People in Datang, start with a golden hoe

If Cui Le told Cai Xiaolan that she was willing to trade five cartloads of cotton with him for two shops in the city, she would definitely agree without even thinking about it.

Unfortunately, things often backfire.

Cai Xiaolan gathered a ball of cotton and tried repeatedly to find a way to make the cotton into thread.What's a pity is that she was busy from morning to noon, but she couldn't find the right method. The cotton threads twisted by hand were not only different in thickness, but also easy to break.

"Xiaolan, what are you doing?" Cui Lu looked on curiously.Since Cai Xiaolan said "die" and "live" early in the morning, Cui Lushi has done nothing and has been by her side.

Cai Xiaolan did not raise her head, and continued to rub the cotton while talking to Cui Lushi: "I think this cotton is a bit similar to silk. Let's try it and see if it can be made into clothes!"

"You're right. I think it's similar to silk. But it's probably not very good for you to do this. I've visited a silk workshop in Chang'an. These things are boiled in water to make them tough. Otherwise, they will break when you pull them. , can’t be made into clothes!”

"Huh? Do you still have this skill?" Cai Xiaolan was reminded and picked up another ball of cotton from the cart, put it on the stove, and prepared to start cooking.

But she didn't expect that she would no longer have this opportunity.

A team of officers rushed into Tianfu Jucai Residence, "Who is Cai Xiaolan? You have done something wrong, come with us!"

The leader dropped the iron chain in his hand on the ground, and the sound of heavy iron tools frightened everyone.

"Who are you? Didn't you see the memorial arch given by the governor at the door? How could there be bad people in our family?" Cui Lu came up to argue with the officers.

Cai Xiaolan, who was in the kitchen, heard the commotion and looked over to see a row of servants in blue uniforms already forming a formation at the door.

"Auntie, don't conflict with them. They are here to find me. I run a workshop as a farmer. I knew this would happen. It's just a pity that I have such a pile of cotton."

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Time went back, and when Cui Boyan rushed to the government office, a group of seventeen or eight big businessmen had already arrived.What made Zeng Wenchang particularly disappointed was that Jia Yuqi took his two sons to Lingnan Road with the caravan.Otherwise, businessmen's gatherings would be more lively.

"Everyone, the rightful owner is here, please move!" Zeng Wenchang shouted, telling everyone to go out.

Six carriages were waiting at the door, and Zeng Wenchang invited Cui Le to board the first one.The people in the back didn't have so many rules, so they showed some humility to each other and took their seats.

The first stop of the carriage was a tofu shop in the west of the city.

Six official carriages in a row stopped at the entrance of the "Cai" tofu shop.This kind of momentum has never been heard or seen by ordinary people.

Xu Yinlian came forward.

Cui Le and Zeng Wenchang got off the carriage. Xu Yinlian only felt familiar. She didn't know how to call them, but the scars on her face were itchy.

Although she heard that the Cui family man was back, she had never seen him in person.

Cui Boyan jumped out of the carriage, "Sister Xu, this is Master Zeng, and behind me is Aye!"

Xu Yinlian met them and bowed down. When she bent down, Xu Yinlian finally remembered who that person was. Wasn't it the gentleman who had convicted her?

"What are you doing in the shop, sir?"

Zeng Wenchang, who was walking at the front, shouted to the merchants behind him, "Everyone! Everyone has seen the grand scene of the tofu shop. Business is booming. Let's go inside and take a look. In half an hour, we will go to Babao Zhai. !”

"Ah?" Xu Yinlian wanted to stop her, but was pulled aside by Cui Boyan, "Sister Xu, our family plans to sell the tofu shop. They are all big businessmen invited by Aye to do the valuation." Xu Yinlian was still the first. The first time I heard about this, my first reaction was, of course, not to believe it.But remembering what Cai Xiaolan told Cui Boyan yesterday, I felt a little bit more convinced.

A group of people took a clear look inside and outside the tofu shop.The cooks all covered their chests to block those sharp eyes.

"Not bad!" One of the businessmen quietly made a ten sign towards the familiar person.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

This group of insiders calculated the profits of the tofu shop in half an hour.The ten in the figure refers to ten percent profit, which is twice as much.

Not long after, the group arrived at Babao Zhai again.The valuation of Babao Zhai is much more difficult than that of Tofu House. The luminous pearls on the first floor are embedded in the pillars. No one can be sure without knowing the actual situation.

Moreover, the cost of Babao cannot be seen at all from the appearance.A group of businessmen frowned
"Is the manager here? Can you show us the account book?" Boss Wan from Yunzhi Pavilion took the lead and asked Xue Xiangqin at the counter.

Xue Xiangqin shook his head, "We don't have an account book for the time being. The goods on the counter are all made by the boss himself, and there is no accounting. As for the accounts, the boss said that a lot of money was spent on decorating Babao Zhai, and a lot of it was from the bank next door. It’s borrowed, so the customer’s money is returned directly to the bank.”

What Xue Xiangqin said was exactly the same as what he said to Cui Boyan yesterday.He walked to the front to prove Xue Xiangqin.

The group of people went to the bank next door again.

The manager of the bank was there and welcomed the guests in happily. When he heard others asking about Babao Zhai's accounts, his expression immediately changed, "Everyone, we are all in business. How can we disclose these business secrets at will?"

The businessmen who had eaten a soft nail returned to Babaozhai and went up to the second floor.The plain second floor, a holy place for literati, did not make this group of businessmen feel precious. Instead, they all shook their heads.

After spending another half an hour in Babaozhai, the group returned to the government office.

"Everyone, are you sure?" Zeng Changshi asked.

Everyone whispered to each other, but no one called out the price first.Nine out of ten businessmen are unwilling to let go of the eagle without seeing a rabbit.

"Master Zeng, we still need to check the deeds of mutual covenant related to these two shops stored in the Yamen!" I don't know who shouted this.

If you have to do business openly and innocently, how can you still make money?The yamen's rule for depositing deeds of mutual covenant is to keep it confidential.

But money can turn ghosts around. Some people, in order to learn more about their opponents, would spend money to obtain such information from the yamen.But those are things that cannot be brought to the table. If someone shouted it out in public today, it would be too disrespectful.

No one from the Cui family understands this.After hearing that someone wanted to see it, he generously asked Zeng Changshi to send someone to show it to them.

Seeing this, the group of people who had been tempted just now shook their heads more happily than a rattle.

The boss of Yunzhi Pavilion was the first to express his position, "Oh, isn't this a scam? The tofu guild has been established, and the price is not controlled by individuals. What's more, she also announced the tofu production technology. This is How to make money?"

Li Lu of Buzhuang looked more carefully, "The tofu shop also signed a contract with the workers, and each month the labor force will make a small half of the profit!"

"The profit margin of Tofu Shop is too small!" Big businessmen lamented one after another.

Hey, it was hidden.Get your tickets out, I know you have them!