Plane Supermarket

Chapter 123

"They are really rich." Sarah looked at the boxes in the yard and gasped in disbelief.

Even if she breathed in, Wu Yan and the others would be even worse off.

The employees in the supermarket have all seen good things, not to mention the goods in the supermarket, even rare treasures are not uncommon in the previous planes, but they have never seen so many. How many good things there are.

Their hundreds of years of gold and silver, ancestors and ancestors left them a large fortune.

The biggest item in the gift here is a huge piece of jade. It stands there like a wall, and the outside is polished smooth. Probably because of limited polishing technology, the jade wall seems to be covered with a layer of white mist. The markings are like mountains, natural and unpretentious, shockingly beautiful.

The smallest piece is a jade cicada. Although it is carved by hand, it has a level of craftsmanship beyond the times. It is almost indistinguishable from a real cicada except for the color. Even the lines on the wings are carved very clearly. I just feel so lifelike, it seems that the next moment it will flap its wings.

"They took out all their wealth." Sarah took out a string of bracelets from a box. I don't know what this bracelet is made of. It feels warm and moist like jade, but it's not jade. There are wood grains on it. .

The whole yard was full of gifts, but the gifts were still being delivered in a steady stream. Numerous servants from aristocratic families were waiting at the gate of Ye Zhou's house. They lined up in a long line, rushing to give gifts to Ye Zhou.

Even though Ye Zhou didn't see anyone at all, the various aristocratic families seemed to know nothing about it. They wanted to use gifts and money to break a gap in Ye Zhou.

The less Ye Zhou responded, the more they wanted to smash it.

"What the hell are they trying to do? Give the boss a gift?" Chen Shu ate ice cream, knelt down and looked through the box in front of her, she looked up at Zou Ming who was standing not far away, "Our boss, Xiangguo, is just a name ?"

"Even if the boss accepts the gift and agrees to them, they won't believe it themselves." Chen Shu finished eating the chocolate shell outside the ice cream, and reluctantly ate the cream inside.

Zou Ming crossed his arms, and said with a blank expression: "He means that if these gifts can be accepted, people don't need to put them in."

Chen Shu knew who "he" Zou Ming was talking about.

"You don't seem to have called the boss much." Chen Shu stood up, she walked to Zou Ming, she patted Zou Ming's shoulder, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Don't act too clear .”

Zou Ming: "..."

No, he was not obvious enough that Ye Zhou thought he was homophobic.

But he couldn't say this to Chen Shu, so he could only keep silent and practice silent meditation.

And Ye Zhou in the supermarket was looking at the computer screen.

The turnover has reached the number that can leave this plane.

And the system released new content to be unlocked.

Looking at the content to be unlocked, Ye Zhou got a rare boost of energy.

[To be unlocked: small hotel (twenty standard rooms, ten double bed rooms)]

Ye Zhou sat up straight, put the mouse on this passage, and wanted to see if there were any hidden explanations.

But he searched for a long time, turned over the page several times, but found nothing else.

Could this be... the staff dormitory given to him by the system?

They don't need to live in tents anymore when they go to the backcountry with no human habitation?

The tents sold by the system are good and can be powered on, but tents are tents after all, and there is not a big gap between them and real houses.

Although this small hotel doesn't know how small it is or how big the rooms are, Ye Zhou is not greedy, as long as he has it.

Maybe it can be upgraded later?

As for the hotel...the thirty rooms are just enough for the employees of the supermarket to live in, so let's forget about opening a shop and doing business.

And he has no plans to expand his own business.

This is indeed good news that is not much in this period of time.

With a smile on Ye Zhou's face, he couldn't wait to share it with others.

However, most of the employees are dealing with those gifts in the house. Ye Zhou feels a little headache when he thinks of this. He wants to pass those things to Chen Hou. up.

If he just wants money, he doesn't need to open a supermarket.

After all, although his family is not particularly rich, as long as he wants, his parents can spend money to open a factory for him and give him connections.

With the support of my parents, I can earn more money from opening a factory than opening a supermarket.

Their family has their own food brand, and they also do OEM for many online celebrity brands. Although the asking price is not high, but because of the volume, the profit is also considerable.

But since he was a child, his parents liked to cry poorly to him, so much so that Ye Zhou had been stingy until he went to high school.

At that time, he sincerely thought that his family was very poor, so he went out with a few classmates whose families were "as bad" on weekends to collect water bottles and sell them to make money. Sometimes Ye Zhou even stood in front of the trash can in the community, watching When someone wants to throw away the cardboard box, they will come over, sort it out and sell it.

Later, when he found out that his family was rich, Ye Zhou couldn't even remember how he felt at that time.

His parents also laughed at him for being stupid since he was a child. If the family really had no money, how could they buy him a bicycle worth more than [-] yuan.

Ye Zhou didn't know that the bicycle cost more than [-] yuan at that time, God knows he always thought it was a pirated copy that his father bought him.

It's just that at the time he felt that his father probably didn't understand genuine piracy, but seeing that many people wanted that car, he bought him the same model.

Recalling the past, he felt that he was not his own.

Maybe it's because he didn't feel that he was rich since he was a child, so Ye Zhou never thought of being a rich man.

He wants to open a supermarket, want to do business, and likes to deal with people.

But at its core, it’s not about making money.

He is probably... for the ideal?

Thinking of this, Ye Zhou was amused by himself.

Other people's dream is to be a scientist or a pilot. As far as his dream is to open a supermarket, if it is not for money, no one will believe it.

Ye Zhou walked out of the lounge, and now only he and a few female employees were left in the supermarket.

He was not worried about the safety of the supermarket, let alone the supermarket had a defense system, even if it didn't, he and these female employees had guns in their hands.

Now everyone in the supermarket can use a gun, and no one is afraid to shoot.

It may be because they are all people who came out of the turbulent period. They saw too many dead people, so they did not have the persistence of ordinary people in peacetime.

For them, this is not a choice, but an inevitability. If they want to live, they must shoot those who may endanger their lives.

The employees were sorting out the goods. Recently, the businessmen wanted to leave Linzi as soon as possible, and they also noticed that the storm was coming in Chen Guo.

The businessmen don't care what Chen Guo wants to do, they only care about whether they can do business in peace.

If Chen Guo was really in chaos, they would come back, but at that time it should be buying and selling weapons.

There is only one businessman who is determined to stay, and that is Wei Shang.

I don't know what Zhao Xue told him. Seeing that Chen Guo was in chaos, Wei Shang, who came here for profit, didn't leave, and even vaguely seemed to be loyal to Chen Guo.

It felt like Zhao Xue promised him something.

Although Zhao Xue now lives in the house bought by Ye Zhou, Ye Zhou has already recommended him to Marquis Chen.

However, Chen Hou thinks that it is not necessarily a good thing to give Zhao Xue an official position now. It is better to give Zhao Xue the power to enter and leave the Chen Palace. Although he does not have the position of a powerful minister, he is also a powerful minister.

It's just that Zhao Xue has no foundation here. Even if she becomes a powerful minister, the only person she can rely on is Marquis Chen. Don't worry about him having other purposes.

Ye Zhou knew what he wanted Chen Hou to do. He wanted Chen Guo to be in chaos, and he wanted to eliminate Chen Guo's stubborn illnesses when Lu and Zhao were still governing each other and could not deal with Chen Guo.

It's not that he doesn't use the family, but he wants the family to serve Chen Guo, not for their own families.

The aristocratic family is not stupid. If foreign enemies strike, they can temporarily work together to resist foreign enemies, but sometimes the biggest enemy is not external pressure, but internal conspiracy.

All the aristocratic families hope that their family will grow bigger and more influential, so strong that no one can shake their status - including Marquis Chen.

It is not right to say that they are short-sighted.

After all, the cake is only so big, if you eat it, I will be gone.

For them, the subjugation of the Chen Kingdom is still far away.

People here don't have the idea of ​​being prepared for danger in times of peace. As long as they are safe now, they seem to be safe for a long time.

Ye Zhou didn't know whether to say they were naive or limited by the times.

After all, although countries continue to conquer, no country has been destroyed, and no country dares to destroy other countries.

Looking at it this way, the wars between countries seem to be just small fights, and this kind of small fights have lasted for a hundred years.

It is estimated that the people here are indeed used to it. They don't think that Chen Guo will really be destroyed. They think that whoever dares to destroy another country in the world will be attacked by other countries. No country dares to risk the disgrace of the world.

They have never experienced great reunification, so naturally they don't want to think that such a large land and so many countries may one day become one country. They have never seen it before, so they can't imagine it.

When Ye Zhou thought about it, he understood why the aristocratic family didn't care about Chen Guo's current situation, because they were frogs in warm water. They had been living so slowly for hundreds of years, and they were already numb. They didn't know that they were about to mature.

"Take a rest." Ye Zhou said to the employees who were still working, "I'll get you some ice cream."

Feng Ling stood up and smiled at Ye Zhou: "Boss, I want old popsicles!"

The rest of the employees didn't dare to ask, they even took a look at Feng Ling, thinking that Feng Ling is not very respectful to the immortals now.

Some employees even said to Feng Ling after Ye Zhou left: "Miss Feng, I shouldn't have said this, but you are not respectful enough to the immortal. The immortal is approachable. This is the kindness of his old man, not us... ..."

She didn't finish the rest of the sentence, but Feng Ling understood.

She didn't want to antagonize these employees.

To her, Ye Zhou was her boss. Ye Zhou was a nice person, she had never seen him get angry, and he paid generously.

If you want to return to the original plane, just say hello to him, and he will send you back.

But for these people who came from the Liang dynasty, Ye Zhou is a god. He saved them when they were in the most danger and was about to die, and gave them a meal, a job, and a place where they could live in peace. He was theirs. The boss is also their patron saint.

Over time, they appear less fanatical than at first, but the essence remains the same.

They have already regarded Ye Zhou as a pillar. As long as Ye Zhou is around, they don't have to worry about anything. There is no shortage of food and clothing, and there are even many ordinary people who don't enjoy it.

And all it takes to get it is a little work.

In their view, this is too easy!Even though these jobs are a bit hard, they can be done with good hands and feet.

There are still some old people in the supermarket, but they are not much less capable than young people.

It is precisely because they have endured hardships and know that today's good life is easy, so they cherish it all the more.

Those who have endured hardship know that such a day is beyond the reach of many people.

Although Ye Zhou was called an "old man" by these Daliang Dynasty employees, Feng Ling didn't smile. She said to her eldest sister who reminded her seriously: "I was wrong."

Seeing Feng Ling admitting her mistake readily, the elder sister said, "You are young, and you don't know how easy life is here. If you don't cherish these days, if you don't respect the immortals, you will be struck by lightning!"

Others also echoed: "In our country, such a job is hard to get, and it's just enough to eat!"

"Now we are all literate! I can not only write my own name, but also my man's."

"The dolls live well, reading and writing, how could they know how to read when they were in Daliang?"

"The landlord in my village sent his doll to study and sent his doll to the imperial examination. The fields in the family were almost sold out, and only the ancestral land was left, which he dared not sell. But the doll didn't pass the exam as a scholar. Tong Sheng, that baby was almost twenty when we fled, and the family didn’t even have the money to marry him.”

"If you support a scholar at home, you will lose your fortune."

Maybe older people love to remember bitterness and sweetness, and they will talk about the past from time to time.

Feng Ling was also willing to listen. She herself had suffered a lot, and when she thought about it occasionally, she even felt that what happened at the Luoyang Base might just be a dream.

Not getting enough to eat and being in fear all day long seemed like a lifetime ago.

Obviously, the things I encountered after coming to the supermarket became even more bizarre, but there were more bizarre things, and they became normal instead.

They are all used to the life in the supermarket, and it would be strange for them to go back to the past life.

"However, here, I heard that ordinary landlords can't give their children to study, they can't have a teacher, and there are no scholars to open private schools."

"That's right, that's right, I heard from the old aunts who lived around me that their child didn't become a teacher, and if the aristocratic family didn't accept the child, they wouldn't be able to study and study. I don't think it's good anywhere in Daliang Chao, except This is better than here."

"You didn't see it, but not far away, there lived a widow with a young girl, and it seemed that her life was going to be difficult." An employee who was good at studying said to others while working: "I think she is pitiful. Gave her some food."

"Didn't we sell grain later, and she brought all the valuable things that were not needed at home." The employee seemed very happy for her, "Now her daughter has gained a lot of weight and can walk with strength! She is still She is smart, she bought half of the grain and kept half of it for herself, and the other half was taken out by her slaves to sell in a distant place, and she bought some land outside the city, so she will have enough food and clothing even if we leave in the future."

"She's still educated!" the employee envied, "No wonder she's smart, her mind is so fast."

"If it were us, we would definitely keep all the food for ourselves."

Ye Zhou, who came back with a box of ice cream, saw that they were chatting enthusiastically, so he didn't go forward. He silently put the ice cream on the chair next to him, and asked Feng Ling to get it through the walkie-talkie, and distributed it to the employees.

Although he has never been an employee, he also knows that when the employees chat, they don't want the boss to know the content of the chat.

In this regard, Ye Zhou has always been considerate.

The merchants got the goods from Ye Zhou and left Linzi one after another. However, unlike the merchants who fled Linzi, scholars kept pouring into Chen Country.

This time, it was not because Chen Guohao became an official, but following the pace of the merchants, what they brought out was not only goods - but also paper.

Although there is only rice paper for writing, it is enough, enough to drive scholars all over the world crazy.

Reading is very tiring. This is physical fatigue. Children can practice writing on the sand table, but as they get older, they must learn to write. It’s okay when they are young, but when they are old, they can only dictate and let their children and grandchildren record down.

Moreover, the bamboo slips and wooden slips are not easy to carry, apart from being able to store them for a long time, there is no other benefit.

Although paper can be soaked in water and destroyed by fire, it is easy to carry and easy to write on.

As long as it is put away properly, it is not difficult to preserve it for several years or more.

There are also descendants of the aristocratic family who ask people to brush a layer of tung oil on the paper after the ink is completely dry. After observing it every day, they think that the paper can be preserved for a longer time after brushing with tung oil.

Less than a month after the paper was circulated, someone has already painted on the paper.

"Xuan paper" also has a new name - "junzi paper".

After another half a month, the name of the paper changed again, and it became "Fairy Paper".

When Ye Zhou heard this, he almost spit out the tea in his mouth. He knew that Chen Hou was going to increase his strength, but he didn't expect that he would move out of the "immortal", which was not considered a move, after all, Chen Hou really regarded himself as an immortal.

"It is said that Chen Guo has gods to help." Zou Ming saw Ye Zhou dumbfounded, and handed him a piece of lunch paper, "Otherwise, I can't explain the paper and the goods that flowed out of Chen Guo."

"I think almost everyone believed it, including the people in Linzi." Zou Ming also felt that it was a bit outrageous, but he couldn't tell from his expression.

After all, the people in Linzi have all met Ye Zhou, and they all know that Ye Zhou is a businessman.

Seeing that the rumor had just started, they believed it almost immediately without any hesitation.

In the past few days, some people have even quietly put some fruits and vegetables at the entrance of the supermarket. It is probably the first one to put fruits and vegetables. Others soon followed suit. Every morning when they come to the supermarket, they can see A gate filled with countless "gifts".

In addition to melons and fruits, there will also be fresh fish and wooden sculptures.

Although the sculpture of Ye Zhou...is not that similar, but it can still be seen that he is a young man in strange clothes and without hair.

On the contrary, the posture is very good, although the face is blurred, but the temperament is close.

Ye Zhou thought at first that the common people were just putting on a show.

After all, if it was him, he would never believe that the supermarket boss around him is a god.

Even if the other party is selling photon cannons, he will only think that the other party is an alien.

Ye Zhou: "..."

Hmm, it seems that to the people here, immortals are not much different from aliens?

All of a sudden, Ye Zhou's status became detached, and Chen Hou even asked Ye Zhou to use all of his court money—although he didn't go to court a few times, Chen Hou would bring all the civil and military officials with him every morning. He walked to the gate of the courtyard where Ye Zhou lived and waited for Ye Zhou to send someone to lead them in.

After Chen Hou made such a gesture, no one dared to question Ye Zhou's "immortal" status.

And the employees of Daliang Chao beside him were also proud - before they couldn't call Immortal Ye Zhou in front of outsiders, they were already going crazy.

Employees are more willing to talk to the people around them.

The people are also very winking, they will not talk to Zou Ming and the others, but they are willing to make friends with these "servants" who look similar to them.

"We were also saved by immortals." The employee said to the people close to him, "Our place is worse than yours."

"First came the plague of locusts, then the drought. There was no harvest in the north. We wanted to flee to the south. You don't know that along the way, there are dead people everywhere. It doesn't count if people are dead. If the pit is not deep enough, they will be dug. come out."

The common people wondered: "Why dig it out? This is a life-and-death enmity, dig it up and whip the corpse?"

The employee shook his head and sighed: "There is no food anywhere, and the bark has been peeled off. Why do you dig it out?"

The people understood, and he widened his eyes: "...Eat?"

The employee nodded now: "I'm in a hurry, what can I eat?"

The people asked, "Which country are you from?"

Why hasn't he heard of any country that has suffered locust plagues and droughts in recent years?

The employees know that Xianren is no longer a businessman in the eyes of these people, so they are proud, not to mention that Zou Ming and the others did not order them to hide their identities, so the employees just said: "We are not from your place."

The people didn't understand: "I know you are not from Chen Guo."

The employee laughed and said, "We are not from the Chen country, nor from other countries. We are from the Liang dynasty."

The common people blinked, but still didn't think of going anywhere else, they just asked, "Is it a place outside the Huaihe?"

Not to mention the barbarians.

Although the common people have never left Linzi, they also know that the barbarians outside like to build a country, keep building a country and then perish. A country is probably only as big as a village, and no one really takes them seriously.

Employee: "...do you know Three Thousand Small Worlds?"

The people nodded: "This is what the Xian family said."

The employee breathed a sigh of relief. If the other party didn't even know this, then he really couldn't continue: "Your place is a small world, and ours is also a small world."

"We only have one big Liang Dynasty, which is about... the size of all your countries combined." The employee was a little proud when talking about this time, but soon became unhappy-it seems that there is nothing to be proud of when the country is bigger, these people They are doing better than before.

"In our country, there is no aristocratic family. As long as every family has money, they can send their children to study and let their children take the imperial examination."

The common people became interested in this, and they immediately gathered around: "What is the imperial examination?"

Surrounded by so many people, the employee suddenly remembered what the Immortal had said when he summoned him.

The immortal knew that he was close to the people nearby, so he didn't scold him or stop him. He only said that if someone asked about the imperial examination, let him tell them in detail, and he didn't have to hide it or avoid it.

The employee immediately said: "Take an exam and become an official!"

The people were in an uproar, and more and more people gathered.

There are not many things in Linzi now, but there are the most scholars, and the scholars also gathered around, and someone asked loudly: "Isn't it too childish to be an official if you take an exam! Can you be a good official if you write a good article?" ?!"

"Exactly! Some people can do splendid work, but they can't be good officials!"

The employee immediately said: "I don't understand this, but after using it for so many years, it should be easy to use, right? Otherwise, how do you choose?"

The scholars chirped and chatted, and finally they all admitted that taking an exam to become an official seemed like a good idea.

The employee also said: "If there is no imperial examination, who knows whether you can read or not, have you ever read a book, do you know the truth? Not to mention the exam, you always have to test how to be an official and how to govern the people. Thank you for the national policy."

"Besides, officials are elected every five years. Officials from all over the country cannot stay in one place for too long, lest they form cliques and disobey the emperor's orders."

The scholars discussed again: "This is a good idea. I think the disaster of Chen Guo today is that the family is powerful."

"Hey, although Chen Hou is a good person, but he doesn't have iron wrists, so he can't control him."

"If this method is used, it may be able to cure this stubborn disease."

"It seems that it is right to come to Chen Guo. Is this Chen Guo's new method of selecting officials?" A new scholar asked.

Although they came to Linzi, the "Xiangguo" was nowhere to be seen. They had no chance of promotion, and they had originally planned to leave. When they heard about the imperial examination, they thought they had hope again.

The scholar who came earlier said: "That's not the case. It's the story in the speech book of this elder brother."

"I don't know who made it up, but it really looks good."

The employees were dumbfounded, as if since he said that he was from another small world, they had assumed that he was telling a story, and they didn't believe what he said was true.

"I don't know if the immortal is real or not. I heard people say that Chen Guoxiangguo is an immortal."

"If there are gods, why don't you go to Wei State? Wei State is now the most powerful country in the world that disregards the Zhou family."

The people were dissatisfied: "What do you mean, kid? What's wrong with my country of Chen? My country of Chen is outstanding, and the immortals are willing to come to my country of Chen. Are you from Wei? Wei country is so good, how do you want to come here?" Chen Guolai?"

The scholar blushed a little, but he didn't want to show weakness. He just said, "I'm just visiting the countries, and I didn't come to Chen to be an official. I don't want to be an official!"

Other scholars: "..."

Oh, they all forgot, they should act like they don't want to be an official.

However, after holding back for a while, they still couldn't hold back and asked, "Will the Chen Congress use this imperial examination method?"

"If it works, when will I take the test? Is it just once? Or several times? What is the test? How can I be considered to be admitted? What kind of official can I be if I am admitted?"

All of a sudden, there was a vigorous discussion in the city of Linzi about what the imperial examination is and whether it is feasible.

The aristocratic family is opposed to it - but they don't have the energy to put pressure on Chen Hou now.

No one could have imagined that the Zheng family's matter would be resolved so easily.

In the main branch of the Zheng family, all adult males were beheaded, unmarried men and women were fined and confiscated into the palace, and children were temporarily raised in the palace as servants.

As for the branch... Marquis Chen did not liquidate it, but instead told the people of the Zheng branch, the head of the Zheng family, that everyone can do it. As long as they are loyal to themselves, they will be able to return to Linzi and regain the glory of the Zheng family.

To put it simply, the main branch of the Zheng family is not good, but you are all good. As long as you are willing to be loyal to me, I am still willing to embrace you.

The people in the branch believed it almost immediately.

It's not that they don't know that this is Chen Hou's method to divide them, but the temptation to return to Linzi is too great.

Moreover, Chen Hou's words are known all over the world, and they are not afraid of Chen Hou's back-and-forth.

So the branches fought with each other, and were busy giving gifts to Marquis Chen—Ye Zhou was not forgotten.

A family sent someone to reprimand them: "Your Majesty treats you Zheng Shi like this, don't you hate it?"

People in the branch think that these families are fools, why should they hate?They have long been far away from the main branch. In order to make their own children become officials, they don't know how many people and things they have to send to the main branch every year.

It is a good thing for them that they may replace the main branch.

Not every city managed by each branch has money, and many cities are located in remote places, not to mention that even Marquis Chen can't enjoy anything, let alone them.

But in the past, they could only hope that the main branch would be willing to support their children and let their children go to Linzi to learn from teachers and become officials.

Now, they don't have to look to the main line to carry their children, they can do it themselves.

That being the case, why not give it a go?

The aristocratic family sent people there again and again, but none of the branches of the Zheng family in so many cities was willing to talk to them. When encountering those with a bad temper, they directly beat out the children of the aristocratic family who had been favored in the past.

Just as Ye Zhou thought, Chen Guo was in chaos, but it didn't seem to be getting worse.

With the photo of "immortal", Chen Guoren suddenly had great confidence in his country.

They sincerely believe that the immortal has come, and they also believe that the immortal will make Chen Guo better.

When Chen Houzhao told the whole country of Chen that an immortal would descend into the world and send down an immortal decree, everyone in the country of Chen would obey.

At the end of autumn this year, Chen Guo will hold the imperial examination.

This time, it was not Chen Guo who was in an uproar, but the whole world was shaken.

Ye Zhou looked at Chen Hou who came to him to plead guilty, he was not angry.

All the previous events were all due to Chen Hou creating momentum for him.

No matter what the vassal states think, as long as the people of Chen State and the aristocratic family believe in it, the changes after Marquis Chen will be unimpeded.

Ye Zhou looked at Chen Hou, who had been pale since he was poisoned, and just smiled and said, "Since Chen Hou has made up his mind to get rid of the carrion, I wish Chen Hou his wish. One day, Chen Guoneng From a poor and weak country to a powerful country that can compete with big countries."

Chen Hou bowed down slowly as they did when they met for the first time, knelt on the ground, and bowed to Ye Zhou.

"Ji, thanks to the immortal, I dare not slack off in this life, and I must take the revitalization of the Chen country as my duty."

"The benevolence of immortals will always be engraved in the hearts of Chen people."

"Chen people will not dare to forget!"

Ye Zhou looked at him, but he didn't speak anymore, but looked out the window.

It turned out to be autumn.