The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

After Shen Yuan went out, Gu Yuzhi happily walked around the room twice and looked up at Xie Changshi: "Xie Changshi, Xie Changshi, I really want to open an inn in Changzhou!"

He had wanted to open an inn in Changzhou since he first came to Mobei. After so long, it has almost become an obsession of his.

It’s been a year, and this obsession is finally coming true!
Gu Yuzhi puffed up his face, clenched his little fists, and suddenly raised his head and said: "Xie Changshi, will the chefs who came to the inn also leave? If they don't leave, can we also hire them?"

Wouldn't this solve the problem of food in the inn?
But last time they came to Mobei, they stayed at the inn of Li Ji Trading Company. He had not tried the food at the inn in person, so he didn't know how it tasted.

But since they can drive for so long, it shouldn’t be too bad, right?
Xie Changshi nodded: "Your Highness, don't worry, Guard Shen has made rapid progress during this period and knows what to do."

After Shen Yuan left the Wen Mansion, he hurriedly found the owner of the inn and discussed the purchase very quickly. He signed the deed and paid the deposit that night.

But what people didn't expect was that no one from the inn, from the shopkeeper to the handyman, wanted to stay.

These people signed living contracts, and even Governor Zhu could not force them.

Shen Yu'an was persuaded for a while, but no one relented.

He had no other choice but to take over the inn first as agreed.

As for when it will open, it depends on when they can recruit all the people.

Gu Yuzhi learned the bad news at noon on the third day. Seeing Shen Yuan's slightly uneasy look, he blinked: "So Guard Shen, the inn we took down is an empty shell?"

Teacher Shu pursed his lips and said: "The word "empty shell" is particularly correct! We have obtained the inn in person, but the key is that we can't open it now!"

Talent is the key!

She glanced at Wen Xiuzhu: "Shop Manager Wen Da, is there anything you can do?"

Shopkeeper Wen gently shook his fan: "It's not a big deal that the inn doesn't have a shopkeeper. After all, no matter how few people there are in Changzhou, there are still people who are looking for work. No matter how difficult it is, we can transfer some people from Xinliang."

He narrowed his small eyes and said in a low tone: "What Your Highness should consider now is why these people are unwilling to stay."

"You know, from the shopkeeper to the waiter, there are at least twenty or thirty workers who visit the inn."

Shu Xiaohan put away her teasing look: "Shopkeeper Wen is right, these people just changed their employers, it's not like they were asked to go to Xinliang to work. Why are they unwilling?"

It is understandable that one or two Yue Yin would resign because they were afraid of the impact of changing employers, but [-] or [-] people, how could they all resign?
Shopkeeper Wen whispered: "Your Highness, I think this matter has something to do with the people of Liji Trading Company. The news that Governor Zhu is leaving must not be hidden from the people of Liji Trading Company. They are probably keeping an eye on it early in the morning. Visited the inn in person. But Governor Zhu wanted to give the inn to His Highness as a gift, and the people from Liji Trading Company couldn't interfere, so they tried every means to interfere with the workers' stay."

"Of course there is another possibility. These workers unite to threaten His Highness and want to achieve some purpose."

Such as higher moon silver and so on.

But he prefers the first possibility.

If this is really what he thought, then it can only be said that Li Ji's methods are too childish.

Maybe he was just angry and wanted to disgust them.

Gu Yuzhi's face bulged with anger. He slapped the corner of the table hard with his little hand, made an ouch, and quickly rubbed and blew on it.

It hurts so much.

Gu Yuzhi's face felt even more aggrieved.

I don’t understand why adults like to bang the table when they are angry... Xie Changshi and Shen Yuan both looked over, obviously not understanding why His Highness suddenly became angry when he was fine just now.

Xie Changshi tentatively said: "Your Highness..."

Gu Yuzhi snorted: "It must be Li Ji Trading Company's fault!"

Xie Changshi, Shen Yuan...

Gu Yuzhi said plausibly: "Think about it, the owner must have told the workers in the inn that Governor Zhu wanted to sell the inn. They didn't say they were leaving before, and they didn't say they were leaving until we signed the deed. Isn’t this intentional?”

He huffed again.

Fortunately, fortunately, he has shopkeeper Wen, and shopkeeper Wen can understand the little tricks in business at a glance.

If Li Ji Trading Company thought he didn’t know, they would be totally wrong!

Just as Gu Yuzhi was about to speak, he heard Xie Changshi say with relief: "Your Highness is really smart, and I also think that this matter has something to do with Li Ji Trading Company. I thought, the reason why they didn't play any other dirty tricks this time, The bigger reason is because of Shiohiki."

In addition to local taxes, the largest tax revenue of the Ministry of Revenue is salt tax, so the salt tax in the Sang Dynasty was very expensive, but if you want to get salt tax, in addition to having money, you must also have a good relationship with the Ministry of Household.

You must know that the price of salt in the Sang Dynasty was extremely expensive. Even in salt-producing areas such as Lingnan and Yangzhou, the price of salt was forty cents per catty.

After Xie Changshi learned that Li Ji Trading Company was selling salt, he conducted a special investigation. Before Li Ji Trading Company, there were no salt merchants in Mobei. All the trading firms from Jiangnan came to sell salt, and the selling price was as high as 55 Wen per pound. .

After Li Ji Trading Company established a foothold, it quickly switched to selling salt.

Not only did you earn the middle price difference, but it also sent a signal to the wealthy businessmen in Mobei that you cannot go against Liji Trading Company, otherwise Yanyin will not have your share next year!

"It's almost time to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to sell salt. Liji Trading Company's attention must be on buying salt."

Even Xie Changshi himself would choose Yanyin without hesitation between an inn and Yanyin.

Xie Changshi also thought about whether to tell the Ministry of Household Affairs that the salt supply in Mobei should be taken by Wen's Trading Company this year, but he gave up as soon as the idea came up.

It's very simple. Li Ji Trading Company absolutely relied on the King of Chu to obtain salt.

Between King Chu and King Wen, the cunning gang in Hubu would definitely choose King Chu.

The most important thing is that Wenfu is not suitable for taking Yanyin now.

Gu Yuzhi's eyes were rolling. After thinking for a while, he couldn't think of any good way to solve this matter. His face almost bulged: "Then we can't let Li Ji scheme like this."

You know this Li Yanping is not a peaceful person!

Xie Changshi smiled slightly: "Of course not. Li Ji Trading Company plotted against our inn, if we don't retaliate, wouldn't it mean that Wen's Trading Company is afraid of them!"

It was originally a bad thing, but Xie Changshi felt faintly excited.

You know, he has always liked to scheme against people, but since he came to Mobei, it seems that his brain is no longer of any use.

Xie Changshi thought to himself that if he didn't use his brain, his brain might degenerate into Qi Chenglang's.

Qi Chenglang didn't expect that a big pot would cover him while he was escorting the escort...