"Rent a shop?" Zhang Fangyuan saw the sweat on his fulang’s forehead and wiped it for him, and when he learned about his plan, he didn't even think about it and say: "Okay."

    "You agree so quickly?"

    Xu He thought that Zhang Fangyuan would at least think it over and procrastinate, but unexpectedly he agreed immediately.

    Zhang Fangyuan couldn't help but laugh. He actually didn't want Xu He to set up a stall on Tianjie every day. It was like roasting sweet potatoes in the stove every day.

    Although the stall at the other end had a shade cloth, it couldn’t cover everything. Unlike the meat market, the roof was completely covered, so there was no sunlight, and it was ventilated on all sides. It was better than going out to set up a stall. It was much cooler.

    Knowing that he couldn't persuade Xu He when he went out to make money, and he was also annoyed by the other vendors over there these days, it was even more difficult to speak. At present, he himself proposed to rent a shop, which was the best.

    "Didn't you say that you want to open a restaurant? And I agreed."

    Xu He pursed his lips, feeling a little happy in his heart, and took the cattail fan and fanned it: "Then let's go to the shop together? "

    "Okay, we will go in the afternoon."

    Although Siyang City was only a county seat, far from being comparable to Fucheng, the location of the county was good.

    There was Tanhualang, there was also an old master who escaped from the court and returned to his hometown, and there was also the world-famous Qianshan Academy. This dynasty attached great importance to imperial examinations, and many people came to study here. Siyang was also quite famous for this. It could also be regarded as a densely populated county with a wide county.

[探花 郎 tàn huā láng: candidate who came third in the Han-lin examination]

    There were countless long streets and narrow alleys, and it was common for newcomers to get lost.

    Xu He never ate in the restaurants in the city. Although he had been in the city for business for a few months, he always brought his own meals. The only restaurant he went to was the hot soup restaurant. For this reason, he was not very familiar with which markets had more restaurants and which ones taste good, and he still had to find out the rent prices of shops.

    This was not difficult for Zhang Fangyuan, who could take Xu He to walk through all the alleys and streets in one afternoon, and looked at the shops that could be rented with confidence.

    The rent of the shops in the city was really not comparable to that of small stalls. They just asked about it casually, but a shop the size of a utility room at home, the rent price was 2,000 copper coins a month. The location was not good, the front was not close to the street, and the back was the dilapidated old alleys of Linmin Lane, the place for the old ladies who lived frugally in the city.

    Naturally, there were bad ones and good ones, and the shops on the four main streets in the city were very good. Not only there were a lot of people, but the shops were also large, wide, ventilated and near the river, and there was also a lot of open space outside.

    At that time, when the dishes were cooked and the wind blew, the guests would come along with the scent, and the tables could be placed outside to accommodate more guests.

    Xu He was very satisfied with the shop on the main street, but unfortunately the rent price was tens thousands copper coins. He was stunned when he heard the price, farmers may not be able to save so much money after working for a few years, this shop costed so much money just for rent, it was really not affordable for people like them.

    Apart from the good ones and the bad ones, there were also shops in the middle alleys, some of which were close to the main street, but most of them were close to a private alley, and the flow of people was acceptable. But the rent was not low, fluctuating around 5,000 copper coins.

    Xu He whimpered, "How can it be so expensive?"

    Zhang Fangyuan patted Xu He's head, and said, "The rent was not so high in the past two years, but life was peaceful, there are more people in the city, and it makes sense if the rent for shops to increase.”

    Xu He sighed and counted with his fingers. In addition to the rent, the ingredients were also a huge expense. Although there were varieties in the village, they were in the city after all, so they had to be transported every day, and when the shop was opened, there was a high tax to be paid every quarter.

    He didn't even calculate it carefully before, but when he simply calculated it, the expenses were like running water, and there was no guarantee that the business would be good.

    "In this case, it's better to set up a stall."

    "Three hundred and sixty lines, it's not easy to walk. Setting up a stall has the advantages of setting up a stall, and renting a shop has its own advantages. If there are only disadvantages, then there must be no one to do it."

    Xu He understood these principles. Since it existed, there must be suitable people to do it. If they felt difficult to do it now, it meant that it was not suitable for their current situation.

    "Now I have about 10,000 copper coins in my hand. It's still not enough to rent for a shop."

    Zhang Fangyuan had never counted how much money he had since he handed over the money to Xu He. It was a bit surprising that they had saved so much in just two months, after all, he couldn’t save the money even if he wanted to save it. It was really useful to leave it to fulang to take care of the house.

    "If it's really not enough, let's borrow some money from the bank?"

    Xu He immediately shook his head: "The interest rate of the bank is high, so it’s not safe for doing business. If you lose money, how can you pay back to the bank. It's better to be more secure."

You had to pay the rent, and you had to buy tables, chairs, benches, pots, stoves and bowls in the early stage of the shop, and you had to carry the ingredients, and you had to have money to circulate.

    Not only that, but Zhang Fangyuan also needed money to turn around to buy livestock. Now that he had managed to gain a reputation, it would be ugly to buy livestock on credit in the future, and the common people wouldn’t want to sell their livestock to them because of this.

    If you wanted to borrow money to open a restaurant, it was estimated that the borrowed amount was not a small sum.

    Xu He thought about it, and felt that he was impulsive. After watching the market quotations, he was much more sober.

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