Chapter 1151

Can't help but say, Chen housekeeper turned and walked outside, but Zhao Chenglong was a face can't believe, pointing to Luoying, shouting: "what, take her to see the master and the old lady? Housekeeper Chen, is this a bit of a fuss? The old lady is old. Why bother her old man... "

"Cut the crap and do as I say."

Zhao Chenglong has no choice but to urge people to go to the servant's room to inquire. Qian Mantang walks into the Chaifang and takes Luoying to the front yard.

Walking in the empty corridor, Luo Ying walked silently in front of her. Qian Mantang followed her quietly. That kind of feeling made Luo Ying feel uncomfortable.

After walking for a while, Qian Mantang suddenly said, "in fact, I've seen you in Liufu."

Smell speech, Luo Ying immediately turned around, staring at Qian Mantang, very excited asked: "then you can prove my innocence, ah, why didn't you tell housekeeper Chen and the team leader at that time?"

Luo Ying's heart is angry. He can prove that his own person is around, but he doesn't say a word.

Qian Mantang was embarrassed. After all, he was shocked by Luo Ying's aggressive eyes

"I have checked the list of servants in Liufu, and there is no your name in it, so you can't be regarded as the servant of Liufu."

Not a servant? What else can it be? Luoying is a little depressed

In the hall of the front yard, Liu Chengwen, the master of Liu's house, and his wife have been sitting there waiting. After all, after hearing the narration of housekeeper Chen, Liu Chengwen and his wife are somewhat uneasy.

As early as in the past, the local government repeatedly came to them and openly said that they wanted to get some oil and water from their Liufu, but Liu Chengwen was a hard nut and absolutely refused to give his hard-earned silver to these corrupt officials.

Maybe it's because Liu Chengwen's words are too fierce. In a few words, he offended the county magistrate of the government. Since then, the Yamen of the government not only went to the tea house under the name of Liu Fu for trouble, but also interfered in their business. For the same tea, their tariffs are almost twice as high as others

After all, Liu Chengwen doesn't care about this kind of thing, but the officials are pressing him step by step. Even if Liu Chengwen still has patience, the tea house under his name can't hold on

Moreover, even other tea merchants who have been cooperating with Liu Chengwen have been forced by the government to switch to others. Liu's family is also a little difficult.

Liufu is the largest tea merchant in the south of the Yangtze River in Donglong kingdom. They have been operating in tea shops for many years. Since Liu Chengwen's grandfather's generation, they have been operating tea. Therefore, they not only have time to accumulate, but also carry forward the tea in the south of the Yangtze river.

In Jiangnan, who doesn't know that Liufu's tea is the best, and who doesn't know that Liufu's tea shops are all over Donglong country. Therefore, Liufu's business is getting bigger and bigger, but it also attracts other people's envy and envy.

Liu's residence is in Feilong county. Just half a year ago, a new county magistrate was appointed in Feilong county. It seems that he is the eldest brother-in-law of a senior official. Originally, he was a superior Beijing official. He was useless. He was only able to live in the imperial court with the light of a senior official.

Originally, he could have been carefree all his life. I didn't expect that this elder brother-in-law was just not satisfied. He took advantage of his power to take bribes, bend the law, engage in malpractices for personal gain, and almost killed himself.

Fortunately, the people at the bottom were clever enough to report the matter to the senior official. The senior official also gave his brother-in-law a good reprimand, and he was lucky enough to stay alive. Because of the senior official's management, he sent him to Feilong county to be a county magistrate who had no worries about food and clothing.

I didn't expect that the county magistrate didn't have a long memory at all. Before he came to Feilong County, he sent someone to inquire about it in advance. Liu Chengwen, the biggest tea merchant in Jiangnan, lived in Feilong county,

Therefore, before the county master arrived, he ordered people to find Liu Chengwen and let him hold a banquet in the biggest restaurant in Feilong county.

Originally, Liu Chengwen had never done this kind of thing, but since the new official took office, Liu Fu naturally wanted to express himself as a local tea merchant. After thinking about it, Liu Chengwen still set up a banquet waiting for the county magistrate to arrive.

It was agreed that the county master would arrive in Feilong County on the same day. However, from the morning, Liu Chengwen and several tea merchants were waiting in the restaurant. Unexpectedly, the county master did not arrive. They waited from the morning until the evening when they heard someone calling that the county master was coming

Several people thought it was the county magistrate who met something on the road. Unexpectedly, it was the new official who took office three times. As soon as he entered the restaurant, the county magistrate began to pick and choose without saying a word. It seemed that he was deliberately targeting them.

Liu Chengwen and several tea merchants have also been in business for a long time. How can they not hear what the county master said? To put it bluntly, they want to ask them for money.

It's the first time for Liu Chengwen to encounter such a thing. Although they have also met greedy people, no one thought that the county magistrate was so bold and unrestrained that he asked for money directly.

After all, the other party is the county Lord of Feilong county. Even if they despise this kind of behavior, they will definitely need the help of the county Lord in many places in the future. So after a simple discussion with Liu Chengwen, several local vendors still took out some silver and sent it to the government.

Originally, I thought this was OK. Unexpectedly, the county magistrate was a bottomless pit. From then on, no matter what happened, he would excessively collect silver from the tea merchants. Not only that, even the Yamen clerks at the bottom followed suit, and even began to openly ask for silver from the vendors' stalls on the street. A day or two is still like this, but for a long time, none of those tea merchants can afford it. The peddlers in Feilong county still follow Liu Chengwen's lead. After several people's discussion, they find Liu Chengwen. If it goes on like this, their business will not be able to continue... Not only the peddlers, but also Liu Chengwen is facing such pressure. Moreover, he has the largest number of shops in Feilong County, no less than dozens of shops. It seems that the county magistrate did it on purpose, Every shop of Liu's family charges nearly twice as much silver as other shops. It's a small matter to have more money and less money, but in this way, the money taken out by the vendors must be made up from the price of tea. If the price of tea goes up, it will certainly affect the economic market of the whole Donglong country, and the consequences will not be borne by a few of them. Moreover, the emperor of Donglong kingdom is the most strict, and has almost strict requirements on the price of goods. If he knows that the tea merchants in Feilong County raise the price of tea without permission, he will be in prison. After much deliberation, Liu Chengwen discussed with several tea merchants and decided to continue to send some silver to the county master. Several people thought it might be that the silver given to the county master last time was not enough.