Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

Next to the study is the layout of a tea house, which is actually not uncommon in Jiangnan.

The bosses in Jiangnan are rich and powerful, and they are very business-minded: some old books in the store, or damaged or defective books, are simply not wrapped in book covers, and they are placed on the shelves, allowing customers who enter the store to read for free.

In this way, on the one hand, it can leave a good impression on the people and develop potential customers; on the other hand... the books that can be browsed casually in the study are also very particular—they are not only limited in number, but most of them are It is still the "first" in the first and second half volumes, which aims to pass the time, or make people feel unsatisfied after reading it, and are eager to know the next development-so that readers will willingly pay for the second half volume, which will increase sales in reverse.

In addition, there is a very important point: in order to ensure the profitability of the study, new books and very popular books must not be read for free.

Moreover, in order to prevent theft from happening, a sufficient number of supervisors and thugs must be recruited in the study.After people take down the free books, they will be stared at by the regulators immediately, and the activity area is limited to the interior of the study, or the teahouse next to it, and they must never step out of the shop... Otherwise, they are suspected of stealing. The one who was twisted by the thugs and sent to see the official.

On the Jiangnan side, in order to prevent conflicts of interest, the owner of the teahouse and the study are the same person or partner.Because most of the former customers who enter the store every day are bookworms who bring books to the teahouse to read. They will walk through the opened aisle between the two stores, choose a table to sit down, and order a meal. A good pot of tea and snacks, and a comfortable reading time begins.

Of course, although Jiangnan is rich, it does not rule out that some people are too poor to even order a cup of tea-but such people, of course, cannot sit in those good seats, but can only sit in the upstairs. Seats at the corner tables in the middle, which others don't like, and you have to leave within an hour, otherwise the waiter will come to chase customers away.

Therefore, in order to avoid this kind of treatment, people who come to study in teahouses will at least order a pot of tea that is not worth a few pennies.

As the saying goes, you may make money, but the boss will never lose money; when the number of people and the frequency of their visits to the teahouse increase, the money will be multiplied several times, which is also a good income.

Or say that the boss of Jiangnan is just smart and good at doing business?

"—Besides, for many people, they don't come to the teahouse just to drink tea, but for other things."

On the last day of Laba, another heavy snow fell in the capital.In the courtyard outside the Kunning Palace, Ming Tan breathed on his hands, shivering from the cold wind, but still insisted on squatting on the ground and kneading the snow balls, and said while kneading: "The literati want to talk about it there. Meeting friends, drinking tea and reciting poems; rich businessmen and tycoons will discuss business there. Moreover, when the popularity is high and the teahouse is full, all kinds of rumors from the people can be heard here; if the boss is more generous, from time to time If you invite a storyteller or theater troupe, it should be more popular..."*

After she finally kneaded the snow balls, she straightened up and tightened the cloak on her body, "Oh, isn't this more profitable than the study?"

Even though Shun'an Study has been jokingly called "No. [-] in the capital" by many people, it is impossible to publish new books every other month, and Ming Tan also cannot devote all his energy to management.Counting it down now, only "Zhe Gui Ti Chao" is a cash cow that can be evergreen, but its audience is limited after all, and it is far less easy to make money than "Gan Ze Yao" and "Joking about Mountains and Seas".

After this period of time, the profit of Shun'an Study has dropped sharply. Even if there are still customers coming to the door every day, they will turn around and leave disappointed after asking "the shopkeeper has any new books on the shelves recently". Let shopkeeper Zhou experience what it means to fall from the heavenly palace to the ground.

"Imitating Jiangnan and opening a tea house is indeed a good way to break the current deadlock." After handing Ming Tan a hand stove, Lin Shurong buried half of his face in the warm fleece collar, frowned and thought, "You can read without taking a penny." , it's really exciting, and you can also sell some of the miscellaneous books that are backlogged in the study. The only thing is..."

"It's just that I have no one under my command."

Ming Tan frowned, while holding the stove to his chest, he shoveled a handful of snow with his toes, shook his legs, and then shook it to the ground.

"Treasurer Zhou is honest and diligent, but his temperament and brains are not suitable enough. It's fine to let him take care of the study, after all, it's a matter of buying and leaving, but the teahouse...how can I trust him to come here? What about taking care of it?"

"I'm afraid," Lin Shurong answered calmly, "Even he himself would not dare to take on such a heavy responsibility."

Shopkeeper Zhou was recruited by Lin Shurong from the Lin family's property, and the process of taking office was as much a fight as trying to catch a duck to the shelves.He used to be the shopkeeper of a pen and paper shop. He didn't have too many individual customers coming to his door on weekdays. He only supplied the four treasures of the study to places such as Shushu School on demand. How much experience does face-to-face business do he have?

A teahouse is different from a study. It must be managed by a person who has enough business acumen and can do great things.Moreover, it has to follow the model of Jiangnan, involving all kinds of cumbersome rules, how can shopkeeper Zhou cope with it?

It would be nice if he could manage the Shun'an Study Room well now.

Thinking of this, Lin Shurong rubbed the center of her brows, and worried along with her, "Unfortunately, my Lin family doesn't have any more manpower to dispatch..."

"Forget it, how can I let you take care of everything for me?"

Ming Tan pursed his lips and smiled, hugged the stove and rubbed against Lin Shurong. While passing the heat from his body to his lover, he comforted him: "There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. I will definitely find a way to do this. Qingqing will Do not worry."

Lin Shurong turned sideways to help the other party straighten the wrinkled cloak neckline, with distressed and proud eyes, gentle and gentle, like a snowflake falling from the sky.

"Your Highness has really worked hard these days," she said softly, "You are really amazing."

Hearing this, Ming Tan couldn't help trembling his fingertips, looking at his reflection in Lin Shurong's eyes, he felt a little shy for no reason.

"What a big deal..." She blushed slightly, raised her hand to hold Lin Shurong, and licked her lips almost uncontrollably, "I didn't do anything."

"You've done enough." With a smile on his face, Lin Shurong stood a little closer, and helped Mingtan block the blowing wind and snow without any trace, stretched out his other free hand, and gently touched the latter's hair.

"In the next hundred years, or even thousands of years, there should be countless women who regard Princess Yonghui as an example, and are willing to do their best to follow in your footsteps and walk on the road you have walked."

She bent her eyes, and under Ming Tan's somewhat dazed gaze, she squeezed the latter's fingertips vigorously.

"Including me," Lin Shurong's smile deepened, "You are also an example in my heart—the ray of light that I will chase after all my life."

"..."

Ming Tan pressed the tip of his tongue against his teeth, bit his lips, and felt his heartstrings quiver crisply and numbly like a guqin being gently plucked by the other party.

"Oh. What a stressful love story." She smiled slowly, leaned into Lin Shurong's arms, pressed her head against his chest, and whispered softly, "But... I will definitely live up to you Hope, become a person who is worthy of being regarded as an example by you."

"okay."

Lin Shurong lowered his eyes and nodded slightly, "I'll be waiting for you."

At the same time, the snowflakes all over the sky slowly fell down, just like the sycamore flowers in Lin's mansion many years ago, silently falling on the shoulders of the two, quiet and peaceful.

After they admired the snow in silence for a while, the hand stove in Ming Tan's arms gradually lost its heat.Just as the two of them were about to turn around and enter the hall to rest in the room, the door was suddenly opened from the inside.

With a dignified expression, Mallow stepped out of the threshold in a hurry, bowed deeply to the two of them, and said, "Your Highness, just now the concubine Concubine Wen's close maid, Chaolu, came to see her, and she said that His Highness the Great Princess wanted to invite you to her for a while. Tell it in the palace where you live."

"...Ah? Elder Sister?"

Ming Tan was stunned, and looked at Lin Shurong in surprise, with a very dazed look on his face, "I have never met Da Huangjie, and I don't even remember what she looks like. At most, I went to Concubine Wen to ask about her a few days ago." I have nothing to do with my preferences, other than that, what can I say?"

"This..." Mallow shook her head, "Chaolu didn't tell the whole story, and the maid didn't understand what the eldest princess intended..."

Ming Tan frowned, subconsciously grabbed Lin Shurong's hand, and was about to ask the other party's opinion, when he turned his head and found——

I saw that Lin Shurong's expression was completely different from hers, there was a bit of surprise like "he came to give me a pillow when I fell asleep".

This made Ming Tan even more stunned.

"Qingqing?"

"Your Highness, the eldest princess' son-in-law is the only son of Duke Xin, do you know this?"

"Xin Guogong's only son, of course I know."

Ming Tan paused, and nodded with a strange expression.

"This person is in Beijing...that's very famous."

Xin Guogong was a veteran of the first emperor, and he was a minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Many years ago, he had long been dissatisfied with the late emperor's obsession with the beauty of the imperial concubine Shu and his concubine's beauties, and his incompetent behavior in government affairs, so in the bloody battle when Ming Yi ascended the throne, he took the initiative to cooperate with him, intercepting and destroying the decree of the abolished prince, It was only then that the latter was successfully ushered in to the throne, and he was responsible for the contribution of the dragon.

However, after Mingyi proclaimed himself emperor, the Shangshu was tired of official battles, so he asked His Majesty to resign himself.Seeing that he had made up his mind to go, Ming Yi couldn't keep him, but he was very grateful for the righteousness of this veteran, so he made him the Duke of Xin, lived in the capital for a long time, and enjoyed a comfortable year.

In the next few years, Lord Xin Guo came to have a son. He doted on this only son, and vowed to teach him to be a man of great talent. .

However, things didn't go as expected—I don't know if it was because Flag was established too early and too hard. The only son of Duke Xin didn't have the slightest talent in reading, and couldn't even sit still for half an hour.Not to mention being a prime minister, he didn't even want to take the imperial examination. He was so angry that Duke Xin picked up his crutches on the spot, chased him around the yard and beat him several times, and then reluctantly went to take the exam, and then...

Then he died and didn't want to go to the examination room again.

The resolute attitude of the unfilial son almost made Xin Guogong angry, and he cried and sighed all day long.

As an old man, he is the most favored no matter where he is, and he is the only one in the family, so can he really be beaten to death?

Therefore, after a few more beatings, seeing that his son was still stubborn, Duke Xin had no choice but to give up and tell the emperor his sin at home, claiming that he owed His Majesty the grace of becoming a nobleman.

The beating of children in the Duke's Mansion was a big deal back then, even the emperor had heard about it.He is an enlightened king, and he can understand the idea of ​​the only son of the Duke of Guo who wants to study elsewhere and is unwilling to study and become an official. Therefore, he did not accept the guilt of the Duke of Xin, and he specially came to the mansion to talk to him and comfort him. It is said that children and grandchildren have their own blessings.

However, Lord Xin Guo is an extremely serious person, thinking that he is all to blame for breaking his original oath.Under the stagnation of obsession, even his health has deteriorated a lot, and he suffered from several serious illnesses one after another, and he almost died here.

The emperor couldn't bear to see him tormenting himself, and intended to show favor.It happened to be an auspicious year, and both the eldest princess and the second princess had reached the age of choosing a son-in-law, so they sent the portrait of Duke Xin's only son to Concubine Wen, asking her to ask what they meant and what she thought of this son-in-law.

Xin Guogong's only son was born in a noble family, and he looks talented, and after his father got sick, he immediately worked hard to study, and he returned home after a few years as a scholar, which shows that his heart is indeed worthy of a word of perseverance.

After getting the portrait, Mingxi was not very impressed with his appearance, and wanted to choose another one; but the older Minghan had his own opinion.She knew that her father wanted to comfort Lord Xin, and she was also very satisfied with the deeds of his only son, so she immediately made a decision, without even looking at the other son, she decided to marry him.

I don't know what kind of luck my son has had to marry His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, which means that His Majesty still values ​​their family very much!

After receiving the imperial decree, Xin Guogong almost jumped out of the hospital bed, knelt on the ground and kowtowed deeply, saying that "the holy grace is mighty, and the old minister will always remember it in his heart". It was sent to the princess mansion.

It's strange to say that after this son-in-law got married to the princess, he seemed to have aroused some potential. Although he still had no achievements in studying and scientific examinations, he founded the famous " "Tianming Chamber of Commerce"——Among them, there are countless famous merchants, and many wealthy businessmen all participated in the meeting. It really has an extraordinary reputation. It is the largest and most extensively covered chamber of commerce in Tianming.

No wonder I didn't want to study anyway, because I have other skills!

After the two got married, the son-in-law and the princess played harmoniously. It should be because of Ming Han's full support for her husband to start a business.

"—So, Qingqing is planning to let me borrow someone from Elder Sister?"

After reminiscing about it, Ming Tan quickly understood Lin Shurong's intention in mentioning this matter.

However, after thinking about it for a while, she couldn't help but feel discouraged: "It's true that the Tianming Chamber of Commerce has many talents, but the eldest sister and I have never met before, so how can I persuade my son-in-law to borrow someone to open a teahouse for me? Let me see." , the hope for this matter is obviously not high, let’s just assume it’s impossible..."

"Success or failure, you have to try to know."

Lin Shurong smiled slightly, walked into the hall pushing Ming Tan's shoulders, and said slowly, "Before going to the appointment, let me dress up your appearance and accessories, don't be rude in front of the eldest princess..."

The author has something to say: *Refer to Baidu's "Characteristics of Ancient Teahouses".