Zhu Nao

As soon as Zhu Nao entered the city, he met a group of children playing at the gate of the city.Those children were very excited when they saw him, they chased after him and shouted: "Prince Zhu! Prince Zhu!"

With a smile, Zhu Nao took out a pack of shortbread from his pocket and handed it to the children.The children happily took the shortbread to the side and ate it.

After a day's driving, Junao was thirsty and tired.Turning across a long street, there was a teahouse in front of him, so he took his men in, ordered a pot of tea, and rested his feet.

As soon as he sat down, people at another table in the teahouse noticed him.

"Hey," a young man named Zhang Xiang knocked on the table, signaling his companions to look there, "Look, Zhu Nao is back."

When everyone turned their heads, they saw Zhu Nao sitting in the southeast corner of the teahouse with a few staff.

"Is he Zhu Nao?" Another man named Li Xiang was quite excited, and couldn't help looking at Zhu Nao, "The one who said he was a prince living among the people is him, right?"

"it's him!"

Li Xiang is not a native of Langzhou, he came to visit his cousin Li Shen in Langzhou.Li Shen was also at the table. Hearing Li Xiang's words, he couldn't help but wonder: "Cousin, you also know Zhu Nao?"

"I know. He went to our place to shop, and some people in our place have heard about him."

Li Shen snorted disdainfully: "What's the 'prince living among the people', cousin, don't the people in your place really believe this kind of rhetoric? That guy is a fool, you can't believe a single word he said!"

Li Xiang laughed and said: "Really? It doesn't matter whether he is true or not, as long as his story sounds interesting."

Li Xiang didn't care, but Li Shen did.He has always hated Zhu Nao, and he can't allow others to say anything good about him: "Interesting? No matter how interesting he is, it's fake! Look at his red lips and white face, he might be a fatherless bastard born by a woman in a bar." , come here and talk nonsense!"

There is a reason why Li Shen hates Junao so much.At a young age, Zhu Nao is already a wealthy businessman.He has been in the medicinal material business for the past few years, and has opened several medicinal shops in Langzhou. Because he is good at management, he also robbed some old stores in Langzhou.And Li Shen's family used to be in the business of medicinal materials, and their ancestors had been brilliant, but in his generation they have gradually fallen into ruin.After coming from Junau, their family's business was even more neglected, and they couldn't make ends meet.As a result, he naturally hated Junao very much.

As for Zhu Nao's so-called status as a prince living among the people, we have to start with a certain reception.

Zhu Nao is not a native of Langzhou either, no one knows where he is from or who his parents are.One day they were drinking, and after drinking for three rounds, the drinkers inquired about Zhu Nao's life experience, and asked him why he came to Langzhou alone to do business at a young age.Jun Nao drank a little too much, so he told people a bizarre story.

Zhu Nao said that there was a maid in the palace who was pregnant with the flesh and blood of the Tian family.After she secretly gave birth, she entrusted the baby to an old eunuch in the palace to take it out of the palace. From then on, the old eunuch raised the dragon child in the private sector incognito.After the old eunuch got old, he also passed away.

When Zhu Nao told this story, there were several places that were quite detailed. If the story is true, then he must experience it himself to know it—that is to say, what he meant was that he himself was the wandering man. Folk dragon son!

Everyone was dumbfounded.After he sobered up the next day, people asked him whether the matter was true, but he neither admitted nor denied it, just laughed and said nothing.

Later, this story spread in the city, but there were not many people who really believed it—if it was a peaceful time, impersonating a relative of the emperor would be a serious crime of beheading.But now the imperial court is corrupt, rebels are everywhere, and the emperor is too busy to take care of himself.Langzhou is another town in the southwest where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Everyone can stand on the street and yell at the dog emperor, and there are many people who call themselves the emperor's grandfather when they drink too much.However, no matter whether people believe Zhu Nao's words or not, his stories are the stuff of conversation that people like to talk about after dinner.Even the boy in the city who only knows how to play with mud knows that Zhu Nao is the "Prince Zhu", and even people outside the city have gradually heard of it.

Li Shensheng was afraid that his cousin would not believe his words, so he thought about going to trouble with Zhu Nao, and asked his cousin to take a good look.As soon as he made up his mind, he greeted a few companions, got up and walked towards Zhu Nao.

"Hey, isn't this the 'Prince' of Zhu?" Li Shen walked in front of Zhu Nao, and said with a strange air, "I thought you went to the capital to meet relatives, why did you come back again? It shouldn't be your 'uncles'. 'Don't you want to recognize you?'

A few friends around him immediately laughed maliciously.

Zhu Nao glanced at him indifferently.He was born with a smiling face, coupled with his fair complexion, he smiled even if he didn't smile, and he wasn't annoyed at all.

Li Shen became more and more displeased, winked and said: "Prince Zhu, when will the palace send someone to pick you up, you take us to the capital too, so that I can open my eyes to the little people."

His companion laughed even more presumptuously.

Zhu Nao responded lightly, "It's easy to say."

Li Shen couldn't laugh anymore.He ridiculed Zhu Nao because he wanted to see Jun Nao in distress, but Jun Nao acted like it was real, so how could his drama go on?

He said coldly: "Junao, you should give me an exact time. Otherwise, you will renege on your debt, where should we go to reason?"

Zhu Nao raised his eyelids and glanced at him, with a half smile but not a smile: "Brother Li doesn't pay much attention to the general trend of the world, does he?"

Li Shen was taken aback: "What?"

Zhu Nao said slowly: "Two months ago, the eunuchs put General He under house arrest. General He has many good men, and he is probably already preparing to raise troops to attack the palace. The rebel army in Fengzhou is also preparing to move south, and the flames of war are raging. Getting to the capital is only a matter of time. The people in the capital are now devastated and can't take care of themselves. Who cares about other things?"

Li Shen was dumbfounded.It's not that he doesn't pay attention to the general trend of the world, of course he knows these things, but his original intention is just to make fun of the fake prince Zhu Nao.What Zhu Nao said was really justified, as if it wasn't that the palace refused to recognize him, but that the current situation was turbulent and it was not yet time.

Zhu Nao picked up the teapot and poured it into the cup, but only a few drops of water dripped from the spout.The tea is finished.His buddy looked back at the sky, and said in a low voice, "Boss, it's getting late."

Zhu Nao nodded, stood up and cupped his hands towards Li Shen and the others: "I still have something to do, let's take a step first, brothers and sisters take your time." After speaking, he swaggered away, leaving Li Shen and the others staring blankly.

When Zhu Nao walked out of the store, Zhang Xiang looked at his back and couldn't help muttering: "This Zhu Nao, could it be that he is really a troubled prince?"

Before he finished speaking, Li Shen immediately vetoed it loudly: "Why even you...it's absolutely impossible!"

Another companion also made fun of him: "Zhang Xiang, aren't you stupid? You also believe Zhu Nao's words? Have you forgotten what happened when Zhu Nao first came to Langzhou?"

Of course Zhang Xiang did not forget.

Zhu Nao was only fifteen or sixteen years old when he first came to Langzhou.That year he was dressed gorgeously, wearing a hat from the Western Regions, riding a tall horse, followed by a large number of servants, and attracted everyone's attention when he entered the city.People scrambled to inquire about his origins first, and found out that he was the comprador of Hu merchants and wanted to buy a large number of goods on behalf of Hu merchants.The local merchants sensed that there was a profit, and immediately took the initiative to come to him, and they were courteous to him in every possible way, entertaining guests and giving gifts, and it took a lot of effort to complete the business.

Originally, things came to an end here.But later someone went to Hu merchants to inquire. It doesn’t matter if they don’t inquire, but they were shocked when they inquired—it turned out that Zhu Nao’s comprador position was cheated!He lied to the Hu businessman that he was a relative of a certain dignitary, and that if the comprador business was entrusted to him, he could guarantee high quality and low price.Seeing that he was too young and dubious, Hu Shang sent him to try it out. If he did well, he would hand over the matter to him.As a result, Zhu Nao caused a sensation as soon as he arrived in Langzhou, and he was quite good at whetting people's appetites. In order to make business, all the merchants had to give up prices again and again.He accomplished the comprador job well and got a lot of rewards from the Hu merchants.

Later, someone found out that Zhu Nao was an orphan. No one knew his origin. He used to wander around in neighboring states and saved some money by doing business. hired.Once the comprador's business was completed, he dismissed all the people.

A group of cunning and cunning businessmen were fooled by a young man, how many people stumbled and regretted after learning the truth.But the business has been done, everyone has benefited, after all, there is nothing to resist him.

Zhang Xiang was besieged by his companions with a casual remark, so he could only laugh with embarrassment: "I am confused. Zhu Nao is a fool, of course he cannot be trusted."

Li Shen looked at the back of Zhu Nao going away, and spat: "If Zhu Nao is a relative of the emperor, I will be the Jade Emperor!"

Everyone took turns to belittle Zhu Nao.However, this did not make them feel better, on the contrary, they felt resentful, not to mention awkward.

Li Shen stretched his hand into his pocket to feel for it, found a few ingots of broken silver, and said, "Today is really unlucky. Let's go, let's go to the gambling house!"

……

When Zhu Nao returned to the shop, Liu Qi, the shopkeeper in the shop, couldn't help being stunned when he saw him, and came out from behind the counter to greet him: "Didn't the owner go to the neighboring state to buy goods?"

Zhu Nao said, "I'm back."

Seeing that there was no convoy behind him, Liu Qi didn't look like he had finished stocking, and he had to travel for a month to stock up, but it had only been half a month. Bandit robbery?! Damn it, those goddamn bandits!"

The people in the southwestern area have always been tough. In recent years, the government has been chaotic, and excessive taxes and taxes have been imposed.Every time a caravan travels, they either have to pay a large sum of money to the bandits to open the way, or they have to bring a hundred strong men to accompany them as escorts.

But Zhu Nao shook his head and said, "I didn't meet bandits. I didn't go by myself."

Liu Qi was at a loss: "What happened?"

Zhu Nao didn't explain to him, just said: "You take the account book, we go to the warehouse to check the balance."

"Counting the balance? Shouldn't we reconcile the accounts at the end of the month?" The second monk Liu Qizhang was puzzled, "Go now? It's still early, if I leave, there will be guests coming..."

Zhu Nao waved his hand indifferently: "Close the shop."

Liu Qi: "..."

The business in their store is very good, and there are tens of taels of silver in a day, and they lose a lot of money by closing the store for one day.But what can the owner do if he says it is closed?Left and right are the owner's money.

Liu Qi had no choice but to close the store in broad daylight, dig out the ledger, and accompany Zhu Nao to the warehouse.

Several people worked for a long time, counted the balance, and the accounts were all matched.Liu Qi thought that Zhu Nao checked his account halfway because he was afraid that he would be dishonest or not careful. Now that he confirmed that there was nothing wrong, he hurriedly asked for credit: "Boss, don't you feel relieved when I do things? As long as this The account is paid from me, and I guarantee that you will not lose a penny."

Zhu Nao said, "Sell all these stocks at a low price."

Liu Qi: "..."

He suspected that he had heard it wrong, and said in disbelief, "What??"

Zhu Nao smiled, turned and walked out.

Liu Qi had been working under Zhu Nao for some time, and he knew his boss's temper.Zhu Nao is a person who doesn't blink when the sky falls - because he is often the one who makes the sky fall.He opens his mouth when he speaks, and acts recklessly when he does things. God knows how many people are so angry that they want to beat him up.But the most irritating thing is that many times it is obvious that he is doing something wrong, and he will be in trouble sooner or later, but instead of being unlucky, he is getting better and better!

Although Liu Qi knew that his boss must be superior, Zhu Nao's decision just now was still too unreasonable.Because Zhu Nao is good at management, this pharmacy has robbed many old stores in the city within two years of its opening, and the money the pharmacy makes every month envies many people.Last month, Liu Qi also suggested to Zhu Nao to open more branches and expand the store, and he agreed.But now that he went out and bought some goods, it changed if he said it changed? !

Liu Qi rushed to catch up, sweating in anxiety: "Boss, the inventory in the warehouse is not much, let alone shipping, it is too late for us to buy. And we have a lot of goods in short supply. As long as we are not in a hurry, we can buy them." It can be sold at a good price, so why sell it at a low price? The goods are all sold out, so what are we going to sell in the store?"

He was muttering and talking non-stop, when Jun Nao, who was walking in front of him, suddenly stopped.He almost bumped into it and hurriedly stopped.

I saw Jun Nao staring at the noodle stall on the street corner ahead.The noodle soup that has been simmering for a long time is fragrant and mouth-watering.Liu Qi was also lured by the scent, his mind was empty, and he swallowed his full stomach for the time being.

Suddenly Zhu Nao asked: "Shopkeeper Liu, what do you like to eat?"

"...Huh?" Liu Qi was stunned for a moment, then said in a low voice, "I, I love pasta."

"Oh!" Zhu Nao smiled and waved his hand, "After the medicinal materials are cleared, let's sell pasta in the shop!"

Liu Qi: "..."

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