Fortunately, the production of gas lamps is limited, the price is also expensive, the sales volume is not large, and kerosene as a strategic material cannot be supplied openly, and the paraffin wax workshop can still be maintained. However, this situation will continue to deteriorate with the expansion of the Mawei City Glass Workshop and Oil Refining Workshop, and sooner or later there will be a day when it will be unbearable.

Facing Zhu Bajin, who drilled into his house all day long, Hong Tao pretended not to see. The ash workshop is under his management, and the benefits are not good, so he is naturally anxious. But urgency is also vain, some things can be taken care of by yourself, and some things you should not be managed.

Let them figure it out for themselves, don't always expect someone to come up with an idea and get a smooth road, that will only get lazier and lazier. In fact, this matter is very easy to solve, and if the price of candles is lowered, it will not be over to attract caravans from the mainland to buy.

White wax is a by-product of refined coal tar and petroleum, and it cannot be purified without separating wax oil, so it is basically equivalent to no cost except for collection and storage. Cutting half of the selling price and discounting it by seven is cheaper than the candles produced in Qionglin Garden.

The reason why Zhu Bajin didn't expect to reduce the price for domestic sales was not because they were stupid, but because they were used to lying down to make huge profits. But some things have to be measured, and small profits and quick sales are the right way, which has to force them to adapt.

In addition to the prosperity of trading and the vigorous sales of goods, Huangzhou City and Mawei City also received another benefit, that is, the service industry.

Many merchants come from afar and cannot immediately get enough goods, especially the goods that are in demand, and usually wait for several days or ten days before they are available. During this time, the merchants had to live first, and they needed a place to eat, drink, and play every day.

For the first two years, the merchants rented the vacant houses of the residents of the city, but soon the diligent people opened professional inns, wine shops, and tea shops.

As the number of customers increases year by year, these shops are opening bigger and bigger, and they provide more comprehensive services, including accommodation, stock, raising livestock, providing wine, food and refreshments, and meat business.

If you want to say that the viability of this business is really strong, as long as there is a busy area, you can not see any kind of business, but there will be no shortage of hotels and squatters. According to the rules of the Song people, the former not only provides flower wine but also stays, while the latter's main business is simply popping.

Of course, compared with Kaifeng, Huangzhou is still a small rural town, and there is definitely no serious restaurant like Bailulou, and you can't find a female trick who can accompany you to talk about life, art, emotion, and poetry.

But this situation was broken by a newly opened restaurant, it is called Fengxue Building, only broke ground in February, the address was originally a livestock market in the east of the city near the city gate, and later was bought by two mysterious ladies, and built a two-story carved beam painting restaurant on the ground.

If people who have never been to Huangzhou come for the first time, they will definitely think that this is the state government, and the last time it is also a temple with strong incense. Because it stands out from the crowd, the biggest, the tallest, and the most magnificent in the city!

These two eldest ladies are about forty years old, with Kaifeng accents, everyone only knows that their surnames are Han and Hua, and they call themselves Han Auntie and Hua Sanniang to the outside world, and they don't have a husband's family, and they don't know anything else.

The two ladies did not come empty-handed, and their appearance on the day they arrived in Huangzhou City was very sensational. There are three whole box cars, which are not full of goods, all people, living little ladies, a full twenty!

These twenty little ladies in their prime, rubbing grease and powder, and showing mercy in the corners of their eyes walked in a queue from the only main street in Huangzhou City, and the locals were directly dumbfounded, and the street was full of men with their mouths open and stunned, as well as women with angry eyes around them.

Merchants from the mainland have strong immunity, especially those from Dazhou City, who are more beautiful and attractive than these little ladies. So there was not only surprise in their eyes, but also a deep expectation.

In the past, when I came to Huangzhou to do business, I didn't have any bullshit fun except for drinking and playing money, and these little ladies were the hope for a better business life in the future. For people who have traveled north and south all year round, their origin can be seen at a glance, don't ask, the hotel is here!

In this matter, she didn't consciously act as a woman's umbrella on Monday, as a scarce female governor, she was still on business, as long as the identity of the person who came was correct and the money was settled, the land belonged to the two ladies.

As for whether it is an hotel, Da Song Law and Huangzhou Law did not say that this kind of business is not allowed, as long as it is not illegal, it is the object of her protection and tax collection, and nothing else is asked.

But she had some doubts about the sale of this land, it was still a new military land before the Yuan Ri, and it was not allowed to be sold, but just a few days before the two ladies came, Wang Jiu, who was in charge of the reserve training of the new army, suddenly got an edict from Lord Shuaisi and no longer planned to use this land, so as to return it to the Huangzhou government.

In other words, if the state government does not have a new plan, the land is equivalent to useless and can be sold. The problem is that this year's budget of the state government has been approved, and it cannot be changed without special needs, and even if there is a need, it must be approved by 11 representatives.

According to the current level of taxation, it is unlikely that there will be any plans for next year, and at present, the entire Huangzhou and Ganliang Road are being repaired, and where are the rich funds to build new government facilities.

Therefore, it is really time for the two eldest ladies to come, there is no such suitable whole piece of land for sale in the city early, and it is not their turn to buy this land at all, and many merchants are interested in expanding their business in the city.

However, there is no sign of favoritism in the process of buying land, and the two ladies are only successful after the government's secret bidding, and the price is a full half higher than the second place.

For this result, he could only say shit luck every day, and then let the inspector make Wang Twelve pay special attention to it, and secretly check whether there was anything suspicious about these two women.

Wang Twelfth must not find out the results, it is not inconclusive, the results must be there, and they are very detailed, but they are not obtained by her investigation, but given by Wang Shi.

It writes the whole set of the origins, family situations and social relationships of the two ladies, and it doesn't seem suspicious. Wang Twelve also believes that according to this information, Aunt Han and Hua Sanniang must be their own people, but it is unknown how they got acquainted with their own officials.

Not only do you not know, but you can't check it yet, and it's a sin to even think too much. Wang Shi wrote whatever he wrote on the information he brought, and there were some things that he didn't ask much. Officials will naturally say it if they want to say it, and if they don't want to say it, they shouldn't ask, which is a habit developed since childhood.

Could it be that Wang Shi was ordered by Hong Tao to cover for the two eldest ladies? That's right, if it weren't for Hong Tao's secret letter, Wang Twelve wouldn't have believed her, the tenth sister.

So why did Hong Tao cheat on these two big ladies from Kaifeng? The piece of land in Huangzhou City must have been instructed by him, and the mistake was to let them succeed.

The answer is very simple, he knows Aunt Han and Hua Sanniang. Just before leaving Kaifeng, he used Aunt Han and Hua Sanniang to help Fu Ji find the Xixia answerer. The Ahmad of the Western Xia Mission was bewitched by Han Sanniang's young lady, and then became the first victim of the ointment.

The identities of the two of them are indeed Kaian Hotel, and the name is not wrong, all the information is correct, but the only thing that is wrong is the purpose of coming to Huangzhou.

It was really not voluntary, but was forced by Wang Shi's subordinates to cooperate with Zhu Bajin's apprentices. I won't mention what means were used, Wang Shi's torture methods have been sublimated to a new level, which is inseparable from her tireless study. It has risen from physical pain to controlling the human soul, and whoever makes her stained with death has become an unattainable luxury.

So why did Hong Tao go to great lengths to get two old bustards who were in the skin and meat business from Kaifeng? is very useful, he wants to control the pornographic places in Huangzhou and even Ganliang Road, and then use it for his own use.

Don't underestimate this disgraceful place, it's very informative. It would be a waste of such a large amount of information, or it would be wasted to turn into gossip. Since Hong Tao wants to establish his own intelligence system, he will not let go of any resources around him, not only to use them, but also to make full use of them.

It is troublesome and inefficient for Wang Shi to send people to infiltrate the hotel, so it is better to simply control one or several such shops by himself, hang the sign of normal operation, and do some shady things.

There are ideas, but there are no candidates, this kind of restaurant is not just a person can do it, if you don't do it well, it's easy to show the stuffing, or simply can't run it, if the business is not good, you will lose the source.

In the end, it was Fu Ji who thought of Aunt Han, and then Hong Tao thought of Hua Sanniang again. It seems a bit unreasonable to run such a big business from one person to another place, and it is much smoother for two people to come together.

These are the two aspiring old bustards who have worked hard in Kaifeng for many years, have a little wealth, but can't see a future in their careers, so they resolutely take the coffin book to chase new dreams. And their stories will inspire more people to pursue their dreams in Huangzhou, killing two birds with one stone!

Fengxue Building has not been fully built, it opened under the strong request of the people, and the Lord Shuai Si happened to have a treat that day, and it was logically arranged in the most magnificent restaurant in the city, and the entire second floor was covered.

In fact, even if it is not inclusive, no one dares to come up and sit on an equal footing with Lord Shuaisi, and Hong Tao really did not love the people like a son on the issue of reputation. Half of everyone trusts him to speak, and the other half is afraid that he will hang people on wooden poles at every turn.

Aunt Han and Hua Sanniang are very face-saving, and as soon as they are happy, they will free all the seats at noon on the opening day, and eat and drink for nothing! Who is Shuaiji-sama? Huangzhou and Ganliang Road are the same parents and officials, and the parents are here, shouldn't they be happy?

In addition, the diners in Huangzhou said that Lord Shuai Si had never entered a wine shop to set up a banquet in Huangzhou for more than two years, and he invited guests to do it himself in the backyard of the state government, and it was an exception to come to Fengxue Building.

This point makes the catering merchants in Huangzhou very depressed, can it be said that Xingjun will not only sprinkle beans into soldiers, turn stones into gold, but also understand cooking skills, which still makes mortals live!