"The village of Mo Jiazi has contributed a lot to the village of Mo Jiazi, and the village of Mo Jiazi is allowed to work and do business. However, Mo Jiazi and Meton are naughty and greedy for pleasure. They are not good at studying. Therefore, after the Lantern Festival after the Lunar New Year, Mo Jiazi is allowed to enter the Imperial College immediately. Granted by the Emperor! "Pande put away the imperial edict with a smile and looked at Meton who was kneeling in front of him.
"Yes, Minister!" Meton smiled bitterly and had to accept the imperial edict respectfully. He knew that Li Shimin had found out his purpose. Since Li Shimin agreed to his request, he had no reason to refuse to be the Emperor's test subject.
"You are so lucky to be admitted to the Imperial College by His Majesty. That is His Majesty's precious grace. I hope you will live up to His Majesty's expectations."
Pande smiled kindly, but Meton felt that it was a threat. What was His Majesty's expectation? Did he want to make Meton a great scholar? Maybe His Majesty wanted to see what he could do in the Imperial College!
"Please tell His Majesty to rest assured. Minister, I will try my best to satisfy His Majesty!" Meton smiled bitterly.
"Good. His Majesty will be very pleased with His Majesty's determination." Pande said with satisfaction.
Pande left with satisfaction. He also took away some of the most nutritious turtles caught by the village of Mo Jiazi as a gift to the Emperor on behalf of the village of Mo Jiazi.
When Meton returned to the fresh fish shop, he regretted it so much. He really wanted to slap himself. Why did he mention the catfish effect? If it was boiling a frog in warm water, would the Emperor cook him?
"That's great! What a double blessing!" Uncle Fu was so excited that tears ran down his cheeks. His two biggest wishes in life, one was to make his young master a talent, and the other was to make the village of Mo Jiazi prosperous. Now, both of his wishes came true.
Meton rolled his eyes speechlessly. If he entered the Imperial College, wouldn't he be like a lamb in a wolf's den? He would definitely lose a layer of skin. What was there to be happy about?
"Young Master, this is something you don't know. The Imperial College is a place that specializes in cultivating officials in the Tang dynasty. Once you graduate, you will definitely be appointed as an official," Li Yi explained.
"Yes!" The others nodded in agreement.
In their opinion, since their young master was so powerful, the life of the Mo's Village would be better after he became an official in the future. As for letting the Mo's Village do business, they thought it was more practical than letting their young master enter the Imperial College.
"Alright, since His Majesty has given the order, then this matter is already set in stone. No one can change it. With His Majesty's relationship, I think the scholars of the Imperial College won't dare to go too far," Meton comforted himself.
"Well, now that the crisis of the Mo's Village has passed, the more important thing is to earn enough money and food for the Mo's Village before the Spring Festival." Meton's eyes became serious. Now it was time for the Wang's Fish Store to pay back the debt.
With Meton's order, all the 5,000 people of the Mo's Village started to work. The women were in charge of logistics, and the men were all used to build waterwheels, catch fish, and transport. The whole village of Mo's Village was like a sophisticated instrument, running crazily.
Three days later, all the fish ponds in the village of Mo's Village were sold out.
Then the village of Mo's Village booked all the fish ponds within ten miles on both sides of the official road leading to Chang 'an City. As time passed, the range gradually expanded to the whole Chang' an City. Fish transport vehicles of the Mo's Village could be seen everywhere on the official road.
Outside the Southern City, Chi Zhiyong had already been sent to the border, and no one dared to make trouble for the Mo's Village anymore. But the transfer fish pond of the Mo's Village was still in use, not for secrecy, but for convenience. The transfer fish pond had been expanded again and again, but it still could not meet the demand for live fish in Chang 'an City.
Meton looked at the dense floating fish heads in the transfer fish pond outside the city gate and the long line of fish transport vehicles outside the pond, and nodded with satisfaction. The Mo's Village had successfully become the largest fish merchant in Chang 'an City from a small fish vendor.
"From now on, the wholesale price of live fish will be reduced by 30%. Ask the fish vendors to lower the price!" Meton said.
"But young master, tomorrow is the Little New Year, and many of us are preparing the New Year's goods. It's a good time to officially sell fish. If we lower the price at this time, we will suffer a great loss." Li Xin said in surprise.
"We have to look at the long term. The Mo's Village has made enough money, and it's time to lower the price! By the way, we can get some interest from the Wang's Fish Store. "Merton said.
Although Li Xin did not understand, he still passed down the young master's order.
"Oh!" All the fish vendors could not help cheering. It seemed that everyone had lowered the price by 30%, but the 30% was the loss of the Mo's Village, and the profits of the fish vendors remained unchanged. Even if the price was lowered, they could sell more fish and make more money.
All this seemed to be a happy thing. The fish vendors sold more fish, and the people of Chang 'an City benefited. But one person was very angry.
"The Mo's Village has lowered the price of live fish greatly. Come and buy fish!"
"The Mo's Village's live fish is the most nourishing!"
"We have more than enough every year. Brother, the New Year is coming, let's prepare the New Year's goods and buy a fish for auspiciousness and benefit!"
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In the Wang's Fish Store, Shopkeeper Wang found that there were few customers at the door. But the fish store across the street was doing well, and the anger in his heart was rising.
"Bang!" Shopkeeper Wang angrily smashed the Yixing clay teapot in his hand and said while gnashing his teeth.
"Mo Jiazi has gone too far!"
Accountant Zhang also smiled bitterly, "Boss, since the fish gang incident, Village Mo has been targeting Wang's Fish Shop several times. The fresh fish shop's branch is directly opposite Wang's Fish Shop, and they even let those small fishmongers buy live fish. Our business is getting worse day by day. This time, Village Mo has lowered the price of live fish directly to the price of dead fish. The Ten Thousand Catty fish that we just bought has been ruined."
In order to seize the opportunity of the New Year and snatch orders from the Mo's Village, Shopkeeper Wang had to pay more to buy a large batch of fish, and even paid the deposit in advance for many of the follow-up orders. Now, Meton's move had caused the Wang's Fish Store to suffer.
"He has gone too far. Chi Zhiyong has been sent to the border, and the fish gang has been imprisoned. What else does he want?" Shopkeeper Wang said angrily, but he left out himself. He did not think that if it were not for him, how could so many things happen?
"Get the carriage ready! Go and find the Old Master! " Shopkeeper Wang ordered. The Wang's Fish Store seemed to be his business, but it actually belonged to Censor Wang. He was just a servant of Censor Wang. Now that the Wang's Fish Store had lost so much money, there was no way he could hide it from the owner.
The carriage drove out from the back door of the Wang's Fish Store, driven by Accountant Zhang himself. Shopkeeper Wang was thinking about how to complain to the owner about the Mo's Village, but he did not notice that there was a carriage in front of him, and the two carriages were about to crash into each other.
"Whoa!" Bookkeeper Zhang hurriedly pulled the reins to avoid it. The carriage staggered, and Bookkeeper Zhang was aware that the carriage was suddenly lifted into the air. The whole carriage, together with the horse, crashed into the shop next to it. Coincidentally, a beam above the shop hit the carriage. Immediately, Shopkeeper Wang and Bookkeeper Zhang's miserable cries for help were heard.
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