The Honest Man of the Red Chamber

The businessmen sat in the warm spring (floor heating) and refreshed Jia Zheng's wealth again and again, worrying that this real local tyrant, the new chief secretary, might open his mouth. After all, he is so rich, how could he know what they would do The hard work of earning a small amount of money.

Most of the officials who have come over there one after another are also sitting on pins and needles. Those who can pass the test all the way, obtain fame and get a second job, unless they are really talented and talented, otherwise they have some capital at home, and they will definitely be regarded as a country gentry when they return to the countryside. .When everyone was not allowed to be an official in the original place because of the policy of avoidance, it has never been seen that Jia Zheng can take up the post with his whole family like this.

Look at the glass bowl containing the fruit, illuminated by the very bright glass lamp!

Which prodigal son of an extremely rich family is this?In order to bring all the good things at home to a place that may only have a three-year term!What if these things break!Glass is fragile!

If you are already so rich, you will definitely not take bribes. Even if you want to accept it, you have to accept a heavy gift!Then what can they do!Shangguan doesn't accept gifts, how can they accept gifts?If the collection is expensive, they won't have enough to give away!Don't they have to live on that little salary?What's the point of being an official?

Even if some of them are "clean" officials who really want to serve the country and the people, they are afraid that they will arrange some unfinished task of filling the gap when they come, and they will not be able to complete it at that time.

The current rumors about tax collection may have been released by the Chief Secretary himself to test them, to see if they can accept "such weird" tax items. If they can accept it, it may not only collect taxes, Scholars also have to pay taxes, not to mention paying taxes when crossing rivers and bridges.

Everyone was worried, but Jia Zheng was sitting on the second floor on the small balcony, and took a deep breath in a room with thick dark curtains behind him. What's the matter? Rich and rich country gentry, isn't it just about a hundred people, he has even met the emperor, so he is afraid that he will not be able to meet them?

After secretly cheering myself up, I took out the speech draft written in my sleeve after discussing with everyone. This speech draft was also said by my wife. , it is easier to remember, and it is best to be catchy.

"Thank you for your appreciation. I came to Shanxi by the emperor's order. The only thing I do is to develop the economy and fill the gap. As long as the goal is achieved, the government will die without regret! All colleagues, follow me, come first Let's see how this prostitute's tax is collected..."

The ten famous prostitutes selected by Jia Zhen can receive 5 taels. This 5 taels is to tell everyone in Shanxi that he, Jia Zheng, keeps his word and learns from his actions!It expresses his determination not to give up until he reaches his goal!At the same time, I also showed them my skills and told them that if I follow myself, I will not disturb the people or exploit them, and I can still receive taxes.

Jia Zheng knew very well in his heart that corruption and bribery are unavoidable, and he cannot stop buying officials and nobles, but tyrannical robbery and exploiting the people are not acceptable!I would rather not be able to make up for the shortfall in time than to leave such a handle for people to stab the knife directly.

Along with the rumors, he and his wife had no choice but to think of this way, which was regarded as turning the corner to safety, and it happened to be an excuse to make an official appearance.

Jia Zheng summed up the opinions of his brother-in-law, Qian Liang and other masters, plus the analysis of his own affairs, and decided to ask about farming, reward hard work and persuade laziness, so that some agriculture in Shanxi can also develop.At the same time, it is necessary to moderately open up business for profit, and lure the rebellious local tyrants to follow the law and be cautious with the benefit.

For matters such as zoning farms, registering, borrowing cattle, piglets, fish, rabbits, chickens and ducks, etc., Jia Zheng felt that he was completely fine. As for business matters, he had to rely on his wife's help.

Among other things, Madam's ingenuity sometimes is beyond anyone's imagination.

He walked to the window, looked at the crowded boats on the river, and the crowd outside the houses that were originally surrounded by mountains and water but not many people. When the store opens, there will always be some noise.

The movement of the Bowei Building is actually bigger than the Zhenwei Pavilion, that is, the Bowei Pavilion is also much larger than the Zhenwei Pavilion in terms of specifications.Jia Zheng was distracted thinking that such a carved beam and painted building took so much effort to design, this time the wife should not only open [-] places, but only [-] places will be opened, when will I earn back the capital!You have to pay back your capital within three years!

"Madam Chief Secretary Wang has arrived with her daughter-in-law."

Naturally, Wang Guizhi didn't need a name sticker, she was supported by Li Wan to go up the second step, and the female counselors in the Bowei Restaurant were also young daughters-in-law selected from Jia's mansion, so they called her famous.

Some of the female relatives who had arrived all stood up to greet them.

"Greet madam."

"Give your wife a salute."

Seeing that they were all so polite and courteous, Wang Guizhi felt more relaxed, greeted each other, and sat down one by one after the chatter. There were people talking around her, and there was a bit of chatter. She was trying to distinguish when she heard someone The voice also became louder.

"You are still amazing! You should collect taxes from those bastards, hmph, who gave them a pair of legs... ah..."

Before Wang Guizhi looked towards the sound, the man had already "silenced".

In fact, they didn't misunderstand, but she couldn't put this "credit" on herself.Fortunately, the time was about the same at this time. Through the tulle, I saw the colorful flags waving at the Bowei Building, and I knew that Jia Zheng had finished speaking in the building, and it was time for the top ten beauties, no, famous prostitutes to come on stage up.

"Come, everyone, move to the railing and see what those bewitching women really look like?"

With Wang Guizhi as the leader, and who doesn't like to watch this unprecedented excitement, everyone stood over, and sure enough, looking over from the small observation building, there was a high-speed plane on the side of the high platform with a Something like a trumpet, and a stack of small boxes, and then a man in green robes who looked like a scholar went up, "Please pay attention, please be quiet, who are the top ten beauties in Shanxi? Which beauties are they?" It is my honor to receive such an excellent honor officially recognized! Without further ado, let us take a look!" I don't know what happened, he didn't seem to speak very hard, but let the people around him hear clearly Chudi attracted everyone's attention, and the people who rushed over couldn't help standing on tiptoe and looking around, and some people climbed onto the tree. At this time, there was another beautiful and melodious music sounding, which made everyone even more excited. Look forward to it.

"No.10, Du Qiuniang!"

The sound of the music turned into a relatively rapid drumbeat, and from somewhere beside the stage, a graceful woman wearing a hibiscus gold wide-sleeved gown appeared. There were hibiscus flowers blooming on the long skirt, and she had a pretty face. Let some boys and buddies on the boat applaud, and some who can't see clearly also applaud, and the scene is suddenly very lively.

Du Qiuniang, who was originally wearing a thin shirt, was so excited that her eyes turned red, and she no longer felt cold!

Sure enough, it was her ancestors who blessed him. When Mrs. Jia came, the most famous matchmaker in the building led Chunqing to accompany Mr. Qiao. The son is rich, and now their intestines are going to regret it!From now on, the first name of Guangxiang Tower will no longer be Hongniang Lu, but Du Qiuniang!

"Du Qiuniang, three-star appearance, four-star skin, three-and-a-half-star attitude...year 1.6, height [-] meters, weight...good at playing the piano, please ask Du Qiuniang to play a song for everyone!" After clearly reading, the man Stepping aside, Du Qiuniang, who took the piano handed up from the audience, flicked it lightly with her bare hands, following the waves, making everyone listen.

After the song was over, she walked gracefully to a small round step on the stage. Wang Guizhi took the lead in applauding, and everyone followed suit.

"I didn't expect them to be really capable..." Someone was sour and tasted, alas, no wonder the master always likes to send money to find these women.

"No.9, Zhao Yun!..."

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"No.1, Liu Luzhu, Miss Liu!"

The beauties in the front who are fat, swallows and thin are really a feast for everyone. After all, they are not only gorgeous and chic (specially told them to make them, otherwise they will not be able to tell the difference if they are far away!), each has its own strengths , piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, Fu, playing, playing and singing, beautiful people and beautiful clothes, everyone is beautiful, and Liu Luzhu can dominate the crowd and dominate the crowd, how beautiful it is!

Unexpectedly, when Liu Luzhu came on stage, she was still covered with a veil.

"Open it! Open it!"

"Yes!"

Although green vegetables and radishes have their own favorites, they read the scoring standards, and they all have their own characteristics. Everyone began to look forward to this name, but they couldn't see it clearly!Why doesn't this make them scratch their heads!

"This year's No. 1 prostitute in Shanxi, Miss Liu Luzhu has a privilege. Only when she herself is willing to take off her veil will people see the beauty of the No.1 prostitute in Shanxi! But she also has to pay a heavy tax of [-] taels. The price! Miss Liu, please pay the tax!"

Du Qiuniang was so jealous that Liu Luzhu held up the bank note she had prepared in her sleeve for everyone to see, and handed it to the ceremony officer, who then handed her a small box, which contained Mrs. Jia It's a special brand name!I really want to see her right away!

"Please Miss Yuxiu..."

After a while, the ten people quickly collected them, "Every year in Laba, the top ten famous prostitutes of the year will be announced, and taxes will be collected on the spot. Thank you for watching and supervising! The following is the opera by the famous actor Mr. Hu..."

Successfully completed!

Success without rehearsal once!

The money was received smoothly, and Bowei Building became famous from then on!

Wang Guizhi was so excited that tears filled his eyes. It was a great surprise to be able to get the ancient loudspeaker out in Laba. In fact, the loudspeaker was made of copper, and then the music was guided to the bottom with bamboo tubes, and then spread out. The effect is not bad.

In the future, there will be Boweilou and the "children" hired by Jia Zheng to spread the word and let everyone know.The so-called tax collection is not that any tycoon has to pay tax, but only the top ten well-known tycoons who have passed the assessment and visits are taxed.

In fact, in the later stage, Jia Zhen even received a lot of requests from "mothers and fathers-in-law", willing to pay more taxes to compete for the top spot, and finally received Liu Luzhu 2 taels to make her stand out and become No.1 up.This is the money Jia Zhen sent up. If she really only received 2 taels, then she doesn't know.In fact, thanks to others this time, even if the money is collected, it is only natural!

Not counting the 5000 taels that Jia Zhen sent up, but also [-] taels in front of everyone!Although the money didn't go into her pocket, she was too happy to die!

Following the opening of the performance, she looked at the expressions on the faces of the ladies around her, almost all of them staring intently, and felt that the matter was half done.

After all, Boweilou also needs to be successful. When Jia Zheng couldn’t get the local officials to make up the shortfall, for the future and happiness of the family, she was willing to give Jia Zheng 50.00% of the proceeds of Boweilou (after all, Boweilou Weilou must be in his favor to operate smoothly. No one dares to start a disturbance. It can be regarded as a share for him, but it is still impossible to hand over all of them for the time being...

She has repeatedly deduced the success of Zhenwei Building, and feels that in addition to food, the endless performances in it are also indispensable. According to Li Yan's report before leaving, she brought some artists from Beijing and called some The corner of Shanxi.

Boweilou will be famous from today onwards, after that, she will not invite them, but they will come to her~

Because of the popularity of Zhenwei Pavilion, many artists are willing to come to Zhenwei Pavilion, and even promise to be on stage for free. They just want to gain fame, and there is also a silver reward, so the programs of Zhenwei Pavilion are not repeated every day. Whichever one the audience likes will continue to perform.

You have to eat delicious food, but also have fun watching it!

Wang Guizhi and his wives ate all kinds of refreshments brought up like flowing water, watched the show, and drank rice wine to make a noise.

And the main building of Bowei Building is full of people, and the noise is endless. If Jia Zhu hadn’t been helped by the servants in Bowei Building, he would have collapsed from water and wine to honey water from the beginning, and his stomach would be swollen like this I couldn't bear it, and even the belt loosened two or three times.After all, Jia Zheng was the biggest official present, and everyone had to drink to the brim when he toasted, so they could only toast. It's a junior again, it's polite for people to come over to toast, even turning up to greet him, he almost vomited after drinking.

"Elder Master! Elder Master, come, have another drink!"

"Yes, Eldest Young Master, your father is really powerful! Too powerful!"

"Eldest Young Master, I don't know what your father means. Can you tell me, Eldest Young Master!"

Some officials and merchants poured Jia Zhu's wine again and again, just to dig something out of his mouth, so that they can speak the truth after drinking!

Jia Zhu blushed and swayed on the table, "I, I'm not drunk yet... No, no, no, thank you..." These guys... I knew he was pretending to be drunk... He was I also asked him, an "ignorant child", to tell them something.

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