eurekapd Chapter 114 The First Shop
Chapter 114 The First Shop
Hearing Chen Xing's words, and looking at the sincere smile on his face, knowing that he was not trying to perfuse himself, Gao Yamen immediately felt a little relieved.
Immediately, the servant Gao seemed to have thought of something, looked at Chen Xing who was still observing the situation in the store, and Gu Lang who was always looking at Chen Xing, and said loudly:
"By the way, don't you still have a shop to visit. Let's go with you now to avoid such a thing from happening again."
Chen Xing's first reaction was that he was too much trouble for them. Just now, Gao Yamen servant helped them scare the shopkeeper here once, and he was about to trouble them a second time.
Just when Chen Xing was about to refuse, Gu Lang who was beside him agreed without hesitation, "I'm here to serve as a clerk."
"Don't bother, don't bother, this is our job." Seeing that they agreed to his proposal, Gao Yamen couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. After all, the order of the county magistrate was to take back the three shops. Then hand it over to Chen Xing and the others.
After the group agreed, they walked towards the third shop, but the third shop was different from what they had imagined. The shop was not big, but it was by the pier.
It only sells simple pasta, but there are not many customers coming and going. It can even be described as empty, which is in sharp contrast to the restaurant next to it.
Chen Xing hesitated for a while, but followed Gu Lang and walked in. After entering, he found that besides a middle-aged man who was in charge of the cook, there was only a young man running the hall.
The middle-aged man had a dull face, he didn't seem to be a thoughtful person, but the young man who was running the hall. After they entered, his eyeballs kept rolling, as if he was judging their origins.
When Gu Lang stepped forward to explain their identities, the middle-aged man immediately showed a sky-falling expression, a little flustered and didn't know what to do, but the young man looked at Gu Lang and asked for wages .
Facing Gu Lang's cold face, the young man was not at all afraid, and said with a smile: "My lord, we are all poor people, and we came out to work to make a living, since you want to take over this small restaurant, Naturally, we should settle our wages."
Gu Lang felt that what the young man said was reasonable, nodded his head, and then asked them how much they paid for a month.
The young man soon revealed that he was a waiter and handyman here, and his monthly salary was half a tael of silver.The middle-aged man is in charge here, and his monthly salary is one or two and a half.
This salary is quite reasonable, after all, Chen Xing's own shop is like this, so after Gu Lang nodded, he took out two taels of silver from his purse and handed it to them.
The young man took the money from Chen Xing, weighed it, thanked him, and then asked him: "Boss, if you still want to recruit workers, can I go?"
Listening to his question, Chen Xing shifted his gaze to him, with unstoppable surprise in his eyes, as if wondering why he would ask such a question.
The young man seemed to be very good at observing words and expressions, and after seeing the doubts on Chen Xing's face, he immediately argued for himself: "I think you may need more people in your shop in the future, that's why you asked this question."
"You know me?" Hearing what he said, Chen Xing felt more and more curious.
The young man shook his head, and under Chen Xing's disappointed gaze, he continued: "But I know you and know that you will soon have three stores. I think your original manpower is probably not enough, so I want to recommend myself. After all, it’s hard to find a buddy these days.”
Hearing that he explained the ins and outs clearly in a few words, Chen Xing felt that he was a promising talent, and became more interested in him.After thinking for a while, after asking his name, let him go to Chen's small restaurant to find him in three days, and then decide whether to use him or not.
The young man agreed gratefully, and the middle-aged man looked at the young man and opened his mouth, as if he also wanted to ask for an errand in front of the new owner like him.
But as soon as he raised his head, he met Gu Lang's expressionless face and those serious yamen servants. He held his breath and was speechless for a long time.In the end, he muttered a few words dully, turned around and left here.
After dealing with the only two people here, the ownership of this store will belong to Chen Xing and the others.
Chen Xing carefully observed the terrain here. Not far away is the wharf with people coming and going. There are boatmen passing by and a steady stream of people. No matter how you look at it, it will not be a place lacking in business.
But according to the scene he saw just now, he doubted his own judgment a little bit. Finally, he still looked at the young man who was not far from him and asked, "How is your business here?"
The young man named Wang Zhe thought for a while, looked at the face of the new owner in front of him, and finally chose to be honest, "It's not very good."
"Why?" Chen Xing didn't go around in circles with him, and asked directly.
The young man's complexion changed, he seemed to be very conflicted, and finally he hesitated and said, "This, I think, may be because the food doesn't suit the guests' taste."
Out of the corner of Chen Xing's eyes, he looked at the leftover balls of dough on the table. After thinking about it, he said, "Will you come down?"
After the young man nodded, he immediately ordered a bowl of noodles for Chen Xing.
Chen Xing took a sip, and felt that it was either a question of whether it suited the taste of the guests, or a question of no taste at all.He looked at the anxious young man next to him, and continued: "This shop of yours has always been doing this, have you ever thought about changing it?"
The young man scratched his head, seemed a little embarrassed, and said directly: "I'm just a waiter. In the past, a distant relative of the owner has the final say on everything in the store, and I can't get involved in the store's affairs."
Chen Xing nodded when he heard the words, and vaguely understood why the two of them were the only ones here today.
After continuing to observe the environment of the shop, sending the young man to close the shop door, and thanking the official who had followed them for so long, Chen Xing and the three of them returned to Gu's house.
As soon as they entered the door, the three who were already a little hungry didn't pick anything, and quickly ordered three bowls of noodles.
After the noodles were eaten and his stomach was full, Chen Xing began to talk to Gu Lang about his experiences in visiting the store today.
But before he opened his mouth, Chen Xing suddenly realized a problem, that is, the owner of these shops is Gu Lang, not himself, and even if he wants to only control, he still needs Gu Lang's consent.
Sensing Chen Xing's gaze, Gu Lang turned his head to look at him, with a bit of doubt in his eyes, "What's wrong?"
Chen Xing looked at Gu Lang in front of him and felt a little embarrassed, but still whispered his concerns, "These stores are all yours, so it's not good for me to decide on my own."
Seeing Chen Xingji's worried look, Gu Lang held back and finally couldn't hold back, raised his hand and gently rubbed his head, his tone was extraordinarily gentle.
"Did you say you were going to take care of the family's expenses?"
Chen Xing nodded.
"Then is this store a part of the family's livelihood?"
Chen Xing hesitated for a moment, but still nodded.
"So, it's all part of the family's livelihood. Is it normal for you to spend it as you like?"
Chen Xing felt that there was something wrong there, but he couldn't tell where it was wrong. In the end, under Gu Lang's gaze, he could only nod his head stiffly.
Looking at Chen Xing's appearance, Gu Lang raised the corners of his lips slightly, and said warmly to him: "This family will have to work hard for you in the future. I will try my best to cooperate with you in whatever you want to do in the future."
Chen Xing glanced at his hand being held by Gu Lang, and felt a warm current coming from the palms of the two, then raised his head to look at Gu Lang in front of him, staring at the incomparably gentle eyes when he looked at him, In the end, he responded softly, "Yeah."
After the agreement was made that day, Chen Xing quickly worked out the usage of the two stores and the plan for their redecoration.
The wine shop remains the same, but the wine sold in it has changed from the wine purchased from other places to the wine brewed by themselves.As for the noodle restaurant, he was going to sell lo mei. Since the wild boar braised pork, his lo mei has always been very popular, but he was too busy, so the portion was cut later.
It's just that in this way, the people under Chen Xing will not be enough, not to mention that the tavern needs more people just to brew enough wine for a wine shop, even if the lo mei shop is to open, it will need more people of people.
Thinking of this, Chen Xing sighed helplessly, and suddenly felt that the young man he saw at the noodle shop that day did have foresight. Isn't he short of people now?
Gu Lang, who was sitting at a desk not far away and reading a book, raised his eyes to see Chen Xing frowning, seeming to be very distressed, put down the book in his hand, and asked him, "What's wrong?"
Facing Gu Lang's question, Chen Xing didn't hide it, and directly expressed his troubles, and added at the end, "Actually, what I'm most worried about is that even if there are enough people, when the time comes If something goes wrong, it is also a very troublesome thing."
After all, he only has one person, and managing one store is troublesome enough. If he manages several stores at the same time, it is still somewhat difficult for him who is inexperienced.
Hearing Chen Xing's question, Gu Lang smiled softly, took his hand and put it in his palm to play with, stroking his thin calluses from handling the spoon, and slowly said under his embarrassed gaze:
"What's the difficulty? You've chosen the person, and we'll sign the contract. If you're still worried, you can ask them to sign the contract directly, and then check the books regularly. If there is any breach of the contract, you will be sent directly to the officials for punishment. "
Chen Xing was very moved when he heard Gu Lang raise this question, turned his head to look at Gu Lang who was looking down at his fingers, and asked directly: "Will they be severely punished?"
Gu Lang raised his eyes to look at Chen Xing, and saw that his eyes were full of ignorance, a little smile appeared in his eyes, and said lightly: "The light ones will lose their property, and the serious ones will be sentenced to exile."
Chen Xing was taken aback by Gu Lang's words. He didn't expect that the laws of this era would be so harsh. After all, it was just embezzlement of the owner's money, so why was the punishment so heavy.
Hearing Chen Xing's question, Gu Lang didn't dislike him as Xiaobai, and explained the reason to him carefully.
"This dynasty has heavy taxes, and merchants' taxes are the highest among them, accounting for almost half of it. With such a huge trend of interests, it is natural to ensure the interests of merchants first. After all, wool comes from sheep, and only by raising sheep Only then can the wool be harvested properly."