Datang New Giants

Chapter 170
"Brother Lu, your place is not bad, tsk tsk, there are so many rooms." Zhang Heng said enviously while looking at Lu Ting's new house.

I have been in the army for so many years, and I don't have a house that belongs to me. Lu Ting is good. I haven't been in Chang'an for three months. I rented a house before, and now I bought it directly. I bought it with my own money. I don't want to be envious.

It is true that Zhang Heng has been in the army for many years, and the trophies he got have a lot of rewards, but he is generous, he will help any brother in trouble, and he will help whenever he can. Living a well-off life is no problem, but if you want to buy a house, you can't even think about it.

Lu Ting said modestly: "It's just a shabby house, let's make do with it, Boss Zhang, please sit down."

The two sat in the living room without Lu Ting's greetings. Zhang Heng picked up the dim sum on the table and ate it. He said, "This dim sum is good, where did you buy it?"

"Mei Niang made it. She is good at making dim sum. Boss Zhang likes it. Bring a few packs with you when you go back." Lu Ting said generously.

Lao Gao has a good eye, Mei Niang cooks good dishes, and makes dim sum even better, even Chi Lian's wife likes to eat it.

"Okay, prepare more, there are many people in Wuyi Hall." Zhang Heng was not polite to Lu Ting either.

After a pause, Zhang Heng lowered his voice and said, "How are you doing, are you getting along well?"

Lu Ting knew that Zhang Heng was asking Mrs. Chi Lian about getting along with his wife, so he nodded and said, "Fortunately, Si Niang is quite talkative, but Brother Ren doesn't like to talk a little bit."

Lu Ting has never seen how powerful a human weapon is on the battlefield, but he has seen that kind of aloofness. Either he doesn't see people, or he doesn't speak when he meets him, as if Lu Ting is a transparent existence.

Needless to say, the weapon in the world does not recognize Lu Ting, and feels that it is too out of style for a master like him to protect a small person, to protect himself, but Zhang Heng's face and softness are hard to get in the way.

His being polite to Zhang Heng doesn't mean he has a good look towards Lu Ting, saying that he doesn't like to talk is already a good evaluation.

Zhang Heng was not surprised at all. He patted Lu Ting on the shoulder and said, "Brother Ren is actually a wonderful person, but you have his approval."

"No hurry, take your time." Lu Ting nodded and said, "Boss Zhang has already mentioned something, I have confidence."

Isn't it just that he likes wine, and it's easy to deal with his shortcomings. Isn't the weapon in the world just aloof and cold, and I have a way to make him approach him proactively.

Zhang Heng threw a piece of dim sum into his mouth, chewed and said, "Okay, what's the matter you sent someone to look for me? If you have something to say, hurry up, I will go to Xiaweitang for a while, and I have to go back to Wuyi Don stare."

They are all their own people, so there is no need to beat around the bush.

Lu Ting didn't respond to his words, and asked, "Boss Zhang, how is the business of Ertianxiaweitang?"

"It's a bit short of the three days during the Lantern Festival, but the business is pretty good. On the [-]th, I thought there would be fewer customers, so I only prepared [-] servings of steamed rice. It was sold out before noon, and some of them had to go out. The pawns and peddlers also packed them specially, and said that they can eat when it is hot. The book boys, maids, and guards accompanying Guozixue also like to eat at Xiaweitang. They said that they only eat dry food and feel uncomfortable in their stomachs. Other places are expensive and you have to wait, come to Xiaweitang to eat, it is fast and cheap, and there is no delay.”

Zhang Hengyue became more and more excited as he spoke, rubbing his hands together and said, "Brother Lu, you are amazing. After Xiaweitang added drinks and youxia chicken, its turnover and profit increased greatly. On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Xiaweitang's gross profit exceeded [-]%. Thousands of dollars, counting the money is really cramping."

The daily business income of Xiaweitang will be handed over to Zhang Heng, the chief financial officer. Counting money every day has become a joyful and painful thing for Zhang Heng.

Seeing boxes of yellow copper coins transported back to Wuyitang every day, Zhang Heng felt a sense of happiness. Some of them belonged to Wuyitang and could be freely controlled by Wuyitang.

The meat and vegetables that could not be sold that day, such as some leftovers, were brought back to Wuyitang, which was a kind of welfare. The food in Wuyitang has improved a lot in the past few days, and the wounded and sick have also drank hot water. Broth, who doesn't say good?

Lu Ting glanced at Zhang Heng, and said with a smile: "Boss Zhang, [-] yuan a day, and only [-] yuan in Wuyitang, is that enough?"

Satisfy?

Zhang Heng shuddered and said with bright eyes, "Brother Lu, what do you mean we can earn more?"

Zhang Heng takes over a Wuyitang that is always short of money. He often feels that "a smart woman can't cook without rice". Sometimes for money, for the old brothers of Wuyitang, he goes all out to find support, time and time again. Reaching out to Qin Wangfu, now seeing Huang Chengcheng's copper coins, I feel more attractive than beautiful women.

"Of course, a Xiaweitang can earn so much, and Chang'an is so big, why don't we open a few more, and I plan to open five more."

That's right, how many more stores will make money, Zhang Heng's eyes lit up, but he frowned quickly and said: "But opening a branch store costs money, brother Lu, to tell you the truth, Wuyitang really can't afford it now, There are rich people, but there is really no money.”

One winter, we need to organize activities and increase food for buying winter clothes, first day, and Shangyuan Festival. The weather is so cold and there are so many people. The daily charcoal and firewood for heating is a big expense. Besides, there are many in Wuyitang. The old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled need to keep some money for emergencies.

Now that the prince's mansion is gaining power, the prince is trying his best to win over the ministers, and on the other hand, he is suppressing the Qin palace in various ways, not only cutting funds, but also not letting go of the property of the Qin palace. Not much more.

Lu Ting said with a wry smile: "Boss Zhang, I don't want you to be such a shameless person. You are more active than anyone else in distributing money, and you are faster than anyone else in giving money."

Zhang Heng chuckled, and said indifferently: "There is no way, there are more than 500 old brothers behind me, so let's rely on it."

Most of the people in Wuyitang were either Zhang Heng's subordinates or colleagues. They trusted Zhang Heng very much in the past. When Zhang Heng gave an order, no matter the mountains of swords and fires ahead, they charged forward without hesitation. They wiped out many enemies and paid a heavy price. The price, this is the reason Zhang Heng has been refusing to leave Wuyitang.

I really can't bear to throw away these life-and-death Zepao who have had a life-and-death friendship.

Seeing that Lu Ting could bring hope to Wuyitang, Zhang Heng sold out his old face and invited the human weapon and Chilian lady to protect Lu Ting.

Lu Ting smiled, and quickly said: "I bought a house and bought slaves, and I can't get much money. Don't worry, I will take care of the money. Boss Zhang, there is no problem with the manpower."

If you can do good things with money, it can only be regarded as quite satisfactory. If you can do good things without money, that is called ability.

"If the requirements are not high, there are many people, and there are as many people as you want."

Before Lu Ting could speak, Zhang Heng added: "Blood Monkey and Duan San Dao made money, and they ate a mouth full of oil. Those old brothers in Wuyitang are jealous. I don't know how many people have asked them these days. I can’t arrange them, and some of them rely on their seniority, and they all scold me. There is no problem with people, and we can draw a hundred or dozens of people at any time.”

"Besides, in addition to the people in Wuyitang, there are also many family members of retired old brothers. As long as there is work, I will take care of it."

Lu Ting shook his head and said, "It's not enough to get people out."

"Not enough? What more?" Zhang Heng said cautiously.

"Boss Zhang, have you ever heard the old saying that a crybaby has milk?"

"No, no." Zhang Heng shook his head like a rattle: "My lord has had a hard time these days, part of the money for buying winter clothes was taken from his private treasury, so we can't cause you any more trouble."

Zhang Heng felt that the prince had done enough, and it was really hard to speak again.

Lu Ting smiled slightly: "You can't open your mouth when you ask for money, don't you want money?"

"No money? Then what do you want?" Zhang Heng said in surprise.

"More than ten miles south of Chang'an City, there is a Liangshi Mountain. There is a spring in Liangshi Mountain called Liangshi Spring. I heard that Liangshi Mountain belongs to the prince. Does Boss Zhang know about this?"

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "I know, the prince wants to build a farm, but after buying it, he found that there are many gravels in the field, which is not suitable for farming, so he gave up. I have tasted Liangshiquan, and it is good, but it is more than ten miles away from Chang'an. It’s too far away, and it’s not worth the effort to drink a sip of water.”

"If you want that piece of land from the prince, you don't want it, but borrow it. Do you think the prince will agree?"

"Brother Lu, you mentioned the good stone spring just now. Could it be that spring you fancy? What's the use of coming here?" Zhang Heng asked with a puzzled expression.

Lu Ting said confidently: "In your eyes, that is a mountain of useless stones, but in my eyes, that is a mountain of gold."

Jinshan?Zhang Heng's eyes widened. Because there were many rocks in that place, it was impossible to plant trees and land, so what's the use.

Zhang Heng thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Lu speaks so confidently, it's no problem to ask the helper to speak up, but you need to raise the money first, as long as Brother Lu raises the money, I'll take it."

In these years, no matter how difficult it was, Zhang Heng would at most go to Qin Palace to seek some benefits, and never opened his mouth to Li Er himself, but Lu Ting wanted him to speak, which made Zhang Heng hesitate.

As long as those old brothers in Wuyitang are good, Zhang Heng is willing to go all out.

"Okay, it's a deal." Lu Ting responded immediately.

Zhang Heng quickly hesitated again, and said with some uncertainty: "Brother Lu, a good woman can't live without rice. If you want to open several branches in one go, can you really make up the money? You are not going to borrow those profit margins, let me tell you first." Well, we can’t dilute the members of Wuyitang, and we can’t borrow interest money.”

Sun Chong and Cheng Chuliang who are friends with Lu Ting are still in Guozixue, and if they can't come out for a while, it will be difficult to raise money. Besides, Lu Ting promised earlier that he will not reduce the share of Wuyitang. If other people pay , Wuyitang will not come out at all, how will it be counted when the time comes?
If you borrow interest money, the money is blood-sucking money. Once you borrow it, it is difficult to repay.

Lu Ting said with a relaxed face: "It's just a small amount of money, don't worry, do as I say, we don't need to take a penny."

After all, Lu Ting whispered a few words into Zhang Heng's ear, and Zhang Heng's eyes widened, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
Zhou Cheng is a little-known small businessman in Chang'an. In fact, he is a sheep dealer. He collects sheep from other places, and then drives them to Chang'an to sell them to earn the difference.

Live sheep are sold in the morning, and usually sold out at noon, and then they leave Chang'an to collect the sheep, and continue to sell the next day, but today is an exception, the shopkeeper of Xiaweitang invites.

Shopkeeper Yao of Xiaweitang is Zhou Cheng's new customer. At first, he only needed one sheep, and he had to bargain for a long time to buy one sheep, but gradually there were more, sometimes four or five sheep a day. Weitang's business is booming, but he is only a sheep seller, so he doesn't care too much.

Xiaweitang is a good potential customer. In order to make a good impression on Shopkeeper Yao, Zhou Cheng specially took a bath and changed clothes before coming to wash off the sheep smell from his body, and put on a set of clean and tidy clothes.

Zhou Cheng asked a few passers-by casually, but he didn't expect that Xiaweitang was so well-known, everyone knew him, and he quickly found Xiaweitang after being instructed.

When Zhou Cheng saw Xiaweitang for the first time, he was intimidated by the long queue. There were at least three to 40 people in line, all of whom were waiting to eat steamed rice. There were two large steaming cabinets in front of the door. , with more than two hundred steamers on it.

I heard that Xiaweitang's business is doing well, but I didn't expect it to be so good.

Zhou Cheng sized it up for a while, and then went inside. Before entering the door, he was caught by a health slave, telling him not to jump in line. Fortunately, Weiweitang's runners came quickly, asked him why he came, and took Zhou Cheng with him. Enter through the back door.

Once in the backyard, Zhou Cheng was taken aback again. In the backyard of Xiaweitang, there are two large steamers for rice steamers, and there are more than a hundred steamers on them. Hundred cages.

In the backyard, besides the steamer, there were several familiar faces.

They are all merchants in the market, some sell sheep, some sell vegetables, some sell fish, some sell pigs, and somehow they are all here.

Seeing Zhou Cheng come, they clasped their hands together, generally sitting still, and everyone was waiting.

Shopkeeper Yao invited so many people at once, it was obvious that he had to make a choice among them, colleagues were enemies, and all the people present were competitors.

Not long after sitting down, a thin blood monkey (the blood monkey's name is Yao Duotian) came out and said to everyone, "It's the food market now, I'm a little busy, I'm neglecting everyone."

Everyone hurriedly dared not.

After a few words of politeness, the blood monkey said straight to the point: "You are all busy people, and you still have business to take care of, so I won't beat around the bush. Xiaweitang decided to select a special supplier from among you to supply Xiaweitang's products. The conditions for rice, meat and vegetables are all written on the paper, and those who are interested can use the pen next to them to write down the corresponding conditions, in a word, whoever offers the best conditions, Xiaweitang will cooperate with them for a long time.”

While talking, a handyman handed out papers with requirements and conditions to Zhou Cheng.

"No way, Yuejie?" The businessman who got it first exclaimed in surprise.

A businessman shook his head and said: "Although the business is good, the volume is not large. It's okay at the end of the day, and it's a bit over at the end of the month."

"Yeah, it's not easy to do with so many demands and such a low price."

Zhou Cheng quickly picked it up and took a look, only to see that there were many requirements for the ingredients on the paper, such as live sheep, healthy sheep, fresh meat, etc. One thing is very important, everything is not a cash transaction, but a monthly payment .

There are many demands, the price is low, and the monthly payment is required, and the quantity of a store is not large, it seems not worthwhile.

Just when Zhou Cheng wanted to give up, the blood monkey said leisurely: "All of you here are smart people, and they must all know who the backer of Xiaweitang is, so I won't say more. See, it’s not easy to come here, so let me tell you a little bit.”

Having said that, the blood monkey raised a finger and said mysteriously: "Our boss said that Xiaweitang has done a good job. Within a month, we will open five more branches in Chang'an City, and then we will open five more branches in Luozhou. , Zhengzhou all the way, of course, Luozhou and Zhengzhou will not appear in the short term, but within a month, you will definitely see six chivalrous halls in Chang'an."

As soon as the words fell, the eyes of many businessmen, including Zhou Cheng, lit up.

　I can't finish writing this chapter. After taking those medicines, I was very sleepy and dozed off. I have to withdraw first, sorry~
　　
　
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