As the official salt shop was set up, Zhou Xueren also got the official salt license in the city. Because it was not allowed to be sold privately, the license plate had the name of the tax bureau where his relative was located, indicating that the government monopolized it.
For this official salt license plate, Zhou Xueren spent as much as 3000 taels of silver to clear all the procedures in the government. Fortunately, he had money. If it were an ordinary person, he would have 3000 taels of snow silver in his hands. He really did not want to take any risks to play with money and make money. He would rather save 3000 taels of silver to eat interest, or simply put it away as family property. He still lived a thrifty life. The so-called market vision of the common people could not achieve great things.
Snowman Zhou was different. The money he handled was like flowing water. He would not care about a little money because his family was well-off. He also understood the basic economic principle that if he did not give up his children, he would not be able to catch the wolf. Therefore, he dared to spend and invest freely.
The salt shop was spread on the middle street of Xikou Village. The shop was originally a room of Ren Huasheng's family in the village. After Zhou Xueren saw the location of the salt shop, he went to discuss with Ren Huasheng, wanting to rent his room and a small open space around it.
Zhou Xueren did not expect to buy the house and land of Ren Huasheng. He was worried that the official salt business would not last long. Once the Tartars investigated, they might close the shop one day.
Therefore, even if Li Shengfang wanted to spend a few more money to buy a house, in case the price of the house and land would rise in the future, the rental money would also rise. Zhou Xueren gritted his teeth and said that he could not. He could only rent. He would rather give a few more rental money than buy a house and an empty space.
However, later on, the Taiping Army attacked, and the entire Fenghua and Xikou area was in chaos. Zhou Xueren was afraid of becoming the target of Long Hair's struggle because of his wealth and reputation. He hurriedly transferred the official salt shop and license to Jiang Siqian. Jiang Siqian then decided to buy Ren Huasheng's room and the surrounding empty space, and rebuilt a two-story building. The first floor had three rooms as a shop front, mainly selling salt, and the back also sold wine, grain, oil, lime, etc. The second floor had four rooms. It was a place where the family lived.
Because Zhou Xueren was worried that he couldn't handle the salt lawsuit, he didn't want to interfere with the name of the salt shop, so he let Jiang Siqian name it casually.
Jiang Siqian initially thought that Zhou Xueren was the shopkeeper, and he was just a wage earner. He did not dare to inject his name into the shop name. He thought of the Zhou family's salt shop, which was clear and honest. The villagers knew that it was a shop selling salt, and there was a kind of intimacy.
When he told Li Shengfang the name of the shop, Li Shengfang advised him to change it immediately. It was best not to have any relationship with Zhou Xueren. He just wanted to secretly earn some money. After all, selling official salt was illegal.
Jiang Siqian did not think so and told Li Shengfang that since the owner wanted to clear the air, he simply named the shop according to his own name. Zhou Xueren knew not to be angry.
Li Shengfang smiled and comforted Jiang Siqian. It was okay. He hoped that in the eyes of outsiders, the salt shop was opened by your own family.
With that, Li Shengfang quickly reminded Jiang Siqian with a stern face. We have already agreed on this matter. You must not say that the Zhou family opened the shop. You can only say that you opened the shop yourself. If they doubt your financial strength, you can clearly say that you borrowed money from the Zhou family and that the license plate was also helped by the Zhou family.
Jiang Siqian did not take the ban on selling official salt seriously. Li Shengfang encouraged him that the official salt business was now privately done everywhere. The court could not manage it, so there was no risk. He must seize this opportunity to make some money.
In the end, Li Shengfang even teased him. Look at you. You're not as fat as Snowman Zhou, which means you don't have much money. If your family has money, isn't it natural to eat stewed meat every day? If you gain more weight, you'll have more energy to do anything.
Jiang Siqian knew that Li Shengfang felt that his endurance was not enough when he was intimate, and it hurt his face. He was not convinced and said," I have persisted for a long time, far better than your Zhou Xueren. Look at him eating so fat, but he is a grass belly. He lacks physical exercise and can't digest the essence. He also failed to serve you. He has a man's skeleton for nothing."
Li Shengfang quickly looked around and put her index finger between her lips, indicating for him to whisper. If outsiders heard about it and it spread to the Zhou family, it would be difficult for them in the future.
Jiang Siqian looked around carefully and comforted Li Shengfang with a smile. What was there to be afraid of? Even if the Zhou family knows about it, they might be rich, but the Jiang family has many people. If we unite, the Zhou family is no match for them.
Li Shengfang sneered twice and then snorted, saying," Jiang Siqian, your brain is dead. Don't you know the ancient saying that people die for money and birds die for food?" It was true that the Jiang family had many people, but they were not of one heart. In particular, there were several families who were used to idling around. They were all cold-blooded people who were greedy for money. How could they have any concept of kinship?
When Jiang Siqian heard Li Shengfang's taunt, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed. He couldn't help but feel a ball of fire in his heart. He retorted," The Zhou family isn't united. The Jiang family has always been united."
After he finished speaking, he still wanted to prove his words and brought up the matter of renovating the shop. If I hadn't called a few relatives of the Jiang family over to help, this shop might still be deserted. No one from the Zhou family came over to lend a hand.
Li Shengfang was not convinced. She said,"It's true that your relatives came to help, but they didn't lose a penny of their salary. On your account, I'll give them a few more taels of silver. They can use it as food for everyone."
Due to her excitement, she felt a lump in her throat. She swallowed and quickly said,"If I don't give your relatives money, will your Jiang family come over to help?"
Jiang Siqian felt that Li Shengfang's words were reasonable. After all, they had given money. If they really didn't give money to their relatives, but asked them to work for free, they wouldn't do it themselves. There was no sign of kinship in this segment. Everyone just wanted to make money, but they hoped to cover it with a layer of kinship to dilute the desire for money.
However, he did not want to admit defeat. It was embarrassing to admit defeat in front of a woman. Therefore, he remembered that no one from the Zhou family came to help. Even if they had money to earn, none of them came. This meant that the Zhou family had no kinship at all. They were strangers to each other.
In addition, Zhou Xueren was usually domineering and unruly in the village. His words and deeds were not in line with the rules, so it was only natural that there was a gap between the villagers.
Therefore, Jiang Siqian touched the bag of salt in his hand and looked at Li Shengfang. Anyway, the Zhou family is not as united as the Jiang family. Your husband has no one to talk to in the village. If he is anxious, he will run to Fenghua City.
When Jiang Siqian said this, he suddenly thought of Zhou Xueren's prostitution. Everyone in the village knew about it and could not help but laugh.
Li Shengfang looked at his expression and listened to his unconvinced tone. A flame burned in her heart, and a domineering aura of Wu Zetian arose spontaneously. She was about to say a few harsh words to hit the male lover in front of her, but when she heard him laugh when he said that her husband went to Fenghua City, her thoughts instantly turned to the matter of Zhou Xueren's prostitution. Her anger could not help but soften. Her husband was disappointing and his bad performance was annoying. No one in Xikou Village loved him, and even her clansmen could not see him.
Li Shengfang couldn't help but sigh deeply. She thought to herself that Jiang Siqian was right. No matter how bad the Jiang family was, they were more popular than her husband. She followed him, except for money, she had nothing else. Even if she was related to her family, she had to rely on her own body and sex like a prostitute to maintain it. If it was her husband who operated these kinship relationships alone, it would be difficult for her family to step into it. They would have become enemies.
Li Shengfang decided not to argue with Jiang Siqian about this topic, so as not to affect their relationship. The actual problem at hand was to hang up the salt shop sign as soon as possible. It was a big deal to open and make money immediately.
So, she rolled her eyes at Jiang Siqian and urged him," You must come up with the name of the plaque this morning. Hurry up and arrange for Ren Huatian, who made the plaque at the west end of the village, to make it. Hang it up tomorrow morning and buy some firecrackers and incense. It's more or less auspicious to open the door."
Jiang Si Qian said that the name of the plaque has already been thought of, and you are just short of making the plaque.
Li Shengfang quickly asked, what was his name?
How about Yutai Salt Shop? Isn't the name nice? Jiang Si Qian said the name with a proud expression.
His nickname was Yu Biao, which started with the word Yu, showing his ambition to monopolize the salt shop business. The word Yu followed by the word Tai, which originated from the name of Mount Tai. He said that his salt shop was as solid as Mount Tai and could be passed down for thousands of generations.
However, Jiang Siqian did have a pulse. Although the salt shop business did not create a mountain of gold and silver, it gave birth to Jiang Jieshi on the basis of the salt shop business, which affected thousands of people in China for nearly 40 years.
Li Shengfang heard that the name was not bad. It was pleasing to the ear and also pleasing to the wealth. She quickly nodded and asked Jiang Siqian to quickly make the plaque and buy the incense firecrackers.
Jiang Si Qian spread out his hands and pointed to the messy table salt on the counter. He said,"I want to tidy up the salt. Today, the salt truck came to unload the salt. Your shopkeeper couldn't bear to pay more labor money. The other salt workers only unloaded the truck and didn't care about the tidy yard. I spent a box of good cigarettes and begged them to directly unload it into the house. Otherwise, so much salt would definitely be piled up at the door of the shop. Once it rains, it will definitely be soaked into salt soup and flow away."
Li Shengfang looked at the bag of salt in the room and frowned. It's so annoying. There are too many things to do in business. I can't handle it. Si Qian, stack the salt bags first before making the brand.
Jiang Siqian saw that Li Shengfang didn't care about him, so he was a little angry. He had to work hard alone. A bag of salt weighed 100 pounds. After carrying two bags, he felt his body heat up. He wanted to call two waiters to help carry it to save effort and time.
Therefore, he showed his impatience and said," After finishing the salt bags, it will probably be night time. There will be no time to make the signboard. It's best to hire an assistant in the shop. When the business is busy, he can also help. If I rely on myself, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it if I die of exhaustion."
Jiang Siqian emphasized the word " exhausted ", hoping to arouse Li Shengfang's sympathy and give him a helper. He would not have to work too hard. Even if she needed his body to eat wild food in the future, at least he would not be unable to satisfy her desires because of his weak body.
Li Shengfang looked at the mountain-like salt pile and turned her gaze back to Jiang Siqian's strong body. She felt that his body seemed to be able to handle such labor. A man's body relied on exercise. They were all lazy like their husbands. There was no strength in their bodies. Even the slightly intense exercise between husband and wife was difficult to bear. They must have betrayed the name of a man. Si Qian should continue to exercise.
She thought about how stingy Zhou Xueren was. In order to take care of the salt shop license, he spent a lot of money in the officialdom. He said that it was fine when he met people outside, and he looked indifferent. When he returned home, he almost cried.
On the day he got the license plate, after Zhou Xueren finished calculating the economic accounts, his eyes were red. He turned to Li Shengfang and complained about the waste of money. Other than the purchase money and the renovation money, other expenses must be strictly controlled.
He even counted Jiang Siqian's salary again and again, wishing that Jiang Siqian would work for him for free and not give him a single salary.
Li Shengfang was smart. She was worried that the salt shop would be too busy for one person, so she asked Zhou Xueren if he wanted to hire a little assistant. In case Jiang Siqian was too busy.
Zhou Xueren spat on the ground and almost cursed. He said that one person was enough. With so much money, Jiang Siqian could do it alone.
Li Shengfang secretly had an affair with Jiang Siqian. She was worried that her husband would be angry because of this matter, but she didn't say it because of her face. She quickly tried to smooth things over and told her husband's stingy character that he could probably handle it alone. Even if he couldn't handle it, he could hire someone else from his salary.
Zhou Xueren was happy when he heard his wife say that. He grinned and pulled his wife over to hug her waist. He said gently," My wife is still the best. She knows how to think for me. In the future, I'll leave the salt shop business to you. I'll only listen to your report."
Li Shengfang was nervous. She knew that it would be difficult for her to be in the middle of two men in the future.
However, she felt that this was a good opportunity to monopolize the Zhou family's economic power. Wu Zetian's domineering spirit inspired her. Why couldn't a woman be the head of the family? She was determined to deal with all the financial matters of her husband's family.
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