Chapter Seventy-Six: The Tobacco Industry Guild

In the sudden assassination last night, the three people of Tongzhi, the judge, and the official were killed together with the owner of the Dongyue tobacco shop, and the heads of the Tongzhi were all cut off. Ice @ Fire! Chinese

In the middle of the rear is where Zhizhou lives, and on the left and right is the residence of the same Zhihe judge, and the crying came one after another, and the Lord Zhizhou walked around the main hall anxiously, and the two concubines next to him were wiping their tears, after all, it was the two neighbors who often met died, and they died so miserably.

Zhizhou turned around and saw the two of them crying, wrinkled his nose and scolded: "What are you crying about, you don't always curse Zhang Tongzhi on weekdays to look short-lived, what are you pretending to do now." ”

His little concubine Hua Niang sobbed and said: "Isn't that scolding and playing, the slave family is not such a ruthless person, no matter what, Zhang Tongzhi knows that his wife and the slave family are still sisters." ”

"Bah, sisters, you are called a honey-bellied sword." Lord Zhizhou impatiently threw down a sentence, "Get out, if you want to cry over there, cry to your sisters, don't get bored in front of my lord." ”

The flower girl snorted, waved her handkerchief vigorously towards Zhizhou, and went out with the other concubine to the left side of the judge's residence. In the main hall, there were only Zhizhou and a waiting official, who was also old, about fifty years old, with gray hair, but his eyes were smart, and he looked quite energetic.

Zhizhou was also tired, so he casually found a chair to sit down, and asked Yuan Hou: "Tell me, which murderer dares to be so bold?" It's just a matter of killing people, and even beheading, even if it's a bandit in the mountains, they don't dare to rob the official. ”

Seeing that there was no one around, he came up and whispered: "When those thieves left, they shouted to avenge the big cabinet, maybe they were the bandits who offended the owner of the Dongyue Tobacco Shop." ”

Lord Zhizhou thought about it and said, "The owner of Dongyue Tobacco Shop." All 23 members of the mansion in the city were killed, the money cellar was looted, and I have not had such an important case for many years in the land of great goodness...... This. is not only the official of Dongchang Mansion, but I am afraid that even the sub-patrol road will be alarmed, not to mention Zhang Tongzhi, for the sake of today's plan. It is to catch those bandits as soon as possible. ”

Yuan Hou hurriedly persuaded: "Those bandits are unusual, in the past, when they saw the knife wounds, they were all killed with one knife, and the people in one yard died." The neighbors didn't even hear the dog barking, it turned out that even the dog was poisoned, and how was at least tens of thousands of taels of silver transported in the courtyard? They set fire to another street. When the family is out to put out the fire. They drove the carriage away generously, and others thought it was a female dependant hiding from the fire, and no one thought much about it at that time. My lord, he is so careful and calm, he is not an ordinary bandit, their big cabinet was in Qingzhou Mansion when Pingdeng Prefecture was in rebellion. But the one who dared to point a gun at the Qingzhou prefect was still in front of the governor of Shandong, and I heard that the other governor was also killed by him. ”

Zhizhou shook his hand, "Naturally it's not ordinary, who killed it, you and I both know it in our hearts, they said to avenge the big cabinet, revenge for a fart, Dongyue Tobacco Shop, the owner has done a lot of bad things, but I haven't heard that there is a grudge against that bandit." But it was his tobacco shop that cut off the wealth of the tobacco shop, which is the revenge of the big cabinet. ”

Yuan Hou lightly punched his right hand in the palm of his left hand, and said hatefully: "It's too ruthless, the tobacco shop is burned, the three tobacco shops on the dock are burned, the smoke shop is burned to death and hundreds of people are killed, and none of the tobacco shops escaped, I thought he was far away, but I didn't expect it to be really daring." ”

"Tragedy, tragedy, that martial artist really dares to do this, it is really a martial artist style." Zhizhou whispered, this assassination wiped out all the cadres of his state government, including some low-level officials, Zhizhou ran over in the middle of the night to take a look, and there were half of the people of the state government at the gate of the drunken fragrance garden, the blood on the ground was lined with snow, and the tragic scene of red and white made him frightened.

Yuan Hou came over and said in a lower voice: "If this matter is to be investigated, then he will investigate, to see if he dares to find out the truth, the villain thinks that we must not go to investigate, just see them in several places at the same time, at least dozens of people in Linqing." My lord, there is no need to say where they came from, this is not a bandit, if you catch this one, it will be gone, even if we really transfer the river defense soldiers to arrest these people, Wendeng will come again to seek revenge......"

"Dog, whoever asked you to say the word Wendeng, no one is allowed to say these two words in the future."

Zhizhou grabbed the brush on the table and knocked it on the little official's head, he already knew the background of Wen Dengxiang, because Zhou Hongmo did come to help run, I hope he will take more care, at that time, Lord Zhizhou took a lot of benefits from Dongyue, and ignored it. Later, people from the Four Seas Trading Company also came to visit, and Lord Zhizhou accepted the ceremony, but the matter was not done, and now I am very afraid of thinking about it.

"Don't say Wenden, don't say it!" In order to relieve the fear in his heart, he beat the little official hard, and when the little official was about to say for mercy, there was a shout at the door, "The shopkeeper of Wendeng cigarette shop asks to see your lord." ”

Zhizhou shuddered suddenly, and rushed to the door with the table in the middle, only to see that Menzi was outside the main hall, he grabbed Menzi's sleeve and trembled again and again, "How many people have they come, so bold, even the official will not let go, so bold, hurry, go to find President Xu, where is the sword of the official?" It seems to have fallen, and the kitchen knife will do, so go get it......"

Menzi said strangely: "What are you talking about, my lord?" Just a king's treasurer and a woman. ”

Zhizhou's body was weak, and the little official hurriedly helped him, Zhizhou was already weak in his hands and feet, in fact, no matter how powerful the ordinary bandits, he would not be afraid, but this group of people is different, what he is afraid of is the huge force behind him, once he is offended, if the other party acts so viciously, he can't guard against it at all, and there will be no peace in the future.

He took a breath and said, "That's good, that's good, what did you send." ”

Menzi handed over a silver ticket from his sleeve, Zhizhou took it, 10,000 taels of silver tickets from Sihai Qianzhuang, and another gift list, with some jewels on it, he breathed a long sigh of relief, he didn't care about the amount this time, even if it was one hundred taels and one number, as long as the other party used it to buy him, he would not be rough again.

"Come on, please come in." Zhizhou's gatekeeper hurried two steps, and hurriedly shouted to stop him, "This official will personally go to meet him." ”

He hurried to the door, only a strong middle-aged man was at the door, and a woman next to him, Zhizhou thought it was a maidservant, and greeted the middle-aged man and said, "This is the king's shopkeeper, tired of waiting for a long time, please come in." ”

The man was stunned for a moment, and quickly stretched out his hand to the side. "My lord, this is the king's treasurer."

Zhizhou was stunned and turned his head to see that the woman happened to turn around, and said to him very calmly: "Little Queen Erya." He is the shopkeeper of Wendeng cigarette shop, and he thanked Lord Zeng for his face. ”

"It turned out to be the king's shopkeeper." Zeng Zhizhou took a long time to say a word, there are really a lot of demons this year, and a woman can actually manage such a big business.

Until you sit down. Zhizhou was still a little awkward, after all, he had never received a woman in such a formal place as the main hall, although he had received a lot in bed.

In view of his fear of this force, four soldiers were specially arranged to stand in the hall. There were also three strong domestic servants at the door, secretly hiding sharp blades on their bodies, and there were only two people on the other side. Zhizhou is a big man, and he can be regarded as relieved.

And Wang Erya and the two are very natural. She was very quiet under the gaze of the curious eyes around her, and even the howling and crying from the east and west sides seemed to have no effect on her.

"Well, this Wang Erya shopkeeper, Wang Shopkeeper, your family has visited a few times before, and it just so happens that the official is sick, please forgive me for the slow treatment."

Wang Erya bowed slightly. "Where did the adults come from, Lord Zhizhou worked hard for the tens of millions of people in Linqing, working day and night, and we people came to ask to see, just to thank our parents for their hard work and achievements, and to express a little heart."

Zhizhou saw that Wang Erya's expression was calm, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, ordinary men also had a lot of gaffes when they saw the state officials, this woman was good, just like at home.

"As an official, he should benefit one party, and it is all the internal affairs of the official. I wonder what the king's treasurer is doing here today? "The governor is very skilled in speaking clichΓ©s.

Wang Erya pursed her lips and smiled, and said softly: "Yesterday, the common karma suddenly suffered misfortune, the murderer's methods were cruel, and everyone in the market was frightened. ”

Zeng Zhizhou's hand trembled slightly, and he quickly shrank into his sleeve to hide, the other party's voice was flat, but it was full of confidence, secretly meaning that he would not deal with Zeng Zhizhou, but in fact, he admitted that she did it.

Zeng didn't know how to continue for a while, nodded a little embarrassedly, Wang Erya continued to say lightly: "The same industry suffered this great disaster, and the little girl also felt heartache, but the deceased is gone, and the little girl has learned from the pain, she should rise up, inherit the legacy of the Dongyue family, and carry forward the tobacco industry in Linqing, so as to live up to the ardent expectations of her parents." The little girl assured Lord Wang that no matter how much business Dongyue could do, Wen Dengxiang would only have more. ”

"Shameless." Master Zeng secretly scolded in his heart, this woman is indeed thick-skinned enough, and in front of so many people, she vaguely said that she would give more benefits, and she looked quite responsible.

Master Zeng naturally didn't dare to show it, he was not afraid of this woman, but he was afraid of the force behind her, so he had to whisper to Wang Erya: "The shopkeeper Wang has a heart, this Linqing tobacco industry is a must on the canal, and it is natural to carry it forward. ”

"In that case, the little girl has a reluctant request."

Master Zeng had already prepared, and the other party would not be so easy to send silver, so he hurriedly said, "Shopkeeper Wang, please speak." ”

The little girl felt that the tobacco industry in Linqing was mixed, and many merchants went to buy and sell elsewhere, which was really unfavorable to Linqing, and many shipwrights and porters had no life because of this. The reason for this is that some of the same industry in Linqing acted arbitrarily and corrupted the rules of the industry, and the little girl wanted to invite the adults to come forward and build a tobacco industry guild in Linqing. ”

"It should be, it should be." Lord Zeng agreed, he knew what the other party wanted to do, this guild is ancient, it belongs to an organization between the same industry in the same region, and it is to fight for the interests of the industry, but this woman is obviously not a person who works for the welfare of everyone, she wants to establish a guild through GuΓ² Zeng, that is, to sue the local gentry, Zhizhou is on her side, and then she just wants to control the guild, and she can use the guΓ² official office and guild to suppress the small tobacco shop.

The goods from the north and south of Linqing gathered, Zeng Zhizhou couldn't fight hard with a cigarette shop, and this cigarette shop still gave him the same silver, and the other party made a condition, but he relaxed his mind, and finally didn't have to worry about being cut off his head suddenly.

"It's rare for the king shopkeeper to have such a vision, if there is no meeting, it is a plate of loose sand, the king shopkeeper is good at the tobacco industry, this president will first set the king shopkeeper, if the owner of the Dongyue tobacco shop can see the tobacco industry guild, it must be gratifying, please Wang shopkeeper do not shirk."

There was a hissing cry and shouting in the courtyard next door on the left, as if a family member of the same acquaintance had hanged himself, Zeng Zhizhou was a little cramped, Wang Erya pursed his lips and smiled, stood up and said: "The little girl didn't say that she wanted to resign, Lord Zeng said it well, in order to comfort Dongyue's owner, the little girl plans to continue to use Dongyue's cigarette name, and also produce some low-grade cigarettes, which can be regarded as a souvenir for the industry, the land of their tobacco factory is also good, originally planned to buy it with his family, but when I inquired, I knew that they were all killed by those murderers, hey, now I don't know how to be good, so I will occupy it first, lest they be taken by those unscrupulous men, and if any of the relatives of the proprietor come to them, let them be returned......"

Master Zeng sent the woman out of the door all the way, turned back to the main hall and sat down, took a sip of tea to suppress the shock, and sighed to Yuan Hou for a long time: "I killed someone, and I have to occupy other people's land, and I jumped out to tell others that she did it, but there is no evidence to witness, and I will become the president of the guild in the future to deal with those who want to open a tobacco shop." Dealing with Dongyue this time is really a thunderous momentum, I'm afraid that no one will dare to go against her in the short term, she is indeed black-hearted and thick-skinned, but it's a pity that she is a woman, it's a pity that she is not an official. ”

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