Although he couldn't take advantage of the situation, the tax officer couldn't just turn around and leave. He could only force himself to say hello to the little black fat man.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Guo? You didn't take a few extra days off for the New Year, but you're buying in the goods so early?"

"I'm no longer in Ruifu. I'm now a servant of Mr. Zhao, the adopted son of His Highness," Guo Da laughed and bowed, "I came in and out of here a few days ago, but this is the first time I've seen you, my Lord."

"Aren't we on duty today?" The tax collector greeted him and waved his hand to signal the troops to remove the barricades and let the team enter the city.

If it wasn't the imperial farm, then it was the princess's private business, and he didn't dare to impose taxes...

"My master has ordered that we must pay taxes according to the law." But Guo Da said solemnly: "This is a total of three thousand taels of silver."

As he spoke, he took out a silver envelope from his sleeve, slapped it into the tax collector's hand and said, "Please give me the tax payment certificate, sir."

"Is this necessary?" The tax officer weighed the silver in his hand, which was a full one hundred taels. He could not help but be surprised.

These days, we only hear about people trying every possible way to evade taxes, but we never hear of people taking advantage of their privileges to pay taxes voluntarily.

"This is the order of our young master, just do it." Although Guo Da didn't understand what Young Master Zhao was thinking.

What else could Master Zhao think? He just talked too much with his disciples, so he was embarrassed that he took advantage of them.

It's only 1% tax on 30, bosses. It's too shameless to not even pay this little tax!

He had completely forgotten the shameless tax evasion experience outside the Jiangdong Gate of Jinling just over half a year ago...

~~

After the convoy entered Yongding Gate, it dispersed again. Each manager took a dozen large carts and rushed to the area he was responsible for.

Zhao Hao randomly selected a team and followed them to Ganer Hutong near Renshou Temple.

When Zhao Hao saw the name of the alley, the corners of his mouth twitched twice.

A total of eighty people were heading to various places in the outer city, but he chose to go to a dry alley...

Is there really a divine will in this world?

Now that you're here, it's better to turn around and leave without leaving any trace.

The adopted son of Her Royal Highness the Princess got off the carriage with Her Royal Highness the Princess's biological son, but he no longer cared about the embarrassment.

"Oh my god, so many people?!"

Li Chengen was also stunned by the scene before him.

At least a hundred people were waiting at the entrance of the alley. When they saw the coal truck coming, they gathered around and started shouting.

"I want a hundred dollars."

"My family wants five hundred."

"How much can a thousand kilograms of coal be exchanged for?"

"You guys are the ones who will take it away. I'll exchange all my 3,000 kilograms of coal for it!"

It was as if coal lotus roots were free today...

"Don't be anxious, don't rush, come with me and talk." The manager secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly greeted all the guests, and went into the reed shed that was temporarily set up on the side of the road.

Seeing that the reed shed was full of people, and there were dozens of people outside, anxiously running around. Guo Daqiang suppressed his excitement and said to Zhao Hao in a trembling voice:

"Sir, it's done!"

"Um."

Zhao Hao nodded with a sense of relief. No matter how well you preheat the product, no one can guarantee that it will be a big seller until the day it actually goes on sale!

It’s just like writing an online article. No matter how good the public version performs, the real results will only be revealed on the day it is put online.

~~

Seeing that the person in charge was too busy to handle it, Zhao Hao and Guo Da squeezed in to help him.

Li Chengen knew nothing and knew that he could only make things worse, so he tactfully chose not to join in the fun.

However, he was still extremely curious. He wondered what method Zhao Hao used to trigger a buying spree in such a short time.

"Excuse me," Li Chengen asked without understanding, and said to the shabby old man, "Why did the old family buy this coal lotus root?"

The old man rolled his eyes at him and said nothing. He had a bad leg and was already upset that he couldn't squeeze in.

If it weren't for the fact that this young man was dressed respectably, people would definitely scold him for having nothing better to do.

Li Chengen grew up reading people's expressions and understood people's hearts better than most other dandies. He threw a piece of silver into the old man's arms.

"Because it saves money." The old man immediately became patient.

“How much money can you save?”

"If a poor family uses a stove to boil water and cook, they will burn 40 kilograms of coal a day even if they use it sparingly." The old man then calculated the economic account for Li Chengen and said:

"But if it's coal lotus root, eight will be enough."

"I can save eight cents a day!" The old man made an 'eight' gesture and said excitedly, "That's two hundred and forty cents a month!"

"Oh." Li Chengen nodded, and then asked a middle-aged man who was much more respectable, "What about this gentleman?"

"Need I say more? This coal lotus root has less smell than anthracite and doesn't leave ash. And it's much more durable..." The middle-aged man looked at Li Chengen with an idiotic look and said:

"Give me a reason to buy anthracite again?"

"What about this auntie?" he asked another auntie.

The aunt stretched out her hand, apparently seeing the young master paying for knowledge.

Li Chengen had no choice but to throw her a coin.

"Thank you for the reward, sir!" The auntie immediately smiled and chattered, "Because the neighbors all say it's good. If anyone still burns loose coal at home, it will be too embarrassing."

"Yeah, it's choking to death from burning coal, and it's not even durable, cough cough..." Fortunately, once the topic came up, people started talking about it, and the young master didn't need to give rewards frequently.

"This damn weather is freezing people to death. This coal is durable. If you put it in the furnace, the kang will be warm all night long."

"It's just right for cooking. If you light the coal too quickly, the pot will get burnt..."

Li Chengen thought, that's because your skills are not good...

~~

A dozen truckloads of coal lotus roots may seem like a lot, but there are too many people buying them. Each family buys one hundred, so only fifty or sixty households can share them all.

Besides, many people want to buy hundreds of them...

As a result, only about 30 households bought coal lotus roots, and the number of households that didn't buy, including those who came first and then came later, was more than 200...

And this was just one of the five streets for which the steward was responsible.

He had wanted to tell the neighbors to come back another day.

Those customers who were leaving reluctantly were stopped by Zhao Hao.

"We can't let you come here for nothing today. Please leave your address and the number of coal lotus roots you need, and we will deliver them to your door in order."

I've already been sent to the entrance of the alley, and I'm still missing this last step?

Sure enough, the customers immediately became happy and said to him with a smile: "Young Master knows how to do business. For what you said, we will charge you an extra 100 yuan!"

"I want two hundred more..."

After the neighbors had finished registering and left, Zhao Hao said to the manager who was sorting out the account books:

"In the future, I will not only deliver the goods to your door, but I will also help carry the coal lotus roots in."

"Ah?" The manager was surprised.

"What? You don't have to do anything!" Guo Da glared at him and said, "The master is teaching you business skills, why don't you listen carefully!"

"Please give us some advice, sir." The steward quickly stood up and listened attentively.

"What kind of business is this?" Zhao Hao smiled indifferently.

"You always provide good service and add snacks. You know when someone's food is running out and you deliver it to their door in advance. How can others steal your business? No one can take it away..."

"Thank you for your guidance, sir. I will keep it in mind and do as you say in the future!" The sales champion for several consecutive years in the future quickly took note of the young master's teachings.

~~

It was already afternoon when we returned to the coal yard.

After Zhao Hao and Li Chengen finished their lunch, Guo Dabian walked in excitedly with the summarized sales results.

“Sir, it’s out…” Guo Da stammered and handed over the accounts with both hands.

"Yeah." Zhao Hao took a glance and put it aside as if nothing had happened, as if everything was expected.

It can be seen that Mr. Zhao's habit of putting on airs is ingrained in his bones.

Li Chengen took the account book and took a look. He gasped and said, "Damn, so many?"

The account book clearly recorded: 660,000 coal lotus roots were all sold out, with a total income of 2,335 guan and 420 wen, and 300,045,80 jin of coal...

ps. Fifth update, 7400 votes plus more. Woohoo, it's only finished at one or two o'clock again, please comfort me with monthly votes and recommendation votes~~~

ps2. I recommend Regan Juju’s “Counting the Heroes”, a novel about ancient officialdom in the world of Red Mansions, of high quality!