Datang New Giants

Chapter 204
After discussing for a while, everyone decided to take a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, by adding more manpower to Xiaweitang and changing the style of lottery tickets to prevent people from taking advantage of trouble, on the other hand, let Chang Sun Chong contact the Fang family to discuss the acquisition of Moxiang Paper Workshop .

Lu Ting didn't wait for the idea of ​​buying the Moxiang Papermaking Workshop to become a reality, and he didn't wait for the news from the little maidservant to persuade Zheng Cheng. Instead, he first heard that the Tang Dynasty and the Turks had reached a peace agreement, and then Cheng Yaojin, Li Xuandao, Gao Shilian, etc. have been transferred from Chang'an news.

There is also good news that Hou Junji and Yuchi Jingde can still stay in Chang'an City. Chang Sun Chong said that this is the result of many discussions between Li Er and the crown prince.

Under Li Yuan's partiality, the Prince's Mansion has an absolute advantage in the competition. More and more ministers turn to the Prince. stable.

The crown prince was too sharp, so Li Er could only avoid his sharpness and keep a low profile.

Lu Ting's current position is low and his abilities are limited. Once he handed over the chivalrous wine to Prince Qin's residence, he bowed his head and went about his own business.

Some things cannot be escaped. Every time Li Er sends someone off, he chooses to stay at the Liangshishan camp, and bids farewell after drinking and eating.

Li Er's ambitious hegemony suffered a setback, while Lu Ting's career was quite promising.

Xiaweitang has formed a brand effect in Chang'an, and its business is becoming more and more prosperous. In addition to Longzifan, it also began to sell wine and snacks, and its income has steadily increased. Each store deducts lamp oil and candles, and its daily net profit is about [-] to [-]. Between fifty strokes, it doesn't seem like a lot, but fortunately, the trickle of water keeps flowing, and the accumulation of a little makes a lot.

The monthly profits of the six chivalrous halls add up to at least five or six thousand guan. This is the result of Lu Ting's lack of promotion and the opening of a top-up service.

Seeing that the business was so good, Zhang Heng and Chang Sun Chong raised the price many times. Lu Ting considered it again and again, but finally refused.

Now the profit is good, and the price increase will only allow others to take advantage of it.

Seeing that Xiaweitang's business is so good, there will be follow-ups soon. Fortunately, the taste is not as good as that of Xiaweitang, and the word of mouth has not been established, and it is not as prosperous as Xiaweitang.

The scale of the wine shop is constantly expanding, and now it can purify [-] buckets of wine a day. In the Tang Dynasty with poor equipment, this efficiency is not bad, but Lu Ting has been withholding it from selling, including Wanhuayuan, which is planned to be launched in Xiaweitang. Then discuss the supply.

The scale of water trucks has reached [-], and Zhang Heng began to try to charge, charging two cents per bucket of water. After training some time ago, with the efforts of Zhang Heng and the water truck team, nearly [-] orders were received. These are long-term orders, and if the water tanker has not run out of water, they can also be retailed on the spot.

For a mere two pennies, you can't even buy a pancake. Many people are willing to spend some money to use the slightly sweet Liangshiquan to make tea, cook, and make soup.

It's good to say it out.

Unknowingly, it was March [-]th, Lu Ting and Zhang Heng stood on a rock on Liangshi Mountain, condescendingly looking down at the wasteland planted with fruit trees, their eyes showed satisfaction.

The sprouting fruit trees are planted in an orderly manner on the wasteland, which looks like a beautiful orchard.

Zhang Heng looked at the fruit trees planted from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and then looked at the neat houses and sheds, and said with a sigh: "It's been a long time, and they all changed."

In the past, this place was a barren mountain, and there was nothing to ask for. In less than three months, this place has become thriving.

Just like Wuyitang, which used to be lifeless, now has laughter and vitality.

"Yes, in two years' time, the melons and fruits will be fragrant, and they will look even better then." Lu Ting said with a satisfied face.

Under my own management, a barren mountain has become valuable, and that kind of satisfaction is very beautiful.

After looking at it for a while, Lu Ting pointed to the mountain in the south and said, "That piece of land is not bad. If you can buy it, you can build a canal to divert water and revitalize such a large wasteland. Boss Zhang, what do you think?" Sample?"

"It's good, but it's hard to achieve."

"Oh, why is the land price so high?"

Zhang Heng shook his head and said, "Brother Lu, don't worry about it, it's the prince's land, and it can't be bought with money."

Li Er originally wanted to build a farm here to house the old brothers of Wuyitang, but the prince knew about it, fearing that the farm would become Li Er's secret camp, he insisted on buying the surrounding land, and Wuyitang finally settled in Xinchangfang.

"Oh, so that's the case." Lu Ting nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

He agreed in his mouth, but he felt a little bit unreasonable in his heart. Now there is no need to think about it. After another year, when Li Er finally can't help but force himself to the top, he can expect anything.

Of course, even if he was muttering in his heart, he didn't dare to say such a thing.

"Boss, boss, so you are here, let me find it easily." Zhang Sun Chong ran over panting and shouted loudly.

Lu Ting jumped off the boulder: "Looking for me? What's the matter?"

Chang Sun Chong said helplessly, "Boss, what else can I do, it's just the mess about the Fang family's Moxiang paper mill. That guy Fang Yiai wants to talk to the boss."

It’s just a dilapidated paper workshop. Chang Sun Chong thought the task was very simple. Unexpectedly, the people of the Fang family would have an idea for a while, demand a high price for a while, want to buy a stake in Xiaweitang for a while, and don’t want to sell it for a while, so they kept asking the eldest grandson. What does He want the paper-making workshop for, meaning that he wants to use the workshop to cooperate with Chang Sun Chong.

With Chang Chongsun's petty temper, he gave up after such a trouble, but Lu Ting disagreed, saying that his own people should not fight among themselves, and the interests should be handled well.

When Xiaweitang first started, Fang Xuanling was still working as the secretary of Prince Qin's Mansion, and gave him a lot of convenience and support. If Fang's workshop was not accepted, after the establishment of Xiaweitang's workshop, the poorly managed Mo Xianggongfang is definitely more difficult.

Chang Sun Chong could only bite the bullet, seeing that the people in the Fang family were still looking like they were waiting to sell, so he had no choice but to agree to the request of the second son of the Fang family and let him talk to Lu Ting himself.

If it weren't for Lu Ting's insistence, Chang Sun Chong would have changed his partner long ago, let alone one paper mill, even three paper mills would have been negotiated.

Fang Yiai?The famous green hat king?

Lu Ting was a little surprised. Seeing Chang Sun Chong's displeased expression, he quickly nodded and said, "Okay, I'll talk to him."

Fang Xuanling has four sons and two daughters. The most impressive one to future generations is the second son, Fang Yiai. Fang Yiai married Mr. Gaoyang and became a son-in-law. Indiscretion, having an affair with the monk Bianji, and raising a lot of faces, made Fang Yiai a different kind of celebrity.

Of course, Fang Yi'ai is not a handsome young man, people commented on him as being blunt and ignorant, and quite powerful, so that Lao Tzu is Fang Xuanling, and he is also the son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty, and he has done a lot of ridiculous things.

Lu Ting has been in Chang'an for so long, and has never seen him. He heard that Fang Xuanling sent him back to his hometown Linzi, Qizhou, to serve the elderly, but he did not expect to see him at this time.

Soon, Lu Ting saw Fang Yiai in the meeting hall of the camp.

Seeing Fang Yiai, Lu Ting couldn't help frowning: Fang Yiai was sitting at the top, her shoes were on, her feet were hanging on the table in the middle, and there were peels and melon shells thrown on the ground , saw Lu Ting coming in, looked up for a moment, and quickly ate snacks on his own.

Not to mention standing up to greet him, he didn't even say hello.

Sun Chong, who came in behind, saw it, and said bluntly on the spot: "Second Fang, what's going on, making this place so messy?"

Seeing the eldest grandson rushing in, Fang Yiai put it away and stood up immediately, and said with a smile: "Brother Chong, you let me treat this place as my own home. You're welcome, I'm not polite."

"Okay, my boss is here, if you have anything to do, just tell him directly." Chang Sun Chong said badly.

After finishing speaking, she left without waiting for Fang Yiai to reply.

Out of sight is pure.

If the boss wasn't here, I really wanted to kick him twice.

What the hell, how can there be a guest sitting at the main seat, and put their feet on the table, it's too rude, besides, Lu Ting is his boss, I have already told Fang Yiai about this, this guy is good, seeing the boss come in , still sitting like an uncle, without saying hello.

Obviously out of good intentions, he solved a problem for him, but now it seems to be begging him.

As soon as the eldest grandson rushed away, the smile on Fang Yi'ai's face faded immediately, she sat down again, glanced at Lu Ting, and said with a smile: "So it's Mr. Lu, I often hear Aye mentioning you, saying that you are alone Cai, I saw you today, she looks pretty decent."

A child from a poor family, and a small boss with no rank and no rank, seems to be able to tell stories and cook some delicacies. I don't know where Changsun Chong made a mistake and let him be the boss. Fang Yiai's impression of Lu Ting In general, the attitude is also very general.

The head of Wuyitang, who is the subordinate of Aye's subordinate, has an unknown number of floors in between. He is a small person, so there is no need to give him too much face.

"Mr. Fang laughed. I didn't expect Secretary Fang to think so highly of me. I'm rude." Lu Ting said without changing his face.

When Fang Yiai was looking at Lu Ting, Lu Ting was also looking at him. This Fang Er was arrogant and arrogant, and his eldest Sun Chong was so polite to him, but he was still indifferent. No wonder the history books gave him a bad evaluation. Lu Tingli admitted that, This Fang Er Er has a good skin.

On the one hand, he has big ears, sword eyebrows and star eyes, and his height is about 1.7 meters [-]. It may be because of his frequent martial arts training that he gives people a very tough and sunny temperament. '

Lu Ting thinks he looks pretty good, but when compared with him, he still feels inferior.

No wonder Li Er agreed to marry his daughter, Princess Gao Yang, to Fang Yiai, who had average reputation and ability. Apart from his friendship with Fang Xuanling for many years, Fang Yiai's appearance was also a plus.

Unofficial history said that although Princess Gaoyang behaved badly, she was good to Fang Yiai. The beautiful maids around her were all enjoyed by Fang Yiai and even hunted for him. After the scandal between the princess and the monk Bianji, there was no reconciliation.

Fang Yiai didn't know that Lu Ting was thinking so much. Seeing Lu Ting's respect for his family Aye, he said casually: "Lu Ting, you are Brother Chong's brother, that is, my son's friend. If I have a chance, I will stay with Aye Say good things for you in front of Ye, and you also know that I, Aye, is the most trusted person of the prince, as long as I, Aye, say a word, it's easy for you, a little master, to get promoted."

The conditions will be negotiated soon. Before negotiating the conditions, we need to have more bargaining chips so that we can take the initiative. Although Fang Yiai is arrogant, she is not a fool, so she made a big deal for Lu Ting without saying a word.

I'll talk about it later, get the benefits first.

Hearing from Changsun Chong, this Fang didn't return to Chang'an for the second time, and he only returned after Fang Xuanling was transferred out of Chang'an. He didn't know much about himself, and he even fooled himself.

"Really?" Lu Ting pretended to be pleasantly surprised and said, "Thank you so much Mr. Fang."

Fang Yiai said straightforwardly: "Oh, how do you want to thank Mr. Lu?"

"I didn't think about it for a while, how would Mr. Fang want me to thank you?" Lu Ting said in surprise.

Well, I finally met someone who is more naive than Cheng Chuliang, and he hit the snake with the stick so quickly.

"Simple. I heard that Brother Chong, Cheng Laoer, Du He and Hou Mingyuan all have a share in Xiaweitang. There are so many people who like to be hot. My son likes excitement the most. I also pre-order my share. Simple." Fang Yiai lit up, and immediately put forward her own conditions.

Fang Yiai has seen the prosperity of Xiaweitang, and remembered it. There was no chance before. Changsun Chong wanted to buy the Moxiang Papermaking Workshop, and he was determined to win it. Fang Yiai knew that Changsun Chong was the representative. Wuyitang came to buy and felt that the opportunity had come.

It would be a pity not to have a hand in such a prosperous business, and the old lady at home thought so too.

Lu Ting was too lazy to waste time with this kind of dude, so he said unceremoniously: "This is the property of Wuyitang. When it was first started, it was already decided. Mr. Fang, I am sorry that your request cannot be met. .”

Speaking of this, Lu Ting said casually: "Changsun Chong, Cheng Chuliang, Du He and Hou Mingyuan all have shares, and the biggest share belongs to the Wuyitang opened by the prince. If Mr. Fang can persuade one of them to transfer to you, I will not Opinion."

Fang Yiai was stunned for a moment, recovered, frowned, and quickly said: "Mr. Lu should negotiate this matter. Aye said Mr. Lu is a talented person. I believe Mr. Lu will handle this small matter well."

As if feeling that the stakes were a little low, Fang Yiai added: "As long as this is done, the Moxiang Papermaking Workshop will be regarded as my son's money, how about it?"

Didn't you always want this paper mill? For you, plus Aye's face, it's okay.

I feel pretty good about myself, and I don't know where the confidence comes from. When his old son Fang Xuanling was in Chang'an, he secretly hinted that he hoped that something good would happen to the Fang family. Age, obviously wanting to pressure himself.

Lu Ting said frankly: "Young Master Fang, you may have misunderstood."

"Misunderstood? Misunderstood what?" Fang Yiai said with some surprise.

"Don't think about the matter of the members. Those involved in Wuyitang, Wuyitang, belong to the prince. Mr. Fang, do you dare to snatch food from the prince's mouth?"

"Don't dare, but"

"No but" Lu Ting said categorically: "Let's get straight to the point. Xiaweitang wants to make paper. We know that the Moxiang Papermaking Workshop is not well managed. If we build another papermaking workshop, the competition will be fiercer. By then, the Moxiang Papermaking Workshop will It was even more difficult to operate the workshop, and the party secretary supported Xiaweitang a lot that day, so he wanted to buy it at a high price."

"Wuyitang is not short of money, and there are Mr. Changsun, Mr. Cheng, Mr. Du and Mr. Hou as partners. There are three papermaking workshops in Chang'an. It is not difficult to buy another one. It is also easy to build a new one. If Mr. Fang Reluctant, even if you stay, it will not affect Xiaweitang."

(End of this chapter)