.

Gu Xi has been sending Li Sangrou to the gate of Ming'an Palace, and as soon as he returned to the side hall, Cao Dafu signed up outside the palace to meet him.

Gu Jin raised his voice to call Cao Dafu, but first looked at Gu Xi and asked, "Lu Hepeng, what are the lawsuits?" ”

Shouzhen didn't ask at the time, but he really didn't expect it to be such a lawsuit. I asked Miss Li just now, and she said that Lu Hepeng's side is a small lawsuit. ”

After a pause, Gu Xi spread his hands and said: "Miss Li is very generous, one or two million silver, in her place, it is still a small money and a small lawsuit." ”

"Fortunately, it's just those four states." Gu Jin sighed, turned to Cao Dafu and instructed: "Lu Hepeng, who is the counselor by Mr. Wen's side, is now borrowed by Miss Li to fight a lawsuit for her, you pass on the word, pay attention to these lawsuits, and report them in time." ”

"Yes." Cao Dafu simply agreed.

Seeing Cao Dafu drop his hand and withdraw, Gu Xi looked at Gu Jin and said, "Miss Li, is this planning to send the news report to us?" ”

"Hmm." Gu Jin snorted and sighed again, "She's really smart." This tabloid is still in the hands of the Dong family, but the Dong family can't be the master, she can be the master, but she is not the owner of the newspaper.

Deliver it to us...... Gu Jin's words paused, and he was stunned for a moment before he continued: "For us, many bento boxes are excellent."

If we really go next, she will be a hundred times more identical in this news newspaper, and she is exclusive. ”

Gu Jin shook his head while laughing, "This matter should not be publicized too much, you go to Pan Xiang in person, tell him about this matter, and let him think about how to use this news first." ”

"About the last time I told her about the Concert Academy, she took it to heart, if this news newspaper is operated well, the Concert Academy, you can refer to the news court newspaper to change it." Gu Xi was in a pretty good mood.

"Well, the account room here of the news court, you go and pick it yourself. Her lace evening newspaper, I asked Cao Dafu to pick someone over. Gu Jin then explained.

"Okay." Gu Xi happily agreed.

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In the first month, when the busy group was chaotic, Zou Wang of Ruyin Mansion received a letter from Li Da's family.

Zou Wang read the letter at a glance and ten lines, put it away carefully, and before closing the shop at night, he read the letter carefully, closed the shop door and went home.

Zou Wang's house is not far from the shop, and it is only two streets away.

Pushing open the courtyard door, the cheerful and lively mixed with the fragrance came to the face.

Lights poured out from the three main rooms and two side rooms, illuminating the courtyard very brightly.

The eldest son, Wang Dasheng, was sitting under the lamp in the hall, shaking his head and reading loudly.

The eldest daughter, Wang Qiufeng, was kicking the shuttlecock with her younger brother Wang Xiaosheng, and when they saw Zou Wang pushing the door in, the two of them cheered and pounced together: "Da is back!" Mother, wife, Da is back! ”

"Stop playing, pour a lot of water for you, wash up, and eat!" Zou Wang's voice was loud and full of energy.

Wang Dasheng put down the book, jumped out in a few steps, and together with his younger brothers and sisters, brought water to Zou Wang, washed his face, wiped the table and set the dishes and chopsticks.

Zou Wang's daughter-in-law, Huang Qiaozhen, first served a pot of pork belly stewed tofu, and then a large plate of spicy chicken. Wang Dasheng and Wang Qiufeng followed behind, serving hot and sour cabbage, fried soy beans, Wang Xiaosheng hugged a pillow bun, and Zou Lao Niang walked at the end, holding a bowl of spicy paste.

"I want to eat steamed bread!" Wang Xiaosheng put down the pillow bun and threw himself into Zou Wang's arms and shouted.

"Okay, okay, this piece is for you, this piece is for Xiaofeng." Zou Wang broke a large piece of steamed bread and divided it between the two.

"Don't roll into your arms, you're tired all day, sit down and eat!" Zou Lao Niang slapped Wang Xiaosheng.

"Little brother is asleep?" Zou Wang asked while eating with chopsticks.

"Little brother is fun!" Wang Qiufeng snatched the words, "Playing and playing, I plunged into my arms, I looked at it and fell asleep!" ”

"How can you eat chicken heads!" Zou Lao Niang knocked down the chicken head that Wang Dasheng secretly picked up with chopsticks, "I can't write well when I eat chicken heads!" ”

"Mr.'s chicken heads are all eaten by Mr., how beautiful his words are!" Wang Dasheng argued.

"Sir is an adult, you are an adult, right?" Zou Lao Niang refuted it unceremoniously, "Let your mother peel out the chicken brain for you to eat and make up for the brain." ”

"Make up my brother as a chicken brain!" After Wang Qiufeng finished speaking, he laughed breathlessly.

"Damn it!" Mrs. Zou also laughed.

The family had a lively meal, and Zou Wang said with a smile: "There is something to discuss, let's brush the pot later." ”

"I'm going to brush the pot." Wang Qiufeng jumped up and said.

"There's hot water in the pot, you wash your brother and take him to sleep, so that he won't make trouble here." I'll brush the pot with your mother in a while. Zou Lao Niang patted Wang Qiufeng and said.

Wang Qiufeng agreed crisply, and pulled his younger brother Wang Xiaosheng to wash his face.

"Dasheng also sit down, you are not young, if there is something at home in the future, you will follow and listen." Zou Wang stopped Wang Dasheng, who was going to the wing.

Several people sat down, and Zou Wang took out Li Sangrou's letter from his arms.

"This is written by the big boss, and I just received it today.

The letter of the big boss said: After the first month, let me go to Huaiyang Mansion to wait for a gentleman surnamed Lu, and said that when I wait for Mr. Lu, I will follow him and fight a few lawsuits. ”

"What do you mean?" When Mrs. Zou heard the word lawsuit, her frightened face turned a little white.

"It's a good thing." Zou Wang hurriedly said first, "The big boss said that after these lawsuits, if I think it's okay, let me take care of the foreign affairs from Chenzhou to the four prefectures and 16 counties of Wuwei Prefecture." ”

"Whew!" Zou Lao Niang's eyes widened, she didn't look at Zou Wang, and glared at Huang Qiaozhen.

"What do you mean by foreign affairs?" Huang Qiaozhen asked with her heart.

"It's just dealing with outsiders, like the government." Zou Wang stabilized his mind, but his tone couldn't be steady no matter what.

"Can we do that? Let's ......"

"Mother, I'm sure I'll be good, I'm very powerful." Wang Dasheng interrupted his mother's words.

"What about our shop?" Mrs. Zou furrowed her brows.

"It's a matter of the shop, we have to discuss it carefully.

Out of the New Year, I'm going to go, I'm afraid it will take a month or two, maybe two or three months, you and Qiaozhen are illiterate, and you can't see the shop.

Fortunately, Dasheng is literate and has been studying for three or four months, at least he knows enough words, so he has to let Dasheng look at the shop. Zou Wang said with a smile.

"Dasheng has just started to study in the academy!" Zou Lao Niang disagreed.

"I thought, from tomorrow onwards, Dasheng will follow me to see the shop during the day, and ask Mr. to come to our house every night and give Dasheng half an hour's lesson.

In this small half a month, the things in the shop are so prosperous that they can get started.

When I left, Dasheng looked at the shop during the day, and at night, he was at our house and had classes with my husband.

Dasheng is average in school, and he can't walk the road of studying.

I was thinking, if I can go next in this stall of foreign affairs, when the connection is stable, I will bring Dasheng with me, Dasheng has an active temperament, and he will be better than me in the future. ”

Zou Wang turned his head to look at Wang Dasheng with a serious expression. "In this foreign affairs, if you want to do well, you can't read too little of this book, at least you have to read it to the point that you can understand any article, and you have to be attentive to reading."

Wang Dasheng kept nodding.

"How much does it cost to invite Mr. to the house?" Huang Qiaozhen had a hint of fear on her face.

Poor families like them go to their homes to ask for a gentleman......

"Don't be afraid, the big boss said, since I followed Mr. Lu, give me ten taels of silver a month." Zou Wang smiled hard, but this smile couldn't be held back no matter what.

"Ten taels!" Zou Lao Niang exclaimed.

"The big boss said that I followed Mr. Lu, and I was studying, so I could only give ten taels first." Zou Wang stopped pursing, and his smiling eyes were thin into a slit.

"Then our shop ......" Huang Qiaozhen felt a mess in her heart, how much is ten taels of silver a month? She was a little dizzy.

"Let's look at this shop for a while, we have to see if I can take the job from the big boss, if I can go next, pay attention to a suitable person, and transfer the shop out."

If I really take charge of the foreign affairs of these four prefectures and 16 counties, it is not appropriate for our family to keep this shop again. Besides, we can't take care of it.

This time, Dasheng has to work harder, you remember, you must follow Mr. to study, in the future, if you want to have a career, want to make more money, you can't do it without learning! Zou Wang smiled and looked at Wang Dasheng with an excited face. Also, when Xiao Sheng is born, he will be sent to the school when he is four or five years old.

Xiao Sheng's literacy is better than Da Sheng's spirituality, so he will be enlightened early and see if he can read it.

This foreign affairs, if I can take it over, our family will be able to afford to read! ”

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Li Sangrou wrote two letters, one was handed to Zou Wang in Ruyin Mansion, and the other was sent to Nie Pozi in Huaiyang Mansion.

Nie Pozi returned home with the soles of her feet in the wind, and without waiting for the finished meal, she talked about the letter.

“…… said that it was for me to wait for Mr. Lu first, as well as Uncle Zou Wang of Ruyin Mansion, and said that when Mr. Lu and Uncle Zou were in Chenzhou, let me follow.

It's the same, it is said that in the future, the affairs of these four prefectures and 16 counties will be done by me and Uncle Zou, he will be external, I will be in charge of the interior, and let me get to know Uncle Zou.

When Mr. Lu and Uncle Zou do good things and leave Chenzhou, I have to set off, first send the shops in the four prefectures and 16 counties, and take a good look at them, and have a bottom in my heart.

This month's ten taels of silver, said to be counted from the first day of February! ”

"Then what do you say about our shop?" Jujube listened intently and asked.

"It's how to arrange the shop, let me be the master.

I thought, we have to keep this shop, do it in our hands, and have a number in our hearts, if there are any new ideas, it is better to try it in our shop first. "Nie Pozi has been thinking since she received the letter, and she is already confident at this time.

"Let's shop, I thought, let the jujube flower go over and watch." Nie Pozi looked at Nie Da. "Zaohua has read a lot of books, that knowledge, at least half of Xiucai, you don't know as many words as she reads, and Zaohua is also better than you.

If Zaohua goes to see the shop, our family, and Zhaocai, it has to be handed over to you, and you have to cook at home and watch the children. ”

"Done!" Nie Da agreed extremely happily.

"I'm afraid that people outside will make irresponsible comments." Zaohua looked at Nie Pozi, a little worried.

"What do the stewards say? As long as you don't dislike me, I'm useless. Nie laughed.

"That's it, people have two skins in their mouths, they can say anything, we are too busy making money to be busy, how can we have time to listen to gossip!" Nie Pozi waved her hand to show that she didn't need to pay attention.

"That's it." Jujube readily agreed.

"Look at the shop, bring Da Nier, Da Nier's hairpin flower Xiaokai, how well it is written." Nie Pozi continued: "Let's hang up the signboard for writing letters, as long as we send it here, we can collect five big dollars of paper money, if you don't send it here, a letter will charge ten more big dollars, and give Da Nier as pocket money." ”

"Done!" Jujube laughed.

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On the first day of February, Nie Pozi went to the delivery shop outside the city to get the mail bag, and saw the golden retriever and Mr. Lu He Penglu.

In the evening, Zou Wang also arrived, and early the next morning, the four of them set off and rushed to Xiangcheng.

Arrived in Xiangcheng around noon, and in the afternoon, Lu Hepeng handed the complaint to the Xiangcheng County Ya, suing Shunfeng Zhao Dayou, the shopkeeper in front of the delivery shop in Xiangcheng, for embezzling the accounts.

The facts of the case are simple and clear, Zhao Dayou resigned from the job of the shopkeeper of the Shunfeng delivery shop, and before he was connected to the four seas, he still received the tayloids of the Shunfeng family for seven or eight days, as well as the money for sending letters, which was not much, only two taels of silver in total.

But Zhao Dayou signed and painted his fingerprint before and signed a contract.

The contract is clearly written: if you quit your job and don't do it, you have to go to the delivery shop within ten days to clear the money collected, and if you don't pay it within ten days, after that, every ten days, the money you owe will be doubled, from the resignation of the month to the present, counting the whole number, there are also fifty days, removing the ten-day payment period, the two taels of silver, also doubled four times, into thirty-two taels of silver.

Xiangcheng County ordered Lu Hepeng, a complainant who was obviously extremely proficient, had extraordinary knowledge, and had an extraordinary background, and the case was extremely clear and clear, and it was sentenced at that time: Zhao Dayou must pay Shunfeng money according to the contract.

Zhao Dayou is extremely single, holding his neck, asking for money, and he wants to die.

Thirty-two taels of silver, the Zhao family can get it.

Zhao Dayou took over the delivery of Shunfeng, and then from Shunfeng to the Four Seas, the silver earned in the past few months, plus the reward given by the Four Seas Tongda, there are no thirty taels, and there are twenty taels of small ones.

But Zhao Dayou is reluctant!

And, why?

If you don't pay back, you have to wear a flail to show the public, thirty catties of flail, and the flail will be for ten days.

Zhao Dayou is over fifty years old, he has never done heavy work in his life, he can't pick up his shoulders or lift his hands, and he can't hold on to thirty pounds of flail, let alone ten days, he can't hold on for five days.

Xiangcheng County ordered painstaking persuasion for more than an hour, and Lu Hepeng also took a big step back, thirty-two taels of silver, and twenty taels of silver.

Zhao Dayou gritted his teeth, and was only willing to take out the two taels of silver, and everything else, one more big money was blackmail, and he would rather die than take the money.

Xiang Cheng County's mouth was dry, and Zhao Dayou stiffened his neck and refused to give an inch.

He didn't believe it, and they dared to kill him for two taels of silver?

Lu Hepeng, Jin Mao, Zou Wang, and Nie Pozi came out of the yamen, watched the two officials push out Zhao Dayou, put a flail on him, and locked him in front of the eight-character wall.

"He won't last ten days." Zou Wang looked at Zhao Dayou, who had stood for a quarter of an hour, and looked pained.

"Let's have a cup of tea over there." Lu Hepeng had a calm face and motioned to the small teahouse diagonally opposite the eight-character wall.

The four of them went in, sat by the window, and looked at Zhao Dayou under the heavy flail opposite.

"What should we do about such a thing, have you explained it to the big boss?" After sipping half a cup of tea, Lu Hepeng looked at the golden retriever and asked.

"I haven't explained it, how can I explain it so carefully." The golden retriever shook his head, "However, this kind of thing, we have encountered it before, we don't pay back the money we owe, just like him, if you have money, you don't pay it back, it's the same way, if you don't have money, I will give it to you."

The boss said that such a person is betting on you and can't bear it. The boss said that he was willing to give up his own life, so what did we not want to give. ”

"Then you ......" Lu Hepeng's face turned slightly pale, "Killed?" ”

"Hmm." The golden retriever snorted indifferently, and saw Nie Pozi, whose face was slightly pale, from Zou Wang, "Wait, he can survive ten days, and we will admit it." ”

Zhao Dayou lasted for two nights and a day, and at dawn, he collapsed to the ground and lost his breath.

When the sky was bright, Lu Hepeng and his party of four left Xiangcheng, Nie Pozi returned to Huaiyang Mansion, and Zou Wang followed Lu Hepeng and Jin Mao to Wanshou County and handed over the second copy.

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Xiang Cheng's case was reported to Gu Jin on the day Zhao Dayou died.

Gu Jin carefully looked at a few simple lines of words on the thin bamboo paper, sighed, and handed the bamboo paper to Gu Xi, "Look at it, you are ruthless." ”

"She can gain a firm foothold in the middle of the nine streams under Jiangdu City in just a few months, and she definitely doesn't rely on virtue to convince people." Gu Xi held the bamboo paper with two fingers, shook it, and put it back in front of Gu Jin, looking quite appreciative.

Gu Jin glanced at him obliquely, for a moment, and sighed, "Sun Zhou, please set up the prince's fold, don't speak." ”

"What does the emperor mean? The second child has long been the prince in his mind, but he dragged his name wrongly, really to respect his aunt, for the so-called respect for you? Is this respect? It's to put you on the fire and roast! ”

Hearing Gu Jin talk about establishing a prince, Gu Xi was angry and didn't fight anywhere.

The second prince, if his name is not correct for a day, the Marquis of Yongping can't let go of his heart, so he has to have something to do from time to time, and even suspect him, alluding to his delusional position.

"The emperor's meaning, start a family first." Gu Jin sighed.

"Then hurry up and start a family, he is not young this year, isn't the eldest lady of the Shen family waiting there for a long time!" Gu Xi didn't have a good airway.

"The Shen family's family business, I mentioned it to the emperor twice, and the emperor said that Shen Niangniang didn't think it was very good." Gu Jin frowned.

"Then pick again, hurry up! Pick all over the world! Gu Xi waved his hand impatiently.

"Alas, we shouldn't talk about his family affairs. In short, you remember not to speak, and it's better to be expressionless. Gu Jin sighed and explained.

Gu Xi looked up to the sky and sighed and nodded.