In the afternoon, a very fierce dragon boat race was held in the river behind Yueke Building. Many people gathered on both sides of the bank to cheer. Even Tang Ji and Li Yu ran away because they had earned more than 10,000 taels of silver for no reason and had no intention of resting.
Went to join in the fun.
It wasn't until most of the afternoon that Jiang Ran and her three daughters returned to the building, and everyone planned to leave.
"Uncle, you don't even know how heavy those things are, I'm so tired!" Jiu'er's arms were still a little sore because he helped his young lady and Song Yao carry too many things, and she followed Tang Ji with a little pout.
Complain.
Tang Ji walked down the stairs, turned around, touched her head, and said comfortingly: "Okay, the ice cellar in the house has been built. I will go back and make you a cold drink."
Hearing this, Jiu'er's eyes suddenly lit up. Ever since her uncle promised her in Jingwang County that as long as she won the competition, she would have endless cold drinks in the summer, she had been looking forward to it. She couldn't help but licked the corners of her mouth and said with a smile: "Thank you, uncle!
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"Tang Ji, I want it too!" Li Yu reminded him, then walked straight to the counter and said to Lu Hongda who was standing inside: "Shopkeeper, pay the bill!"
Lu Hongda previously only knew that Room No. 2 Yunzi was booked by Prince You's Mansion, but he didn't know that Prince You would come here in person. He quickly shook his head: "I don't dare, I'll treat this meal as a treat for a villain,"
Li Yu raised his eyebrows slightly. He never liked owing favors to others, and said in a deep voice: "What? Shopkeeper Lu looks down on me?"
"The common people don't dare!" Lu Hongda sweated on his forehead. He waved his hand quickly, rolled his eyes, and explained: "The reason why the common people don't accept His Highness You Wang's money is because His Highness You Wang also helped the common people. It's not true.
To hide the truth, the Yang family wanted to take over Cao Min's restaurant a long time ago. Cao Min didn't agree, so they asked people to come to the building to cause trouble, causing the business to get worse and worse. Now they are still struggling to support it. It's not easy to see
If the Yang family suffers, the common people should be happy!"
Hearing this, Tang Ji couldn't help but think of the Yang family's previous threat to Huang Anzhi to hand over the pastry shop. He walked up quickly and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Lu, if you encounter this kind of thing in the future, you can report it to the government. If it is the county
If the order is not dealt with or the Yang family is mishandled, you come to Jiranju to find me, and I will make the decision for you!"
Suddenly, Lu Hongda's face showed joy, which meant that he also had someone to support him now?
With a prince and the most talented person in Ning Guo supporting him, the Yang family will be nothing from now on!
He no longer thought about it and quickly thanked him: "Thank you, Mr. Tang!"
Since the other party insisted not to collect money, Li Yu did not insist anymore and led everyone out of the restaurant.
"His Royal Highness Youwang, Master Tang, walk slowly~"
Soon after, Lu Hongda waved and watched the carriage go away. The smile on his lips became brighter and his mood became even better. He hummed a little tune and returned to the building.
Two carriages were moving slowly down the street, one behind the other. Tang Ji, Li Yu, and Sun Yufu were sitting in the carriage in front. Cheng Tie's voice soon came from outside the curtain.
"Brother Tang, should we go to the bookshop or go back to Jiranju?"
Tang Ji thought for a while and replied: "Ji Ranju, I'm a little tired today. Go back and have a good rest. Shen Ling is enough in the bookstore."
"Okay!" Cheng Tie yelled and started driving the car honestly.
Li Yu glanced at Sun Yufu, who was lying on his side in the carriage and snoring, pulled out the clothes that were pressed under his thighs, sighed, and turned to Tang Ji and asked: "Hey, why do you want to help that person?"
Lu Hongda? I sent Song Xiao to find out. Yang Tianchang didn’t know that we were in Yunzi Room No. 2. That guy revealed it, which means he was using us!"
"Then you should thank him. Without his scheming, where would the fifteen thousand taels of silver come from?" Tang Ji replied jokingly, and then explained: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Since I have decided to treat the Yang family
Let's take action. Wouldn't it be better to have an alliance? There must be many small merchants in the city who are threatened by the Yang family. I will ask Ye Zheng to investigate when I get back. Then we will unite these people and go to the government to report the case every three days and torture the Yang family to death!
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Hearing this, Li Yu nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and continued to ask: "Then why did you tell Yang Tianchang directly, wouldn't it be better if we caught him off guard?"
Tang Ji touched his nose and explained calmly: "There are many reasons for doing this, the most important thing is psychological shock. If I say those words, the Yang family will definitely be wary of me, but they don't know when I will take action.
In what way will I deal with them? This is also a kind of mental torture for them. From now on, I will start to harvest the Yang family's property. They know it is me, but they can't do anything. They can only watch themselves.
The collapse of our family's industry is also a blow to them. If I want to force them to jump over the wall, it would be best for Yang Tianchang to come and chop me with a knife. By then, the Yang family will be completely finished!"
Looking at the sneer at the corner of his mouth, Li Yu couldn't help but shudder. This guy's heart was getting dirty. He shook his head and continued to ask: "Don't forget that there is Li Qin behind the Yang family.
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"If I want to move the Yang family, Yang Tianchang can't keep him, and the same goes for Li Qin!" Tang Ji's tone was very calm, as if he was saying something normal.
Li Yu saw that he was so confident, so he didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, they are good brothers, and we should share difficulties together!
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After driving for a long time, the carriage slowly stopped outside Ji Ranju.
Sun Yufu drank a lot of wine, and the breath he exhaled while snoring had a pungent smell, which polluted the air in the entire carriage. Li Yu had been nauseated for a long time, but when he saw Cheng Tie lift the curtain, he didn't stop at all and took the lead.
He rushed out, got off the carriage and took a deep breath of fresh air.
Tang Ji followed closely, and his expression was not very good. If he had known better, he should have left Old Man Sun in the restaurant and let him sober up before coming back. He shook his head, but suddenly found himself on the small stone steps next to his door.
There was a figure sitting with a little boy in his arms.
Meng Yunyang also saw Tang Ji and planned to help his brother get up to say hello.
"No need to be polite!" Tang Ji quickly came up to him, looked at the fair-faced boy lying in his arms, and asked, "Why don't you go in?"
"I asked the guards at the house and they said you haven't come back yet, so I had to wait here." Meng Yunyang explained.
Hearing this, Tang Ji raised the corner of his mouth slightly, feeling in his heart that the young man in front of him was pretty good, and then asked: "So, he is the one who is in trouble for you?"
Meng Yunyang nodded, but before he could answer, he was startled by a figure that suddenly appeared in front of him!