Time Traveling: I Engaged in City Defense in Ancient Times

After going down to court, Ji Cheng was gasping in his chest, and walked very fast. Poor Su Ming, a scholar, had to trot all the way to catch up with him. He patted Ji Cheng from behind, and only held him up when he saw someone stop. Panting heavily on his knees, he said, "What are you doing walking so fast?"

Why is he walking so fast?Go beat that bastard who misses his wife!

Ji Cheng was obviously very angry, he spoke very fast: "Brother, can we finish the rest of the bath within 20 days, I want to open this month!"

"The opening time is a bit tight, and we can catch up on the decoration and so on," Su Ming said, "It's the training of the personnel. It will take some time to teach it as you said."

"Then those who have learned well will be employed first," Ji Cheng said, "Those who have not learned well will get anxious when they see others making money."

Originally, the service personnel were divided into two shifts, so the ones who can learn first, such as scrubbing, pedicure, massage, piano art, and the waiters in the billiard room themselves get a commission, more work, more pay.

Most of the people who use their baths are domestic slaves, and the rest are bought by children from poor families aged 13 and above, who do not want to make money.Ji Cheng stipulates that as long as he has worked for five years, he will be given a release contract, and the number of customers he serves is the only source of income.

"That's fine too," Su Ming said, "Then I'll tell them to hold on tight. By the way, that kid named Yang Huai is very useful. You can lend him to me for two days."

Yutang has a heavy workload and needs a lot of manpower, Xu Dashan and Su Ming always have a busy time, they are not in Yang Huai, and they are in the name of stewards, and they are always watching Yutang.

"Hasn't he been staring at him all the time?" Ji Cheng asked.

"There are many complicated affairs in the household department. I think this kid has a stable temperament, he can read and write, and he values ​​kindness and righteousness." Su Ming smiled and said, "I want to take him in as an apprentice."

Yang Huai's life is really good, with Xie Yuan's teaching back then, it is much better than Xu Kezhong's teaching, Ji Cheng said: "As long as he agrees, I have no opinion."

"That's fine, you said you wanted to buy a house before." Su Ming said as he walked, "I contacted a few families in Dongcheng who have moved out and want to sell their house. I have nothing to do today. Do you want to go and see together, junior brother?"

"Thank you, brother."

The first one that Su Ming showed him was at the junction of the East City and the West City. It was a three-entry courtyard.

The second is Wujin's courtyard, just two streets away from Prince Su's Mansion. The owner of the house was originally a member of the household department, Uiro, who was transferred back to his hometown due to his old age and did not plan to return.

There is nothing special about the yard, it is quite satisfactory, and there is a racecourse in the backyard. In such a land where every inch of land is expensive in the capital, but such a piece of land can be opened up, this family does not know how much it has earned.

The third one is the yard on the northeasternmost side, which is the fifth entrance. The original owner of this yard was convicted of confiscating their home, and they are now registered in the household department. All of them are good materials, and those that cannot be dismantled are illegal.”

"It's mainly because it's cheap. Many people in the capital have fallen in love with this place, because if you want to buy a house, I'll hold you back first."

"This yard is not bad, how much is it, brother?" This yard is even more desolate than the weeds in the yard of Marquis Wenyuan's mansion.

Su Ming raised his finger, bit his words hard, and said, "The courtyard of Wujin only costs 6000 taels, which is really cheap. If I didn't have money, I would have done it long ago."

"The price is good, but it will take a lot of time to organize it," Ji Cheng said, "Brother, you are so busy, do you have any wealth at all?"

"Senior brother can't compare with you. You are full of money-making ideas. Your Highness uses your methods to make money, so naturally you are indispensable. I only study for the sake of the community. I pray that the people of the world can have enough food. Don't look at business to make money. Your Highness and I It’s also worthless.”

"Injuries and illnesses from military discharge in the northwest, grain and salaries withheld by the imperial court, management in Beijing," Su Ming said with a wry smile, "Even though His Highness is a prince, there is also a lot of money that should be spent, and he is also living with his belt tightened."

When foreign enemies invaded and needed to fight, the imperial court relied on the army, but these soldiers would have to spend a lot of money to support them if there were no wars. After a long time of peace, it would not be so pleasant to pay money, grain and silver.

It would be easier if he caught up with a Mingjun, but the current emperor is really a model of a shopkeeper who throws his hands away.Whatever the cost of military supplies in the previous dynasty, he can just copy it here, and he never wants to spend more time.

Su Ming and Ji Cheng looked at each other and smiled, they both understood why they were smiling.

I only hope that the one who takes the position in the end is not the hypocritical "King Yu."

He didn't discuss with Lin You about buying a house, and his hands trembled a little when he paid the deposit. The 500 taels is probably the largest sum of money he has ever spent in his life.

Although the first and third prices would put him under less pressure, he still chose the second location, which made it much closer for Lin You to return to the Prince's Mansion.

After buying the house, Ji Cheng had a big thing on his mind. He still had 1 taels borrowed from Xu Dashan in his hand, and started to buy various betrothal gifts. He had no experience in this matter, so he asked King Qi to borrow one The old man from the clan mansion came to give advice.

At the beginning of October, the Dazhao Tsinghua Bathing Pool finally opened. On the opening day, almost all the dignitaries in the capital were invited to attend. On the first day of operation, only free experience was offered.

The bathing pool focuses on membership services, and the service objects are only for members and are not open to the public. You can become a member by recharging 1000 taels.

The consumption of bathing is mainly based on the package, and the basic ticket is one tael of silver, which includes bath steaming, pedicure, and half-hour back massage.

The first-class package is five taels of silver, providing one-on-one service for a single room, and above the basic service, a Yuqian Longjing will be presented as a gift. While performing all the bathing items, there will be Guzheng playing throughout the process.

Packages from class one to class five are upgraded sequentially, and premium services need to be reserved. There is no limit to the number of people in a separate yard, and you can enjoy all the services of bathing, starting at 200 taels each time.

The Tsinghua Bathing Pool shocked all the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital when it first opened. The antique decorations are all meticulously crafted, and the entire bathing pool has a view at every step.

After leaving the bathing area, the displays on the wall are all famous products from famous artists, and even the piano players in the hall every day are famous actors from the capital.There is a chess and card room in the entertainment area, and there is also a fascinating novelty called "billiards."

Now the world is peaceful, there is no curfew in the capital, and the baths are open around the clock. As long as you want to come, no matter what time you are, you will experience the service of being at home.

For those ministers who are tired of daily paperwork, it is not very good to come here to relax. The only fly in the ointment is that all the services provided here are male servants.

Su Ming wanted to come to Yutang as a customer for the opening of Yutang. At night, he quietly went to the accounting room. He asked with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, junior brother, today..."

Ji Cheng had expected the hotness of the bathing pool, but he didn't expect it to be so popular. All the accountants of the Wangfu and Houfu came to register all the members who recharged today.

"A total of 33 taels." Knowing why he came in the middle of the night, Ji Cheng rubbed his sore neck and said, "This is just the beginning, and it will enter the consumption period after two months. Later maintenance, personnel development All funds come from here.”

"There is also the women's bathroom that needs to be renovated. If the turnover can reach 300 million taels in two months," he drank a sip of tea to soothe his dry throat, and said with hope, "then we will be making a safe profit." gone."

To this day, Su Ming is very fortunate that Ji Cheng is on his side. If such a golden bump is dug up by his opponent, it would be a golden mountain lost. Just imagine, if this kind of bathing pool was opened to the whole of Jokhang, What is the annual income?

I'm afraid it's going to catch up with the annual taxes of the two state capitals.

"300 million is not too much, junior brother, I believe you can do it," Su Ming suppressed the excitement in his heart, and patted Ji Cheng on the shoulder heavily.

"I'm busy, I don't have time." Anyway, Su Ming, the servant of the household department, skipped work all day long, and he was still in a hurry to marry a wife.

After buying the house, I borrowed 1 taels of silver, all of which were used to decorate the new house and purchase the bride price.This time Yutang made money, and he had the cheek to withdraw the share in advance.

On October [-]th, Ji Chengji, the city defense secretary, finally went to Prince Su's mansion to hire him.The team carrying the betrothal gifts was long, and Ji Cheng didn't do too much in terms of betrothal gifts.

It is in accordance with the usual standards of officials of the third rank and above, but the dowry is beyond everyone's expectations. The media official stood in front of the palace gate and sang the gift list. I look down on myself.

The media officer fixed his eyes, suppressed the excitement in his heart and shouted loudly: "The hire price is 10 taels!"

10 taels!Those three words stunned everyone who was watching the fun, and that's the number to marry a royal princess.In fact, it is right to think about it, Prince Su's only seedling is no worse than the princess.

It's just that Mr. Ji was born in the countryside this season, and how can he be so rich as a Juren!

Lin You hid behind the screen in the front hall, and was so excited that he wanted to go out to take a look. His brother Cheng, his brother Cheng really came to hire, 10 taels!Where did he get so much money!

"Half of your body is out, and you're not afraid of people laughing at you for being married," Xu Lian pulled back his protruding head.

"Brother Lian, Brother Cheng!" Lin You couldn't hide his excitement, and said with a blushing face, "When did he have so much money?"

When did he have so much money, he borrowed it, Ji Cheng wiped out all the savings of Xu Dashan's family, and now there is less than 100 taels of silver left in the family, the money was borrowed to marry you!

"It's not that Yutang is open, he paid for it in advance," Xu Lian said with a smile: "Don't look, you can see some in the future."

Prince Su sat upright, and Guo Lin stood beside him. The marriage was finally finalized on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.The son who has just come back from the hospital is about to marry off in two days.

Guo Lin felt uncomfortable for a while, and the whole process of being hired was black-faced. Those who didn't know thought he disagreed. Prince Su smiled and said: "Stop putting on such a good day, and let the child feel uncomfortable."

He didn't care whether Ji Cheng was feeling bad or not, anyway he was not feeling well, Guo Lin pursed his lips and said dissatisfiedly, "Why did my such a good son fall in love with him!"