Lao Zhu was very proud after hearing this: Great. Liu Shengun, didn't you say that you are invincible? Our son is better than you before he is ten years old!
Everyone also said that the design of Zhu Bai's Guanya Bureau Station was obviously unreasonable.
There is only room for 200 people, but the total number of people coming to take the exam is more than 1,000.
It can be seen that the young prince is still too young and does not think carefully.
Later, everyone discovered that people were coming and going in Guanya Station, but it was never full. Then they realized that Zhu Bai had no intention of waiting for everyone to take the exam.
Instead, those who come here take the test first, and the results will be available the next day.
Those who fail to pass the test will leave the station within three days and are not allowed to stay. Those who pass the test will go to the Guanya General Administration to start training.
After all, he is not afraid of the test questions being leaked because he corrects the papers himself and no one knows the correct answers.
People who came to take the exam also came in hundreds and hundreds, and then left in hundreds and hundreds.
In the end, more than eighty were left.
Based on the initial number of people who signed up, it’s not an exaggeration to say that we are only one out of a thousand.
These eighty people, in groups of ten, follow a master in the tooth shop every day to learn pricing and inspection, negotiate with the government, deal with merchants, fight, quarrel, break up fights, deal with gangsters...
People who have been to the Guan Ya Bureau say that King Xiang is not selecting the leader of the second-level Ya branch, but is selecting the leader of the martial arts alliance.
These people are so famous that even Lao Zhu has heard of them.
After handling the important matters that day, he waved to Erhu: "Let's go out for a walk. Let's see how powerful the people chosen by the Twelve are."
Since Zhu Bai started running the Military and Horse Division on his own, Lao Zhu would go out incognito for private visits from time to time.
Erhu got used to it and waved his hand to several pro-military captains to quickly change their clothes.
A quarter of an hour later, Lao Zhu appeared on the streets of Yingtian with a few people in his regular clothes and went straight to the Guanya Bureau.
The Guan Ya Bureau was bustling with people and was very lively.
Zhu Bai is not here because the windows on the second floor are closed.
He usually sits by the window on the second floor with the window open.
He couldn't be seen from below, but if there was any movement, he could see below when he stretched his head.
Lao Zhu took a look at it with great interest and took a closer look.
There was a merchant over there holding a dark, hard, scimitar-like object in his hand, as if he was holding a torch.
It was probably the first time for this merchant to come to Guanya Bureau, so he was embarrassed to shout.
In addition, many people didn't know that thing, so no one paid attention to him.
Lao Zhu knew that it was a rhinoceros horn, a rare thing that could be used to make cups or medicines, so he was about to go over and ask.
Suddenly several people came in and surrounded the merchant.
Lao Zhu looked familiar, but couldn't remember it, so he raised his eyebrows at Erhu.
Erhu whispered: "Li Shan grows up to be my housekeeper."
Lao Zhu suddenly realized, yes, yes. When I went to a banquet a few days ago, I seemed to see him kneeling among the servants of Li Mansion.
The merchants who knew the Li family hurriedly got out of the way.
"How do you sell these buffalo horns?" Butler Li raised his chin at the merchant.
The merchant was stunned and stammered: "Ah, no, sir, this is a rhinoceros horn, not a buffalo horn."
Butler Li's face darkened: "How dare you pass off a good one in the official teeth bureau?"
Lao Zhu secretly sneered: Housekeeper Li, how could he not recognize that this is a rhinoceros horn?
He clearly wanted to buy it cheaply, so he referred to a deer as a horse.
It’s interesting, it’s better to come early than to come by chance.
We'd like to see how the people from the Guanya Bureau deal with it.
Although he didn't like businessmen, he also didn't like people blatantly bullying and dominating the market under the emperor's feet.
The merchant said: "Sir, I am really not a buffalo horn."
The merchant was indeed an honest man, and he thought Butler Li had admitted his mistake.
Butler Li said: "These are the buffalo horns, I want them all."
The merchant finally understood and stepped back: "I won't sell it."
Butler Li waved his hand to the people behind him, and immediately someone came up to grab the orders from the merchants.
As long as you grab the order, give him the banknote, and then go to the counter to pay the tooth, the business is done.
Even if the merchant sues, it will still be a breach of contract and he will have to compensate the Li family.
The merchant clutched the order tightly: "How can you buy and sell by force? Do you have any other methods?!"
The two tigers looked anxious and wanted to step forward.
Lao Zhu shook his head slightly.
Erhu could only stand still with his fists clenched.
"Hey, you two guests, what's going on?" A young man ran over and inserted himself between the merchant and the people of the Li family, protecting the merchant behind him.
This is a newbie, and because he hasn’t become a regular employee yet, he doesn’t have a name tag, and the chest of his uniform is empty.
Butler Li waved his hand impatiently: "Get out of the way. Don't meddle in other people's business. Be careful. I'll tell you, sir, that I won't record you."
The newcomer smiled innocently: "Look what you said, this is in the Guanya Bureau, and I am a clerk in the Guanya Bureau. I am here to entertain the guests, how can I be nosy?"
Lao Zhu raised his eyebrows: Hey, this young man is interesting.
They were polite, but these few words were meaningful and well-founded, and they threatened the Li family without leaving any trace: This is the official bureau, don't try to bully others.
Butler Li's face felt hot.
The newcomer bowed again: "Whatever this gentleman wants to buy, I will recommend it to you."
Okay, we have an army.
Butler Li wants to buy buffalo horns, okay, they are over there and I will take you there.
If Butler Li wants to buy rhino horns, OK, this merchant's goods are very good. Let's buy them at the price of rhino horns.
Butler Li didn't know how to answer for a moment and froze there.
"Then take this." He said vaguely.
The newcomer took a look at the merchant's order: "Okay, one hundred catties, a total of four thousand taels of silver. Do you want all of it, or part of it?"
Butler Li frowned: "So expensive?"
The newcomer smiled: "Look what you said. You are well-informed, so you naturally know that rhinoceros horns are more expensive than gold. They are still raw materials. If they are carved well, wouldn't each one cost hundreds of taels of silver?"
Butler Li wanted it, but he didn't want to give up the money. Besides, he was very unhappy that this newcomer had interfered with a big business. He could have taken it away with just a little money, but now it cost him thousands of taels.
He showed off his pretense as the housekeeper of the Li Mansion: "You are asking for an arbitrary price. I will go to Mr. Li to sue you."
The smile on the newcomer's face did not change: "To be honest with you, this price was set by His Highness King Xiang himself. If you think the price is unreasonable, wait until King Xiang comes back and tell him personally?"
Butler Li immediately gave up. Unwilling to give in, and having no other choice, he could only lead the people away in anger.
The guest officer breathed a sigh of relief and raised his hand to the newcomer: "Thank you very much, young master."
The newcomer returned the courtesy: "Don't be afraid, guest. Our King Xiang has said that as long as you enter here, you will be his guest. All transactions will be fair."
It sounds like you are using your power to bully others, but in fact you are making decisions for the people.
If Zhu Bai hadn't been so stubborn, there were so many dignitaries in Yingtian City, and everyone wanted to come to Guanya Bureau to buy good goods at low prices, how would ordinary merchants have a way to survive?!
