Qing Palace: Biography of Concubine Shu

Chapter 873
In the other courtyard in Suzhou and Hangzhou, several princes sent their personal guards to surround Yinzhen's other courtyard. In order to ensure the safety of the princes, Kangxi heard the situation here in the capital and made him People from Longwei came over.

People from Longwei leased all the surrounding courtyards to protect Yinzhen and others.

"Master, can we really go out with you?" Shu Yun became curious, "You and the other brothers just came back, do you want to rest for a few more days?"

"There's no need to rest, Lao Jiu and others are going to visit the store, don't you want to see the shop you prepared yourself?" Yinzhen admired Shu Yun a little, he can compete with Lao Jiu in doing business, In the south, the two best rouge shops are Shu Yun's and Lao Jiu's.

Fu Yin and others have always wanted to cooperate with the servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they are planning to join forces to earn more money.

The two shops are like two big mountains, pressing down on the shops of the imperial merchants. The officials in the south are trying to balance their hearts, and they use various means to suppress the shops of the two.

There must have been a lot of losses in the store, so Yinzhen decided to take this opportunity to clean up the officialdom in the south.

"Little boy, let's go for a stroll around the store first, if we find someone who slipped through the net, we can deal with it directly." Yinzhen pursed his lips and laughed.

After the two of them had lunch, Yinzhen changed into the green uniform worn by the merchant's young master, and took Shu Yun into the carriage, the two of them sat in the carriage, she leaned on his shoulder, The little faces were wrinkled together.

Yinzhen followed Shu Yun's eyes and looked out. The servants beside Fu Yin were strolling in the street, and Yinzhen found that these servants basically charged some fees in the nearby shops.

"Grandpa, you didn't see that those yamen servants entered the shop empty-handed, but when they took them out of the shop, they did come out with purses. These should be collected in taels of silver." Shu Yun said directly.

Yinzhen frowned slightly, also feeling very strange, why would he take money from the shop?
At first, Shu Yun heard from the shopkeepers that the servants here were very strange, why did they come to collect the money in person?

"Little boy, you heard that the shopkeeper mentioned that there will be government servants coming to the store to collect the cash." Yinzhen asked Shu Yun with his head bowed.

"Yes." Shu Yun nodded, "Didn't you all control the officials, why do you still have yamen servants to collect things?"

Yinzhen looked outside and had some thoughts in his mind. Every time he went on a southern tour, he would be dismissed by officials. He helped Kangxi deal with it several times. This time, it was the last time.

"Such officials will be punished repeatedly. They only focus on their interests, and they don't even think about how much the people will lose. They just need to keep their own interests from being damaged." Yinzhen comforted Shu Yun.

"Twenty percent of the profit in my shop has been given to these yamen servants. This year, they said they will charge [-] percent. If they charge an extra half every few years, I won't be talking about profits here." Shu Yun Said helplessly.

Yinzhen listened to her complaints and didn't say a word. The shop at Yinzhen's side was even more like this. They collected [-]% of the profits as protection fees. These have become a joke for everyone.

"Lao Jiu has more shops, so your shop is still good. I believe that Fu Yin should be able to understand that those shops are all connected with people in the capital, so what they want is extra special. Ruthless." Yinzhen informed Shu Yun.

Shu Yun became curious that there was such a big problem in Yinzhen's shop.

"You say it's true?" Shu Yun became curious.

"That's right, Lao Jiu's side is even more ruthless." Yinzhen said directly, "Think about it, you only have [-]% of the profit here, and Lao Jiu's side collects more, and this side has received rumors. The shop is the background of the capital, so it will receive more, and those who can do business with such a large amount of money in the capital are almost all from official families."

Officials are rarely able to do business, and they basically let the slaves open shops in private. The government servants are more aware that if they take advantage of this method and charge a certain protection fee, the people above will not say anything at all. .

"The news we have is that one-third of the fees collected each time are taken away by the governor. These are all gray." Yinzhen looked outside. Under the care of the Lord, those people will not easily provoke them.

"Master, thank you for asking the people here to take care of it, otherwise, I will definitely be charged by people here." Shu Yun said directly.

Jin Siye and Jin Jiuye are very powerful in the mall, but Shu Yun's small shop is not so conspicuous.

The carriage stopped in front of the shop, Shu Yun slowly got out of the car, Yin Zhen stood in front of the shop, the shopkeeper was receiving officials and family members.

"Let's go to the private room first." Yinzhen deliberately left a private room here, no matter how prosperous the shop's business is, when Shu Yun comes over, he can go directly to sit in the private room without waiting.

The shopkeeper watched Yinzhen carry Shu Yun up to the private room, and after serving the distinguished guests, he quickly told the staff below that he would go upstairs directly after entertaining the guests here.

He opened the door and came in. Yinzhen and Shuyun sat side by side on the grand master's chair. After the shopkeeper closed the door, he respectfully greeted Yinzhen and Shuyun.

"What's going on? How did you hear that someone was making trouble behind the scenes?" Yinzhen asked looking at the shopkeeper.

"I didn't come here on purpose to make trouble. According to the slave, someone should have said it on purpose. Their target should be the shop opposite. After Jiu Ye came over, he specially sent more people there. The other party didn't want to chat at all. I came to the shop here." The shopkeeper said directly.

After hearing this, Xu Zhen came forward with helplessness on his face: "When will Lao Jiu ask for additional staff?"

"That is to say, two or three days ago, it was said that the yamen servant had visited the door three or four times, and the protection fee was too much each time, which made the shopkeeper over there a little miserable. In the end, he chose to let Master Jiu know Yes." The shopkeepers are all the confidantes of Fourth Master and Ninth Master, so every time something difficult happens, they will find Yinzhen and Yinzhen immediately.

Yinzhen's face was ugly: "Have you copied all the evidence I asked you to find?"

"It's all ready, lord, you try to leave here as soon as possible. A person in the yamen said that after five days, the whole city will be searched. If anyone comes from the capital and cannot prove their identity, they will all be searched." Imprisoned." The shopkeeper has been doing business here for many years, and had some contacts with those people early on.

(End of this chapter)