As the saying goes, money is more important than slaves, and art is more important than professionals. Most of the people who come to the auction to disrupt the situation are green forest people. Although they are usually lawless, they only obey those with strong martial arts skills. The few people who support Su Tao are all poached from the emperor's family.
It was unusual for Green Forest thieves to be able to reach it. Zhen Ming was already convinced when he checked the weapons. Just now, Liu Xiaoqi made a fuss and had an unexpected effect - all the Green Forest people who came thought that those who sat down to bid, except online
The word "合" is an ordinary Yanggu. It's best to coerce these people. If you start making trouble later, just scare them, and they will have to do whatever they want. I never thought that a Liu official would pop up out of thin air and easily deal with the Zhou official.
From this we can see that there are also some experts sitting and bidding. If there is a commotion, Liu Daguan, who has already taken the photo of the shop, will not stand idly by. And I don’t know if there are other people besides him.
The literary official in charge smiled like a warm spring breeze and said: "Everyone, let's take pictures of a shop."
A steward-looking man stood up and said loudly: "I dare to ask this gentleman, the cash I brought today is not enough. Can I owe you some silver and pay it back later?"
The clerk pointed to the young man in Chu Yi who was sitting next to Su Tao and said, "This is shopkeeper Chen from HSBC Bank. If the official can get a loan from HSBC Bank, they can advance the missing silver for the official."
This young man was Chen Ruijin dressed as a man. She did not hide her identity as a woman, stood up and clasped her fists and said: "Dear bosses, our HSBC bank provides loan business, but it must have a mortgage of sufficient value."
The steward just now frowned slightly and asked, "What is a loan?"
Chen Ruijin explained loudly and finally said: "The gold and jade articles you are wearing and the swords in the wicker baskets outside can be used as collateral."
After hearing this, everyone started talking. The manager smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid of being blackmailed and not getting the mortgage?"
Chen Ruijin said: "Not afraid." He reached for a piece of paper on the desk, picked up a pen and drew a five-petal plum blossom in full bloom on it. Then he threw the paper away. Everyone saw that the paper flew very high.
They were all secretly shocked. The paper was light and soft, making it the hardest to throw. Chen Ruijin conjured up a few iron lotus seeds from nowhere and raised his hand to pop them out. Hearing six "pops", the iron lotus seeds were passing through five plum blossom petals.
and a cluster of flower stamens. The whole hall took a breath of air-conditioning. Su Cheng, who was at the bottom, was the first to applaud: "Okay~~" Shopkeeper Liao of a tea shop continued to applaud, and several businessmen who knew shopkeeper Liao also applauded.
With a blink of an eye, everyone clapped their hands, no matter whether they were happy or not.
The steward's eyes moved, he smiled and cupped his hands to Chen Ruijin and said, "Shopkeeper Chen is very capable."
Chen Ruijin calmly handed over his hand: "It's a small skill, nothing worth mentioning."
The steward then looked at Liu Xiaoqi's empty chair and said, "The official Liu just now seems to be familiar with Mr. Su."
The master said: "We just met two days ago. We adults wanted to buy some rice on the street to test the newly purchased steam grinder. This Liu Daguan was interested in supplying goods and was willing to sell rice at a low price.
Didn’t you see the notice outside the Yamen was only posted for a while and then torn down?”
The steward sneered: "Is it really because you want to test some kind of grinding machine?"
The master said: "The machine will be delivered next month and will be tested in public. All the fellow villagers and owners can just come and see how it works."
The steward narrowed his eyes and said, "Why did you hear that all the official warehouses in the southern suburbs are empty?"
The master wondered: "Official warehouses are originally for official use. Where did this shopkeeper hear this?"
The steward said: "You have your own place to listen."
The master said: "The most important thing to avoid in everything is to be clear and clear. Besides, what if the official warehouse is dissatisfied? Nowadays, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Wu are full of food, and there are also fragrant rice sent from Dacheng, Myanmar, and Tianzhu.
The food is fragrant and full, and the transportation is cheap. The rubber-tired four-wheel carriages made in Taiwan are fast and stable, and the food is not expensive. Just buy it with money and someone will rush to deliver it to us."
The steward was about to say something, but he was immediately choked up - the Su family specially put up a "rich" sign, and the tapestry brocade door curtains on the house were absolutely true.
The master added: "Not only steam mills, but also spinning machines, looms, printing machines, screw cutting machines, steam mining machines, and all kinds of machines will be introduced to Jiangxi. Our master has already prepared the recipes for the Lingnan Match Factory and Soap Factory.
Got it." "Boom -" everyone immediately whispered to each other and started talking. The master waved his hands enthusiastically, "Everyone, today in Lingnan is our tomorrow -"
Su Tao glanced at the master, who raised his arm and clapped his palms twice. Su Tao stood up and said, "I have something that I will discuss in a few days." He coughed, "
I have ordered a batch of firearms from Red Bones. The latest muskets, artillery, and mines are all available. These items were originally given priority to the armies attacking North and South America, so I took some out."
"Wow!" There was a commotion as if a basin of water was poured into a boiling oil pan.
Su Tao stroked his beard and said: "Therefore, it is necessary to train a group of militiamen and armed police who are not inferior to Lingnan. We also hope that all ambitious people will sign up for the selection. Don't worry, I can afford the money."
Someone else asked loudly: "Mr. Su, do you really have a source of Nanyang cocoa tea?"
Su Tao said with a smile: "I am an official of the imperial court, and I have nothing to do with cocoa tea. No matter which cocoa tea shop there is, they must pay taxes according to the law, and every penny is fine. I am here -" He looked up
Seeing the empty seat of Liu Xiaoqi, "I will not turn a blind eye." Someone who heard the conversation between Liu Xiaoqi and Zhenming during the inspection at the front laughed. When others asked him why he was laughing, he said loudly as if showing off.
Sorry. Unfortunately, this person still has some conscience and did not reveal the Analects box.
The atmosphere in the lobby immediately changed. The new prefect was rich and talented, with connections, ideas, and means. Anyone who was not stupid knew that his rule would be prosperous in the future. Moreover, he mentioned Lingnan several times, which was exactly the same as the streets in the previous two days.
It was consistent with the previous legend's intention to compete with Wang Ziteng. Su Tao cupped his hands and sat down.
Literary officials continued the auction. Although it was a hype, the auction in the first two shops was lively after all, and others became energetic. Just after bidding two prices, Liu Xiaoqi came back. Many people guessed that he had developed a relationship with Su Tao.
They looked at him overtly and covertly. The third shop was actually taken away by a green forest man, who looked like a rich man. The people sitting near him were all green forest men, and they all looked at him sideways.
The rich man smiled and bowed his hands to the clerk in charge, got up and went out to do paperwork and pay money. Someone asked quietly: "What are you doing?"
The rich man sighed: "I am getting older, and it's time for me to marry my housewife and live my life."
After hearing this, Liu Xiaoqi said: "Who would want to be a thief if they can live a peaceful and prosperous life? If you lick blood every day, you don't know when you will lose your life." This sentence touched the eyebrows of several people.
Many people also looked at him coldly.
After that, no one came out to cause trouble, and the auction was peaceful to the end. On the other hand, 30% of the shops were given to the Green Forest people.
When the party finally ended, everyone left the government office lobby and lined up in the front yard to pick up the items stored in the wicker basket with their number plates. Shopkeeper Liao then took out a large stack of tablets from his arms and gave them to each of them one by one.
Among the Green Forest people waiting in line, someone couldn’t read and asked, “What does this say?”
"This is my movie." Liao Dongjia said, "My surname is Liao, Liao Shouping, from Chengdu, Shu Kingdom. A few days ago, I opened a small business under the Shengjin Pagoda in Nanchang Prefecture, called Youjian Tea Shop. The shop will be
Opened with three shops, two of which are being renovated. Opposite our tea shop there is a restaurant called Changfeng House. Due to the lawsuit between the owner and the shareholders over the division of accounts and other things, the accounts are being reviewed."
Liu Xiaoqi was also queuing up and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Liao's words are too roundabout. Who doesn't know that Changfeng Tower has been closed down? Now I'm just waiting for Mr. Su to collect all the evidence. Those who deserve to be jailed will be jailed, and those who deserve to be beheaded will be beheaded."
Liu Xiaoqi pointed: "Look at Shopkeeper Liao's face."
Liao Shouping smiled: "How do I know about other people's affairs? I am a serious businessman and a good citizen."
Liu Xiaoqi smiled and said, "This Liao Liangmin recognizes Mr. Su's junior brother." Everyone was in an uproar. Liao Shouping immediately blushed. Liu Xiaoqi hurriedly said, "Master Su is a good official. Mr. Su is a great scholar of the Hanlin Academy in Beijing.
Mr. Su's disciples are also talented people. There is no doubt that Shopkeeper Liao is a good citizen. Good people run a shop, and the prices are fair and honest. Everyone, go and have tea with confidence, and make sure there is no strange thing in the tea."
Liao Shouping hurriedly said: "Not only are there no strange things in the tea, there are also no strange things upstairs and underground."
Everyone in the green forest looked at the two of them with strange eyes and said nothing. After a long time, the rich man who took the picture of the third shop raised his hands and asked: "I dare to ask shopkeeper Liao, what does Mr. Su mean?"
Liao Shouping smiled bitterly and said, "How would I know."
Then they heard a tactful female voice say: "I know." Everyone turned around and saw that Su Cheng had taken off his men's headscarf and was playing with a pair of black and shiny guns in his hand, and walked away without hesitation.
Come here. These days, women from good families are gentle and women from prostitutes are gorgeous. No one has seen such bright and sharp ones. All the men were dumbfounded.
Liu Xiaoqi hurriedly jumped up to her and clasped her fists: "May I ask Mr. Zhang, Mr. Su, what are your plans for Lulin?"
Su Cheng raised his eyes and looked at Liao Shouping and said: "This shopkeeper Liao is obviously an honest man. He doesn't look like someone who has walked through the green forest, nor does he look like he has done business."
Liao Shouping hurriedly said: "That's true. I was originally a Taoist priest in Qingyang Palace in Chengdu. Later... I returned to secular life."
The young man surnamed Yuan who was busy arranging the wicker basket behind the case heard this and said with a smile: "Why don't you tell me why you returned to the secular world?" He put down the basket and walked out, "Daochang Liao is honest by nature. In the past few years, they were in Qingyang Palace.
Isn't it a cause for excitement? An assassin failed to assassinate the King of Shu and died himself. He also made up a joke called "Green Dragon Saves the King of Shu", which caused pilgrims from the entire Shu Kingdom to come and burn incense. Unexpectedly, this Taoist priest, Liao, was usually the guard.
He was from the Yuanchen Hall who "saved the King of Shu". When pilgrims asked him if he had seen the blue dragon, he told them that he had not seen it. The pilgrims were disappointed, so the money donated for incense was naturally less. Some Taoist priests complained that he could not speak and ostracized him.
The Taoist in charge of Qingyang Palace happened to recognize Mr. Jia and knew that Mr. Jia's family had a bodyguard agency, so he asked him to return to secular life and join Mr. Jia as a bodyguard. Mr. Jia thought that since he is a Taoist priest, it is better to entrust him to look after our master - our master
It's his elder."
Su Cheng looked at Liao Shouping and said, "I see that Shopkeeper Liao's face is full of dust. It doesn't look like he has been hiding in a Taoist temple to practice all year round."
Liao Shouping said: "Master took us to travel for several years, and we just came back last year."
Su Cheng nodded: "He has a sincere temperament and has experience. He doesn't know how to do business and is not familiar with green forests." Then he said to everyone, "The bandits can be eliminated, but the green forests cannot be eradicated. If there is a government, there must be green forests. However, there cannot be green forests.
sequence."
Liu Xiaoqi was admiring: "What is order?"
"There are rules that cannot be broken like laws. Some people control the list, and some people work together." Su Cheng glanced at the steward who had just attempted to cause trouble at the auction. "The imperial court can tolerate bandits, pirates, and snitches, but it cannot tolerate the Maitreya Cult of the Heavenly Master."
," she paused, "You can't tolerate Green Forest Records either."
Liu Xiaoqi said "Oh": "The green forest business can continue, but there can be no one to take the lead and no one to collect taxes, right?"
Su Cheng said: "If you want to discuss business, you can do it yourself. Shopkeeper Liao doesn't understand and doesn't have the heart to listen, let alone help with pimping. No one is allowed to squeeze the scattered Green Forest people into one place, and no one is allowed to spread the Green Forest people around.
." She said with a smile, "A green forest can only be a green forest. If anyone wants to use the power of the green forest to perform the functions of the court, the court will have its own guns and artillery to deal with him."
Liu Xiaoqi blinked: "The power of the imperial court?"
Su Cheng said casually: "Either I'm helping a certain gentleman fight for power, or I'm supporting a certain prince to seize the throne."
Liu Xiaoqi was stunned: "The people in the green forest... don't have this ability."
"If you don't have a single Green Forester, it's hard to say if you catch them together."
Everyone looked at each other, wondering whether to believe it or not. Zhenming coughed, and everyone turned to look at him. Zhenming said: "This little girl is right. A green forest can only be a green forest, and cannot cross the boundary. If it is mixed in,
The imperial court will never stand idle."
Someone murmured: "Could it be that Changfeng Tower was involved in some court affairs?"
Another one said "Ouch": "Don't the prefect Xie in front of me have a nephew who is a prince?"
Another one said: "Didn't the Seventh Prince get lost in the palace? He's alive and dead but his body is nowhere to be seen."
Another said: "Do you believe that? He just lost it when he said it was lost? Maybe it suddenly appeared at some point."
Liu Xiaoqi said: "Oh, no wonder Mr. Xie lost his official position for being so kind." He turned around and looked around. He and Su Cheng had just sang in harmony, and he clearly pretended to be "I know Mr. Su very well".
Everyone paid attention to his actions. When he turned his head, they all turned to see what he was looking at. They saw Liu Xiaoqi's eyes facing the steward. The steward's entire face had turned black to the bottom of a pot, and his eyes were wandering.
Then I heard the little Taoist priest's half-grown voice say: "Hey, Uncle Guo Wang, you didn't leave anything, why haven't you left yet?"
The few people who knew the inside story looked very clear. The person in charge was Guo Wang, a capable man around Xie Jing who gave birth to a son from the Dingcheng Hou family. He stayed in Nanchang Mansion to look after the Xie family's property. This man had something to do with Mr. Su.
The little Taoist priest actually recognized him. Su Tao was not the nerd who was easy to deal with as Guo Wang and others said. The rich man laughed and said to himself: "It seems that the changes in Jiangxi will inevitably change."