The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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In the Song Dynasty, the literary style was strong, and the artistic atmosphere was also strong. The common people in the market place are very fond of poetry and ditties. I was fascinated by it.

Naturally, there were many talented young men in the audience, as well as big ladies and young ladies who came to buy new clothes. They never expected to hear such wonderful words in this commercial show.

In a carriage in the southwest corner of the square, sat a man and a woman. The man was handsome, and the woman was dignified. They both listened attentively, with surprised expressions on their faces.

Just looking at this man and woman driving in a gorgeous carriage pulled by horses, they stand out from the crowd. The most lacking thing in this dynasty is horses. Most of the normal travel is by ox cart, donkey cart, and mule cart, even in Luzhou city. Seeing the figure of the carriage, even if there is one, the horses that pull the carriage are also small and obscure horses. The tall horses used in this carriage are extremely rare.

"Shaoqing, how does this poem compare with yours?" the woman in the car asked after the song was over on stage.

"There is no way to get rid of this feeling, so I lowered my brows and raised my heart again. It is wonderful, but it is unpretentious and straight to the hearts of the people. Except for Uncle Yan Tong's "Luohuaren du li, little swifts fly together", no one can compete with it. If it's right, I'm not as good as it." The young man said.

The woman covered her mouth and smiled coquettishly: "It's rare that you are so modest, I'm afraid your second uncle will feel inferior after hearing this poem." Sentences like <Yi Nao' can't be recited by just anyone, but this The first word does not win with new, strange and weird words, but with innocence, naturalness and unpretentiousness, and it touches people's hearts in the plain, so the second uncle will definitely feel ashamed. "

The woman smiled and said: "I never thought that my family officials would be so modest. Didn't they disobey everyone in Beijing? Eunuch always said you were too impetuous. I think today is quite quiet."

The man laughed, put his arms around the woman's slender waist and said, "You just like to make fun of me. That best friend of yours is also in Luzhou, don't you want to meet her?"

The woman smiled and said, "I have to accompany you to meet Mr. Li before going. Officials always come first, don't they?"

The man chuckled, and suddenly raised his forehead and said: "When I was joking, I forgot who wrote this poem, I am so confused."

The woman rolled his eyes at him and said: "My concubine has already written it down for you. The woman who sang the song just now said that this new song and new lyrics were written by his son Su Jin to thank all the elders for their love. The person who wrote the lyrics It seems that this is Su Ji's owner."

The man muttered: "It's unreasonable for a son of a merchant to make such good words. Let's go to Brother Zhao Ting. There is such a great talent hidden in Luzhou City. Is he blind? He is still playing tricks every day." No poetry club, and I don’t see a song that can surpass this one.”

After hearing his nonsense, the woman did not refute, and softly told the driver on the shaft: "Uncle, let's go. Go east and there is a place called Xiaoyaojin. Let's go there."

With a promise, the coachman waved his whip and drove the carriage east along Qingshi Avenue.

Upstairs in Wangjiang Tower, the owners of the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce turned a deaf ear to the new words and songs on the color stage. They were listening to the white and wrinkle-free Huang owner explaining his two strategies in detail.

"The so-called counterfeiting is to allow Su Ji to order a large number of clothes. After Su Ji's delivery is completed, we can use inferior silk and satin to imitate his clothes, and then use this as an excuse to encourage people to go to Su Ji to return the goods, so that Su Ji's reputation will be ruined." "If he returns it, it means that the clothes he sold were all made of inferior fabrics, which is suspected of fraud, and the loss will be huge; if he does not return it, it will arouse public anger, and Su Ji's life will be more sad than losing money."

Huang Dong’s words stunned everyone present. This strategy is both clever and poisonous. Not only Su Ji, but all the merchants present are not afraid of such a thing. A large number of low-quality defective products are required to be returned, which triggers a loud outcry in the city. In this way, Su Ji's early glory was actually digging his own grave. The higher he climbed, the harder he fell, and the more clothes he ordered, the worse he would lose.

Everyone was silent, and they didn't want to be the first to express their opinion. After all, this move was heresy, and it was even more contemptible than the act of sending undercover agents to the Su family to extract salary ten years ago, so they all thought it was good, but they didn't want to be the first to say come out.

Lang Shaodong's family is young and energetic, and he really can't hold his breath. In addition, Tang Dong's eyes are staring at him. It is obvious that he wants him to express his position first. What I proposed, I just echoed it, and if it leaked in the future, I will not bear the main responsibility.

"This plan is very clever. There is really no need to pay attention to any morals when dealing with Su Ji. I agree." Lang Shaodong said concisely.

Seeing that someone took the lead, everyone began to say yes, and their words seemed insincere;

Tang, Liu, and Huang's three presidents exchanged glances, and the black and thin Dongjia Liu suddenly said: "Everyone, do you know what it means to be a bitch and set up an archway? Do you know what is called both ends of a snake and a mouse? "

Everyone knew what he meant, and they all hung their heads in silence, refusing to answer his words.

Shopkeeper Liu continued: "If you want to bring Su Ji down, you need to use extraordinary means. The actions you have just told this old man clearly, you just want to get a piece of the action, but you don't want to bear the infamy; the old man's words just now were a bit rude, but I am afraid it is very appropriate to describe your psychology; I advise you, if you want to share a piece of the pie, you need to work together and tell your heart, if any of you are unwilling to participate in this matter, the Chamber of Commerce will not force you, please leave on your own."

All the bosses were silent, and no one wanted to leave this room. They wanted to hug the thighs of the three merchants and eat together. I can figure it out.

"Since all of you are unwilling to leave, it means that you still have foresight. Don't worry, as long as we do this matter carefully and have a good eye when employing people, we will never let it out. Once the Su family falls, you will be secretly happy." , come, come, drink tea, have snacks." Liu Dong's tone became friendly, and warmly greeted everyone to have snacks.

There was a lot of sound of drinking, and the atmosphere was slightly relaxed. A shopkeeper asked: "But I don't know what Huang Weng's second plan is."

Huang Dongjia smiled and said, "Should Bao Dong's family not be in Luzhou ten years ago?"

Boss Bao's family saluted and said: "Seven years ago, my family moved to Luzhou Prefecture. I was lucky to be taken in by your bosses, and I was rewarded with a meal. Ten years ago, I was still in my hometown in Zhili."

Huang Dongjia said: "No wonder you want to ask this question. The second strategy was used on Su Jin's father Su Moran ten years ago, so the old man called him repeating the old trick. Su Ji has been hiring a lot of people recently. Sending people to infiltrate into Su Ji's store can not only grasp Su Ji's internal trends, but also obtain the patterns of Su Ji's new clothes. That is to say, every time Su Ji releases a new dress, we can make it immediately It is absolutely impossible for the Su family to focus on being more beautiful than before."

After a pause, Huang Dong's family continued: "At the same time, we will send people around to purchase cheap silk brocades, and then we will launch them at a lower price than Su Ji, so as to seize the market opened by Su Ji and let his backlog Go moldy in the warehouse, there is no guarantee that he will not follow in his father's footsteps."

Everyone applauded loudly, Bao Dong's raised his thumb and praised: "Huang Weng is worthy of being an old Jianghu. The strategy of the business leader is really extraordinary. This belongs to the category of commercial competition, and no one dares to gossip."

Huang Dongjia laughed at himself and said: "An old Jianghu? I'm afraid that the older the Jianghu, the less courageous. Now you are all Gaowuhuayu wives and concubines, and you have no longer the vigor of your youth. I really miss the time when I wanted to do it regardless of the consequences. It’s not like looking forward and backward like it is now.”

Tang Dongjia smiled and said: "Huang Weng started to sigh again, can you guys tell me whether to use the first or the second strategy?"

Lang Shaodong's cold voice sounded: "Two-pronged approach, cutting grass and roots, why should it be a woman's benevolence."

All the bosses nodded silently, and Tang Dongjia clapped his hands and said: "Then let's do this, let's give him a two-pronged approach, and I will split up and prepare, and launch it immediately when the time is right."

At the moment, they muttered about the details and discussed endlessly.

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In the evening, Su Jin, who had been busy for a day, returned to the mansion. There were too many things and complicated things. , The real comfortable days add up to less than five or six days, and the rest of the time is busy.

"Could it be that he was born to work hard?" Su Jin sighed secretly, thinking that there were so many important things waiting for him to do, Su Jin had the urge to howl.

Xiao Sui'er brought a cup of tea and handed it to Su Jin. The young master's frown made her feel a little troubled. Since he served the young master, she has rarely seen Su Jin like this. He used to ignore everything. , Now that he is too capable of doing things, he has offended the prefect of Luzhou City and most of the merchants in the city in just a few days, which is simply two extremes.

However, her worry only lasted for less than a short while and then dissipated, because Su Jin had already smiled and praised the tea was well brewed and the room was well scented.

"It's heartless." Xiao Sui'er muttered, and went to work, while Su Jin took a break from his busy schedule to study whether the tables and chairs were made of mahogany, whether the screens were made of sandalwood, whether the calligraphy and paintings belonged to famous artists, and began to wonder Yin, how much these things should be worth when they are handed down to future generations.

The most important thing today is that Rouniang and Huanniang sang their new words. Judging from the reactions of the big brothels on the stage and the people in the audience, they have successfully sold themselves Going out, when the stage was over, there were already two or three scholars and talented people who came to the stage to copy new words, presumably they planned to go back and taste them; and the girls from the brothel singing house that Su Jin invited to perform were even more enthusiastic. fierce.

In the brothels, it is very rare to see that the word is passed down by people. It is rare to see that the top singer who sings an ordinary song will make this song popular. Most of the time it is an unknown singer who suddenly sings The first wonderful word, thus being sought after by everyone, and promoted to the list of red cards, this is the so-called 'human-caused words'.

This time, I didn't expect that the young owner of the Su family who hired me turned out to be a hidden talent, and he was the first to get the moon, and these singers naturally clamored for Su Jin to write new lyrics for them alone, so that Su Jin would be wrapped up. In the end, it was Xiao Sui'er who showed her femininity, and Xiao Xing's eyes widened, which made Su Jin escape and return, but Su Jin knew that there must be endless troubles in this aspect from now on.

These reactions are not what Su Jin wants most. What Su Jin really hopes to achieve is to let the people in the cultural circle in Luzhou know about this, so as to invite him to join the "Luo Hua" poetry club and complete his work. The commercial hype in high-end circles.

Su Jin has even thought about it. If he doesn't achieve the effect he wants after tomorrow, then he will not hesitate to pirate the best poems of the future generations again. Inside the literary and art circle of Luzhou City, that is really a hell.