Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 213 The middleman earns the difference
Want to see my master?

Director Dong was startled. With his mind, he never thought about being bitten by Yang Binpan to Dong Hou's mansion after the assassination failed. He was simply afraid of being found out that he had pocketed his own money and withheld commissions.

Director Dong hesitated and said: "My master has explained that I am fully responsible for this matter. If you have anything to talk to me, just talk to me!"

Shu Saburo was also 10,000 unwilling, and he also paid a commission halfway through. If Yang Bin and Dong Hou were to talk and expose the fact that he was pocketed and took kickbacks, wouldn't he die without a place to die.

The first few times when Director Dong met with Yang Bin, Shu Saburo was worried, for fear that they would reveal his secrets about the remuneration.

Fortunately, Director Dong did not mention the remuneration several times, which made Shu Saburo feel relieved.

But if Yang Bin is allowed to meet Dong Hou directly and talk about the remuneration, then he will not be able to hide the embezzlement!
The two people with ulterior motives were unwilling to facilitate this meeting, Shu Sanlang said: "You are right, Dong Hou is busy with affairs, I will tell the head of the family, we should plan separately."

Director Dong nodded again and again and said: "Extremely, my lord has a lot of affairs, and Dong Hou has entrusted me with full authority to handle them. Let's discuss it!"

Dong Yuan pulled Shu Sanlang and said, "Where is Yang Tuozhu? I have booked a banquet upstairs in Fuchun, and I invite the boss to come to the banquet!"

Shu Saburo squinted his eyebrows and said, "I'm busy today, so I won't be going at home."

Hearing that Yang Bin was not going, Director Dong was about to leave the banquet, but Shu Saburo took him by the arm and said, "If you don't go, I can go! Let's go, let's go, I am greedy for the food in Fuchunlou It's been a long time!"

Although Dong Yuan was extremely reluctant, he was dragged by Shu Saburo to Fuchun Building.

In the commercial firm on the most prosperous street corner of Fuller Square, Yang Bin, the sub-ruler of the Lifu Guild of Megatron Fuller Square, was checking the account books one by one.

This is the account book for the younger brother to collect the protection fee. With the prestige of the current division, the merchants on the street have handed in the protection fee one after another.

However, the protection fee is also collected according to the regulations. The amount of money collected is not the same for a store, several rooms, and several employees.

And Yang Bin will also take his younger brother to patrol the streets. If there is really trouble in the store, Yang Bin's thugs will also stand up and help the store maintain order.

Over time, the shops on this street are willing to pay the protection fee in full.

Gaochang city is big, there are many dudes who lead dogs and cockfights in the city, and there are also many jobless people.

It is impossible to control every street by relying on the bad people in the Yamen of the governor's office, not to mention that some bad people in the government are not as good as local ruffians.

When these shops are open for business, it is always inevitable to deal with these people.

As for Fulefang, which is close to the city gate, it is a place where fish and dragons are mixed together. It is also a common occurrence for people to come here to provoke troubles when opening a shop here.

But since Yang Bin came to Fuller Square, the order in the shop was established. After the shops that paid the protection fee and the gangsters who came to make trouble were beaten away by Yang Bin, these shops became clean instead.

With such a calculation, it would be more cost-effective to pay the protection fee in full.

Yang Bin will not force protection fees either. Shops that have paid protection fees can hang a special small sign at the entrance of the shop. When Yang Bin's thugs are patrolling the streets, if these shops encounter trouble, they will take the initiative to help.

On the contrary, if someone seeks to cause trouble for those shops that are not listed, Yang Bin's thugs will move to the bench to watch, and will not step forward to stop them.

After a while, the large and small shops in Fulefang will take the initiative to pay protection fees.

At this moment, Yang Bin was looking at the account books of the protection fees paid by various shops. He was caught a few days ago by Shu Sanlang for pocketing his own money and withholding the protection fees. Life.

These guys who join the gang are not honest people. If they can't be restrained by gang rules, I don't know what they will do.

Fortunately, Yang Bin's prestige is getting higher and higher now. In the eyes of the lower class in Fulefang, Yang Bin is still a kind of existence like Living Yama.

Yang Bin is also very troubled recently, the leader of Mi Xing obviously died of a heart attack, but there are rumors that Yang Bin took the leader's life.

Even rumors became more and more outrageous, and some people even said that Yang Bin knew the magic of Tianzhu and could kill people thousands of miles away.

This made Yang Bin dumbfounded, but the good thing is that now everyone in the gang respects him even more, and they dare not go beyond the rules of the gang.

This is a rare benefit, but after checking the account, Yang Bin still thinks about assassinating King Jianning.

Yang Bin's main occupation is [Inner Guard], protecting King Jianning, inquiring about information to improve his occupational level and earn contribution point rewards.

The underworld collects protection fees, but they cannot increase their professional level.

Therefore, Yang Bin's main goal is to find evidence that Donghou's mansion paid for the assassination of King Jianning as soon as possible. In addition, he also has to dig out whether this is a murderous act by Donghou's family or a joint plan of the old Gaochang nobles.

Thinking of this, Yang Bin felt a headache again.

The director of Dong Hou's mansion who communicated in the middle, Dong Yuan, was not slippery. Several times Yang Bin wanted to meet Dong Hou through him, but was blocked by Dong Yuan.

Yang Bin couldn't see Dong Hou, so naturally he couldn't continue to inquire about the news. Now that King Jianning has entered Xizhou, is it really necessary to wait until the assassination?
We must meet with Dong Hou as soon as possible to find out the guy behind the assassination of King Jianning.

After checking the ledger, Yang Bin took his younger brother to continue walking on the street of Fulefang.

Now Mihang is ready to give up Fulefang. If Yang Bin really dominates Fulefang, he will in turn take over the helm.

Now the talker in Fulefang, Yang Bin, who was given the nickname Leopard Head by others, is already well-known. If he continues to go undercover like this, Yang Bin will really become the underground king of Gaochang City!

Thinking of this, Yang Bin also felt depressed, he was just a fan of gangster movies, who knew that gangsters in this era were so incapable of fighting!

Upstairs in Fuchun, Shu Saburo is pouring wine for Director Dong.

This private room is the most upscale private room on the top floor of Fuchun Building. I heard that the owner of this Fuchun Building made a special trip from Shazhou to Gaochang to open a store. The entire Fuchun Building is built in the style of a luxury hotel in Shazhou.

The four-storey quaint small building is said to have been built by the construction team in Shazhou. The menu of the well-known restaurants in Shazhou is used in its entirety, and even the drinks are Yumenyaki, a spirit purchased from Shazhou.

In addition, even the pipa players playing in this restaurant are all invited from Shazhou City.

As soon as this Shazhou-style restaurant opened, it quickly became the most upscale restaurant in Fulefang.

Moreover, the owner of this restaurant also has a very strong relationship, and he doesn't know how to build a relationship with Yang Bin, the sub-ruler of the Lifu Guild, and can talk to the governor's mansion. Ordinary rogues dare not come to make trouble.

Naturally, Dong Yuan and Shu Sanlang would not discuss major matters such as the assassination of King Jianning in the restaurant, they just drank wine and talked about interesting stories about Gaochang City.

Shu Saburo is also an inquirer of Fulefang. He is very clear about the troubles in Gaochang City. He raised his wine glass and said:
"I heard that the governor's mansion conducted an assessment a few days ago, and two officials from Donghou's family were also dismissed?"

After Cui Tao took charge of the governor's office, he first expanded the departments of the governor's office in accordance with the new policies of Shazhou, and held a public examination in Gaochang City to select the officials of the governor's office.

The next step is to assess the incumbent officials and remove those who are unqualified.

The two officials of Dong Hou's mansion were dismissed by the governor's mansion, which became the talk of the streets and alleys in Gaochang City.

Director Dong sighed and said, "It's not been a day or two since the governor's mansion suppressed our Marquis Dong's mansion. I heard that now the governor's mansion is full of officials from Shazhou."

In the examination for public recruitment of officials, except for players who are easy to pass, the rest are candidates from Shazhou.

Shazhou was the first area occupied by King Jianning, and many village chiefs established schools and other facilities on the territory.

The examination of the Governor's Mansion is not difficult, as long as you can write and count, you will have a chance to be selected.

Therefore, many students from Shazhou came to Gaochang to try their luck, and a lot of them passed the exam.

These officials from Shazhou occupied the position of the governor's mansion, and most of the officials who were dismissed were members of the major families in Gaochang City, so now the public opinion in Gaochang City is quite hostile to the officials from Shazhou. .

Shu Sanlang sighed and said, "If this continues, Shazhou people will climb on the heads of Xizhou people."

Director Dong drank a glass of wine and said: "Not only the yamen, but now there are more shops opened by Shazhou people, and they sell the latest Shazhou products. Several shops in our Donghou Mansion have been squeezed out of bankruptcy. gone."

Shu Saburo also nodded with sympathy. Now Gaochang City is blowing a storm from Shazhou, and a large number of goods from Shazhou rushed into the Gaochang market, overwhelming the local shops in Gaochang City.

For example, this Fuchun Restaurant was opened by businessmen from Shazhou. From the menu to the hotel design, it is a new trend of restaurants in Shazhou, and it has become the best restaurant in Fulefang.

Shazhou's Yumen Burn is much stronger than the original low-alcohol Li wine in Gaochang City, and it beats the local famous wine in Gaochang City, becoming the best-selling wine in Gaochang City.

More importantly, the output of Yumen Shao is large, which is much higher than that of ordinary distilleries.

Member Dong sighed, the decline of Donghou's Mansion is not just a decline in political treatment, Donghou's Mansion can't speak in the Governor's Mansion, and the officials of the Donghou family have been cleared from the governor's mansion.

More important is the economic decline of the Donghou Mansion.

The manors outside the city have no one to work because of the escape of slaves, and the shops in the city have also closed down one after another because of the impact of goods from Shazhou.

The salary of the stewards of Dong Hou's mansion has been cut in half, and even Dong Houzhen's group of dancers from the Western Regions could not afford to support them and sent them to other mansions.

Director Dong sighed again and assassinated King Jianning. Will Dong Hou's mansion really return to its former glory?
King Jianning's convoy has already entered the willow forest.

(End of this chapter)