Back Off, Let Me Come

  Chapter 323 323: Strike the autumn wind (middle) [ask for a monthly ticket]

"This is?"

  Xu Jie showed curiosity.

   Gu Chi smiled and invited him in to have a look.

   While introducing: "This is the shop opened by Zhisuo."

   "The shop opened by Zhisuo? Is it Shen Jun's meaning?"

"yes."

   "This is a strange thing."

Xu Jie did not expect this young Shen Jun to know about merchants. You must know that no matter in the past or now, the policies of various places mainly suppress business. Merchants do not engage in production but control a lot of money. fear.

  Small merchants are nothing more than doing a small business to support their families, and those big merchants all have the shadow of a powerful family behind them. They usually have a group of private soldiers in their hands, and when they go out for business, they line up, and the horses and horses are at their peak.

   Otherwise, how to protect the safety of valuable goods?

  The bigger the merchant, the stronger the private armed forces in his hands, which itself is also a dreadful factor of instability.

   Therefore, it has always been necessary to limit the status of merchants and set high city taxes, which is also conducive to the stability of people's livelihood under the rule.

  Businessmen are not in the mainstream, and their status is low. Even the Xu family behind Xu Jie seldom touches the business personally, it is all left to servants, relatives or distant relatives to take care of it. There are very few county guards in one place who do business in person.

   It’s actually a shame to say it.

  However, as the head of the Xu family, Xu Jie naturally wouldn't think so. The Xu family can have all kinds of basic industries in the family today. Without these, how can the children of the family rely on food, clothing and chewing? No matter how tall a person grows, his legs still have to touch the ground.

  He followed Gu Chi into the "Fugu Department Store" talking and laughing, and was stuffed with a small bamboo basket as soon as he entered.

"This is?"

   Gu Chi said: "It's a bamboo basket."

  Of course Xu Jie knew that this was a woven bamboo basket.

   He even knew that there was a bamboo forest near Fugu.

   But hand him a bamboo basket for what?

Gu Chi also asked the "shopping guide" for a bamboo basket, and hung it on his forearm: "My lord calls it a 'shopping basket', and it is used to store the goods in the grocery store. Note, if you want something on the shelf, just call it Someone come over, just open it and take it down for you.”

  After a period of development, the variety of goods in the department store has also increased. It is not like the shabby ones at the beginning. The shelves have been rebuilt, and small doors made of bamboo have been added.

  When customers want to buy, let the "shopping guide" open the door and take it down.

   This is also done for security reasons.

  Shen Tang is not stingy about using the worst side to speculate on human nature. After all, Fugu is a poor place, and there are troublemakers in poor mountains and rivers. Open shelves are prone to frequent theft. It is not realistic to send someone to stare at every customer, so just press a door on the shelf.

  The customer enters the store to select the goods, and then let them pick them up.

  Of course, some of the more expensive goods are not placed on the shelves, and there is only one type of goods, so you have to go to the warehouse to pick them up.

   After that, just go to the counter door to check out.

  Xu Jie listened intently, and murmured: "Can it still be like this?

  The area of ​​the department store is much larger than before.

   Two people can easily stand between the shelves.

  Xu Jie noticed bamboo pieces hanging under the shelves.

  This kind of bamboo slices are usually used to mark prices, he also knows, but the novelty is that the bamboo slices are not familiar characters, but some strange patterns, asked: "This is?"

Gu Chi said: "Price. Shen Jun felt that it was difficult for ordinary people to understand complex numbers, so he took a few simpler patterns to replace different numbers. The first line of the sign outside the shop is written with numbers from zero to nine. It is easy for ordinary people to remember, remember the number corresponding to each pattern, and no longer need to ask the price frequently when entering the store, just look at the price tag."

  Xu Jie carefully memorized while listening carefully.

   "I see, it is indeed novel." The words and numbers are also simple, but it is still difficult for ordinary people to remember.

  Under normal circumstances, a store as large as Fugu Department Store requires a lot of people to take care of it, but customers can see the price and choose the goods by themselves, which virtually reduces the cost of the store and makes management more convenient.

From Xu Jie's point of view, these can be regarded as "businessman management cheats", but Gu Chi didn't mean to hide anything. Xie was flattered. It even caused Xu Jie to have a little bit of doubt - this weak-looking young man in front of him, is he really... a literary scholar?

  This painting style is not quite right.

  When he came in for a stroll and didn’t buy anything, Xu Jie couldn’t save his face, so he just bought something expensive, which was considered a “shuxiu”.

  From the perspective of the head of the Xu family, the goods in the miscellaneous shop are not high-grade, which can be understood after thinking about it. After all, it is a shop for the common people, and people can't afford the things that are too good.

   Accompanied by Gu Chi, Xu Jie went through every shelf, which really made him discover some interesting patterns.

For example, the goods will be classified according to the way of use, which can greatly save the time of staying in the grocery store and looking for the goods, and the purpose will be more clear; such as the more commonly used goods will be placed where they can be easily reached by hand, too high or too low Place objects that will not be used too frequently...

  Xu Jie thought about these things thoroughly.

   said: "Shen Jun's move is not for profit."

   Gu Chi asked what he meant.

Xu Jie smiled and raised his finger to point to the surrounding shelves: "If you are a merchant, you must try to make the customers who enter the store stay longer in the store, so that you can buy more, and then put the expensive and high-profit items in the most convenient position... just Looking at the layout of the miscellaneous shop, it is completely contrary to this, so Shen Jun does not mean to benefit."

  Gu Chi: "..."

   Good guy! !

   As expected of being the head of Tianhai Xu's family, this guy is really a profiteer! I just entered the store for a while and thought about it! !

   Oh, it's still the head of the house now.

   As expected of a man who can become the head of the house!

   Gu Chi adjusted his micro-expressions so as not to reveal his secrets.

  At this time, Xu Jie also invited a "shopping guide" to ask for some jars of wine.

  "Shopping Guide" is a man who is big and rough.

  Before doing bandits.

   Later, Shen Tang was incorporated under his banner. Because of his sensitivity to numbers, good arithmetic ability, and relatively friendly appearance, he was transferred to work here. He glanced at Gu Chi, with a look of embarrassment on his face: "This is a daily limited supply, in exchange for 'wine sticks'..."

  Xu Jie was stunned for a moment.

  What "limited supply"?

   What "in exchange for wine bars"?

   Another unfamiliar and novel vocabulary.

Just ask Gu Chi these questions, but Gu Chi indicated with his eyes that he would elaborate on it later, then turned to the "shopping guide" and said, "Wenzhu is Shen Jun's distinguished customer, which is different from others. Just go and get it. Ask me and say what I mean.”

   "But this is against the rules..."

  "Shopping guide" is getting more and more difficult.

Xu Jie was thinking about what this meant, but he heard a male voice full of air, with a bit of inexplicable ridicule: "What is the old man thinking? Rules are rules, why don't you ignore the rules just because you Gu Wangchao? "

  Xu Jie followed the sound and his eyes lit up.

  Without him, this person is extraordinary at first glance.

  Gu Chi smiled wryly: "Mr. Yang."

  He turned sideways to reveal Xu Jie behind him.

  Yang Duwei only took a slight glance to know that this is really a "distinguished guest", and there is an "expensive" air all over his body, which also dispels Gu Chi's desire to see the excitement. He waved to the "shopping guide" and ordered, "Go to the back and fetch my jars, hurry up."

   After finishing speaking, he said to Gu Chi: "You pay for the wine."

   Gu Chi laughed: "All right, all right, we won't break the rules."

   Not long after, all the jars of wine were brought.

  At the counter, Captain Yang asked Xu Jie to check everything for any problems, and then said to Gu Chi, "Check out."

  Xu Jie saw the so-called "wine bar".

   are just ordinary wood chips.

   It looks like a deed roll.

   Xu Jie was puzzled and asked, "Can't you pay with cash?"

   What kind of way is this?

  Yang Duwei wrote in the account and said: "Others are fine, but the daily limited supply is not acceptable. You must settle the bill with the 'wine bar' deed. In the future, when the common people become a little richer, maybe this restriction will be removed."

  Xu Jie nodded, he should abide by other people's rules when he came to his territory, he didn't have to do something special, he just converted the money according to the normal price and gave it to Gu Chi. After all, he was the one who had to pay "Shu Xiu", how could Gu Chi pay for it?

   It’s just that he didn’t expect such a good wine to exist in this backcountry—he just inspected the goods and checked, and the clear wine smelled fragrant. From his experience, this is definitely a good quality wine.

   No wonder there is a "limited supply".

   Should the supply be scarce?

  Xu Jie found out that this was not the case when he asked.

   A lot of wine, a lot.

  Gu Chi started his nonsense performance with his eyes open—Shen Jun ran a wine business in his ancestors, and he passed down many good wine making recipes from his ancestors, which can brew the highest quality wine with the least consumption.

   Guarantee that each jar is of similar quality!

the most important is-

  Gu Chi paused on purpose as a trick.

After Xu Jie looked at him with curiosity and seeking knowledge, he continued to write down. These ancestral wine-making recipes in Shen Jun's hands were all inspired from the words and spirits, improved, and passed through generations. refinement.

   Therefore, these wines also have some more magical effects than ordinary wines, which are quite beneficial to literary scholars and warriors.

  Xu Jie was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

   "Is this really true?"

"Of course it is true! My lord regards Mr. Wu as his elder brother. How could he lie about such a trivial matter?" Gu Chi seemed offended, showing a look of "How can you doubt the pure brother/sister friendship between the two lords? Are the real brothers and sisters who keep the secrets?" The expression of true feelings made Xu Jie confused.

   My heart couldn't help beating a drum.

  The relationship between the two of them is so good?

Or-

  When Shen Jun was young, he took his lord's brotherhood as a joke, so he didn't hide anything and treated each other with sincerity? Xu Jie, who had this guess in his mind, was slightly flustered, as if a shameless liar had deceived an innocent child.

  However, Xu Jie is not so easy to coax.

   Whether it is true or not, you will know when you go back and check.

  If it is such a rare and precious wine, there is no reason for it to be placed on the shelf of a grocery store. Ordinary people can also exchange it with "wine sticks". Xu Jie also saw other notes of different categories.

  However, there is no need to tell lies that are easy to be exposed.

  Xu Jie must try it out.

  Try what?

  Explore this "touching brotherhood"!

  He didn't believe that some people really took it seriously.

  Xu Jie pretended to be curious about those "notes".

Gu Chi said: "The text commentary said about those deeds? It's not because the lord has food and the family property confiscated by Fugu's local snake, but he doesn't have enough copper coins. It's just that private coining is illegal! Common people's transactions are often used Copper coins. In desperation, I exchanged the money and food in my hand for these deeds, and temporarily replaced the copper coins, so I can get through this for a while..."

  He spoke with reason and context.

   At least logically it makes perfect sense.

   "Tiaozi" represents copper coins.

   represents the money in Shen Tang's hands.

   But did not disclose the real big use of "tiaozi"! Not to mention that Shen Tang used these "notes" to recycle the limited resources. These "notes" can be used as money! And on the premise of not breaking down, she can do as much as she wants.

  Gu Chi warmly entertained Xu Jie.

  Take him to visit the corners of Fugu.

  Let Xu Jie see Fugu's poverty, but also see Fugu's radiant vitality and potential vitality. After a heart-to-heart confession, it seems that Xu Xie's defensive heart seems to be a villain.

   Two hours have passed since the tour and explanation.

  Gu Chi looked at the sky and smiled cleanly: "At this time, Dayi should have returned from outside the city. I heard from my lord that Wenzhu and Dayi are close friends, and they have a very close personal relationship?"

  Xu Jie's mouth twitched slightly: "..."

   I wonder if there is something wrong with Shen Tang's account.

  Three-point politeness can be exaggerated very much.

  One point of friendship can be regarded as twelve points of truth.

  He and Zhao Feng had some personal friendships, but the two were just friends. Xu Jie also had a good relationship with the other five generals under Wu Xian's account. After all, it would be of no benefit to offend these powerful generals.

   Make good friends if you can, and don’t offend if you can’t.

   (`)

   This chapter is three thousand and five, and there are two thousand and five more to write.

   There are still a few chapters of monthly pass red envelopes here, don’t forget to collect them.

   At the starting point, I have climbed to the first place for the time being (it’s not easy), but this gap is like water for the second krypton gold boss, who may be stolen at any time. Therefore, in the last hour and 20 minutes, the shiitake mushrooms have to work hard to ask for a monthly pass, please.

  (end of this chapter)