"Brother Liu, why is this?"
Zheng Yueru was startled.
According to the intention of the Hualou Trading Company, when the Queen is here, the specifications will be greatly improved, and the subsidized silver will definitely be indispensable. It would cost at least ten thousand taels to start! When this news came out, several flower houses were slandering and feeling dissatisfied.
Not only is Liu Zheng not dissatisfied, but he also takes care of everything?
Liu Zheng smiled mischievously: "Let's take a rest today. I'll go talk to them tomorrow!"
Zheng Yueru hesitated to speak. Thinking that today was indeed a hard day, Liu Zheng felt sad and said nothing more.
When I got up the next day, it was snowing again in Liangzhou. The cold wind made people wrap up in cotton-padded clothes tightly on the Dongfeng shop floor.
Early in the morning, Liu Zheng called Zheng Yueru, who smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Liu, what are you doing? The work and rest of the Hualou Trading Firm are almost the same as those of other Hualou. They only open at noon."
"ah?"
Liu Zheng made a big mistake and said: "How about Liu Zheng invite Miss Zheng to travel to Liangzhou together today? After all, I was also the number one loser in Liangzhou!"
When Zheng Yueru heard it, she burst out laughing, wondering how anyone could say such a thing about herself. Unexpectedly, at this moment, an old man in brocade clothes next to him saw Liu Zheng, his face changed instantly, and he shouted, Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu, please don’t hurt me again! Then he rolled and crawled in the snow and fled.
Liu Zheng was dumbfounded by this scene, not to mention Zheng Yueru, who was already bursting into laughter. It seems that Liu Zheng's self-deprecation is not an exaggeration at all.
"I just don't recognize who this guy is!"
Liu Zheng felt very aggrieved.
Zheng Yueru glanced at him, thinking that this was Brother Liu's initiative to invite him. She felt very happy, so she went for a walk with Liu Zheng regardless of the cold weather.
Returning to Liangzhou again, Liu Zheng felt a lot of emotion in his heart. Speaking of which, he was born and raised here, but because of the time travel, he has no sense of belonging to Liangzhou. As time goes by and his career develops, he feels more like his hometown in Yinzhou.
When we met a house on the road, there happened to be a child who went out to play and was scolded by his parents.
"Don't try to run away, second baby! Come back to me!"
"Hey, it's freezing cold today, please put on some cream before going out!"
As soon as the child heard that there was something going on outside, he obediently asked his mother to apply the cream, and he couldn't help but say, "It smells so good!"
After hearing this conversation, Liu Zheng couldn't help but look at Zheng Yueru with a smile on his face. It seems that this cream is still very popular in Liangzhou, and ordinary people can afford it. This is the promotion effect Liu Zheng wants.
"Brother Liu, why don't you go back to Liu's house and take a look?"
Zheng Yueru turned her face sideways and looked at Liu Zheng with a smile.
When the Liu family and his son left Liangzhou, they did not sell the house in order to return to Liangzhou one day. At this time, it was probably overgrown with weeds and extremely desolate. Thinking of this, Liu Zheng smiled: "We are guests this time, so we won't go back."
Zheng Yueru was slightly startled and looked at Liu Zheng with admiration again.
If it were given to others, with Liu Zheng's achievements at this time, he would definitely return to his hometown with great fanfare, for fear that others would not know. But Liu Zheng was as calm as an old man at this time. Only then did Zheng Yueru realize that Mr. Liu was not as ambitious as usual. She suddenly remembered that ballad that was widely circulated among the people, and she thought it was ridiculous when she first heard it.
"Liu Jiaweng, ride the donkey upside down."
"Leaving Liangzhou will mess with God's will."
"Feng Sanniang, don't stop."
"Yinzhou Beach, look at things!"
At first glance, it sounded like children's vernacular slang, but now Zheng Yueru felt that it had a profound meaning. Judging from Liu Zheng's current state of mind and the prospects of his industries, it's really hard to say what will happen to Yinzhou in the future...
As a landlord, Liu Zheng was not stingy and took Zheng Yueru around for a whole morning. At noon, he found a restaurant for dinner.
Unexpectedly, I just took my seat.
I could hear the hustle and bustle in the restaurant. A blind old man with erhu and a young girl dressed in simple clothes were sitting in the middle. They seemed to be singers and storytellers in this ancient restaurant.
"Let's have some!"
"Come to the part of "Chen Batian vs. the Hun King"!"
"Haha, guest, the war on the border has been tense recently. I heard that the imperial court is negotiating peace with the Huns. I absolutely dare not talk about this!"
The shopkeeper came out to apologize.
"Disappointment!"
The old man played the erhu, and the little girl next to him was playing the chime and started singing.
"Today, we are going to talk about the Liu family and his son who entered Yinzhou and encountered horse bandits on the way and defeated the enemy wisely! They captured the uninhabited land in March and announced the revenue and expenditure without imposing taxes!"
"good!"
"This part is good!"
The crowd shouted.
Zheng Yueru looked at Liu Zheng playfully, smiling slightly.
Liu Zheng sat and drank, noncommittal. But at this moment, there were ripples in his heart. Because these things, not intentionally done by me, have been compiled into books. Sure enough, the eyes of the masses were still so sharp... Although the old man's storytelling was a little exaggerated and more artistically processed, people listened with interest and applauded again and again. Some people even asked, are there any counties that do not charge agricultural taxes?
It’s okay for the county magistrate not to collect money from the people, but he still announces the fiscal revenue and expenditure?
So some people started to curse in anger.
Marquis Liu was dedicated to serving the people, but he was assassinated on the road. The world is unfair, and so on.
This is how reputation spreads.
It seemed that his efforts had gained a lot of points for his father, and Liu Zheng was very satisfied.
"good!"
"Well said, enjoy!"
At this moment, there was a loud shout from the second floor of the restaurant, and a gold ingot was thrown out. Everyone looked at it with envy. The little girl quickly picked it up, but it took two hands to hold the ingot of gold.
"Thank you, uncle, for watching!"
"Hahahaha, good point. The Liu family and his son are really interesting!"
A man in brocade clothes walked out of the box on the second floor and said with a smile: "Today, I will tell you another thirty times!"
The storyteller happily agreed.
The man in brocade clothes left the restaurant surrounded by several people. When she saw the man's appearance, Zheng Yueru trembled: "Du Biao!"
"who?"
Liu Zheng also kept looking at that person curiously. He boasted that he knew countless people in Liangzhou, but he had never seen this person before, and he was curious in his heart.
Zheng Yueru whispered: "The third leader of Baiya Army!"
"What?"
Liu Zheng took a breath of air and felt his scalp numb again. Thinking of Jiang Xuan's guess last night, I felt a little more convinced at this moment. I originally thought that the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce was still in its infancy and would not receive any attention from the Baiya Army. At this time, it seemed that his idea was still too conservative... The Baiya Army was simply too concerned about anything that could attack the prefect Chen Ping. He enjoys it and doesn't mind adding insult to injury in any way.
Just looking at this person, he was not an easy person. Liu Zheng thought in his heart that no matter what, he should stay away from this person.
However, he still thought too simply.
After the two had lunch, they rushed to the Hualou Trading Company. This so-called Hualou Trading Company is the place where Liangzhou is specially used to manage various flower houses. It is equivalent to an organization similar to a business association. All flower houses in Liangzhou must obey the management and dispatch of Hualou Trading Company to avoid malicious competition and fights.
When we got here, there were already quite a few people inside, about fifty or sixty.
This represents fifty or sixty flower buildings in Liangzhou. It can be seen that the prosperity of Liangzhou is indeed not comparable to that of Yinzhou.
"Hey, isn't this our Mr. Liu?"
As soon as the two of them stepped into the business, they heard several strange voices. Liu Zheng looked around and saw several young men in brocade clothes gathered together. At this time, their eyes were unkind and they looked at Liu Zheng mockingly.
"haven't seen you for a long time!"
Liu Zheng chuckled.
These young masters were relatively familiar with me in the past. It could even be said that they were all my lackeys in the past. They did all kinds of evil in Liangzhou every day, just because they wanted to cling to Liu Dahao, the richest man in Liangzhou. Unexpectedly, after Liu Dahao was in trouble, the children of these prominent families changed their faces. They used to call him Brother Liu. After Liu Dahao was in trouble, they wanted to step on him.
"Huh, lost dog, who wants to meet you? I heard that Mr. Liu is now living in a post house when he returns to Liangzhou? Is Liu's house desolate?"
"Mr. Liu, how is your injury? In the past, Mr. Liu was so pampered that he had to stay in bed for a month if he had a cold! Now, tsk tsk, are you so poor that you can't open the pot? You were injured yesterday and you are out doing business today?"
Everyone laughed.
Liangzhou people, with the arrogance of Liangzhou people, naturally look down upon Liu Zheng who has been reduced to a place like Yinzhou where nothing matters. I flattered Liu Zheng a lot in the past, but now I want to step on him as hard as I can.
Zheng Yueru's expression changed, and she was about to retort, but was stopped by Liu Zheng.
He chuckled and said, "They are all doing business, so be nice."
As soon as these words came out, others laughed sarcastically.
"Doing business? Mr. Liu, who are you qualified to do business with now?"
"Is it just you?"
"Go back and be your county prince, and end this life!"
Liu Zheng shook his head slightly. When Liu Dahao was in Liangzhou, he was undoubtedly the richest man, followed by Qian Buqun. At this time, Qian Buqun was also tricked, and all these monsters and monsters appeared. Among these people, the guy named Guo Yu, the leader of the family behind him, is already the richest man in Liangzhou. As for how long he can be there, Liu Zheng dare not say. Chen Ping's ability to "slaughter fat sheep" is still quite good. Excellent.
"This lady is..."
Guo Yu still wanted to sneer, but when he saw Zheng Yueru, his eyes lit up and he asked to please.
"What does it have to do with you?"
Zheng Yueru treated him coldly.
Some other losers got angry and said angrily: "Miss, you probably don't know who I am, Mr. Guo, right?"
"In Liangzhou, this is Mr. Guo!"
One person gave a thumbs up.
Zheng Yueru chuckled in her heart and couldn't help but glance at Liu Zheng. Are these ignorant guys the same as Liu Zheng before? I just don’t know how he suddenly matured.
"Everyone, sit down first, sit down first!"
People from the trading company came out to smooth things over.
Guo Yu snorted coldly and deliberately winked at the loser next to him. It seemed that the younger brother worked in Hualou Trading Company and arranged for people to sit down one by one. However, when Liu Zheng and Zheng Yueru arrived, there were no seats prepared. .
The whole place fell silent.
Guo Yu even shouted angrily: "This is unreasonable. Is this how you treat our Mr. Liu?"
"Aren't the seats fully prepared?"
"Quickly, bring me some haystacks!"
As soon as this was said, the whole audience burst into laughter.
"Miss, look, why are you following this worthless guy? Why don't you come here..."
Guo Yu looked at Zheng Yueru with a smile and was about to take action.
Liu Zheng's eyes turned cold and he slapped him with his backhand.
Snapped!
Guo Yu was beaten so hard that he took three steps back, covered his face and pointed angrily at Liu Zheng.
"presumptuous!"
"you wanna die!"
