Knock!”
Hu Laosan only relaxed, head was knocked heavily, glaring eyes to be angry, looked up and found that knocking himself is the young proprietor, instantly goaded, busy to compensate for the smile up.
“Hu Laosan, you itchy skin is not it? How to choose the fat sheep? Forgot the rules?!”
The corner of the young proprietor’s mouth coldly hooked up, leathery smile looked at Hu Laosan and spoke in a sly manner.
“Young proprietor, really wronged ah, I know the rules of our fortress backwards and forwards, how dare I go against them. Choosing him as a fat sheep is also in accordance with the rules.”Hu Laosan sniffed, but could not help but say with an aggrieved face.
“What according to the rules! Jingnan little magistrate has a good reputation, not to mention other things, how many people have been saved by this flood shelter alone, you chose him as a fat sheep? Are your eyes blind or your head kicked by a donkey?!”
The young proprietor’s gaze was clear and cold as he looked at Hu Laosan, after hiding his smile, a pair of cold eyes made people feel the pressure all of a sudden.
“Young proprietor, that’s all old news you’re talking about, listen to this, how many people in the flood avoidance area are cursing him now, it’s the locals who are cursing him the most.”Hu Laosan shook his head and explained with a bitter face.
“Hmph, bucket of rice grace, rise of rice hatred, two meals a day for nothing, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun. Carrying a bowl to eat, put down the bowl to curse, really a group of white-eyed wolves who are beneficent and revengeful.”
The Young Proprietor spat disdainfully, despising the group of beneficent victims in the flood avoidance area.
“Young proprietor, you know the young magistrate? Why do you always speak for him?”Hu Laosan asked weakly.
“Bullshit! How could this auntie, a mountain bandit, know the governor? Hu Laosan, if you keep talking nonsense, beware of Auntie cutting out your tongue!”The young proprietor coldly glared at Hu Laosan and threatened.
“Yes, yes, yes, I’m talking nonsense, how could Young Master know that little governor. Young proprietor, the people in the flood avoidance area have been cursing Little Zhixian for the past two days, and the locals who always defended Little Zhixian before have been cursing even more.”Immediately, Hu Laosan coyly shrunk his neck, then defended.
“You’re talking about the rumour that Xiao Zhi Xian defined the price of grain in Jingnan as 2,500 Wen per stone, right? It sounds false at first glance. Even the black-hearted grain merchants out there only inflate the price to more than 1,300 per stone, how could the Little Magistrate take the initiative to raise the price of grain that high? I don’t know why so many people believe it.”
The young proprietress rolled her eyes in disdain, after hearing the news two days earlier, she didn’t believe it.
“It’s true, Young Owner it’s all true. When I was stepping in the county town, I saw two passersby cursing Zhu Pingan while reading a notice. I begged them to read the notice to me, and the content roughly said that since the date the notice was posted, grain within Jingnan territory would always be 2,500 Wen per stone. This notice has been posted all over the city, so it can’t be faked. If you don’t believe me, Young Master can go to the county town to confirm, if I lie, Young Master will take my head!”
Hu Laosan swore and said.
“You mean even the notices are posted?!”The young proprietor’s face changed in an instant at his words, a pair of cold eyes staring at Hu Laosan, asking word by word, exuding a chilling aura.
“Of course, it’s posted all over the city, I got more than one person to read the notices for me, the content is the same!”
Hu Laosan nodded his head vigorously, and because he wasn’t lying, he wasn’t at all false when he locked eyes with the Young Master.
“One of those two passersby has a relative who is a grain merchant, and his relative told him about it, saying that all the grain merchants in the entire county sent thank-you gifts to that little governor. According to the size of the grain merchants, the small ones sent gifts of 800 taels of silver, the medium-sized ones sent gifts of 1,500 taels of silver, and the big ones sent gifts of 2,500 taels of silver. That small county is not to be refused, a not fall, all received. These two days there are a lot of outside grain merchants like wolves smell fishy, flooded into the Jingnan County. Every time a foreign grain merchant came, the little magistrate sent someone to collect gifts. It is said that these days down, the small governor just collect gifts have collected nearly 100,000 taels of silver. Now you know why the little magistrate raised the price of grain so high, right? It’s to collect black hearted money!”
Hu Laosan said, his mouth watering when he said the last 100,000 taels of silver.
“One hundred thousand taels? So much? My dear mother, if so much silver is piled up, it must be like a small mountain!”
“One hundred thousand taels, not to mention raising pups, even raising pups’ pups, it’s all good food and drink.”
When the crowd of mountain thieves heard this, their mouths were all watering, their eyes were red like the vicious wolves that had found their prey.
While the crowd of mountain thieves were salivating, the young proprietor got up with a chilling and murderous aura, and walked outside without a word.
“Ruo Nan, where are you going?!”The old proprietor asked.
“I’m going to look at the notice to see if it’s true or not.”The young proprietor said without looking back.
“Young proprietor, I know the way, I’ll take you there.”Hu Laosan volunteered to help.
“Don’t go yet!”The Young Master glared at him.
“This is going, this is going ……Brothers wait for us to come back so we can kill the sheep for the New Year.”Hu Laosan nodded his head and busily jogged to keep up, patting his chest as he ran and said to the group of mountain thieves.
The internal management of the flood shelter area was strict, but there was no restriction on entering and exiting, and of course no disaster victims would be willing to leave.
Hu Laosan guided the young master out of the flood shelter area, all the way to the Jingnan county town, and it didn’t take long before he entered the Jingnan county town.
“Young Master, there’s a high speed railway right over there.”As soon as he entered Jingnan County, Hu Laosan pointed to a place not far ahead and said.
Sure enough, walking over there, he saw a notice that was a mess, all spat upon by the angry populace.
“Young proprietor, I will find someone for us to read …….”
Hu Laosan said attentively, said half snapped and stopped, embarrassed to think up, his own young proprietor literate.
The young proprietor did not pay attention to the embarrassed Hu Laosan, walked to the front of the notice, expressionless look up.
The moment he read the content of the notice, the young proprietor was covered in cold air, the more he read the heavier the cold air, and finally the whole person was as if he walked out from the Nine Spectres, and even the temperature of the surrounding area dropped a lot.
“What’s going on, so cold ……”Hu Laosan suddenly felt a vicious chill and couldn’t help but hug his arms.
“Damn! It’s true that none of the readers are good!”The young proprietor gritted his teeth and cursed.
“It seems to be even colder.”
Hu Laosan hugged his arms tighter.
“Look, another foreign grain merchant has opened up.”
Just at this moment, a burst of noise came, the young proprietor and Hu Laosan followed the sound and saw that not far away a grain shop opened, and also set off firecrackers, the shopkeeper clasped his fists and saluted all around, like a cat that beckoned for money, it was very festive.
The young proprietor and Hu Laosan were watching the fun from the sidelines, and after only half a tea time, they saw two errand boys coming over.
“Shopkeeper, congratulations on your fortune. The county dignitary asked us to ask the shopkeeper. Now that Jingnan has suffered severe flooding, the victims are displaced and waiting for food, would the shopkeeper be willing to donate money for the victims in Jingnan?!”
The two errand boys clasped their fists in congratulations, then familiarly took out a piece of rice paper and asked the shopkeeper if he was willing to donate.
“Willing, willing, of course my humble self is willing. Please also ask the two errand boys to bring it to the county honourable.”
The new shopkeeper was clear about this, he had already told him about it when his companion brother told him about the business opportunity, so when he heard the officer’s enquiry, he answered with a smile on his face, took out a stack of silver bills from his sleeve and handed it over to the officer, and signed his name on the rice paper called what is called the donation agreement.
The two agents carefully put away the rice paper, clasped his fist and congratulated two sentences, then turned to leave.
The two were a skilful mess in their business! It looked like they had done this kind of thing not once or twice.
“What bullshit donations of good money, but not all into the pockets of the dog official! Thousand-dagger dog officials, coining names and blatantly soliciting bribes!”
The nearby passers-by cursed.
Damn!
The young proprietor saw it all clearly! The coldness in his body was so great that Hu Laosan, who was on the side, was almost given to freezing.
