After the groom escaped from marriage, she married Jiangmen

If Lu Hanzhi's words made her suddenly enlightened, it didn't have such a good effect, but after talking like this, Zheng Sitian somewhat settled down, and became closer to Lu Hanzhi's cousin, and personally accompanied Lu Hanzhi Going to look for the Zheng family, and also talking about the Zheng family, "Does my cousin know my third brother?"

Zheng Sitian's third brother, isn't that the one who fooled Cheng Junze into opening a shop?It's no wonder that Lu Hanzhi's impression is stereotyped, it's really because Cheng Junze, who is still young, opened the store, and then withdrew the capital midway and threw the store to Cheng Junze. This Mr. Zheng Xiyuan left a deep impression on her.

The Zheng family is also a scholarly family, and most of the children in the family study and take the imperial examinations. Zheng Sitian's elder brother, cousin and clan brothers all came here, so the Zheng family actually hates Zheng Xiyuan who wants to do business. Not into steel.Zheng Sitian is a girl. She grew up gradually, and after she got married, she also learned how to manage the family business with her mother and sister-in-law. Only then did she realize that she had a lot of knowledge about business management that she had looked down upon before.

"In the past, I looked down on the third brother and felt that he was not doing his job properly. After I learned how to manage the family business with my mother, I realized the difficulties. Who knew that before I had time to admire the third brother, the third brother lost his business. "Zheng Sitian couldn't help sighing, "The third brother wants to make a comeback, but the uncle refuses to give him money, so the third brother has to ask the third sister-in-law, but the third sister-in-law also disagrees. We have a banquet at home today, but the third sister-in-law will return early in the morning." I'm gone to my mother's house."

Lu Hanzhi could tell that Zheng Sitian didn't blame Zheng Xiyuan's wife for refusing to give money to her husband, but felt that today's banquet in the mansion was a major event for the Zheng family, and as the daughter-in-law of the Zheng family, she shouldn't just walk away.Lu Hanzhi didn't like to comment on this, so he was a little puzzled and said, "Didn't you hear that my third cousin opened a new spice shop on the East Street a few years ago, and the spices imported from the Western Regions, the business is very good?"

Zheng Sitian sighed, and said: "The third brother started this business at the beginning of last year and made a lot of money. He wanted to expand the store, so he withdrew many of the joint venture stores in the early years and invested them all. Years ago I bought a shop in Dongjie, repaired it carefully, and opened it. I heard that a lion dancer was invited to perform. My uncle was so angry that he refused to talk to him for three days. Spices from the Western Regions are still very popular in the capital. , my mother took me out a few years ago, and she saw it when she passed by, it's really impressive."

"It's just that it's not easy to transport the spices from the Western Regions. The loss was not small when they encountered robbery on the way. Unfortunately, there was heavy snow again, and many precious spices were affected. The people who transported them didn't understand. If you are careless, sell it directly, and when people see the damaged spices, the reputation you have accumulated so easily will be ruined." Zheng Sitian sighed, "Someone used the spices and got a rash all over his body, and ran to the store to make a fuss. , After such a toss, the store will be ruined, which happened a few days ago."

There are profits and losses in doing business, and those big merchants will inevitably suffer losses. Even the few shops run by Lu Hanzhi also encounter troubles.It's just that Zheng's family is a scholarly family, so they didn't support Zheng Xiyuan's business. When something like this happened, of course they would take this opportunity to make Zheng Xiyuan give up business and go home to study hard.

Lu Hanzhi's original impression of Zheng Xiyuan was that he was shrewd and stingy, but now it seems that he is a bit biased.Great Chu has very few restrictions on commerce and merchants. Although it attaches great importance to agriculture, it does not deliberately suppress commerce. Although commerce has to pay more taxes, it does not restrict merchants from studying and taking imperial examinations. The fame obtained by the businessman's identity.

Of course, in order to reduce the phenomenon of collusion between officials and businessmen, there are also regulations that officials are not allowed to do business. Simply put, once they have obtained fame and become an official, they cannot directly engage in business operations. After Jin Shangshu became an official, the family business was handed over to other members of the family People, concentrate on being an official.

The Zheng family didn't agree with Zheng Xiyuan's business at first, and Zheng Xiyuan tried to open the shop on his own. The Zheng family couldn't do anything, but they still didn't agree with it. The reason for not wanting to tell him.

"This is a serious injury. It may not be easy to start the business again." Lu Hanzhi commented.

Zheng Sitian nodded and said: "That's right. Importing spices from the Western Regions requires a lot of investment. At that time, the third brother's shop was doing well. I inquired about it once and heard about the money it would cost to purchase and bring it back. , I don’t want to develop this way anymore.”

Life in the capital is not easy, and it is far from enough to live on that little salary, not to mention that He Lei has not yet obtained his fame.Zheng Sitian is not married yet, and her mother is afraid that she only knows about romantic affairs, so she has taught her to take care of these things in the past two years.Although He Lei is not the eldest son, she doesn't need to consider taking care of the family business for the time being when she gets married, but her own dowry can't just sit on the mountain, not to mention that He Lei will spend money on studying and making friends in the future, so can he rely on the He family?On this point, the Zheng family is not pedantic at all, which is why Zheng Siyan was respected and cherished by the Zhao family after she married.

In recent years, there have been more exchanges between Dachu and the Western Regions, and commodities from the Western Regions can also be seen in the capital, such as spices and gems, which are very popular.Everyone can see that doing business in the Western Regions can make money, but the cost of this business is also high. The transportation cost of purchasing goods from the Western Regions alone is beyond the affordability of many people.Therefore, there are many people who are envious and jealous, but not many people really put it into practice like Zheng Xiyuan.

"It's too far over there, let alone spices. I'm afraid it's not cheap to buy there." Lu Hanzhi nodded in agreement. Even Lu Minzhi was also interested in the Western Regions, but after all he wanted to study and take the imperial examination. I started some industries, but I didn't intend to devote myself to doing business. I thought about it but didn't put it into practice.

"That's right, it's cheaper there than in the Central Plains, but if you count the transportation, it's not as profitable as the restaurant that the third brother opened with his cousin." Zheng Sitian agrees, the cousin's spice shop is profitable, but The cost is also high, including all kinds of wear and tear, although the profit is quick, but in the long run, it is not high, "By the way, I saw that the restaurant is still open, and the business is not bad, has my cousin rented the shop to someone else? "

"No, I'm the one who runs the shop now." There was nothing to hide, so Lu Hanzhi answered casually.

"Really! Cousin sister-in-law is amazing!" Zheng Sitian is still in the learning stage, and has managed two shops with her mother, but has not had the opportunity to run it independently. "The dishes in the restaurant are different from other places. kid?"

"The recipe was researched by the chef in the store. I just found a few fresh vegetables." Lu Hanzhi explained briefly, "If my cousin likes it, how about I invite her to try new dishes next time?"