Chapter 168: The Guests of the Clubhouse (Part II)

Although Li Shimin has lived in the deep palace for a long time, this does not mean that he doesn't know anything, at least he knows what the top card of Wanhualou is, so when he heard that Gao Ming regarded him as the head card of the royal club, and also asked him to receive guests, he was immediately angry.

"Presumptuous!"

In order to express his anger, Li Shimin slapped the table on the spot, and the force was so great that the stone table made of white marble trembled, and Gao Ming guessed that his palm must be very painful.

However, Gao Ming also knew that this was not the time to care about this, and looking at the angry Li Shimin, Gao Ming suddenly sighed.

"Alas, don't be angry, old man, don't I make an analogy? I mean to say that you are the pillar of our Datang Royal Club, without you, this Datang Royal Club would exist in name only! ”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the anger on Li Shimin's face calmed down a little, but he still looked at Gao Ming with an unkind face.

"Humph! Do you still dare to let me pick up customers? ”

Looking at Li Shimin's angry appearance, Gao Ming immediately picked up the teapot and poured him a cup of tea with a flattering face.

"Look at what you said, didn't I say it just now, this is an analogy, when you go to sit there, let everyone look at your mighty and domineering dragon face, how can you really let you pick up guests!"

Hearing Gao Ming say this, Li Shimin's face finally showed a little smile.

"You kid can talk!"

Seeing that Li Shimin's anger finally subsided, Gao Ming also breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to pat his ass.

"Besides, a man as powerful and domineering as you is the old man, even if you are willing to accept guests, who would dare to fall on you in this Datang?"

"Poof......

Li Tai and Li Zhi sprayed again, and Li Shimin's face turned black and red again.

"Death to the son of the young!"

"Oh, the gentleman didn't move his mouth, and said that he was not allowed to slap his face...... Yes! ”

“……”

After a while, Li Shimin regained his composure again, he gently picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then nodded slightly.

"Gao Ming, you often go in and out of the city, bring your own guards with you, and pay more attention to safety!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words of concern, Gao Ming, who had a pair of panda eyes, nodded in frustration, and then stretched out his hand to point to Li Zhi and Li Tai, who were snickering on the side.

"If I really encounter someone assassinating, I will hang up and beat him!"

“……”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the three people present were stunned for a moment, and after a while, Li Tai immediately stood up with a sad and angry face.

"You've been assassinated, what's the matter with me?"

Obviously, Li Tai thought of the unbearable past, so he was a little more emotional, and seeing his excited appearance, Gao Ming glanced at him very calmly.

"If I'm finished, you'll get the most benefit, who do you say I won't beat you?"

“……”

Hearing Gao Ming's unreasonable words, Li Tai didn't even find anything to refute for a while, and after a while, he stretched out his hand to Li Zhi with a sad and angry face.

"What about the third child? What if it's the third? ”

Seeing Li Tai suddenly stretching out his hand to himself, Li Zhi, who was lying on the gun inexplicably, suddenly showed a bewildered face.

"Second brother, I'm ......"

Looking at Li Zhi's overwhelmed look, Gao Ming suddenly sighed.

"To tell the truth, just like the third child, he won't dare to send someone to scare me if I give him three more dares, but if you doubt him, after I hang you up and beat you, you can also hang the third child up and beat him when you go back."

“……”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Tai and Li Zhi were dumbfounded again, and Li Shimin also stretched out his hand to Gao Ming with a shocked face.

"What are you talking about, son of a? According to you, if someone assassinates me, if I am finished, then you, the prince, will get the most benefits, so will I also hang you up and beat you? ”

Looking at Li Shimin's angry face, Gao Ming suddenly smiled slightly.

"Theoretically, this is true, but it is also possible that the second child deliberately sent someone to assassinate you in order to frame me, so before you hang me up and beat me, I will hang the second child up and beat me first, which is called the first strike!"

"Hiss......"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Tai suddenly gasped, and then stretched out his trembling hand and pointed at Gao Ming with a sad and angry face.

"If you do this, is there any royal law?"

Hearing this familiar line, Gao Ming couldn't help but slam the teacup in his hand to the ground, and then laughed.

"Hahahaha, I'm the king!"

“……”

Li Tai was shocked again, even Li Shimin and Li Zhi looked at Gao Ming in surprise, and the whole courtyard fell silent all of a sudden.

Gao Ming laughed a few times, and found that there was something wrong with the atmosphere, and then he realized that he seemed to be too arrogant, so he hurriedly picked up the quilt that he had dropped on the ground just now, and then smiled at Li Shimin.

"Hehe, I suddenly remembered the scene of the evil young man robbing the people's daughter, the acting skills are a little exaggerated, I'm really sorry for the audience...... By the way, where did we just go? ”

“……”

Li Shimin's face changed several times again, and finally he still squeezed out a word from between his teeth.

"Get out!"

Gao Ming was once again kicked out of the courtyard of the imperial study by the angry Li Shimin, and the party with a harmonious atmosphere broke up unhappily.

After leaving the courtyard, Gao Ming went back to the East Palace while chanting this "companion is like a tiger".

After returning to the East Palace, Gao Ming went back to the bedroom to take a nap according to the previous plan, and only after waking up did he get on the chariot and go to the royal club of the Tang Dynasty in Vermilion Bird Ji.

At this time, it was already unitary time, and the door of Suzaku Ji was still very lively, and many people still gathered outside the door to watch and guess the identity of the person who entered the door.

"I think the young man in the green robe must be a prince, and he will definitely take out the dragon and phoenix cards later."

"I don't believe it, I think he should take the galloping horse card for a while, I don't believe in betting, I will pay ten cents to bet that he is not the prince!"

"Bet on it!"

Without saying a word, the two immediately took out the money, and then stared at each other to see what the other party took out.

Situations like this often happen at the door of the royal clubhouse, and the hundred cavalry guards guarding the door are not surprised, and occasionally encounter high gamblers, they will also work part-time as a referee to earn a dozen yuan.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Gao Ming suddenly smiled slightly.

"Sure enough, I expected it!"

In the feudal era, the things that the emperor liked would soon be favored by the officials, and the things that the officials liked would soon be sought after by the people, which was called "upward and downward effect", which is also the national condition of the Tang Dynasty today.

When Gao Ming got the fried locusts out, it swept the whole Chang'an in less than half a month, and even now you can still find stalls selling fried locusts in the streets and alleys of Datang, which is enough to prove the influence of officials on the people.

Chang'an, as the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the people in the city are naturally full of all kinds of yearning for the imperial palace, but in the face of the heavily guarded imperial city, they can only look away.

But now it's different, now Gao Ming has established the Tang Royal Club on Suzaku Street, which is equivalent to giving them a chance to get close to the royal family, all the people who have nothing to do will gather here, even if there is something, they will stop and look at it for a while before leaving.

For them, even if they can't go in, as long as they can see these princes and princesses of the royal family and the important ministers of the Tang Dynasty, they can boast to others for a long time after they go back.

Just when everyone was talking, suddenly there was an exclamation from the crowd.

"Huh? Isn't that Chen Yu, the owner of the Golden Building in the West City? ”

"How did he get over? Does he want to go in? ”

"Hehe, is this Tang Royal Club entered by ordinary people? Wait and see, he will be kicked out by the official at the door later! ”

At this time, there were people who were puzzled, and there were many people who wanted to see the excitement, and in everyone's curious eyes, the person named Chen Yu also came to the door of the royal club with some uneasiness.

As everyone thought, as soon as he arrived at the door, he was stopped by the hundred cavalry guards standing at the door.

"Stop, where's your pass?"

But what everyone didn't expect was that this person named Chen Yu actually took out a sign and handed it over.

"Official, this is my pass, it was given to me by an official yesterday."

Seeing this scene, the surrounding people immediately burst into laughter.

"Haha, it's actually a wooden sign!"

"Dare to come with a wooden sign, official, beat him!"

"Beat him! Hit him! ”

In the blink of an eye, there was a sound of "beat him and beat him" around him, hearing this sound, Chen Yu's cold sweat came out, he quickly shrank his head, and his voice stammered a little.

"This ...... I...... I ......"

Just when Chen Yu was a little at a loss, he saw that the hundred cavalry guards who were standing at the door and were in charge of checking the sign suddenly opened their eyes angrily, and shouted angrily at the people who were coaxing.

"Silence!"

Hearing his loud shout, the people around him immediately fell silent, and only then did he smile at Chen Yu, who was frightened, and then arched his hand towards him.

"You are Chen Yu, the owner of the Golden Jade Building, right? Your wooden sign is real, please come in! ”

As soon as his words fell, a sound of inhalation suddenly sounded around him.

"Hiss......"

Even Chen Yu himself showed a look of disbelief.

"Can I get in?"

Seeing his surprised look, the Hundred Cavalry Guards standing in front of him nodded again.

"Naturally, please come in!"

With that, she gave him back the wooden sign, and smiled at him again.

"The person who gave you the wooden sign must have already told you, this wooden card is only valid today, and even if you come with it tomorrow, I won't let you in."

Listening to the song of the hundred horsemen, Chen Yu immediately nodded his head like a chicken.

"Know, know, this villain knows, so I'll go in?"

"Go ahead!"

After saying that, the soldier of the hundred cavalry guards got out of the way, Chen Yu said a word of thanks again, and then walked into the club with an excited face.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding onlookers suddenly exclaimed again.

"It's in, it's really in!"

"Shhh...... Am I right? So Chen Yu really went in? ”

"It's true, the official has said it, his wooden sign is real!"

At this time, a man dressed in silk came to the door of the royal clubhouse, and then bowed his hand to the hundred cavalry guards at the door.

"Official, may I ask what is the matter with that wooden card? Why can a merchant in Chen Yu District enter this Tang Royal Club? ”

As he spoke, he took out a small string of copper coins from his bosom and stuffed it.

Seeing him so acquainted, the soldier of the hundred cavalry guards immediately took the copper coin, and then smiled slightly.

"It's okay to tell you, it's true that Chen Yu is a mere merchant, but do you know how much protection money he paid last month?"

Speaking of this, the soldier of the hundred cavalry guards immediately smiled.

"Hehe, tell you, that's a full five hundred and thirty times, this is the top ten people in Chang'an City who paid protection fees in early this month, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, these ten people are all people who have contributed to the Tang Dynasty, and they are naturally qualified to enter the Tang Dynasty Royal Club."

As soon as the words of the hundred cavalry guards fell, the surrounding people began to talk again, and at this time, Gao Ming also walked out with a smile.

"Yes, that's what I said!"

Seeing Gao Ming come out, the soldiers of the hundred cavalry guards hurriedly bowed to Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Gao Ming waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to be polite, and then smiled at the people around him.

"The Datang Royal Club is not only a gathering place for the royal family and important ministers, but also a place for awards, and anyone who has made outstanding contributions to the Tang Dynasty is eligible to enter the club."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming suddenly raised his voice several degrees and shouted loudly below.

"Now, I solemnly announce to you that from today onwards, the protection fee will be officially renamed as personal income tax, and the money will be charged into the treasury in the future, as the capital of Datang's strong country, all the top ten who pay personal income tax every month can get a one-day wooden pass token, and if you get ten consecutive wooden pass tokens, you can get a copper pass token for one year!"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, the discussion of the surrounding people suddenly became louder.

"How can such a thing happen?"

"Then as long as you pay a lot of money, you can get a pass token?"

"Well, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with us!"

Hearing the discussion below, the hundred cavalry guards standing beside Gao Ming stood up again, and then roared.

"Silence!"

As the person who collected a monthly protection fee on Chang'an Street, the hundred cavalry guards were still quite authoritative among the people, and with his loud roar, the surrounding people were quiet again.

Seeing that the surroundings were quiet, Gao Ming opened his mouth to the people in front of him again.

"I have just said, as long as you have made outstanding contributions to Datang, you are eligible to enter the Datang Royal Club, if you think you have contributed to Datang, you can also register and apply to Baiqiwei, and then the prince will personally review and issue pass tokens to those who have made great contributions to Datang!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately arched his hand towards the people present.

"All for Datang!"

After speaking, Gao Ming turned around and walked into the royal clubhouse, and behind him, a cheer suddenly sounded.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right, everything is for the Tang Dynasty!"

"All for Datang!"

Listening to the shouts behind him, Gao Ming suddenly smiled slightly, and then shrugged his shoulders.

"Actually, I'm not that noble, I just want to make more money."