Just after breakfast at home, Sun Wucai, Li Ce and others were summoned. Lin Jinxiao asked Sun Wucai to draft the official land rent-free policy and the official document prohibiting gambling to be distributed to the counties. He also asked Li Ce
Ce and Li Sanmu were responsible for starting to clean up the gambling houses inside and outside the county.
Seeing that the day to overthrow the Qi family was getting closer, and thinking of the assassinations that had happened in the county prison, he also told Guan Erbai, who was now promoted to prison chief, to supervise Du Sankui and Qi Mochen in prison.
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After arranging everything, he took the little treasures to Lin Yuan's house and continued to show his face, while Chu Nanzhi went to the restaurant in Qinghefang with Liu Yun, mother and daughter.
Zhao Taigong had been waiting in Qinghefang for a long time. When he saw the Chu family's mother and daughter entering, he eagerly led Butler Zhao up to greet them immediately.
Liu Yun glanced at the age-spotted old man and felt goosebumps in her heart when she thought that this old man had almost become her eldest son-in-law.
Fortunately, my daughter is not a covetous person, otherwise it would be unacceptable to have such an old man as my son-in-law.
After politely greeting the old lady, he took sisters Chu Nan, Xiangchu, and Nanzhu to the little Zhou family to arrange the opening of the restaurant.
Chu Nanzhi and Zhao Taigong went to the private room on the second floor of the restaurant to discuss the details of building a residence in Jushengfang.
Everyone sat down, and Sang Kun handed the drafted deed to Grandpa Zhao. The old man just looked at it casually, then grinned and said, "Steward, bring me some pen and ink."
Although Chu Nanzhi knew that he didn't care about this, she still couldn't help but be surprised: "Don't you take a closer look, Grandpa?"
"No need."
Zhao Taigong waved his hands carelessly: "Mrs. Chu, I can rest assured when doing things."
After saying that, he looked at her meaningfully and said with a smile: "Madam Chu will soon be the most noble lady in the entire Pingning Prefecture. King Pingning has inherited the title and is a very human minister. Madam Chu only needs to stay at home well."
My husband and his son are enjoying prosperity and wealth, so why would they go out of their way to go through all these unnecessary setbacks and sufferings like the rest of us? I can’t figure it out."
"The sunflower in the north is warm, and the gardenia in the south is cold. Maybe I have fulfilled my name. I am not a peaceful person by nature."
Chu Nanzhi's eyes paused slightly and said slowly: "Perhaps in the eyes of the old lady, most women should be raised in boudoir, but I am just a village woman. I am used to living a miserable and busy life, and suddenly I am free.
I really can’t wait any longer, so why not go out and try my luck and earn some money to supplement my family’s income through my own skills.”
Zhao Guangyuan had a bitter look on his face.
Now Lin Jinxiao can create a fortune of ten thousand yuan a year just from food, but she makes the situation so miserable that she still has to earn money to supplement the family income.
It really puts them to shame.
"Mrs. Chu is just too humble."
Zhao Guangyuan replied with a smile but not a smile: "I'm afraid your skills have long been frightened by people. You do everything vigorously and resolutely. You don't even go to the casino to shut down all the casinos in the county. Not ordinary people dare to compete with you."
Competitive."
He was glad that he had made a wise decision, and he felt relieved that he would hand over the investigation of the dog's details to her.
This woman is indeed a person who can be entrusted with great things.
When Chu Nanzhi heard him mention the gambling house, she just smiled and said nothing.
After a long time, he replied calmly: "The things in the gambling shop are just casual fun, and I was lucky enough to get some advantages."
Taigong Zhao silently signed and fingerprinted the deed, but he couldn't help but laugh at her answer.
Fortunately, she was not the one making the bet, otherwise the family business would have been completely destroyed in an instant.
Although he was not very clear about the calculations in the gambling house, there must be something fishy hidden there. She was able to treat others in her own way, and she tricked those naughty people in the Qi family into bankrupting their fortunes, which showed that she had some talent.
This ability once again allowed him to see how powerful this woman was.
After signing the contract, Zhao Guangyuan glanced at the housekeeper again, and then housekeeper Zhao brought a large wooden box.
Zhao Guangyuan ordered the housekeeper to open the wooden box and slowly explained to Chu Nanzhi:
"I heard some rumors that Mrs. Chu had a complete break with the old woman of the Qi family in Tong'an Village yesterday, and was preparing to compete with the Qi family for tenants. The old man had people make replacements with the landlords in Tong'an Village overnight, and now the entire Tong'an Village
Except for the Qi family and the Shen family, all the fields in the nearby ten miles and eight villages belong to my Zhao family. These are all land deeds, and Madam Chu will keep them."
As soon as the old lady finished speaking, Butler Zhao quickly added: "Ms. Chu, please be at ease. Our old lady replaced and acquired the fields at twice the market price, and did not maliciously occupy fertile land."
Chu Nanzhi was shocked when he heard this: "How can this happen?"
If the news spreads, people will think that the old lady is a fool.
At present, the government has exempted official land from rent. If the tax law of thirty to one tax is still maintained in three years, in fact, the land leasing business is no longer a huge profit industry. I am afraid that the landowners everywhere would rather sell their land at a low price at this time. How could this happen?
Purchase the land at a high price.
This old lady has always been a shrewd person, but now he is so stupid that he starts a loss-making business.
She looked at the old lady with fear and fear, and said kindly: "The old lady should know that as long as the order remains unchanged, it will be difficult to recover the cost in a short time by relying on the rent of the fields. The old lady is a businessman, and he should not do it for me.
Things with the Qi family are a lot of trouble."
"Ms. Chu, what you said is wrong."
Zhao Guangyuan shook his head disapprovingly: "If we can completely overthrow the Qi family, it will not be the business of Madam Chu alone, but also the wish of the people in the county. Although I have no intention of benefiting the world, I am still the leader of the merchants of Luyan Port.
Even if Mrs. Chu doesn't do such a thing that benefits the country and the people, if it were someone else, I would still be willing to help. It's just a loss of some money, so it's just to help the people."
"The old lady's mind is really admirable."
Chu Nanzhi couldn't help but break into a cold sweat when he heard this.
The fields in more than ten villages near Tong'an Village amount to tens of thousands of acres at least. If he took all of them under his own name, he would have to spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
Such a large expenditure, but said so calmly, it is really a wealthy man, I am afraid that only this old man has such courage.
Although the old lady had good intentions, Chu Nanzhi took over the land deed and pushed the wooden box back decisively: "The old lady's kindness is really touching, but I really don't dare to accept it. It will always be mixed up with the Qi family's affairs.
There are some personal factors involved, so I don’t dare to use my private life to undermine public service.”
Zhao Taigong raised his eyebrows and said with a deep expression: "This is not the first time that the old man and Madam Chu have dealt with each other. Not to mention the kindness between Madam Chu and the old man, let's just talk about the restaurant and the building of the residence in Jushengfang.
We are also allies on the same boat. I still understand the principle of both prosperity and loss, and I hope both publicly and privately that I can completely defeat the Qi family this time."
Hesitatingly looking at her determined eyes, Zhao Guangyuan sighed suddenly: "Since Mrs. Chu refuses to accept the land deed, I am willing to follow the Shen family and respond to the government's order to exempt the tenants from rent for three years."