Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 89

Shopkeeper Xia of the Zhenxing Building did not dare to neglect Wang Tong in the slightest, not to mention his official power, but his ability to turn stones into gold is incomparable.

The turnover of my own Zhenxing Building has increased by [-]% in the past few months, not because of the flow of people and customers brought by the delicious restaurant. Besides, the vicious and deep-rooted gambling shop of Juyifang was copied by Wang Tong. Take, such a character is not something that a businessman like him can offend.

But the shopkeepers of the casinos and brothels who received the post definitely don't think so.

Zhang Shiqiang, who posted the post, was a little embarrassed. There were only two out of thirteen posts. It was obvious that he was not doing well, but there was no displeasure on Wang Tong's face.

There are six private courtyards at the back of the Zhenxing Building. The guests who use this private courtyard are a little more expensive than the single rooms in the Zhenxing Building, but they are also cleaner.

Wang Tong walked in with a smile, and the two people in the room quickly stood up, nodded and said with a smile:

"If Mr. Wang has something to do, just say hello. Why do you need to spend so much money? It's really annoying the little people."

"We are all neighbors in the neighborhood. If it wasn't for Mr. Wang working in Jinyi's army, he would still call you brothers and uncles. Why not be polite, just sit down!"

After a few words of politeness, the two of them also sat down carefully, but both of them opened a dice shop and gathered some small croupiers the size of idlers betting. Doing things up and down, there is not much money left in your hands.

They don't have any backers, but if they have some, Tian Ronghao and Tian Baihu are their backers. These two families have always paid directly to Tian Baihu, ignoring other people.

I didn't expect to invite each other to a banquet, but these two people who are relatively close to each other came, but the others didn't make any movement. Wang Tong turned around and greeted:

"Brother Zhang, Sun Dahai, you all come in, just sit down together!"

After the two small flags also sat on their seats, Wang Tong raised his glass to drink first, followed the rules of the banquet, and said politely, and then said:
"It turns out that the place of Juyifang has been vacated. The house is in a good location and there are many idlers around. It would be a waste to be so empty. I called everyone here just to ask who is interested?"

South Street was originally a good land on the South City side, and there were many people with some spare cash in their hands. The location of Juyi Square was secluded, but it was not difficult to find. It was a good place to open a casino.

The two small dealers who came to the banquet were immediately excited when they heard this. It is a chance to make a fortune that fell from the sky. Now, the status is also completely different. Now these two small dealers can be regarded as gangsters at best. People with a little bit of status on the street will not take it seriously. If they have Juyifang, their status is completely different. A "treasurer" or "boss".

But after being happy for a while, but also a little embarrassed, Wang Tong understood what he meant, and the two small dealers began to whisper directly at the wine table. After a while, a small dealer hesitated and said:

"Master Wang, this is for the little ones to be rich and honored, but this Juyifang has a big house and a good place, and the little ones can't gather enough money to put it down. Look at it, my lord..."

Wang Tong smiled and said:
"I don't want to give away such a good place. The two of you do it. Give me half of the money you earn, and I don't care about the rest."

Hearing this, the two small dealers were stunned for a while, but there was obvious hesitation on their faces. Wang Tong seemed to be able to guess what they were thinking, and said with a smile:
"For official management, the usual money is on this half, and the rest of the money will not be charged. It turns out that the two shops can be opened or not, and it is up to you."

Given this promise, the two small croupiers thought that those management and tribute rules were counted on themselves, so the profit is not big, but if it is counted on Wang Tong's half, the profit is really quite a lot , the two of them were smiling happily, while thinking, there is no such thing as a free feast, so there is no reason to get something cheap out of thin air. Sure enough, Wang Tong said again:
"Don't be too happy. When the gambling house opens, the idle gamblers will be watched by the official in the casino. You must pay attention to the big and small things. Come and report to the official every day, and help the official to go to the casino. Inquire about the secret, can you do it?"

The two small dealers have been in the market for a long time, so they naturally understand what Wang Tong's request is. In the capital, there are three places with rich officials and eunuchs in the east, west and north, and many of the servants in the restaurants and brothels are from various yamen. The eyes and ears are specially used to record the words of rich people and noble officials.

Most of the people on the ground in Nancheng are poor people, they don't have much value to pay attention to, and they don't have such a dense network of eyes and ears. Wang Tong's words today must be to spread his eyes and ears.

There is no loss in such things, and you can still follow the fox and pretend to be the tiger. The only thing you don't understand is that this Wang Tong is just a general banner, so why worry about so many things.

Thinking about Maeda Ronghao Tian Baihu's exhortation, no matter what Wang Tong said, he must listen carefully. The only official backer of these two small dealers is Tian Baihu. Since the backer has said so, how dare he not listen .

What's more, when they come here, Wang Tong's reward for their work is so generous that people have to be tempted. Speaking of this, the two small dealers quickly stood up, bowed and clasped their fists and said:
"Since Mr. Wang thinks highly of it, the little ones will naturally obey. It's useless to say anything else at this time, so please watch the little ones behave in the future."

Wang Tong nodded and smiled, the government was very good at cooking, he ate a few mouthfuls of food and asked seemingly unintentionally:

"I don't usually deal with the neighbors, you two, do you know what kind of background the other companies have?"

"To be honest, my lord, a small business is small, and there are few contacts with big bosses. It is easy to open the dice shop. Even if it is sealed up, you can rent a house and open it. If you really put up a sign board, it will look decent. If you want to do business, if you want to be safe and sound, you can recognize more than a thousand households in Jinyiwei, and Shuntian Mansion must be at least five grades, and other yamen can be deduced in the same way."

One person finished speaking vaguely, not knowing whether he knew or didn't know something, seeing Wang Tong's expression was not right, another person interjected:

"Don't be offended, my lord. The little ones really don't know anything. They really can't touch those people. They can only pretend to be grandchildren. One family knows some news. Has Master Mingchun Lou heard of it?"

Wang Tong nodded, Mingchunlou is a large-scale brothel on South Street, and there is no money that is forbidden to enter. The merchants on this side of South Street all have banquets in this Zhenxinglou, and there are also good men and women in the business field, then I'm going to the Mingchun Building to entertain. Seeing Wang Tong nodding, the man lowered his voice and said:

"A knowledgeable guest of Mingchun Tower likes to gamble. He said when chatting with the villain that the proprietress of Mingchun Tower is a foreign house raised by Gong Tiechuan, the servant of the Ministry of Justice..."

I really didn't expect that the common people in Nancheng would actually be related to such a high-level figure. Mingchun Building is so backed by mountains, and other families must not be too bad.

But Wang Tong has already planned to continue, so he will not stop, and there is no need to stop. He bumped the table a few times with the wine cup, Wang Tong said with a smile:

"The two of you are here to save face. We have a small area under the jurisdiction of Baihu, but there is only one gambling house open, and the business must be doing very well. Not to mention anything else, I wish the two of you a prosperous business. , the wealth is abundant, and I will talk to Zhang Xiaoqi about the details tomorrow."

The two little dealers didn't understand at first, and they were holding up their glasses to toast. Then they raised their glasses, but they probably guessed the meaning of Wang's call.

One couldn't hold back, his hand trembled, and the cup almost fell on the table, while the other raised his cup to his lips with a pale face and trembling, and spilled a lot.

When the two left, although they were careful and polite, they didn't seem to believe Wang Tong's words, and even the politeness was a bit distant.

It seems that the last words made the two small dealers feel too mysterious and unreliable.

In the end, I settled the bill with shopkeeper Xia of Zhenxing Building, but shopkeeper Xia refused to accept the money. He kept saying that Wang Tong was already doing a great job of saving face by coming here.

Wang Tong would not accept the favor of one or two taels of silver, and the other party refused to accept it, and directly threw five taels of silver on the cabinet, and led everyone out.

"Dahai, prepare fifty strong wooden sticks. Don't let our helpers leave the city for a few days. Stay in the courtyard and wait for my orders."

Sun Dahai nodded excitedly to accept the order, and Wang Tong said to Zhang Shiqiang next to him:
"Brother Zhang, lead Dahai and his brothers together. Those who didn't come, check the doors, so as not to go wrong at the right time."

Just after giving the order, before the two of them left, two knights came galloping from the street, and one of them shouted at Wang Tong under the lamplight from a distance:
"But Wang Tong!?"

It was Baihu Tian Ronghao's voice. At such a late hour, Tian Baihu came to look for Wang Tong on horseback. He really didn't know what kind of urgent matter it was. Wang Tong was puzzled, but he still answered loudly.

Tian Baihu came to him and saw that he was not wearing an official uniform, the hem of the robe was casually tucked into his belt, and he must have been anxious to go out, so he asked directly:

"Wang Zongqi, can you ride a horse!!"

"Barely able to ride!!"

"Give up the horse to Wang Zongqi, and follow me to Beicheng!!"

It's so late and in such a hurry, what's the matter? Wang Tong hasn't been to Beicheng since he was on duty, so he couldn't help feeling suspicious, and asked earnestly on the ground without getting on his horse:

"Dare to ask my lord, what is the important matter, and the next official can make arrangements."

"Also arrange for a bird, Minister of the Ministry of War, Tan Lun, Mr. Tan, he can't do it anymore, he said he wants to see you, get on the horse and follow me!!"

The Minister of the Ministry of War wanted to see me, so Wang Tong got on the horse in a daze, thinking: Who is Tan Lun? ——
The exhaustion of a week has come up, and I have slept in front of the computer for more than an hour. Those who have a job can't compare with the full-time ones, so tired.
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