"Hmph, since you can't sustain it anymore, let's close the store!"

Not only did he not get those "cream cakes", "cookies" and so on, but at the same time, the entrance fees collected were also "cheated", so Zhang Shoucheng had no choice at this time, and finally said to a group of followers below.

It's just that when they heard Zhang Shoucheng's words, the followers below were anxious, so someone said: "But Ke, second son, this entrance fee still has to be compensated to them!" Otherwise, once these princes and grandsons sue the government, we won't be able to eat and walk around! ”

"yes, yes. The second son, this is not only the princes and grandsons of each family, but also those children of the poor family who are not afraid of heaven and earth, if they are really sued by the government, even if the prefect wants to favor you and me, it is impossible! ”

Others also followed suit. Actually, this point is also very easy to understand. Because, in this era, the atmosphere of literati is so prevalent, and the atmosphere of the book business is a common thing.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, those scholars from poor families are even more difficult than those princes and generals in the prime minister's mansion. Because, they usually have no scruples.

And what about those princes and generals in the prime minister's mansion? Although most of them are also scholars, because of their different backgrounds and statuses, they still have some scruples in this Bianliang City, so the influence of the literati atmosphere is not so deep.

However, those children of the poor family are different, their origins have nothing to show in the first place, and they are already accustomed to the literati atmosphere of speaking freely, so once they encounter any injustice, most of them will go directly to the government office.

And if you go to the palace, in fact, it is equivalent to reaching Emperor Yu. Because, this is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and many things that happen in the city, most of the officials will directly reflect to the Son of Heaven, especially the oppression of civilians and even ordinary scholars by some powerful people, which is even more taboo in Beijing, so even the children of high-ranking officials like Zhang Shoucheng will never dare to be presumptuous in this kind of thing.

"Hmph. Then don't let them sue. Well, refund them all the entrance fees. It's just 20,000 or 30,000 taels, and if you and I make it together, we can still make it up. ”

Zhang Shoucheng didn't dare to touch such a moldy head, so although he was extremely angry in his heart, he had to say so in the end.

In fact, if there is only one "bitter master" in this matter. That Zhang Shoucheng may not be afraid, after all, he is also the son of Shoufu, and his status is noble. Therefore, on the premise of not attracting too much attention, if he wants to exercise his "power" as a "magnate", it is still possible. As long as it's done secretly, it's fine.

But. But the problem now is that there are as many as two or three hundred so-called "bitter masters" in this matter. And among these two or three hundred "bitter masters", there are as many as 100 of them who are so-called children of the poor family, so even if he wants to send someone to "intercede", I am afraid it will not make sense at all, so in the end, he can only admit defeat.

It turned out that when Jin Xianglou announced that it was going to replace the "Qin's Dessert House" that day, many of the children of the poor families who stayed in Beijing also gritted their teeth and took out the silver taels to join in one after another.

Because, the membership price of their Jinxiang Building is too low, and although the entrance fee of one hundred taels is placed in ordinary people's families, it can be regarded as a huge expense. However, compared with the original entrance fee of the "Qin's Dessert House", it is extremely small.

You must know that the membership system of the "Qin's Dessert House" was divided into three classes, and the lowest of them was the bronze member, and the price of the entrance fee was often as high as hundreds of taels of silver, so those children of the poor family were not allowed to enter at all in the past.

But now, although the entrance fee of one hundred taels of silver still seems to be not low, it is much cheaper than the bronze members of the "Qin's Dessert House" in the past, so many of them still have some spare money in their pockets, and at the same time, they are also the children of the poor family who have already seen the glory of the "Qin's Dessert House", and finally gritted their teeth and joined in. Because, what they think is that if Jin Xianglou is the next "Qin's Dessert House", then the status of the gold member they are now exchanging for this hundred taels of silver will definitely "appreciate" in the future.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that they didn't wait for the "appreciation" of their golden membership, and as a result, Jinxianglou was going to close down in just a few days. However, before going bankrupt, Zhang Shoucheng and they must pay all the entrance fees, otherwise, if this matter becomes a big problem, it will not be of any benefit to them.

"What? Let's make up? But, but, second son, this is 30,000 taels of silver. How do we come up with it? You must know that the monthly salaries we receive from the government every month are usually only a few taels of silver to a dozen taels of silver. Thirty thousand taels of silver? You just let me save for a lifetime, I can't save it. ”

Hearing that Zhang Shoucheng suddenly asked them to come together to make up money, intending to "fill in" the money, those blonde and blue-eyed people who followed him immediately began to complain.

"Yes, yes! Second son, such a large sum of silver, I really can't make it up. ”

Naturally, the others agreed, after all, it was their purses that were involved. However, Zhang Shoucheng seemed to have already seen through their schemes, so he sneered and said, "Hmph, can't make it up?" Then you want to go to prison, right, are you losing face? Or do you want to disgrace your daddy's face? ”

"Also, don't think I don't know, although you don't get much monthly income from the government, but which of the industries you usually handle will not pump some oil and water? Therefore, you must make up three or five thousand taels of silver. Okay, let's not talk nonsense, let's hand over the silver first."

Zhang Shoucheng finally said. As a result, as soon as he finished saying this, the other blondes and blue-eyed people were all bitter melons. Because, there is nothing wrong with what Zhang Shoucheng said just now, as the sons and daughters of each family, in fact, they will usually help the family to handle some industries. And as long as they handle these industries, basically no one's hands and feet will be clean, so it is possible to save three or five thousand taels of private money after saving for a long time.

It's just that this private money has taken them several years or even more than ten years to accumulate, and now if they lose it all at once, it is no wonder that they will feel pain.

"Ah, it's a loss, it's a loss! I have long known this, I shouldn't have participated in this Jinxianglou in the first place, this is good, the silver did not earn half a tael, but lost all of his net worth, it is really miserable! It's terrible! ”

Many people are wailing like this in their hearts, but there is no way, because Zhang Shoucheng is their leader, so since he has decided so, they can only comply. (To be continued......)