After these things, the atmosphere throughout the night was still dull and the joy was missing several times.

In front of these people, Xu Ping's status is highly respected and cannot be commented casually. Ouyang Xiu is a rising star in the literary world and is also favored by many veterans and important officials in the court. He has a bright future and it is hard for others to say it seriously.

The most important thing is that Ouyang Xiu was extremely stubborn about the Taoist sect. He compared himself to Han Yu in the Tang Dynasty in his heart to clear the evil sayings of the world and establish orthodox. The literary decline of the eight generations, and the Tao helped the world and drowned, loyal to the lord's anger, and bravely seized the commander of the three armies. Although Su Shi's words to praise Han Yu have not yet appeared, Ouyang Xiu regarded this as a benchmark for his work in his heart.

Xu Ping was born in a family of merchants. Although he was a Jinshi and entered the official career, he was promoted all the time by relying on the political achievements of creating money, grain and wealth for the court. Although he had military achievements, he still focused on money and grain. It would be fine if he did this himself, but he also used his power and status to let the pillars of the court in the court do the same. Isn’t this the evil way is prosperous and the righteous way is declining? A son of a merchant actually believed that governing the world was just money and grain, which Ouyang Xiu could not tolerate no matter what.

Now that Xu Ping is in a high position and power, Ouyang Xiu can only swallow this, but he is not convinced no matter what. He made up his mind to make up the mistakes of Xu Ping one day, and there are still many people in the world who follow the right path.

Everyone scattered that night, and Xu Ping and Wang Gongchen stayed in the shop.

After the lights were on, the servant put two cups of strong tea. Xu Ping asked the shop manager to bring the account book over and reconcile it with Wang Gongchen.

Pushing the tea on the table, Wang Gongchen said a little crampedly: "Deputy envoy, we are our own people, we are officials in the same dynasty, we read books of sages, and we do business in official and family affairs. Opening shops is just to subsidize household income. Why do we really have to be as petty as a group of merchants!"

Xu Ping smiled and shook his head: "June, that's not what you say. When doing business together, the most important thing is to clearly distinguish the accounts, otherwise there will be a day when you have to doubt each other. A gentleman is open-minded and has nothing to say to others. When doing business, you must be like doing business, and you must be honest and clear about money. We are both good friends and regular, but it is another thing to clarify the accounts of business. This is not greed for money, but it is the rule for doing things."

Wang Gongchen was a little uncomfortable after all. In the past, Xu Ping often helped him, and I don’t know how much money and goods he gave him for free, but now he settled the accounts with Xu Ping. How to calculate the accounts?

Xu Ping said to the supervisor standing aside: "Sir Zhang, you explain the accounts one by one to Jun Zhu. If you have anything to be clear, you must explain it clearly. To do business in partnership, you must be clear and never be careless."

Manager Zhang bowed and replied, "I will pay attention to it. At the end of the month, I will clear the accounts."

Xu Ping nodded, stood up and patted Wang Gongchen on the shoulder and said, "June, you have to get used to doing this, otherwise one day you will really have a big deal. If you don't make up the accounts, who dares to work with you?"

Wang Gongchen shook his head helplessly: "But how can I do these things?"

Xu Ping laughed: "Then you hurry up and hire a magistrate's office to take care of you and don't have to worry about everything yourself. If there is no one to choose, go to your future father-in-law and the wealthy family of Mr. Xue, there will be someone to give you some hands. Okay, you and Director Zhang are doing things here, I will go out to have a breath and clear my mind."

After saying that, Xu Ping stepped out of the door and came to the yard.

It was late at night, and it was not as prosperous as the inner city. The guests in the shop had long since dispersed, and only a few servants were busy cleaning. Cleaning the tables, extinguishing the charcoal fire in the stove, and doing the final work of the day.

When he saw Xu Ping coming out, the servant hurriedly bowed and bowed.

Xu Ping waved his hand and said, "Just be busy with yours, I'm just going to have a walk."

After saying that, he walked around the yard twice and raised his foot to the Wuzhang River.

The Wuzhang River connects to Liangshanpo on Jingdong Road, which is far less prosperous than the Bian River. At this time, there were no boats on the surface of the river, only the Xishui Mowu, who is under the Sanshi in the distance, lying on the river like a monster.

The wind blew from the river, warm and cool. Xu Ping raised his head slightly, took a deep breath, and felt comfortable in his body and mind.

At this time last year, I was returning to Taiping County from Shenglong Prefecture, and was full of energy. Suddenly, I was taken away from the dispatch and returned to Beijing to report my duties. It took me a year without realizing it. In a year, I transformed from a local small official into a central minister in the court. There were few people who had such an encounter since the founding of the country.

During this year, especially in the second half of his year of employment in Beijing, I finally got up and down step by step. Now, both in public and private matters have finally gotten on the right track, and my nervousness has slowly begun to relax.

Nowadays, the new business and shops in charge of the Sansi Department have been operating normally. As long as you continue to do it steadily, you will be mature in the capital and slowly expand to nearby prefectures and counties, and nearby roads, little by little to the whole world.

On that day, the annual income of the Sansi will be very different from now. With a full finance, nothing will be difficult to do. Even if the war in the Northwest begins, as long as there is no shortage of money and food, it will be consumed to death.

In the face of the glorious trend, even if someone doesn’t like it, what kind of storm can it cause? The people in the world need to have a meal, the officials of the court need to have a salary, and the regime needs to operate normally, and they all look down on officials who are in charge of money and food, but they will never be able to do so if they lack money and food.

There was no moon in the sky, and it was impossible to see how long it had passed. Wang Gongchen happily came out of the room, arrived beside Xu Ping, and whispered: "The deputy envoy, you have already calculated it."

Xu Ping turned around and looked at Wang Gongchen: "Oh, how much has he divided this month?"

Wang Gongchen said in a daze: "What, don't you know? You don't count yourself, why did you let me figure it out?"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "The business around my family is managed by Xu Chang, so the accounts are naturally settled by him. I take care of so much. I don't know how many things I have, so where can I worry about this?"

"Oh, it turns out that there are many people who are good at home. It seems that I have to find someone who can work hard, otherwise I would be unable to pay for it. This month, the shop has made a total of 358 coins, and our family has more than 100 coins. To be honest, many powerful families can't make so much money even if they rent a store. I didn't expect that a small shop would have such a profit, which was something I had never thought before. With this money, my family would be much more relaxed."

"Food, clothing, housing and transportation, these four things in life are indispensable, and they are the best to make money, but not many people can do it well. We have great potential in our shop, and it is not impossible to make a fortune in the future."

Wang Gongchen sighed: "I dare not think like this with the deputy envoy. You also know that my family used to being hard, and I just felt that it was difficult to make a penny. I didn't expect that when I opened a shop, the money would come so easily. Alas——"

"Is it easy? It's not easy either. You didn't see that the food shops were opened with us nearby. There were already two or three stores. If you do things in the world with your heart, you still have to know how to do it easier."

After hearing this, Wang Gongchen smiled and said, "Anyway, the deputy envoy knows how to do it. Just bring me some money to make, so why bother me!"

After saying that, he looked at the Wuzhang River, which was slightly shining under the stars.

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Chapter completed!