Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 194 Who Wins?
"Mr. Ge, even though this store opened a tea house in the name of a book store, it made a huge scene, and I asked people to see it. His current books are only a small part and have no special features, but the printing room behind him is still there. Being in business means that they still want to compete in the profit-seeking bookstore industry.”

Huang Tong said solemnly, obviously taking this matter very seriously.

"It's just a bookstore plus a teahouse, there's nothing to worry about!"

Yang Tinghe was a little impatient.

"Huang Tong, you know that you are from Juren. I put you in this position not to make you a businessman. There are many people who want to rely on me and can do business well and make money. Do you know why I choose you?" ?”

"Ge Lao, I...Ge Lao wants students to use the name of opening a bookstore to contact the elites of scientific research in various provinces, so as to attract more people to join Ge Lao's sect."

Huang Tong's body was sweating.

There is an examination every three years, and Zhengshutang is the place where those who yearn for fame and fame must go.

Are they just to buy Zhengshutang's books?
of course not!

The books in Zhengshutang are not very different from the dozens of other bookstores in Shanghai.

Except for the books and prefaces written by some court elders or the famous traces left by those who were the top three in the first class, there is not much difference.

Why did those people visit Zhengshutang?

Why does Zhengshutang often hold student banquets?

In fact, everyone knows it well.

"It's good that you understand, don't put your mind on those miscellaneous things."

"Ge Lao...but we found out that the emperor...the emperor went to that bookstore."

"Your majesty... You said that the emperor went to that bookshop? Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"You...you just..."

"Your majesty...how did your majesty go there?"

"Students don't know either. The store opened, and the scene was so big, so lively, and the way of operation was unprecedented. I sent people to investigate the situation, and the people who went there said they saw the emperor there."

"Have you ever seen it clearly?"

"It's absolutely true! The people who went there weren't too convinced. They passed Jiang Bin and didn't know the emperor very well, so they came back to report! I rushed over, and it was indeed the emperor."

"When Mr. Ge was sick, the students came to visit you. At that time, the emperor also came to visit you. The students hid outside your study and watched. They met the emperor. Later, they also met several times for other reasons. The students will not admit mistakes."

"Where did the emperor go?"

Yang Tinghe stroked his beard and fell into deep thought.

"Old Ge, the emperor's heart is fun, and Jiang Bin next to him is a martial artist. They must have learned that there is a new store opening, which is relatively fresh, and then lured the emperor to go! That thief..."

Huang Tong was filled with indignation.

Even though he is in business now, his heart is in court.

"Do you know who the owner of the bookstore is?"

"I asked someone to check, and it was said that the surname was Qin, but they didn't know the details, and I didn't hear anyone say it was good. It seems to be from Huguang. And the boss didn't show up, and the people we can contact said that he didn't. I met the boss."

Huang Tong replied.

"Maybe it's just an ordinary person, but it's definitely not easy for this person to open a shop in Shangjing. You have to pay attention to their actions. As for the emperor, they may be playing for fun. Just watch, don't startle the snake!"

"Yes!"

……

After Huang Tong left, Yang Tinghe packed his things and walked out of the study.

"Si, where is the young master? Why haven't you come back yet?"

Yang Tinghe remembered that his son Yang Shen had gone out in the morning and hadn't returned by this time.

"Master, the young master accompanied the young mistress to Lingquan Temple to offer incense. When he left in the morning, he said that it was far away from home. After the incense, he would go to live in Zhang's house, and he would not come back until two days later."

The butler Ah Si replied.

"Nonsense, he is busy all day with his children's romantic affairs, and small matters of family affairs. I think he will be useless sooner or later."

Yang Tinghe was not very angry when he saw his wife Huang Shi walking over with her maid.

Even though this son is smart, his mind is not on business. It is all spoiled by his wife.

"Why are you so angry? Xiu'er said it when she left in the morning, but you were busy with your own business and didn't pay attention. Now you're blaming others."

His wife, Huang, is Yang Tinghe's married wife. Huang's father was a school inspector in Yunnan.

Yang Tinghe studied with his father-in-law when he was a child, so he grew up with Huang's childhood sweetheart.

Even though Huang is in charge of the inner house, she is not timid to flatter her high-ranking husband.

"You should take care of him too! I am in this position, and his previous exam papers were burned, which has aroused many people's suspicions. It is the style of our Yang family not to participate twice in a row, and only care about the love of children."

"Master, I naturally know, it's just that Xiu'er doesn't take the exam if he is not the number one scholar. He said that he wants to concentrate on studying and must succeed in one fell swoop. The family does not lack him to eat, drink and spend money. It will not be too late to take part in the next year! Now he has been married for one year. It has been more than a year, and there is still no movement from the Zhang family. Didn’t I hear that the concubine concubine of Lingquan Temple has a miracle, so let them try it?”

Compared with Zhongdi, the Huang family seems to care more about offspring.

But this generation of heirs is really important.

With no heirs, why don't you make wedding dresses for others even if you have been running for decades?
"Li Dongyang heard that his health is failing again. Prepare some etiquette tomorrow. I'll go and see him!"

Yang Tinghe sighed.

When Huang said heirs, he thought of Li Dongyang.

So what if he worked all his life and accumulated a large family business. Three sons, two of them died young.

The one I grew up with was gone a few years ago.

I had to adopt the children of my brother's family to my side.

After decades of hard work, it's not just making wedding dresses for others.

Two days ago, Ah Si said that Li Dongyang was seriously ill again, with serious hemorrhoids and metrorrhagia, and said that he would not last long.

"I'll ask Mother Huang to prepare it for you in a while, so Li Dongyang is really dying?"

Huang seems to know the news.

"Well, almost, I heard that she lost a lot of weight, and she relied on drinking some gruel to cook... By the way, you should watch more and teach more on Mrs. Zhang's side, so that Xiu'er will not indulge in private affairs between men and women all day long, and forget Business."

"I know! The Zhang family does sometimes...Master, don't blame me. In fact, I didn't want Zhang's family to get involved! Even if the Han family is in decline, after all, it is a daughter of everyone, and I have seen the girl of the Han family before." , looks very good, if she insisted on letting her in, maybe..."

"Forget it, let's not talk about the past, you just need to take good care of the back house. After all, she is a business woman, and she is not the head of the Zhang family. The tutor is indeed... Her father wanted to abandon business and go to literature, but this woman from this family Education is not just about writing poems and reciting lyrics, the Zhang family doesn’t talk about studying butlers, she’s a housewife who spends all day reciting poems and romance, she really can’t get on the stage, she’s like a dog instead of a dragon.”

"Okay, sir, I see!"

……

The most lively and interesting topics in Shangjing today are Jinghua No. [-] Study Room and Jinghua No. [-] Tea House.

Yes!

At the beginning of the bookstore's opening, many people rushed to the bookstore!

When I came back, I became interested in the teahouse it equipped with.

Especially the recent "Guild Beauty Case".

Basically, it has become a topic of discussion among people after dinner.

The finale has begun today.

There are huge crowds of people at the door of the store.

The first performance has just started, and the people of the second performance are already waiting at the door.

"Are you going to kill Chen Shimei today?"

"It may not be possible, right? You must know that Chen Shimei is the son-in-law, and the empress dowager has come out to intercede!"

"I will definitely be able to do it, Mr. Bao is clean and honest, and he is absolutely not afraid of power!"

"I can't say that, if Lord Bao kills Chen Shimei, will he be dismissed from office? Poor Bao Qingtian, Lord Bao!"

Jiang Bin and Zhu Houzhao were sitting in the box, watching the stage while drinking tea.

The previous plot was fairly gentle, and gradually the contradictions became more and more intense.

Qin Xianglian burst into tears;

Chen Shimei's disdain and even arrogance;
Mr. Bao's anger is abnormal;
The empress dowager forced the emperor to issue an order;

The princess is making a fuss!

"Cut him! Cut him!"

The crowd was excited.

Bao Zheng couldn't bear it anymore, took off his hat, and was about to swear an oath to kill Chen Shimei, so he pleaded guilty and resigned from office!

The emperor appeared in time and shouted to the arrogant Chen Shimei:

The emperor committed the same crime as the common people when he broke the law, let alone you, a mere son-in-law?Open the guillotine directly!
"Dog-head guillotine! Dog-head guillotine!"

When the yamen servant moved the guillotine, the crowd shouted excitedly again.

With the shout, Chen Shimei's head rolled off the guillotine.

"Long live my emperor!"

I don't know who shouted.

The following is a direct echo:
Long live my emperor!

Long live my emperor!

Long live my emperor!
Resounding through the roof.

Zhu Houzhao stood there, his heart was surging, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

……

In the days that followed, "The Case of Guillotine Beauty" was performed one after another, and the venues were still almost full.

The scene was full, almost overwhelming the test release.

yes!The test results will be announced in about one month!

Because they wished the old man to participate in this test, Qin Shao and the others also paid more attention to the release of this test.

Even though I wish the old man has Buddha-nature mentality for this exam and can accept all the results, but that is to say, who doesn't have some expectations!
Because there were two people in the Zhu family taking the exam, besides the old man Zhu and Zhu Xu, and their family had few servants, Qin Shao sent Wang Yin and his third son to help read the results.

The business of the study and tea house is now on the right track. Because the business is good, a few more people have been hired. Even if they are not on site to greet them, they will not affect their normal operations.

Zhang Cong is here too!

He used to live at the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce.

It's just that the economy is tight, and because of his strong personality and a little aggressiveness, he has been excluded all the time.

In the past two days, I was invited by the old man Zhu to live in their home temporarily.

Zhang Cong felt that he did not perform very well this time, so he was not very hopeful.

But until the last moment, no one wants to give up hope.

Even if you are in your 40s, you still have to go to the scene to watch the list.

Qin Shao asked Wang Yin to take care of him, even though he was still in the prime of life in his forties, but the scientific examination was too important to him.

Qin Shao was worried that Zhang Cong would not be able to withstand the blow in case of disappointment.

As for the old man Zhu, he was too old, so he gave up going to the scene to watch the list.

Qin Shao asked Han Jinrong to prepare dinner early.

When they came back from reading the list, they just had a meal and a drink, which would relieve their disappointment.

Only he knows that if the historical trajectory does not change, the old man Zhu and Zhang Cong will have nothing to do this time.

Obviously they are two talented people, but the good fortune is too tricky!

Around noon, footsteps finally came from outside the door.

Qin Shao and the old man Zhu stood up when they heard the voice in the yard.

The old man Zhu was very excited, and Qin Shao was also a little nervous.

He had never been so nervous during the exam, and he didn't pay much attention to the results of the three small science exams, but it was the old man's turn, and he was even more nervous than himself.

"grandfather!"

Little Sanzi hadn't entered the door yet, but he was already shouting outside the door.

"Come in and talk!"

Qin Shao couldn't stand his whining anymore!

"How about it?"

As soon as the third son entered, Qin Shao stepped forward and asked.

He should have run all the way back, still a little out of breath.

"Medium! In the middle!"

The third son shouted, his eyes were full of excitement and surprise.

"Who won?"

The old man Zhu asked nervously, his voice trembling.

"Yes, who won?"

(End of this chapter)