Chapter 10 How big is it? Covering the sky with one hand
Zhou Peirong's face also darkened, and he stared at Chen San
The atmosphere became tense instantly.
The people around seemed to know that something was wrong and dispersed one after another.
Just when the situation was tense, Zhou Peirong grinned and said, "Master Chen is joking. I'm just making a joke for Master Chen."
"How is 30% enough? 40%! One month I will give Mr. Chen 40% of the profit, and the extra 10% will be treated as a meeting gift from Zhou to Mr. Chen!"
Chen San couldn't react to this sudden change.
But he soon came back to his senses, laughed and said: "Haha, Chen knew from the first moment he saw Shopkeeper Zhou that you can achieve great things!"
There was a flash of excitement in his eyes that was difficult for others to detect.
But Zhou Peirong caught it, and he continued: "It's just Mr. Chen, this place has just opened not long ago. I'm afraid I won't be able to give you this money until next month."
"No problem!" Chen San waved his hand and said with a sad smile: "As long as shopkeeper Zhou agrees, Chen will send someone to pick it up next month."
In Liming County, as long as the other party still wants to live, no one dares to rely on him, Chen San!
Looking at the smiling face of the young man in front of him, he became more and more satisfied.
This guy is very smart.
He actually asked for an extra 10%.
The above only requires 30%, so the extra 10% goes into your own pocket.
Who would think that they have too much money?
"Master Chen, what do you think?" Zhou Peirong glanced at many people from far away and looked at Chen San with some embarrassment.
Chen San understood and scolded the strong men beside him with a straight face: "Why are you stopping here? Haven't you seen that you are blocking Shopkeeper Zhou from doing business?"
Several strong men heard this and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
"Then Chen is here to wish shopkeeper Zhou a prosperous business." Chen Sanpi smiled and turned around to leave.
When their backs disappeared at the end of the street, Zhou Peirong's smiling face slowly faded.
"Uncle..." Li Yulian on the side asked worriedly: "Are we still selling tofu?"
She felt some pain in her body.
Selling tofu is a huge profit, and even 40% of the profit has to be paid out.
According to the market situation that uncle said, wouldn't it be possible to distribute dozens of taels a month?
"Sister-in-law, let's sell it first. I have my own plan for this matter." Zhou Peirong said calmly and walked out of the store immediately.
Came to the small alley next to it.
But now there is a person standing in the alley.
Li Shaoqi.
The young owner of Liji Restaurant in the county seat.
Seeing Zhou Peirong's ugly face, Li Shaoqi sighed and said, "Brother Zhou, don't worry about it, Chen San is not easy to mess with."
"If Brother Zhou didn't act after seeing my eyes just now, that would be really difficult."
Zhou Peirong really didn't want to compromise just now, but he changed his mind when he accidentally saw Li Shaoqi in the crowd winking at him crazily.
After a moment of silence, Zhou Peirong frowned and said, "Does this Chen Sanda have some background?"
Although he is also from Liming County, he has been living in the subordinate Xifeng Town and rarely comes to the county.
I really don’t know the doorway here.
Li Shaoqi had a look of disdain in his eyes and said: "This Chen San is just a low-level scoundrel."
After a pause, he slowly calmed his expression, took a deep breath and said, "The people behind him are the real big shots."
"Oh? How big is it?" Zhou Peirong was also interested.
"How old do you think a person can be in Liming County?" Li Shaoqi smiled bitterly.
Zhou Peirong was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, a little surprised.
"Brother Li is talking about... the county magistrate?"
Li Shaoqi nodded and said: "As big as a restaurant or an inn, as small as a peddler or a lackey, you need to pay him 30% of the profit. The same goes for my Li family."
Hearing this, Zhou Peirong took a deep breath.
This is such a huge corruption!
Liming County has a permanent population of 70,000 to 80,000 people. If towns and villages are included, the number would be over 200,000.
Not to mention too many, there are at least two thousand traders and businessmen.
If each of these two thousand merchants handed over 30%, what a fortune that would be!
"This...is such a huge corruption, and no one comes to investigate?" Zhou Peirong was a little confused.
"Check?" Li Shaoqi smiled bitterly.
"The governor of Shu County is my brother-in-law. Who is going to investigate? The court has no control over us."
Zhou Peirong was silent.
Since ancient times, imperial power has not been sent to the countryside, and the most the court can do is check with the county governor.
As long as the county governor does not fall, the county prince will be the local emperor of Liming County.
But when he thought of handing over his wasted money to those people, Zhou Peirong felt a little unhappy.
It seems that he noticed something unusual about him.
Li Shaoqi patted his shoulder and sighed: "So what if you don't want to give in?"
"As long as Brother Zhou is still in Shu County, this situation cannot be avoided."
"Does Brother Zhou still want to leave Shu County? Who can guarantee that there is no other place?"
Seeing that Zhou Peirong was silent for a long time, Li Shaoqi smiled and said: "Li came here today just to remind Brother Zhou. Now that the problem has been solved, I will leave first."
After a pause, he added: "But Brother Zhou took the initiative to give up 40% of the profit. Your future development in Liming County will definitely be much smoother than others. This is not a good thing."
After saying that, he glanced at Zhou Peirong. Seeing that he still didn't respond, he sighed and turned around to leave.
After the other party went away, Zhou Peirong raised his head.
His eyes gradually became firmer, and a fire seemed to be burning inside.
"Isn't it just a small county magistrate? As long as I am as rich as the country, the emperor will give me three portions of thin noodles when he comes!"
He wants to make money! Make big money!
The money handed over now will be there temporarily at that time.
When the time comes in the future, they will definitely let them spit it out with profits!
When I returned to the store, there were not many people there.
Only occasionally a few people who came late were selling tofu.
After the last few customers left, Li Yulian raised her sleeves and wiped the thin sweat from her forehead.
"ah!"
As soon as she turned around, she bumped into a strong chest, and Li Yulian was immediately startled.
But after seeing clearly that it was Zhou Peirong, she slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
She rolled her eyes at him angrily, patted her chest and said, "Uncle didn't tell me when he came in, which scared the slave family."
At this moment, Li Yulian had a few naughty strands of hair on her forehead and fine beads of sweat on her neck.
It seems that because she was too busy just now, her breathing was a little rapid, her little cherry mouth was slightly open, and she exhaled like a blue.
This gesture made her already charming face even more charming.
The two of them were so close now that the faint fragrance penetrated their noses.
Especially Li Yulian's action of slapping his chest just now was like slapping him on the apex of his heart.
His throat felt inexplicably sore, and his lower abdomen seemed to be on fire.
I obviously wanted to turn my head away and stop watching this enchanting scene, but my body couldn't control it.