Why is it that the guy in the shop is leaving, and the sky is about to fall?

Ji Qi didn't understand, frowned and looked at Ji Sui without speaking. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Ji Sui smiled helplessly and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult to find someone with such a low salary now." ”

Ji Qi said "oh" in a trance, "It turns out that my brother is worried about not being able to make ends meet." ”

If it's about money, it's not about it.

But Ji Sui still looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

"Is there anything else?" Ji Qi asked curiously.

Ji Sui looked slightly embarrassed, and finally nodded, "This time, I found a big problem. ”

He led Ji Qi into the house and sat down, poured tea for the two of them, and said, "Drink and see." ”

Ji Qi glanced at him, but still picked up the teacup and took a sip of thirst.

It's just an ordinary rain flower tea.

"What do you mean, brother?" She put down her teacup and put her little hands on her knees.

Ji Sui supported his elbow with one hand, put down the teacup and asked lightly, "What do you think of the tea?" ”

She replied truthfully: "The leaf tea of Yuhua Tea is not a good thing." ”

"That's right." Ji Sui nodded, his expression solemn, "This cup of ordinary inferior tea, but it uses the purchase price of fine tea, and it is twice as expensive." ”

The purchase price of leaf tea is about 40 wen and 1 tael, and the Yuhua tea that can be sold in a year is about 80 catties, and the difference in price can reach 5 taels, which is enough for an ordinary family of three to spend half a year.

Shopkeeper Lin has been working in the Ji family's tea house for many years.

"All commercial taxes, take one out of thirty [Note 1], the selling price is not high, and after deducting the taxes, we really can't make ends meet."

"Qi'er." Ji Sui frowned, "I'll tell you, it's not for you to joke." ”

"Didn't that brother come to joke with me?" She smiled and said, "It doesn't look like this happened just now, how did you know now?" ”

Ji Sui's face turned red, and Master Ji handed over the accounts of the tea house to him early to ask, but he always disliked miscellaneous things. Now that the shopkeeper Lin is bent on begging, he thought just in case, and he went to the goods to find out these dirty things.

"Anyway, I found it." He grunted his voice, "I'm not telling you that. ”

"Oh?" Ji Qi tilted his head slightly and looked at him, "Then brother wants to come and use me?" ”

Ji Sui snorted coldly and said, "My mother was kind back then, but I didn't expect to raise a white-eyed wolf. I heard that he sent his concubine back to his hometown during the New Year's Festival, and bought a large property there. ”

He slammed the table with a heavy fist, and the tea set jingled, "Mother was also tired to death in the tea house because the business of the tea house was not good that year, and she died of exhaustion in the tea house, this Lin shopkeeper!" It's clearly a murderer! ”

The smile on the corner of Ji Qi's mouth slowly faded, and he looked at Ji Qi with a straight face.

To grow, there is always a price.

She asked: "Then my brother means that the murderer dies, and he wants Shopkeeper Lin to pay for his life?" ”

"It's better to pull his tendons and peel off his skin, this spine-beating thing."

"Brother." Ji Qi couldn't see how angry he was, his good-looking eyes were cold, "You said he sent the concubine back, what about Mrs. Lin?" ”

Ji Sui snorted fiercely, "This dog thing, when I wanted to marry someone into the door, I did everything I could to please and beg for everything, but now I only treat people as old mothers." Scolding every day has long become commonplace. ”

He lowered his voice and said, "I heard that he raised an outer room outside, and that woman and the concubine made a lot of trouble, and no one took Mrs. Lin seriously." ”

"Oh? Is it? Ji Qi thought thoughtfully, and lightly pressed her lips with her fingertips, "Didn't Mrs. Lin give birth to a son for him?" ”

In Miss Ji's memory, although this Mrs. Lin has always been submissive, she is a very pure mother. At that time, my father wanted to go to the shopkeeper Lin, and Mrs. Lin held her infant son in one hand and made tea and soup for her with the other.

Ji Sui pursed his lips, "You said that stupid son, if you have to memorize a poem for half a month, no one will look up to him." ”

"Brother first dissipate his anger." Ji Qi pushed the teacup to him, "It's not difficult to ask Shopkeeper Lin to admit it, but there is something to trouble my brother to inquire about." ”

Ji Sui hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"He Lin is not so bold, if the East Window incident happens, his owner is the general banner of Jinyiwei. I'm worried that there is someone behind him. ”

Ji Sui trembled slightly, "What do you mean?" What does it mean that there is someone behind it? ”

Ji Qi's eyes were dark, "Do you remember why the emperor can sit in this position?" ”

Emperor Tianyou was originally the younger brother of Emperor Qitai, and at that time, tea merchants colluded to raise the price of tea, and gradually formed a spark in the local area. Emperor Qitai was busy with the Southern Barbarian War and had no time to take care of the domestic chaos.

These tea merchants gradually became rampant, and they were also ruthless in their dealings with the border warats, which became the fuse for the later Huailai changes.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Emperor Qitai ordered a personal expedition, but unfortunately was captured.

The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the two-year-old son of Emperor Qitai was ordered to be in danger, but how can a stinky baby rule the country?

At that time, the court was divided into two factions, one group advocated that the auxiliary ministers should act as the emperor, and the other group advocated supporting the establishment of the king as the emperor.

The pro-new faction finally won, the emperor achieved great things, and changed the name of the country to Tianyou.

This war lasted for a long time, and Emperor Qitai was finally released back, but the period of captivity was really hard, and he finally failed to survive the illness and died on the way home.

Emperor God blessed him with great compassion, ordered the rectification of tea and salt, doubled the commercial tax, and asked local officials to audit it every year.

Ji Sui took a deep breath to calm down his anger, and heard the voice of Ji Qi's words.

Under this system, only ordinary tea merchants will suffer, but officials and businessmen like the Ji family are doing better.

Why? Because the officials protect each other.

The owner of the tea house is the general banner of Jinyiwei, and the officials will have some scruples about doing things, but this layer alone is far from enough, and the key is to rely on the movement of officialdom.

Walking around is a favor and a network.

I want to know how far Shopkeeper Lin's connections have developed over the years, and see how much he has swelled over the years.

That's right.

Ji Sui nodded, although he Lin was greedy and hateful, but the hand that reached out to their Ji family behind the scenes was even more shameful.

"You're right." Ji Sui nodded, "Only by cutting the grass and eradicating the roots can we never suffer in the future." ”

Ji Qi picked up the teacup again and took a sip, "Dad will raise it for a few days, don't worry him about this matter, my brother will go to Brother Han tomorrow, please let him go and investigate." ”

Ji Sui couldn't deny, "Well, you're right. ”

After all, Han Xiao is a brocade guard, and he is even more devoid of people when he walks around.

He breathed a sigh of relief and relieved the burden on his heart, "Qi'er, it's good that you're here." ”

She shook her head, "Brother, things have just begun. ”

Note 1: Refer to the History of the Ming Dynasty. Food & Goods 5