Chapter 20 Where is the master? !
After Lu Jia's repeated remarks, the details of the Zhang family have been revealed.
Li Chang took advantage of the situation to reveal the bad things that the Zhang family had done to the crowd. Some of the crowd had heard of the rumors outside, and some had not.
Those who had heard it suddenly understood, while those who had not heard this paragraph quickly asked each other about it. After asking, they also joined the ranks of despising the Zhang family.
Although He has been shameless for a long time, how can she withstand so many curses with her mouth?
He could only take advantage of Lu Jia's eloquence and kept cursing her for being mean and unable to marry.
When the boss of Hongtai Hao walked out of the shop door, he saw that a large number of people had gathered around him on the other side of the road. In the center of the crowd was Mr. He and a young girl in civilian clothes.
She came closer and looked at them through the gaps in the crowd. He was so angry that his face was filled with anger.
But I saw that this girl was calm and composed under He's curse, neither humble nor arrogant: "My aunt's sister, Ru, has also reached the age of marriage. You'd better be more polite, otherwise it will be difficult to talk about marriage in the future."
Everything He said was blocked. Amidst the applause, the female head of the house showed her admiring eyes without leaving any trace.
At this time, the waiter next to her gently tugged on her sleeve and secretly pointed at a young man wearing a short-sleeved shirt over there: "That's him! The boss, the one who came to deliver the news to us earlier."
The headmaster's eyes sparkled, and he looked back at Lu Jia, who was standing proudly in the crowd, with a hint of understanding.
When the people from the Hongtai appeared in the crowd, Lu Jia, who had eyes and ears in all directions, naturally saw them too.
She changed her hand to carry the basket: "If aunt has no other instructions, I will leave."
After saying that, she left He and walked out of the crowd.
He gritted his teeth and looked at her back, tearing out a roar from his throat: "Where is the master, where is the master?!..."
Li Chang caught up with Lu Jia, and as soon as the two of them looked at each other, a voice came from behind: "Thank you, Miss, for staying."
Lu Jia turned around and saw the female head of the Hongtai ship walking towards her.
"Miss Xie, I am the head of the Hongtai Hao. I also had a close relationship with your grandfather back then. The old man has done good deeds throughout his life and dealt with justice. I admire his conduct.
"I heard earlier that the old man's granddaughter moved back from the capital, but this is the first time I saw her today.
"For the sake of our friendship with the old man, would you like to come to my shop for a cup of tea?"
From her smiling but shrewd eyes to her upright body, Lu Jia took a close look at the female boss, then said "Well done, boss", and then said: "Thank you very much. The boss’s kindness is just that the Li brothers and I are planning to go to the downstream dock to open a shop for rent. Besides, your business is booming, so I’m afraid there will be too much disturbance if we go.”
Mr. Liu Da smiled and said: "There is no rush to release the rent at this time, and it doesn't matter if we have a cup of tea. We at Hongtai Hao do things in a orderly manner, and everyone performs their duties, so there is nothing to disturb.
"——Let this little brother come too."
Lu Jia glanced at Li Chang and said with a smile: "It's a great invitation from the master. Then we should be respectful and obey the order."
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Lu Jia and Lu Jia were already holding teacups in the backyard of the Hongtai No. 1. He, who had come back after being angry for many times, didn't know that the people she sent had not seen Zhang Qi at all until this moment. In the side hall of Shawan County Government Office, Zhang Qi, his whole body stretched like a bow, was facing the imperial envoy's questions with trepidation.
Zhang Qi never dreamed that the imperial envoy would actually receive him!
Ever since Tongzhi Su Qing said that the imperial envoy who came this time had arrived in Tanzhou, Shawan County was the first person named to come for investigation, and on the day he arrived in Shawan County, he specified that he would personally meet with a group of local merchants. He came to the county government office every day and waited to see him.
This is a Beijing official!
In this life, he has never come into contact with noble people from the capital. The key is the imperial envoy responsible for supervising peace! If this makes him fawn over, oh, if he makes friends with her, won't his prosperity and wealth in this life be stable? !
With the support of the nobles in the capital, are you afraid that you won't be able to make a fortune? Are you afraid that you won't be able to become one of the first-class wealthy businessmen in Shawan County? !
A little bit of oil and water leaking out from the cracks of noble people's fingers is enough to make them fat and oily!
He must earn this opportunity.
You must squeeze into the list of merchants being interviewed!
So he asked Su Qing to give him several cans of tea, several sets of porcelain, several volumes of calligraphy and painting, and hundreds of taels of silver.
But this time it was very tricky. Su Qing, who had never rejected him before, actually returned everything this time.
Zhang Qi is panicking, is there anyone in this world who doesn’t love money? The nobles in the capital also want to eat and drink, right?
After working hard for several days, it was not until this morning that Su Qing quietly handed over a letter from the back door, asking him to quickly pick up the account books left by their old man when he was still alive and wait at the front door.
This will bring him to ecstasy!
He just said it.
Money can make the world go round. How could anyone find money too hot to handle?
He walked in full of excitement and stood at the bottom of the small hall, his legs still weak.
For some reason, there were only a few people in the room, the imperial envoy was sitting at the top, the county magistrate Fang Wei led two colleagues from the yamen to stand on his left side, and there were only a few followers standing behind him, but A burst of coercion rushed towards him, as if he was facing not just a few people, but several mountains.
Zhang Qi didn't dare to raise his head at all, so he didn't even see clearly what the nobles looked like. All his thoughts were enough for him to answer the question dully:
"...Yes, Tanzhou Prefecture has been famous all over the world for its Huxiang rice market in recent decades. Shawan Wharf has become even more prosperous in recent years. Although it does not generally operate medicinal materials, ironware shops, oil-paper umbrella shops and other prosperous businesses, But nearly 70% of the businesses are dealing in rice grains
"In terms of cargo ships, there are people from Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Lingnan. Almost all medicinal merchants are from Jiangxi, and there is a Jiangxi Guild Hall downstream of the dock..."
After answering the current situation of Shawan Pier, the hall fell into silence again, which made Zhang Qi's trembling feet more obvious.
Guo Yi held the cup and listened nonchalantly, then took a sip of tea and said, "I got it. Just step back first."
Zhang Qi hesitated and refused to leave until he heard a cough from the hall, then he quickly bowed, retreated under the threshold, and reluctantly went out.
Guo Yi put down the cup, stood up and said to the county magistrate: "Excuse me, Mr. Fang, to accompany you. I will take a look at the account books brought by the merchants today. I will invite Mr. Fang to come and talk later."
Fang Wei held up his hand and said: "I am always at your disposal."
After watching the people from the Yamen leave, Guo Yi also turned around, looked at He Qu who was dressed in civilian clothes, and then walked to the back hall of the small side hall in unison.
Under the crabapple tree across the window, Shen Qingzhou was sitting on the bamboo couch, holding a file in his hand and meditating.
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