Chapter Eighty-Nine: Domineering Exposed
The name Zhou Zhengye is not unfamiliar in Xilan County.
A well-known poor talent.
Most of the literati looked down on him for plowing the fields and farming, pushing small stalls into the city to sell melons and vegetables, and a vulgar and ugly person was angry with him, which was a shame for the literati.
A small number of literati respected Zhou Zhengye quite a lot, and although they were able to write and martial arts, they did heavy work and insulted their status as literati, but they did not lose their filial piety.
In normal times, even if everyone knows that the new county magistrate will be a native of Xilan County, if you don't guess a few thousand, no one will definitely believe that it will be Zhou Zhengye. Not to mention anything else, a small landlord with dozens of acres of land is also bigger than he hopes, after all, people can send a few acres of fertile land or a few hundred taels of silver. If you want to be an official, it is a well-known fact that wealth is more important than talent.
However, the new county magistrate is still Zhou Zhengye. No matter how much you don't believe it, the county government's list is written in black and white, and the big seal of the government office cannot be faked. What's more, in the early morning of the county Yasheng Hall, it was Zhou Zhengye who was sitting in the hall.
As a result, it can be called a rolling thunder, and everyone in Xilan County was dizzy, and no one could understand how Zhou Zhengye got on the line with the government and inexplicably ascended to the throne of the county lord.
Fortunately, in addition to being a little jealous, I feel that my talent, character, and family background are far higher than Zhou Zhengye's literati, and the fact that Zhou Zhengye is the new county magistrate is good news for everyone.
The people felt that Zhou Zhengye was also born in poverty, and if he understood their suffering, he would naturally look towards them.
The big man who sat up straight felt that since Zhou Zhengye was an official for the first time, no matter how greedy he was, he would not open his mouth to the lion like an old fritter, and he would save more money than when Cheng Wencai was the county order.
The big landlord who is rich and unkind to the merchant thinks that this is definitely an opportunity, Zhou Zhengye is young and vigorous and has a poor family, and he is an official for the first time, which is much easier to deal with than Cheng Wencai's old fritters. smashed silver and beauties hard, and maybe he could be called a brother and brother, and when the time came, he didn't like anyone's property and he would be able to get his hands on it.
Everyone was happy with the news, and it was the same for Liu Chuanxiang, on the evening of the day Zhou Zhengye took office, he went to the county government with a carriage of gift boxes.
Zhou Zhengye is very polite, polite to Liu Chuanxiang is also a little flattered, although Fenglin Restaurant is rich, but after all, he is only the shopkeeper of a county-level restaurant, and it is indeed a bit of an honor to be able to serve tea and pour water out of the door to greet the county master.
Rounding around the bush and knocking on the side, Liu Chuanxiang tried his best, and after more than an hour, the harvest was even greater than he expected.
The county master, call him Brother Liu!
Liu Chuanxiang is not stupid, he naturally knows that Brother Liu is coming for the wealth of Fenglin Restaurant. Before he came, he just planned to send three or five thousand taels of silver to test the water, and if he was not satisfied, he would add more. After being beaten by Brother Liu on the left and Brother Liu on the right, he gritted his teeth, and resolutely took out a stack of silver tickets with a face value of 1,000 taels and pushed them out, a full ten.
can't lose face, just rely on being able to call the county order a brother, and this 10,000 taels of silver will be credited to the account, and there will definitely be no words on it.
Seeing that Zhou Zhengye stuffed the silver ticket into his clothes, Liu Chuanxiang already believed that the sudden change of county order in Sealand City was a pie that God deliberately dropped for him.
Within 10 days and a half, 100% of the good news can be written!
As a result, when he talked about it, Liu Chuanxiang was disappointed. Zhou County, who called him a brother, was very embarrassed, so embarrassed that he reached into the placket with his right hand, and it took a long time to take out the silver ticket and push it back on the table.
After questioning, Liu Chuanxiang learned that when Cheng Wencai handed over, he specially told Zhou Zhengye to help take care of the business of Lin Ji Inn.
Cheng Wencai is promoted this time, and he is in the Autumn Wind Mansion, Zhou Zhengye is embarrassed, and Liu Chuanxiang also understands.
Another small stack of silver tickets was launched, and it was not until Zhou Zhengye's face struggled for a long time, and finally put the silver tickets into his clothes, Liu Chuanxiang breathed a sigh of relief, although the silver exceeded expectations, but the matter was done.
What Liu Chuanxiang couldn't have imagined was that as soon as he left the county government on his front foot, Zhou Zhengye changed into civilian clothes and put on a hat on his back foot and went to Lin Ji Inn.
After listening to the details, Lin Dong had only one thought in his mind - domineering exposed!
Sixteen thousand taels of silver poured down an inn, and it was only a county seat, this method can definitely only be described as domineering.
"Shopkeeper Lin didn't know, after I saw the amount of the ticket on the silver ticket at that time, everyone was almost stupid." The last time he chatted for a night, Zhou Zhengye was no longer as afraid of Lin Dong as he was last time, took a sip of tea, and said with a wry smile: "Don't say one thousand taels, I haven't even seen a silver ticket with a value of ten taels, and I don't know how I did it at that time, so I really took out all the silver tickets and put them back on the table." If Liu Chuanxiang really took it back, Zhengye suspected that he would grab a chair and smash him unconscious. ”
"I guess I will too." Lin Dong nodded sympathetically, the inn has been open for more than half a year, and the deposit has never reached more than 10,000 taels. Liu Chuanxiang really wanted to put 10,000 taels of silver in front of him, and Lin Dong did have reason to believe that he would smash him out on a bench, and then snatch the silver ticket.
Zhou Zhengye sighed with emotion: "Zhengye has a family of eight, and there are five strong men, and when the harvest is good, he will save four or five taels of silver a year." Unexpectedly, as a county order, he collected nearly 20,000 taels of silver on the first day. ”
Lin Dong shook his head: "This is also the rich and wealthy Fenglin Restaurant, and it happens to have something to ask for, and other big families definitely don't have such a big deal." ”
"That's right, there are a lot of big people who come to give gifts today, there are a lot of pearls, jade and silver, but the highest is only worth five hundred taels of silver." Zhou Zhengye nodded, thought for a while, and asked, "Shopkeeper Lin, what should I do next?" ”
"Although the silver exceeds expectations, this is a good thing, continue to squeeze." Lin Dong said without hesitation: "Send the official to smash the store tomorrow." ”
"Hmm!" Zhou Zhengye nodded.
After chatting about the details for a while, Lin Dong did not leave any guests, and sent Zhou Zhengye out of the inn from the backyard.
Turning his head back, before he entered the door, there was a greeting from behind him.
"Shopkeeper ......"
"Something?" Lin Dong looked back at Liu Xiu, who wanted to speak and stopped.
After hesitating, Liu Xiu lowered his head and said, "Shopkeeper, I want to go back to the capital." ”
Lin Dong was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked, "Is the family's assessment time coming soon?" ”
"There's still a month and a half."
After walking a superb guy, although Lin Dong was a little reluctant, he was helpless and asked, "When are you going to leave?" ”
"I will leave within half a month at the latest, and after arriving in the capital, there are still some things to deal with."
"Okay, don't look for any caravans to go to the capital, tomorrow I will ask Ma Chun to send someone to hire a carriage, and then send you directly to the capital." Lin Dong decided: "If you want to go back one day, tell me, and I'll send you." ”
"Thank you, shopkeeper." Liu Xiu hesitated: "What should I do with Old Man Ding?" ”
"It's okay, I'll arrange someone to take over, although the guy in the store is not as clever as you, but if you arrange a few more, I believe he won't mind too much." Lin Dong stepped forward, patted Liu Xiu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Work hard after returning to Beijing, and when the inn's branch opens in the capital, I will find you as a backer." ”
"Hmm!" Liu Xiu's face was usually tender and he couldn't stand to laugh, but this time he nodded heavily: "After returning to Beijing, I will definitely work hard and never live up to the teachings of the shopkeeper during this time." ”
Although Lin Dong's face was thick enough, he couldn't help but blush slightly, teaching these two words, where to start!
(Thanks to so_very_ Goode for the tip, o(∩_∩)o~...... There was a power outage today, and I didn't upload it in the morning, forgive me. )