Zhu Nao

The busiest place in Langzhou City is the teahouse, where fish and dragons are mixed. The poor can buy a pot of clear tea for a few pennies, and they can spend a whole day chatting with others in the lively lobby; the rich buy a few pots of good tea, Then you can ask for a private room upstairs, chat with friends, and make jokes.Therefore, teahouses are the best places for people in the city to go when they have nothing to do.

And all kinds of gossip news are often spread in the teahouse, as small as who the widow in the east of the city slept with last night, as big as who became the new prime minister in the court, there are no taboos about topics in the teahouse.

Some time ago, the hot topics in teahouses always revolved around "bandit", "Xiang Bing", "Zhao Tulang" and "Song Zhoumu", but these days, people's topic seems to revolve around a new character.

In the afternoon, as soon as Li Shen and other playboys entered the teahouse, a name immediately spread to their ears from all directions in the noisy and lively teahouse.

"Zhu Nao..." "Zhu Nao..." "Zhu Nao..." "Zhu Zhou Mu..." "Zhu Zhou Mu..." "Zhu Zhou Mu..." The sounds of magic filled my ears and lingered endlessly.

Every time he heard Zhu Nao's name, Li Shen's face darkened a bit.He had just entered the gate of the teahouse, and before he took two steps, his face was already black as charcoal.

Several other people were about to go upstairs, but they were grabbed by Li Shen.

"I don't want to stay in this ghost place anymore, let's go to another one!"

Several dudes looked at each other in blank dismay.

Anyone who is familiar with Li Shen knows why Li Shen is awkward.He and Zhu Nao were in the business of medicinal materials, and the medicinal materials business was suppressed by Zhu Nao in a disgraceful way. Earlier, he imitated Zhu Nao in the wheat straw business, but was once again severely calculated by Zhu Nao, and he lost all his money.In the past, this guy was always squandering on food and clothing, and he didn't want a new dress with a drop of oil on it.Now, half-eaten biscuits accidentally fall to the ground, and he has to pick them up and pat them to continue eating.How could he not hate Jun Nao so much?

Zhang Xiang smiled and said: "Li Shen, it's not that we don't want to change. It's just that if we want to sit in a teahouse, every teahouse in Langzhou City is the same wherever we go, and we can't avoid those two words. "

Another dandy said with a look of displeasure: "Come on, don't talk about the teahouse, it's the same wherever you go. I went to Goulan yesterday, and I was having fun with the girl. The man in the next room probably finished with the girl. Bragging. It’s okay for him to brag about other things, but he kept bragging that he had tea and dinner with the newly appointed Zhuzhou Mu, and he was full of words about how powerful Zhuzhou Mu is, how smart Zhu Zhou Mu is... I was so hard to hear it. I can't get up anymore. I'm so disappointed!"

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..." Everyone burst into laughter.

Li Shen put himself in his shoes and thought about it, if someone kept saying Zhu Nao's name in his ear when he was working...he would have goosebumps all over his body.

Li Shen was not the only one who followed Zhu Nao in the wheat straw business that day, and most of the gang of dandies participated in it.It's just that they sold early or stocked up less, and they didn't lose as much as Li Shen, and some even made a small profit.

A few people made jokes, and finally entered the teahouse, went upstairs and asked for a private room.

Although they don't like to hear others discuss Juno, it's because they hate Juno and don't like to hear how powerful Juno is.When they opened the topic themselves, the topic still revolved around Zhu Nao.

"It's really strange. Why did he suddenly become an official? He became the state shepherd as soon as he became an official. When I first heard that the new official took office, I thought it was the same name and surname."

"Me too. I thought I was dreaming when I heard about it. It's been several days now, and I still find it incredible."

"I heard from people in the state capital that the state shepherd's position should belong to someone else. For some reason, the official seal fell into Zhu Nao's hands, so he took the opportunity to replace it."

"What?! He is too courageous! If someone finds out, won't he be punished?"

"He is very courageous. Did you know the first day? But these days, is there anything absurd? Who can take care of it?"

Among these dandies, Zhang Xiang has always been the one who thinks Zhu Nao is the most powerful.He said: "You are talking about one version, and I have also heard about another version. It is said that the imperial court wanted to recognize Zhu Nao, a member of the royal family, and therefore specially made him the governor of the state, so that he could be recalled to the capital in the future. "

Immediately someone asked: "Why call him back? Take ten thousand steps back and say, even if he is really a member of the royal family, he is missing in the palace?"

"This... the royal family is really short of children... I heard that the emperor is young and sick, and may not live for many years, and he has not had a son yet."

"My God, according to what you say, if Zhu Nao is recalled by the court, will he be made emperor?"

The person who said this was telling a joke, and everyone did laugh along with it.But laughing and laughing, whoever's smile froze on his face first, the laughter in the room gradually became weaker and weaker.In the end, the atmosphere froze.

Anyone who has read history books knows that when the emperor has no heirs and powerful officials are in power, the powerful and powerful often like to choose a down-and-out person from the sidelines of the clan as the crown prince. Such a crown prince has a clean background and will not bring a big People from factions come to seize power, and they are easy to control, which is beneficial for the powerful to continue to control the government.So, the joke just now is really not impossible...

Thinking of Zhu Nao being associated with the word emperor, the expressions on the faces of the dandies instantly became terrified.

In the private room, it seemed as if winter had suddenly entered, and people's hairs stood erect.

Finally someone broke the silence: "Bah, bah, bah! What is this nonsense? What about the royal family, isn't that just Zhu Nao's own nonsense? Are you serious?!"

"Just, that's right, don't say such scary things, I have goosebumps..."

"Haha...just kidding..."

The dandies patted their chests, wiped away the cold sweat, and hurriedly spoke ill of Zhu Nao again to calm their minds.

"Speaking of which, what state shepherd is not the state shepherd, even if this official is given to me, I don't want to be an official! How many people hate the official now? Maybe someone will set fire to the state capital in a few days."

"That's right. The state capital's money and food have been robbed by the soldiers, and they can't even pay the officials' salaries. How do you think Zhu Nao will become an official? Could it be that he wants to use his own money to subsidize the state capital? That's not enough." ah."

Hearing this, Li Shen felt secretly refreshed: "Why are you worrying about him? Isn't this a good thing? It's time for him to taste the taste of being poor!"

Just as he was talking, someone knocked on the door suddenly.

Li Shen thought it was the guy who brought tea and snacks, and said loudly: "Come in!"

As soon as the door was pushed open, it turned out to be a few servants who came in.

"My lord, the state government sent someone to say that they want to invite you to the teahouse to discuss matters."

"My lord, the state government has also sent someone to look for you."

"Young master, we also..."

The dudes immediately looked at each other in blank dismay.

……

After burning incense, the dudes changed to a private room, and Zhu Nao was already sitting in the room waiting for them.Several other merchants in Langzhou City were also invited.After several people entered the door, they looked around vigilantly. Zhu Nao only brought Jing Zhe by his side, and there were no other officials around.Only then did they slowly enter.

After everyone entered the door, Zhu Nao smiled and said, "Please take a seat." Then he told the waiter in the teahouse: "Show some young masters some tea, I invite you for today's tea."

All the merchants looked at me and I looked at you, sitting around the table suspiciously.

"Zhuzhou Mu," Zhang Xiang asked cautiously, "What do you want us to do?"

Before they entered the private room, they even specially sent people to look around the teahouse, but they didn't see any officials there.If it was true, they probably would have slipped back in a hurry, and would not have dared to come to the appointment, for fear that it would be a grand banquet.

Just now they were laughing at Zhu Nao, the state shepherd, who had no money to envoy, and after saying that, Jun Nao invited them all over, and anyone could guess why—of course it was for money!To be honest, being an official is not much better than being a bandit these days, what if Zhu Nao set up a trick to tie them all up and force their families to pay money to redeem them?

In short, before they came, they had already sent their servants to go home quickly, and told the family members to find a place to hide the money at home.After a while, as long as Zhu Nao asks them for money, they cry desperately, no matter how miserable they are.

Seeing that everyone was present, Zhu Nao said unhurriedly, "Everyone, how is business doing recently?"

Everyone thought: Sure enough, it is here!

They have already prepared the draft, and they are scrambling to speak first.

"Zhuzhou Mu, you don't know! It's too difficult to do business now. I haven't bought new goods for more than two months. I can't get in. There are bandits everywhere, and I will be robbed no matter which way I go. If this continues, my family Several shops are going to be closed!"

"Me too, I have been robbed by bandits twice in two months. Now I want to transport some goods, and I can't get through without a caravan of 200 people. But who can afford so many people? Go twice The goods are bankrupt."

"How can you be as miserable as I am? My business is losing every day, the door is cold, and the customers don't come to the door at all..."

"What are you guys doing? In terms of being poor, no one is as poor as I am!"

A group of businessmen quarreled over who was poorer and more miserable.Standing behind Zhu Nao, the corners of Jing Zhe's mouth twitched, almost no longer knowing how to write poor and miserable characters.

After everyone finished complaining, Zhu Nao showed a concerned look: "It sounds like your business is not going well recently? Are you really losing money?"

"is not that right?"

"It's a big loss!"

"Oh, the world is hard, life is not easy!"

Zhu Nao nodded approvingly: "It's really not easy to make some money these days."

Li Shen, Zhang Kun and others looked at each other, feeling that they had succeeded in crying poor and crying, and couldn't help feeling a little proud.But I was a little puzzled in my heart, Jun Nao was persuaded so easily?

But I heard Zhu Nao say slowly: "I have been doing business in Langzhou all these years, and I have been taken care of by you. Now that I am honored to be the shepherd of Liezhou, I still feel grateful for your kindness. Therefore, whenever I have the opportunity, I think I must come Repay you all."

Everyone was immediately shocked by his shamelessness.They took care of Junao all these years? ?God knows how many times they tried to suppress Jun Nao, only to be unsuccessful because Jun Nao was too cunning.It would be good if Junao didn't want to take revenge on them, but also to repay them? ?

Seeing Li Shen's eyes widened, Zhu Nao wondered, "Brother Li, what objection do you have?"

Li Shen hurriedly turned his gaze away: "No, no."

Zhu Nao smiled and said, "Brother Li has taken care of me especially these years. Brother Li assisted a lot in the wheat straw business."

Li Shen: "..."

He was holding a mouthful of old blood in his chest, wishing he could spray Zhu Nao in the face!

"Cough," a merchant asked cautiously, "What does Zhuzhou Mu mean by caring?"

Zhu Nao said: "I have a profitable business here, I want to introduce it to you, I hope everyone can make money together."

Everyone: "!!!"

Zhu Nao unhurriedly took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket and handed them to Jing Zhe who was behind him, Jing Zhe immediately helped him distribute them to everyone.

Everyone took a look at it, and was dumbfounded. On the paper, three large characters were written on the top of the paper - loan order!

"Everyone should already know that the state capital is currently in great difficulty after the Xiangbing Rebellion, and needs some money and food turnover. Therefore, I would like to ask you to borrow some money and food to tide over the difficulties. Naturally, since it is borrowing money, the interest will not treat everyone badly. Borrowing The annual interest is [-]% for those who borrow more than one thousand taels of silver; the annual interest is [-]% for those who borrow less than one thousand taels of silver. How about it?”

In the private room, no one said a word for a long time.

Before they came, they had already thought about the methods Jun Nao would use to keep them asking for money.Xu changed the tax law and severely increased their taxes; Xu also robbed them more bluntly, forcing them to hand over their money.And the way of borrowing money is already very gentle.

The annual interest rate is [-]%, which is a relatively low interest rate for merchants. Sometimes the unscrupulous landlords lend grain to tenants, and the interest rate is around [-]% to [-]%.If it was a time of peace and prosperity, it would be fine to lend the money to the state government. It would be a personal favor to the government, and you could get some care when doing business.But the problem is that it is not a peaceful and prosperous age.The situation in Central Shu is so chaotic, who knows how long Zhu Nao, the state shepherd, can last?How long can the state capital last?If the state capital is set on fire in a few days, and Zhu Nao is killed by the rioters, wouldn't their money be wasted?

After a while, a businessman surnamed Liu spoke first.He apologized and said with a smile: "Zhu Zhoumu, if I have money, let alone [-]% annual interest, I should lend it to the state government even if there is no interest. But my hands are really tight..."

Zhu Nao said kindly: "I understand Brother Liu's difficulties. You just said that your business is losing money every day, and I feel very distressed when I hear it. I figured, if you have four shops and several warehouses in your hand, If you convert it all into cash, you can get two or three thousand taels. Instead of putting it there and losing it every day, it’s better to lend it to the state government and earn 3000% of the annual interest, wouldn’t it be more cost-effective?”

The hypocritical smile on the face of the businessman surnamed Liu froze instantly.Not only him, but all the businessmen at the table gasped.

The state capital doesn't want to offend the merchants easily, and the merchants don't want to offend the state capital easily.Even if the state capital is on the verge of collapse, at least not yet, if you want to find someone to trouble you, you can always find someone.Therefore, no one dared to say clearly that they did not want to help the state capital, and could only use "more than enough heart but not enough strength" as an excuse to refuse.

Everyone cried poor and miserable because they wanted to hide how much money and food they had saved.Zhu Nao came up and asked them how their business was going. Of course they couldn't say they made a profit, but they didn't expect that they were being fooled if they said they had lost a lot.If the capital is lost there, why not lend it to the state government to earn interest?Wasn't it intentional!

If Zhu Nao came up with the idea of ​​attacking their roots, not only would it be unreasonable, but it would also be criticized by others.But now, their crying miserably gave Junao a good excuse to cry.Dare Zhu Nao to open this mouth, or kindly help everyone make money!

The businessmen were speechless: whoever says they are profiteers in the future, they must be in a hurry with whom.Compared with Zhu Nao, they are all honest and responsible people!

The author has something to say: Someone in the Goulan shouted next door: Zhu Nao is amazing!Juno is awesome!

The dude who is working: so angry that he is impotent_(:3∠)_