Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 576: Master Hu inspects his own property
Chapter 576: Master Hu inspects his own property
After visiting the blacksmith shop, Mr. Hu was very satisfied.

Damn!

Xu Da is a good brother, and this shop is well run.

Especially those weird tools, they are so fun.

The girls, who were completely "enlightened" by Mr. Hu's actions today, finally felt the joy of shopping.

Don’t worry about the price or whether others are selling it.

If you like it, just nod and say something, that's enough.

The rest will be handled by the servants of the Hu Mansion.

After Mr. Hu happily shopped in a shop selling wooden and lacquerware, he was finally satisfied.

This shopping trip was a very good experience.

Not only did it satisfy all the concubines in the mansion, but more importantly, I also found a lot of interesting things.

It seems that I really need to come to the East Market from time to time in the future.

As for Xishi, there is no need for it.

It’s not that Mr. Hu dislikes that place.

But the West Market is for the common people, and what matters there is cost-effectiveness and practicality.

But what Mr. Hu wanted was fun and exquisite things, which were not things that should be in that place at all.

This time, not only Master Hu was happy, but all his concubines were also very happy.

It feels so good to go out, take a look, and buy some great things that you can't usually find.

Seeing that all the girls were in high spirits, Master Hu thought for a moment and then waved his hand.

"Let's go, don't go home yet, let's go directly to our property to eat and play cards!"

After saying that, he nodded to Hu Yi and climbed onto the carriage first.

Hu Yi was stunned at first, then he quickly pulled a servant over and asked him to go to the meeting house to report the news first.

It’s not just a family business, but also a place where you can eat and play cards. Where else could it be other than a gathering place for friends?
As the host, Master Hu is coming to eat and play cards. If we don't prepare in advance and give Master Hu a good experience, no one will be able to avoid consequences.

By the time Master Hu arrived at the secluded back door of the meeting hall in his carriage, Rushi, who was wearing a veil, had been standing there with Wanru for a while.

Seeing the carriage stop and Master Hu getting off, Rushi and Wanru hurriedly came up to greet him with a smile.

"Humph, my guess was correct. The Master really came through the back door!"

Master Hu smiled and nodded, then pointed at the beauties who were getting off the carriage one after another and gave instructions nonchalantly.

"They are all your sisters, but they usually stay in the Hu Mansion and don't go out."

"I've been taking them shopping today, and now it's just the right time for us to come here, have a meal and play cards, and let you meet them!"

"Oh, by the way, I bought something for you two today!"

If this scene happened in later generations, it would be like bringing the fifth and sixth children to the third and fourth children to build up a family business.

If a fight didn't break out on the spot, we would have planned to take action once we got inside.

But at this moment, both sides felt it was natural.

It even seemed that the girl was so excited that she took Mr. Hu's arm and asked about the gift.

One advantage of everyone entering through the back door is that it leads directly to a small courtyard that has been reserved.

Yes, there is a small courtyard reserved in the Friends Hall.

However, when this courtyard was first opened, Master Hu had already ordered that it would not be open to the public unless the visitors were from the Hu family or the royal family!
Even giving money won’t work!
Even this rule has been clearly informed to all members.

Rushi, who originally thought that all members would be dissatisfied, was surprised to find that not only were the members very accepting of it, but they were also excitedly making eye contact with each other.

In fact, Rushi does not understand the mentality of officials.

Since Mr. Hu, the behind-the-scenes owner of this association, can put this rule out in the open, it proves that this place has a clear path and Your Majesty is aware of it.

This is good news for them.

After all, with such a gathering place, they can not only enjoy a variety of delicious food for free, but also earn some "household expenses" from time to time.

Here we have to mention the original intention of the poem.

At that time, she just wanted to create a place for everyone to play mahjong.

As a result, it was modified by Master Hu and became what it is today.

But, this place is essentially a place to play cards and eat.

Therefore, as more and more merchants were introduced, many officials also found ways to make money.

It is normal for my wife to win dozens of taels of silver while playing cards, right?

After all, they are just women getting together for fun, how big a deal can it be?
It just happened that the one who lost the money was the wife of a merchant.

This kind of "business card" has greatly promoted the prosperity of the club.

Therefore, as soon as we arrived at the Xia Yamen, the place became crowded with people.

Sometimes many members don’t even have a seat to play cards when they arrive, and can only watch the cards, eat and chat.

Or, you can just go directly to the "branch" closest to your home.

Mr. Hu was undoubtedly aware of what happened here.

But he turned a deaf ear to it.

The corruption in the Ming Dynasty had nothing to do with whether he opened a social gathering place or not.

Given Old Zhu's stingy nature, the little salary he gave out simply forced people to find ways to earn some income.

It can even be said that with the establishment of the social center, the official can earn a little more than his salary from it, and he will no longer want to engage in corruption.

Because after receiving some money from the merchants in disguise, he only needs to raise his hand in certain matters without even breaking the law or taking risks.

If this can be done, who would be willing to take the risk of corruption and abuse of power?
Do you really think that Zhu's way of killing thousands or even tens of thousands of people at a time is not scary?

You know, many of those who died before were colleagues they had worked with for many years!

The reason why these people were not involved in the first place was probably because they were lucky and because they were timid.

I'm afraid that there were quite a few people who, when they saw a large number of their colleagues being arrested, kept patting their chests and thinking that they were lucky.

Because many of them are actually on the verge of corruption.

If you don't want to make some money and can't even make ends meet, then why not?
Now it’s good, come to the meeting place, drink tea, chat and play cards.

Life is better than before, I earn more money than before, and everything is even aboveboard.

Who wouldn’t want to live such a relaxing life?

Because of this, the reputation of the Huiyou Hall has become increasingly greater.

It has even reached the point where as soon as Mr. Hu comes in and sits down, people keep coming to visit him.

You know, he just arrived!

(End of this chapter)