Chapter 28 Chapter Twenty-Eight
When Yang Hao appeared, Zhao Dezhao had no reason to hold another girl to talk about the world. Deng Xiuer glanced at him with full eyes, and after seeing him, she hid in the back room.Zhao Dezhao finally mustered up the courage to meet his long-admired piano friend, but he just felt a little bit of a feeling, and before he could say a word, Yang Dabeng came and thrust in, feeling really depressed.
But he looked at the enthusiastic look on this workaholic's face, and he couldn't say anything about him, and he even felt a little ashamed in his heart. Speaking of which, Yang Hao has been busy these days, and he just outlined the contract under the guidance of the Taifu , sitting behind the scenes.This is the country of his Zhao family. Yang Hao seems to be more caring than him. If the court has such a loyal courtier, can he be blamed?
At that moment, Mrs. Deng also avoided going. Prefect Deng sent someone to serve tea and respectfully invited King Wei to sit down. He sat opposite Yang Hao and listened to him explain the reason.Now Yang Hao has been fighting and losing repeatedly, and he has become more and more courageous, and he is fighting hard with those food gentry who have not officially met each other until now.
Yang Hao explained his purpose and ideas from the beginning to the end. King Wei, who advocates uprightness and uprightness and upholding the principles of politics and the people, did not agree with him. The plan is great, to deal with these profiteers who are all-pervasive, pervasive, mischievous and leak-proof, it is time to fight poison with poison. This government agrees. If the prince agrees, then the officials will hand over all the files involving grain merchants' lawsuits in recent years to the Yang Court Envoy. , to see if we can find the flaw, I don’t know what the prince wants?"
"This..." Zhao Dezhao hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Since the two adults agree to do this, this king has agreed to it, and you just do it. If any disaster happens, this king will bear it all."
There is such an imperial envoy who is willing to let him go, Yang Hao feels relieved, and the three of them discussed the details again, and it is infinitely fun to fight with the sky, the earth, and people Yang Doushi happily bid farewell and left.
Zhao Dezhao looked at a screen in the corner, and the beauty was lingering. It would be difficult to call her out to meet her again at this time. She is the daughter of the magistrate, and not a girl in the teaching workshop. As a prince, how could he somehow force him to be with her? When people met each other, they had to get up lonely and bid farewell to Deng Zuyang.
Zhao Dezhao walked to the door, and suddenly the sound of a piano came again.A song is like a trickle of clear spring gushing from the pine roots in a secluded valley, clear and cold, murmuring and clattering. ...Looking for a bosom friend?Zhao Dezhao's spirit lifted, and he was immediately elated.
After a while, a song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" was played in Zhao Dezhao's room.
Meeting is fate, lovesickness gradually entangles, but meeting is difficult.The mountains are high and the roads are far away, but there are only thousands of miles to share the beauty.How can infinite love arise?Looking southeast, there is a song of phoenix seeking phoenix.As soon as Zhao Dezhao played this song, his heart was expressed, and the music in Deng Xiuer's boudoir immediately fell silent, only listening to him playing, Deng Zuyang frowned, thinking about how to properly handle the matter of his nephew Liu Zhong, so that he would not be offended Ma'am, don't let him harm the common people, he was so preoccupied that he didn't pay attention at all.
"The phoenix returns to its hometown, and travels all over the world to seek its phoenix. I haven't met before, and I have no generals. How can I be promoted to this hall now! There are beautiful ladies in the boudoir, and the room is poisonous. Let's fly together..."
Zhao Dezhao didn't sing loudly, the singing sounded in his heart.For a few moments, the two of them quietly developed a feeling of affection.
The magistrate Deng still had to deal with official business normally, so Yang Hao couldn't stay in the magpie's nest for a long time, so he gave up the government office and moved to the Purchasing Department to look up old cases. The files he transferred were all related to rice. Grain transactions or some lawsuits related to grain merchants.The official storehouse is next to this box of money, and these two places are the most involved in the case and need to be investigated and questioned, so it is more convenient to call people nearby for questioning. Bisu also came along, the house here is relatively old, and the two lived in one room each. Yang Hao checked the files, and when he found any doubts, he went to Bisu to ask someone to ask. Three cases involving forced buying and selling by grain gentry, and speculation, were all old cases before Deng Zuyang took office. Yang Hao didn't have time to scrutinize the sore spot, so he marked it and put it aside, and continued to read down. After lunch, Yang Zhu continued to review the files while drinking strong tea, and suddenly discovered that a case was reported to Uncle Zhou Wang, a grain gentry in Sizhou. This case caused a great sensation at the beginning. A very well-to-do grain household in Sizhou, with more than ten hectares of land in his family, is considered a moderate landlord in Sizhou. He told Uncle Zhou Wang that when he acted as an agent to collect grain and taxes from the government, he added 30% to the taxes without permission to make a profit from it.But those who refuse to follow will inevitably attract some rogues secretly to harass them in various ways, causing constant disasters, and in the open they are suppressed by Uncle Zhou Wang contacting the government. His family's thousand acres of fertile land have been extorted and bought nearly 30% within a few years.As a result, because of the magistrate's protection, the case was repeatedly sued and defeated. The lawsuit went on for two years, and the two hundred mu of good land was paid for in vain. In a fit of rage, the old man of the Zhu family rushed to Jianghuai to investigate and hanged himself with a rope at the gate of the yamen. This made things worse. People from Taiwan and Dali Temple came together to investigate the case thoroughly together with the local supervisory and observation yamen. As a result, Yin Jing, the former prefect of Sizhou, was found out with all kinds of illegal acts, and then he was brought to justice. However, Uncle Zhou Wang’s crime of adding 30% to the tax without permission is undocumented. The Zhou family’s land purchase contract was written in black and white, but the collection of taxes was announced verbally. Si Yamen evaded and prevaricated again, and the matter could not be investigated any further. Zhu Hongjun refused to accept. After Deng Zuyang, the new magistrate, took office, he continued to appeal. Deng Zuyang really continued to investigate after receiving the complaint. After more than a year of investigation, there was still no valid evidence. At this time, Zhu Hongjun was disheartened and withdrew the lawsuit. Deng Zuyang was exhausted after fighting with the local gentry for so long, so the case was dropped. up. Seeing this, Yang Hao thought to himself: "Then Zhu Hongjun's old father couldn't bear the bullying, so he hanged himself, and the Zhu family was squeezed out of half of the family property. How could Zhu Hongjun just let it go? Is he really disheartened after a long time without fruit, or is he suffering? More coercion from the Zhou family? Maybe we can open a breakthrough from him." Yang Hao made a plan, so he asked Bisu to bring someone to ask him according to the address in the file. After Bisu went there for two hours, he came back and said that the Zhu family's mansion had already changed owners. It is said that Zhu Hongjun's son lost all his property due to gambling , the Zhu family was ruined and sold off their ancestral property, and now they are nowhere to be seen.Bi Su pretended to be an ordinary tea customer, and chatted with the shopkeeper of the tea shop opposite Zhu's old house for a while, and learned that Zhu Hongjun once haunted the Zen Temple in the east of the city. Broke the house because of gambling?Yang Hao's heart sank, and he said: "You find a helper who is familiar with the industry... that's all, the helper here is in collusion with those illegal grain gentry, they are their eyes and ears, and the people in the official warehouse can't be trusted. It's too late today. Tomorrow morning, the two of us will go find it in person."
Liu Zhong came back from "Huancai Pavilion", got off the carriage, and entered his back house calmly. Recently, he fell in love with Xiaoxiao, a red lady from "Huancai Pavilion". A lively and enthusiastic barbarian girl, she was fascinated by her.This little girl is really rough, Liu Zhong, who is used to love, can't stand this girl's kung fu, her legs are still shaking a little. "That slender waist, that big breasts, that vivacious look..." Liu Zhong recalled lewdly: "I really don't want to let go, why don't I pay a sum of money to redeem her as a concubine tomorrow." Thinking of being a concubine, he suddenly thought of the girl from the Hu family by the Si River. That girl who is beautiful and beautiful is also quite attractive. He originally wanted to get all the dozens of acres of fertile land from his family, but this girl is too real. Don't give up, um... I have to send someone to collect the debt tomorrow, and get the girl back sooner or later to try something new. Liu's Mansion is very large. In this area of Jianghuai water town, the courtyard with six entrances and six exits is already quite huge. The courtyard is very gorgeous with sparse flowers and trees, pavilions, terraces and pavilions.Liu Zhong is a well-known banker in Sizhou, so money is naturally not a problem. Money lends money at interest rates. He collects money from officials and wealthy gentry, and then lends money at usurious rates, and the money grows extremely fast like a snowball.This bank is very snobbish about money. The wealthy households who lend money to the bank are called treasury households and money people. Regardless of whether they are the people who pay the money, they also have to curry favor with the bank, especially the powerful bankers. If Liu Zhong went to a rich family's house, he would sit at the top instead of the guest, and the host would stand by and laugh and flatter him. Liu Zhong wandered into the back flower hall thinking of beautiful things, and saw the old man Liu Xiangzhi sitting there with his eyes closed and resting his mind, and a pretty girl behind him was gently kneading the old man's shoulders with a pair of green hands.Liu Zhong's parents died early, and he was raised by his grandfather. When he saw him sitting in the flower hall, he smiled and said: "You came back early today, didn't you go to a banquet today?" Hearing the voice, Liu Xiangzhi opened his eyes and snorted coldly, and said with a watery face: "You kid, where have you been fooling around again, and you're only coming back now?" Liu Zhong shrugged and sat down on the chair: "I just went to 'Huancai Pavilion' to have fun for a while, what's going on at home?" "Of course there is something to do!" Liu Xiangzhi waved his hand away and dismissed the maid, and said angrily, "Say, what are you messing around on the banks of the Si River? Your uncle just found me. Seeing his appearance, he is really angry. .” "On the edge of the Si River?" Liu Zhong blinked, and suddenly understood, he couldn't help jumping up, and said angrily, "Who told my uncle about this, it really doesn't make sense, if I find out, I will definitely interrupt his future." leg." Liu Xiangzhi said with a straight face: "You go, your cousin told your uncle." "Cousin?" Liu Zhong softened, and sat down on the chair embarrassingly: "Cousin... Cousin doesn't go out very often, how did you know about it?" Liu Xiangzhi glared at him, shook his head and sighed: "You really don't want to be angry, just make trouble for me. I thought, let you and Xiu'er have a closer kiss, with our family's current wealth, plus you My aunt must agree, and this matter will become nine times out of ten, but you are too unconvinced. Last year, you fought with someone for Miss Zhu Yuer in the "Huancai Pavilion", broke her leg, and made a fuss Your uncle and aunt don't want to see you anymore, and now you're being so disrespectful, it really doesn't give me any face." Liu Zhong curled his lips and turned his head disapprovingly.My cousin is very beautiful, but if I really want to marry her, how can I be so happy and happy like now, my uncle doesn't like him, it's what he likes, so he doesn't want to marry this relative, and tie himself to death . Seeing his indifferent look, Liu Xiangzhi didn't hit him with anger: "It's not just your uncle who is angry, you're messing around like this, and you'll lose all the good reputation I've worked so hard to gain. Let me tell you, your uncle But I have sent a message, you are not allowed to do the bastard thing of forcing your daughter to be a concubine, this sum of money, if you can, let it be for a few days, and you are not allowed to continue to roll the interest, do you understand clearly?" When Liu Zhong heard it, he said unwillingly: "He is next to a big tree to enjoy the shade, but we are better off. He wants to be an upright official, so let us all drink the northwest wind? Forgiveness, forgiving! I can do good deeds, what business do I have? Are you willing to let go of that fertile field?" "Confused!" Liu Xiangzhi said angrily, "Do you have to stand out by yourself?" Liu Zhong suddenly said: "Ah, I understand, hehe, don't worry, I know how to do this." Liu Xiangzhi shook his head: "You are such a worthless thing. With me supporting you and your uncle leaning on you, you are calling the wind and rain in Sizhou, and the scenery is infinite. If you don't have us, how can you fight Zhou Wangshu? Humph! You did this thing, go and wipe your ass clean, don’t cause trouble for me!” In the Taibai Building, Uncle Zhou Wang and "Lai Fugui" and their beautiful concubine were sitting opposite each other, drinking to their heart's content. The person Uncle Zhou Wang quietly dispatched to Qingtian Mansion has returned. He found out that Lai Fugui is indeed the No. 1 person in Lai's family house. He has a mole under his left ear. When I went to the capital, I did bring my two most beloved concubines with me. These concubines were originally a pair of sisters, one named Shushu and the other named Fufu. Beautiful and wonderful, both in color and art. The spy also found out that Lai Fugui and Lai Yuanwai are not in Yingtian Mansion at the moment, and left Yingtian Mansion two months ago. It is said that they are going to do a big business partnership with the Tang family who moved to the capital from the northwest. The details have not been disclosed yet. When he came out, he only knew that it was a major event related to water transportation. Water transportation has always been a big business with huge profits, and the financial resources are endless. With the financial resources of Tang and Lai, if they want to get involved in water transportation, the entire private water transportation may be completely divided by them in a few years.When Uncle Zhou Wang heard this, his heart became hot, and his greed increased sharply. He didn't want to do this hammer business with Lai Yuanwai anymore. He wanted to climb this big tree, walk out of Sizhou, and make a fortune. When the wine was hot, Uncle Zhou Wang's concubines became a little bit unrestrained. Their elongated hair and clothes were slightly open, and their skin was visible with delicate threads. The snow lamp on their chests slanted, and a seductive cleavage fell in Zhang Niu'er's eyes, "Master Lai!" "A pair of eyeballs almost popped in. Erong smiled coquettishly at him, raised his glass and took a sip of the wine, hooked his arms lightly around Uncle Zhou Wang's neck, crossed the "skin cup" in an extremely fragrant way, and turned to look at Zhang Niu'er again. With wet lips, he said: "Mr. Lai, my master intends to do a long-term business with you. Would you like to hear from Mr. Lai?" "Ah? Oh, okay, hehe, Brother Zhou, why don't you tell me, but... Lai's trip to the south this time is for grain and rice. Let's settle this business first, shall we?" Zhang Niu As if waking up from a dream, those eyes flew hard to goug out her cleavage again, and then said. "Hehe, Lai Yuanwai is really in a hurry. These two things are originally two in one, one in two. Why don't Yuanwai listen patiently to my master?" Erong winked at Zhang Niu'er, disdainful in her heart: "Smelly men, all of them have this kind of virtue, and the two beautiful women around me are still eating what's in the bowl and looking at what's in the pot. All the women let him hug him left and right." Uncle Zhou Wang laughed and said, "Brother Lai, Mr. Zhou has been running around for the past few days, raising funds from all directions, and finally lived up to Brother Lai's expectations and raised the food that Brother Lai needed. But... my Sizhou government has sent tax collectors everywhere However, all those who sell grain to other places are subject to heavy taxes. Brother Lai, if he pays a heavy tax, the profit will be small. Is there a way for Brother Lai to bypass the tax collectors and transport such a huge batch of grain out of Sizhou?" Zhang Niu'er smiled proudly, and said: "Without diamonds and porcelain work, Brother Zhou doesn't have to worry about this matter. Lai has his own methods." Uncle Zhou Wang smiled and said: "Hehe, this... I can believe it, Ying Tianfu Lai's family is a powerful dragon wherever he goes, but... first of all, you have to spend a lot of money to buy the government. Money? Besides, the king of Wei is in Sizhou for a thousand years. Brother Lai may not be able to bribe the king of Wei even if he has a good eye. Once such a large amount of grain transportation falls into the eyes of the king of Wei... As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not suppress a local snake, if Zhou is willing to help, I can guarantee that your food will be transported out of Sizhou without anyone noticing..." "Oh?" Zhang Niu'er's eyes were fixed, revealing a bit of shrewdness. He slowly raised his glass and said with a smile: "You don't get rewarded for nothing. Brother Zhou is so enthusiastic about helping, I'm afraid... it's not the same as the long-term business you mentioned. related?" Uncle Zhou Wang looked straight and said: "Yes, to be frank, the price Brother Lai gave me is very fair, but Zhou is willing to reduce the price by another 30% to sell the grain to Brother Zhou, and is also fully responsible for helping Brother Lai to transport the grain. There is only one condition for leaving Sizhou, Zhou hopes...to cooperate with the Lai family and the Tang family." Zhang Niuer was stunned, his eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled vaguely: "Brother Zhou, is he drunk? What about the Lai family and the Tang family, why can't Lai understand?" Uncle Zhou Wang laughed suddenly: "Haha, the Tang family is as rich as an enemy, and the Lai family is the leader in the north. How can you hide it from people's eyes and ears? You don't burn fake incense in front of the real Buddha. Zhou is sincere. The Tang and Lai families are two strong Long, my Zhou is incomparable, but... in the Jianghuai area, my Zhou family can be regarded as a big tree with luxuriant branches. Three people form a group, and it is very important for the Lai and Tang families to cooperate with me. , not at a disadvantage, Brother Lai, what do you think?" "Hmm..." This was beyond Zhang Niu'er's expectations. He didn't know how to respond, so he bowed his head and stroked his beard in a contemplative state. "Master, please have a glass of wine." Miss Shu Shu raised her glass and said with a twinkle in her eyes.Shu Shu is Yanyan, Yanyan is wearing white clothes today, a white jade man with cicada wings and Luo clothes, gentle as water, graceful and graceful, without any hint of pungentness. "Ah..." Zhang Niu'er hastily drank the fine wine in the glass with her hand, and when his eyes met her, he knew it. "Okay! My family, Lai and Tang, one lives in the north and the other lives in the northwest. If we want to do business on this big river, we really need the help of a tyrant from the south. Lai agrees with you first, but this matter still needs to be discussed with you." The Tang family discusses, and there is no way to rely on a certain person." Seeing that he agreed, Uncle Zhou Wang couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly said with a pleasant smile: "That's natural, that's natural. I believe that with Zhou's strength and brother Lai's proposal, the Tang family has no reason to refuse. If Lai and Tang My family is willing to cooperate with Zhou because the Tang family is located in the north, and Zhou responds to the south. Are you afraid that you will not be able to make a lot of money? Hahahaha..." "Hahahaha..." Zhang Niu'er also laughed freely, and Uncle Zhou Wang squinted at the beauties who were laughing with him on both sides, and said with a smile: "Today I can get brother Lai's promise, and we will be a family in the future, Mr. Zhou I am happy in my heart, I want to invite Brother Lai to have another drink, how about...invite Brother Lai to come over to the mansion, we brothers will buy wine again, and have a long talk, I wonder what Brother Lai wants?" As he spoke, his eyes turned to E, intentionally or not. Allow a glance. Miss Shu Shu hadn't tasted the taste yet, the obedient girl on the side had already grabbed Lai Yuanwai's sleeve coquettishly, and tasted it: "My master is too strong to drink, so I can't drink any more. When my master sobers up, we can drink again tomorrow." Just go through the government and talk about it." Zhang Niu'er clenched his wine glass, looked at the enchanting and charming beauty opposite, and really wanted to say loudly: "I am willing!" But the baby has already said that, he can only pretend to be drunk and crazy, and smiled with a seeming ignorance: "It's getting late today, Lai is indeed too drunk, let's talk about Lai's house tomorrow, haha, haha... ..." No matter how you listen to that laughter, it seems that there is a taste of sadness and indignation. The doll is also dressed in white today, but because of her delicate body and tender face, she does not dress up as a lady like Yan Yan, but plain clothes with hanging hair, double rings and green pendants, and a pair of slender beautiful feet with a pair of wooden clogs, kicking and kicking when she walks. , childish indescribably cute.But it happens to be such a little beauty like a young girl, who acts coquettishly but winks, coquettish and sweet. Uncle Zhou Wang can't help but lose his soul when he sees such a naive demeanor, but now he has confirmed Lai Fugui's North He is a noble gentry, and he knows how much he loves this concubine, but he dare not make up her mind. They chatted and laughed for a while, and then boarded their cars and left. Uncle Zhou Wang climbed up to the two big families in the North, naturally full of ambition and joy, but Zhang Niu'er just stared at the beautiful figure of Erong Niaona leaving Such as mourning concubines. "Comfortable" The two sisters didn't care about his mood, they boarded the car, kicked the poor old man who used it and threw it aside, and talked happily. "Boy, let's go see him now, tell him to lay in an ambush, make preparations early, and catch everyone with the surname Zhou!" "Sister, it's not in a hurry at this time." The baby gently raised the car curtain, glanced out with almond eyes, and said sweetly: "You must be more vigilant at this time, so as not to overwhelm the enemy and fall short. We will wait until tomorrow to finalize the agreement with him." When we know the handover time, the route of grain transportation, and all kinds of information, we will go to see the officials."
The magistrate Deng still had to deal with official business normally, so Yang Hao couldn't stay in the magpie's nest for a long time, so he gave up the government office and moved to the Purchasing Department to look up old cases. The files he transferred were all related to rice. Grain transactions or some lawsuits related to grain merchants.The official storehouse is next to this box of money, and these two places are the most involved in the case and need to be investigated and questioned, so it is more convenient to call people nearby for questioning. Bisu also came along, the house here is relatively old, and the two lived in one room each. Yang Hao checked the files, and when he found any doubts, he went to Bisu to ask someone to ask. Three cases involving forced buying and selling by grain gentry, and speculation, were all old cases before Deng Zuyang took office. Yang Hao didn't have time to scrutinize the sore spot, so he marked it and put it aside, and continued to read down. After lunch, Yang Zhu continued to review the files while drinking strong tea, and suddenly discovered that a case was reported to Uncle Zhou Wang, a grain gentry in Sizhou. This case caused a great sensation at the beginning. A very well-to-do grain household in Sizhou, with more than ten hectares of land in his family, is considered a moderate landlord in Sizhou. He told Uncle Zhou Wang that when he acted as an agent to collect grain and taxes from the government, he added 30% to the taxes without permission to make a profit from it.But those who refuse to follow will inevitably attract some rogues secretly to harass them in various ways, causing constant disasters, and in the open they are suppressed by Uncle Zhou Wang contacting the government. His family's thousand acres of fertile land have been extorted and bought nearly 30% within a few years.As a result, because of the magistrate's protection, the case was repeatedly sued and defeated. The lawsuit went on for two years, and the two hundred mu of good land was paid for in vain. In a fit of rage, the old man of the Zhu family rushed to Jianghuai to investigate and hanged himself with a rope at the gate of the yamen. This made things worse. People from Taiwan and Dali Temple came together to investigate the case thoroughly together with the local supervisory and observation yamen. As a result, Yin Jing, the former prefect of Sizhou, was found out with all kinds of illegal acts, and then he was brought to justice. However, Uncle Zhou Wang’s crime of adding 30% to the tax without permission is undocumented. The Zhou family’s land purchase contract was written in black and white, but the collection of taxes was announced verbally. Si Yamen evaded and prevaricated again, and the matter could not be investigated any further. Zhu Hongjun refused to accept. After Deng Zuyang, the new magistrate, took office, he continued to appeal. Deng Zuyang really continued to investigate after receiving the complaint. After more than a year of investigation, there was still no valid evidence. At this time, Zhu Hongjun was disheartened and withdrew the lawsuit. Deng Zuyang was exhausted after fighting with the local gentry for so long, so the case was dropped. up. Seeing this, Yang Hao thought to himself: "Then Zhu Hongjun's old father couldn't bear the bullying, so he hanged himself, and the Zhu family was squeezed out of half of the family property. How could Zhu Hongjun just let it go? Is he really disheartened after a long time without fruit, or is he suffering? More coercion from the Zhou family? Maybe we can open a breakthrough from him." Yang Hao made a plan, so he asked Bisu to bring someone to ask him according to the address in the file. After Bisu went there for two hours, he came back and said that the Zhu family's mansion had already changed owners. It is said that Zhu Hongjun's son lost all his property due to gambling , the Zhu family was ruined and sold off their ancestral property, and now they are nowhere to be seen.Bi Su pretended to be an ordinary tea customer, and chatted with the shopkeeper of the tea shop opposite Zhu's old house for a while, and learned that Zhu Hongjun once haunted the Zen Temple in the east of the city. Broke the house because of gambling?Yang Hao's heart sank, and he said: "You find a helper who is familiar with the industry... that's all, the helper here is in collusion with those illegal grain gentry, they are their eyes and ears, and the people in the official warehouse can't be trusted. It's too late today. Tomorrow morning, the two of us will go find it in person."
Liu Zhong came back from "Huancai Pavilion", got off the carriage, and entered his back house calmly. Recently, he fell in love with Xiaoxiao, a red lady from "Huancai Pavilion". A lively and enthusiastic barbarian girl, she was fascinated by her.This little girl is really rough, Liu Zhong, who is used to love, can't stand this girl's kung fu, her legs are still shaking a little. "That slender waist, that big breasts, that vivacious look..." Liu Zhong recalled lewdly: "I really don't want to let go, why don't I pay a sum of money to redeem her as a concubine tomorrow." Thinking of being a concubine, he suddenly thought of the girl from the Hu family by the Si River. That girl who is beautiful and beautiful is also quite attractive. He originally wanted to get all the dozens of acres of fertile land from his family, but this girl is too real. Don't give up, um... I have to send someone to collect the debt tomorrow, and get the girl back sooner or later to try something new. Liu's Mansion is very large. In this area of Jianghuai water town, the courtyard with six entrances and six exits is already quite huge. The courtyard is very gorgeous with sparse flowers and trees, pavilions, terraces and pavilions.Liu Zhong is a well-known banker in Sizhou, so money is naturally not a problem. Money lends money at interest rates. He collects money from officials and wealthy gentry, and then lends money at usurious rates, and the money grows extremely fast like a snowball.This bank is very snobbish about money. The wealthy households who lend money to the bank are called treasury households and money people. Regardless of whether they are the people who pay the money, they also have to curry favor with the bank, especially the powerful bankers. If Liu Zhong went to a rich family's house, he would sit at the top instead of the guest, and the host would stand by and laugh and flatter him. Liu Zhong wandered into the back flower hall thinking of beautiful things, and saw the old man Liu Xiangzhi sitting there with his eyes closed and resting his mind, and a pretty girl behind him was gently kneading the old man's shoulders with a pair of green hands.Liu Zhong's parents died early, and he was raised by his grandfather. When he saw him sitting in the flower hall, he smiled and said: "You came back early today, didn't you go to a banquet today?" Hearing the voice, Liu Xiangzhi opened his eyes and snorted coldly, and said with a watery face: "You kid, where have you been fooling around again, and you're only coming back now?" Liu Zhong shrugged and sat down on the chair: "I just went to 'Huancai Pavilion' to have fun for a while, what's going on at home?" "Of course there is something to do!" Liu Xiangzhi waved his hand away and dismissed the maid, and said angrily, "Say, what are you messing around on the banks of the Si River? Your uncle just found me. Seeing his appearance, he is really angry. .” "On the edge of the Si River?" Liu Zhong blinked, and suddenly understood, he couldn't help jumping up, and said angrily, "Who told my uncle about this, it really doesn't make sense, if I find out, I will definitely interrupt his future." leg." Liu Xiangzhi said with a straight face: "You go, your cousin told your uncle." "Cousin?" Liu Zhong softened, and sat down on the chair embarrassingly: "Cousin... Cousin doesn't go out very often, how did you know about it?" Liu Xiangzhi glared at him, shook his head and sighed: "You really don't want to be angry, just make trouble for me. I thought, let you and Xiu'er have a closer kiss, with our family's current wealth, plus you My aunt must agree, and this matter will become nine times out of ten, but you are too unconvinced. Last year, you fought with someone for Miss Zhu Yuer in the "Huancai Pavilion", broke her leg, and made a fuss Your uncle and aunt don't want to see you anymore, and now you're being so disrespectful, it really doesn't give me any face." Liu Zhong curled his lips and turned his head disapprovingly.My cousin is very beautiful, but if I really want to marry her, how can I be so happy and happy like now, my uncle doesn't like him, it's what he likes, so he doesn't want to marry this relative, and tie himself to death . Seeing his indifferent look, Liu Xiangzhi didn't hit him with anger: "It's not just your uncle who is angry, you're messing around like this, and you'll lose all the good reputation I've worked so hard to gain. Let me tell you, your uncle But I have sent a message, you are not allowed to do the bastard thing of forcing your daughter to be a concubine, this sum of money, if you can, let it be for a few days, and you are not allowed to continue to roll the interest, do you understand clearly?" When Liu Zhong heard it, he said unwillingly: "He is next to a big tree to enjoy the shade, but we are better off. He wants to be an upright official, so let us all drink the northwest wind? Forgiveness, forgiving! I can do good deeds, what business do I have? Are you willing to let go of that fertile field?" "Confused!" Liu Xiangzhi said angrily, "Do you have to stand out by yourself?" Liu Zhong suddenly said: "Ah, I understand, hehe, don't worry, I know how to do this." Liu Xiangzhi shook his head: "You are such a worthless thing. With me supporting you and your uncle leaning on you, you are calling the wind and rain in Sizhou, and the scenery is infinite. If you don't have us, how can you fight Zhou Wangshu? Humph! You did this thing, go and wipe your ass clean, don’t cause trouble for me!” In the Taibai Building, Uncle Zhou Wang and "Lai Fugui" and their beautiful concubine were sitting opposite each other, drinking to their heart's content. The person Uncle Zhou Wang quietly dispatched to Qingtian Mansion has returned. He found out that Lai Fugui is indeed the No. 1 person in Lai's family house. He has a mole under his left ear. When I went to the capital, I did bring my two most beloved concubines with me. These concubines were originally a pair of sisters, one named Shushu and the other named Fufu. Beautiful and wonderful, both in color and art. The spy also found out that Lai Fugui and Lai Yuanwai are not in Yingtian Mansion at the moment, and left Yingtian Mansion two months ago. It is said that they are going to do a big business partnership with the Tang family who moved to the capital from the northwest. The details have not been disclosed yet. When he came out, he only knew that it was a major event related to water transportation. Water transportation has always been a big business with huge profits, and the financial resources are endless. With the financial resources of Tang and Lai, if they want to get involved in water transportation, the entire private water transportation may be completely divided by them in a few years.When Uncle Zhou Wang heard this, his heart became hot, and his greed increased sharply. He didn't want to do this hammer business with Lai Yuanwai anymore. He wanted to climb this big tree, walk out of Sizhou, and make a fortune. When the wine was hot, Uncle Zhou Wang's concubines became a little bit unrestrained. Their elongated hair and clothes were slightly open, and their skin was visible with delicate threads. The snow lamp on their chests slanted, and a seductive cleavage fell in Zhang Niu'er's eyes, "Master Lai!" "A pair of eyeballs almost popped in. Erong smiled coquettishly at him, raised his glass and took a sip of the wine, hooked his arms lightly around Uncle Zhou Wang's neck, crossed the "skin cup" in an extremely fragrant way, and turned to look at Zhang Niu'er again. With wet lips, he said: "Mr. Lai, my master intends to do a long-term business with you. Would you like to hear from Mr. Lai?" "Ah? Oh, okay, hehe, Brother Zhou, why don't you tell me, but... Lai's trip to the south this time is for grain and rice. Let's settle this business first, shall we?" Zhang Niu As if waking up from a dream, those eyes flew hard to goug out her cleavage again, and then said. "Hehe, Lai Yuanwai is really in a hurry. These two things are originally two in one, one in two. Why don't Yuanwai listen patiently to my master?" Erong winked at Zhang Niu'er, disdainful in her heart: "Smelly men, all of them have this kind of virtue, and the two beautiful women around me are still eating what's in the bowl and looking at what's in the pot. All the women let him hug him left and right." Uncle Zhou Wang laughed and said, "Brother Lai, Mr. Zhou has been running around for the past few days, raising funds from all directions, and finally lived up to Brother Lai's expectations and raised the food that Brother Lai needed. But... my Sizhou government has sent tax collectors everywhere However, all those who sell grain to other places are subject to heavy taxes. Brother Lai, if he pays a heavy tax, the profit will be small. Is there a way for Brother Lai to bypass the tax collectors and transport such a huge batch of grain out of Sizhou?" Zhang Niu'er smiled proudly, and said: "Without diamonds and porcelain work, Brother Zhou doesn't have to worry about this matter. Lai has his own methods." Uncle Zhou Wang smiled and said: "Hehe, this... I can believe it, Ying Tianfu Lai's family is a powerful dragon wherever he goes, but... first of all, you have to spend a lot of money to buy the government. Money? Besides, the king of Wei is in Sizhou for a thousand years. Brother Lai may not be able to bribe the king of Wei even if he has a good eye. Once such a large amount of grain transportation falls into the eyes of the king of Wei... As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not suppress a local snake, if Zhou is willing to help, I can guarantee that your food will be transported out of Sizhou without anyone noticing..." "Oh?" Zhang Niu'er's eyes were fixed, revealing a bit of shrewdness. He slowly raised his glass and said with a smile: "You don't get rewarded for nothing. Brother Zhou is so enthusiastic about helping, I'm afraid... it's not the same as the long-term business you mentioned. related?" Uncle Zhou Wang looked straight and said: "Yes, to be frank, the price Brother Lai gave me is very fair, but Zhou is willing to reduce the price by another 30% to sell the grain to Brother Zhou, and is also fully responsible for helping Brother Lai to transport the grain. There is only one condition for leaving Sizhou, Zhou hopes...to cooperate with the Lai family and the Tang family." Zhang Niuer was stunned, his eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled vaguely: "Brother Zhou, is he drunk? What about the Lai family and the Tang family, why can't Lai understand?" Uncle Zhou Wang laughed suddenly: "Haha, the Tang family is as rich as an enemy, and the Lai family is the leader in the north. How can you hide it from people's eyes and ears? You don't burn fake incense in front of the real Buddha. Zhou is sincere. The Tang and Lai families are two strong Long, my Zhou is incomparable, but... in the Jianghuai area, my Zhou family can be regarded as a big tree with luxuriant branches. Three people form a group, and it is very important for the Lai and Tang families to cooperate with me. , not at a disadvantage, Brother Lai, what do you think?" "Hmm..." This was beyond Zhang Niu'er's expectations. He didn't know how to respond, so he bowed his head and stroked his beard in a contemplative state. "Master, please have a glass of wine." Miss Shu Shu raised her glass and said with a twinkle in her eyes.Shu Shu is Yanyan, Yanyan is wearing white clothes today, a white jade man with cicada wings and Luo clothes, gentle as water, graceful and graceful, without any hint of pungentness. "Ah..." Zhang Niu'er hastily drank the fine wine in the glass with her hand, and when his eyes met her, he knew it. "Okay! My family, Lai and Tang, one lives in the north and the other lives in the northwest. If we want to do business on this big river, we really need the help of a tyrant from the south. Lai agrees with you first, but this matter still needs to be discussed with you." The Tang family discusses, and there is no way to rely on a certain person." Seeing that he agreed, Uncle Zhou Wang couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly said with a pleasant smile: "That's natural, that's natural. I believe that with Zhou's strength and brother Lai's proposal, the Tang family has no reason to refuse. If Lai and Tang My family is willing to cooperate with Zhou because the Tang family is located in the north, and Zhou responds to the south. Are you afraid that you will not be able to make a lot of money? Hahahaha..." "Hahahaha..." Zhang Niu'er also laughed freely, and Uncle Zhou Wang squinted at the beauties who were laughing with him on both sides, and said with a smile: "Today I can get brother Lai's promise, and we will be a family in the future, Mr. Zhou I am happy in my heart, I want to invite Brother Lai to have another drink, how about...invite Brother Lai to come over to the mansion, we brothers will buy wine again, and have a long talk, I wonder what Brother Lai wants?" As he spoke, his eyes turned to E, intentionally or not. Allow a glance. Miss Shu Shu hadn't tasted the taste yet, the obedient girl on the side had already grabbed Lai Yuanwai's sleeve coquettishly, and tasted it: "My master is too strong to drink, so I can't drink any more. When my master sobers up, we can drink again tomorrow." Just go through the government and talk about it." Zhang Niu'er clenched his wine glass, looked at the enchanting and charming beauty opposite, and really wanted to say loudly: "I am willing!" But the baby has already said that, he can only pretend to be drunk and crazy, and smiled with a seeming ignorance: "It's getting late today, Lai is indeed too drunk, let's talk about Lai's house tomorrow, haha, haha... ..." No matter how you listen to that laughter, it seems that there is a taste of sadness and indignation. The doll is also dressed in white today, but because of her delicate body and tender face, she does not dress up as a lady like Yan Yan, but plain clothes with hanging hair, double rings and green pendants, and a pair of slender beautiful feet with a pair of wooden clogs, kicking and kicking when she walks. , childish indescribably cute.But it happens to be such a little beauty like a young girl, who acts coquettishly but winks, coquettish and sweet. Uncle Zhou Wang can't help but lose his soul when he sees such a naive demeanor, but now he has confirmed Lai Fugui's North He is a noble gentry, and he knows how much he loves this concubine, but he dare not make up her mind. They chatted and laughed for a while, and then boarded their cars and left. Uncle Zhou Wang climbed up to the two big families in the North, naturally full of ambition and joy, but Zhang Niu'er just stared at the beautiful figure of Erong Niaona leaving Such as mourning concubines. "Comfortable" The two sisters didn't care about his mood, they boarded the car, kicked the poor old man who used it and threw it aside, and talked happily. "Boy, let's go see him now, tell him to lay in an ambush, make preparations early, and catch everyone with the surname Zhou!" "Sister, it's not in a hurry at this time." The baby gently raised the car curtain, glanced out with almond eyes, and said sweetly: "You must be more vigilant at this time, so as not to overwhelm the enemy and fall short. We will wait until tomorrow to finalize the agreement with him." When we know the handover time, the route of grain transportation, and all kinds of information, we will go to see the officials."