Chapter 1096

Chang'an City, west of the city.

There are numerous vendors in the west of the city now. However, some of them are engaged in fruit business, some in cloth and silk business, and some in tea and grain business. But these vendors are not big businesses. They are all small vendors.

The real tycoons are mainly concentrated in the north of the city.

That's where the rich live.

In a relatively remote house in the west of the city, it was a tragedy.

In the hall, right above.

There was a middle-aged man in his early 40s with a fat figure. It's just that the man's eyes are dark, his face is depressed, and he looks dejected. His name is Zhou Yixing. When he was young, he didn't know any big characters. He was a rogue. At the age of 30, there was a change. The prodigal son began to turn back and work hard to run a shop of his own.

Zhou Yixing runs a book business.

In recent years, under the catalysis of Xuan paper and printing, the cost of books has become too much cheaper, and many popular books have already spread in the market. Therefore, Zhou Yixing is a bookseller who specializes in selling books.

But the problem is that there are countless people running bookstores in Chang'an city. There are countless people running bookstores, and Zhou Yixing has no background or abundant capital, so he was run and lost his business.

They are all fighting price wars and losing money. Zhou Yixing can't bear it.

Now, even the rent of his shop has been in arrears for half a month. Fortunately, he dealt with the matter with justice, and when he rented the shop, he always sent the rent on time, so even if he was in arrears, the landlord didn't turn him out for the time being and gave him a little time.

However, Zhou Yixing had no solution.

If you want to have a personal relationship, Zhou Yixing doesn't have any personal relationship, so you can't find someone to trust you.

Relying on his strong strength, Zhou Yixing did not have enough money to support him. His price war has reached the point where he is even in arrears with the rent. It is conceivable that he is so short of money.

"Dong! Dong

There was a knock on the door from outside the hall.

Then a middle-aged woman came in, younger than Zhou Yixing. When she saw Zhou Yixing, she said, "husband, you've been sitting for a long time. There is no solution to sitting down like this. Our bookstore is no longer operational. Anyway, someone has hired you to be the shopkeeper, so you should take it. At least, we need to make a living? "

Zhou Yixing felt even worse when he listened to his wife.

He has been running his own bookstore for many years. Over the years, he has been with books and learned a lot from them. He is not willing to give up his own bookstore.

But he couldn't bring the bookstore back to life.

This is Zhou Yixing's most helpless.

Zhou continued to advise: "husband, we two can support each other. But have you forgotten the children who studied in Chang'an academy? In another month, he will go home to get his living expenses. If you don't have money, then you will let your children live in the college. "

"Alas..."

Zhou Yixing sighed.

Reality and ideal are the most difficult things for him to choose.

In his heart, he still wants to continue running the bookstore. But the problem is that it's hard to make ends meet. If it goes on like this, the whole family will have nothing to eat and drink.

"Creak!"

Suddenly, there was a sound of the door being pushed open at the gate of the yard.

A young man rushed in.

His name is Zhou Hong. He is Zhou Yixing's nephew. He has always worked with Zhou Yixing. He hurried in, bowed to Zhou Yixing and said, "uncle, nephew has found a business opportunity, which will surely solve the crisis of Zhouji bookstore."

"What business opportunities?"

Zhou Yixing asked.

He also held Zhou Hong in high esteem, because when he was young, Zhou Hong had already been able to take charge of his own affairs with Zhou Yixing.

Zhou Hong said, "my nephew found out that there was a selling point of Daqin daily outside the imperial city. There were many interesting things in Daqin daily."

With these words, Zhou Hong went to a Daqin daily from his sleeve.

This Daqin daily was invented by Sima Yi in accordance with Zhang Xiu's idea. However, the sale of Daqin daily is on the one hand as a residence newspaper, which is specially supplied to the Yamen of all States in the world, and on the other hand, it is sold in a special place outside the Imperial City.

The planning of Daqin daily is just like that of later newspapers.

There are four sections.

Every page has different content.

The contents of the four pages are quite detailed.

After reading it, Zhou Yixing thought about it and said, "hong'er, do you mean we buy Daqin daily in large quantities and sell it in our bookstore?"

"Yes

Zhou Hong nodded solemnly.

After a pause, Zhou Hong continued: "no one has considered it yet. We'll go right away. Not only that, but also after consulting with the government, the west of Chang'an city will be operated by us. We can't let others sell Daqin daily any more, so that we won't be run on. Otherwise, we will be run again. As for what we buy, it must be in large quantities. Naturally, the price can be lower. ""Wonderful, wonderful!"

Zhou Yixing looked at his wife and said, "you are at home. Hong'er and I are going to have a try. If I can't do it this time, I'll stop doing business by myself and go to look after the shop for others. "

Zhou nodded, not to stop.

Zhou Yixing and Zhou Hong left the county government and went straight to the direction of the imperial city.

When they arrived at the sales point of Daqin daily, although many people came to buy it, in fact, it was not lively enough. It's very simple that Daqin Daily has no influence for the time being.

Zhou Yixing, a peddler of Daqin daily, explained his intention to the attendants who sold Daqin daily. The attendants had never met him, and they had to report to each other. Now Sima Yi is in charge of Daqin daily. When he heard Zhou Yixing's intention, he arranged for people to shout Zhou Yixing and Zhou Hong into the room.

Looking at them, Sima Yi said, "my official, Sima Yi, is responsible for the affairs of Daqin daily. You said that if you are going to buy Daqin daily in large quantities, you should do business with our official Daqin daily. What's your plan? "

Zhou Yixing's brows rose.

The man in front of us is actually Sima Yi, who is in charge of land reform.

Sima Yi's responsibility for land reform is well known all over the world. It is not polite to say that Sima Yi's reputation in the world is no less than that of Xu Shu, because Sima Yi's land reform involves the whole Qin Dynasty.

He was in charge of land reform, so countless people knew about it.

There are also countless people who are grateful.

Zhou Yixing bowed slightly and said respectfully, "I'd like to report back to Mr. Sima. Zhou Yixing, a villain, is the owner of a bookstore. The sale of Daqin daily is certainly not enough if it is just such a selling point. So Xiaoren plans to buy Daqin daily in large quantities and sell it in Chang'an. "

After a pause, Zhou Yixing said: "villains will buy a considerable amount, which can remove the inventory of Daqin daily and help promote Daqin daily. The villain's condition is that in the west of Chang'an City, only my bookstores are allowed to sell Daqin daily, and Mr. Sima can no longer authorize other bookstores to sell Daqin daily. "

He made the offer.

At this moment, Zhou Yixing's heart was also a little uneasy.

After all, he did not know how Sima Yi would decide, and his life and death also depended on Sima Yi's decision.