The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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In order to ensure the normal progress of the runway show, the beggars in Luzhou officially went to work early in the morning. They took care of each store in twos and threes, leaving them at a loss. But the three major merchants in Luzhou were naturally not jealous. San then found a small leader among the beggars, and wanted to know from him who was secretly manipulating him.

In fact, all three families can guess this point, but if they want to accuse Su Ji of this, they still need witnesses and physical evidence, so they condescended to make friends with the beggar; He let go, pretending to be confused, and seemed to have a lot of stuff in his stomach; he spoke after Tang San threw out a lot of money.

"We are just following the rules." The beggar hurriedly put the copper coins into his arms, and said with a northern accent: "We are all begging for a day's money in each business, this time it is the turn of the cloth business and the ready-made clothing business." No one instructs us to do this, and our boss tells us to do whatever we want."

Tang San jumped angrily, and asked unwillingly: "Then why didn't I see you like this before?"

The beggar looked at him with contempt and said: "There are at least two or three hundred businesses in Luzhou City, and it's your turn once a year. We didn't go before because we didn't want to. To be fair, so we decided to make up for the previous negligence, this time our boss said that we will go for seven days in a row."

Tang Sanyu cried without tears, this group of people will come for seven days, then don't even think about doing business in these seven days, he asked tentatively: "Can you tell your clan leader and invite him to meet and have a meal What."

The beggar pointed at Tang San and said with a smile: "You are dismantling our leader's platform, we have rules, we can only eat leftovers, my family mainly eats the food you invited , then he is not qualified to be the gang leader; has your brain been kicked by a donkey?"

Tang San couldn't bear such naked ridicule, especially being despised by beggars, what a sad thing it is, with a yell, several buddies hiding in the dark rushed up, and after taking back the money, they pretended to be The beggar beat him violently.

After the beggar was beaten with a bruised nose and swollen face, he couldn't stop yelling obscenities, and limped away, after a while, there were more than a dozen dirty and smelly beggars in front of Tangji Buzhuang. It's not about begging for food and money, singing the unbearable Lotus Falling, and cursing endlessly in new ways.

The clothes of various colors on the Sujia color stage are still in full swing. In the private room next to the window of a restaurant named "Wangjiang Tower" on the right side of the color stage, there are seven or eight people sitting tall, short, fat, and thin.

All of these people were dressed luxuriously and richly, and there was an air of indifference and arrogance exuded in their demeanor. These people stretched their necks and stared at the men and women on the stage who were twisting their waists and limbs to display their gorgeous clothes, all silent.

Knocking on the door a few times drew everyone's attention back to the room. When the door opened, the shopkeeper of "Wangjiang Tower" personally held a large pot of boiling water, followed by a few waiters who walked in with food boxes, smiling.

The shopkeeper put the kettle on the table, made a big bow first, and said, "Masters, I am honored to come to our building today, and I am very honored to give you a pot of top-quality Liu'an Longya as a token of appreciation." Respect and welcome."

After saying that, with a wave of hands, the guys arranged the preserved snacks and fruits in the food box and the white tea cups, brewed tea one by one and placed them in front of everyone. Suddenly, the room smelled strangely fragrant, and just smelling the top-quality dragon buds made people feel comfortable to the bone.

A thin old man in a dark blue silk satin shirt thanked him with a smile: "The shopkeeper Lu has a heart, I will borrow your building to discuss important matters, and you will close the door later, and the idlers should not come near, and the second brother is not here to serve you." Alright, I'll just wait and see."

The shopkeeper Nalu bowed his head and went out with a few words of politeness. Someone stepped forward and closed the door and bolted it. The thin old man picked up the tea cup and blew on a piece of green bud floating on it. With a light pick, he picked out the piece of tea, took a sip and closed his eyes to reflect on it; then he opened his eyes and said: "My masters, today the old man, Liu Dong's family and Huang Dong's family called you here , I have some important matters to discuss, so please forgive me for delaying everyone's time."

Everyone cupped their hands and said: "It should be, it should be, Tang Dong's family has taken care of it."

"Boss Tang, if you have anything to say, just say it. We are all colleagues of the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce. You are the president. We will definitely follow your example."

The one who spoke was a middle-aged man with a horse face in his thirties in the corner of the room, wearing a long robe with books, and waving a black folding fan.

A smile appeared on Tang Dong's face, he nodded and said: "Okay, the old man is not trying to be tricky anymore, today I specially chose this place as a place for discussion, I think everyone can understand the old man's intention, that Su Ji dumped a lot of money at a low price. High-grade fabrics and clothing have severely damaged the market of our cloth and garment shops in Luzhou Prefecture, and it is getting worse. There is no sales of high-end clothing, even the cotton yarn and linen that have been selling well in the past, and if this continues, I am afraid I will have to close the business.”

All the masters had already had a lot of resentment towards Su Ji, and hearing Dong's words like this added fuel to the flames, condemning and insulting him endlessly.

"Everyone, we naturally can't just wait for the door to close. Today, I would like to ask you all to come up with a good plan. Su Ji is so arrogant, and he is not in the chamber of commerce. The rules of the business cannot rule them. This matter was originally against the rules. Chances are gone."

The one who spoke was the fat and burly Huang Dongjia next to Dong Dong's family. The Tang family of Huang's family and the thin and black Liu family sitting opposite were the three richest merchants in Luzhou. Dong Jia Tang was the president of the chamber of commerce, and the other two were vice presidents.

There was a lot of discussion among the people, and there was no good solution for a while, Tang Dong's family frowned and listened to these bosses complaining, but couldn't come up with a reasonable solution, clenched their fists tightly, and forcibly endured.

The middle-aged man holding the folding fan suddenly clapped his palms, the room fell silent, and everyone turned to look at him.

"Everyone, please stop quarreling, Su Ji has already bullied us, it's reasonable to think of a regulation quickly, the gate of Buzhuang is covered with beggars, I'm sure it must be that Su Jin kid. "

Tang Dong's family frowned and said: "Master Lang, the key is that there is no evidence. Tang San caught a beggar in the morning and forced him to question him, but the beggar insisted that he didn't know. Tang San, an idiot, just beat him up in anger. He didn't expect to attract more than a dozen people. The beggars cursed at me, so I told them to go to the door, and I can’t do business today.”

The Shaodong surnamed Lang asked in a low voice: "Didn't Weng Tang inform the magistrate?"

Liu Dongjia snorted and said, "Master Zhifu? He thinks of us when he asks for money, but this time..."

Tang Dong's family coughed and interrupted Liu Dong's prison, and said in a deep voice: "We still need to solve our own affairs. The Luzhou Chamber of Commerce has hundreds of merchants, large and small, and they need to alert the magistrate to deal with Su Ji's family. Doesn’t it make people laugh out loud?”

Huang Dongjia said: "Tang Weng is right. There are [-] shops that designed the cloth shop this time, and the other five are small businesses. We didn't inform you. The nine shops here have the most direct relationship. From my point of view , this time may not be a good thing, maybe we can benefit from it again."

Everyone cheered up and looked over one after another, looking forward to what Huang Dong's family would say next.

Huang Dong's family took a sip of tea, took out a handkerchief to wipe their mouths, and then wriggled their thick lips and said: "Ten years ago, Su Ji was in full swing, and the president of the chamber of commerce at that time was occupied by Su Moran. What was the result? Didn’t we seize an opportunity and never lift our heads again? Everyone here benefited a lot at that time. I remember that the batch of cotton cloth was bought at a low price, and the profit was nearly doubled. Who didn’t make a profit? This time, I don't believe that this rumored nerdy official of the Su family can be better than Su Moran who has become a Jing."

Everyone was very excited when they heard it, and their thoughts were unknowingly drawn back to the time when everyone worked together to bring down Su Ji and made a fortune ten years ago.

"However, this Su Jin doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp. There are rumors outside that he doesn't listen to things outside the window and is a nerd, but judging from his recent behavior, I'm afraid the rumors are not credible." Some people questioned.

Dongjia Huang laughed and said: "He is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Which one of you here is a fuel-efficient lamp? According to the old man, it is a good move for Su Jin to invite Zhang Rongqin back again. Maybe these things are all from the old man. something taught."

Tang Dong's family murmured: "Huang Weng's words are reasonable, regardless of whether this Su family boy is really capable or not, now he has angered the old man, even if he stops now, the old man can't let him go; the Su family quit ten years ago. The chamber of commerce is outside the mainstream businesses in Luzhou. I wait for the benevolence of women to see their orphans and widows feel compassionate, but they have brought troubles today. This time, they will not be relentless. When the Su family collapses, [-]% of the share is enough for you to make a fortune."

Everyone became excited again, Huang Dongjia signaled everyone to be quiet, and said in a low voice: "I have two plans, you can help me think about it."

"Please tell me, please tell me." All the bosses stared at Dongjia Huang's white, plump and wrinkle-free face with glowing eyes.

"The first strategy is called the trick of making false ones, the purpose is to discredit Su Ji; the second strategy is to repeat the old trick." Dongjia Huang said mysteriously, blinking his small eyes.

"I wish to hear the auspiciousness!" The eyeballs of all the hosts almost fell off, and they all listened.

At this moment, silk and bamboo were melodious on the stage outside the window, Rou Niang and Huan Niang appeared together, and began to sing the new lyrics of "One Cut Plum" written by Su Jin.