I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 489 Conflict
Mr. Zhao didn't expect to reach a cooperation after coming here once. After all, the little girl in front of him doesn't give Zhu county magistrate face, let alone he is just a businessman.

"Girl, you can rest assured. If you can cooperate, I won't earn a penny from the noodles sold in the military camp. This Fangzi girl can sell them to me at a high price, and you can also take half of the money every year."

Master Zhao stated the terms of the cooperation, and then got up to leave, "If the girl is willing, you can send someone to the Zhao family."

"Okay, Mr. Zhao, go slowly." Zhan Feiyu nodded in response, "Ah Sheng, help me see Mr. Zhao."

"Don't dare, Miss Zhan stays behind, Zhao can leave on his own." Mr. Zhao said a few words politely, how dare he let He Sheng be sent out, this guy is so ruthless that he even dared to break Wang Catcher's leg people.

When he got back to the house, Zhan Feiyu picked up the half-written article and read it again, but his thoughts were still immersed in the cooperation Mr. Zhao said just now, "Ms. , he dared to intercept Hu, isn't he afraid of Zhu County magistrate's revenge in the future?"

No matter how kind the county magistrate Zhu was to the merchants, it was because the merchants could make the people of Liu County earn money.

Mr. Hou said he was a merchant, but he was an official in the court in his early years, and he was still in the third rank. After a few years, he retired because of his health, but the relationship is still there. Most of the teachers, classmates, and colleagues are still in the court and various state capitals. Otherwise, Master Hou's business in the future would not be so big and so smooth.

Looking at Liu County, merchants like Mr. Zhao can only be regarded as middle-of-the-road wealth, but he dared to take screenshots of County Magistrate Zhu's business.

He Nuan poured a cup of herbal tea and handed it over, thought for a moment and replied: "This noodle is just for food business, as Mr. Zhao said, even if Zhu County Magistrate makes a bridge, in the future, local merchants in Liu County will still be needed to do it. Mr. Zhao may be afraid of being caught. Others took the lead, so I met the young lady in private."

As far as He Nuan knew, the Hou family was also in the food business. If this noodle was sold to the army to earn money, maybe the Hou family would take over.

But if it can only be sold in pastry shops, or bought back by caravans and bodyguards as dry food, and the money earned is limited, the Hou family might not like such small profits.

Zhao's pastry shop is in trouble, so even though Mr. Zhao knew that coming to the inn would offend County Magistrate Zhu, he had no choice but to come here in order to save his pastry business.

After taking a sip of the herbal tea, the cool taste instantly relieved the hotness all over his body. Zhan Feiyu nodded in agreement, "Wait for two more days. If Magistrate Zhu doesn't make a statement, we will cooperate with Master Zhao."

Mr. Zhao entered the Changxing Inn, and the news was immediately sent back by the people who watched Zhan Feiyu's every move. In less than a quarter of an hour, not only Zhu County Magistrate and Wei County Cheng knew about it, but Mr. Hou and other merchants Also received the message.

"Father, Zhao Cai has the guts of a bear, and dares to interfere with Master Zhu's affairs." At the dinner table, Hou Xinghua poured a glass of ginseng wine for the old man to nourish his health, and there was a rage in his brows at the moment, "Our merchants in Liu County have been advancing together and retreating together. Zhao Cai dared to break the rules. Hmph, I don't think he wants to open his pastry shop."

Compared with the arrogant eldest son, Mr. Hou, who holds the power of life and death of merchants in Liuxian County, has a calm expression, "Zhao Cai is not breaking the rules when it comes to business, and we can't really watch Zhao's pastry shop close down."

Talking about Zhao Cai, Hou Xinghua had a bad attitude, but facing the leisurely looking old man, Hou Xinghua had a filial attitude, "Father, you can only deceive Xu Sheng, Xu Gao will not be fooled, Zhao Cai wants to rely on It’s one thing to save the noodles, and he’s probably plotting against the military.”

Hou Xinghua snorted coldly, obviously he didn't like Mr. Zhao's calculations, only Zhao Cai has a brain, are everyone else stupid?
This piece of noodles was sold to the army without earning a penny, and the imperial court rewarded Zhao Caiyi, a merchant, who dared not think about it, but wouldn't the guards of Qianzhong Road and the camp of Qianzhong Army not accept this kind of favor?
As long as the guard takes care of it, Zhao Cai's business will definitely flourish, and the time-honored pastry shops in Fucheng will also give Zhao Cai some face. This is a shrewd plan.

Mr. Hou just smiled and said nothing, everyone can see through Zhao Cai's plan, but it's a pity that people can make things happen.

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On the other side, County Magistrate Zhu waved his hand to get the arrester who had reported the news to retreat quickly, and lowered his head to continue processing the official documents in his hand. Even though County Cheng Wei had the full authority to represent him, there were still some things that County Magistrate Zhu needed to do by himself.

It wasn't until half an hour later that Cheng Xianwei came, and Zhu County magistrate then put down his pen, "Xizhong is here to report something?"

"My lord is very predictable. I just received a letter from Jiao's family. Please read it over, my lord." Cheng Xianwei respectfully handed over the letter in his hand.

County Magistrate Zhu opened the letter and quickly browsed through it. The letter was not long, and the things it said were not big things. It was only because County Magistrate Zhu was involved that Jiao’s family sent a letter to explain the situation in advance, not for a little business. Offend one county magistrate.

"A letter written by the eldest son of the Jiao family." County Magistrate Zhu directly handed the letter to County Captain Cheng who was standing beside him, "Look at it first."

"Yes, my lord." County Captain Cheng didn't look crazy because of Zhu County Magistrate's trust, he took the letter with both hands and read it.

The eldest son of the Jiao family apologized on behalf of his family members. The reason why Zhenweixuan suppressed the Zhao family pastry shop was because of business conflicts.

The female family members of the Jiao family don't know the stakes, they only regard it as a competition in ordinary business, so they let the steward take full control of it, and don't know the situation in Liu County at all. Restrain the family members.

As Hou Xinghua said before, the local merchants in Liuxian twisted into one rope to advance and retreat together. To the outside world, County Magistrate Zhu is the protector of merchants in Liuxian County. Magistrate Zhu will not intervene in normal business exchanges or competitions.

But if someone bullies others and suppresses merchants in Liuxian County, then County Magistrate Zhu will not be polite. He may not be a small seventh-rank county magistrate, but the Zhu family behind him will not ignore it.

Therefore, merchants in other prefectures of Qianzhong Road are extremely envious of these merchants in Liuxian County, who can get the protection of their parents' officials. In their place, the parents' officials don't take extra care. Thank God for not suppressing merchants.

If you encounter those officials who pretend to be high-minded, Mo Chen Wuchen despises merchants and cheap people the most, then it will be extremely difficult to do business. The eldest son of the Jiao family is also based on this, so he wrote this letter of apology.

Cheng Xianwei folded the letterhead and put it back on the table, and then asked: "My lord, it seems that the Jiao family is bound to win Zhao's pastry shop."

It's just that the eldest son pushed all this on the female family members in the back house, and county magistrate Zhu was too embarrassed to blame him, so how could he still go to the backyard of Jiao Mansion to scold the female family members.

"I heard that the eldest son of the Jiao family plans to take the exam again next year. If he is still unnamed on the list, I will let Mr. Jiao be promoted through the Ministry of Officials." Although County Magistrate Zhu was born as a military general, he is interested in making money from businessmen. Makes people smarter than ordinary readers.

Cheng Xianwei thought about it after listening, "I remember that the second son of the Jiao family is very talented in reading, and he was the first in the court examination last year. If the first son of Jiao takes the way of promoting officials, is it possible that the Jiao family will pass it on to the next generation in the future?" son?"

The scholarly family and the official family are the most strict rules. Generally, the eldest son inherits the family business, and the family will also focus on cultivating the eldest son, otherwise the brothers will be the source of disaster.

"That's why the eldest son needs money to clear the way in the officialdom." County magistrate Zhu took the words, Mr. Jiao had nothing to do, and the Jiao family business was not divided. It didn't take much thinking to know that the money in Mr. Jiao's hands was limited.

It’s fine if you stay at home all the time, once you are released to be an official, you will spend money everywhere, but once Jiao Jiao wants to train a second son who can study as his successor, the money that the eldest son Jiao can get is limited, so now he can only In the name of the housewife's family members, they wantonly amassed money.

Zhenweixuan is the dowry of Mrs. Jiao's family. In order to monopolize the pastry business, Mr. Jiao kept suppressing other small shops, so Zhao's pastry shop also suffered. It will be a matter of time before it closes. It's so hot, it's estimated that Zhao Cai can't even keep the ancestral pastry recipe.

(End of this chapter)