Leng Yi said: "However, there is one thing that needs to be clear, that is, they are invited to help, and our family's affairs have to be decided by our family." Therefore, you still have to be the manager of all the shops. ”

"Me?" Zhuo Qiaoniang blushed and said, "I don't know anything, if I do, I'm afraid I'll mess up your affairs." ”

"What's my business, it's our family's business!" Leng Yi smiled, "As for whether it will be, no one is born with it, so it won't be able to learn slowly." ”

"Oh-" Zhuo Qiaoniang agreed nervously.

The maid next to her said in a low voice: "Grandma, the slave can help grandma take care of the accounts." ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang looked back at her in surprise: "Do you know accounts?" ”

"My grandfather, my father used to be in charge of accounts, I learned from my father since I was a child, and I know."

Zhuo Qiaoniang looked at Leng Yi, and Leng Yi asked Caosui, "What did your grandfather and your father do before?" ”

"My grandfather once worked as the chief of the money and silk case under the middle branch of the third division. At that time, our family owned a lot of shops, and my father was responsible for the income and expenditure of each shop. Among them are pawnshops, inns and green houses. Later, because a case in the imperial court was implicated, the family was defeated......"

Leng Yi nodded and said, "So, you also know how to manage these shops?" ”

"My brother in our family is idle and makes trouble, and my grandfather and my father don't like it, so I asked me to follow the school and manage the accounts, saying that I would recruit a son-in-law to inherit the family business in the future. Therefore all these things are known to the slaves and maids. Cao Sui talked about the past, and his tone was a little gloomy, "The reason why the slave and maid say this is only because the master and grandmother are as kind to the slave and maid as a mountain, and they can be described as the reborn parents of the slave and maid." The slave and maid have nothing to repay, and hope to use what they have learned to repay the kindness of the lord and grandmother! "Say it, Ying Ying bows down.

Zhuo Qiaoniang hurriedly helped her up and looked at Leng Yi.

Leng Yi said: "Okay, since that's the case, let her help you take care of the accounts and take care of the shop." ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang was overjoyed, holding the hand of the grass spike and said, "It's really good!" With your help, then I will save trouble. ”

Leng Yi said: "Since you have taken care of these shops, you should also know how much these shops are worth and know how to negotiate the price, right?" ”

Kusui nodded.

"Alright, tomorrow you go with me to buy a shop. However, I don't want anyone to know that I'm buying these shops, so it's important to keep them a secret. ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang and Cao Sui were busy agreeing.

Early the next morning, Wang Jien returned to the capital, and Leng Yi and Liao Zhifu were sent ten miles away, and then they parted.

Back at the Yamen, Governor Liao bowed his hand to Leng Yi and said with a smile: "Lord Leng, how to help the disaster, you have to work hard!" ”

After learning that Leng Yi received the gold belt given by the emperor, Liao Zhifu was obviously much more polite to Leng Yi, and even had some intention of flattering him, Leng Yi hurriedly returned the salute and said with a smile: "It's not hard, I must do my best." ”

At that moment, Leng Yi called Master Dong, as well as the secretary of the house, the treasurer, and the head of Wu Zhutou to discuss disaster relief. Regarding how to provide disaster relief, Master Dong has rich experience, and briefly said how to do it, Leng Yi thought about it after listening to it, and said: "First distribute the counties and townships that are most affected by the disaster, and the money and food for disaster relief are not much, so we should give priority to the places where they are most needed." Compared with the people in the counties and townships, the life of the people in Bazhou is much stronger after all, so it is put to the end. If there is anything left, it will be relieved, and if there is none, it can only be counted. ”

The reason why Leng Yi made such an arrangement, of course, is mainly because the people in the county and township really need relief more, on the other hand, there is also this consideration, that is, the reason why many shops in Bazhou City want to be transferred is that they see that the disaster is too big and too wide, and the duration is estimated to last more than a year. And the imperial court has never had the intention of disaster relief. Even eating is a problem, where is there still money to go to the green building, go to the restaurant, and enter the casino? Now, if we know that the large-scale disaster relief money and food have arrived, we will inevitably reconsider whether to transfer the shops. And if the disaster relief in Bazhou City is put last, in this way, even if they know that the imperial court has started disaster relief, it is estimated that there is no hope of relief in the city, so it is difficult to recover in a short time. In this way, the transfer will continue, and you will be able to buy the shop and iron money smoothly.

Master Dong and the others hurriedly agreed.

Because the imperial court disaster relief grain came into the city in a huge way, the people of the whole city knew that they were going to provide disaster relief, and those merchants who were ready to transfer also knew that it might affect their decision to transfer. Therefore, Leng Yi said to Wu Zhutou again: "You immediately send people to post notices throughout the city, and at the same time inform the people of the city, saying that this flood, the rural people are the most seriously affected, so the disaster relief materials are mainly distributed to them, so that the people in the city can carry forward the noble style of helping the poor and the poor, and understand and support the Yamen's disaster relief plan." ”

In this way, at least it can dispel the confidence of those Qinglou, casinos and other businesses waiting to recover. for a smooth purchase.

After Leng Yi made arrangements, Master Dong and the others began to prepare to transport grain out of the city to start disaster relief according to Leng Yi's instructions, and Leng Yi didn't have to worry about it.

He was not in a hurry to go out, he worked in the yamen, and after the military arresters went out to post notices everywhere and beat gongs and drums, he waited until he was dispersed before returning home.

When he got home and had lunch, Leng Yi changed his clothes, called Cao Sui alone, took two people's skin masks, and handed the woman's one to Cao Sui.

Cao Sui was very novel, and said, "Master, what is this?" ”

"Mask, after you bring it, follow me to buy a shop, others don't know that it's the maid of the old man's family."

"The slave and maid understood," Cao Sui put on the human skin mask, and Leng Yi helped her tidy it up, as if she was a middle-aged woman. Cao Sui looked at the bronze mirror, and he didn't even recognize himself, so he couldn't help laughing.

Leng Yi said: "Wait a while to discuss the sale, you are responsible, remember, not only to buy their shops, but the most important thing is to buy all their iron money." We're using gold. If the other party doesn't want to, don't want it. Remember? ”

Cao Sui nodded, and asked with some curiosity, "Exchange gold for iron money?" Of course they are willing, it's too late to be happy, how can they not want to! How good gold is! But why buy iron money? ”

"Don't ask, just do what I ask."

Leng Yi took a box of gold, held it by himself, and did not sit in his own carriage or sedan chair, for fear that others would recognize him, so he quietly came out of the back door, and walked out a few streets, and there was a luxurious green building called 'Drunken Flower Shade'. There is a signboard for transfer hanging at the door.

This green building is one of the largest green buildings in Bazhou. It's just that the entire floor of the whole floor has become a pile of mud by this flood, and the stench is overwhelming. Although the whole sludge has been removed, the smell will not go away for a while.

Although it was only noon at the moment, as usual, guests had already come, but now, the entire Qinglou was deserted, and only one turtle sat there napping.

Leng Yi went in and glanced at Cao Sui, who immediately held his throat and said, "Is the shopkeeper here?" ”

The turtle man was taken aback, quickly got up, came over with a hunch, and said, "The two masters are here?" Are there any good girls ......? When he saw that Cao Sui was a woman, it was impossible for him to come to the Qinglou to find a girl. And the two of them were expressionless, not like looking for flowers and asking willows, they were a little puzzled, and asked, "...... are the two of you?" ”

Cao Sui said: "Aren't you Qinglou going to be transferred?" We're here to discuss this. ”

Gu Gong quickly changed his smiling face and said, "Okay, you two please sit down, I'll call our mother to go." -- You're here! Hurry up and pour tea! ”

After beckoning the guys to pour tea for Leng Yi and them, Gui Gong hurriedly entered the backyard, and after a while, a middle-aged woman accompanied an old man in. Sit down across the table.

This old man is the shopkeeper of the Qinglou, and the woman is the hired bustard. It's been almost a month since the flood waters receded. There are almost no customers to patronize, and business is simply impossible. After the transfer notice was posted, no one cared. Today is the first to ask about buying and selling. So the shopkeeper was both happy and worried. I was thinking about what price to come up with, so that I could sell it at a good price without scaring the other party away.

Cao Sui didn't wait for the other party to speak, so he waved his hand and said, "Let's take a look at your Qinglou first, and then let's talk about trading." ”

The old man's heart sank, and he couldn't help but glance at the grass spike, judging from the other party's indifferent expression and language, the other party didn't have to buy it. So, don't bid too high, don't scare away buyers who have finally come to the door. He nodded and agreed, and took them around.

This green building has only two floors. They went to the first floor first, and looked at the various rooms, most of the girls were still asleep in the room, and when they came in, they just raised their half-naked bodies to see, and after hearing that they had come to buy the Qinglou, some of them quickly got up and put on their dresses, while others sat there, scratching their hair as if they had not woken up. Some of them fell down and went to sleep.

Cao Sui said lightly: "You girl, it seems that you can't sleep enough." What happens if a guest comes? It doesn't seem like there are many guests who go straight to bed, right? ”

The old man glared at the old bustard fiercely, and said in a low voice: "How did you do it!" ”

The old bustard hurriedly said: "This is after the flood, there are fewer guests than usual, there are fewer people in the morning and noon, there are many guests last night, they are busy all night, tired, so they snooze a little." Hey hey ......"

"Really?" Cao Sui turned his head to Leng Yi and said: "Shopkeeper, we have been to several Qinglou, and they all say that the business is not good, his business is very good, this is not bad, otherwise, let's take a look again tonight, if this is the case, it is also worth buying." ”

When Leng Yi heard her words, he knew that he wanted to capture him, so he nodded at the moment, turned around to leave, and the old man hurriedly stopped him.

The old man thought to himself that if they really came at night, the business of his Qinglou was a mess now, and there were few guests at night, then the other party would definitely leave, and now almost all the Qinglou in the city were being transferred, and the business was poor, and they had to raise so many girls, turtles, and guys in vain, plus the Yamen's taxation of Qinglou was the heaviest of all businesses. One more day is one more day of loss. I can only smile and say: "What he said was before, in the past, our Qinglou was full of customers, and the business was very good......

"The heroes don't mention the courage of the past, they have to look at the present!" Grass Spike interrupted him, "Okay, don't talk about those useless things, let's move on to other places." ”

(To be continued)