Chapter 57 Restaurant Employee Promotion
Upon hearing the voice, Fei Jian turned around and saw Su Jingge and Xiao Linyuan.
"Master, are you all alright?"
Feijian looked around warily.
Su Jingge shook her head: "It's nothing, why would you ask that?"
Fei Jian breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his voice: "I'm not afraid that your identities will be exposed. Whether we win the stakes or not is a minor issue. I'm just afraid that you two will be intercepted again..."
So that's what you were worried about.
Su Jingge nodded: "At least you still have some conscience—"
"Who goes there, daring to cause trouble at the entrance of Tianbao Pavilion!"
A menacing man dressed in tight-fitting clothes rushed out from the other side.
These are clearly guards from Tianbao Pavilion.
They must have heard the sounds of fighting earlier and thought someone had caused trouble, which is why they sent more men.
At this moment, Shen Yan came out again.
He heard someone report this, so he went out to see who the fool was.
The man chuckled, "So it's the Flying Cavalry Leader." Then his eyes sharpened as he looked at the guards, "How dare you! Are you all blind? You dare to stop the Flying Cavalry Leader? Get down here!"
The guards bowed and withdrew.
Su Jingge smiled slightly: "It was all a misunderstanding. We'll take our leave now."
Chen Yan bowed.
Once the figures of the group had faded into the distance, Shen Yan's face darkened, and he said to the servant beside him, "Inform Chief Ning!"
He felt a chill in his heart; no one had ever been able to swagger in and out of Tianbao Pavilion so freely and then leave with a large sum of money.
This debt will stay!
Guards on the other side of the alley, damn it!
He scoffed, "What's there to be so arrogant about? He's just a washed-up general and cavalry commander!"
"If we don't manage to fight today, I'll surely cut you down tomorrow!"
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Su Jingge and the others returned to the restaurant.
The team members knew the whole story and found it exciting and thrilling.
"Not only did you win back the stake, but you also won several thousand more taels of silver. Miss, you are really, really, really amazing."
Wei Shuang grinned, showing her big teeth: 【Sister Su's unparalleled skills—no, her unparalleled divination!】
Su Jingge touched Wei Shuang's hair: "Just a little brat."
"Actually, we owe a lot to Xiao Linyuan this time. I originally just wanted to win back the stake, but he suddenly changed his tactics, which allowed us to stumble upon the shady dealings behind Tianbao Pavilion."
"Tianbao Pavilion not only accepts guests from Yuxiang County, but also guests from the surrounding villages and even the entire continent. They are numerous and have a complete system."
"He is one of the more profitable clients under Ning Zhutian's command."
Qingyue pondered: "When the master was in business, he had a lot of dealings with them, but Ning Zhutian rarely showed up. Most of the work was done by that guy named Chen Yan. Their money was mostly illicit, and as for the source of their goods, I never knew where they came from."
"But no matter where the goods come from, as long as the head of the guild can help merchants make money, then the position of the head of the guild cannot be shaken."
Su Jingge nodded: "Qingyue is right. Although we have won back the stake, Ning Zhutian is not someone to be trifled with. He will definitely make us pay back double the amount."
Qingyue nodded: "That's right. When the master was still alive, he competed with him for the position of head of the family. The master had held that position for many years. The Ning family had only supplied goods to the emperor once, yet they were so arrogant."
"The Su family even supplied goods to the Empress Dowager."
"They colluded with the government, working together from the inside and outside, not only evading taxes, but also extorting money from the people, saying that this amount of money would not be much if they joined the guild, but that they would make money once they joined the guild."
"This led to merchants scrambling to get in, but what was the result? They didn't make much money, and they couldn't even get their capital back, making the whole county a mess."
"How can they compare to the Master? The Master does everything he can to ensure that merchants can make a fair profit. He advocates that the people are paramount and that merchants must give back to the county after they make money."
"That's why we mentioned building cities and encouraging everyone to do business, so that trade routes would be wider and more merchants from other places would join us."
"And what happened? Ning Zhutian said that building up the county was useless; all we needed to do was sell the goods well."
"If your home is in ruins, how can you do business? If you can't open up trade routes, how can merchants make money? If you can't make money, how can the people become prosperous?"
Upon hearing this, everyone shook their heads.
Ying Xiaohu sighed: "I know about this. At first, those merchants followed the master and worked hard together to build Yuxiang County. Later, they were instigated by Ning Zhutian and started living their own lives. In addition, they colluded with the government. Anyone who participated in the county's renovation was just trying to expand their territory. It was a rebellion."
"Later, no one followed in Mr. Su's footsteps. Then a great disaster destroyed the city. Only then did they realize that the city needed to be repaired, but it was too late."
Ning Zhutian dealt with all those people.
"Nowadays, people in the county no longer dare to participate in the construction of the city. They just join guilds and pay high membership fees every year. They can barely sell their goods, let alone sell them nationwide."
"Even if the merchants don't starve, they live a miserable life. I wonder how long they can endure this half-dead existence."
Su Jingge frowned: "Brother Xiaohu is right. So, the repair of the city is for everyone's goods to reach the whole country and even the world, not for such narrow-minded people who only look at their own little plot of land."
“We met Shen Yan today. Since I started repairing the city, Zhao Liu has only come to cause trouble a few times, but he hasn’t touched their real interests.”
“They feel it’s not worth their time to get involved; in their eyes, we’re still just a bunch of little karami.”
Wei Shuang scratched her head: 【What is a small kalami?】
"They're just small fry, insignificant at all. They're like a big shark, they don't find it interesting or satisfying to crush us."
"Oh... then when will it feel good to crush us?" Wei Shuang asked, tilting her head.
"Once we repair the city and allow more goods to leave the county, and more merchants join us instead of them, we will touch their real interests and then crush us."
After Su Jingge finished speaking, she looked at everyone and said, "Right now, we just need to keep an eye on Ning Zhutian's movements. The next quarter is coming soon, and there will be more people in the summer. Even the palace will need more summer supplies. Before that, we should repair the county as soon as possible so that it will take longer for merchants to transport goods."
"At the same time, many out-of-town merchants will pass through here, and we need to create more convenience for them."
"From now on, Feijian and I will be running around the county more often. Qingyue will still be in charge of the restaurant's operation. Ying Xiaohu will be promoted to restaurant manager, and Weishuang will be promoted to back kitchen manager, as well as logistics work such as the stables."
"Everyone should stay at their posts."
Ying Xiaohu was overjoyed: "I got promoted, haha!"
For Shuang, sign language: 【I got promoted too!】
The two embraced happily.
Su Jingge: "Everyone, disperse."
She has to go to Mazhuang tomorrow.
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