Go back to ancient times to engage in sideline business

After the gatekeepers in the east city became rich per capita, the most obvious change was that Hu Touer dared not go home for dinner.

These days, every noon and evening meal, Hu Touer took two of his subordinates to eat at Baima West Street.

"Why don't you go to the restaurant for the morning meal, so I don't have to go to the public kitchen again."

Zhao Li burped, and took another bite of the braised duck neck, which was left over from the banquet, and it was a pity to lose it.

Although I was already full, there was still room in my belly after I squeezed.

Hu Touer ate up his belly, "It can't be done now, we have to save money. Wait for the other advertising spaces to be rented out in a month, and let's eat big fish and meat in the morning!"

Saying that, Hu Touer patted Tang Zhong's arm, looked over with a smile, "Brother, you say yes!"

After getting rich, Tang Zhong's status in Hu Tou'er's heart skyrocketed.Opening their mouths and shutting their mouths to call them brothers and sisters, they are no longer the thin-skinned monkeys they used to be.

Tang Zhong was also overwhelmed, and walked slowly down the steps at the door of the store, holding on to the handrail.

Hu Tou'er is also true, and he doesn't know how to be economical when entertaining guests, just follow the restaurant's big dishes.

Tang Zhong didn't have enough oil and water in his stomach, and he couldn't hold on to each plate. He didn't forcefully put down his chopsticks until his stomach felt unbearable.

These days, except for Dayimen and Fuxing Restaurant, which had to be lined up, the three of them almost ate all the high-end restaurants on Baima West Street.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tang Zhong was also paying attention to the differences in the dishes of each restaurant.

He stepped down the steps first, and was about to answer Hu Touer's words just now, when he turned his head, his gaze inadvertently glanced at the west city gate a hundred steps away.

Under the gate of the west city, the three floors inside and outside the three floors were surrounded by people. Everyone stretched their necks, looking at a notice under the city tower.

"Strange, if there is an official announcement at the west gate, we should also receive it at the east gate."

Hu Tou'er also turned his head when he heard the words, and confirmed: "It's true that there hasn't been one recently, did it happen just now?"

Tang Zhong felt a little bit worried, and walked down the tower while leaning on his waist.

Although there were many onlookers, Hu Tou'er had great strength. He walked in front and took the lead. With a swipe of his big hand, he pushed away the people in front, and led two subordinates into the crowd.

Raising his head, the four most eye-catching characters on the notice, like a bolt of lightning in the clear sky, forcibly struck the heads of the three people.

"Popular space for rent!"

"Bah!" Zhao Li was so angry that he spat the duck bone he had chewed into pieces onto the notice.

Tang Zhong rolled his eyes and silently greeted the other party's family.

Hu Tou'er was even more furious. Regardless of the dissuasion of the audience, he directly stepped forward and tore off the notice, raised his head and shouted angrily: "Li Dabao, you bastard, get out!"

The layout of the West Tower is similar to that of the East Tower. The outer room also has a set of square tables and stools and a long desk.

"Why are you so angry, come on, sit down and have a cup of tea first."

Li Dabao, the guard at the west gate, put on a smile carefully, filled two cups of tea, and brought them in front of Hu Touer and Tang Zhong.

As soon as he heard that Hu Touer came to him cursing, Li Dabao hurriedly dragged him into the tower, saying that he wanted to have a secret talk.

Hu Tou'er was not yet confused, and dragged Tang Zhong into the door together.

"Drink your head! I drink cold water now, my teeth get stuck, and I fart, I hit my heels!"

The rough words were harsh, so Li Dabao quickly closed the door, with an aggrieved expression on his face, "Calm down Hu Touer, don't curse so loudly, how many brothers are there under the tower, give me some face."

Hu Touer didn't like this, he smashed the notice made into a ball of paper in his hand, and threw it on the table, "Look for yourself, what is this!"

Don't tell me he's ugly, Yinmao, he's never finished!

Unfolding the notice, Li Dabao frowned violently.

"This……"

"Pretend, keep pretending! Don't say you don't know!"

Li Dabao was in trouble, he hesitated, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.

"But it was ordered by Linzhi County?"

Tang Zhong was still feeling overwhelmed and unwilling to sit down, so he propped up his waist and said something indifferent, causing the two city gates to stand upright, and they all looked over with wide-eyed eyes.

Hu Touer: "What did you say?"

Li Dabao: "I didn't say that, you guessed it yourself."

Hu Touer was so angry that he slapped his big hand on the table, which made the teacups and teapots jingle.

That's right, how could Li Dabao have the guts to challenge him, it must be Lin Zhixian!

What a magistrate of Lin County, he knows how to plan. He thinks that there is little benefit in the east gate, so he directly encourages the west gate to grab business!If Xichengmen also came to rent advertising space, how could they compare with Dongchengmen?

Thinking of this, Hu Tou'er turned his attention to Li Dabao again.

"Honestly, how many merchants are there now, and what is the highest offer?"

Li Dabao sighed, sat down by himself, and poured himself a cup of tea.

"I don't have much money left and right, so don't ask Hu Touer. Anyway, I offended you today, and I will definitely come to apologize at the next day. But brother, I didn't lose much by being in Linzhi County."

Tang Zhong thought about the meaning of his words, and deliberately said: "The magistrate of Lin County promised to distribute it to Xichengmen, at least [-]% of it?"

"Bah, how can there be such a good thing! It's only [-]%! And the old money that is owed will be paid from it!"

Li Dabao couldn't bear the excitement, and after howling out his voice, he felt that he had slipped his words, picked up the teacup and took a big gulp.

Seeing that there was still worry in his eyes, Tang Zhong simply broke the casserole and asked the end.

"Master Shouzheng, does the magistrate of Lin have other confessions that make you difficult?"

"Don't ask a question and just say it, Momojiji is like an idiot!" Hu Tou'er was impatient, wishing to slap all the words in Li Dabao's stomach with a slap.

Li Dabao pursed his lips tightly, thinking about the war between heaven and man for a long time, but finally he couldn't get rid of the friendship he had accumulated with Hu Touer in the past, he told the truth.

"Actually, there is no other arrangement. I just watched what the east gate did. We learned from cats and tigers at the west gate. Anyway, according to that person, the east and west gates are under the jurisdiction of the county government, and everyone eats from the same pot. , don’t divide each other.”

Seeing that Hu Touer was furious, Li Dabao wanted to save some friendship, so he moved his head closer.

"That day he took the initiative to come to Dongcheng Gate to talk about this matter. I couldn't find any reason to refuse, little brother. You know, Hu Touer, we are both rough people, and we can't play with Lin Zhixian's mind."

"You are a rude person! Get up!"

Hu Tou'er supported Li Dabao's face, pushed him far away, kicked the table leg hard, grabbed Tang Zhong and walked away.

"Li Dabao is a shameless person. He just sat in the guard position of the west city gate. He didn't understand anything, and he couldn't restrain the gate guards below. I had to teach him in the past. I didn't expect that now he's pissed on the county magistrate Lin. In the same pot!"

After returning from the west city gate, Hu Touer's anger still persisted, he raised his arms and stood at the gate of the city, complaining to Tang Zhongyi.

"Actually, imitators and competitors will appear sooner or later, not in Xichengmen, but in other places. We have to come up with countermeasures now."

"What's the countermeasure? How about I go and beat up Li Dabao right now, and it's best not to get out of bed for three months! Even if Linzhi County punishes him, the people in Qingjiang County must understand that Lao Tzu's East Gate is not easy to mess with." of!"

It is Hu Touer's fixed way of thinking to solve problems by resorting to fists when there is a disagreement.

Seeing Tang Zhong's expression of being unable to continue the conversation, Hu Tou'er became anxious again: "Aren't they going to grab the business? Brother, you don't know, they are both city gates. Once they get involved, we will be in the East City Gate in the future. You can’t afford to rent an advertising space!”

Yes, the same location naturally cannot raise the price.Tang Zhong muttered silently, and suddenly had an idea.

"Then let the West City Gate be no match for us!"

Hu Touer only thought that Tang Zhong was out of breath, so he could say such nonsensical words.

Not to mention that the west city gate is next to the official road, except around the New Year's Eve, businessmen from other places usually come and go, and there is a constant flow of people.

In terms of prosperity, there are restaurants on Baima West Street directly opposite the West Gate.And on Baima East Street in front of them, apart from the old houses, there was only a dirty and noisy vegetable market left.

Which is higher and which is lower, needless to say?

"Hu Touer, look ahead."

before?There is only an empty space in front of you.

When the households were relocated to build the city, the peasants incorporated part of the river beach into the city wall.

As the official road outside the west city gate became more and more prosperous, people later built their houses to the west.

On the side of the East City Gate, after many years, I haven't seen a few newly completed houses.

The open space that Tang Zhong refers to is not so much in the city, but more like an extension of the barren beach outside the city.

Artemisia weeds and thorns are everywhere in the open space. In summer and autumn, snakes and rats run rampant under the layers of vegetation.

In the middle of winter, the wormwood withered and withered. With the increase of people entering the city from the east gate these days, large pieces of withered grass were trampled down by pedestrians and sank into deep and shallow mud pits.

"You mean this wasteland?"

When he said it in one word, Hu Tou'er himself didn't believe it.

Tang Zhong nodded, "If we can tidy up the wasteland a bit, it shouldn't be difficult to attract people."

Popularity?Shall we dig snake eggs together?

Hu Tou'er just thought Tang Zhong was bragging, and was about to go up the tower with his hands, but he saw Tang Zhong open his hands to him.

"I asked Hu Touer to grant me the previous twelve taels of reserve funds for cleaning up the wasteland. My subordinates promise that the wasteland will come in handy before the end of the year!"

Hu Tou'er's face sank, and he couldn't find a reason to refuse for a while, and after a long time of groping, he finally found a few taels of silver from the purse.

Tang Zhong shook it in his hand, obviously not enough weight.

"Shouldn't there be twelve taels? Why..."

"How many days have I eaten at the restaurant, and there are only six taels left!"

Feeling guilty, Hu Touer found a free time and quickly walked up the stairs, leaving Tang Zhong alone in the cold wind at the gate of the city, his thoughts messed up.

It means that every time we eat, Hu Touer rushes to pay the bill, thinking that he is a generous treat.

Dare to love, all the food is public money!

Originally, according to Tang Zhong's idea, the land was leveled first, some flowers and trees were transplanted from the mountains outside the city, and then some stone tables and benches were added, a pond was dug, and the wasteland was turned into a landscape to attract popularity.

But now, with [-]% less funds, the idea of ​​transporting flowers and trees from the mountains may be in vain.

He had to re-plan and figure out what would work and save money.

It was not dawn on the second day, and the six assistants of Fuxing Restaurant who were the first to drive the black mule cart out of the city to transport vegetables nodded and greeted Tang Zhong.

Tang Zhong held the lantern in one hand and the paste bowl in the other, seemingly unable to free his hands.Liu Zi quickly jumped out of the car and came to help.

"Help me hold the lantern, just hold it higher, yes, thank you."

Seeing the notice unfolded in Tang Zhong's hand was a bit strange, it was neither official document nor advertisement for rent.

"what is this?"

Tang Zhong wiped the last bit of paste from the bottom of the bowl evenly on the back of the paper, stood on tiptoe to stick it on the wall, and patted his hands repeatedly, pressing firmly one by one.

Turning his head around, he looked at the six sons with curious eyes, and introduced solemnly: "Open bidding!"