After Zhang Yuanwai finished speaking, he pointed to the rice bag in front of him and motioned for him to move on.

The guard reluctantly put the rice bag on Zhang Yuanwai's shoulder, and then continued to move the rice.

While Zhang Yuan was loading the car.

The Liangcheng Jin Caoling they mentioned, the show-loving Master Liu, was actually misunderstood by them.

In fact, Mr. Liu is not as showy as they say.

On the contrary, Mr. Liu knew that he was just a small civil servant at the beginning and had no background. If he kept a low profile, how could he join forces to win over the wealthy gentry and quietly form his own team?

If it weren't for the help of these team members, they had often provided relief to the victims in these years, and when Jin Cao stepped down six months ago, they suddenly worked together to secretly help him gain the momentum he deserves.

In addition, he has very senior qualifications and good abilities, so he is worthy of being appointed as the Jin Cao and the prefect, but he is not qualified to be the Jin Cao Ling.

Now, if we can take another step forward, we can wait for the position of the account bookkeeper in the city. If we go up further, we may be able to go to the imperial capital to report on our duties, take up a post in the Ministry of Revenue, and become an official in the court.

Mr. Liu, who is now thirty-six years old, has already planned his life.

At this time.

Mr. Liu, who is wearing official robes, looks like an official, but has a temperament more like a businessman, is entertaining four senior officials in Liangcheng in a spacious mansion in Liangcheng.

At the same time, when the four smiling officials came to the main hall and saw all the servants leaving, they each took out four precious jade stones from their arms.

According to this condition, the total value can be worth hundreds of gold.

Mr. Liu, who was once a civil servant in the Jin Dynasty, often came into contact with various trades in the city. He has a sharp eye and can certainly find out the price of these treasures.

However, Mr. Liu did not ask for it. Instead, he said to the four officials with flattering smiles: "It's better to take the things back. It's not good for outsiders to see them."

"Sir, you are joking." When a senior official saw that Mr. Liu refused to accept it, he quickly flattered him: "If it weren't for your help, I would still be tinkering with those beast skins in Zhou County. How could I be here today? How could I be in the city?

Open a big pawn shop here?"

"Both are the same!" Another senior official was also advising from the side, hoping that Mr. Liu would accept it, "Senior Liu and I are all running the shops.

Nowadays, these jade stones are just my little thoughts.

According to what you said before, 30% of the gross profit of the store belongs to you.

These jade stones only add a bonus to the 30%.

After all, if these shops are run by adults and don’t arrange for me to wait, then I won’t even be able to drink a sip of hot soup!

If adults didn’t support me, how could I own a restaurant?"

"Yes!" The other two members of the team next to them also nodded, feeling that what the restaurant owner said was reasonable.

If it weren't for Mr. Liu, the four of them would not have the enviable and unlimited scenery they have today.

Whether this is to repay a favor or to continue to rely on this big tree, you must show your loyalty.

When Mr. Liu saw that they were trying to persuade him to accept the treasure, he waved his hands unmoved and said: "I don't know how to buy and sell. If you ask me to handle this store, I will lose money.

I entrusted it to four shopkeepers because they have been with me for many years and are dedicated to serving the people.

So today I made it clear that I don’t want the 30% profit thing. After all, I am now the Jincao of Liangcheng, and too many people are watching, so as not to leave anyone with a reason to talk about it.

As for the 30% profit, you can put some of this money into your own pocket. I won't ask more questions or care about it, because you deserve it.

But for the rest, if you are serious, you can set up porridge stalls outside each county."

"This..." Several people looked at each other and saw that Mr. Liu was unmoved and had already ordered the next thing, so they stopped talking.

After that, they just have to do it.

If they don't do it, or if they dare to line their own pockets and violate the law, then they also know what will happen.

Because in addition to the four of them, there were three other people who had followed Mr. Liu early.

It's just that these three people were greedy and kept trying to avoid giving money to help poor people. Then Master Liu took over the store and drove them out of Liangcheng.

Having learned from the past, they naturally dare not do anything that violates the rules.

Several people thought about this, and when they saw that Mr. Liu had no other instructions, they said goodbye and left.

Mr. Liu rubbed his brows when he saw these city officials leaving.

Dealing with these people is difficult, very difficult.

It's all because these people often bring some gold and silver, and from time to time they also send beautiful women and rare treasures.

Of course he liked it, and he was very moved, and he almost couldn't hold it back several times.

He just doesn't know when he will be dazzled by these, fall in, and forget his original intention.

In his heart, his original intention was that only by being a higher official could he do more good deeds for more poor disciples and poor people.

He comes from a poor family, has no resources, and is not very knowledgeable. For this original intention, he has only been able to exchange interests for many years, and has always used vertical and horizontal alliances. Although his behavior is not dignified and righteous, he is dedicated to serving the people.<

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But sometimes he really wants to take a break from the busy work and find a quiet place to rest, instead of facing such troubles every day and being misunderstood by some people who don't know why.

But what Mr. Liu doesn’t know is.

Zhang Yuanwai from Zhou County had just prepared a fine piece of jade, and when he was going to the city, he stopped by to visit this corrupt official.

Today.

Zhang Yuanwai's group of twelve people and five carriages had left Zhou County in the morning and were on their way to the city.

Just waiting for them to eat some solid food at noon and continue on their way.

It's afternoon and we're halfway down the road.

The guard leader discovered a tea shed ahead.

Seeing a place for a short rest, he was both happy and a little confused and said to Zhang Yuanwai next to him: "Uncle, I remember we didn't see this tea shed when we walked from here a few days ago.

Suddenly there is a wild shop, and I don’t know if this shop is from our county or a nearby county.”

"Since we've met, let's go over and have a rest." Zhang Yuanwai said casually, "Wouldn't it be better if there were more tea shops and inns on the road? After traveling for a long time like this, when you want to rest, you can find a place to stay early.

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"That's right." The guard nodded and then thought: "Uncle, how about we also open a tea shed?"

"Yes, you are married now, so you should have your own business." Zhang Yuanwai smiled and said: "It's not a big deal to follow the convoy all day long.

And if you want to open it, go to the accounting office and pay some money.

But I can tell you, you have to be at least twenty miles away from this tea shed, otherwise the business between you and this shop will be divided equally.

Especially since there are a lot of woods nearby and it is far away from the town. If you set up a stall, you may have to sleep in the wild with wild animals."

"Forget it then..." The guard thought about hearing the howls of wild wolves or meeting bandits in the forest when he was sleeping at night, so he shook his head and stopped thinking about this business.

It's better to follow your uncle and run a sports car team.

There is also a monthly payment of three taels of silver, and every time a delivery comes back, the uncle will give him a commission.

I have less than ten taels of silver a month to start with, plus food, clothing, housing, transportation, and my children’s private school fees, my uncle is in charge of it.

The ten taels of silver per month can be saved completely.

How can the days of setting up stalls outside the city be as comfortable as this?

At the same time, when the guard was thinking about this, he found that the uncle suddenly left the convoy with a smile, as if he saw an acquaintance at the tea stall ahead.

He subconsciously looked forward and was surprised to find that the person sitting in the store was none other than the departing Mr. Ning.

"Sir, the reception was not good the past few days."

Zhang Yuanwai hurried to the tea stall and bowed apologetically to Ning He.

When Ning He saw an acquaintance arriving, he was ready to greet him, but suddenly heard his words and wondered where they came from.

But after thinking about it for a moment, maybe Zhang Yuanwai misunderstood him because he left as he pleased.

So he faced the kind-hearted Yuanwai Zhang, the first person he met in this world, who invited him to eat and hitchhike.

Ning He invited him to sit down with the caravan and said, "Ning had something to do a few days ago, so I left without saying goodbye."

"So that's it..." Zhang Yuanwai was suddenly stunned. At the same time, he looked at what looked like a newly built tea shed, and then looked at the books in front of Ninghe's table. He seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and then curiously said: "This shop belongs to Mr.

?"

"We took the ride a few days ago." Ning He stood up and prepared to get tea for Zhang Yuanwai.

The guard looked at the vertical sign that said 'For your own use', and his eyes were quick and he brought the tea, which was still warm.

Ning He saw that Zhang Yuanwai and others were receiving tea, so he continued to fill in the words.

Zhang Yuanwai took the tea and was about to chat with his husband again, but when he saw that his husband was reading a book, he stopped talking.

For a moment, Yuan Zhang was silent, and the rest of the people were quietly sipping tea.

Feeling the cold wind blowing outside the shed.

Zhang Yuanwai sipped the warm tea that was bitter yet sweet, and then looked at Mr. Ning who was filling in the book.

Perhaps Mr. Ning's sense of leisure influenced him.
To be continued...