"This is Xujiazhuang? Why do we look more lively than the county town." A head poked out of the carriage and looked outside.
A person on the side said humbly: "I have done some research before I came here. Although Xujiazhuang is just a village, since the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce opened its shop here, merchants who came to buy iron began to gather here. After the new year, there will be many Traders who rarely do business come to Xujiazhuang to do business. Some of them can’t even buy things in the county town, but they can sell them here in Xujiazhuang. Now Xujiazhuang is even more prosperous and lively than the county town.”
Butler She nodded and said, "It's good. It seems to be more popular than in the city. If our family can get a few good-located shops here, I'm afraid we can earn as much as if we opened an iron yard."
"The two uncles want to buy a shop in Xujiazhuang, but that's probably not possible." The driver suddenly said, "The shops in Xujiazhuang are only for rent, not for sale."
"Hmph!" Butler She snorted coldly and said, "Just because others can't get the shop here doesn't mean we can't. Lingqiu Guards is our uncle."
The man next to him nodded and agreed: "Butler, you are right. With our uncle here, we can't get any kind of shop."
"It turns out that you two are from the garrison mansion, and the younger one is blind." The driver gently touched his face with his hand and said nothing.
Butler She was too lazy to argue with a coachman.
As the carriage moved forward along the road, Butler She lifted the curtain on the window with one hand and looked at the busy street outside the carriage.
The more I looked at it, the more I felt like it was a good place. I was thinking about how to persuade my uncle to come forward and get some shops in Xujiazhuang.
"Gentlemen, the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce has arrived." The carriage stopped and the driver said to the carriage.
Butler She bent down and walked out of the carriage. When he looked up, he saw many people walking out of the door with the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce plaque. The one walking in the front was a young man, followed by two men who looked like guards.
Behind the young man, on the steps of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce, many middle-aged people with rich body shapes and gorgeous clothes were standing in front of the door, with flattering looks on their faces, as if they were going out to see the young man off.
Butler She hesitated for a moment and did not get out of the car immediately. He frowned and looked at the young man. He always felt that he looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.
When the young man left and the middle-aged people who came out to see him off returned to the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce, he asked the driver in a low voice: "Who were those people just now?"
"Those people are the directors of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce." The coachman said.
Butler She added: "Where is the young man who just left? I think the directors of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce are very respectful to him."
The driver was a local, and this was not the first time he had sent someone to Xujiazhuang. He knew the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce fairly well, so he said, "Don't underestimate the young man who just left. He is the president of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce, and this Xujiazhuang belongs to him." , he also has a mule and horse shop in Xujiazhuang, and I heard that his business has gone to Xuanfu."
Hiss... Butler She took a breath, and an abnormal flush appeared on his face.
He was not shocked by the coachman's words, but he remembered who the young man who had just left was.
"Car driver, go back to the county seat." Butler She returned to the carriage.
As far as the driver was concerned, the money had been given anyway. Since the other party wanted to return to the county seat, he turned around and drove back along the original road.
There was also a servant of the Zheng family sitting in the carriage, Lingqiu, who had come with Butler She. He was puzzled when he saw that Butler She was not going to the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce, but was going back to the county town.
He said: "Butler, didn't you say you were going to the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce? It's already at the door, why did you go back? The iron yard is closed?"
"There's no need to go, I have a better way. Don't talk about opening one iron yard, it's no problem to open two. Moreover, the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce must take the initiative to give us the iron yard. Not only that, Xujiazhuang's shops will also need to be opened. Just give us ten rooms." As he spoke, Butler She looked excited.
The driver shrugged his nose and didn't smell any alcohol.
The servant in the carriage twitched his eyes and said, "Butler, we haven't been drinking, why are we talking nonsense?"
"What do you know!" Butler She glanced at him, and then whispered, "Do you know who the president of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce is?"
"Who is it?"
Butler She lowered his voice and said, "Do you still remember the banditry in Zhengjiazhuang last year?"
The servant nodded and said: "Remember, our village was robbed of a lot of food, and the master was sick for more than a month before getting out of bed because of this."
"Let me tell you, just now I saw the man who went to our village to grab food." Butler She's lips showed a hint of amusement.
The servant was shocked: "Ah! If you don't hurry up and report it to the official, you are a bandit!"
"Shut up." Butler She scolded and whispered, "You idiot, what good does reporting to the official do to us? Now we have caught his handle, not to mention the iron field, even the Xujiazhuang shop, he also You have to be obedient and bring it to us."
The servant hesitated for a moment and said, "Housekeeper, I heard that the president of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce was a bandit leader in Hutou Village. If we come to visit him rashly, will he kill us and silence us?"
"What do you have to be afraid of!" Butler She said, "There is no need for us to come forward in this matter. Don't forget, our uncle is a guard at Lingqiu. Could it be that he, the president of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce, dares to kill an official and rebel?"
The servant frowned and said: "Butler, many people know that the president of Dongshan Chamber of Commerce was once a bandit leader. Even if we say that he is the bandit who robbed Zhengjiazhuang back then, it will probably be of no use!"
"You don't understand this." Butler She said, "I have also heard about the Hutou Village. Apparently it was wiped out by the previous guard, and the guard was promoted to the rank of general, so our uncle Even if you know that he is the bandit leader, it is not easy to take action because Hutou Village has been wiped out. If you do it forcefully, you will not only offend the general and the current Lingqiu County Magistrate, but also offend many people who have dealt with the bandit suppression in Hutou Village. officials, but the case of bandits is different. With witnesses, no one can find fault."
The servant understood a little bit and said: "Then let's go back quickly and tell my uncle the news and ask him to send troops to Xujiazhuang to arrest the people."
Butler She waved his hand and said: "There is no urgency to arrest the person. Let's squeeze all the money out of the president of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce through my uncle first, and then let him arrest the person and perform meritorious service. Otherwise, if the person is arrested, the Xu family will Aren’t all the benefits of the village and the iron field cheap to others?”
After being reminded by Butler She, the servant suddenly realized it and immediately said with a smile on his face: "The first housekeeper is wise. If this matter is solved, the first housekeeper will get a lot of benefits. Don't forget the little one then."
"Don't worry, your benefits will be indispensable when the time comes." Butler She patted the man on the shoulder with satisfaction.
The carriage drove all the way towards Lingqiu County.
Liu Heng, who was in Xujiazhuang, didn't know that he was recognized by an 'acquaintance'.
