Then let’s talk about the shop management.
Guan Guanze asked, "But how do you sell this fish? You can't just open a shop selling raw fish, how much money can you make from that?"
"Of course not. I'm going to open another snack shop like Ah Niang's in the capital. You haven't been to Weizhou Prefecture, so you may not know the specific situation. But Master Xu has been there, so he knows how prosperous the business is."
When Xu Can heard Qiao Erlang mention the snack shop opened by the Qiao family in Weizhou Prefecture, his mouth began to water again. He couldn't think about it. When he thought about it, his mind was filled with fish ball noodles, pickled fish, and braised fish...
Compared with the food he eats in Beijing now, it is not even a little bit worse.
"Does your mother agree with this? There are so many secret recipes involved. If something goes wrong, it will be a big deal!"
Qiao Erlang is very good at grasping the key points, and his mother has to listen to his grandmother. "These recipes are from grandma, and she has agreed to it. She also asked us to send our chef and waiter over there to learn from their experience. If you can't wait, you can also borrow a few people from mother first."
This is really a case of opening one's eyes. Everyone has learned a lot today.
So your money was crowdfunded, the shop and the secret recipe belong to Old Madam Qiao, and the chef and the waiter were also borrowed! You want to buy a snack shop with just ten taels of silver.
Only Qiao Erlang would dare to dream of such a wonderful thing, and the key is that they actually put it together by getting things together from here and there.
"I asked Brother Shunzi, and all the restaurants in Beijing only serve fish in three ways: steamed, stewed, or fermented. If we really open a restaurant, it will be a unique business.
Unique, do you know what that means? "
Qiao Erlang's little mouth kept talking and successfully brainwashed his future partners!
"At most, each person can earn a few hundred taels of silver, which is not even as much as the pocket money my father gives me!" Although Xu Can supported Qiao Erlang and took out real money, he still didn't think that it could really compare with the income of a large-scale real estate company. Qiao Sanlang's shop was in the outer city, and there were not many wealthy families doing business there.
"That's different. Dad has it, mom has it, and you have to ask for it when you need it. Nothing is worse than having it yourself. Since grandma doesn't want to give it to the public, why don't I try? What if I succeed?"
"You really don't need to pay the money?"
"My grandmother said that if the shop is profitable, I can just give a cut of the profits to the company! If it really doesn't work out, my grandmother said she will cover the bottom line for me!"
Guan Guanze and Xu Can turned their heads away, not wanting to see Qiao Erlang's smug look. They didn't say it, but who wouldn't envy having such an elder? They were also the most pampered in their own family, but that was conditional.
There had never been a moment when Xu Can was so serious about wanting to recognize Qiao Xin as his grandmother.
.......
The carriage quickly drove out of the outer city and headed towards the slums beside the city wall, and soon stopped.
Can’t get in!
The road ahead was too narrow, with too many potholes, and the ground was full of garbage and sewage, emitting a foul odor. On both sides were dilapidated thatched houses crowded together.
The people who were hiding in the house heard the noise and saw the people getting off the carriage, and they all looked over. They seemed to be full of vigilance and precaution.
The old farmer didn't expect that these people would not only send him to the place, but also let him meet the group of fellow villagers who fished with him.
But the place where I live is really...
The old farmer got off the carriage, hunched over, and secretly glanced at the young man standing next to him. Seeing that he looked normal and did not show any disgust, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why don't you wait here? It's really filthy in there. How about I call everyone over to see them?"
Xu Can also advised, "Da Lang, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Let's listen to this old man!"
This place is full of people, who knows how many desperate criminals are hiding there? If something unexpected happens, it will be too late to regret. There is really no need to take this risk just to help someone you just met.
Qiao Dalang nodded and agreed, "Okay, we'll wait for news from the old man at the tea shed over there."
"Hey, hey, that's fine!"
A few people ordered a pot of tea at the tea stall outside the alley, and asked the shopkeeper and the waiter about the news of the alley.
"The people living here are all refugees from other places in the city. When the government ordered them to be dispersed in the spring, they did not return to their hometowns, but stayed. I heard that they all fled here from Nanliang.
A group of fishermen who make a living by fishing, their hometown was hit by a disaster, and their fishing boats were lost. Nanliang would not give them land, so they would have nothing even if they went back. It would be better for them to settle down in Dajing.
The government chose a place for them to stay and allowed them to open up wasteland on their own. But these people have been fishing for generations, so they don’t know how to farm…”
When Qiao Dalang heard this, he looked at everyone and understood. No wonder a kitchen manager in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion dared to bully them so blatantly under the feet of the emperor.
"Have you ever heard that they have done anything bad?"
"No, they are a group of people who stick together and most people don't dare to bully them. But ordinary people like us have always been afraid of dealing with government officials.
Recently, quite a few yamen runners have been coming here and there to collect fish taxes. Normally, refugees are exempt from taxes in the first year. But who knew that they had accidentally offended the great god?"
A few of them were chatting with the waiter in a random manner. After waiting for less than a quarter of an hour, they saw a group of people rushing over here in a noisy manner with wooden sticks in their hands.
The leader was a big, strong man with a dark complexion. A hideous scar ran through the entire right side of his face, making him look even more ferocious. As he hurried forward, he raised his harpoon to encourage the young man behind him, and shouted:
"You bastard, are you addicted to cheating people? No one is backing you up when you bully our uncle?"
Qiao Jilang:.........
The old farmer came over breathlessly and said, "Zhu Zi, you fool, why didn't you wait for me to explain myself? What are you doing? They really came to discuss buying our fish, not to cheat us."
The man looked unconvinced, "Buy? Didn't I pay for it? Didn't the last woman say the same thing? At the beginning, she sounded better than the others, and she was dressed decently, but she did something that deserves to be struck by lightning!
In the end, they played all of us around. Uncle, why don't you teach them a lesson? Many of these rich people have done bad things and are cruel and ruthless. Can't we stay away from them? We would rather not sell the fish and feed them to the dogs than let those animals get away with it."
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