"Female accountant, please give me another loan of fifty taels for the young master."
Hearing the voice, Zhou Yueru quickly raised her head. There was a short young man in front of the counter.
Zhou Yueru remembered that this person's surname was Wang, and his family sold sugar in Songyang. It was said that the business went to Luzhou Prefecture, but he had borrowed a lot in the past two days.
"Then what kind of mortgage does Mr. Wang have?"
The prince took out a house deed nonchalantly and threw it on the stage, "A two-story store on Zilai Street."
Zhou Yueru looked at the accounts and hesitated to speak.
At this time, there was a burst of cheers at Sic Bo table No. 5. Zhou Yueru knew without looking that someone had hit the bet and could win a lot of money.
The prince knocked on the counter anxiously and said, "What's wrong with you woman? You loaned it to me earlier, and you're waiting to win money."
"But Mr. Wang, you have borrowed more than a hundred taels in the past few days. It is not good if you lose too much. How about you take a few days off and come back again."
Mr. Wang slapped the table with his palm, "I don't like to hear people talking about losing. There is a pawn here. The young master is willing to pawn it. I want you, an ignorant woman, to talk about it."
"That's not what I mean. I mean it's not easy to make money. Mr. Wang, you..." Seeing Zhou Yueru, Mr. Wang wanted to say something else. Suddenly, he threw the remaining two chips at Zhou Yueru and cursed wildly, "You
My bitch, is this house deed a fake? If you, a bitch, talk too much and delay me from repaying my money, I will kill you."
Zhou Yueru screamed and hid under the table. Prince Wang was still angry and kicked and cursed at the counter, attracting people around to watch.
Several of his gambling buddies came over to ask about the situation and also joined in the yelling.
The three green men guarding the venue quickly ran over and grabbed the prince. The prince yelled and cursed loudly and wanted to argue with the shopkeeper of the gambling stall.
"What's going on? Who's causing trouble here?"
Zhou Yueru, who was hiding under the table, was panting. When she heard Jiang Shuqiong's loud voice, she couldn't help but feel even more frightened.
Jiang Shuqiong was promoted to a strange position because of her disgusting performance, called lobby supervisor. She was in charge of the lobby on the first floor. This made Liu Ruogu feel much more relaxed, but other employees were not so relaxed.
"What do you mean by making trouble? The young master comes to your Baishun Hall to spend money. The pawn is also subject to the house deed. Why doesn't this bitch give me the money to pawn? I will win money by delaying the young master."
Jiang Shuqiong's voice became as gentle as water and said, "Oh, Mr. Wang, why do you care about a woman who has never seen the world? It will be a big deal if you are angry. In this way, Mr. Wang, sit down for a while, and I will call that woman for you right away.
Once it’s done, someone will bring a chair for Mr. Wang.”
It was quiet outside for a moment, and Zhou Yueru just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Jiang Shuqiong knocking on the door.
"Zhou Yueru, open the door for me and get out quickly!"
Zhou Yueru came out from under the table tremblingly, and as soon as she pulled out the door latch, Jiang Shuqiong bumped in before she could open the door, pointed at her face and cursed, "Zhou Yueru! It's said in every morning class, we just want to
Customers are satisfied, they are our bread and butter, don’t you think about it?"
Jiang Shuqiong's fat face was full of ferocity. Zhou Yueru backed away and defended, "But he has lost so much. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so don't get into trouble."
Jiang Shuqiong grabbed Zhou Yueru by the collar, came over and cursed in a low voice, "The casino is open for business, there are hundreds of customers, and you, Zhou Yueru, are the ones who control people's hearts. How can you open a gambling stall?"
The gambling stalls all point to big families like Wang Gongzi to make some money. If you don't pawn for others, where will the gambling stalls get business? Dozens of us are drinking the northwest wind, and the boss is drinking the northwest wind.
I must report this matter to Shopkeeper Liu and Pang Dong’s family. The first thing now is to lend the money to Mr. Wang immediately and then apologize to Mr. Wang, otherwise I want you to look good."
Zhou Yueru was pushed into the corner by Jiang Shuqiong. This woman was not as tall as Zhou Yueru, but she was also fat and strong. Zhou Yueru was so crowded that she could not breathe, so she had to beg for mercy, "I will write him an IOU immediately and give it to shopkeeper Liu to sign. Can you let go?"
.”
"Don't call me your slave, I won't be surprised."
Jiang Shuqiong gave Zhou Yueru a hard push, turned around and left the pawn room. When she came to the prince, she smiled and said, "Young prince, everything has been arranged and will be ready for you right away..." "Bah, please call me young master."
You slave, don’t take a piss to see how fat you are.”
Prince Wang cursed disdainfully, he didn't like to see this fat woman when he saw her.
Jiang Shuqiong had a smile on her face, "Then Mr. Wang can be called whatever he wants. We come from a lowly family, so naturally we won't be able to catch Mr. Wang's eyes. However, there is Ruhualou behind our Baishun Hall, and we just swept Mr. Wang away."
I am in such a mood that I invite Young Master Wang to spend the night at Ruhualou tonight. We, Baishun Hall, will give you the tangle of hair to make amends to Young Master Wang."
The prince turned to look at Jiang Shuqiong with a surprised look on his face. He did not expect that this woman was quite courageous and always had a smile on her face.
As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face. Prince Wang was too embarrassed to scold Jiang Shuqiong anymore. He pointed at Zhou Yueru inside and said, "Kowtow and admit your mistake, and that's the end of it."
Jiang Shuqiong shouted at Zhou Yueru with a straight face, "Did you hear that?
Kneel down!”
Everyone around was looking at Zhou Yueru at the counter. Jiang Shuqiong kept winking at her, beckoning her to hurry up.
Although Zhou Yueru was in business, she had never encountered anything like this before. Apart from meeting officials, she rarely knelt down for others. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she refused to kneel down.
"Hurry up! Don't delay Mr. Wang's winning of money. Do you hear me? If you don't kneel down, your salary for this month will be deducted. Your salary is higher than my salary. I know that it's only three taels!"
Zhou Yueru was stunned for a moment, then slowly knelt down.
..."Let me take another gamble! I have lost thirty taels to you, can you deal one more card?"
Several green men on the field dragged a gambler. The gambler screamed all the way, insisting that the casino let him play for free. They were basically dragged out by force. The gamblers in the venue waited for him to disappear before they started playing games on their own.
"What are you doing? Be more serious. Master, I'm busy."
Zhou Yueru quickly withdrew her gaze and said feebly to Pang Yu and Liu Ruogu in the room, "These are the ones pawned today, four hundred and thirty-two taels will be loaned out."
Pang Yu frowned and looked at a pile of IOUs and said, "It's more than four hundred taels a day. Isn't it too much? I'm afraid I won't be able to turn around after two or three months."
Liu Ruogu flicked his fingers and said, "Some of the money has been bought as chips and returned to our hands. We have tried our best to reduce the price of the house as much as possible. Some shops in good sections only paid twenty or thirty taels."
Pang Yu waved his hands and said, "Have you not noticed that the number of houses for sale on the market has been increasing?
After the last civil unrest, large families moved to Nanjing one after another and were selling their houses one after another. However, there were few people taking over the houses. The price of houses in Tongcheng has been falling.
After the rogue bandits broke out in Qianshan, more people sold their houses in Tongcheng, and the risk of war had the greatest impact on asset prices."
Liu Ruogu thought for a moment and said, "What does the boss mean?"
"In the future, houses in this county will be less likely to be mortgaged. Shops will depend on their location. Shops and houses at Congyangshui Wharf can be mortgaged. Only those in good locations in the county will be mortgaged. Try to keep prices down. You can mortgage some other goods, such as cloth, silk, grain, etc.
Jewelry and other easily cashable items can be used.”
Liu Ruogu quickly wrote it down.
Pang Yu then asked, "How is the contact with the people at Congyang Yaxing?"
Liu Ruogu glanced at Zhou Yueru next to him, and Zhou Yueru quickly turned his eyes to one side.
Liu Ruogu paused for a moment and then whispered, "Zongyang's Yaxing is quite powerful. They said... this."
"It's okay to just say it."
"They said you don't have the right to talk to them as boss."
"Yeah."
Pang Yu smiled calmly, "All the big industries in the county and towns are in the hands of the dental shop. Mr. Zheng and his gang control the county, and the dental shop has the final say in all sales. A few green-skinned lamas can only get a few dental stickers. It's really
Take yourself seriously."
Liu Ruogu came closer and said, "Zongyang's Yaxing has some connections with several big local families. The Fang family, the Ruan family, and the Zuo family are all related to some extent."
“These families have all moved to Nanjing, who can keep them safe?
We are the only ones who hurry up! Zongyang Yaxing cannot see this clearly, which shows that he is not a smart person.
After the Spring Festival, we must first collect tax on the door stalls in the county. All transactions must be carried out according to the rules. As long as those who have paid the door stall tax will have the express team to protect their business.
On the Songyang side, since Yaxing is not willing to talk, let’s open the gambling stall first and take our time step by step.”
Liu Ruogu quickly remembered that he did not dare to underestimate this owner now. It seemed that Liu Ruogu had been suppressed by Pang Yu's spiritual power since the last time Pang Yu came alone to ask for the land deed.
Later, during the civil unrest, Liu Ruogu was implicated again and manipulated by Pang Yu, making him even more controlled by this small government official.
Now working with this boss, Liu Ruogu must be very alert, because this boss is full of energy and will come to ask questions at any time, come to the gambling stalls to check at any time, and will come up with new ideas and new plans at any time.
The two discussed for a while, and then Pang Yu set off to leave. He had to go to the county government to report on his work. Before that, he had to go to Dongzuomen to check whether the firefighting equipment was ready. Now that winter is coming, and it is particularly cold this year, every family
They were all lighting fires to keep warm, and Yang Erming specifically asked to pay attention to fires. Pang Yu could only deploy a strong squad in each of the six gates at night, and provide them with a sack and buckets.
Walking on the street with his three men, everyone around him paid attention to Pang Yu. This was different from the mocking eyes before. Now everyone in Mantong City knew Pang Yu and knew that he had killed more than thirty rioters.
He also knew that he had been promoted, took charge of Tongcheng's armed forces, and had made a lot of money, so the look he looked at him gradually turned into envy and fear.
Folk rumors about him also became more bizarre. Pang Yu had heard three versions, two of which were related to the Zhou family, saying that the stick was a sacred object. Pang Yu gradually lost interest in asking about it.
"Young Master Pang."
Pang Yu turned around and saw Zhou Yueru chasing after her, and couldn't help but smile, "Miss Zhou, are you on duty?
Why are you chasing me?"
Zhou Yueru's face was full of sadness, "There is such a woman here. It's really inconvenient for the slave family to come in and out here, and I'm not used to it. Can, can you let the slave family..." Pang Yu said without hesitation, "Then Miss Zhou doesn't have to
Once you've done it, you'll pay your wages tomorrow and go home to guard your paper shop."
"I...I'm not saying not to do it, what I mean is to go to the grain store..." "Miss Zhou, it's not that easy to earn three taels of silver per month. The grain store doesn't need helpers who pay three taels per month.
If you work in Baishun Hall, you will get a bonus at the end of the year, and the amount is quite large. If you don't do it, there are a lot of people outside waiting for you."
Pang Yu said calmly, "It's not easy for everyone. I gave you Yueyin to help me solve the problem, not to ask me questions. If Miss Zhou can do it with peace of mind, don't complain in front of me anymore. What's the problem?"
Overcome it yourself.”
Zhou Yueru stared at Pang Yu for a long time. Pang Yu looked at Zhou Yueru and said, "Miss Zhou, what else can you do?"
"No, no more."
Zhou Yue subconsciously slowed down her pace and put some distance between herself and Pang Yu.
After Pang Yu walked for a while, he saw that Zhou Yueru was a little haggard, so he asked in a slower tone, "Is your father feeling better lately?"
"Still like that."
Zhou Yueru didn't want to mention this matter.
Seeing that Zhou Yueru didn't want to talk, Pang Yu didn't continue to ask. He walked very fast all the way and soon arrived at Zhou's paper shop. There was a crowd of people gathered in front of the door. Zhou Yueru felt nervous, wondering if something happened to his father again.
.
Zhou Yueru hurriedly squeezed into the crowd, only to see a tall man wearing a brown Taoist robe and a Taoist bun standing in front of the pawn shop, and the door panels were all closed.
Zhou Yueru breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the Taoist priest.
Zhou Yueru said cautiously, "This master is standing in front of my paper shop. What advice do you have?"
The Taoist priest slowly turned around. He was about thirty or forty years old, with gray hair and a boyish face, with an immortal air and a Taoist spirit. He exuded an extraordinary temperament that was indifferent to the world.
Zhou Yueru was stared at by his clear eyes and found it difficult to speak. The Taoist priest said lightly, "Pindao Dharma is named Bichen. He has been walking in the world for nearly seventy years. All the things in the world are no longer in Pindao's heart. But today I passed by
Tongcheng, I suddenly felt an aura of spirituality here, and I couldn't help but take a closer look, only to realize that there is a true god in this shop!"
Zhou Yueru asked blankly, "What true god?"
The Taoist priest said loudly and solemnly, "God of the Stick!"