late Qing Dynasty arrest

Wu Defu looked at Li Guolou intently, and said, "Xiao Lizi, what good ways do you have to make money? Let me tell you about it. The second brother knows that you are quick-witted. We are not people who cross rivers and tear down bridges. You will get a lot of benefits."

Yao nodded wrongly and said, "Little Li, since you came to my team, look at how much I have changed. Are you not enough friends?"

Lu Haikong said: "Good third brother, my good third brother, fourth brother and I will obey you and will always go with you."

Wang Wu didn't speak, just poured tea and handed water, busying the brothers.Ai Hai couldn't get in, so he could only stretch his neck and listen carefully.

Li Guolou put on airs and said: "Brothers, don't talk about the royal family, who do you think is the richest in the capital?"

Wang Wudao: "Does the prince count?"

Li Guolou shook his head and said, "They are also members of the royal family, so they don't count."

Wu Defu stretched out his hand and pointed upwards, saying: "The officer above counts the money with his eyes closed."

Li Guolou said: "How many years can I earn? At most seven-year tenure, fat and thin seats will be rotated. It is not a place opened by myself, and everyone will return to their hometowns."

Yao Cuo said: "The group of big businessmen in the Purple Clothes Society, their strength cannot be shaken, and Zuo Zongtang relied on them to get promoted."

Li Guolou nodded and said: "Yes! The gang of Ziyi Club, the underworld and the white way will give them face, they are the backbone of the country, they have money, and they are united. Whoever gets the money will be promoted again." If you don’t like it, you’re a dou. What do we do with money? If we join the Purple Clothes Club, will people think of us? Our foundation and status are not good enough, so even if we join, we will have no right to speak.”

Wu Defu seemed to understand, but said: "Xiao Lizi, please explain clearly, what are you going to do?"

Li Guolou said: "What I mean is that in the future, we will attract rich people and become stronger than the Purple Clothes Club. The eldest brother and the second brother are no longer just people from the same line, but big businessmen and benevolent people who are well-known in the capital. , This is the goal of our Tianzihao. No matter who comes to power, we cannot be moved, because we take from the people and use it for the people. Do you understand?"

Yao Cuo couldn't understand, and said, "Gorge?"

Li Guolou rolled his eyes and said: "Brother, this is too low-level, do you want me to teach you?"

Wu Defu said: "Do you want us to do the right thing and make an outer packaging?"

Li Guolou nodded and said: "Yes, what the second brother said is right, we also need to have a legitimate business, and let the rich people beg us for this legitimate business, and they are willing to listen to us, and even foreigners will ask for it in the future. Us, have a good relationship with us."

Yao wrongly said: "We still buy guns and cannons now, who would want it?"

Li Guolou shook his head and said: "Brother, the arms business is a disaster for the country. Now that the world is about to be peaceful, what are we doing in the arms business? The arms business is also a side business. There is no one on the top who will take advantage of it."

Wu Defu looked at Li Guolou with a cloudy expression, and couldn't think of any business that could make more money than opening a club?The business of digging ginseng and opening gold mines is done by princes, and they cannot get involved.

Wu Defu had no choice but to surrender and admit defeat, sighing: "Xiao Lizi, you should say it, I can't figure it out."

Li Guolou looked around at the people around him and said, "Now the bank accounts of our Qing Empire are monopolized by Shanxi people. The Shanxi bank accounts are in the north, and the foreign firms are in the south. This industry has existed in the West for hundreds of years. Only when we step into this industry can we be truly rich.”

Wu Defu said: "Xiao Lizi, I think this industry is also gangsters, and there is nowhere to go for nothing." He was secretly annoyed, how can the ticket number be regarded as a gangster business, it is obviously a gangster business, and Li Guolou asked him to guess that he would never be able to guess it for the rest of his life. Ticket number business is going up.

At this time, the ticket number is a gangster business, and the things they do are shady, and the escort money is all handed over to the gangsters.The school rules are even more frightening, with a strict hierarchy. The buddies and shopkeepers have no freedom in life. It can be said that they are not human, and outsiders feel that it is a mysterious school.Some ticket numbers do business with big local merchants, and ordinary people don't deal with ticket numbers.

Seeing everyone's unshakable eyes, Li Guolou sighed: "I told you that I don't want to contribute money and effort, and I can't get in if I want to, because this is a joint-stock system, and other shareholders don't agree. , You send the money to my door, and I will not accept it."

Wu Defu widened his eyes and said, "Xiao Lizi, think about it clearly, how much is the capital of the ticket office, at least 10 taels of silver. A family's reputation is earned by generations of talents, is it possible for you to get involved? I think you are dreaming."

Li Guolou said: "It's only a few 10 taels of silver. Am I not an empty-handed white wolf who got 5 taels of silver? As long as we clean up the capital next year, a few 10 taels of silver will be sent up by someone, and I will give you the name." After thinking about it, I want a lucky ticket number, the names of the eldest brother and the second brother are both there, how about it?"

Wu Defu shook his head and said: "Don't name it, it's so vulgar, it sounds like it was opened by a countryman, it should keep up with the times and be more western."

Yao Cuo said: "My name is wrong, and it doesn't match anything. I don't want to shoot flattery like Xiao Lizi. The name needs to be generous, so that I can stand on a wider stage."

Li Guolou was a little embarrassed. He wanted to flatter the two big brothers, but he didn't.

Wu Defu looked up to the sky and sighed: "Ambition, I suddenly thought of a few 10 taels of silver. I sold all of our ancestors for eighteen generations, and I can't make up this amount. Little Li, you are ruthless, and you win the first game." , let’s gamble for the second round, I’m ready to do it. But in my opinion, Xiao Lizi, if you continue to gamble with you, one day you will return to your original form.” His ambition was instigated by Li Guolou more and more , I also have more and more confidence in myself, which has swelled to the point of being unattainable, and I am full of expectations for becoming a big businessman and a good person in the future.

Yao Cuo rolled up the other sleeve, and said, "It's okay to do it once, and it's okay to do it twice. If you get a few 10 taels, you can do it. The business of the ticket number is passed down from generation to generation. If this business is done well, We can tell our children and grandchildren openly and honestly, thinking about what we were doing back then." Having already obtained the benefits, he is unwilling to give up the opportunity to make a fortune. Yao Cuo was originally a gambler, so he would not easily jump off the boat.

Wang Wu sighed: "Xiao Lizi, if I continue to work with you, I won't even have a place to live in my house." He and Li Guolou have shared weal and woe.

Xing Yunfeng laughed a few times, but did not echo the words of the two elder brothers. He still likes to collect protection fees, and he is familiar with it.He doesn't want to get involved with things that don't have a spectrum.

Lu Haikong said: "A few 10 taels of silver, I don't think we can do it." If you are not optimistic about something, will you contribute?The meaning has been told to those around.

Ai Hai felt powerless and clenched his fists secretly. He had to fight for the future, and he believed that Li Guolou would still help him.Although Li Guolou got off the carriage and didn't say a word to him, but Li Guolou lived in his house and let him squeeze into the ranks of his eldest brother. In the future, his team will not be less than that of Lu Haikong.

Some people are ready to do it, and some people want to retreat. Everyone understands the principle of accepting as soon as it is good.Li Guolou didn't say much, this is a business that he can't handle now, but he believes that he will definitely do a good job in the ticket office business in a short time.Only by controlling other people's money in his own hands can he feel a sense of accomplishment. Li Guolou's vision is higher, and the world will be broader.

Yao Cuo couldn't help it, and took out his gold watch to check the time. Seeing this action, Li Guolou couldn't help curling his lips, that's how nouveau riche are.

Wu Defu said angrily: "Xiao Lizi, why don't you give me a gold watch for you?"

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Yao Cuo hurriedly gestured and said, "It was my own money that lied to my wife. How could you even believe such a lie? Thanks to you, you are still a master."

Wu Defu immediately calmed down, and said: "It's not too bad, Xiao Lizi, you can't favor one person over another, we are in the same room to run errands. How is the errand given to you today? Have you completed it?"

Li Guolou smiled and said: "The case will be closed tomorrow, but the thief will come to the Yamen by himself and will give 200 taels of filial piety. Please trouble Mr. Wu to put him in prison. The thief will be locked up for a month, and let him go." He suffers."

Wu Defu's brain was so good that he immediately understood, he snickered in his stomach, and said, "Xiao Lizi, you are the most talented catcher I have ever seen, it would be a pity if you don't do it."

Li Guolou said: "I like to stay at the scene of the crime. Solving the case gives me a sense of accomplishment. I won't quit my job."

Yao Cuo nodded and said: "Well, that's good, it saves us from worrying that one day you will take away our money and flee to England. There is another thing I am most worried about, what did your cheap mouth say to my wife? ?”

Li Guolou asked suspiciously: "Brother, what kind of crap can I say to my sister-in-law? Don't talk nonsense."

Yao Cuo said angrily: "You don't know yet! The Bible, my wife has already brought back a Bible from the church, and she is reading it every day. She is already going to ask Shuangxi to study in the Catholic Mary School. Look at your whole book. Well, my family is going to have two Catholics."

Li Guolou quickly argued: "Brother, it was my sister-in-law who chatted with Mrs. Qian when she was drinking in Manhanlou that day. It is also my fault. I am not too wronged, and besides, I don't believe in religion."

Wu Defu glanced at him and said: "My judgment, Xiao Lizi is not wronged at all, Xiao Lizi, you know how to hypnotize the foreign devils, and harm the common people of the Qing Empire. Tell me, how many habits have you changed since you met Xiao Lizi?"

Everyone in the room nodded their heads as they thought about it, saying that they had changed many habits, and they were really controlled by Xiao Lizi's hypnotism.

Wu Defu was complacent, and said: "I'm right, this is called witchcraft, and in the West it would be burned to death. So Xiao Lizi can solve the case here because of the witchcraft of foreign devils."

Li Guolou has no way to refute. He really seduced many people with different personalities and did things that no one else has ever done.He had also read books on Western witchcraft, but he didn't understand them, and he couldn't recite the spells.Is his talent the sorcery of foreign devils?For the first time, Li Guolou doubted himself.