Yun Yishu looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"Just going to eat."
When they arrived at Pinxiangzhai, Liao Ziwan, Su Buqing, Zhao Pin'er, and Chu Dunshi were already on the second floor, gathered in a private room deep inside the restaurant to order food.
The doors, window frames, and tables and chairs in this private room were made of fine yellow nanmu wood, which looked very elegant and smelled faintly of wood. The group pulled out chairs and sat down.
The waiter quickly came over to greet them, and each of them ordered a dish.
"Order more, their portions are small," Yun Yishu said.
"Then let's have another one: shiitake mushrooms and duck feet, colorful beef tenderloin, braised chicken feet, and stir-fried bok choy. Shall we have tea today?"
Chu Dunshi asked tentatively.
Yun Yishu nodded. "Let's have tea today, no more alcohol."
"Okay, then let's have a pot of Biluochun and a pot of Zhengshan Xiaozhong, that's all!"
The waiter agreed, and soon the dishes were served: shrimp and red rice cake, lotus leaf rolls, pan-fried radish cake, and two pots of tea were placed on a square wooden table.
"Dear guests, this is a complimentary steamed chestnut cake from our restaurant. Please enjoy."
The waiter received instructions from the manager of Pinxiangzhai: these were regular customers who seemed to have plenty of money, so they should be treated well.
"Thank you, I appreciate your help."
"His little blue and white porcelain teapot is quite pretty."
"That's right."
"Let me introduce you all. This is the manager of the money exchange, Su Buqing, Brother Su," Yun Yishu said with a smile.
"Brother Su, this is Ziwan, the manager of the silk shop; Pin'er, the manager of the spice shop; and this is Brother Dunshi, the manager of the painting shop." Yun Yishu introduced the group to Su Buqing one by one.
"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you."
The group greeted each other with clasped hands.
“From now on, we will deposit all our interest into the money exchange we own.”
Everyone nodded.
“Master, I have already found a shop. Here are the land deed and house deed. It is located in the heart of the capital.”
Zhao Pin'er took out a brown piece of paper from her bosom and handed it to Yun Yishu.
"Yes, thank you for your help. Is the shop big? How many floors does it have?"
"The shop is very large, with three floors, and it looks very impressive."
Zhao Pin'er was always a warm and generous girl, but she became somewhat stiff involuntarily when facing Yun Yishu, and her words were very careful.
"It's just that the price is a bit high. This place used to be a restaurant, but the owner got into trouble and started selling it off. There are a lot of people who want to buy it."
“I thought that since we’re going to open a money exchange, we need to have a lot of ambition. We need to make people feel that our money exchange has a lot of capital so that they will feel comfortable depositing their money in our money exchange.”
“Xiao Zhao is right,” Chu Dunshi agreed.
"Okay, you can deduct the cost of the land deed from the profits of the shops. Is that enough? If not, I'll make up the difference."
Yun Yishu glanced at the money on the land deed and house deed; the amount was substantial.
"The money has already been calculated together with Ziwan and Dunshi's; it's enough, and there's even some left over."
Yun Yishu nodded and looked at Chu Dunshi, "Brother Chu, how is the master's matter?"
“I went to Lingyin Temple to offer incense and consulted a master. The master said that opening the business after the fifteenth of next month would be the most auspicious.”
Chu Dunshi put his hands together in a gesture of reverence to Buddha.
"Yes, this is a good time to decorate the shop."
"By the way, boss, I took it upon myself to invite a friend to be the second manager of the bank," Su Buqing said.
Money exchange affairs are numerous and the premises are large, so one manager simply cannot handle them all.
"Oh? They've arrived?"
Just then, a deep, panting voice came from outside: "Brother Su!"
Su Buqing turned his head and saw that it was the second manager he had invited.
"Hey bro, you're here..."
"Oh, Brother Su, I heard from the waiters that you were having dinner in this private room, so I came in. I'm so sorry I'm late, is it alright?"
"It's alright, it's alright, please sit down."
Su Buqing invited Song Yuanbao to sit down next to him.
"Yuanbao, let me introduce you. This is the owner of the money shop, this is Manager Liao, this is Manager Zhao, and this is Manager Chu."
Su Buqing introduced the shopkeepers he had just met to Song Yuanbao.
"Gentlemen, this is my brother, Song Yuanbao."
Yun Duoduo blinked her eyes, "[This name is not bad either, I'll send you gold ingots...]"
Song Yuanbao nodded repeatedly. "Greetings, bosses. Just call me Song Laoliu. I'm the sixth child in my family."
[Song Laoliu...]
Yun Duoduo was very satisfied with the names Su Buqing and Song Yuanbao. When doing business, it's all about having auspicious names.
Yun Duoduo carefully looked at the person in front of her. Song Yuanbao was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, had a burly build, dark skin, and looked very strong. His voice was also deep and powerful, loud and penetrating.
His hair was tied up in a braid and wrapped with a cloth strip at the back of his head. His mustache curled upwards and moved as he spoke, which was quite adorable.
It's quite rare to see middle-aged men with this hairstyle in Beijing.
"Brother Song, come, have a sip of tea."
Yun Yishu smiled faintly and poured Song Yuanbao a cup of tea.
"Okay, okay, thank you, boss."
"Just call me Song Laoliu..."
Song Yuanbao held the bottom of the teacup with both hands.
The group discussed the future of the money exchange while eating, planning the preparations for its opening.
...
Yun Duoduo has been exceptionally busy lately. She often has to go with Yun Yishu to prepare for the opening of the money shop, and she also has to squeeze in time to visit her eldest brother and his two chubby nephews at the Prince Rui's Mansion. In addition, she often has to go to Shouchang Palace to take the pulse and prescribe medicine for her grandmother.
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