Chapter 589: The Situation Is Not Good
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Xu Jie looked for the local Jinyi guard, and Lu Peng and Liu were left on the dock, so the two of them took ten personal guards, and they didn't dare to go far, so they walked directly into a very luxurious restaurant on the dock.
As soon as he entered the restaurant, Lu Peng couldn't help frowning again, because looking at the luxurious restaurant, it looked very cold inside, there were nearly 50 tables in the lobby, but there were only a few customers, looking at the dozens of guys in the lobby, there were more than customers, all of them were lazy in a daze. From this point, you can see how prosperous this restaurant used to be, and how depressed it is now.
Seeing Lu Peng and his party coming in, dozens of guys actually hula all came around, you are greeting warmly, he is enthusiastically pulling, these dozens of guys are specially serving Lu Peng and his party.
"Is there a more upstairs private room?" Liu asked as the shopkeeper.
"Yes, yes, yes." The appearance of a guy leader hurriedly replied: "Our upstairs, the private room facing the sea is the most chic, and there is no one at this time, you can choose at will." β
Lu Peng walked upstairs and asked the guy casually: "This hour is the time to eat, why is your restaurant so depressed?" Could it be that you guys are lazy and driving away the guests? β
The leader of this guy immediately nodded and reported to the sky: "Oh, my guest officer, you really said about us, our Wanghai Building, the terrain is superior and the eyes are open, it is a first-class restaurant in Xinyang, if it is in normal times, you will come here temporarily, don't say what kind of private room, even this downstairs sit-down has to be reserved." β
"Then why is this happening now?" Lu Peng asked casually.
The leader of the guys immediately replied with a sad face: "If it was in the past, if this lord asked like this, you would really have to forgive a small sin, I really don't have time to promise you, but now there is time, and idleness is idle, so I will talk to this lord you a few words." β
As he spoke, the man went up to the second floor.
The second floor was even more depressed, and at this time, there was not even a person to eat, so Lu Peng casually picked up a table by the window and sat down.
The second leader of the little two wiped the table in front of Lu Peng, and continued to mutter: "This Wanghai Tower is our Mr. Youzhou Lord's business, the price is fair, the management is rigorous, and there are also colleagues who come from south to north, and they are willing to come here to take care of business." β
Lu Peng smiled, feeling that he walked around by himself, and even walked into his own canteen, so that it can be regarded as fat and water that does not flow into the fields of outsiders.
"But not anymore." This guy complained with a sad face: "It's our third brother, our lord, who suddenly made a commercial ban, this time, not only strangled many merchants from the south to the north to buy and sell to make a living, but also in disguise is equivalent to strangling our own business, the merchants are gone, and of course no one comes here to eat, even if it is a local businessman, because there is no business to do, no one will come to eat here again, you see, now that's it." Then he spread his hands and said helplessly: "We can still hold on this month, Mr. Big is also kind, and he didn't say that he would lay off employees, but in my opinion, if it goes on like this, the loss-making business will not be able to continue, and eventually a group of guys will be dismissed, and a group of guys like me will be dismissed, after all, I have become the leader of the guys, and those brothers under me may lose their jobs." Then he said bitterly: "I really don't know how these brothers will feed their families after they lose their jobs, they are used to earning wages now, let them go back to the countryside to farm, now they don't understand, no, how to live in the future." β
Lu Peng frowned and was silent, because he had nothing to say when he was talking about national affairs with a guy from a hotel.
When he was ordering food at Liu's place, there was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, and in a moment, Xu Jie's head popped up at the staircase, followed by a man in a green coat and a small hat.
Xu Jie looked around, saw Lu Peng, took that person to Lu Peng in a few steps, and then waved his hand to let the little second retreat, then lowered his voice and said to Lu Peng: "This person is our leader of the Jinyi Guard in Xinyang, the actual commander of the thousand, named Guo Quan." Then he turned to Guo Quan and said, "Hurry up and see the lord." β
As soon as Guo Quan saw that his commander had summoned him in a hurry, and what brought him here was actually to meet his lord, he was flattered and frightened, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Lu Peng.
Lu Peng smiled indifferently and let him get up: "Speaking of the relationship between you and me as a master and servant, it is actually a family, there is no need to be so angry when the family meets, not to mention that we are still in this crowded place, and I don't want to reveal my identity, you better get up and talk back." Then he said to him, "To make a long story short, I still have to hurry, and I can't afford to delay." β
The first few words made this Guo Quan so moved to tears, a family, what a heartwarming and what a title that can make people willing to die.
I still wanted to continue to kneel and reply according to the relationship between the master and servant of the family, but when I saw Xu Jie frowning, I immediately stood up in understanding, and said to Lu Peng: "Just now, the commander asked me about the foundation of the fleet outside, I have already noticed them, they-"
As soon as he said this, the staircase sounded a jumble of footsteps again, and with this footstep, a burst of justified shouts came upstairs: "Tell me quickly, where is the guy who eats inside and out?" β
When everyone looked up, a group of officials wearing the colors of official uniforms, under the guidance of the captain of the fleet they had hired, were rushing up to the second floor with great momentum.
Now Lu Peng has abandoned the disunity of the clothing of the officials of the Han Dynasty, and let the people not know which is the official and which is the disadvantage of the people, and began to distribute uniform clothing to the officials under him, the style of the whole costume is the clothing style of the real Ming brocade clothes, round neck and tight sleeves, concise and bright, clean and neat, so that the people can see at a glance who is the official, can accept their management, but at the same time can directly supervise their behavior, for example, now, Lu Peng immediately saw the following behind the Chen boss, is a local infantry commander, and his position is the same as that of Guan Zhang when Liu Bei was the lieutenant of Wenxi County.
At this time, the boss of the ship has been Lu Peng and his group: "My lord, these guys are the ones who hired my fleet to sell military funds to Liu Bei's area." β
Lu Peng understood at that time that the boss of the ship was still full of justice, and this was a report of his own smuggling.
Now it's time to see how the local officials treat him as a smuggler.
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