The Only Favorite Ugly Husband

Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge went to the county seat by boat, so they still walked through the back door of Zheng's house, but this time, the treatment they received was completely different from last time, and many passing maids and servants kept talking. The large number of them made Zhao Jinge aroused, and the whole person was on guard.

There are really many temptations in this county, and it is definitely the right thing for him to come here with Jiang Zhen!

There was a second-rank official from Zheng's mansion, who was probably the richest family in the county. Jiang Zhen originally thought that Zheng's mansion would be big, but after entering this time, he realized that it is actually not big, but exquisite everywhere.

As for why the mansion is not big... probably because the county is only so big in total, and there is no place to enlarge the area of ​​the house - those huge gardens can only be built in the countryside.

Of course, Jiang Zhen said that Zheng's mansion is small because he saw too many scenes of a fence enclosing a large piece of land in the countryside... In fact, compared with all kinds of modern dwellings, this Zheng's mansion is already very, very large.

The place where Zheng Yi met Jiang Zhen was in a gazebo half built above the pond. Today the sun was just right and the breeze was blowing. It was a good meeting here.

"You're here." Seeing Jiang Zhen, Zheng Yi yawned, sat up from a rattan recliner, and sat on the stone bench beside the stone table.

Although Zheng Yi is a man, his skin is very fair probably because he was raised finely since he was a child. Even He Qiusheng, who has the best skin in Hexi Village, is probably just like him, but at this moment, it is precisely because of him Because of his extremely fair skin, the dark circles and stubble on his face are particularly obvious.

"Young Master Zheng." Jiang Zhen took Brother Zhao Jin and greeted him slightly.

"Sit down when you come, let's talk about the cards." Young Master Zheng said, putting the cards that Jiang Zhen gave him yesterday on the table.

This card is made of white paper. Yesterday, a group of people played it all afternoon, and it looked a bit old, but now, it is all damaged.

Obviously, the reason why Young Master Zheng has dark circles on his face is because he went to fight this card to death at night.

"After I came back yesterday, I played with my mother and my wife for a while, and then I almost didn't fall asleep." Zheng Yi noticed that Jiang Zhen's gaze fell on this card, and yawned again: "If it weren't for them all Asleep, I still can’t get this card.”

Before Jiang Zhen could speak, First Young Master Zheng said again: "But to be honest, the painting on this card is too ugly."

"..." Jiang Zhen was a little speechless: "I haven't read a book, I only know that I draw randomly. It's very good to be able to draw like this."

"You haven't read the book?" Zheng Yi looked at Jiang Zhen with some surprise. He had asked someone to check on Jiang Zhen, but the time was too short and the people below haven't responded yet...

However, even if he didn't know the specific situation of Jiang Zhen, after observing Jiang Zhen, he also felt that Jiang Zhen should be a well-born and knowledgeable person.

He even suspected that Jiang Zhen was born as a general, which could explain why he was able to beat Liu Heitou to the ground, and his handwriting was quite ugly.

Zheng Yi turned over the top card of the pile, and there was an ugly "Tiger" character on that card.

"I'm an ordinary farmer in Hexi Village. It's true that I haven't read a book, but my two younger brothers have read it. I occasionally listen to a little bit, but I can barely read." Jiang Zhen said.

Zheng Yi smiled: "You are a poor farmer." This Jiang Zhen was neither humble nor overbearing when facing him, it looked...he really didn't look like an ordinary farmer.

The two exchanged a few words, then went straight to the topic and talked about the card.

"The four patterns you drew on it are somewhat nondescript, do you think it would be better to change them to plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum?" Zheng Yi made such an opinion as soon as he came up.

"Letting the Four Gentlemen appear in the gambling house is indecent and troublesome to do. In my opinion, it is better to use some simple patterns for the most common playing cards. But in addition to ordinary playing cards, you can also make more delicate playing cards For the wives and ladies, you can paint plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, even the two tiger cards can be changed into sun and moon cards, one with golden crow and one with Chang'e flying to the moon." Jiang Zhen said, The myths and legends of this place are the same as the ancient times he knows, there is also Houyi shooting the sun and Chang'e flying to the moon.

Zheng Yi thought so too, ordinary cards should be rough, if they are too delicate, he would not want to be ruined by those gamblers.

"Another point is that this playing card is really easy to learn. I will offer it up, and it will indeed be valued by the nobles. I am afraid that it will not be long before it will be all over the street, and it will not be easy to make money." Zheng Yi said.

Their Zheng family can barely be considered a scholarly family, but it is definitely not as good as those old aristocratic families, and there is no family business. It is also because of this that their house will stay in Hecheng County, and they will be responsible for doing business and supporting the capital.

Similarly, there will be a wide open door for them so that they can earn more.

The benefits of offering cards are mainly from the capital side, and Zheng Yi hopes that he can also get some benefits.

"What kind of business name does Young Master Zheng have?" Jiang Zhen said, "Shao Zheng might as well design a logo for his business, so that in the future, no matter whether it is a shop or a caravan, this logo will be used, and the back of the card will also be painted with this logo." sign."

Zheng Yi was a little puzzled when he heard Jiang Zhen say this at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help but scream!In this way, those who first came into contact with playing cards will recognize their playing cards by their signs, not to mention their business names, will also be widely known.

This Jiang Zhen was able to say such an idea by opening his mouth!

It's just that many of the shops under his name have different names, so it's not easy to unify them, and a long-term plan is needed.

"There are also these playing cards. You can make more and offer them when you have enough reserves." Jiang Zhen said again.He is actually not good at doing business, but these are very simple and basic knowledge for modern people, so it is impossible for him not to know.

"How can we not leak the secret?" Zheng Yi asked again. He actually had a way not to leak the secret, but he still wanted to ask Jiang Zhen.

"Each card is made by someone separately." Jiang Zhen said, the traffic is inconvenient at this time, so find a few more printing workshops to make, who can connect those cards? "It can also be said that it is used by the firm to do business."

Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi talked happily.

At first Zheng Yi asked Jiang Zhen to be the manager of the gambling house, just out of gratitude to Jiang Zhen, and didn't expect Jiang Zhen to do anything, but now...

"Brother Jiang, is he interested in managing the gambling house?" Zheng Yi asked, he felt that perhaps letting Jiang Zhen manage the gambling house would bring unexpected surprises.

"Are Zheng Shao interested in opening another gambling house?" Jiang Zhen asked.

Zheng Yi hesitated immediately, the county is only so big, and if he opens a gambling shop, isn't it because he is robbing himself of business?

"This casino does not do business for the poor, but only for the rich. For example, the cards of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum can be used." Jiang Zhen said.

Jiang Zhen felt that it was meaningless to get their hard-earned money from a group of ordinary people. It would be better to package the gambling shop and open it only to the rich.

Jiang Zhen had seen those big casinos before, so he picked and said a few points. Zheng Yi heard it and immediately clapped his hands: "Good idea!"

For the poor, a few copper coins are also very valuable, but the rich are different. People spend hundreds of thousands of taels to buy an antique without blinking their eyes.

There have always been a lot of rich people in the south of the Yangtze River... Let's talk about Hecheng County, even though it is small, there are many rich people in the county, and there is no shortage of money for businessmen.

As for why there are many rich people, the county is not very prosperous... People these days like to raise their own people and do everything by themselves.

Let’s just say that the cooks in Zheng’s Mansion are much more skilled than those in restaurants, and there are also needleworkers in their family. Even if they want to buy cloth, they don’t go to the store to look at it, but someone sends it directly to their home.

Not to mention these... Some rich people even live in the country.

Hundreds of years ago in the neighboring county, there was an elder who lived in a pavilion. After retiring and returning home, he built a big house in the countryside as his ancestral house. That house was magnificent. Compared with it, the Zheng Mansion was really small.

"I will build another gambling house. No, it can't be called a gambling house. At that time, I need to give it a better name. At that time, I will hand it over to you, and you will share [-]% of the profits." Zheng Yi said.

He said it very generously, because it was nothing to him, and because he had already made up his mind, besides them in Hecheng County, he would also go to the capital to build a big gambling house in the same way.

That being the case, it doesn't matter if the gambling house in Hecheng County is given to Jiang Zhen.

After the talk, Zheng Yi left Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge for dinner.

In the process of speaking before, Zhao Jinge didn't speak, so Zheng Yi didn't notice him until this time, and then asked: "Who is this?"

"He is my wife." Jiang Zhen said.

Zheng Yi was a little surprised again.

Shuang'er can also marry a wife and have children. Many big families have few people, so they will raise Shuang'er as a man. Afterwards, a woman of the right family may not be able to marry, but as long as they are willing to spend money, they can marry a woman whose family is not as good as their own. , or no problem.

Because of this, Zheng Yi has also seen Shuang'er who can stand up to the family, but those Shuang'er are all married, he has never seen a Shuang'er who is married and walks around.

Which man would like his wife to show his face outside?

And...the appearance of the pair is really ordinary.

Although he thought so in his heart, Zheng Yi never showed anything. Although he could make fun of people, he knew how to measure it.He would never do things like comment on other people's twins.

Zheng Yi behaved very calmly, but Zhao Jinge was still very uneasy, and he didn't dare to move his chopsticks when eating, he was very cautious.

Zheng Yi pretended not to notice all this, and Jiang Zhen added food to Brother Zhao Jing from time to time, which made Brother Zhao Jing calm down slowly.

The food in the Zheng Mansion tastes very good. After Jiang Zhen traveled to ancient times, he has never eaten such a delicious meal. This has a lot to do with the cooks in the Zheng Mansion being willing to use ingredients when cooking.

Just say this fish...

In Hexi Village before, the shock-absorbing fish was either steamed or boiled, but now...

There was a sea bass on the table. It was sliced ​​open with a knife and then fried in oil. Then it was boiled in sweet and sour. In Zhao's family, it was impossible for Zhao Liu's to cook like this.

Brother Zhao Jin liked the sweet and sour sea bass very much, so Jiang Zhen picked up some for him to eat. Brother Zhao Jin ate happily, and when Jiang Zhen looked over, he smiled at Jiang Zhen.

That smile was actually very restrained, but Jiang Zhen thought it was very pretty when he saw it.

After dinner, Young Master Zheng proposed to take Jiang Zhen to the gambling house.

Jiang Zhen originally wanted to use Zheng Dashaohu to pretend to be a tiger, so of course he would not refuse.

The Zheng family's gambling house is called Hongxing Gambling House. This gambling house is quite big, with two floors and a yard behind it.

The guests basically entered through the main entrance, Zheng Yi led them, but walked in through the side entrance, directly into the courtyard behind the gambling house, and at this moment, there were seven or eight thugs here, looking like they were doing nothing.

Seeing Zheng Yi, these people immediately stood up, bowed to Zheng Yi and saluted: "Young Master Zheng!"

Liu Heitou was standing among these thugs. When he saw Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen beside Zheng Yi, his whole face was distorted.

A piece of skin had been peeled off his face by Jiang Zhen. The wound, coupled with his distorted expression, made him look terrifying and pitiful.

"From now on, you people will be under Jiang's management." But at this moment, Zheng Yi said calmly.

Liu Heitou's head was not black, but his face was dark.

Zheng Yi was not happy to stay in the gambling house for a long time, and left soon, and as soon as he left, Jiang Zhen smiled and looked at the thugs: "I heard that someone set up a private game outside under the name of our Hongxing gambling house. I'm going to visit the casino today, do you guys want to go together?"

When Jiang Zhen said this, he looked at Liu Heitou, making Liu Heitou's complexion even darker.

Liu Heitou knew very well that Jiang Zhen was talking about himself.

He started his career by working as a thug for the casino, but later he secretly recruited a group of people who did not belong to Hongxing Casino.Not only that, in order to support these people, he also secretly opened a gambling house in Qiaotou Village, which belongs to him.

The Zheng family wants to be famous and not short of money. This Hongxing Gambling House will not deliberately induce others to pay debts. They will not do things like usury. Anyway, they will already make a lot of money if they don’t have to do this , but Liu Heitou's casino is different.

They would borrow usurious loans, set people up, and sometimes even force the children of that family to gamble when they knew that a certain family had some money.

"Boss Jiang, what are you talking about?" Someone who didn't agree with Liu Heitou stepped forward.

"I've heard people say that someone in Qiaotou Village is using our name as a gambling shop to do something wrong." Jiang Zhen said.

"Jiang Zhen, don't bully people too much." Liu Heitou couldn't help but said.

"You think I'm too deceitful, so you can leave here immediately. You are not from Hongxing Casino, and you don't use the signboard of Hongxing Casino. No matter what you do outside, no one cares about you." Jiang Zhen smiled. He looked at Liu Heitou.

Liu Heitou dared not leave.

He has no background, but he has bullied others these years and has done a lot of evil things. If he leaves now, the people around him will leave, and Jiang Zhen will make it easier for him to trouble him?

He didn't dare to leave Hongxing Casino, so he could only watch Jiang Zhen take all the thugs from the casino, even him, and then went straight to his lair.

This Jiang Zhen can really do it!What will he do in Qiaotou Village in the future? !