"Liu Xu, how did you get this picture of Qinglou?" Zhong Wuregret asked pretending to be very casual.

Liu Xu smiled awkwardly and said, "The little ones also have the same preferences as the adults." Adults are masters, and they know men's preferences better than I do, and everyone wants to try something new. I have been to too many places, sometimes I am afraid that I will not be able to remember, so I draw such a picture, and before each go, arrange the place first, so that it is much more convenient. ”

"I see." Zhong Wuregret secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he thought about it, this guy drilled everywhere, maybe it would be bad, and he might accidentally break through his intelligence base, so he decided to threaten and lure him at the same time.

There is a saying: whiskers and horses are also an art. Since Zhong Wuregret met this highly accomplished artist, he is sorry for those sycophants in later generations of China if he doesn't give some sweetness.

The art of whiskering is guaranteed success in all aspects of life, and it is a must-have if you want to thrive with each passing day. There is everything in this world, but nothing is gained without flattery.

Zhong Wuregret asked, "Liu Xu, what do you do at home?" "I have watched too many dramatized movies and television, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he became the tone of the Japanese devil in the film and television.

"The small family is an iron ore mine. My business is to travel around every day and think of ways to spend money every day. Liu Xu was a little proud.

"Oh, the rich second generation! Do you want to be an official in the DPRK? Zhong asked without regrets.

"I think, I think badly, the little talent is super dog, and the rich are five...... Learn to be rich in five bowls ......"

Zhong Wuregret interrupted him: "What is Xuefu Wuwan, do you really think it's dog food, it should be Xuefu Wuche, right?" At that time, the so-called books were generally made of bamboo, describing the five cars in the "five cars of learning and wealth" with a lot of reading and rich knowledge, in fact, referring to the five cars of bamboo books.

"The adults are right, learn to be rich in five cars, learn to be rich in five cars. An adult's casual remark is enough for me to study for five years! Five hundred years later, I don't know if anyone in the Liu family can catch up with the wisdom of adults......"

Seeing that Liu Xu wanted to continue, Zhong Wuregret unceremoniously interrupted him and said, "As long as you behave well, I will let the King of Chu give you a doctor, how about it?" ”

Liu Xu hurriedly lay down and kowtowed to Zhong Wuregret: "If this is the case, my Liu family's ancestors will not forget the great kindness of adults!" ”

"Get up, get up, give you a doctor, it's conditional." Zhong Wuregret said.

"Your Excellency, please speak." Liu Xu hurriedly got up, looked at Zhong Wuregret nervously, and waited for him to put forward conditions.

Zhong Wuregret said slowly: "First, you are not allowed to run around anymore, what kind of pictures are drawn, you are an official of the imperial court, going to those places is humiliating the imperial court, you know?" ”

"You know, I'm never going to draw again, but it's always okay to go secretly, right?" Liu Xu looked at Zhong Wuregret with pitiful eyes.

"It's okay to go secretly, if you are found drawing again, it will be a big matter as a court official, the light one may go to prison, and the heavy one will be killed if you don't do it well, you know?" Zhong Wuregret threatened.

"The little ones will never dare!"

"Second, if the king and I are going to these places, and you will pay for all the money, what about it?"

"No problem, if our family lacks everything, it means that there is no shortage of money." Liu Xu showed a proud look again.

"Third, I heard that Wu Nu and Yue Nu are the best among women, can you give a few to the king? By the way, bring one to me as well. Zhong asked without regret.

"No problem, no problem." Liu Xuxi came from the heart, for his family, where are these conditions that Zhong Wuregret said called conditions, it should be said that he was kind to him. can spend money for the king of Chu, no matter how many businessmen come up with this silver, they can't find a place to come out.

"You go back first, I'll go into the palace and discuss with the king, and I'll give you a reply within ten days, how about it?" Zhong Wuregret didn't want Liu Xu to make it too easy to fulfill his wish, so he deliberately delayed it for a few days.

Liu Xu was grateful for his kindness, and then he took his leave.

As soon as Liu Xu left, the doorman came to report again: "Gong Stable Yin is visiting." After the report, the doorman looked nervous and said: "My lord, there are dozens of guests waiting for the visit, all waiting at the door, what do you think?" ”

Zhong Wuregret's head grew up all of a sudden, see, he can't stand it anymore, a meal, the wine hasn't fallen until now, if he doesn't see it, he will offend people again. Among the visitors, it is possible that because of their attitude, they will miss talents or cause resentment.

When she was in distress, Cao Yun'e came with a bundle of bamboo sticks, and the date was written on them.

"Such a smart person, this time is stupid? You sign the bamboo to them and let them come to visit on a date, they don't have to wait, you can arrange it. Cao Yun'e put the bamboo stick in front of Zhong Wuregret and said.

"Appointments, appointments! Cow X! Zhong Wuregret happily hugged Cao Yun'e and kissed a few mouthfuls: "My good lady, she is really a virtuous helper!" What he didn't expect was that the unintentional phrase "virtuous help" actually became a popular word in Chu back then.

"That's it!" Zhong Wuregret hurriedly asked the doorman to hand out bamboo sticks, and said that he was going to enter the palace, please forgive everyone.

"How did you come up with this idea so quickly?" Zhong Wuregret is strange.

"This is not simple, all the guests are coming, the same as we do business, the goods that the guests want, and they can't catch up with the hand, so they send bamboo sticks to pick up on time, and both parties are willing. It's just that you are now a strange product, which is different from the pottery we originally sold, but the essence is the same, so use this method to solve it. Cao Yun'e said blandly.

Finally pushed off the visitors, Zhong Wuregret returned to the house and discussed with the two wives how to improve the structure and responsibilities of the Zhong Mansion. Once he becomes the celebrity of the King of Chu, the way of hospitality still needs an experienced manager to deal with it.

The Zhong Mansion also wants to set up a song and dance troupe, which minister's palace is not full of groups of musicians and kabuki, when there are distinguished guests to visit, wine and singing, no one is missing.

Prostitutes have become a historical trend at that time, princes and nobles, scholars and wealthy squires can raise a large number of beautiful women, because of this, the result is a serious imbalance in the gender ratio of men and women in society, many absenteeism and business citizens are difficult to solve, "pistols" sell well.

Therefore, Guan Zhong, the premier of the State Council of Qi, personally founded a national brothel to meet the sexual needs of a large number of men who have no wives to marry, and at the same time enable many female slaves to be properly resettled, avoiding the emergence of "street women", helping to stabilize and unite, and alleviating social contradictions to a large extent.

In addition, the safety of the Zhong Mansion, the management of money, the deployment of servants and maidservants, etc., must be coordinated. In addition, the training and recruitment of private troops, the arrangement and personnel of intelligence points, and the building and development of armaments are all matters that brook no delay.

What's more, the income from selling lamps alone can no longer support the huge expenses, and we must find a way to make money. Now we can't expect the king of Chu to have a large amount of financial support.

The King of Chu is now surrounded by spies of various factions, once the King of Chu suddenly has a large amount of unknown income and expenditure, those powerful ministers who are good at political tricks and court infighting will turn a blind eye?

There are thousands of things, and there must be a root of reason.

As a result of the discussion, Cao Yun'e was the "chief of the inner house" and the "minister of finance" of the Zhong Mansion, and her personal maid, the girl in white, was the chief financial officer and assisted Cao Yun'e. Zhong Wuregret asked the woman in white to be the chief financial officer, not without purpose, he wanted to slowly teach the woman in white the bookkeeping method of Arabic numerals, and if he had more contact, he could use the professor's "unspoken rules".

Ziying knew a lot in the palace and saw a lot, so she became the artistic director, and Bingxin was the head of the song and dance troupe.

Tang Zhong's command ability and personal ability have been greatly improved, and the private army is temporarily under his command. After the expansion of the army, there is no problem in being promoted to a battalion-level cadre, but in Zhong's unrepentant eyes, he is not a brilliant general.

Wu San is still in charge of training at the base, while Doulan is waiting for an opportunity to return to Yingdu to help Zhong Wuregret.

You can't become a big fat man by eating in one bite, you can do everything you can, and the rest will be talked about later.

The next day, Zhong Wuregret entered the palace as usual to accompany the King of Chu.

When he saw the king of Chu alone, he saw the king of Chu like an angry tiger, constantly moving around the house, roaring while turning: "It's so angry that everyone is eighteen, and they still treat me as a child." ”

"What's wrong? What happened? Zhong Wuregret asked the King of Chu.

"My two masters, Gongzixie and Ziyi, want me to remove Ling Yin Chengjia and let Ziyi take over Chengjia's position. I said that my father had passed away, and I was not familiar with national politics, and if I wanted to enjoy my current comfortable life in the future, I had to listen to my master in everything. Otherwise, depose me from the throne and let my five-year-old brother succeed me. I'm, I'm really.

In fact, I have seen too much in the palace for eighteen years, and nothing can make it difficult for me, but I am so troubled by the loss of power that I am trapped in the palace all day long, imprisoned in this birdcage. King Chu said angrily.

"The king is angry," Zhong Wuregret said calmly: "As far as I know, there is a divine bird in the Chu State, this divine bird has no wings for three years, does not fly or chirp, hey is silent, although it does not fly, it will fly to the sky; Although there is no sound, the sound will be amazing. With the majesty of the king, is it not as good as a divine bird? ”

"You mean, three years without a hit, a blockbuster?" King Chu's eyes suddenly brightened.

"The king must be patient, Gongzi Xie and Ziyi said that they should depose the throne of the king and let the king's five-year-old brother take over the throne, which is not a joke. With the king's current behavior, the courtiers and the people will hear about it, if the two masters say that the king is absurd and unreasonable, and set up another king of Chu, there will be secretly cultivated followers in the palace to echo him, and if the throne is lost, his life is not as good as grass mustard.

Anyone who wants to take the king under the knife, only said that the five-year-old brother's royal order secretly instigated it, who can know? If you die, you will die in vain, it's not worth it!

It's not okay to be too strong, once the king puts on a strong posture, those powerful ministers who usually do whatever they want will be afraid of the king's threat to them, they have military power in hand, and once they feel threatened, they will never let their interests be damaged, the result? There will be no loyal ministers in the great dynasty, no generals in the army, no strong soldiers in the palace, what to use against them? There is power in the handle of the knife!

Therefore, the king can only show weakness now, pretend to be addicted to wine, secretly cultivate power, and patiently wait for the time to soar into the sky. Zhong Wuregret said.

"It's because I'm too anxious," King Chu suddenly tempered and said sincerely: "I hope Brother Zhong will teach me in the future." ”

"Don't dare to be!" Zhong said without regret. The king of Chu actually called him a brother and brother, and as soon as it was spread, maybe there was his meat in the meat porridge that was fed to the dogs at the house of one of the powerful ministers.

The king of Chu continued: "Young Master Jia Song has always admired Brother Zhong very much, and he has long heard that Brother Zhong is talented. Brother Zhong does not tend to cling to the king of the powerful country, and comes to help me kill the disaster, and the weak king who only knows lustful pleasure is really difficult to express my gratitude, and it is not an exaggeration to call Brother Zhong. ”

Zhong Wuregret hurriedly shirked and said: "Emotionally, I already regard you as a brother, but brotherly love, why bother talking about it?" For the sake of the three-year plan, the king has to be the same as before, and I came to help the king because we are sexually like! ”

"Hahaha......" the two of them laughed.

Zhong Wuregret said that Liu Xu wanted to be an official, and the king of Chu agreed when he heard it.

"An official hat, in exchange for our Qinglou expenses for a few years, at least use his hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, right?" King Chu asked.

"Whatever, and the money has to be used ruthlessly, and the more he uses it, the happier he becomes, and he doesn't need to be afraid. This is the psychology of businessmen buying officials. Zhong Wuregret said.

"Okay, in the future, we will eat him when we leave the palace, use him, make him happy, and make us happy!" King Chu felt very funny.

"However, the official who gave him no real power for the time being, just a name. That's how we make a lot of money. Zhong Wuregret said.

Thinking that it was hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and there was someone to accompany them, the two looked at each other, and unconsciously laughed again.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and the master Gongzixie and Ziyi broke in.

Seeing the two laughing, Ziyi asked gloomily, "What makes the king so funny?" ”