In the newly bought small house in the south of the city, it has been cleaned up by the careful little maid Lixiu, although it has not been changed much, but the new window screen has been pasted, and it has been wiped clean everywhere, which really makes people feel much more comfortable. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 At this time, Zhou Bian was still in Luoyang City and did not leave, smiling and watching Xiu'er still busy, he chatted with Fan Yu casually without saying a word.

Suddenly hearing the sound of eager footsteps, Zhou Bian couldn't help frowning, it seemed that whenever someone came in a hurry, there was bad news. This time, it was Zhou Mi who came in, bowing his head and waiting to finish talking about the matter of the wine shop and the matter of the natural residence being forcibly shut down one by one, but there was no echo in the middle of the sound, and Zhou Mi couldn't help but raise his head in confusion, but he saw Zhou Bian clenching his teeth and his face full of anger.

But after a while, Zhou Bian stabilized his emotions, and thought to himself, it seems that he is still not strong enough, maybe he will get used to hearing too much bad news. Looking down, he saw that Zhou Mi was still half-kneeling on the ground, looking at himself with eager eyes, so he fixed his mind and asked, "Can Jian Jia be in the store?" ”

Seeing the change in Zhou Bian's expression, Zhou Mi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this king has to face so many things at such a young age, obviously angry in his heart, but he still has to pretend to be calm, which is really pitiful. After listening to Zhou Bian's question, Zhou Mi hurriedly collected his thoughts, shook his head and said, "I haven't seen Lord Jianjia, so I guess it's back to Chengzhou today." ”

"It's fine. Then let's go back to Chengzhou, this matter is very important, and we have to discuss it with the Taishi. Carefully pack up and go back with me immediately, Li Yuan and a few of you continue to stay in Luoyang, pay attention to the rumors in the city, and wait for Jiang Ping and others, and you need to report to me immediately if you have news. Zhou Bian also made a decision immediately and ordered. The guards hurriedly said yes, and they had already understood the king's resoluteness.

After saying goodbye to the reluctant Lixiu, Zhou Bian and his party were carefully discharged from the hospital, and now the relationship with Zhou Gong is unknown, and special attention needs to be paid to this Luoyang territory. After everyone went around a big circle, they went out from the north side of the Qianxian Gate, and after traveling several miles to the north, they saw that they were about to reach the mountain and then turned to the east, and when they saw the Chengzhou City Gate, the day was already getting west.

After entering the palace, he hurriedly summoned the Taishi and the young master, the young master's recruitment has come to an end, and the newly recruited soldiers have more than 100 people, who are being trained, and the young master is naturally in Chengzhou City at this time. After waiting in the conference hall for a while, unexpectedly there were three people who came, except for the Taishi and the young master, the young master also came over. Thinking that this was also an old minister of the royal family, Zhou Bian had no choice but to leave it.

After listening to the ins and outs of the matter, the Taishi fell into deep thought, and the young master's always calm face also had anger, only to hear the young master scold, "This week, the public deceived people too much, just extorted a large amount of money, and now it has intensified, and he wants to uproot my royal family's property, obviously not looking at the king, this is to force my royal family to a dead end." ”

I only heard the Taishi raise his head and say, "This Zhou Gong doesn't want my royal family to be self-reliant, and wants my royal family to always be attached to him, and his heart is sinister." ”

"Hmph." A sudden cold voice came out, but at first glance, it was the young master, Zhou Bian couldn't help but wonder, this stubborn person can't see it, is he going to scold Zhou Gong?

But after hearing the young master's snort, he continued, "The old man thinks that Duke Zhou's move is wonderful, how noble the royal family is, and he actually competes with the merchants to benefit the market, and the previous kings of the past generations will also be ashamed of the underground. The king went to do business, and the old man had long wanted to dissuade him, although Zhou Gong did this tough method, although he was suspected of disrespecting the royal family, but his intention to prevent the king from doing business coincided with the old man. In addition, when the royal family did not hold a big business before, the first Duke of Zhou also subsidized the royal family, although the royal family was a little poor, it was enough, but now it is good, although it earned a little money, but it lost the support of the Duke of Zhou, which is the benefit and loss, and there is no need for the old man to explain. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhou Bian couldn't help but be happy, and he didn't coincide, dare to love that you are always incapable, otherwise you would have run to Luoyang to block the gate of the natural residence. When the two masters and young masters heard this, they also looked at the young master angrily, but what they thought was that this old man actually liked to see other people's faces and was willing to let the royal family be at the mercy of others? But no matter how much you star, the latter was very complacent, and actually straightened his chest in the two direct gazes.

Seeing that the Taishi and the young master had the heart to argue, but they didn't say anything for a while, Zhou Bian got up and said, "Last year, there was a military disaster and a snow disaster, and the income of the royal family's fields was already beyond their means, and since this month, all the ministers of the royal family have increased their monthly money, if it weren't for the royal family doing business, the money they took to feed so many people, even the young master was afraid that he would be hungry." ”

The young master snorted again, "The king is mediocre, and the old man will not eat the food of the merchant even if he starves to death." ”

After that, he threw away his sleeves. This person is really stubborn, looking at the back of the young master leaving, seeing Zhou Bian's unbearable look, the master hurriedly persuaded, "The king doesn't need to worry, the young master is a little pedantic, not long ago when the monthly money was issued, the young master was the first to come, I saw more, I couldn't help but be happy when I left, and I almost fell." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Bian couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, and then remembered that the nobles and clan children who were attached to the royal family were gnawing at the decaying royal family like moths, and he was indignant in his heart, but at present, it can only be like this, otherwise they will make trouble with the royal family, and there is really no way to calm it.

After the young master left, Zhou Bian and the other three of them discussed it carefully, according to Zhou Bian's opinion, Zhou Gong must know that the natural residence is the property of the royal family, so this matter must be brought forward by the royal family, the three of them discussed and decided to go to Luoyang to explore Zhou Gong's opinion first, and then make a decision, anyway, the hotel must still be opened, Luoyang City is big, and only the hotel in Luoyang City can be profitable.

After waiting for a day, when the sun was about to set in the west on the second day, I finally saw the sad face of the young master.

"King, when the old man went today, he didn't even see Zhou Gong's face, but he was received by Dr. Ning Yue. I haven't noticed it before, this Ning Yue turned out to be a treacherous person, otherwise with the mellow and steady of Zhou Gong, how could he do such a thing that is not conducive to the royal family. The old man thought that this prevented the royal family from recruiting troops, arresting Zhang Hu and them, and closing the natural residence were all Ning Yue's ideas. The young master said indignantly.

At this time, the Taishi Jian Jia was with Zhou Bian, and everyone was very concerned about the results of the young master's visit, so they waited together. I only heard the young master continue, "When the old man asked about the natural residence, he only said that the natural residence was inside, and he was afraid that the diet would be unclean, so for the sake of the reputation of the natural residence, he ordered it to be closed." As for Zihei, they are also entertained, so we don't have to worry. In this way, at least on the surface, it seems that Zhou Gong is not trying to turn against us. ”

"." Jian Jia couldn't help but scold, this natural residence has always belonged to him, and now that this has happened, he is more worried than anyone else.

"Did Ning Yue say how to reopen the natural residence, and did he have to knock a lot of money again?" Zhou Bian hurriedly asked eagerly, now that the situation is not as good as others, how to end this matter is what he is most concerned about.

"Well, it would be nice if they only needed a sum of money," said the young master, his face gloomy, "they have to pay them fifty thousand dollars a month, and they will pay them a management fee." ”

Zhou Bian's heart suddenly sank, but he said that the word management fee was invented by himself, and the name when he asked Zhang Hu and them to go to the next hotel to collect the monthly money came to his head so quickly, it was really "retribution", and such a huge sum.

With a snap, I saw that it was Jian Jia who slapped the table, and then roared loudly, "This natural house only made a profit of 60,000 yuan last month, maybe not so much in the future, they are good, and they will take it all at once." After scolding a few more times, he noticed that Zhou Bian and the others looked at him, and couldn't help laughing, "Don't blame the king, the slave family is angry and lost his words." ”

I didn't think that this prison armor has always looked like a good person, but now he has such an appearance, Zhou Bian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it's really a rabbit that will bite people if he is in a hurry. But after thinking about it carefully, it seems that he is in a predicament now, and the reason is also because he was not low-key enough, but it is not a desperate situation, this world is so big, not only Luoyang is a big city, even if this incident is not possible, it will still have to develop outward in the future, thinking of this, my heart is also a little happy. Young Master Chong and the others said, "This natural residence is a signboard, and it must be opened, which is indisputable." However, 50,000 yuan is too much, and it is troublesome for the young master to go and speak kindly, and give them 10,000 yuan a month at most. It's just that now I have to bow my head, and I need to be careful to speak here, so that the young master is wronged. ”

"The old man is nothing, it's just that the king is still young, and it will be a long time in the future, so don't break your body because of a momentary anger." As an old man of the royal family, he had experienced the death of Zhou Bian's father and brother, and knew that their premature departure was not unrelated to long-term anger, so he was also very worried about Zhou Bian.

Zhou Bian was naturally no problem, and said with a smile, "This king will take care of it, and the young master doesn't have to worry." ”

But he heard the supervisor shouting, "Let the slave family also go, the bargaining matter, the young master is not as good as the old slave." ”

Turning his head to see that the Taishi and the Young Master both nodded, Zhou Bian agreed.

Unexpectedly, the young master and the supervisor talked for three or five days, and the two sides repeatedly tug-of-war, each arguing on their own grounds, and finally tore their faces, saying that the profits were more than that, and the other side resolutely denied it, and there was a tendency to quarrel.

Every day, the guards reported back and forth, hearing that the price dropped from 50,000 to 40,000 and then to 30,000, Zhou Bian was not idle every day, and now he wanted to reverse the situation, and he didn't dare to relax in the slightest every day. This time, more than 100 new recruits from the young master, and 56 displaced people who came to Chengzhou with their sons, Zhou Bian gathered this new force together for training, and then drew Zhang Hu, Zhou Zhan, and Zheng Ji from his own guards, and each took more than 50 people to practice according to the methods taught by Zhou Bian in the past. Now Zhou Mi in the guard is appointed as the captain, Fan Yu always follows the left and right, Li Yuan is stationed in Luoyang, Liu Qiu is also mixed in Luoyang to inquire about all kinds of news, if there is a chance in the future, the rest of the people will also be entrusted with other positions, this is their own strength.

Finally, the news came, and Luoyang agreed, as Zhou Bian can accept, a monthly management fee of 10,000 yuan, it is really distressing to think about it, in the past, the previous Zhou Gong also subsidized the royal family, but now he asked in turn to blackmail the royal family, it is really unreasonable, but it is not as good as others, so I have to grit my teeth and endure it.