Chapter 444: Taking Advantage of Guanxi
When they arrived at the Water Margin world, they were not disappointed. After entering Weizhou City, they quickly found the famous Pan's Restaurant.
Luo Jiu looked around for a moment, searching for the target person, when he suddenly heard someone at the door shouting, "Waiter!"
The bartender immediately responded, "Hey, officer, please come in and take a seat."
The four looked back and saw three strong men coming in. The leader should be the Flower Monk Lu Zhishen. At this time, he had not yet become a monk. He was an officer of the Jinglüe Mansion named Lu Da. Following behind him should be Nine-Pattern Dragon Shi Jin, and the other one was called Li Zhong.
Lu Da and his friends picked a table and sat down. Luo Jiu winked, and the three of them understood and sat down at the table next to them tacitly. They also ordered some signature dishes, ready to eat and watch the fun at the same time.
Sure enough, not long after, someone next door started crying. Lu Da was upset and asked the waiter to call the person over. He saw that it was a father and daughter, the old man Jin Lao Han and his daughter Jin Cui Lian.
When Lu Da asked the reason, he found out that they came to Weizhou to stay with relatives, but the relatives moved away and the mother died of illness. The daughter was beautiful and was favored by a local rich man named Zheng Tu. This Zheng Tu was nicknamed Zhen Guanxi and was a scoundrel who was used to bullying people.
He forced Jin Cui Lian to be his concubine and wrote a betrothal document for 3,000 guan (a special amount of money), but he didn't actually give her a penny. Jin Cui Lian was taken home by him, but she was kicked out by his wife after a few months. Then Zheng Tu found them and asked for 3,000 guan (a special amount of money).
He didn't give him a penny at the beginning, so how could the father and daughter get so much money to give him now? But Zheng Tu was unreasonable, rich and powerful, so the father and daughter had no choice. They had to sing in the restaurant every day to make money to pay off their debts. Most of the money they earned every day was taken away by Zheng Tu. If they earned less on a certain day, Zheng Tu would beat them or scold them.
There were few customers in the restaurant these two days, and the father and daughter couldn't help crying when they thought about being beaten and scolded by Zheng Tu again.
After Jin Cui Lian finished speaking, she raised her hand to wipe her tears and said, "I don't know how many guests are drinking here. I disturbed your peace. I hope you will forgive me."
As she spoke, she bowed deeply to the guests at the tables in the restaurant. Zhong Jialing looked sad and handed her a handkerchief to wipe her tears.
Lu Da cursed, "Bah! I thought it was some Mr. Zheng, but it turned out to be the butcher Zheng. This filthy bastard is bullying me." He said to Shi Jin and Li Zhong beside him, "You two stay here, and come back after I kill that guy."
The two men hugged him and persuaded him to talk about it tomorrow. Only then did Lu Da give up. He then said to the Jin family father and daughter: "Since you are from Tokyo, I will give you some money. How about you return to Tokyo tomorrow?"
Old Man Jin hurriedly said, "If you can return to your hometown, you will be reborn as your parents. But Mr. Zheng has given money to the innkeeper, and the innkeeper is watching us. I'm afraid the inn won't let us go."
Lu Da said: "Don't worry about this, I have my own reasons."
As he spoke, he took out five taels of silver from his pocket, looked at Shi Jin and said, "We didn't bring much silver with us today. If you have any silver, lend it to me. I will return it to you tomorrow."
Shi Jin readily took out a silver ingot of ten taels from the package and said, "Brother, you don't have to pay it back."
Lu Da asked Li Zhong to borrow money again. Li Zhong took out two taels of silver. Lu Da said disdainfully, "You are not a straightforward person. I don't want your money anymore."
Seeing this, Luo Jiu quickly stood up, took out fifty taels of silver and put them on Lu Da's desk.
Everyone present was stunned. Luo Jiu stepped forward and introduced himself, "We are the chivalrous knights of Jianghu, nicknamed the Five Heroes of Jiangbei."
"The Five Heroes of Jiangbei?" The bartender muttered, "I've never heard of them."
Of course he had never heard of it, because this nickname was not given by anyone, but was given by himself. However, it will soon be famous all over the world. Therefore, he must show his name at this moment.
Luo Jiu said: "My name is Storm Luo Jiu."
Luo Jiu looked at Feng Qi, and Feng Qi hurriedly said, "I am..." She hurriedly asked Zhong Jialing in a low voice, "What's my name?"
Zhong Jialing whispered, "Tornado."
Feng Qi: "I am Tornado Feng Qi."
Zhong Jialing: "I am the wealthy Zhong Si Niang."
Fu Bao: "I am Atomic Bomb Fu Bao."
Luo Jiu said: "The versatile Cheng Sanniang is not here today, I will bring her with me to meet you guys another day."
Lu Da and the others also introduced themselves. Luo Jiu said, "Brother Lu is generous and generous, and we, the Five Heroes of Jiangbei, will also contribute."
Lu Da smiled and said, "You girls are so generous. I admire you." He handed sixty-five taels of silver to the Jin family father and daughter, and told them, "I'll go to the inn tomorrow and see who won't let you go."
The father and daughter thanked Luo Jiuluda and the others profusely before leaving. After everyone got to know each other, they put the two tables together and had a meal together.
When the show was over, Luo Jiu said, "Brother Lu, don't take all the credit for this kind of chivalrous and righteous act. Let's meet at the butcher shop in Zhen Guanxi tomorrow and teach Zheng Tu a lesson together."
Lu Da agreed, and the next day he went to the inn to see the Jin father and daughter off. The waiter took Zheng the butcher's money and refused to let them go. Lu Da knocked out two of his front teeth and caused him to spit out blood. Finally, he dared not to stop him.
Lu Da sat in the shop for a long time, and when he thought that the father and daughter had gone far away, he went to Zheng Tu's butcher shop.
When he arrived, he found that Luo Jiu and four others were already there. Luo Jiu thought that Zheng the butcher would definitely die today, so he might as well buy some meat. He could take advantage of the chaos so that he wouldn't have to pay and could fleece Zhen Guanxi.
So the four of them bought two carts at the market and pushed them to Zheng Tu's butcher shop.
Zhong Jialing spread several hundred taels of silver on the table, played with the silver ingots in her hand and leaned back in the chair, "I am Zhong Si Niang, nicknamed the rich lady. Today I come to buy meat from you. I will buy as much as you have. Cut it into small portions of three to five pounds, pack them, and load them on the car. I will pay for them together later."
Butcher Zheng was extremely happy. He didn't expect to have such a big business as soon as the shop opened. He immediately ordered more than ten waiters to cut and pack the meat. They were busy having a great time.
The two cars were loaded with about five or six hundred kilograms of pork. The bill was paid immediately and Lu Da arrived.
When Lu Da saw the four people were about to speak, he saw Luo Jiu deliberately turned away. He knew there was something fishy going on, so he didn't acknowledge them. He just pulled a stool and sat at the door of the butcher shop, shouting, "Zheng the butcher!"
Butcher Zheng recognized him and hurried forward to greet him, "What kind of meat do you want to buy, Captain?"
Lu Da was always rough but meticulous in his work, and he said, "The governor wants ten pounds of lean meat to be cut into sauce, and there should not be any fat on it."
Zheng Tu said in embarrassment when he heard this: "Today, a big customer came to our store. The wealthy lady Zhong Si Niang bought all the meat in the store..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhong Jialing said, "Since it is the General who wants the meat, you can give some from me to the Chief."
Zheng Tu smiled, clearly not wanting to do this small business, and said to Lu Da: "Although there is meat, the guys have taken it all."
Lu Da raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't want my buddy to cut it for me. You go cut it for me."
Zheng Tu was afraid of Lu Da's power, so he said, "Okay, I'll cut it right away."
Butcher Zheng picked out ten pounds of good meat and cut it into small pieces to make the sauce. It took him half an hour to cut the meat. Then he packed the pieces and gave them to Lu Da.
Lu Da said, "I want another ten kilograms of fat meat, without any lean meat on top, and I want to cut it into pieces to make sauerkraut."
Zheng Tu was puzzled and asked, "What's the use of having fat 臊子?"
Lu Da's eyes widened: "My Lord has ordered me to buy it, who dares to ask him?"
Zheng the butcher had no choice but to cut ten pounds of fat, which took him another half an hour.
At this time, the waiter came over and said to Zhong Jialing, "Mr. Zhong, your meat has been packed. It's six hundred and twenty-five taels in total."
Zhong Jialing glanced at Luo Jiu, and Luo Jiu said, "Why didn't you tell my rich master that you can cut saozi here? If he wants to cut it, we have to cut it too. Go cut ten pounds of saozi for us first, and I'll pay you for each piece you cut."
As a result, the chopping noise in Zheng Tu's butcher shop kept going, attracting a lot of onlookers from all around.
Butcher Zheng handed ten catties of fat meat to Lu Da, who then said, "I want another ten catties of cartilage, which should also be chopped finely to make the meat, without a single piece of meat on top."
Zheng Tu was sweating profusely and sneered, "You are not here just to make fun of me, are you?"
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