Zhuang Rou really took Chen Mufeng to see the ceremony, and piled it up in the corner of the Weiquan Residence, each person gave one piece, and he couldn't write the gift list and send it over.

The master ate something casually, and took someone to count it here, these are all the private belongings of the little county king, and it is impossible to enter the treasury of the state capital.

Chen Mufeng followed behind Zhuang Rou in a sneer, his heart was very hurt, and now he was a little powerless, he just felt that women were really good at deceiving people.

"Master, you're still busy." Zhuang Rou ran over and smiled.

The master was busy holding the account book, and when he saw her coming, he pointed to the second floor without raising his head and said, "When you ask me, you will call uncle, and if you have nothing to do, you will not call uncle." I've arranged all the people you want to invite in the Sixi room on the second floor, go by yourself, I'm busy. ”

Zhuang Rou smiled, "Well, then Uncle Shi has to work hard, and I still have to earn money for our family." ”

"Let's go." The master shook the pen and asked her to toss it by herself and not bother herself.

Chen Mufeng followed Zhuang Rou up to the second floor next to him in a daze, because there were too many people invited, the main building couldn't sit down, and even the side building was full of people. He didn't know what he was doing, he just felt so tired.

The Sixi wing room was in the corner, Zhuang Rou didn't knock in front of the door, just pushed the door open and walked in, pointing and asking Chen Mufeng to close the door.

Then she stood still with her hands behind her back, looked at the four tables in the room, and said with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "I think everyone has inquired and knows who I am, it doesn't matter if I don't know, it doesn't matter anyway." ”

"I invite you to come here today, not only to have an adult's dinner, but also to inform you. In the future, you will want 20% of your business. ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a deathly silence in the room, and countless eyes that wanted to eat people suddenly glared.

Chen Mufeng took a breath and said in a low voice: "Sister Zhuang, they seem to be very bad......"

There were men and women at the four tables sitting in the room, and the men were either grim-faced or angry. And all the women are charming, their eyes are full of old age and cunning, and they are all unkind people.

"Oh, I said it wrong, do it all over again." Zhuang Rou showed a smile on her face, pulled a chair and sat down, "In order for the gambling house and Fengyue place to make a better living and become a good place to be famous and make a lot of money, you can't be like now." ”

"I'm from Douhu County, and you know what Douhu County is best known for. That's right, Fengyue places and gambling houses that make people lose millions of silver taels in one breath and won't shake their brows. ”

Speaking of this, she paused, took a cup that no one had used, and gave herself a cup of tea to drink, before continuing to say slowly: "Today I went around Hongzhou, and found that your business is vulgar and rude, and it is all unclassy methods. This is not good, you are all big tax payers, if the business is not good, you will earn less, and the tax on the less you earn will affect our family. ”

"So, the state government thinks that you have a bad reputation like this, either robbing children and daughters, or ripping people's houses to affect the atmosphere and disrupt people's livelihood. In order to operate better, it is necessary to open a special license to accept the supervision of the yamen, and in the future, all gambling houses and green buildings without special licenses will not be allowed to open. ”

Zhuang Rou took another sip of tea, looked up at everyone and said with a smile: "The special event card is very easy to handle, and the income is handed over to the state government for 20%, which can not only be opened, but also has many benefits." If you don't pay it, then you can only ask you to close the door. ”

All of them were the owners of various gambling houses and green houses, and they were not qualified to come, but they were very happy when they were invited. I thought that although I would definitely give some benefits, I was finally invited to dinner, and I would have face to speak out in the future.

But I didn't expect the newly appointed Zhizhou to be so black-hearted, and he asked for 20% when he opened his mouth, and he usually gave taxes and benefits, and he even wanted to take so much for nothing.

How could everyone just admit it, the strong dragon is invincible to the ground snake, this official is not so easy to be.

The owner of the Xianglai gambling house stood up first, arched his hand and said, "There is still something to do, so I will leave first." After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

With him taking the lead, many people stood up and left unceremoniously.

Although there are many people who leave, there are still a few people who stay, they are all small gambling houses or green buildings, usually there is no good business, and the backers are not big, and they can't afford to offend the head snake and can't afford to offend the government.

Zhuang Rou secretly counted, there were only three men and one woman, and from the outside, they didn't look as imposing as the few people who took the lead in leaving just now. But it doesn't matter, as long as you are in a high position, even if it is a piece of rotten pork, you can shake out three points of tiger anger.

So, she smiled and said, "The four of you seem to be very supportive of the government, which is really gratifying to me." ”

The four people who stayed wanted to hug the thighs of the government, they were eating together here, and they knew a few arrests and documents on weekdays, and when they heard that there was such an occasion, they immediately gave gifts and wanted to come and make a familiar face, but they didn't expect to encounter such a good thing.

Isn't it two percent, I am worried that I can't take a line to give gifts, this opportunity is sent to my mouth, where is there a reason to let go.

And on weekdays, he is also suppressed by other peers, and he can't open it anymore if he doesn't want to find a way. It's also so-called to do it against other people, it's not easy to have a good time horizontally and vertically, it's better to fight!

"My lord, Zhang Dilai, a woman, is the owner of Huali Courtyard, and she is willing to use Sancheng to buy the permission of the special card. It's just that there are more than ten girls in my place, and the appearance is not good, and there are only three people who can get their hands on it. Zhang Dilai stood up and said apologetically, she took the initiative to give the government an extra share, but she also mentioned that her family's business was not very good.

She has a plan in her heart, and the woman just said that she can help with the business. If business doesn't get better, then there aren't many of these three shares.

But if there is really a good way, then the shares given out will be even more worthwhile.

Zhuang Rou smiled and said, "Don't worry, wait for me to go to your place to see before making plans." ”

"Yes." Seeing that I don't have to sign it now, just don't count after that, Zhang Dilai sat down with confidence.

Li Rongfa came with his brother Li Ronghua today, and their gambling house is in an inconspicuous place on West Street, and the stall is not big. Usually the people who come to gamble are poor people who live there, and if they lose a tael or two taels of silver, they have to make a fuss about selling their sons and daughters.

Although it was also made by the gambling house, there were scenes of wives hugging and crying at the gate all day long, which made them uncomfortable. Obviously, they don't pay off their debts, they just collect debts seriously, but they have always been scolded behind them so that their ancestors are restless.

And not all of these children and women are worth much, they are all poor, and the wives and children are not much better.

The woman's waist is fat and her face is rough, so she can only sell it to work, and no one wants to be a mother-in-law in Fengyue place. Children also don't know a single big word, they cower and have no rules, and they can't sell it to be a small girl.

Directly sold at a low price, raised for a few years and then sold who has that rice, grain and silver waste, they don't want to be compensated at all in their hearts.

Li Rongfa has never read any books, he is usually a rough person, so he said in a rough voice: "This sister, our Cailai gambling house is on West Street, if we can make the business better, there are a few more rich owners, we are willing to pay thirty percent!" ”

"Okay, the more you earn, it's naturally good for everyone. This silver is also for the benefit of the people of Hongzhou, and you can count this as a merit. Zhuang Rou didn't care whether they believed it or not, as long as someone started this, she would have a way to deal with the others.

"That's good, I heard that my sister has a bad relationship with Lord Zhizhou, if there is any use for me Li Rongfa, just command, I will do my best to serve Lord Zhizhou!" Li Rongfa patted his chest to show his loyalty, what he cared about was the little county king behind Zhuang Rou, that was the imperial prince!

How could Zhuang Rou not understand what he meant, and she didn't explain this, anyway, she did know the little county king.

After these two families talked about it, she looked at another person, this person was different from others, Wenwen Jingjing was not very old, and her dress and temperament were like a scholar.

Eighty percent is the young owner of the gambling house, but it's a pity that the family does this kind of business, and the fame is not tested. But it doesn't hurt to read more, and maybe you will have a chance to change careers in the future.

So she asked, "Where is your gambling house and what is it called?" ”

The man's face turned red for a moment, and he hesitated for a moment before explaining, "I...... My family doesn't run a gambling house, it's a red courtyard. ”

"Huh?" Zhuang Rou was stunned, Yanhong Courtyard should be the name of Fengyue place, people from these two industries were invited in this room, and the name sounded similar.

"Xiaomin Tai Shufang, Yanhong Courtyard is a place of livelihood opened by my mother when she was alive, and after my mother passed away last year, I took over......" Deng Shufang lowered his head after speaking, which was completely different from those old fritters just now.

Chen Mufeng had been standing numbly by the door, but when he heard this, he suddenly woke up, rushed to the table in a few steps and said: "A good man is ambitious in all directions, why do you have to guard this kind of store, I see that you are a scholar, close the shop and scatter the girl, go study hard and test your reputation!" ”

Zhuang Rou glanced at him and said, "Yes, his father is a secretary of the ministry, ask him to ask for it, and he can give you a county order." ”

Tai Shufang looked up at Chen Mufeng violently, and the other three also looked at it in shock, so easy to become an official? And the official department is a great official! All the officials have to stutter, I didn't expect this little brother to have such a background.

"No, I'm talking about you being admitted seriously, it's not okay to be an official behind this, my father will break my leg, this is absolutely not good." Chen Mufeng's enthusiasm was poured cold water, and he knew that it was related to the life and future of the whole family, so he quickly retreated, not daring to say more.

Seeing that he was finally honest, Zhuang Rou smiled and said, "He is such a anxious person, he talks nonsense when he has nothing to do." It doesn't matter who opened the Yanhong Courtyard, you can just call the shots now. ”

Tai Shufang lowered his head again, he didn't have time to be happy, but he knew that this kind of thing was impossible. Although I don't want to do this business, the whole family lives on this, and if I don't do it, I may have to go to the street to write letters and couplets to people.

He bowed his head there and couldn't say a word, Zhang Di was anxious, so he stood up and bowed and said: "My lord, this kid of him is just unproductive, and he doesn't open his mind after reading too many books, but stays." After his mother passed away, the bright red courtyard was always blocked by people asking for food, clamoring for silver, and asking the girl inside to be a flower wife. ”

"And say that there is no business anyway, it is better to do good deeds and let the girls out to marry them. Lying at the door all day long, the guests were scared. ”

"I came here today to think if I could borrow an official authority and talk about it after dinner, so that those people who called Hanako would stop pestering."

Zhuang Rou felt inexplicable, what is this called, it was blocked by someone who asked for food?

"Why are you blocking the door of your house, this Hualiyuan and the others are fine, your family is called Hanako?" She asked puzzled, could it be that this guy offended the person who asked for food?

Tai Shufang was angry and annoyed and said: "Where did you dare to fight, I don't know what's going on at all, if it weren't for a few sisters or Qingqi people, there is no good place to return, I would want to go out." ”

"There are also people who come to ask for the price these days, if it works, I want to ask the adults to be the masters to find a few serious families, and take those sisters as maids." He bit down and suddenly begged.

Zhuang Rou looked at him well, and suddenly asked, "Have you taught them to read?" ”

"Huh?" Tai Shufang raised his head and said in a daze: "When my mother invited my husband to me, she also asked my sisters to learn with me by the way, how do adults know?" ”

Zhuang Rou stood up, looked at him and smiled: "Because it's profitable." ”