The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

This turmoil came and went quickly, but the aftertaste left behind was lingering; it took only a few hours to spread throughout the city of Luzhou.

A shrewd person with a keen eye guessed the crux of the problem through the ins and outs. Some things were hidden, and when the results were exposed, the people behind the scenes also came out.

The chamber of commerce took a big suffocation this time, and wanted to stink and cripple Su Ji, but unexpectedly, Su Ji shattered the conspiracy lightly and lightly, not only failed to achieve his goal, but got a loud mouth on the contrary, in vain Help Su Ji to make a name for himself; the public opinion in the city proves it, this is really the saying "old sows bred - pay for money." ''I lost my wife and lost my army'.

Su Ji's cautiousness, meticulous attention to customers, and strong sense of prevention helped them survive this crisis. The biggest contributors are the sisters Rou Niang and Huan Niang.

Regarding the fact that each of Su Ji's trademark logos was wrong, Su Jin didn't know about it, the shopkeeper Zhao didn't know about it, the master chefs in the store didn't know about it, and even the little apprentices who were in charge of embroidering the logo didn't know about it. It is the two sisters of the Song family who really know the ins and outs.

Rou Niang and Huan Niang may have been wandering for a long time, and they have a strong sense of precaution. When Su Jin was all over the world to promote his new clothes, the two sisters considered the problem of clothes being imitated and counterfeited while designing clothes and depicting them in books. It's not that they foresee that someone will use this to slander the Su family, but it's just out of a kind of self-preservation.

Huanniang was the instigator, and she casually said worriedly: "Sister, if someone imitates the Su family's style, wouldn't we make wedding clothes for others in vain?"

Rou Niang didn't have such thoughts at all, and after hearing what she said, she felt that it was necessary to remind Su Jin, but Su Jin was busy all over the world, and when they met in the evening, they would often have sex again and again. Bewildered, how could they remember this; later, the two simply thought of such an idea, and directly changed the word 'Su Ji' into a typo on the pattern of the clothes.

The few apprentices who were in charge of embroidering the logo did not know a single character. They only knew how to draw a gourd, and the two characters they embroidered were not even recognized by themselves, let alone the wrong pen.

Since the font of the logo is small and embroidered on the inconspicuous inner corner, shopkeeper Zhao and the foremen who are in charge of the shipment inspection just turned the inner corner and gave up when they saw the word Su Ji. No one would care about it .

As the Su family's business became more and more busy, Su Jin was busy hoarding food, preparing warehouses and other affairs. In the end, even the two sisters forgot about it. Embroider them one by one according to the two typos and send them to customers.

When the idlers came to make trouble in the morning, seeing that Su Ji was about to lose his reputation, Huanniang suddenly remembered this. Isn't this the best way to distinguish the truth from the fake, so the big reversal happened later.

"There is God's will in the dark." Sitting in the study, Su Jin sighed: "If I hadn't met you two sisters, my Su family would have given up today. You two are really my guardian goddesses of Su Jin."

Although the two sisters in front of them didn't know what a 'Guardian Goddess' was, they also guessed that this was a highly respected compliment, and they blushed with shame, bowing their heads in silence.

Xiao Sui'er held up a corn cob and gnawed on it, then interjected: "Tell the maidservant to say, this is the blessing of the young master, if it wasn't for your kindness to take in Rouniang and sister Huanniang, it wouldn't be so good." report."

This time, Rouniang and Huanniang helped the young master to tide over the difficulties, and Xiao Sui'er also liked it very much. She was annoyed that she couldn't think of such a good way beforehand, otherwise she would have stepped forward this time to save the young master from danger. I won, see if you dare to regard yourself as a useless little girl, but since I don't have this ability, and other people's Rouniang Huanniang has this ability, as long as I can help the Su family, help the young master, Xiao Sui'er is right. They will take another look.

But that was in her heart, Xiao Sui'er said that she was unwilling to attribute the credit to the two of them, so she resolutely attributed the credit to the illusory reasons like "the son is a blessed man".

The three of them all knew Xiao Sui'er's temper, so they didn't blame her for talking too much. Instead, Rou Niang followed her words and said, "Sister Sui'er is very reasonable. Blessed people don't have to worry. This method that I came up with, the young master will definitely be able to deal with it calmly; the young master is blessed by the Queen Mother of Guanyin Bodhisattva."

Su Jin rolled his eyes and thought to himself: This sweet-mouthed person takes credit for everything, but attributes all the credit to others. He is really a flower of interpretation; but why is it that the Queen Mother of Guanyin is the one who blesses me?Couldn't it be Maitreya Buddha, the Tathagata Buddha?Or I was too seductive in their eyes, and even the Bodhisattva who blessed me was arranged to be two girls.

There is no need to entangle with this question. Even though the two sisters are very humble, Su Jin still indisputably attributed the credit to the two sisters, and gave the second daughter the title of "consultant".

According to Su Jin's request, the two women's positions as consultants mean that every store in Su Ji can offer suggestions and improvement strategies. They can suggest to the old shopkeepers or directly to Su Jin. In fact, Su Jin gave I have two assistants.

The two daughters readily accepted it. After all, the position of consultant is infinitely higher than that of a handmaiden who serves people's pen and ink, and it sounds nicer to say. However, in Su Jin's view, there is actually no difference between a consultant and a maid.

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Lang Shaodong sat down at the long table of the chamber of commerce with his head drooping. He really didn't expect that he would end up fleeing after the first confrontation with Su Ji. He was full of confidence and thought it would be an easy task. Grab a good errand to do it, and take advantage of it, and get an extra piece of the pie when dividing up Su Ji in the future.

Unexpectedly, the tight defense of Su Ji is almost unheard of, so how can there be any reason to change their traditional logo?And it's still a typo, what is this called?

However, Su Ji's change in this way changed the direction of things, and at the same time changed his impression of being capable and capable in the mind of the chairman, Tang Jiyuan. I'm afraid it will be difficult to talk about it in the future.

President Tang sat quietly at the other end of the long table, listening to Lang Shaodong's sad and detailed explanation of the whole story. While lamenting Su Ji's brilliance, he was also annoyed by Lang Shaodong's envy.

"You all underestimate this kid Su Jin. You are used to being arrogant on weekdays, and you don't even think about it in detail. Can someone who can play so many tricks in the grain shop incident easily succeed? I didn't check all aspects of Su Ji in detail. Even if it is a forgery, it must be a forgery. If you don't even check the mistakes and omissions of the logo, you will do it. It is reasonable to return home. Lang Shaodong, you Let the old man be very disappointed in you."

Lang Shaodong lowered his head and blamed himself again and again, with an extremely humble attitude, and he didn't know who to vent his anger on in his heart, and the anger was endless and difficult to calm down.

"Forget it, let's leave this matter here, and Lang Shaodong doesn't need to blame himself too much. After all, Su Ji is as cunning as a fox. Even the old man almost fell into their way. The old man is not surprised by this failure, but it is a pity. The great opportunity was lost, and it reminded Su Ji to be more vigilant in the future. Fortunately, the leaders you found were also strict with their mouths. , didn't say a word, and didn't cause any trouble."

President Tang paused for a moment, then sighed and said, "Go and deal with the aftermath, give some money to shut your mouth, and don't let these people feel dissatisfied and cause trouble all over the city."

Lang Shaodong stood up respectfully, saluted and withdrew; Tang Jiyuanku sat in the empty conference hall, motionless for a long time, when the candle was shining, his dark figure on the snow-white wall fluctuated from length to length, jumping like a devil dance.