how precious Ganoderma lucidum is, where did Xu Jiazi get so many Ganoderma lucidum, so he gave it away as soon as he said it.

Ganoderma lucidum was overly mythical in ancient times, so let's not mention it for now.

Li Shimin said, "Xuan Cheng, Fang Qing has always been clean and honest, and it is obvious to all, but it is too much for him to accept bribes, and there is a reason for this incident..."

Wei Zheng cupped his hands, "I'm just doing my duty."

He didn't really want to hold on to Fang Xuanling, but he was just reminding all the courtiers that as a court official, he should be honest and upright.

The first two issues, even if they are implemented, will still be condemned by verbal criticism.

And the last question, about Xujiacun's profiteering, if it is implemented, it may not be as simple as being scolded.

Datang's emphasis on agriculture and despise business is not just lip service, but has corresponding laws.

One, to charge heavy taxes on merchants, let alone.

Second, if a businessman dares to drive up prices without reason, he will be severely punished.

This is also because of the frequent occurrence of various natural disasters since the Zhenguan Year, in order to prevent businessmen from driving up prices and causing civil unrest, strict laws were enacted.

Wei Zheng looked at Li Chengqian, "The prince has something to say."

Li Chengqian frowned. Don't look at the rumors about his friendship with Little Short Legs. There are all kinds of versions, but in fact, how many times have they met?

Not to mention, he didn't know the situation of the Xu family at all.

Of course, if he explained it like this, no one would believe it, and they would not read the rumors outside. The legendary friendship between him and Xu Jiazi was almost as good as Boya Zi's period.

After a while, Li Chengqian said, "Wait for me to go and confirm the situation."

Wei Zheng's eyes were expressionless, "Please also ask the prince to set a deadline."

If the crown prince keeps procrastinating, is that the way to go?

The people in the hall, everyone watched their hearts, this one was a little too fierce.

Thanks to His Majesty's sageness, otherwise he would have been dispatched to nowhere if he hadn't been beheaded by the Meridian Gate.

Li Chengqian replied, "Three days."

Wei Zheng arched his hands: "Then the old minister waits for the prince to prove himself in three days."

Today's court meeting was shocking. After the court, all the officials stayed far away from Wei Zheng, fearing that they would be caught as pigtails.

Compared with the empty surroundings of Wei Zheng, Fang Xiang Fang Xuanling was surrounded by the boss.

"Master Fang, are you feeling better?"

There was a burst of booing and asking for warmth.

When Fang Xuanling was still lamenting that his popularity was not bad, the people around showed their true colors.

"Fang Xiang, I heard that Xu Jiazi has come to visit. I wonder how Xu Jiazi is?"

"Yeah, I'm not afraid of being laughed at by everyone when I say it. My wife and daughter ask me every day. Seeing what they mean, they seem to want to see how the Xu family is. It’s done, thank you very much.”

Fang Xuanling looked at Wang Yushi, who was an official in the same dynasty, strangely. The daughter of Wang Yushi's family is fifteen this year, right?When that little boy grows up, won't he...

Fang Xuanling didn't answer either. From now on, Wang Yushi knew that the young son-in-law he was looking for was only four years old, and he probably would have no face to face others.

The people around are also asking, "Master Fang, just tell me. To tell you the truth, my wife often mentions this Xu family. It's not that she wants to marry the Xu family, but there are all kinds of rumors outside. Discussing this together all day long made me a little curious."

Fang Xuanling glanced at the people surrounding him, then turned around and left.

He won't be slapped in the face by these people when he speaks out now, although he can't escape the result no matter how he knows the truth comes out.

But if it can be delayed for a day, it's a day. His whole body is so famous that his liver hurts just thinking about it.

No, he'd better hurry back and nibble on some unfinished Ganoderma lucidum, otherwise he'd get dizzy again.

Speaking of which, he would definitely be reluctant to use something as expensive as the ganoderma lucidum, but when he thought of the one who kicked and kicked the crotch-opening pants, he wished he could take a few more bites, he was so fucking aggrieved.

The officials behind looked at each other, "What's wrong, Mr. Fang?"

"How can I see that Mr. Fang didn't look very good just now?"

"Not only is it bad, but it's also gnashing your teeth."

……

At this time, Xu Changsheng was rectifying his Xu's oil shop, no, it was Xu's supermarket.

The Xu family oil shop was closed and closed, and people came to see it every day, because the little fairy of the Xu family said that he would give them a satisfactory answer in three days about the price of oil.

These little people, they usually care about the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt.

But every time I look at it, the door is closed tightly, and there is a sound of ping-ping-pong-pong.

It was like this on the first day, and it was also like this on the second day, and the sound came from the connected shop, just like demolition of a house.

The third day was a bit different. Some strange shelves were moved in early in the morning. It was too early to see clearly.

Three days passed in a flash.

On this day, many people surrounded the outside of Xu's oil shop.

Outside the crowd, several sedan chairs also stopped there.

The window of the sedan chair was pushed open, and several people couldn't help being stunned.

Li Chengqian and Wei Zheng are among them.

There was nothing strange about Li Chengqian being here, because he said that three days later, he would explain the issue of the Xu family's profiteering through business in the court hall, and today happened to be the last day.

He had also been here two days ago, but the Xu family oil shop was closed and was not doing business. He also asked someone to ask the people of the Xu family, but the people of the Xu family didn't know what they were doing.

Wei Zheng came here with a sense of supervision, as if he was telling Li Chengqian that he knew everything clearly, so he would not try to argue for his friend's family.

But apart from these two, the other three who came seemed a little weird.

One was Wang Yushi who wanted to marry the Xu family.

In ancient times, people attached great importance to family traditions when they got married. He came here to see if the Xu family was just like Wei Zheng said, with a heart like copper and a profiteering.

If this is the case, he will go back and let his wife and daughter dispel the idea as soon as possible.

As for the other two, one is Fang Xuanling, and the other is Kong Yingda, the wine festival of Guozijian.

Fang Xuanling came here with a mentality that was too stuffed.

He praised the Xu family's son for treating money like dung, and it turned out that the Xu family used business to make huge profits.

If it is implemented, what will others think of him?

Is this what he said about treating money like dung?It is estimated that the reputation is notorious.

Of all the people, he least wanted what Wei Zheng said to be true.

The dignified and virtuous prime minister was actually restless because of such a trivial matter, so he came to see what happened.

Kong Yingda also had the same mentality. Xu Jiazi was the one who personally asked for an order and made an exception to invite him to join the Imperial College. If he had something to do with Tongqi, even if Xu Jiazi didn't run it himself, his reputation would not be good, so he had to take a look at the situation.

Of course, all five of them changed into casual clothes.

Five tacit understanding.

……

At this time, the sky is getting brighter and brighter.

"Huh?" Kong Yingda couldn't help but glanced at the gate in surprise, because the words on the gate plaque were upright and proud.

This is Xu Wenyuan's pen and ink!

Xu Wenyuan was a doctor of the former Guozijian, and he knew him from the Guozijian Wine Festival.

Kong Yingda was not particularly happy that a dignified Confucian actually mentioned words for a shop, which was insulting to gentlemen.

Xu's supermarket?What is this?Isn't it Xu's oil shop?

Others also found door plaques,

Fang Xuanling was also surprised, why did Xu Wenyuan get involved in this kind of thing?Isn't this self-deprecation?I'm afraid it will stink!

Even Wei Zheng's expressionless face showed a surprised expression, Xu Wenyuan would rather be expelled from Chang'an than bend, how could he...

At this time, the door of the shop in front of him opened.

Xu Zheng came out from the inside and stood at the door, "Today is the opening day of Xu's supermarket, everyone please come in."

Everyone was stunned, and an old man at the head said, "Didn't your little fairy say that he gave us a satisfactory answer? I don't know how much the Xu family's oil costs per catty?"

Of course, the people who came here were all concerned about oil prices, so they couldn't help but prick up their ears.

Even Li Chengqian and the others couldn't help but listen to each other, waiting for an answer.

Xu Zheng smiled, "Everyone will know when you come in."

A group of people were stunned and muttered, "Businessmen are all treacherous, and I don't know what kind of twists and turns the Xu family has set up to wait for us."

"Anyway, if that little fairy doesn't lower the oil price, we won't leave. Even His Majesty has ordered that businessmen are not allowed to make huge profits."

"Even if the price of their oil doesn't drop, it's only the same price as other oil, so it's not a huge profit, right?"

"Don't they have any special oil production process? It should be different from other oils."

There was a lot of discussion among the people, but they couldn't tell why.

"Let's go in and see what they're up to."

A group of people began to pour into the shop.

"Huh?" The first person let out an exclamation as soon as he entered.

The people behind hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? Did something happen around the corner?"

The man didn't speak, and ran in.

"what?"

"what?"

Then everyone who entered made the same exclamation, and then rushed in, completely ignoring the blank inquiries of the people behind.

Fang Xuanling and the others also looked puzzled, what's the matter?Why are you making such a strange exclamation?

I thought it was an accident, but if it was an accident, I probably ran outside instead of inside.

Can't help but look at Li Chengqian, the prince and Xu Jiazi have such a good relationship, what should they know?

Li Chengqian was expressionless.

Several people:"……"

You have an extraordinary bearing, but if you don't speak at this time, it doesn't make people feel like a cat scratching.

Wang Yushi rolled his eyes, "My lords, why don't we go in and have a look?"

They were only here to determine the oil price, and they didn't even think about getting out of the sedan chair.

now...

Several people started to walk towards the shop.

Li Chengqian walked in the front.

Once you enter the shop.

A familiar, faint fragrance came from the nose.

Isn't this the scent of flowers that the little short leg gave him?

I thought that one or two pots had been cultivated, but I didn't expect there to be more.

The body involuntarily paused.

The people behind also noticed Li Chengqian's subtle and untraceable actions, and couldn't help being a little surprised. The prince is not a commoner who has never seen the world, so why is he acting like this?

Can't help but become more curious.

When Li Chengqian walked in, the first thing he felt was the faint fragrance of flowers in his nose.

The second thing to notice is the neat rows of shelves.

Shelf style that has never been seen before, layer by layer, presenting everything at a glance.

Bamboo tubes of oil are neatly placed on the shelf.

The bamboo tubes are placed next to each other, and they are all placed in the same direction. They are so neat that they have an indescribable beauty.

Li Chengqian continued to walk in. At this time, a handsome young man from the Xu family with a smile on his face was explaining, "After you choose what you want to buy, you can just take it there and pay the bill. What's wrong?" If you understand, you can come and ask me directly.”

Near the door, there is an enclosed table, and there is a person standing in the table.

Choose your own goods?Check out by yourself?

It's... quite a novelty.

Li Chengqian continued to walk in, but he didn't expect that once he entered, although the shelves were arranged in rows, it didn't look crowded, but because people walked according to the reserved passages, it seemed particularly regular.

Lifting his eyes and taking a glance, the whole shop...is surprisingly big.

It should have opened up all the connected shops.

The shop is not complicated at all, well-behaved.

In each aisle, there is a child of the Xu family standing, smiling and answering every question.

Even Li Chengqian experienced what is novelty.

On the shelf in the corner of the shop, there were indeed several pots of pure white flowers.

Don't put too much, because it is a relatively airtight space, a few pots can make the fragrance last for a long time, but too much is not good.

A group of people are looking around the flowers.

"Isn't this the kind of rare flower that the Empress and Mrs. Lu Guogong got?"

"It did look and smell exactly as it was rumored to be."

"There is a [-]% chance that it is. Don't forget, the flowers that the crown prince gave to the empress were obtained from the Xu family, and this shop belongs to the Xu family!"

"Extremely great!"

Even the Empress and the Duke's wife like very beautiful flowers, of course they should look at them more, because they can't see them in other places.

Li Chengqian also went over to have a look, and was quite satisfied, because he didn't have short legs to give him the pot.

But putting pots and pots together has a special taste, and the corner of the shop has a unique scenery.

Of course, there are also elders who are not moved by the flowers, picking up bamboo tubes on the shelf to look at them.

Bamboo tubes have different sizes after all, he thought he could pick the biggest one.

In the past, when buying things, the boss would hand them directly to him. This feeling of picking whichever one he wanted was not only novelty, but also satisfaction. After all, he picked it himself, and he knew whether it was good or bad.

Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and Wang Yushi were also surprised. This was the first time they had seen selling things like this.

But it feels good.

Especially Wei Zheng, he knows that some businessmen often shoddy good ones, but if they choose by themselves like this, they can know what they are doing.

However, after seeing the prices marked on the shelf at intervals, the expression on his face was not very good.

It stands to reason that it would be better to clearly mark the price in this way, so as to avoid the situation of selling one product at two prices.

The bad reputation of ancient merchants was mostly caused by these reasons. Over time, an inherent impression of no business and no cheating was formed. It is very difficult to change the inherent impression.

Wei Zheng looked at the reminder of "three hundred coins per catty" on the shelf, and thought to himself, as expected, there was no price reduction.

This oil was only sold for 120 Wen a catty three days ago.

Even if it is a famine year, it is impossible for prices to go up so fast, which is simply unreasonable.

Wei Zheng's complexion was not very good.

The people who came in were only looking at the surprises, and probably forgot their original intentions.

For some reason, they lingered a bit.

Look at this spotless floor, look at this neat shelf, look at this well-arranged bamboo tube oil, compared with other people's dirty and messy shops, it's like one in the sky and one on the ground.

It's no wonder these people make such comparisons, because other people's shops are used as warehouses, and things are messy.

But no matter how good the environment is, they are most concerned about oil prices.

One of the old men walked to the checkout area with a barrel of oil and asked, "From the Xu family, is the price of oil on the shelf [-] Wen per catty?"

The people around also pricked up their ears.

Now it was Xu Zheng who was at the counter and said, "Exactly, everything we sell in Xu's Supermarket will be clearly marked with a price, and we will not charge an extra penny, and we will not accept bargaining."

"Wow!"

People around are making noise.

"The price has really increased, and it's not a lot of money."

"The key is that the increase is too much, almost three times the original price."

"If it sold for three hundred Wen a catty before, I would have accepted it, but..."

Wei Zheng looked at Li Chengqian, the facts are undeniable, let's see what you have to say, don't think that if you have a good relationship with the Xu family, you can cover up the behavior of the Xu family.

He has already made it clear in the court that the oil produced by the Xu family is sold at around 120 renminbi due to technical problems. Although it is not known whether it is high or low, it will definitely not lose money.

Selling at a loss all the time is not a good person, it is a fool.

Li Chengqian also frowned.

At this time, the noise became louder and louder, "Even if the environment here is good, the price cannot rise so fast."

"Besides, didn't that little fairy of your Xu family say that he would give us a satisfactory answer? How can this satisfy us?"

Wei Zheng has already left, all the facts are in front of him, even if the crown prince wants to protect the Xu family, it is impossible

Wang Yushi also went outside, and it seemed that he had to quickly dispel some thoughts from the wife and daughter at home.

Fang Xuanling felt that he was going to faint again, he had to go back to eat the Ganoderma lucidum, who in Chang'an City didn't know, he praised Xu Jiazi for treating money like dung.

Amidst the noise, Xu Zheng's voice came out, "Everyone, please be quiet. It's not too late to finish what I have to say."

A few people who went out said that no amount of sophistry can change the fact that the price of oil has suddenly risen to nearly three times.

Xu Zheng said loudly, because no one could hear him if he didn't speak louder, "The oil in our Xu's supermarket is indeed three hundred yuan a catty, and the little fairy said that the price will not be lowered, but..."

Wei Zheng and the others, who were about to go out, couldn't help slowing down their pace. They wanted to hear how eloquent the people from the Xu family were.

Xu Zheng continued, "However, our Xu Family Supermarket has launched a membership system for free. As long as it is something in our Xu Family Supermarket, we will get a 120% discount. Originally, the oil of [-] yuan a catty, after becoming a member of our Xu Family Supermarket, you only need [-] essays will do.”

"..."

"Wow!"

"Is it 120 Wen a catty or [-] Wen Jin?" Why can't they understand, and what is that member?

As soon as Xu Zheng waved his hand, the young people of the Xu family, who had already been prepared, immediately went into battle.

"Everyone, please take a look here, have you seen the sign we have? As long as you apply for free from us, you can get such a sign. In the future, when you buy things in our Xujia Supermarket, you can show the sign and you will get a [-]% discount." .”

"Then what if it wasn't you, members of the Xu Family Supermarket?" someone asked.

The Xu family boy said with a smile, "Of course the original price is not a penny."

"...What brand is this for free?"

"Correct."

Everyone was a little confused, what is the difference between that and the direct 120 Wen a catty of oil?

A group of people thought about it for a long time but didn't understand it, not to mention them, even big bosses like Wei Zhengfang Xuanling didn't understand it, isn't this unnecessary?

But the price of getting a free brand becomes 120 Wen, so the Xu family is not counting as making huge profits?

"What brand is that, give me a piece." Someone shouted.

"You put it away. From today onwards, you are a member of our Xu Family Supermarket. The original price of oil was 120 Wen, but now you can take it home for only [-] Wen."

Why does it sound like taking advantage of the boss?Isn't that the way it should be?

In the future, when they told others the price of the oil they bought, did they say 120 Wen or [-] Wen?

"By the way, everyone has put away the signs, because the Xujia Supermarket releases a limited number of signs every day. If you lose them, you don't know when you can get them next time."

"Well, I'll have a piece too."

There is no disadvantage if you get a free sign.

Then he walked to the counter with a barrel of oil and handed it over, "Check out."

"Okay, are you a member of our Xu Family Supermarket?"

Is not this nonsensical?He received the sign just now, took it out and shook it.

"Thank you, a total of 120 essays."

Wei Zheng and others left inexplicably after seeing that only 120 essays were accepted.

A group of common people who buy oil is still very strange.

"Tell me, is it because the little fairy of the Xu family couldn't save himself, that's why he made such a move. After all, he said that their oil price will not be reduced."

"I think it is. On the surface, it seems that the price has not been reduced, but if you get a brand for free, it is still 120 coins."

"Haha, I guess he didn't want to lower the price, but after he went back, he was cleaned up by his great-grandfather and had to lower it, so it was a joke."

"The Xu family, why is your oil shop called a supermarket instead of an oil shop?"

The young man from the Xu family next to him said, "Because our little fairy said that in the future, the shop will not only sell oil, but also sell other things. It is not appropriate to call it an oil shop, so it is renamed a supermarket."

"Your little fairy is really good at tossing..."

A group of people shook their heads and chatted, and they were a little reluctant to leave. It's so nice here, and it's good to go for a stroll. I didn't see the flowers next to which the empress and empress invited the lady to appreciate, and they also admired them.

At this time, people came in one after another, picked up a barrel of oil, and ran to the counter, "Here, 120 Wen."

However, the person at the counter did not reach out to pick it up, "I'm sorry, 120 Wen is the membership price, if you want to buy it, you need to pay [-] Wen."

The man was taken aback, didn't he just get a sign without doing anything?He shouted at the young man from the Xu family next to him, "Give me one of those brands."

"I'm sorry, today's brand has been issued. If you want to become a member of Xu's Supermarket, please come early tomorrow."

"No, you don't do business?"

"Let's do it, let's put the price clearly, no one is cheating, if you are not a member, it will cost [-] Wen."

The man was dumbfounded. It was obviously the same thing, but there was a brand missing, and he was charged three times the price. He had never seen such a business.

People who saw it couldn't help but hold the signs in their hands tightly at the same time.

Don't think it's just for free, without it, others really have a lot of money.

I can't help but feel a little lucky, fortunately they came early, received it, and became a member of Xu's Supermarket, so I have to keep this brand well in the future, if I am like this person in front of me, I can't really give more So much money.

When Xu's Supermarket was promoting the membership system, Xu Changsheng went out with a box of Ganoderma lucidum.

He is going to visit.

Of course, it wasn't Fang Xuanling this time.

It's Guozijian's wine sacrifice to Kong Yingda.

He didn't really want to enter the Imperial College, but Master Kong also had good intentions and personally asked His Majesty to let him enter the Imperial College. How much did he value his talent?

He still has to thank him.

Mr. Kong is a scholar, so he probably doesn't like gold and silver. He should also give a Ganoderma lucidum for free.

As he walked, he was thinking, who else had praised him, he had to come to thank him one by one.

Ancient times are good at this, full of human touch, he has to learn a little bit.