After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

Who would have thought that the guy I kicked shouted, "Does anyone know if he stole this deed? Shopkeeper, look at his shabby clothes, and even his carriage is tattered and old. How could he be the new owner of Xingyaoxuan?"

The carriage was old and shabby? That was the carriage Zheng Xian usually rode in when he went on incognito visits. No matter how bad it was, it couldn't be old and shabby.

I slowly took out the jade pendant that Zheng Xian had given me from my sleeve, waved it in front of the shopkeeper, and said, "Now, shopkeeper, do you believe that Xingyaoxuan is mine?"

When the shopkeeper saw the jade pendant, his face changed drastically. He knelt down with a "pop", buried his head on the ground, and shouted loudly: "I pay my respects to Your Majesty. May our emperor live long, long, long, long."

The waiter wanted to shout more, but the shopkeeper jumped up, slapped the waiter to the ground, and kicked him hard several times, shouting, "You ignorant fellow, you want to die but I don't."

The guy was beaten so hard that he vomited blood and soon became motionless.

After beating the man, the shopkeeper knelt in front of me again and said, "Sir, I am blind and ignorant. Please punish me."

I said coldly, "As a shopkeeper, you really should be punished. You can't even manage your own clerk, and you let him yell and scream in the store without any discipline. This seriously affects the image of the store. People who don't know would think you have entered a shady shop."

The shopkeeper was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and kept kowtowing, saying, "I know I was wrong. Please forgive me this time. I will serve you well in the future."

I saw that the situation was almost settled and my authority was established, so I said, "Get up. I don't want this kind of thing to happen again in the future. From today on, anyone hired by the store must have my approval. If I find out that anyone has secretly hired some questionable people, they will all be kicked out."

The shopkeeper stood up shakily, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "Yes, I understand."

After learning from the shopkeeper that this shop was mine, I immediately felt more confident.

I said, "Tell me everything about the business of this store later."

The shopkeeper said quickly, "Yes, sir, please come in and let me report everything to you."

The shopkeeper gestured to invite us into the inner room.

The inner room contains an accounting office, a reception room, and a large warehouse.

The shopkeeper led us to the accounting office, asked me to sit in the upper seat, and then came over with a pile of account books. He flipped through the books and said, "Sir, this is the income and expenditure of the past few months. Please take a closer look."

I looked at the pile of traditional Chinese characters and felt overwhelmed. I pretended to pick up the tea bowl and said, "Just tell me briefly first."

The shopkeeper immediately picked up an account book and said, "This is last month's account book. Revenue was 350,000 taels, purchases and expenditures were 120,000 taels, and net profit was 230,000 taels. This is the account book of the month before last. Revenue was 650,000 taels, purchases and expenditures were 280,000 taels, and profit was 370,000 taels. This is the account book of the month before last..."

When I heard that he could earn more than 300,000 taels of silver a month, I almost couldn't hold my tea bowl steady.

What a lucrative industry this is, you can earn so much in a month!

The shopkeeper was still reporting, so I interrupted him and said, "Okay, no need to report. I'll take these account books back and take a closer look. I just want to know why the profit is so small this month?"

The shopkeeper said with difficulty: "Since the outbreak of the epidemic this month, people dare not go out on the streets, and even dare not hold weddings. This has caused a large loss of income. In addition, everyone is busy storing food and vegetables, and they are saving money, so naturally they buy less jewelry."

I nodded. Fortunately, this shop belongs to Zheng Xian, otherwise no one would have the courage to open it for business.

I then asked, "I won't ask you about the previous profits, where are the profits from the past few months?"

The shopkeeper asked quickly, "Except for the money used to purchase goods and for daily expenses, I have saved the rest of the profits from the past few months."

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he took out a passbook and a seal from the secret compartment on the desk and handed them to me.

I looked at the passbook and saw, oh my god, the balance was so long. I counted it and it was over one million!

My forehead was throbbing and I suddenly became a millionaire. It really felt like a dream.

No wonder Zheng Xian likes to do business. Who doesn’t like such a business that is sure to make a profit?

Looking at the numbers on the passbook, I smiled like a fool and asked the shopkeeper, "Your Majesty gave me such a profitable shop, so is he losing a lot?"

The shopkeeper said with a smile, "This jewelry store is not the largest. There is a bigger branch in another part of the capital, which makes a lot of money. Besides, your Majesty's jewelry stores are all over the country, and they are all profitable stores with huge annual income. Even if I give you one or half a store, it won't hurt me at all."

"Ah?" Zheng Xian, this old fox, actually has such a big business. I really underestimated him. I was so surprised that I opened my mouth and couldn't speak.

Seeing that I was shocked, the shopkeeper said proudly, "Not only that, our Xingyaoxuan branches are all over the country because we have a gold mine and our own jewelry processing factory. Therefore, our purchase price is cheaper than others, the quality is higher than others, and the selling price is lower than others, so our business is naturally better than others. This is why Xingyaoxuan has a prosperous business and a good reputation across the country."

I didn’t expect that Zheng Xian actually had a gold mine and his own jewelry processing factory. His business was really booming.

I swallowed and said, "I felt embarrassed to have such a big shop from Your Majesty, but it turns out that it's not even the tip of the iceberg."

The shopkeeper chuckled twice and said, "Your Majesty is very good at doing business."

Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered that I had another shop, so I quickly asked Yiping to take out the deed and handed it to the shopkeeper, saying, "This is another shop that Your Majesty has rewarded me with. Can you please help me see what this shop does for a living?"

The shopkeeper took it and looked at it, then said, "Isn't this the rouge and powder shop called Linglong Pavilion at the end of the street? The shopkeeper Bai of Linglong Pavilion is a big shot in business. She manages this small shop of rouge and powder to the point where the goods are turning over like a wheel and it is extremely prosperous."

I said, "It seems that the shopkeeper and that shopkeeper Bai are familiar with each other?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Of course we are familiar with each other. Every month we go to the Moon Watching Tower to check accounts with Your Majesty, so we always have a few words with him."

I said, "In that case, could you please send someone to invite Shopkeeper Bai to come over?"

When the shopkeeper heard this, he quickly said, "Of course, sir, please wait a moment. I will ask someone to invite Shopkeeper Bai over."

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he stood up and walked out.

Seeing the shopkeeper leave, Jinping came over and said, "Ah Man, is what the shopkeeper said just now true?"

I rolled my eyes at him and said, "Of course it's true. There's no reason why the things His Majesty gives as rewards are bad."

Jinping grinned and said, "These two shops are making so much money, we don't have to worry about anything in our lives."