Humane Yongchang

Chapter 8 Planning and Layout
"You are……"

The shrewd man with vicissitudes of life and dark complexion stood beside Chen Hu and looked at Chen Sheng in surprise, as if he was looking for the shadow of the past: "Dalang?"

Chen Sheng got up with a smile, and said meticulously, "My little nephew pays respects to Fourth Uncle Zhao."

Zhao Si looked at Chen Sheng in surprise, then turned to look at Chen Hu next to him, and when he saw Chen Hu nod, he turned his head with emotion, and compared Chen Sheng with the height of his thighs: "When the fourth uncle left the county back then , you are so tall..."

In the words, the sense of loss that he could not accompany his son and nephew to grow up was beyond words.

Chen Sheng looked at his face, and his heart was also touched.

In the time and space of his previous life, people's hearts were cold.

For the slightest benefit, decades of friendship are gone.

Often before you can react, the friends and partners who used to sing about wine have drifted away.

In that time and space, the process of human growth seems to be a process of accepting loss.

Classmates, friends, relatives, partners, and even relatives, wives and children...

No one to rely on, no one to rely on.

I am afraid that one day I will suddenly lose it and be caught off guard.

And the love in this world seems to be exactly what these two words are.

I was so poor that I was shrinking and dieting. I saw my sick and frail son and nephew, and I was still thinking about giving him the best.

After leaving home incognito for more than ten years, he still has no complaints when he arrives home, only lamenting that he has missed the growth of his son and nephew.

This kind of love, how not to teach people to be moved, how not to teach people to envy.

"Fourth Uncle Zhao, come and sit down, I've been running around for a few days, I'm afraid I haven't had a good meal."

Chen Sheng stepped forward, took Zhao Si's arm and asked him to sit down, "I will teach Qing Niang to cook in person and cook some of her specialty dishes. You can see if it suits your taste."

"Is it your niece's craftsmanship?"

Zhao Si smiled all over his face: "The fourth uncle must have a good taste."

Chen Sheng took it personally, and uncovered the dishes on the low table, which were kept warm with a pottery bowl, revealing a plate of mutton with spring onions, a steamed carp, a large bowl of lamb offal soup, and a large stack of steamed cakes.

As soon as the insulated pottery bowl is opened, the tempting aroma of food is blowing out.

Not to mention Zhao Si, who had been eating the wind and sand for several days, even Chen Hu couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

"You brat favors one over the other, why, your fourth uncle Zhao belongs to your father's family, and my second uncle belongs to her parents' family?"

Chen Hu glanced at the dishes on the short table, and shouted with false dissatisfaction.

The food culture of Dazhou is still at a very primitive stage.

Ordinary people will not talk about it, it is a blessing to be able to eat enough, how can there be room for pick and choose?

Although the food of those noble families is countless times richer than that of ordinary people, it is only a richer variety of ingredients, and the cooking methods still remain in the four types of steaming, boiling, sautéing, and roasting.

In fact, although cast iron pots have been born in the Zhou Dynasty, the popularity is not high. Many large families equipped with cast iron pots still tend to use kettles and tripods for cooking.

In the past few days, Chen Sheng has given many pointers to Qingniang and the cook how to use cast iron pots for cooking.

This fragrant mutton with spring onion is the result of Qing Niang's busy work for the past few days!
……

"That's not!"

Zhao Si took a step forward with a "hehe" smile, blocking Chen Hu, his arms with huge skeletons spread out, blocking all the dishes on the table, "Have you never heard of what is called Yuanxiang and Jinxi?"

Between their brothers of the same generation, there is not so much courtesy.

Seeing this, Chen Sheng also smiled and said: "There are still sheep left in the family, if the second uncle wants to eat it, let Qingniang do it for you tomorrow, and the fourth uncle Zhao has only returned home today, and the nephew must be close to the fourth uncle Zhao first. "

Chen Hu snorted angrily, pulled the hookah on his shoulders, and sat to the side to smoke leek leaves.

Chen Sheng sat opposite Zhao Si and watched with a smile as he shoved the steamed cakes in one hand and the vegetables with chopsticks into his mouth, without rushing to say anything.

However, Zhao Si didn't take a few bites, his hands stopped, and tears came out all of a sudden.

Chen Sheng looked at his appearance, did not speak, but gave Chen Hu a look at the side.

Seeing his eyes, Chen Hu turned his head to look at Zhao Si's appearance, sighed lightly, put down the hookah in his hand, walked behind Zhao Si, patted his vest, and said softly, "Okay. , are back..."

Zhao Si lowered his head and took a deep breath, then raised his arms and wiped away the tears on his face. He forced a smile and said, "I made Dalang laugh, it's just that the fourth uncle hasn't eaten our steamed cakes for too long..."

Chen Sheng smiled, shook his head seriously, and said softly: "My family, it would be too outlandish to say that we owe a debt, but our family is indeed thanks to the fourth uncle and the uncles who are still out. Only by giving, has our family been safe and prosperous all these years."

Zhao Si shook his head: "Dalang's words are serious, fourth uncle is nothing, it's really not easy for your father and the others to travel around and work hard!"

After a pause, he put down his chopsticks, looked at Chen Sheng seriously and said, "Dalang, let's talk about it, this time I called the fourth uncle back, if there is something to tell the fourth uncle to do, the fourth uncle can't do anything else, that's all. The strength of the child can still enter the eyes of people!"

Chen Sheng smiled and said, "Your ability is much better than you think!"

Zhao Si also smiled: "Then you can say it, the family, there is nothing to hide!"

Chen Sheng no longer refused, got up and took the commercial map of Chen County drawn by Chen Hu in the past few days from the hall. He also took a short table and laid it on top.

Zhao Si took the oil lamp and looked at the map, then looked up at Chen Sheng in confusion.

Chen Hu next to him looked at Chen Sheng, and his eyes were filled with anticipation... He also wanted to know what kind of dog skin plaster was sold in Chen Sheng's gourd!
Chen Sheng met the eyes of the two and smiled lightly: "This is the new business that our family is going to open up!"

He sat down and said in a soft voice, "Within Chen County, there are 31 major business avenues in the four cities, and there are 45 streets and alleys with traffic in the twelve squares."

"Among them, there are 42 streets adjacent to each other, and 34 streets alone."

"I am going to call all the uncles and aunts who are free at home, and divide them into three batches to open 55 food stalls."

"Two adjacent streets, one of the two streets will be opened."

"Separate streets, one street for one."

"Each stall is composed of a main food stall, a vegetarian snack stall, and a meat and fish snack stall."

After a pause, he stretched out a forefinger and tapped the map on the lower table lightly: "I will pay the cost, and the silver will be taken out of the cost. The uncles and aunties who set up the stall will take [-]%, and I will take [-]%. Prepare for a rainy day... Is this distribution method reasonable?"

Chen Hu listened to Chen Sheng's explanation, his eyes wandered on the map he drew by himself, and his eyebrows were full of amazement.

Hearing Chen Sheng's question, he nodded without hesitation and said, "As it should be!"

Although Chen Sheng's plan has never been explained to him in detail, most of the things are handled by him, and he naturally has some understanding in his heart.

But he didn't know until this moment that Chen Sheng's handwriting was so big, if he didn't do it, he would have 55 stalls!

Even if a food stall is not a good business that can earn gold and silver, it can definitely be a lot of income by gathering sand into a tower!

Moreover, it is precisely because many things are handled by Chen Hu in one hand.

Therefore, he is very clear that Chen Sheng's plan is not some lofty empty talk, it is really possible!
Zhao Si didn't think so much for a while, the focus was only on what Chen Sheng said, brothers and sisters who set up stalls got [-]% of the profits, and Chen Sheng got [-]%.

He almost didn't even think about it, and immediately shook his head: "Dalang, you take too little! You are the leader in doing things, and you are also paying for the capital. The big guy is just trying his best, he can't take so much... "

When Chen Sheng heard the words, he nodded secretly in his heart: This is a kind person.

His distribution ratio, at first glance, he suffered a loss.

But don't ignore one point, that is what Chen Sheng takes, which is [-]% of the profits of all stalls!

And those who participated in the stalls took only [-]% of their own stalls.

of course.

The plan was made by Chen Sheng, and the capital was also made by Chen Sheng. In fact, there was nothing wrong with him taking the money.

However, once this kind of plan and distribution ratio are aggregated, there will always be people who question: why do we work so hard, but only take a little bit, and you only spend a little bit of capital, but take so much!

Don't doubt, this kind of people is always the majority...

"enough!"

Chen Sheng waved his hand: "The original intention of my doing this was not to make money, but to find a way out for the poor uncles and aunts in the family... There is a family on the left and right, and the meat is rotten in the pot, It doesn't matter if it's more or less!"

Zhao Si opened his mouth to speak, but seeing Chen Sheng's firm attitude, he had to shut his mouth.

At the end, he looked at the map again, raised his head again and said, "Then what can the fourth uncle do... Let's talk about it first, your fourth uncle has been fighting and killing all these years, or herding cattle and sheep, and setting up stalls. The fourth uncle has never done any of these things, so you can’t blame the fourth uncle for being useless.”

Chen Sheng smiled and shook his head: "How can a hero like you do these trivial things? Isn't that Qu Cai? My little nephew invites you back, because there is a very important thing for you to do."

Saying that, he clenched his fist with one hand and slammed it on the map: "I want you, within half a month, to get rid of all the ruffians on the ground in Chen County!"

"These people make a living by squeezing these small businesses and hawkers on the street. The hawkers make ten big money, and at least six of them fall into the hands of these people. With these people around, our business will be Can't do it! These uncles and aunts in our family can't eat enough!"

After listening to him, the two eyebrows that Zhao Si had just twisted up were loosened.

"No problem, the fourth uncle will do it, to ensure that when our family makes a living, no idler dares to go to our family's stall and take a large sum of money!"

He answered succinctly.

His answer was neat and tidy, but Chen Hu, who was on the sidelines, was a little flustered.

He thought that Chen Sheng called Zhao Si back, just to let Zhao Si come forward to get acquainted with the uncles on the street, and use his face to protect his business from being squeezed by those idlers.

Why do you listen to Chen Sheng and Zhao Si's tone now, like they want to kill all those idle people on the street?

That can't be done!
Although those idlers are not perfect, none of them jumped out of the stone. If they are not in good balance, they will have a close relative, and which county magistrate will be involved!

"Dalang, this matter can't be rushed!"

he said hastily.

Chen Sheng ignored him, and still looked at Zhao Si with a smile: "Uncle Zhao Si, what are you going to do about this?"

Zhao Si folded his hands like an old shepherd: "It's simple, go to these people one by one and talk about it, if it makes sense, it's good, if it doesn't make sense, if you kill ten or eight, it will make sense. now..."

"Fuck, ruthless!"

Chen Sheng was amazed in his heart, and suddenly realized that when Chen Hu mentioned the phrase Zhao Sishi said that day, "Dare to touch the thief's nest alone with a knife in his mouth", I am afraid it is not an exaggeration.

At the same time, he also understood why his father would send a man like Zhao Si, who dared to fight and dare to kill, to be a hidden pile on the business road, instead of staying in the caravan to escort the goods... I am afraid it is because this guy is too Dare to fight and dare to kill!
However, Zhao Si is indeed the best person to do this!
People who are in that line of work can have many qualities, such as generosity, loyalty, stingy, coldness... The only quality that cannot be possessed is being kind and gentle!
However, Chen Sheng shook his head with a smile, and said, "It's rough, you can't do this job like this!"

Zhao Si gave him a questioning look: "Then according to Dalang, what should I do about this matter?"

Chen Sheng picked up his chopsticks, set up a steamed cake and handed it to Zhao Si, then picked up another steamed cake and held it in his hand: "According to my nephew, this matter needs to be pulled and beaten..."

(End of this chapter)