Chapter two hundred and twentieth seventh lovely goblin
Wanjuan Tower.
A middle-aged man in Chinese clothes was sitting in the back hall, taking a sip of tea. A waiter walked in from the front hall, knocked on the door, and said: "Shopkeeper, the "Palace of Eternal Life" is about to be sold out again.
The goods are ready.”
"Why don't they hurry up and print it when it's out of stock!" The middle-aged man put down the teacup heavily and snorted coldly.
The guy immediately said: "Yes, I'll rush you right away!"
The middle-aged man picked up the tea cup again, but the expression on his face was not good-looking.
Since the Wanjuan Building was closed down last time for selling books banned by the imperial court, he had spent a lot of effort and a lot of money to reopen the bookstore.
Those banned books were originally a huge source of income for the bookshop, but now that the imperial court has tightened their inspections, this road has been almost blocked. Wanjuanlou's profit for the new month has immediately dropped by half.
Although business has been booming these two days, the root cause is that someone else is taking credit for it. We cannot start from the source and find Tang Ningning. Tang Renzhai eats meat, so they can only drink soup.
He was planning this matter in his mind, when suddenly a waiter ran over from the front and shouted: "It's not good, it's not good, the shopkeeper's is bad!"
The middle-aged man patted the table and said angrily: "I'm so panicked, what happened!"
The waiter said in a panic: "Several officials came and took away all the "Palace of Eternal Life" we were selling!"
"What?" The middle-aged man was shocked when he heard this and immediately stood up and walked to the front hall.
In the shop in the front hall of Wanjuan Tower, an official opened a volume of "The Palace of Eternal Life" that was for sale outside and asked: "You have both stolen and stolen goods, what else do you have to deny?"
As soon as the middle-aged man came out of the back hall, Manager Zhang ran over quickly and said a few words in his ear.
The middle-aged man's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "This official brother, we at Wanjuan Tower don't know this is happening..."
"Don't know?" The official raised his eyebrows and asked, "If you don't know, you can do whatever you want, and if you don't know, you can bully and dominate the market?"
The middle-aged man took out a piece of silver from his sleeve, quietly put it into his hand, and said: "Brother, official officer, please do it for your convenience. We promise to act in accordance with the law in the future and we will not dare to do it again."
"You want to bribe me for ten taels of silver?" The official picked up the silver, weighed it in his hand, put it in his arms, and then said: "We are also under orders to do things, so naturally we can't be bribed by you.
Let's do this. Since you are the first offenders, hand over all the illegally obtained money before tomorrow and pay the same amount of fines, and your store will not be closed."
After that, he walked out of Wanjuan Tower and said: "Go to the next one."
The shopkeeper of Wanjuanlou stood there with a doubtful expression on his face. He thought for a while and said, "You guys look at the store first, I'll go out for a while."
The Wanjuan Tower has been open in the capital for so long, and it has been able to make a comeback after the last seizure. Naturally, there is some background.
However, when he walked out of a high-end mansion in Beijing, his face was completely gray.
Just now, he gave him a huge amount of filial piety every month, and told him bluntly that he had to accept all the punishments from the government in this matter, otherwise, it would not be as simple as the bookshop being closed down.
He didn't dare to ask further questions and hurried back to prepare a fine.
The backer had said so, and naturally he didn't dare to make any sense. It's just that this incident happened suddenly, and it was like a storm. I'm afraid things are going to change in this industry...
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Within one day, major bookstores in the capital removed the book "The Palace of Eternal Life" from their shelves, and all of them honestly paid fines. If the people in the capital wanted to buy the book "The Palace of Eternal Life" that caused a short-lived craze, they could only choose to go to Tangrenzhai.
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This directly caused the entire section of street in front of Tangrenzhaimen to become extremely crowded, making it difficult for cars and horses to move.
Tang Ning no longer had the time to worry about these things. Today was the first day of June, and the days until the wedding were numbered. He had to personally handle who he wanted to invite and what food and drinks he wanted to serve that day.
There is one more thing that needs to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
Before the ninth day of June, he had to recruit some maids and servants into the house. This matter could not be postponed for a day.
The servants don't need to worry too much. Let Liu Laoer choose a few disciples who are more diligent and clever. They usually just visit the door and run errands. It is much better than being a beggar.
A maid had to serve in the inner house, and her character was very important, so Tang Ning decided to choose her herself.
Xiaoyi was called by his mother-in-law again. He had just seen his third aunt and Xiaoru talking mysteriously. He wanted to find someone to accompany him to see the maid, but he could only find Tang Yaoyao.
Fairy Tang was sitting in the pavilion in a daze. Tang Ning walked over and sat next to her, looking at her as she looked at herself yesterday.
Tang Yaoyao glanced at him and asked, "What are you looking at me for?"
Tangning asked, "What did you see me for yesterday?"
Tang Yaoyao's face turned red when she thought that she actually looked at Tang Ning yesterday. After looking at her for a long time, she had the urge to kiss her.
Tangning asked in surprise: "Why are you blushing?"
Tang Yaoyao glared at him and said, "I can get red when I want to, and white when I want to. Can you care about that?"
Fortunately, Tang Ning was used to her being incomprehensible and said, "I'm going to recruit some maids. Do you want to go take a look?"
"Don't go!"
Tangning nodded and said, "Oh, then I'll go find Miss Su. She's familiar with this capital..."
Tang Yaoyao finally decided to go with him because she also needed to buy some maids for her house.
In fact, it was unnecessary for her to buy a house. She could just live with them alone. If she had to buy a house and a maid, she would have too much money to spend.
When she walked out of the door, she met King Run. He insisted on going with her, so Tangning went with him.
King Run followed him and asked: "Sir, can I come on the day you get married?"
Tangning said nonchalantly: "If you can leave the palace, come."
"Oh, my father won't let me leave the palace at night." King Run thought for a while and said, "Sir, please leave a meal for me. I will come over to eat it the next morning..."
In Chen State, people cannot be trafficked, but they can be bought and sold.
If a trafficker is caught, he will definitely die, but if it is a consensual transaction, only a deed of sale will be required, and this kind of transaction can be protected by the government.
To buy a maid, you need to go to Yahang to find a nanny first. Before Tangning walked into Yahang, she saw a lot of people standing on the adjacent street corner. King Run pointed at a girl wearing coarse clothes and asked, "Sir, they
Why is there a straw stuck in his head?"
Tang Ning looked at the girls on the street corner. The older ones were thirteen or fourteen years old, while the younger ones were only seven or eight years old. They all had straws stuck in their heads.
Tangning's eyes scanned the girls' faces one by one. Their expressions were dull and confused, with a hint of fear.
He stood there for a while and then explained: "This straw is called a "straw mark". A straw mark is inserted into something to indicate that it can be sold."
King Run was puzzled: "But they are human beings. How can humans be bought and sold like things?"
Even if King Run called him "sir", Tang Ning could not explain this problem to him.
They stood there for a moment when a woman in coarse clothes came over and said with a smile on her face: "Master, do you want to buy a girl? It only costs seven taels of silver, which is twice as cheap as in the dental shop!"
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Seeing this woman approaching, many people gathered around the corner.
"Sir, my girl is smart and can do laundry and cooking. She only needs six taels of silver!"
"Master, look at what we have, ours only costs five taels!"
"Four taels, young master, as long as you give us four taels, you can take this girl away right away!"
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"Go away, go away, go away!" A woman in slightly brighter clothes squeezed in from outside, looked at Tang Ning, smiled and said, "Young Master is here to buy a maid, right? I am the Yama here, Young Master.
Please come inside. Although these little girl movies outside are cheap, they have not been trained. It is not cost-effective to spend time teaching the rules after buying them. What we have here are maids who come from wealthy families. They understand the rules and etiquette. The young master can do it.
Take your pick..."
"I bought them all!"
Before Tang Ning could speak, a voice came to her ears.
Tang Yaoyao took out a banknote from her arms, waved it in front of those people's eyes, and said, "You go to the county office first, I'll be there in a minute!"
"Thank you girl, thank you girl!"
There was an uproar from the crowd, and the women threw aside the straw on the girls' heads, pulled them and walked quickly towards the county government office, where the deed of betrayal needed to be issued.
Na Ya Po looked at Tang Yaoyao, then at Tang Ning, pursed her lips, and murmured: "Young Master..."
"Forget it." Tang Ning waved her hand and walked with Tang Yaoyao in the direction they came from.
The maids educated by rich families are certainly sensible and do not need to be re-taught the rules, but who made their kind-hearted Tang Nuxia feel compassion?
Although she is a little violent, a little impulsive, and a little silly, her heart is as kind as ever, and she is still essentially the lovable little fairy.
King Run followed Tang Ning. He had not said a word since just now, and there was a rare look of thought on his chubby round face.
