Whoever wins the crouching dragon wins the world

Cui Zhouping is the second son of Taiwei Cui Lie. He used to be the general of Huben Zhonglang and the prefect of Xihe.Although he lives in seclusion in the countryside now, the emaciated camels are bigger than horses. There are not a few Cui clans who are officials butchers. Both old friends and new friends are scrambling to come to the door to make friends.Originally, Cui Zhouping just wanted to invite his close friends to have a few drinks, but in the end, there was a banquet with 58 tables.

"Hey, it's such a big business that it's cheaper than Fulai Tavern." The shopkeeper clutched his chest, heartbroken.When I saw Cui Zhouping came to gossip with me that day, he was full of joy, thinking that the business was promising, but unexpectedly it turned out to be nothing.

Fulai Tavern is the storefront of Lin Yuejie's mother's family. It has a history of more than ten years. It was originally a snack business.The shopkeeper took a fancy to its popularity, so he spent a lot of money to eat the old house next door, renovated it a little and opened it, selling Dukang and pepper pulp, which was the idea of ​​borrowing Fulai's popularity.The shopkeeper sighed: "I thought earlier that the two stores are next to each other, and the customers buy wine from me, and they will complement each other with Fulai's snacks. Who would have thought..." Who would have thought that Fulai's snacks would abandon their main business, How about entering the beverage industry instead?

Since ancient times, alcoholic beverages have been huge profits.When guests come to the wine shop to eat wine, one tael of Dukang is priced at twenty baht, but a plate full of salt beans can only be sold for five baht.Businessmen are after profit, and Fulai is greedy for the business next door, so he naturally has to find ways to increase his income.At the beginning, it didn't dare to go too far in reforming, so it only set up a new half low table next to the snack counter, and invited a wine lady to sit in charge.Later, as the business got better and better, it gradually expanded the number of tables to two, and the number of bartenders to two.For three years, when I reported to the wine shop, Fulai had completely abandoned the food industry and was focused on developing into a big player in the wine industry.

"Food is expensive, labor is not profitable, and I would change careers." Axiang whispered to me, "But Fulai's style is too ugly, it doesn't count if we steal our business, and we are going out of business if we want to run, no wonder scholars often say" No traitor, no business'!"

The peers are light, and two wine shops are side by side on the same street, and it is inevitable that they will fight after a long time.According to the shopkeeper, at first we asked for [-] baht for a tael of pepper pulp wine, but now it has been reduced to [-] baht because of the competition from Fulai, which is infinitely close to the cost price.But behind Fulai stood the rich and powerful Lin family. The shop was always open under the guise of "selling at half price", even if it was losing money, it still operated as usual, and it easily attracted most of the popularity.

"They want to force me away, what a dominance!" The shopkeeper felt like a mirror in his heart, "Just look, once I go out of business, the price of Fulai's wine will skyrocket overnight!"

In fact, the Lin family didn't want to lose both and be branded rich and unkind.Lin Yuejie extended an olive branch to the shopkeeper as early as last year, expressing her willingness to sell the wine shop at a good price.The reason why the shopkeeper refused was because he had devoted more than ten years of hard work in the shop and couldn't bear to let go, and secondly because he couldn't swallow the breath in his heart. ——Why did he plant trees so hard that cheap and irrelevant outsiders can enjoy the shade?

Fulai's approach in modern times is low-price competition with the intention of monopolizing, but there is no economic law in the Three Kingdoms, and when encountering powerful and powerful merchants, small merchants can only admit that they are unlucky.Nanyang has outstanding people, so naturally there are many smart people who can see through the situation, but no one will think about maintaining the economic order. If there is an advantage, they are fools, and they will go to whichever wine shop has the lowest price.As for the future, who can control so much?Anyway, everyone is buying Fulai's wine, even if they don't buy it, Fulai will be the winner.

The shopkeeper watched the business of his wine shop go down day by day, although he didn't say anything, he was very anxious.This year's summer coincided with the leap in July, and it was extremely hot and unbearable. The shopkeeper was so depressed that he couldn't do anything about it. When it came to the Mid-Autumn Festival, he fell seriously ill and couldn't get up in bed.Seeing that he couldn't manage things, the shopkeeper had no choice but to entrust the eldest son to take care of the shop's business.But his son didn't live up to it, he was spoiled and spoiled, he refused to endure hardships, and even changed ways to get pocket money from the account.The accountant was afraid of being involved in the future, so he hurriedly sued the shopkeeper, who was so angry that the shopkeeper wished he could break Nizi's leg.

The lady in charge stopped her, and sat on the side of the hospital bed, wiping her tears and complaining: "I have been with you for more than ten years, and I have such a son. If you break him, I will die..."

Loving mother and defeated son, the shopkeeper's wife's trump card is nothing more than crying, making trouble and hanging herself, but the shopkeeper is used to being kind, and he can't resort to cruel methods when dealing with opponents who rob business, and even more helpless when meeting close relatives.Thinking that since Fa's wife followed him, taking care of the housework inside and out, and not having a comfortable day, her heart softened naturally. The palm that was about to greet her son's butt could no longer be hit, so she could only raise it high and put it down gently.

His son, Ajie, saw that his father had subdued him, but he felt obedient, and hurriedly knelt down to beg for mercy: "Daddy, please forgive me this time. My son knows his mistake, and he will never dare again in the future. He must be filial to you!" The big man who is about to marry his wife is crying in the street with snot and tears, so pitiful.

"Hey, you..." After all, it was the only son who grew up in the palm of his hand, the shopkeeper was helpless, knowing that being soft-hearted at this time was tantamount to raising a tiger, so he couldn't teach him any more.

The family has reconciled, but Fulai Tavern is still stalking under the eyes of the shopkeeper every day, and the urgent need is at hand.

"Why don't you go and ask Guo Daxian for advice, the neighbors say he is a god?" The shopkeeper took out a large amount of money from the drawer, very hesitant.The people of the Three Kingdoms are in awe of ghosts and gods, and it is easiest to follow others' opinions, but the shopkeeper has greeted and sent them over the years, and has a lot of experience, so he was unwilling to believe in these heretical ways.Experience in the past told him that most immortals in the mortal world are not effective. Even if they enter a real temple, they may not be able to worship the real Buddha. What's more, a loose immortal like Guo Daxian who relies on divination for a living is out of ten. generation.However, the momentum of Fulai Tavern is getting stronger day by day, and the family's livelihood is about to be cut off, and the shopkeeper is already a little confused.

"Don't believe his nonsense, it's all a lie." The shopkeeper treats me well, and I can't even watch him being deceived by others, "I heard that this Guo Daxian put a Ban Yue's hexagram has never made any bad predictions. Anyone who asks him to look at him can get a few auspicious words, or the house will be safe or the official will be promoted to make a fortune, which will make the visitors smile and be very satisfied."

Only when the customers are happy can the store make a lot of money.Guo Daxian is well versed in this way, so his hexagram shop is the best business in Nanyang, and there is a constant stream of people coming and going all day long.

"That's true, but..." The shopkeeper still hesitated, but after thinking about it silently for a long time, he finally stuffed half of the silver back into the drawer.

Guo Daxian's fees are not low, and a sling of money is enough for an ordinary family to eat for several months, but he can only have one face-to-face meeting in his hexagram shop.If guests choose more cumbersome divination items such as tortoise divination, drawing lots, and character testing, they need to pay extra.Guo Daxian has a famous saying: "Foretelling hurts fortune, and measuring life hurts life. Both are priceless!" The implication is that although he talked about white wolves, he exchanged priceless blessings and longevity for valuable gold and silver. Still suffered a big loss, should be regarded as a model of selfless dedication, it is so shameless!

But Guo Daxian has no consciousness of fooling the world at all, he is not ashamed but proud, he has set the rule of opening the hexagram every three times, and he must sit upright on every hexagram day, be diligent and never slack, rain or shine. "Daxian makes a lot of money every day, and works for one day, but the wine shop will be open for ten days!" The shopkeeper is very envious, but the technical content of pretending to be a ghost is too high to be imitated, and the success cannot be replicated.

He Dacheng sneered: "It's just cheating, it's not a serious business at all, it's just heresy!" He hated Wujiwu, ever since Guo Daxian gave me a divination for free, asserting that I would make a fortune in the future, he never showed him a good face.

A Xiang said unfairly: "The Daxian set up a stall to make money openly, neither stealing nor robbing, and what he was talking about was still a secret, how could he be deceived?"

He Dacheng was not good at arguing, his ears were red when he was blocked, and he found a way to fight back after a long break: "How do you know that what he said is a secret, is there any god who is willing to testify to him?"

"Haha." The shopkeeper couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard what he said was funny, "Although Dacheng's words are superficial, they are very reasonable, and they are similar to Nanshuang's. Nanshuang also said yesterday that even if Guo Daxian said it before, It’s all secrets, and there is no guarantee that what he will say in the future is all secrets, and the Jade Emperor never sent it to him, so what——” The shopkeeper thought for a while before continuing, “Qualification certification. Ha! Nanshuang is worthy of having studied Girl, you have a lot of experience!"

Humility and obedience are important nowadays, I won the praise from the shopkeeper, if I keep my voice silent, it will definitely attract criticism, so I have to stand up and be humble: "The shopkeeper is too proud, Nanshuang only knows a few words, it is not worth anything..." On the contrary He Dacheng, who has no experience from the future, and has never been to school for a day, is able to discover Guo Daxian's "secrets" only by personal comprehension, which shows that he is talented and intelligent.In addition, he is quite powerful.

It's a pity that he and I hate each other, otherwise, it would be worth making friends for help... My thoughts drifted away, not without regret.