Chapter 59: Questioning from the restaurant in the water

There was a white thing floating there, as if it was a square thing, with several ropes connected below, and a few big red characters were written on the white thing. This thing was so big that it scared the followers a little.

"The position of publicity." After following County Magistrate Cheng for so many years, he naturally recognized the words above and waited to turn one side. Another sentence appeared on it. The entourage pronounced it again, "Leave your name in the sky."

The followers saw it clearly. The rotation of this thing was relied on the two people below to push a millstone made of wood. Every time they turned, the things tied to four ropes turned one side in the sky, with a total of four sides. After waiting for a few breaths, the things on it turned again.

"The advertising office, Linshui's first house." The follower then figured out that this was the thing that Shui Yunjian made at the time. It was cheap and used flags and banners. The one used here was actually a thing flying in the sky. The so-called Linshui's first house is the name of a restaurant, closest to the shore. If you want to go up, you can only take a boat. It seems that if you want to make this thing called advertising, you need to go there to find someone.

Waiting for the thing above to turn another side, the follower's mouth opened wide, and it said, "Price, ten taels a day."

"This is too expensive. Who would be stupid to do this advertisement? Ten taels of silver can do a lot of things."

The follower looked at the price above and muttered, "Ten taels of silver, just write some words on the thing that is about ten feet long and wide. As long as you are not sick, no one will be willing to waste the money."

"Let's go to Linshui's first place and have something to eat. It's noon." Although County Magistrate Cheng also thought the price of this thing was too high, he still wanted to go and have a look.

Following a small path, we arrived at the smallest place by the river where there were boats parked. Before County Magistrate Cheng could speak, someone immediately asked: "Mr. County Magistrate, are you going to have dinner there?"

What he said was naturally the first one. County Magistrate Cheng nodded, raised his leg and got on the boat. The people on the boat waved their oars with their hands, and the boat headed towards the first one on the waterside.

This restaurant was not made on purpose. It was originally planned to build a road on the shore. First, it was built and after the restaurant was built, everyone found that as soon as the water rose, the restaurant would be soaked in the water. When the building was about to demolish the building, Song Jinggong suddenly thought of the water clouds in the village.

Now I asked someone to ask what height the water in this place could reach in the end. Those with experienced people said that the water level was high by then and the entire first floor would be over.

Song Jinggong was happy and asked someone to continue to build it. He built three layers. Even if the water was high, there were two layers above to use, not to mention that such a large amount of water might not appear.

The first restaurant in Linshui came out of this place, and there was only one restaurant here, and the others were built backwards. This year, there were a few rains. The precipitation in Sanshui County was not too heavy, but the river above rose. Once the water was put here, most of the first floor of the restaurant was soaked in water.

No restaurant can be like this. Many people choose to eat here for a special feeling, even if they are always worried about floods or boats rushing over and knocking the building down.

"Sir, how long can the wood in the water be soaked? If it gets rotten, the person who is eating has something to do and wants to have a lawsuit." The entourage has only eaten here twice. The taste of the food is no different from that of other restaurants there. He did not find that the meat is too much, but he felt that the amount of the food was less.

"It won't rot in a year. Look, the wood has been soaked in oil. Maybe it's okay for three to five years. When there is less water, people will naturally come to check it. Which pillar is not good, just change it. Man, how many people are here now?"

County Magistrate Cheng was not afraid of this restaurant at all. He stood at the bow of the boat and asked the boater again.

"Sir, there are still many people coming today. The first floor is full of people who eat in wooden boxes, and there are also many on the second and third floors. It has not yet come down. I guess more people will arrive later."

The boating guy replied.

"Then do you know why?"

"I know, it's not the Kongming lantern that advertised. The restaurant shopkeeper specializes in this. As long as you want to buy a seat there, you will get it here. People come to eat first and ask the guy inside, and the shopkeeper will naturally go in and talk one by one, and the wine, vegetables and food will not be spared."

The boating guy answered another sentence.

The entourage also said at this time: "There are really people who are stupid? It's strange."

"This guy is wrong. Don't think that you need ten taels of silver a day, we have a lot of capital. The paper on the lamp needs to be well pasted. The lamp oil used every day costs hundreds of cents. A day, it takes twelve hours. If someone comes back with a few ships of cargo, he wants to find a buyer and even go to the agency where he opens here in Shuiyun.

That would cost a lot of money. If a ship of goods exceeds a thousand taels of silver, it would be better to leave a place on the lamp. Otherwise, it would cost fifteen to twenty taels of silver to go to the agency. A few days ago, six ships of cloth came and wanted to sell it here, but they spent more than seventy taels of silver. This was because the agency gave a cheap price."

The boater saw that the two of them were not in a hurry, and rowed slowly, and said a lot, helping the dock to promote the dock. Mr. Song said that they were not only responsible for rowing, but also to help win over the guests, saying that this was called a foreign ship worker.

When there are fewer people, they can go to other places to take care of their jobs, such as helping a merchant to send several people to the shore, and for example, they have to take care of them when unloading goods. Even if some merchants get sick, they have to help find someone to treat them. If they want to chat, they will accompany them as long as they are not busy.

They don’t know why they do this. They usually don’t charge money when helping others, and only make people remember that this is a specialist on the dock.

The three people who were not in a hurry began to float on the water. The followers knew about this from the friend's mouth, but they also didn't understand it.

"Isn't this stupid? It's natural to do things for others and make money by yourself. If you don't help them, won't they come to the dock yet?"

"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. Zhangjiazhuangzi is worried that the county magistrate who comes here will get some benefits. What if he takes advantage of the lack of water and risk being impeached and has to repair a dock on the other side of the shore? As long as there is someone behind him, he is not afraid of impeachment. If you really encounter such a thing, the merchants who come and go are used to the treatment of the guys here. As long as there is a business, of course they will think of this dock first."

County Magistrate Cheng thought more than his entourage. He knew that by then this was no longer just a financial benefit, but more of a familiar feeling. Merchants would not care about this little money. They care about who treats them sincerely. Where can they stop, where they can be comforted, and where they naturally choose. Zhangjiazhuangzi is preparing for the future.

"It's still great for adults. The young people didn't expect that there would be such benefits. The young people were also instructed to introduce the situation here to the boat people, such as which food is delicious, how much each price, etc., and even some business matters, you should tell others clearly.

Mr. Song said, don’t be afraid of rushing to the agency’s business. No matter how much we remember, there is no matter how much we have. The agency can manage almost everything, as long as you are willing to pay."

The boatman suddenly realized when he heard the words of County Magistrate Cheng. As he said it, he thought it was too easy to work with such a person, so there was no need to worry about being plotted against one day.

County Magistrate Cheng nodded and pointed his hand at the first house in the water. The guy immediately rowed the boat over and waited for the two of them to step on the stairs extending into the water. Then he turned the boat in a direction and looked around. He found that no one called him, and nothing else was going to do, so he rowed to the place where the boat was parked and the passengers were waiting again.

"How is it? You know how powerful they are now?" County Magistrate Cheng went straight to the third floor and did not reach the roof with a wider view. Now the wind is not as strong as before, but the clouds are still dark. It seems that it will rain in a while.

"Sir, I know, but what's the use of that lantern? If it were me, I would have made a lantern like that on the boat, and it wouldn't cost a penny. They didn't say that they wouldn't let it do this."

The follower still didn't understand the advertisement and felt that there were many omissions.

"Just ask the shopkeeper here, guy, come and find your shopkeeper." County Magistrate Cheng did not explain directly to the entourage, and gave an order to the shopkeeper who served the food next to him.

The guy turned around and left immediately, and naturally there were other people who helped serve the dishes. County Magistrate Cheng didn't have to order dishes here. He went to any restaurant belonging to Zhangjiazhuang and sat there and waited. He put all the signature dishes on it. He had developed a habit. He would only give him a separate order unless he wanted to eat something.

County Magistrate Cheng and his entourage did not choose a private room, but sat in a small place on the third floor with a screen partition. Before the shopkeeper arrived, he heard someone talking on the screen.

"The Jin Dong family, I heard that the people from the Mi family had sex with the farm. I wanted to plot against the farm once. I wonder which side the Jin Dong family would like to help? The seeds there are indeed too expensive. I also heard a few days ago that one acre of land can produce five stones of grain.
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