When Li Di heard what Kou Zhun said, his old face turned red and he shouted: "Who said I won't resign? I have already written the memorial of resignation, and I will hand it to the palace when I get back."
Kou Zhun raised his eyebrows and said with a half-smile: "I'm afraid it hasn't been written yet? How about I help you grind it, and you just write it here, and after you finish it, I will personally help you send it to the palace?"
Li Di felt ashamed and said angrily: "It's not like I don't have long hands. I need your help?"
Before Kou Zhun could open his mouth to continue teasing, Li Di quickly changed the subject and said: "Call your useless grandson out quickly and let me beat him up to vent my anger."
Kou Zhun glared at him and said in a nonchalant manner: "It's disrespectful to be an old man... You are such an adult, yet you are still competing with a child."
Li Di gritted his teeth and said, "He is the one who insists on competing with me."
"Okay..."
Kou Zhun curled his lips and shouted, "When that kid sees you, he hides away. He has probably disappeared by now. You can't find him. Come and sit with me for a while."
There are some things that I didn't have time to tell you last night, so I just took this opportunity to tell you."
Li Di was stunned, thought for a moment, and sat opposite Kou Zhun.
He clamored to find Kou Ji. The lesson was false, but getting to the bottom of it was true.
Since Kou Ji was avoiding him, he might as well get something out of Kou Zhun's mouth.
Immediately.
He chatted with Kou Zhun.
…
Kou Mansion.
Secret door.
Kou Ji jumped out of the secret door and slipped out of the house.
If you stay in the house, Li Di will find out sooner or later. It is better to hide outside the house and be safe.
He quietly slipped out of the alley where Kou's mansion was located, and was about to find a place to stay when he bumped into a girl.
Kou Ji walked around the girl and was about to leave, but was stopped by the girl.
The girl stared at Kou Ji and cursed: "Kou Ji, you bastard!"
Kou Ji was stunned when he heard this. He looked the girl up and down, raised his fist, and threatened fiercely: "You are the bastard! If you dare to scold me again, I will beat you, believe it or not? Get out of the way!"
Kou Ji had a fierce look on his face. The girl was startled and involuntarily got out of the way.
Kou Ji was too lazy to talk to the girl and walked out of the alley.
After Kou Ji left, the girl came back to her senses, squatted on the ground in aggrieved manner and started crying.
She felt aggrieved.
In order to help her sister, she went to the Li family's dandy and blocked Kou Ji in the alley of Kou's house without telling the people in the house.
But he didn't expect that the Li family's dandy son was more successful than exposed, so he let Kou Ji go.
She could only hire another Gao Ming.
In the name of her sister, she found a few dandies who were willing to help.
It was originally agreed that they would come to the Kou Mansion to trouble Kou Ji in the next few days, but at the critical moment, those dandy boys all changed their minds.
She was confused all of a sudden.
Immediately, I chased him to his house and asked.
The answer she got made her even more confused.
Those dandy boys told her that the mute tiger from the Kou family had appeared, and told her to try not to cause trouble with Kou Ji, otherwise her life would be in danger.
She didn't know who the mute tiger in the Kou Mansion was.
She just felt that those dandy boys were afraid of Kou Ji and did not dare to cause trouble to Kou Ji.
So, she decided to come to Kou Ji in person and teach Kou Ji a lesson.
Unexpectedly, Kou Ji was frightened as soon as they met.
Instead of teaching Kou Ji a lesson, she was taught a lesson by Kou Ji. How could she not feel aggrieved?
"Fortunately, no one took advantage of the rumors in Bianjing City to help my sister marry this scoundrel... If my sister really wants to marry this scoundrel, she will definitely be wronged..."
The girl choked and muttered.
Little did she know that her grandfather, Xiang Minzhong, was looking forward to having someone come to marry him, and he was already looking forward to it.
Speaking of which, it was a sure thing to send someone to Xiang Minzhong to spread the news in order to attract Kou Zhun to visit and help Kou Ji take the initiative to propose marriage.
It happened that Tai Bai Jingtian appeared, attracting Kou Zhun's eyes and the eyes of all the people in Bianjing, making his plan go to waste.
I really agree with the saying that God’s judgment is not as good as that of man.
Kou Ji didn't know Xiang Minzhong's plan and the girl's grievances.
He didn't take it to heart at all.
After leaving the alley entrance where the Kou Mansion was located, he wandered on the street for a long time, but could not find a good place to stay.
After much thought, Kou Ji finally decided to go to Wanxiang Pawn Shop for a while.
He hadn't been to the Wanxiang Pawn Shop for a long time, and he didn't know how the Wanxiang Pawn Shop's business was.
Speaking of which, his boss is really not very competent.
After sending Er Bao to Wanxiang Pawn Shop, he never went to Wanxiang Pawn Shop again, nor did he ask about the business of Wanxiang Pawn Shop, nor did he ask about the studies of Er Bao and others.
Liu Heng occasionally goes to Wanxiang Pawn Shop.
But when he and Kou Ji got together, they rarely talked about Wanxiang Pawn Shop.
So Kou Ji didn't know how Zhang Cheng managed Wanxiang Pawn Shop.
Kou Ji turned around at the end of the street and went to Zhouqiao Street.
Zhouqiao Street is as bustling and lively as usual.
As one of the commercial centers of Bianjing City, no matter what major events happened in Bianjing City, it is still prosperous.
When Kou Ji arrived at Zhouqiao Street, it was the time of day when there were the most people on Zhouqiao Street.
There are countless merchants and hawkers carrying burdens, porters pushing wheelbarrows, drivers driving horse-drawn carriages, people on foot, traders, people astride horses, people riding donkeys, and so on.
It was crowded and crowded.
Kou Ji squeezed through the crowd for a while before arriving at the door of Wanxiang Pawn Shop.
Looking at Wanxiang Pawn Shop, Kou Ji was also stunned.
Compared with the first time Kou Ji went to Wanxiang Pawn Shop, the current Wanxiang Pawn Shop seems to have completely changed.
There is no shortage of signs, covers, and canvases.
There was a young man in gray guarding the door, greeting the guests who came in with a smile, and thoughtfully telling those who left to save their pawn tickets.
Business seems to be booming.
When Kou Ji arrived at the door, the young man in gray came up to him, nodded and bowed and asked: "Is the young master a pawn or a redemption?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Looking for someone..."
The young man in gray clothes was stunned for a moment, and after looking at Kou Ji carefully for a moment, he asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Could the young master be the owner of our Wanxiang Pawn Shop?"
Kou Ji's appearance, age, and demeanor were basically consistent with those in the legend, so the young man in gray clothes made a tentative question.
Kou Ji was stunned and asked doubtfully: "Do you know me?"
Hearing this, the boy in gray clothes grinned and said: "You are really my boss. I naturally know you, my boss, please invite me in. The shopkeeper has given instructions, saying that when I see you, I must invite you in."
The young man in gray warmly welcomed Kou Ji into Wanxiang Pawn Shop.
From time to time, he greeted the boys in the pawn shop and gave Kou Ji gifts.
"The boss is here!"
"The boss is here!"
"..."
"I've met my boss!"
"..."
All the boys who work in Wanxiang Pawn Shop know that there are two owners in Wanxiang Pawn Shop.
One is the nephew of the queen, and the other is the grandson of the prime minister.
With these two backers, the business of Wanxiang Pawn Shop has never encountered any difficulties.
Those petty officials in the yamen who check merchants' tax liabilities always go around the shop every time they come to the entrance of Wanxiang Pawn Shop.
Those green-skinned gangsters on the street don't dare to go to the pawn shop to cause trouble.
Last time, a reckless man went to a pawn shop to cause trouble, and was arrested on the spot by people from the Inspection Department. He has never been seen again until now.
There are rumors that the people from the Inspection Department have thrown the reckless man into the Jinshui River and fed him to the bastard.
No one is looking for trouble, and no one is looking for trouble. In addition, Zhang Cheng is good at management, so the business of Wanxiang Pawn Shop is far better than that of other peers.
Neither Liu Heng nor Zhang Cheng are stingy people.
So they often give rewards to the servants.
The boys took the money and were full of feelings for their boss.
So I always look for opportunities to say thank you in person.
They had seen the queen's nephew often and had already thanked him, but they had never seen the prime minister's grandson.
Now that I have seen it, I naturally want to thank you.
By the way, show your face in front of the boss, maybe the boss can help them a little bit.
Kou Ji had never met them, but they knew Kou Ji's deeds very well.
They all heard from Zhang Cheng and Liu Heng how Kou Ji started from scratch and how he amassed a fortune of more than 100,000 yuan in just a few months.
They also know that the real owner of Wanxiang Pawn Shop is Kou Ji.
It is obvious to everyone how kind Kou Ji is to his subordinates.
Zhang Cheng was a son-in-law of Buzhuang. Under Kou Jiti's advice, he became the shopkeeper of the largest pawn shop in Bianjing City.
Erbao and Lu Ming, two servants, began to study under Kou Jiti's advice. It is said that they will take the imperial examination in the future.
So they showed great enthusiasm in front of Kou Ji, hoping that Kou Ji would take a fancy to them and give them some advice.
Kou Ji dealt with them casually and, led by the young man in gray, entered the backyard of Wanxiang Pawn Shop.
As soon as I entered the backyard, I heard the sound of reading aloud.
A smile unconsciously appeared on Kou Ji's lips.
The young man in gray clothes stopped at the door of the backyard, listening to the sound of reading in the backyard with an envious look.
Kou Ji looked at him doubtfully, "Don't you want to go in?"
The young boy in gray clothes laughed dryly and said: "Sir, he never lets us disturb him when he is teaching. I won't let you in..."
Kou Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "You can also go and listen to my teacher's lectures when you have time."
The young man in gray clothes was stunned and said ecstatically: "Thank you, my boss, for the tip."
Kou Ji smiled, said nothing, and stepped into the backyard.
In the backyard.
Two rows of tables and chairs are placed side by side.
Erbao, Lu Ming, and Zhang Cheng's son were sitting side by side.
The gentleman teaching the class was sitting in the front row, facing them, and was teaching them knowledge.
After the gentleman saw Kou Ji, he quickly stood up, cupped his hands and said, "I've seen the young master..."
When Erbao and the other three heard this, they turned around one after another.
When Er Bao and Lu Ming saw Kou Ji, their faces looked happy.
On the contrary, it was Zhang Cheng's son who looked at Kou Ji with confusion.
He and Kou Ji had only met each other a few times, so they didn't have a deep impression and there was no relationship between them.
Although Er Bao and Lu Ming's faces were full of surprise, they did not make any movement and still sat at the table in a dignified manner.
Seeing this, Kou Ji nodded with satisfaction.
It can be seen that the gentleman teaching them not only taught them knowledge, but also taught them a lot of etiquette.
Kou Ji bowed his hand to his husband and said, "The results are good, thank you for your hard work."
When the husband heard this, he said with a smile: "I don't dare to say how hard it is to work for the young master."
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "I will definitely keep my promise to you."
The husband respectfully bowed his hand to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji pointed at the second treasure, Lu Ming, and said to his husband: "I'll talk to them..."
The teacher nodded and said to Erbao and the others: "Class is over..."
After Erbao and the others stood up and saluted their husband, they cheered and rushed towards Kou Ji.
Erbao and Lu Ming rushed to Kou Ji and looked at Kou Ji excitedly.
Zhang Cheng's son stopped in front of the desk and looked at Kou Ji.
"Master!"
"Master!"
Erbao, Lu Ming shouted excitedly.
Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "You two have grown a lot, so you can see that the food is good."
The two little guys nodded vigorously.
Kou Jixiao asked: "How is your studies?"
The two little guys began to talk about what they had learned recently and what they had learned.
Kou Ji listened carefully and found that the two little guys had learned a lot recently.
Although they started to develop late, the two little guys were willing to endure hardships, so they learned a lot.
Erbao has learned more than 700 words.
Lu Ming knew more than a thousand words.
They will also memorize some ancient poems and essays.
Kou Ji was already very pleased that the two children, who had only been in school for less than a few months, could learn this.
He gave the two little guys a few words of encouragement.
He also promised them that when he comes here next time, he will bring them three sets of good pens, inks, paper and inkstones.
Then, amid the cheers of the two little guys, he sent them off to play.
After they left, the husband took Kou Ji to the room and sat down.
Not long after he sat down, Zhang Chengcheng appeared in the room.
As soon as he entered the door, he shouted loudly: "Brother Koji, you are here."
After not seeing each other for dozens of days, Zhang Cheng has gained a lot of weight. It seems that he has been socializing a lot recently.
Kou Ji smiled at Zhang Cheng and said, "How is brother Zhang Cheng doing recently?"
Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "Okay! Very good! With the methods you pointed out before, our business has always been very good."
After a pause, Zhang Cheng put away his smile and whispered: "I'm just a little worried about you, and you don't allow me to visit your house, so I can only worry here."
Kou Ji asked suspiciously: "Why are you worried about me?"
Zhang Cheng glared and said: "Our Wanxiang Pawn Shop's business is getting bigger and bigger, and we come into contact with more and more people. I often hear news about the Kou Mansion from others.
I heard that the power struggle between the DPRK and China is fierce now, and the Kou government is also involved in it, and is still at a disadvantage.
If you are not careful, the whole family will be distributed.
Tell me, after hearing this kind of news, can I not worry about you?"
Kou Ji was slightly stunned, not expecting that Zhang Cheng would also know about this.
But when I think about it carefully, I feel relieved.
Now Kou Zhun and others are fighting fiercely with Liu E and Ding Wei, and the news has already spread in Bianjing city.
It would be strange if Zhang Cheng didn't know.
Kou Ji smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about me... I won't be assigned."
Zhang Cheng asked doubtfully: "Really?"
Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "Really!"
Hearing this, Zhang Changcheng breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good..."
Although he did not know how fierce and dangerous the struggle for power between the DPRK and China was, he had an almost blind trust in Kou Ji.
He believed everything Kou Ji said.
Because so far, he has never seen anything that Kou Ji can't do.
Zhang Cheng looked at Kou Ji and said with a smile: "As long as nothing happens to you, I don't have to worry about you anymore."