"Today's news is for you to know: His Majesty the Emperor held a meeting in front of the imperial court the day before yesterday to report to the government officials about the bank's establishment of business. The meeting decided that Mr. Liu Yaohai, the right minister of the Du branch, will be appointed as the president of the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty. The Capital Bank and the Bank of Nanjing will be merged and renamed
Daming Industrial and Commercial Bank of China will select a certain city for pilot operation of loan business. Our reporter quoted an unidentified person as saying that Mr. Shu'an, the deputy prime minister, has instructed the central bank to come up with specific regulations, and Beijing will also become a pilot city for the bank.
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"Today's news reports and everyone knows: Tianjin Tanggu Shipyard successfully trial-produced the latest speedboat, with a tailwind speed of thirty miles per hour, as fast as a galloping horse. The Portuguese shipbuilder Shi Linwa may receive a bonus of 4,000 taels from the court...
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"Today's news reports that I would like to inform you that the empress dowager Rensheng violated the rules of the phoenix body the day before yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Queen donated 6,000 taels of silver to set up a nursery in Xizhao Temple to pray for the Queen Mother; Her Royal Highness Princess Leping donated 1,000 taels of silver. The abandoned babies of the capital found this way to live.
, both of which are boundless merits of the two Royal Highnesses. Her Royal Highness the Queen also appealed through this newspaper to all those in the world who are interested in charity..."
"Today's News..."
Shopkeeper Wang of Yutai Teahouse was sitting behind the counter, listening to the newspaper reader he hired reading the newspaper in a melodious tone, while staring at the door, where the waiters were enthusiastically greeting the guests who came in one after another.
"Chang Erye! Please come in! Will I make Dahongpao for you today?"
"Fifth Master Song, please come in. The private seats are greeting you——" "Okay!——"
"Young masters, please come in! The distinguished guests will bring their own tea, and five hot water towels will serve them -" Amidst the shouts, people began to take seats in the newly opened teahouse, and shopkeeper Wang Lifa was secretly happy.
Then he rushed out from behind the counter: "Hey, isn't this the housekeeper of Mr. Li's family? I just said that when I got off the board today, the magpies on the roof screamed happily, so it turned out to be you!
Please come in and--"
This housekeeper’s hair and beard are already gray, and he is dressed in gold and silver. Needless to say, after hearing this, his cloudy eyes swept over Wang Lifa: “Aren’t you the original...that tea doctor at the entrance of Goulan Hutong?
?Okay, boy, let’s open up the store?!”
"It's all thanks to my uncle and you! Are you here today to meet friends or have tea?"
Uncle Li's housekeeper glanced at the companion behind him. The companion beckoned Wang Lifa to come forward and said, "Shopkeeper, what's your surname?" "I don't dare. My surname is Wang. You can always call me Xiao Wang."
"Haha - Shopkeeper Wang, the land you rent is Uncle Li's house. You don't know this, right?"
After Wang Lifa heard this, he grunted and swallowed: "Hey, sir, please don't scare me. I'm only a few feet tall, how can I resist your jokes? I've saved my whole life for my body, and the guarantor signed it.
The person who bought the painting mortgage is on all fours and has been registered in Wanping County——"
The housekeeper snorted. The companion laughed ferociously: "This is troublesome! It seems that the original owner, the bastard, married into two families. He couldn't pay back the money he owed his uncle, so he said he was using this shop to pay off the debt.
, who knew that shopkeeper Wang here also bought it?"
After hearing this, half of Wang Lifa's body was numb, and his lips were trembling and speechless. The count's butler stepped inside and left. The companion lowered his head and followed in, not interested in what Wang Lifa had to say.
Wang Lifa composed himself, followed the butler into the lobby, and ordered the waiter: "Find a seat for this gentleman..." Before he finished speaking, he saw that the companion had already walked to the table of Mr. Chang.
He raised his hand and said, "Brother, how about giving a table to our master?"
Mr. Chang was closest to the doctor's seat. He was drinking tea and listening to the newspaper. When he heard this, he raised his eyelids and said, "Hey, brother, I don't know you. Can you sit somewhere else?"
As soon as the companion heard this, he grabbed Master Chang's collar and said, "Today I will let you get to know him!"
Unexpectedly, Second Master Chang had some strength. Before his companion could start to hit him, Chang had already hit him in the face with a big ear scraper. With a loud crack, the housekeeper and the others were stunned.
Another companion who had been following the butler took one step forward and was about to beat Chang with his companions. Wang Lifa opened his arms and stood in front of him and said: "Master, please don't do anything -"
The companion pulled Wang Lifa to the side and pushed him staggering. The person who was beaten here was already fighting with Chang. The person who joined the battle clearly had kung fu in his hands.
The person named Chang was quickly beaten to the ground, and the two people's big feet specifically greeted Chang's face.
Just then, the boy at the door ran in and shouted: "The patrol is here!" The two men stopped.
Soon two patrolmen in black came in and looked around. One of them asked: "Who was fighting just now?"
Wang Lifa hurriedly greeted them, "Master, come this way, it's just a small quarrel, nothing serious." But he led them directly to Mr. Chang who was lying on the ground.
The young patrol officer who took the lead was frightened when he saw Mr. Chang's head and face covered with blood. He touched the red and black log stick at his waist and said sternly: "Who beat this man?"
Everyone in the teahouse was silent. Mr. Chang, who was lying on the ground, raised his head, vomited blood and said bitterly: "It's these two, just because I don't give up my seat to them -"
Uncle Li's housekeeper didn't know when he took out a jasper ring from his sleeve and turned it in his hand. Seeing the two patrolmen looking at him, he straightened the front of his coat: there were complicated dark patterns on the silk.
, the chest tie that is red on the outside and white on the inside, the mutton-fat white jade pendant collar and the emerald ban on the waist all tell the little patrolman in front of him that this is a person he cannot afford to offend.
The two companions raised their nostrils to the sky and did not even look at the two patrolmen in front of them. The young patrolman was about to speak when the older man behind him pulled him. Then he bent down and said to Mr. Chang: "This
Brother, do you want to go private or meet with an official?"
The Second Master Chang had already seen that he couldn't afford to offend these people in front of him, and he had regretted it for a long time. He secretly hated his bad temper. Hearing this, he whispered: "I am willing to keep it private."
The two patrol sergeants breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time bent down to help the man named Chang up. Mr. Chang did not dare to look at the housekeeper and the three of them. He lowered his head and was about to walk out. As soon as he took a step, he staggered and let out an ouch.
He vomited out another mouthful of blood, and it looked like he had injured his internal organs.
The young patrolman's face turned red, and he looked at the two companions of the housekeeper and said, "You two injured someone, and you have to pay the medical bills."
The two men still pointed their nostrils to the sky and ignored the patrolman. The young patrolman's face was full of anger, and his hand was touching the wooden stick on his waist. The old patrolman also had an angry look on his face and looked down at Mr. Chang.
Chang Erye's face was pale, his eyes were red and he said: "Master Chao, I... don't worry..."
At this moment, a voice suddenly shouted from the corner of the teahouse: "This bitch deserves to be beaten! If you don't even know how to deal with it yourself, the coward has a big temper. Who can beat him if you don't beat him?"
Everyone in the teahouse was holding their breath, and after hearing this, they all looked towards the corner with anger. They saw a table facing the door, sitting on a table facing the door, sitting a young man in rich clothes. He was dressed in nobility. The four companions around him looked powerful.
It seemed that the shout just now was made by one of the companions.
The noble young master is wearing a Liuheyi unified hat on his head - it is the so-called "melon skin hat" in later generations. The white jade inlaid on the hat is extraordinary at first glance. His skin color is slightly dark, with a smile on his face, and he is shaking it gently with a folding fan in his hand.
——It's already late autumn, and this fan has no other purpose than to show elegance.
When the young master saw everyone looking over him, he pointed the folding fan in his hand at the housekeeper: "Whose servant is this? He is so majestic! How dare he be arrogant and do good deeds under the emperor's feet?"