On City Wall Street inside Xiangyang Gate, many people gathered in front of a courtyard, pointing at the wide open gate.
There were several Kuaishou standing outside the door, all wearing new Zaobao uniforms, with a red piece of cloth sewn on their upper arms with the word Kuai embroidered on it.
When the people saw this costume, they were all talking about it, knowing that the Kuaiban was out to arrest someone again.
Pang Yu himself was wearing the same Zaoban uniform and paused for a moment on the street to observe the reactions of the people. It seemed that they had been able to identify that the fast class was running errands. This was already a preliminary result.
At present, the work of quelling the chaos is still very complicated. The fast class has been recruiting people. Pang Yu has no time to train these people, so he can only start with the image, especially to distinguish it from the soap class and the strong class, so he added an armband.
According to Pang Yu's current request, a team of Kuaishou is required to patrol the streets every morning, so that people can see Kuaiban every day, and continue to strengthen the impression of Kuaiban's power.
Pang Yu walked into the courtyard through the broken door. There were three quickies inside. Jiang Fan was standing with a knife, while Ruan Jin and Xu Lengzi were pressing one person to the ground. There were women and children crying in the side room next to them.
Pang Yu looked around the courtyard and said, "Let Shopkeeper Liu go."
The two men let go, but Liu Ruogu still lay down for a while before he got up with difficulty, bowed to Pang Yu, "I've seen Pang Bantou."
Pang Yu tilted his head and looked at Liu Ruogu. The shopkeeper of Xinhe Dianpu looked a little haggard. Just one month ago, Pang Yu was still trembling when he went to see him and Yin Deng, fearing that he would accidentally expose his feet. Now he is
It's like the other way around.
"Shopkeeper Liu, wouldn't you please come in and have a seat?"
Liu Ruogu turned sideways and silently made a gesture of invitation. Pang Yu was not polite and went straight into the main room.
Jiang Fan and the other three also walked in and each took a side.
Pang Yu still sat in the guest seat according to the rules. After he sat down, Liu Ruogu brought a plate of grapes from the side and said carefully to Pang Yu, "We don't have hot water at home, so we won't make tea for Pantou Pang.
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"You're welcome, Shopkeeper Liu. Today we mainly talk, eating and drinking are not important."
Liu Ruogu took a seat at the head of the table, "Is Bantou Pang here to arrest Liu?"
Pang Yu glanced around and said relaxedly, "I can't believe that someone like Shopkeeper Liu, who runs the grand ceremony shop, still lives in such a small courtyard with two entrances."
"It's not that Liu can't afford it, it's just that it's inconvenient to buy a bigger one to avoid suspicion in the owner's mind."
Pang Yu laughed and said, "Brother Liu is telling the truth, so you are wronged by following the Wu family. I think as long as you rely on ability, the more your subordinates earn, the more face they earn for the boss. The Wu family is too stingy."
Liu Ruogu raised his eyes and observed Pang Yu. Because of the land deed incident last time, Liu Ruogu already knew that this person was extremely courageous. Back then, even though he was weak and weak, he dared to come to blackmail him. Now that there are many people, he doesn’t know what he wants to do today.
something.
After thinking about it, he said, "Pang Bantou is a promising young man, so he is naturally generous, but Mr. Wu is not stingy in the Wu family. The old man is old, and the second master is in charge of those family businesses. Pang Bantou can't catch him."
The second master came to the Wu family, but you want to arrest Liu to take the blame for the second master?"
"The civil unrest was caused by Huang Wending's party. Of course, Shopkeeper Liu could not be implicated. However, in the instructions given by the emperor, the local government was asked to strictly investigate the people who planned to start it. Wu Yingqi, Ye Can, and Fang Yingqian were all approved by Yubi personally. Inside the South Prison
Among the confessions given by those people, there were many things related to Shopkeeper Liu. There were indeed people in the Yamen who wanted to involve Shopkeeper Liu.
I came here today just to ask Brother Liu what he wants and if he needs help from my younger brother."
Liu Ruogu said calmly, "I heard that Tongcheng South Prison is overcrowded. Although there are many acquaintances there, Liu thought that the fast class is already busy enough, so it would be better not to cause trouble to Team Leader Pang."
Pang Yu chuckled and said, "It's not too troublesome. There are hundreds of people anyway, so there's not one missing.
But brother said last time that if you owe shopkeeper Liu a favor, you will definitely be repaid in the future.
The good thing about me is that I keep my word, and Brother Wu no longer needs to worry about what happened before today."
"Thank you Brother Pang for your care."
Liu Ruogu closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. He had been hiding outside for more than a month. The main reason was that he was worried about the revenge of Huang Wending and his gang. After finally waiting for the civil unrest to subside, he came back and was implicated in the Wu family's affairs again. Now he has
Only with Pang Yu's words could he live peacefully in Tongcheng.
The woman in the wing was still crying, and Liu Ruogu had no intention of trying to dissuade her. He knew that the matter was not over yet. Although he had not had much contact with Pang Yu, he knew that Pang Yu would never bring someone to the door just to tell him.
To return a favor, Pang Yu would definitely put forward conditions.
At that moment, he carefully tested Pang Yu and said, "Liu thinks that Bantou Pang will not work so hard for a favor. If there are other things, please let Bantou Pang make it clear."
Pang Yu nodded, "If you and I don't beat around the bush, where did the title deed in Xinhe Dianpu go?"
"Young man..." Pang Yu interrupted, "I advise Brother Liu to think clearly before answering.
I went to see your Xinhe Pawn Shop. It may not be possible to save big things. The land deed was just a pile of paper. I pressed it and a baggage was taken away. Xinhe Shop was only burned and looted on the third day of the civil riot.
The time is enough for you to take away the title deed."
Liu Ruogu frowned and thought. Although Pang Yu just said that he didn't have to worry about what happened before, it was obviously a condition. If Liu Ruogu couldn't satisfy him later, the previous condition would be withdrawn at any time.
Pang Yu continued, "Both you and I know that at least half of those land deeds were secretly mailed to the gentry's homes. This time, the owners of most of the pawn shops in Tongcheng are leaving. Since they are no longer under the supervision of the owners, these land deeds will be seen again.
Shopkeeper Liu will not think that you can come to the household to change the list with the land deed. If the household does not give you convenience, those land deeds will be no different from waste paper."
"Of course you can't, especially after Secretary Zhao was forced to resign by you."
Liu Ruogu said calmly, "So I'm going back to Tongcheng to see if we can come up with a solution that can benefit both you and me."
Pang Yu asked instead, "Besides the Xinhe Pian Shop, what kind of business did Shopkeeper Liu manage for Mr. Wu before?"
"The pawn shop must be related to the gambling stall. When it comes to the business in the pawn shop, the land is still second. When you are obsessed with gambling in the gambling stall, your daughter-in-law can also be a wife. Most of Xinhe's house deeds come from this."
"I want the land deed if it can be seen, but I don't want it from you for free. You can sell it to me at a suitable price."
Pang Yu pondered for a moment and then said, "This time the three big pawn shops in Tongcheng will be closed. I thought there will always be people who need money to help me out, so I wanted to open one myself. I will raise the principal myself, and I will assign another person to the accounting office.
Come on, let’s start with the pawn shop and gambling stall. Brother Liu will still be the shopkeeper and give Brother Liu 10% of the shares.”
Liu Ruogu looked at Pang Yu in surprise. The top stocks at this time were dry stocks, which were only found in large firms.
The boss uses this top stock as a bait to get the technical personnel such as shopkeepers and accountants to work seriously. It usually takes a lifetime to get some top stock, and many bosses still break their promises.
The Wu family did this in the past.
This time the Wu family gave up the pawn shop, which actually caused Liu Ruogu to suffer heavy losses.
Pang Yu actually pushed her butt when they met, which naturally surprised Liu Ruogu.
"The shares cannot be transferred, but Brother Liu can receive dividends."
Pang Yu said seriously, "Brother Liu's talent, I can rest assured. How did this pawn shop and gambling stall do it before? How can we do it in the future? The more we make, the more dividends Brother Liu will get. In the past two days,
Brother Liu will first think about how to make this store better."
Liu Ruogu quickly agreed, "Don't worry, Team Leader Pang, I will definitely be careful and live up to the respect of Team Leader."
Pang Yu waved his hand. He had been thinking about how to continue to make money with the dirty silver he had stolen. There was no investment market at the moment, and it was too slow to make money in investment business. He could not accept the money lying in the cellar to sleep. After thinking about it, pawn shops and gambling stalls were more profitable.
Some, and it happens to be under the jurisdiction of Kuaiban, but he can't manage it himself. Talents like Liu Ruogu are very important.
"Pawnshops should accept business in rural areas based on the situation. Don't force people to death for some land."
Pang Yu stood up and said, "Wealth is all in the towns, and Tongcheng is nothing more than two places, the county seat and Songyang.
Let’s open the county town first. Shopkeeper Liu can go visit the stores tomorrow. Those pawn shops in the past had a bad reputation, so we don’t want to buy those old stores.”
"What do you mean, Pang Bantou, you want to go to the Songyang Opening Ceremony Shop?"
Pang Yu nodded and said, "If you want to do it naturally, you have to do it bigger."
After that, he strode out, and Liu Ruogu followed him into the courtyard. Just when he was wondering whether to send Pang Yu out, Pang Yu said loudly, "Please shopkeeper Liu send me out, so as to reassure your neighbors."
Liu Ruogu quickly escorted Pang Yu out of the courtyard. When Pang Yu came to the city wall street outside the door, the people watching the excitement were still there. When they saw the two people coming out, they all looked over with concentration.
Pang Yu turned to Liu Ruogu and said loudly, "Today was a misunderstanding. Since Brother Liu has confessed all the secrets of the Wu family, he has redeemed himself with meritorious deeds. If there were more upright people like Brother Liu in Tongcheng, it would be easy for us to work quickly."
too much."
Liu Ruogu didn't expect that Pang Yu would say this. Such words did clear Liu Ruogu's suspicion, at least the government would not arrest him.
But there was a buzz from the surrounding people, and most people looked disdainful, because in the moral system at this time, betraying the employer was a serious moral flaw.
Liu Ruogu immediately knew that Pang Yu was going to cut off his retreat, but there was no room for explanation at this time, so he had to grit his teeth and cup his hands without saying a word.
Pang Yu waved his hand with a smile, and all the fast men carrying waist knives and wooden sticks surrounded Pang Yu and left. Half of the fast men held knives and half held sticks. The sticks were also replaced by light white wax poles. The only exception was Xu Lengzi.
Facing this group of fast players, the people automatically made way for them.
Pang Yu was very satisfied with this reaction. Only with fear can there be respect. Kuaiban is a violent organization in Tongcheng, so it must be a bit of a deterrent.
After walking out of City Wall Street, Pang Yu called Jiang Fan. He had become a squad leader because of his good performance.
"Get ready, go back and pay some travel money from Pang Ding, and go to Anqing Mansion tomorrow."
"Yes, what do you want me to do in Anqing Mansion?"
Pang Yu breathed a long sigh of relief, "I received news that the new magistrate is coming. You have been living in Anqing Mansion recently. To inquire about the situation of the new magistrate, the most important thing is the time of his arrival."