Back Off, Let Me Come

"This is?"

Xu Jie looked curious.

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

While introducing: "This is the shop opened by the government office."

"The shop opened by Zhi? Is that what Mr. Shen meant?"

"yes."

"This is a strange thing."

Xu Jie did not expect that this young Shen Jun also knew about merchants. You must know that no matter before or now, policies in various places are mainly policies to suppress business. Merchants do not produce but control a lot of money. They have always been criticized by those in power. fear.

Small businessmen are just that, doing some small business to support their families, and those big businessmen all have the shadow of a powerful family behind them. They usually keep a group of private soldiers in their hands. When they are doing business, they line up and the horses and chariots are in full swing.

Otherwise, how to protect the safety of valuable goods?

The bigger the merchants are, the stronger their private armed forces are, which in itself is also a fearful and destabilizing factor.

Therefore, the status of merchants has always been restricted and high municipal taxes have been set, which is also conducive to the stability of people's livelihood under the rule.

Merchants are not in the upper echelons of society and have a lower status. Even the Xu family behind Xu Jie rarely gets involved in business themselves, leaving everything to their servants, family members, or distant relatives to take care of it. It is rare for a county governor to personally conduct business.

It’s actually quite shameful to say it out loud.

However, Xu Jie, as the head of the Xu family, naturally would not think so. The Xu family cannot survive today without the basic industries of the family. Without these, how can the children of the family rely on food, clothing and food? No matter how tall a person grows, his legs still have to touch the ground.

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

"This is?"

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

Of course Xu Jie knew it was a bamboo basket made of bamboo.

We even know that there is a bamboo forest near Fugu.

But why hand him a bamboo basket?

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

As time went by, the variety of goods in the department store also increased, unlike the shabby ones at the beginning, and the shelves were rebuilt and small bamboo doors were added.

When the customer wants to buy, ask the "shopping guide" to open the door and take it down.

This is also done for safety reasons.

Shen Tang is not shy about using the worst side of human nature to speculate. After all, Fugu is a poor place, where unruly people come from poor mountains and rivers, and open shelves are prone to frequent thefts. It's not realistic to send someone to keep an eye on every customer, so just press a door on the shelf.

The customer enters the store and selects the goods, and then has someone pick them up.

Of course, some of the more expensive goods are not placed on the shelves. They only have one sample and have to be picked up from the warehouse.

Then just go to the counter to pay.

Xu Jie was fascinated by what he heard and murmured: "Can it still be like this?

The department store area is much larger than before.

Two people can easily stand between the shelves.

Xu Jie also noticed bamboo pieces hanging under the products on the shelves.

This kind of bamboo slices are usually used to mark prices, and he also knew that, but what was novel was that instead of familiar words on the bamboo slices, there were some strange patterns on them. He asked: "This is it?"

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 store read the numbers from zero to nine. It’s easy for ordinary people to remember. If you remember the number corresponding to each pattern, you no longer need to ask the price frequently when entering the store, you can just look at the price tag.”

Xu Jie listened carefully and memorized it carefully.

"I see, it's really novel." The characters and numbers are also simple, but it is still difficult for ordinary people to remember.

Under normal circumstances, a store as big as Fugu Department Store needs a lot of people to take care of it, but customers can read the prices and select the goods themselves, which virtually reduces the cost of the store and makes it more convenient to manage.

In Xu Jie's opinion, these can be regarded as "business secrets", but Gu Chi had no intention of hiding it. He was surprisingly frank and straightforward. Not only did he show it to him generously, but he also explained it to him in detail. He was so hospitable that Xu Jie Xie was flattered. It even made Xu Jie a little suspicious - the frail-looking young man in front of him was really... a literary scholar?

This style of painting is not quite right.

He didn't buy anything when he went shopping. Xu Jie couldn't bear to lose face, so he just bought something expensive and considered it as a "shu repair".

From the perspective of the head of the Xu family, the goods in the shop are not of high quality. After a second thought, he can understand. After all, it is a shop for the common people, and people cannot afford the goods if they are too good.

Accompanied by Gu Chi, Xu Jie looked at each shelf, and he discovered some interesting patterns.

For example, goods will be classified according to how they are used, which can greatly save the time of staying in the store and looking for goods, and the purpose will be clearer; for example, more commonly used goods will be placed where they can be easily reached, and if they are too high or too low, Place objects that will not be used too frequently...

Xu Jie thought this through.

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

Gu Chi asked what he meant.

Xu Jie smiled and raised his hand to point to the shelves around him: "If you are a merchant, you must try to make the customers who enter the store stay longer in the store, so that they can buy more, and then put the expensive and high-profit items in the most convenient places... But looking at the layout of the shop, it is completely contrary to this, so Mr. Shen’s intention is not good."

Gu Chi: "..."

Good guy! ! !

As expected of the eldest son of the Tianhai Xu family, this guy is really a profiteer! I have been thinking about this for a while after entering the store! ! !

Oh, he is still the head of the family now.

He is worthy of being a man who can become the head of the family!

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

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

The "shopping guide" is a tall and rough man.

He used to be a bandit.

Later, he was taken under Shen Tang's banner. Because he was sensitive to numbers, had good arithmetic skills, and had a friendly appearance, he was transferred here to work. He glanced at Gu Chi with a troubled expression on his face: "This is a limited supply every day, 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, and Gu Chi's eyes indicated that he would elaborate later. He turned to the "shopping guide" and said: "Wen Zhu is Mr. Shen's distinguished guest, different from others. Just go and get it. If someone If you ask, tell me that’s what I meant.”

"But this is against the rules..."

"Shopping guide" is becoming more and more difficult.

Xu Jie was wondering what this meant, when he heard a strong male voice coming from his ear, with a bit of inexplicable ridicule: "What do you think this is? The rules are the rules, how can you ignore the rules just because you are looking at the tide?" "

Xu Jie looked at the sound and his eyes lit up.

Without him, this person is extraordinary at first glance.

Gu Chi smiled bitterly: "Mr. Yang."

He turned sideways to reveal Xu Jie behind him.

Captain Yang knew with just a glance that this was truly a "distinguished guest", with an aura of "nobleness" all over his body, and he gave up the idea of ​​watching Gu Chi's excitement. He waved to the "shopping guide" and said, "Go to the back and fetch my jars. Hurry up."

After speaking, he said to Gu Chi: "You can bring out the wine bar."

Gu Chi said funny: "Okay, okay, I won't break the rules."

After a while, all the jars of wine were brought in.

At the counter, Captain Yang asked Xu Jie to check if there were any problems with each item, and then said to Gu Chi: "Check out."

Only then did Xu Jie see the so-called "wine bar".

Just ordinary wood chips.

It looks like a deed.

Xu Jie asked in confusion: "Can't you settle the bill with money?"

What kind of doorway is this?

Captain Yang recorded the account and said: "Others are acceptable, but the daily limited supply is not acceptable. The account must be settled with a 'wine note' deed. In the future, when the common people become a little richer, this restriction may be removed."

Xu Jie nodded. When you come to someone else's territory, you should abide by their rules. He didn't have to do anything special. He just converted the money into money according to the normal price and gave it to Gu Chi. After all, he had to pay the "Shuxiu" fee, so how could Gu Chi pay for it?

He just didn't expect such good wine to be found in this remote country - he just inspected the goods and found that the clear aroma of the wine was coming to his nostrils. Judging from his experience, this was definitely a high-quality wine.

No wonder there is a "limited supply".

Maybe the supply is scarce?

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

Lots of wine, lots of it.

Gu Chi started his performance of making nonsense with his eyes open - Shen Jun's ancestors were in the wine business and passed down many brewing recipes, which can produce the highest quality wine with the least consumption.

Ensure that every jar is of similar quality!

the most important is--

Gu Chi paused deliberately and gave it a try.

When Xu Jie looked at him with curiosity and knowledge written in his eyes, he continued to compile. These ancestral wine-making recipes in Shen Jun's hands were inspired by the spirit of words, improved, and passed through generations. of diligence.

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

Xu Jie was shocked when he heard this and asked quickly.

"Can you take this seriously?"

"Of course it's true! My lord regards Mr. Wu as his elder brother, how could he lie about such a trivial matter?" Gu Chi seemed to be offended and said, "How can you doubt the pure brother/sister relationship between the two lords? Are they still real brothers and sisters who have hidden secrets?" The expression on his face was so sincere that Xu Jie was confused.

I couldn't help but beat a drum in my heart.

The relationship between the two of them is so good?

Or--

When Shen Jun was young, he took his lord's brother-in-law seriously, so he didn't hide anything and treated each other with sincerity? Xu Jie felt slightly panicked when this guess came to his mind, as if a shameless liar had deceived an innocent child.

However, Xu Jie is not that easy to coax.

Whether it is true or false, you will know when you go back and check.

If the wine is so precious and rare, there is no reason for it to be placed on grocery store shelves. Ordinary people can also exchange "wine notes" for it. Xu Jie also saw other different types of notes.

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

Xu Jie Shao had no choice but to test it out.

Test what?

Try 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: "Those deeds the annotation mentioned? Isn't it because although the lord has food and property confiscated by Fugu local snakes, he doesn't have enough copper coins. It's just that privately minting coins is illegal and indisciplined! Common people have many uses for transactions. Copper coins. In desperation, I exchanged the money and food in my hands for these deeds to temporarily replace the copper coins, so I can survive this period..."

What he said was well-reasoned and clear-cut.

At least it makes perfect sense logically.

"Tiaozi" represents copper coins.

It represents the money in Shen Tang’s hands.

But it didn’t reveal the real purpose of the “notes”! Not to mention that Shen Tang uses these "slips" to recycle limited resources. These "slips" 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 every corner of Fugu.

Let Xu Jie see Fu Gu's poverty, and also see Fu Gu's vitality and potential vitality. His heart-to-heart talk made Xu Jie's defensiveness seem like a villain.

Two hours have passed since I finished the tour and explanation.

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

The corner of Xu Jie's mouth twitched slightly: "..."

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

Three points of politeness can be exaggerated by ten points.

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

He and Zhao Feng had some personal relationships, but the two families only had normal friendships. Xu Jie also had a good relationship with the other five generals under Wu Xian. After all, there was no benefit in offending these powerful generals.

If you can make good friends, then make good friends. If you can't make good friends, don't offend.

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