Plane Supermarket

Chapter 110

Since the opening of the "supermarket" in the south of the city, the people of Linzi have had one more thing to talk about. Officials and aristocratic families are flocking to it. Although the people can't afford it, they still like to go there to see the excitement. Occasionally, a few scholars talked about the situation outside the court, and no one paid attention to the situation in the palace.

It seems that apart from the day when Marquis Chen returned to the city, this incident did not cause any ripples.

Ye Zhou didn't plan to pitch a tent around the supermarket this time - it was in the wilderness before, so there was really no choice.

Ye Zhou didn't need to receive any guests when he opened the door for business this time, and the employees were already enough to take care of themselves.

It's not that no one is making trouble, but it's mostly a conflict between the rich and powerful, and it has nothing to do with the store, just beat the two out together.

Now it is a seller's market, only those who are holding money and belongings are begging to buy things, and there is no situation where things cannot be sold.

Ye Zhou did not sell technological products to the dignitaries, but sold them luxury goods that are difficult to obtain in this era-sugar, salt, and wine. These three things are enough, let alone a bunch of unsightly things. Gadgets used in China.

Such as crystal ball dolls and glass products.

The most popular of these are sugar and salt.

Ye Zhou knew that candy was popular. After all, Chen Hou ate candy and got tooth decay, but he didn't expect it to attract a carnival from the whole people.

In order to prevent the aristocratic families from buying sugar from him and selling it to the common people at a high price, Ye Zhou also asked Wu Yan and the others to set up a stall at the entrance of the supermarket. The sugar is poor, but the presentation is not good, so even if the rich and powerful see it, they will not feel that they have lost money.

These bulk candies are still not cheap, but the common people can afford them anyway, and the peddlers and pawns walking around the streets can occasionally buy one to bring sweet mouths to their children, mothers-in-law and aunts.

Ye Zhou asked Chen Shu to rent a house near the supermarket, preferably bigger so that all the employees of the supermarket could live in it.

At that time, they will repair the house again, and it will basically be able to live in people.

Chen Shu is the most suitable candidate. In her battle, even if someone who is not good-looking dares to provoke her, she can smash the opponent's jaw with one punch.

And although she is tall, she is a woman, and women are more approachable than men.

The most important point is that her eloquence is much better than Zou Ming and Zhou Yuanhe.

As long as Zou Ming is not in front of Ye Zhou, unless necessary, he will not speak easily, and he can stand aside and act as a tree.

Zhou Yuanhe had a bitter look on his face, as if he was being abused every day. Ye Zhou was afraid that the gentleman among the natives would "rescue" Zhou Yuanhe as soon as he saw him.

Besides, the doctor is a doctor beyond his time, and Ye Zhou was afraid that he would be taken away with a sap.

After Chen Shu asked Ye Zhou in detail what kind of house he wanted, he set off.

She changed into local clothes when she went out, but she used cotton cloth instead of local linen. She didn't like to wear jewelry, so she was not used to it, so she just tied a high ponytail.

After looking in the mirror, I felt that I was heroic and handsome, with a bit of Hua Mulan's demeanor before going out.

The entrance of the supermarket is still full of carriages, but these carriages are not for carrying people, but for pulling goods.

Many domestic servants waited aside, waiting for the people who entered to bring out the purchased goods and load them into the carts.

Not only the servants of the rich and powerful families are here, but also the buddies of the merchants. The merchants who come here to buy in large quantities are the merchants who stay in Linzi. They are buying in large quantities. .

Seeing someone coming out of the supermarket, who was clearly not a businessman who went in to purchase, the people waiting at the door immediately rushed up: "The girl is from the supermarket? But what do you need? What do you want to order? Just say it. "

The things in the supermarket are expensive, and they all want to get rid of favors and establish a good relationship with those in the supermarket, so they can charge them less money no matter what.

Chen Shu knew what they were thinking, but she was not polite to them at all, and said directly: "I want to rent a house, preferably one that can accommodate thirty people, and it can't be crowded, and the kitchen can't just be a shed."

"I do know of a house. The family moved away from Linzi, leaving only an old servant to guard the house. It should be rentable. If you want to send a letter, you may have to wait for a while."

Chen Shu stopped looking at the person who said this, and another businessman in gorgeous clothes said: "There is a family in the east of the city. Their life is not good, and they have moved out of the rented house, but the asking price is too high. So far, no one has asked about it." Price, if the girl is interested, why don't I take the girl over to have a look?"

The merchant said again: "I have seen that house before. It is very flat and well-built. The beams were brought from the state of Lu. It is a pity that the ancestors of that family left them for their descendants..."

The common people also have "bankruptcy". Although most of them have their own land outside the city, and there are servants and servants to cultivate it, they still have to pay taxes after all.

It's just that even if most people sell their houses, it's hard to sell them, because most businessmen won't stay for long, even if they buy a house, they won't sell it within two years, and other people have no money.

Rich families also have ancestral houses, and it is impossible to buy other houses.

Chen Shu thought for a while, and said to the businessman, "Then I'll ask you to take me there, and I won't lose your benefits."

The businessman smiled happily, and he asked, "Come on, girl."

Chen Shu shook his head: "We can just walk there. I haven't walked through Linzi City yet. Are you in a hurry?"

The businessman immediately shook his head: "If you don't rush, don't rush."

After Chen Shu approached him, he took Chen Shu to the east of the city. The businessman was already talkative, so he went to Chen Shu's side for a comparison, and found that this girl was actually a head taller than him!He hurriedly asked: "The girl is so tall? I don't know if her parents are foreigners?"

In fact, foreigners are not tall, but there are often mixed-race children, and many mixed-race children are taller than their parents.

Chen Shu shook his head: "They are not foreigners."

The businessman said enviously: "If the girl is a gentleman, she will be a rare stalwart. If she enters the military camp, she will definitely be a general."

Chen Shu said with a smile: "You still have some vision."

Although she is not a general in her own plane, she feels that if she experiences a few more planes, fights a few battles, and trains her strategy and tactics well, she still has a chance to become a general before the age of 50.

The businessman saw that she was easy to talk and laughed, so her attitude became more natural: "Looking at the girl's appearance, she doesn't look like a servant at all."

Chen Shu: "What? Want to poach me? How much can you afford?"

The businessman waved his hands again and again: "Don't dare, I can't afford to hire a talent like a girl."

He is not stupid, this girl is in the supermarket, she can use good things casually, eat delicious food casually, and live better than the nobles in the palace, she must have a brain problem to be poached by herself.

They walked and chatted all the way, and soon the businessman introduced Chen Shu as a confidant, and even said to Chen Shu when he walked to the door of the house: "Young lady is such a talent, why don't you start a new one? I, Wei, have been traveling in various countries these years, so There are thousands of people who have seen it, even if it is less than tens of thousands, I have never seen a girl like this."

Generous, neat, and hearty, talking with others without embarrassment, and being able to say something, you can’t say so much without seeing it with your own eyes. How many scholars have never even left the town where they live. Reading the slips written decades ago and a hundred years ago, I thought that I had gained insight and knew the affairs of the world.

Although Wei Shang has never studied, but he has seen a lot, he knows that there are too few great talents in this world, but whenever there is one, the monarchs of all countries flock to it. The woman in front of him can also be called a great talent.

Chen Shu was not shy, and calmly accepted Wei Shang's compliment, she nodded and said: "Now you have met, and you are also the most talkative person I have ever met."

Wei Shang smiled: "Businessmen, they are always customers. If you don't have a clever mouth, you can't do business well."

Chen Shu nodded and sighed, "Business is not easy."

"The girl wait a moment, I'll ask them to open the door." Wei Shang walked up the steps and knocked on the door of this family.

Instead of going directly to the house that the family is selling, they went to where they now live.

The city of Linzi was divided into two parts, south of the city, east of the city, north of the west, and the center of the city was where the royal palace and the princes lived. It was the political center of Linzi and even the entire Chen Kingdom. Merchants gathered in the south of the city, which was regarded as a commercial center.

Most of the people living in the north of the city are people from aristocratic families and officials in their families.

The west of the city is the poorest place, the slums in Linzi city. Of course, they are still much better than the common people outside Linzi city.

It's just that there is a distinction in the west of the city, the closer to the city, the richer, and the further outside, the poorer.

Chen Shu watched the streets getting worse and worse, the roadside scenery getting more and more barren, and more and more dilapidated houses. Only then did she realize how poor this place is. She looked at the door in front of her, which was actually broken. There was a hole and it hasn't been repaired yet.

The businessman quickly called to open the door, but the one who opened the door was not a servant, but a young gentleman, wearing a mended linen suit, the patches on it were clearly visible, he was probably still studying just now, and the letter in his hand had not been put down .

"Your Majesty is polite." The businessman still had a little respect for scholars. After saluting, he said, "This girl wants to see your ancestral house. If it is suitable, she should buy it."

The reading man did not show any emotion, he cupped his hands and said: "Please wait a moment, sir, I will ask my mother."

After speaking, he entered the house.

This house doesn't have a yard anymore. Chen Shu knew the layout inside at a glance. It is a long house, just like a modern one-bedroom house. The living room and bedroom are separated by curtains or screens, even if there are two spaces.

"Their family should be sold by servants." The businessman sighed, "If you can sell servants, you will not be able to survive in the future."

Chen Shu: "But there is still a scholar in his family, maybe he can get up again in the future?"

The businessman shook his head: "His family has no money, so he can no longer offer him a teacher. If he can't worship a teacher, no one will recommend him. If no one recommends you, how will you know that there is such a person?"

Chen Shu: "That's really a pity. From his appearance, he should have read the book well."

The businessman said with a smile, "I don't know, but nowadays there are very few people with real talents and real learning. If you throw them into the field, many of them can't even tell the difference between wheat and yellow rice!"

Soon Shushu Lang came out, this time he put down the bamboo slips, probably seeing that Chen Shu was a young woman, he put his hands behind his back in embarrassment - although there were many patches on his body, the one on the sleeve was the biggest.

Chen Shu saw him hiding, and said indifferently, "Your Majesty, you don't need to hide. You don't have to be young to be ambitious, let alone you are so young."

"What's more, you have a poetic spirit in your stomach. You already have the best embellishment in the world, so why care about foreign things?"

Both the businessman and the scholar were stunned, and Chen Shu immediately said: "I didn't think of these two sentences, they are just picking people's teeth."

Shushu Lang hurriedly cupped his hands: "I don't know if the girl is..."

Chen Shu waved his hand: "I'm just a store clerk, I work for others, let's go, let's go and see the house first."

Shushulang nodded in a daze, and immediately took the two of them to his ancestral house.

The businessman didn't like to deal with scholars at first, but he didn't look down on the businessman because he didn't look down on the businessman, so he said, "What income does your family have now?"

Shulang said with some shame: "I read poetry and books for nothing, and I can't lift my hands on my shoulders. I can only earn some money by engraving books, so that I can subsidize my family."

Chen Shu asked strangely: "In this case, why don't you teach classes? Children from poor families have no money to worship teachers from aristocratic families, but if you teach classes and only teach reading and writing, you can always earn some money, which is better than engraving books. many."

Now the scholar and the businessman were shocked again.

Only this time, neither of them agreed with her idea.

The businessman was just shocked, but the scholar was angry. He immediately said: "Don't say that, girl! How can common people read and practice calligraphy? They don't deserve to read the books of sages!"

Chen Shu was also shocked, she looked at the scholar: "Aren't you a commoner?"

Shushu Lang had a humiliated expression on his face, and he was so angry that he couldn't understand: "I, I, I am a child of the Yang family! I am from a family!"

Chen Shu said "tsk": "That's the time for your ancestors, and now you are a commoner."

"I have another sentence, which was also said by others, and it suits you very well."

"Everyone has a glorious moment, don't take a moment for eternity."

Shulang was so angry that his face turned red. His self-cultivation prevented him from pointing his finger at Chen Shu. After holding back for a long time, he said: "Girl, please come back, we will not sell this house! Mrs. Yang is in despair now, but You're definitely not a commoner, you can't stand being humiliated like this by a girl!"

The businessman hurriedly smoothed things over: "Your Majesty, why bother? This girl is just talking unintentionally..."

Chen Shu said: "Don't persuade him. The more people are attached to something, the less they can see through it. Do you think that reading and calligraphy are noble? No, it is because reading and calligraphy are monopolized by the aristocratic family, so it appears noble."

"What's the difference between an aristocratic family and a businessman?" Chen Shu looked at the businessman, "You are hoarding goods, hoping to gain greater benefits through monopoly."

"Isn't the same with the family? The family monopolizes knowledge and writing, so officials can only come from the family."

"So scholars who practice calligraphy will respect the aristocratic family even more."

"It's all businessmen's business. It's just that the merchants are frank and dare to say that the merchants are only running around for profit."

"The aristocratic family hides and hides. It is clearly a businessman's job, but they still have to put on the skin of a saint."

Chen Shu said earnestly: "If one day, everyone can read and practice calligraphy, and there will be no more white people on the streets, that will be a good day for the country to be prosperous and the people to live and work in peace and contentment."

Reading Lang's face was pale, but he didn't listen to Chen Shu's words at all, and said, "Please come back, girl!"

Chen Shu raised his eyebrows, and his tone was even mocking: "Are you sure? You can really make the decision? Go ask your mother."

The reading man couldn't bear it anymore, and glared at each other: "I am a man! Can't I be the master of this?!"

Chen Shu said with a smile: "You really can't be the master. Let me tell you, your mother can't let you drive me away. Without me, no one will rent your house, and you will have no money to apprentice, and you will never be an official. Live here forever."

"So what if you can read and write?"

Chen Shu: "Could someone give you money just because they see that you can read and write?"

"Whether to sell or not to sell is up to you." Chen Shu folded his arms around his chest, "Go, go back and ask your mother."

Reading Lang's face changed a few times, and finally, his shoulders collapsed, his energy was gone, his pale lips trembled, and he led Chen Shu and the businessman towards the ancestral house without saying a word.

The businessman's face was flushed—this girl actually compared them businessmen with aristocratic families!

But he also felt that what the girl said was right, they were all hoarding goods, so how could the businessman be scolded and the family be praised?

Along the way, Shulang didn't speak any more. He was downcast, as if he had been beaten up by someone, extremely ashamed and angry, and looked like he was being forced into prostitution.

After walking for a long time, they came to Shushulang's ancestral house.

Their house used to be really rich. It was a big house, with a covered bridge and a pond, but the pond has dried up and is now full of mud.

The house has not been lived in for a long time, and a layer of dust has accumulated on the ground.

However, all the wooden boards were thrown in the house, and none of the boards were damaged, which shows that this family used to take great care of their home.

Shulang asked them to go in and see by themselves, but he would not accompany him, he was afraid of thinking about things.

When the businessman walked around with Chen Shu, he couldn't help but ask, "Young lady hates the family?"

Chen Shu shook his head, not knowing where the businessman came up with this answer: "I don't hate it, the aristocratic family is beneficial to this place, they pass it down from generation to generation, and can pass on the ideas of the smart people in the family. available to readers."

"A lot of things just disappear over time without them."

"They devote all they have to cultivating their children and let the children of the family contribute to the country. Why should I hate them?"

The businessman was dumbfounded: "But you said that the family has a monopoly..."

Chen Shu: "I'm not wrong. There are two sides to the matter. You have to look at both sides, not just one side."

"But even if they have a good side." Chen Shu didn't finish speaking.

Even if they have a good side, they will only disappear in the long run in the end.

In her plane, there were Warring States and aristocratic families, but after the two dynasties, the last power of the aristocratic family was also wiped out by the emperor and queen. The disappearance of the aristocratic family is inevitable for the progress of the times, but it does not mean Seeing them bring no benefit.

The businessman looked at Chen Shu, and finally couldn't help but sighed again: "The girl is really not like a buddy, but the girl is a nobleman, or does she have a famous teacher?"

Chen Shu smiled and said, "No, I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants."

"I think this is the house. I'll talk to him about the price."

The reading man standing at the door lowered his head, not letting the passing neighbors see his face, but he still couldn't avoid it. If someone greeted him, he would return the gift. If someone asked him where he moved to, he would not. Dare to say it is the west of the city, but he hesitates and refuses to speak.

Seeing his embarrassment, the neighbor didn't ask any more questions, and only said sorry after walking away.

If you fall out of this class, it will be difficult to come back in the future.

In another two generations, they may become real commoners.

Shushu Lang's mind was very confused. He was both sad and indignant, and he always unconsciously thought of what Chen Shu said.

He felt that what she said was a fallacy, but he couldn't refute it.

Seeing Chen Shu coming out, he immediately took two steps back, as if seeing a ghost.

Chen Shu waved at him, and Shushulang reluctantly walked over, but still kept a long distance.

Chen Shu: "I've taken a fancy to this house, can the rent be paid monthly?"

Reading Lang remembered his mother's advice, and immediately shook his head: "Annual payment."

Chen Shu thought about what Ye Zhou said to her, and she nodded readily: "Annual payment is also fine, you can quote a price."

Shushu Lang: "Five hundred gold! There can be no less."

The businessman was startled: "Five hundred gold!"

Chen Shu knew what their gold was. The gold cakes they used were actually made of brass. They said they were gold, but in fact a lot of them were oxidized, and they couldn't see the original appearance at all.

In supermarkets, a bag of white sugar now costs fifty gold, so the price is not only not expensive in their opinion, but also ridiculously cheap.

The merchant immediately said, "Girl, five hundred gold is a lot!"

How many people will earn less than a hundred gold in their lifetime!

How much is the annual rent?Why not grab it!

The businessman glared at Shulang: "You are still a scholar, bullying a weak woman like this!"

Chen Shu: "..."

She was a weak woman for the first time, it was very novel, and she found it quite interesting.

Merchant: "Fifty gold a year!"

Chen Shu almost choked on his own saliva.

It was the first time she had met her when she bargained directly to zero.

Shulang seemed to know that the other party could speak, so he said: "Two hundred gold, my house can accommodate a hundred people, the covered bridges are all good, the pond can be used as long as it is filled with water, and there is a well."

Merchant: "That's not worth two hundred gold, sixty gold!"

The two bargained for a long time, and the merchant finally helped Chen Shu get a price of 78 gold.

Chen Shu's head went numb when she heard this, and she thought that she might not be qualified for this job. If there was no such businessman, she probably would have given out five hundred gold directly.

Chen Shu: "Okay, then follow me to the supermarket to get money."

Shulang has never been to a supermarket. Although the city is full of ups and downs because of this supermarket, the supermarket has long said that the goods are only sold to nobles from aristocratic families. Although he is from a family, he has no money, so he has no past disgrace.

If you meet an acquaintance and invite him into the supermarket, can he come out empty-handed?

But this time he is going to get the money, not to spend it, so maybe he can go, right?

After getting the rent, he should be able to ask a teacher, right?

As long as the teacher is willing to ask him to be an official in the emperor, he can become an official, maybe he can move back to the ancestral house, and his children will still be the children of the aristocratic family in the future.

As for what this girl said...

The reading man pursed his lips, it was all demonic words!Don't listen!