In the lobby of the Lin family, Lin Kunping smashed an expensive jade and white porcelain teacup on the ground, with an angry look on his wrinkled old face: "Tang Ji, it's you again, do you have to go against my Lin family?"
Steward Luo stood behind the chair next to him and whispered back: "Master, I'm afraid that boy still remembers the incident where the young master led someone to rob Jiang Ran."
"Hmph, eight of my Lin family guards got in, and Chan'er was thrown into jail because of it. What else does he want?" Lin Kunping sat back on the chair again and knocked on the table hard.
Butler Luo was quiet for a moment, then smiled: "Sir, that's fine. Let Tang Ji advertise to the Jianghai Chamber of Commerce. After a while, we will see how they can explain to the guests when they have no raw materials."
Hearing this, Lin Kunping was not happy, but felt a little uneasy, because the performance of the Jianghai Chamber of Commerce was so abnormal, as if it was not worried about the increase in raw material prices at all. If the other party was not affected, then the Lin family might put themselves on the line.
Go in.
Just as he was about to ask Luo Fu to investigate, a servant walked in outside the door.
"I would like to inform the owner of the family that Jianghai Rice Shop and Cloth Shop will be closed from now on. There are rumors that they need to be repaired." The servant said with his hands raised.
After hearing what he said, Lin Kunping and Butler Luo's eyes lit up at the same time. The latter bowed and smiled and said: "Congratulations, head of the family, our Lin family will defeat the Jianghai Chamber of Commerce in just a short time."
Lin Kunping sneered. In this game, the Lin family was better. After all, Yue Shuhua was just a woman. Why should she fight with him? He waved his hand and ordered: "Start purchasing Jianghai's garments immediately. I will
We want the Jianghai Chamber of Commerce to disappear completely!"
"Yes!" Butler Luo responded and led his servants outside the house.
At the same time, the luncheon at the governor's house in Beicheng was still in progress. Zeng Jin finally had some time to spare and drank a few more drinks. His face was red at this time, but he still raised his glass: "Come on, Mr. Yan, I'm still here."
I didn’t thank you properly for the Three Character Classic!”
Yan Jiong laughed twice and said that if he had a good relationship with the governor, he might be able to do better in the future, but he still replied humbly: "The Three Character Classic was presented by Mr. Tang, and it is not much different from the lower official."
relationship, but in the final analysis, it is the adults who govern Huaizhou well that can cultivate talents like Tang Ji."
Zeng Jin was very happy to be blown by the rainbow fart. He puffed up his stomach and burped: "This Tang Ji is not bad, but he has gone astray. He can obviously write such good articles and poems, so he doesn't work hard to pass the exam."
When you serve the imperial court, you go into business instead, you are really a bastard who cannot be taught!"
"What the Lord said is absolutely true!" Yan Jiong took a sip of wine, but thinking of the relationship between Tang Ji and Li Yu, he quickly added: "But Sir, it is also a good thing for you that Tang Ji opens a bookstore!"
"Good thing? Where did the good thing come from? The unsatisfactory boy in my family was fascinated by the books he wrote about gods and ghosts. He had a dazzling eye and was able to control the sky and the earth. He just followed him like a demon." Zeng Jin leaned on him tiredly.
On the chair.
Yan Jiong raised his eyebrows slightly and continued: "Sir, Tang Ji's printing technology that can produce books in batches is a great blessing to Huaizhou. Many students who originally looked down on books can now browse sages with only ten coins.
I believe that in the near future, our Huaizhou talents will shine brightly and become famous in one fell swoop, and they will definitely remember your contribution!"
Zeng Jin was obviously a little drunk, and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Huh? Yes, I have forgotten about this. I will ask him to hand over the printing skills another day. I want to print more books for me.
Talented scholars from Huaizhou study!"
"This, this is not good." Yan Jiong picked up the wine bottle and filled his small cup.
Zeng Jin finished the drink in one gulp and waved his hand: "What's wrong? I am an official and he is a citizen. I ask him to hand it over, but he still wants to resist?"
Yan Jiong swallowed his saliva and reminded softly: "But Ji Ran's Bookstore is backed by Prince You's Mansion."
In an instant, Zeng Jin was half awake, and then he remembered Li Yu's existence. Then he sighed helplessly, waved his hand and shouted: "That's it, stop talking, drink!"
Even so, he still kept this matter in mind. After all, Tang Ji had helped him intentionally or unintentionally, making his political achievements even higher. Coupled with his relationship with King You, he planned to one day
Send someone to commend the other party.
...
At the entrance of Linxi Lane, the person following Tang Ji today was not Li Yu, but a charming woman in a purple skirt.
Yue Shuhua's walking posture is snake-like, coupled with her standard devilish figure, it is enough to capture the soul of every man who walks by, and women will jealously call her "vixen".
Tang Ji looked bitter and reminded softly: "Sister Yue, can you walk normally?"
"Huh, this is called the charm of a woman, you don't understand!" Yue Shuhua proudly raised her frightening peaks, not forgetting to shake them twice, and then said: "Your advertising space is really eye-catching, why?
Like? How much money have you made? Is it enough to redeem sister Jiang Ran?"
Tang Ji shook his head helplessly: "How could it be so fast?"
Although the bookstore can now earn hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver a day, after excluding the cost and the share to be given to Yue Shuhua and Li Yu, there is not much left in his hands. Currently, he is still far away from 10,000 taels of silver.
Very different.
However, fortunately, the collector's edition of "Journey to the West" was put into operation through hype. In a few days, one hundred books, with a unit price of fifty taels of silver, would be sold for 5,000 taels of silver, and more and more people would be sold.
The more people invest in advertising space, the more money you can earn.
The smile on Yue Shuhua's face continued: "If you don't have enough money, remember to ask your sister for it."
Tang Ji politely cupped his hands: "Thank you, Sister Yue, but I can handle it myself. You should concentrate on dealing with the Lin family. Now that Mihang and Buhang have closed at the same time, the Lin family must think that the Jianghai Chamber of Commerce cannot survive."
"I have never taken the Lin family seriously. After this time, there will only be Jianghai Chamber of Commerce in Yunhuai City." Yue Shuhua's tone was a little lazy, but he seemed extremely confident.
The two of them were walking towards Jiang Ran's courtyard when they heard insults coming from a courtyard at the corner of the street and the girl's retort.
Tang Ji quickly heard Jiu'er's voice and trotted over.
"Oh, you little bitch, you dare to speak back for your master. You two, master and servant, are not worthy of living in Linxi Lane. You are simply dirtying our land. I can smell your arrogance from so far away.
." The woman with a waist as big as a bucket cursed angrily at the top of her lungs.
Jiu'er gritted her silver teeth and wanted to refute, but was stopped by Jiang Ran.
But the next second, a figure passed by them and walked straight to the woman before stopping.
Tang Ji didn't hesitate at all, raised his hand and slapped him.
"Crack!"
The crisp sound echoed in the small courtyard, and the woman froze on the spot.
Jiang Ran quickly grabbed Tang Ji's arm and said softly: "Tang Ji, don't mess around."
Tang Ji showed a soft smile and patted her hand to indicate that it was okay. He knew that Jiang Ran had been insisting on persuading the neighbors to take back the money in the past two days, but most people couldn't stand her, and even said bad words to her, comforting: "
They have all fallen in the eyes of money, how can they turn back?"
From time to time, the woman came back to her senses, covered her cheek with one hand, and pointed at Tang Ji with the other hand: "You, you dare to hit me, this matter is not over yet, just wait for me, the master comes back!"
After saying that, she was about to close the door, but was stopped by the charming woman.
Yue Shuhua took out a ten-tael silver ingot from his sleeve and threw it on the ground in front of the other party: "Slap yourself ten times, and this silver will be yours."
Hearing this, the woman's eyes lit up. This was simply more profitable than giving the money to Li Daniu. With a smile on her face, she picked up the money and bit it twice. After confirming that there was no problem, she put it in her arms and then raised her hand to her.
Slap those fat cheeks away.
Jiang Ran still wanted to stop him, but Yue Shuhua held his wrist and led him outside the house.
"Sister Jiang Ran, long time no see. Did you miss me? I happened to meet Tang Ji on the road and forgot to bring a gift."
Jiang Ran lowered his head and replied softly: "It doesn't matter, Sister Yue can come if she wants."
As she spoke, she still did not forget to glance back.
Tang Ji saw that the other party was hopelessly slapping himself, shook his head, and led Jiu'er to follow the two of them.
He had long known that many people in Linxi Alley had grudges against Jiang Ran and Jiu'er, and now they misunderstood their good intentions. But as the saying goes, "people of the same kind flock together, birds of a feather flock together", these people will always regret it.
One day, and he planned to move the two of them out of here as soon as possible.