The list of the Scripture Division was spread out on the table, and Jin San and Ren Ze watched it together, each frowning.

Jin Sandao: "The goods must be changed to special parcels and willow boxes from the Hequ Road, and the local state and county will charge fees. If it is transported to Shengzhou, it will be entered into what free zone. As long as they do not leave the free zone, they are allowed to trade and are not taxed. - The meaning in the list is that if we trade with Khitan merchants, Shengzhou does not collect taxes. This is a political virtue, and there is no need to go north of Yinshan Mountain in the future to transport the goods to the Khitan. ”

Ren Zedao: "Will there be Khitan merchants in Shengzhou?" It is said here that foreign businessmen who want to do business in Shengzhou must first go to Shengzhou to file a petition, pay some deposit, and obtain qualifications. The Khitan has not yet negotiated peace with the Great Song Dynasty, how to do business? ”

Jin San shook his head: "How to negotiate peace?" The Song army killed the Khitan emperor, and there were many high-ranking officials and nobles to accompany the funeral, which Khitan dared to propose peace? However, then again, in business, business here in Shengzhou is a way to make money. Now that the two Khitan emperors are standing side by side, it costs money to fight for the world, which one will give up this opportunity? It's just not doing it on the surface. In the past, Tanglong Town, wasn't it very prosperous? ”

Ren Ze nodded and continued to read the pleadings. Taxes on trade between countries are very high. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, it was fifteen draws of one, and after the Baoyuan period, it was ten draws of one. The officials who handled it were specially selected for the removal of valuable goods, and the merchants were miserable. There is no tax in the free zone, and merchants can trade directly and save a lot of money. If done properly, you can evade taxes after you go back because you don't go through the field.

After looking at the following, Ren Ze suddenly said: "Alas, look at it, it is written here that as long as you leave the free zone, you must pay customs duties." And no longer extract the physical object, just pay the money. Either it is a copper coin that is common in the Song Dynasty, or it is used to lead in money, and gold and silver are all counted as goods. ”

Jin San was taken aback, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help frowning: "This is difficult to do." If it is the first time to sell goods here, how can there be money in your hands? If there is no money to pay taxes, won't the goods be shipped out? How to sell if it can't be shipped? If we don't sell goods, where do we get the money? ”

Long-distance trade, it is impossible to carry a large amount of copper coins, and there is nothing bad about having that capacity to transport points. If you don't sell goods, pay taxes first, and don't collect taxes in kind, isn't it a dead knot for businessmen?

After looking at it again, Jin San let out a sigh: "It turns out that you can borrow." With the collateral of goods, it is possible to lend money from the savings house. Well, the profit is not high, and the monthly interest is only two cents, which is not a big deal. ”

Seeing this, Jin San said: "What is Qian Yin?" If it is just printed, it cannot be used for money, but it is difficult to do business. I've seen it in the past few days, and there is everything here in Shengzhou, and if you can buy all kinds of goods, it's nothing to attract with money. We all changed the goods and went back, which doesn't care if it's money or copper money here. If you can't buy a lot of goods, then you're in trouble. ”

Ren Zedao: "Looking at it here, it is written that in the meandering road, the money is equivalent to copper money, which can be exchanged at various savings offices. If the people dare not accept money, they can report to the government, and the government will punish them heavily. In this way, it can be exchanged for goods. ”

The two of them carefully read the list several times, ordered someone to accept it, and sat down and drank tea together.

Jin Sandao: "Judging from the text, Shengzhou is a good place to do business. The only bad thing is that I don't know how the money is introduced, whether it can really be used as money. As long as the money can be used as money, everything is easy to say. ”

Ren Ze nodded: "That's it." In addition, it is better for us to go to the yamen tomorrow to ask, if everything is agreeable, it is better to submit a petition and get the qualification to do business first. This kind of thing that can only be done with the permission of the yamen to surrender the petition, the sooner and the better. ”

Jin San said: "Okay, early tomorrow morning, we will go to the Yamen." Alas, the people here are not familiar with the place, and it would be good to have a local to lead the way. ”

Ren Ze couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "Next door here is the restaurant opened by the leader of the Tibetan talent I knew before. On that day, he rented a shop, and the staff was impatient to go to the gold and silver shop, and he happily earned a hundred yuan. Why don't we go to his shop tonight, have some wine and dinner, and have a relationship. If he is willing, he can help us go to the yamen to find out the news in the future and give us some money. ”

"I saw the man. For the sake of a hundred Wen, he is willing to run errands for people, what good dishes can such a restaurant be opened by such a person? ”

Ren Ze said: "Good or not, just eat two bites." This person was the former leader of the Tibetan tribe, and he went to Tanglong Town to sell horses and do business a few years ago, and he was familiar with the people of the Yamen. With the help of such a person, many things can be done. ”

Jin San thought about it, and although he was unwilling, he got up and went to the next shop with Ren Ze.

Wang Pu was leaning in front of the door, watching the shopping mall opposite, where people were coming in and leaving, and it was very lively. Now the sun has not yet set, there are no customers in the store, and there is boredom. This season, I used to be riding on a horse and watching the sheep leisurely, but now I am guarding the shop, and life is really wonderful.

At this moment, Ren Ze and Jin San walked together, saw Wang Pu in front of the door, and arched his hand and said, "It's so leisurely outside." ”

Wang Pu hurriedly returned the salute: "There are no customers in the store, nothing happens for a while." How do you two get free? To my store? ”

Ren Ze said: "I heard that the staff opened a restaurant next door to the gold clerk, and there was no congratulation that day, so I felt ashamed." Today, I came over with Jin Yuanwai, with some wine and rice, and congratulated Yuanwai by the way. ”

Wang Pu smiled and said, "We are neighbors next door, and we should help each other." When you come to the store to eat, you are a guest, please come in! ”

As he spoke, he let the two of them enter the store and said, "There is a Jichu Pavilion on the second floor, and you can see the door of the shopping mall opposite." When my shop opened that day, Ben Ludu came over and sat in that pavilion. ”

Hearing this, Ren Ze couldn't help but stop, and suddenly turned his head to look at Wang Pu: "When your store opened, Du Jieshuai came?" ”

Wang Pu smiled and nodded: "Exactly." Speaking of which, Du Jieshuai is the first customer of my store. ”

Ren Ze and Jin San glanced at each other, and they didn't dare to have the slightest contempt in their hearts, and followed Wang Pu to the second floor and entered the pavilion where Du Zhongxiao had sit. The two sat down, and Ren Ze said: "Du Jieshuai was sitting here that day?" What kind of food and drinks did you eat that day? ”

Wang Pu said: "When the festival commander came, it was newly opened, and all the dishes came up and tasted it. Sure enough, Jieshuai is not comparable to ordinary people, and you can know where the dishes are good and where the bad ones are. After the festival commander left, I hired a new supervisor, and it tasted much better now than it did then. ”

Jin San heard this and said, "Then it's just like when the festival commander came, any good dishes will come up, let's taste it." ”

"And the wine." Ren Ze stopped Wang Pu, "What kind of wine did the festival marshal use that day, as well as melons and fruits, come up together." ”

Wang Pu agreed, went out of the pavilion, and told the little servant to go and prepare. In the place of Hequ Road, sure enough, Du Jieshuai's name suppressed all cows, ghosts, snakes and gods. When these two people first saw themselves, they obviously looked down on people, when they couldn't see it? As soon as they heard that the first customer in the store was Du Jieshuai, the two immediately changed their faces.

After sighing, Wang Pu turned to the back kitchen, and saw that the newly invited cooking supervisor Liang Dupeng was cutting meat, and hurriedly said: "Director, just tell the little guy to do these things, why do you have to do it yourself?" You are a supervisor here, just watch how the meat dishes are made, and give me an order. ”

Liang Dupeng said: "I'm used to doing things, where can I be idle?" Outside the mind, all the heart, I can't stop doing it well. ”

"No, no!" Wang Pu went up and grabbed Liang Dupeng, and motioned for the little guy on the side to come over and do something.

When he arrived at the small room outside, Liang Dupeng went to the apron, washed his hands, and Wang Pu sat down with him. poured the tea and said, "Director, except for me, you are in charge of everything in this store." The rest of the people do the little things. I've heard people say that if you look at the food in the store and try it, you'll be done. Doing things myself doesn't make people gossip about me? ”

Liang Dupeng shook his head with a smile: "Outside, I'm not a real cook, how can I be worthy of those?" It's just that he joined the army with the state, and he didn't know how to cook, and he did it for several years, and he was familiar with it. ”

Wang Pu shook his head again and again: "The director is modest. In Shengzhou City, who has the ability to supervise a restaurant like me? The kitchen is proficient in everything, and when one person is there, the whole restaurant will be erected. And the taste is delicious, and the guests are willing to come. Since I hired the supervisor, my store is full of people every time it is time to eat, how easy is it to do? ”

The location of this shop is excellent, opposite the gate of the mall, and people come and go. Wang Pu is really real, with Liang Dupeng here, the taste is not particularly good, it is rare for most of the people who come to accept it, and the business is getting better day by day.

The food in the army does not pay attention to the taste is particularly delicious, nor does it pay attention to any characteristics, but to make people not annoying it and willing to eat it. The restaurant in this kind of place is suitable for this kind of characteristic, and Liang Dupeng has a place to use. Another one, the army has its own characteristics, Liang Dupeng and these people may not be able to cook top dishes, but they can do anything. Stir-fry, all kinds of cooking techniques are cooked, and cold dishes and pickles can be cooked. Even drunk shrimp and fish belly, except in the army, only Wang Pu's shop can make them.

On that day, Du Zhongxiao said casually, Wang Pu listened to it, and invited Liang Dupeng from the village next to him on the second day. Unexpectedly, I picked up a baby, the taste of the food changed, and the business was really booming.

Liang Dupeng is a fiber box army, and after being selected into the camp Tianxiang army, he became a cook in the army because of the good taste of cooking. After being discharged, he did not return to Jingxi Road, but camped here. When he was in Suizhou, he was nearly thirty years old and had never married. Later, he married a Hun family, and used to sing in a restaurant to make some money that shouldn't be earned. Everyone knows about this, and it is inevitable that there will be some gossip, so they simply took their family and did not go back there.

Wang Pu invited Liang Dupeng to do things, and the monthly salary was good, so he could get the convenience of both ways. As long as there is money, everything is easy to say, and Liang Dupeng simply asked his neighbors to help plant the land in his house, saying that the price is good.