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Chapter 59
Chapter 59
At the gate of the city, there are two long dragons, one is the caravan entering the city, the other is the common people.
There is a fee to enter the city. Ordinary people have two yuan per person, but the price of the caravan is random, and it all depends on the mood of the guards.
Finally, it was Mu Wanqing's turn and the guard stopped them, "Who? What are you doing here? Lu Yin brings them out."
Shen Yong was already prepared, and took out a road guide and passed it over, "I am the caravan of the Guo family in Jiangnan, and I came here to do business."
The guard's gaze fell on the long queue and the cage, and a trace of greed flashed in his eyes. "What did you bring?"
"Just tea and cloth." Shen Yong acted very low-key.
These are all good things, and the guard waved, "Open the box and check."
During the inspection, the behavior was particularly rude, and the goods were turned over in a fuss. Shen Yong frowned slightly, but he didn't have a seizure. Instead, he handed a piece of silver to the guard.
Is this too little?
Shen Yong cursed inwardly, the watchdog, but he hasn't entered the city yet, so he doesn't want to fall out with the guard.
This is someone else's territory, and unless it is absolutely necessary, you can't make trouble.
They are asking for money!
He stuffed two more pieces of silver in the past, and the guard took it into his arms, "Just take it easy."
The other guards restrained a lot, and Mu Wanqing saw it all in her eyes, thinking about it in her heart.
The curtain was lifted, and Mu Wanqing immediately opened her eyes wide, looking timidly and frightened.
The guard looked at Mu Wanqing a few times. He had red lips and white teeth, clear eyebrows, and was dressed in plain brocade, the standard attire of an ordinary wealthy young master.
"Who is this?"
Shen Yong smiled, "My brother, I specially brought him out to meet the world, and learn to do business as soon as possible."
"Hello, sir." Mu Wanqing greeted her in a low voice, extremely shy.
The guard saw a lot of people of all shapes and sizes, but without attracting his attention, he just took out a sign and handed it to Shen Yong, "This is a sign only for merchants, you can enter the mutual market only with this. Yuelai Inn.β
It was the first time Shen Yong heard that the gate guard would solicit customers, which was strange. "There is only one inn in the city?"
The guard glared at him angrily, "Just go if you want to live there, what nonsense, do you still want to enter the city?"
"Go in, go in." Shen Yong made up his mind to go ahead and talk.
The guard raised his voice and called one of his subordinates, "Little Liuzi, take them to the Yuelai Inn."
Xiao Liuzi answered happily, as if there was something great.
Shen Yong was a little flustered, "Little... Young Master, why do I think something is wrong?"
Mu Wanqing also thought it was a little weird, "Go and talk to that little Liuzi and find out what's going on."
"Okay." Shen Yong immediately walked to Xiao Liuzi's side, and in a tricky clichΓ©, Xiao Liuzi was a straight-up guy, and inadvertently revealed everything he knew.
After a while, Shen Yong walked back with a complicated expression, "It is said that the Yuelai Inn is the property of the Ji family, and the head of the Ji family is the commander of the Ganzhou Guard. If it is true, the Ji family's hand is a little long, but is it possible? ?"
The commander of the capital is the Du family, which has jurisdiction over sixteen guard commanders, and below it are thousands of households and hundreds of households.
For example, the commander of the general commander is the commander of the group, and the commander of the guards is the commander of the army.
Generally speaking, each family has its own property, but he doesn't think it's true that they don't carry such public equipment for private use.
Brother Mu Zicheng, who was in the crowd, came over and said, "sister, why don't we go to live and find a home by ourselves?"
This time, Mu Wanqing brought her two older brothers. Mu Zicheng has matured a lot after these days of experience. He is very familiar with the people in the caravan and can help.
As for mu Ziang, it's all about seeing the world.
Mu Wanqing frowned slightly, "This is the Ji family's territory, and some of them are eyeliners. Let's not act rashly, let's take a look at the situation."
Their goal is to make a fortune in silence, not to make enemies everywhere.
"That's fine."
The city of Ganzhou is very large, but it is very broken. The green brick road is bumpy and bumpy. There are short and dilapidated houses on both sides of the road, one next to the other, and the moss mottled walls tell a long history.
After walking for a while, the sight opened up, and the buildings were getting better and better. It was a lively commercial street.
After passing the intersection, Mu Wanqing looked out, there were all the inns on the left, and on the right... Baihualou, Wanhua Pavilion? What the hell is that place? A brothel street?
The group stopped at the entrance of the Yuelai Inn. The Yuelai Inn is well decorated, antique and quite delicate.
Xiao Er warmly greeted him, "Liu Zi, why did you bring someone here?"
Xiao Liuzi pointed to Shen Yong and his party, "Second brother, Angkor asked me to bring it."
Xiao Er glanced calmly, and nodded with a smile, "Okay, I understand, you can go back quickly."
He swiftly welcomed the group in, and kept saying, "Guest officer, we have more than a dozen inns in Ganzhou City, and our Yuelai Inn is the best in Ganzhou City, and the wine and food rooms are all first-class. Right now is the biggest mutual market of the year, merchants from all over come one after another, and our inn is full..."
Raise your value first and boast a wave of good business.
Shen Yong stopped, turned his head and left, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Let's go now."
Xiao Er was stunned, he hasn't finished speaking yet, why is this guest so upright? "No no no, I mean, the house is full, but the two best yards are reserved for the most distinguished guests."
Shen Yong gave Xiao Er a strange look, as if to say, you are dishonest. "Then I want a yard."
Xiao Er almost overturned the car and dared not show off his tongue again, "You have so much goods, you can store them in our warehouse to ensure safety and reliability. You may not know that this is an inn run by the commander of Wei, no matter what happens, it can be help solve it."
"No." Shen Yong categorically refused, he was stupid to send the goods to other people's warehouses.
"Guest officer..." Xiao Er wanted to try harder.
Mu Wanqing, who was following behind, coughed, "I want to take a hot shower and arrange it."
Her unquestionable tone made Xiao Er dare not say more, "Yes."
The yard is very large, and a towering tree is planted in the middle. The leaves have fallen off and are bare.
There are three main rooms, one for Mu Wanqing, one for the Mu family brothers and Shen Yong, and the main hall is for entertaining guests.
The subordinates crowded into the west wing, and half of the goods were put into the east wing, and half of the goods were left in the yard without being unloaded.
The room is equipped with a layer of fire wall, so the interior is very warm, the furniture of pear wood is warm and elegant, and it is also equipped with a clean room.
In the hot water, Mu Wanqing waved away the maid and took a hot bath, feeling that her whole body was relaxed.
This inn has spent a lot of money on decoration, and spent a lot of thought everywhere, especially for the rich and wealthy businessmen.
She walked to the main hall, where everyone sat to discuss things.
Seeing her come in, everyone stood up one after another. Mu Ziang took her to sit down, and Mu Zicheng gave her a bowl of milk, "sister, there is goat milk. Try it, I've just been overheated."
"Provided by the inn?" Mu Wanqing took a sip, frowning slightly, the smell was too strong.
"Cooking almonds for a while can remove the odor."
Mu Zicheng doesn't dislike the smell of mutton, but her sister is delicate and snarky. She takes goat milk to the little red stove in the corner to process it.
Mu Ziang's mind is not here, "sister, little Er looks at us like he sees golden bumps, and my heart is tingly."
Naturally, Mu Wanqing saw it as well, and tapped lightly on the table with her right hand, "Let's do it, everyone will be divided into two shifts, and take turns to guard the gate of the courtyard, and the goods must be kept safe."
"Row."
"Let people go out and find out. Only by knowing ourselves and knowing our enemies can we be victorious in a hundred battles."
"OK."
Mu Zicheng brought the processed goat milk to Mu Wanqing, "Okay, can you taste it?"
Mu Wanqing took a sip, her eyes narrowed with joy, "There is no taint, drink it well, thank you eldest brother, eldest brother is really capable."
She smiled sweetly, praised muzi sincerely, and her sister's eyes were so good.
Mu Zi was sour and ran in front of Mu Wanqing, "sister, I'm also very capable. I've done everything you told me to do."
Mu Zicheng rolled his eyes, such a naive younger brother didn't see it.
Mu Wanqing was amused, "Yes, yes, I can do it."
She stood up, "Come on, let's go to the lobby for dinner."
The lobby was full of people, and there was a lot of noise.
Xiao Er took them to the second floor, "I'm really sorry, the boxes are full, I can only ask you to be a little bit wronged and sit outside."
The second floor is also a hall, and the third floor is the box area.
Mu Wanqing sat by the window. The windows were closed tightly, and the interior was dimly lit, so the red lanterns were lit early, and the atmosphere was quite good.
"What's your family's signature dish?"
Xiao Er looked proud, "Roasted whole lamb, mutton soup, mutton patties."
Mu Wanqing lost her appetite, "No vegetables?"
I was busy all the way and didn't have a good meal.
"Look at what you said, where do the vegetables come from in this big winter?" Little Er asked strangely.
"Let's roast a whole lamb." Mu Wanqing ordered a few random dishes, not afraid of wasting them, and some people would eat them.
Without touching anything else, she just ate a little roast whole lamb. have to say that this roast whole lamb was cooked just right, golden in color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
But without the dipping sauce, always felt like something was missing.
Others devoured it and enjoyed it.
After almost eating, a few people came up from the stairs, and the fat man at the head was dressed in gold and silver, and was dressed in golden clothes.
As soon as these people came, the guests who were joking shut up and looked solemn.
As soon as the fat man came up to look around, Xiao Er pointed to Mu Wanqing's table by the window, and he brought someone over.
"Are you new here today?"
Shen Yong was stunned for a moment, "Yes."
Fatty slammed the table and shouted aggressively, "New arrival, you should pay the protection fee."
Wo oh, protection fee! Mu Wanqing sat up straight, her eyes lit up.
Come on, the fun begins.
Shen Yong didn't expect that after a long time, the collusion inside and outside was to extort money. It seems that he was regarded as a fat sheep from the moment he entered the city.
"Dare to ask, what is the protection fee? Why do you charge it? Who does it? Who are you?"
Fatty chuckled, "You live in the Ji family's Yuelai Inn, and you are protected by the Ji family, so you should pay the protection fee. This is just and right."
This logic is also drunk, it is obviously to steal money, and even put a perfect mask on himself.
"Is this what the Ji family means? Do you all pay?" Shen Yong couldn't believe that the Ji family would dare to steal money in such a high-sounding manner, after all, they are officials.
Fatty said with a straight face, "Of course, when you arrive at the Ji family's site, you have to listen to the Ji family's arrangement, and you won't charge too much. You charge 200 taels per truck. You have 51, and 10,200 taels."
I rely on, the lion opened his mouth, and asked not to charge more? Everyone wants to curse.
Shen Yong couldn't bear it any longer, "Are you the young master of the Ji family?"
Fatty frowned slightly, "Although I'm not, I'm more decent than the young master of the Ji family."
When Shen Yong heard this, he pondered for a while, and suddenly exclaimed, "I'm sorry, it turned out to be the son of the commander's family, Master Du, forgive me for not knowing Mount Tai, so I'll accompany you."
He gave a respectful salute, the audience was silent, and the fat man was stunned.
Mu Wanqing opened her mouth coldly. "Isn't it right, why should the son of the dignified conductor charge protection fees for the Ji family? This is unreasonable. He is a boss. Besides, the Du family is loyal and fierce, and he will definitely not do such a thing that is not on the table."
She clapped her hands and her eyes gleamed, "Ah, I see, you pretended to be Young Master Du, deliberately ruined his reputation, slandered the Du family, and wanted to bring down the loyal Du family, you are a spy! I want to report you !"
She snapped several big hats at will, accusing one more than the other.
Fatty was stunned, and subconsciously retorted, "I didn't, you are talking nonsense, it's you..."
Shen Yong interrupted him calmly, "Does the Ji family know that something like this happened under the eyes of the Ji family? Or do you deliberately pretend not to know?"
Mu Wanqing asked innocently, "Why do you pretend you don't know?"
"Maybe, maybe not?" Shen Yongxue said to Mu Wanqing, with a low-key tone of his own, which was very flattering.
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