"I still remember you said that home is the only castle. Keep running along the rice-scented river with a slight smile. I know your childhood dream. Don't cry. Let the fireflies take you away. The ballads of the countryside are your eternal support. Go home and return to the original beauty."
Zhang Fei sat in front of the bronze mirror with his eyes closed, humming a cheerful tune, looking self-absorbed.
Gao Wenyin, who was standing behind him and taking care of him, couldn't help but feel a little curious. When he finished humming a song, she couldn't help but ask softly, "Sanlang seems to be in a good mood today."
"wrong!"
Zhang Fei opened his eyes and said proudly, "It's very good."
Gao Wenyin couldn't help but ask, "Is there any happy news?"
Zhang Fei said: "Because I finally don't want to wear that damn official robe anymore."
Damn official robes?
Gao Wenyin couldn't help but glance outside the door guiltily, and asked anxiously, "Has Sanlang resigned?"
"Uh... not really." Zhang Fei shook his head and added, "It's just that I don't have to go to the Imperial College for classes recently, which is really great."
...
...
Gao Wenyin asked, "Doesn't Sanlang like being a teacher?"
In her opinion, how could the ear pen compare with the teacher, and the teacher at the Imperial College.
"Of course not."
Zhang Fei said: "After this class, I not only have to deal with those students, but also other people. It's really tiring. I also like to be a spy. I am free and can sue anyone I want. I haven't been to Kaifeng Prefecture for a long time. I don't know if Judge Li misses me."
Gao Wenyin couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled, saying: "Everyone wants to be an official, but Sanlang you..."
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "There will be plenty of opportunities to enjoy the pleasure of being an official in the future. There is no need to rush now."
As he spoke, he touched his chin and said, "Madam, please help me shave my beard later. It has grown again."
Gao Wenyin hesitated and said, "Why not just keep it."
"Why keep it?" Zhang Fei asked curiously.
Gao Wenyin said: "Now Sanlang is not only an official, but also an assistant teacher of the Imperial College. Growing a beard may make him look more stable."
Zhang Fei said: "But it's not easy to kiss you with a beard, so shave it off."
"......?"
......
After breakfast, Zhang Fei took a carriage to the office. He had been busy giving lectures these days and had not been to the office, which made him somewhat uneasy.
"Huh? Why did you stop here?"
Zhang Fei got off the carriage and looked around. He found that he was still about a hundred or two hundred steps away from Lushi Lane. It was winter and it was so cold that people were shivering.
Li Si said helplessly: "Third brother, this is the ban issued by the police station recently. No carriages are allowed to pass through Lushi Lane. Carriages can only stop here."
"Well... let's just walk over there and think of it as exercising."
Zhang Fei coughed and walked towards Lushi Lane.
"Morning, Mr. Zhang!"
"Ah? Good morning!"
"Good morning, Assistant Professor Zhang!"
"morning...."
He had only walked less than fifty steps when three or four groups of passers-by came up to greet him with such respectful expressions that he felt ashamed.
"Li Si Li Si!"
Zhang Fei said: "Did you see that? They were all greeting me."
Li Si said: "I saw it."
"Don't you think that's weird?"
Zhang Fei looked at Li Si in surprise.
Li Si said proudly, "What's so strange about this? Third brother, you are now an assistant teacher at the Imperial College, so of course you have to be respected. I respect you even more now."
"roll!"
Just then, two pedestrians passed by.
"Good morning, Teacher Zhang."
“Morning!”
"Did you hear Teacher Zhang say 'get out' just now?"
"Hey, you! Keep your voice down, don't get yourself into trouble."
......
Zhang Fei turned around and looked at the two pedestrians with a questioning look on his face, "Damn it, as an assistant coach, you can't even let me say 'get out', how ridiculous."
As he said this, he covered his face with his sleeves and ran towards the office.
Why is Third Brother running? Li Si was startled and immediately hid behind Long Wu, looking around, "Fifth Brother, is there an assassin?"
Long Wu looked around blankly: "I don't know either."
......
"Hey young! Sanlang is here, be polite, be polite. Fan meets Sanlang."
As soon as Zhang Fei entered the door, Fan Li came forward and bowed.
Zhang Fei blinked his eyes. "Sir, what's wrong with you? One day in the cave is like one year in the real world? Damn it! Stop kidding."
Fan Li hurriedly said, "Sanlang, you are now a master of a sect, how can you speak so freely?"
"I'm your sister."
Zhang Fei said: "Yes, I am an official, but I am only a ninth-rank official... lower, do you have to be like this?"
Fan Li immediately said, "This has nothing to do with Sanlang being an official. It's just that people outside are saying that you, Sanlang, have founded a new school of thought."
"Yes! Yes!"
Qiu Zhengwen appeared out of nowhere and said, "Third brother, when you have time, can you also tell us about the law of the rule of law?"
"Go! Go! Go!"
Zhang Fei said depressedly, "I just felt that I had escaped from the sea of suffering and wanted to come here to relax for a while, but you guys mentioned the law of the rule of law to me again. It's really fucked up... Show me the accounts first. If you don't make any money, you're completely finished. I'm not kidding."
Having said that, he strode towards the inner hall.
Qiu Zhengwen stared blankly at Zhang Fei's back. After a moment, he said to Fan Li, "Sir, Third Brother doesn't seem to have changed at all."
"Yeah, it hasn't changed at all."
Fan Li suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good, it won't be so difficult to get along with each other in the future, hurry up, go get the account book."
"yes."
.....
Zhang Fei, who was sitting beside the brazier, took the account book handed over by Qiu Zhengwen and reminded him, "Remember, don't believe in rumors, don't spread rumors, don't make up rumors. Do you think I behave like a master?"
Fan Li said awkwardly: "It looks like... hehe..."
"That's it."
Zhang Fei shook his head helplessly, then flipped through the account book and asked, "How is the income this year?"
Fan Li immediately said, "Even if we put aside what Sanlang earned from the lawsuit, our firm's profit this year has reached 15,000 guan. After deducting their commissions and bonuses, our firm's profit alone has reached 10,000 guan."
Zhang Fei frowned, "It's only ten thousand strings of cash. It's hard to buy a house in the city."
Fan Li said: "Ten thousand strings of cash can buy a very nice house. Besides, no bookstore has ever made more than ten thousand strings of cash a year before. This is simply unimaginable."
You have to know that last year's income was all brought by Zhang Fei alone. Now, apart from Zhang Fei's income, he can still earn 10,000 strings of cash. Fan Li has been excited for half a month.
At this point, he sighed again: "Of course, it may not be comparable to the genuine bookstore."
Speaking of this, he shed tears again. He had the opportunity to invest money at the beginning, but he did not seize it. Now he is making a fortune there!
Zhang Fei glanced at him, smiled, and asked, "How much profit did we make from the lawsuit? Oh, apart from my lawsuit."
Fan Li shook his head and said, "Not much. Our main profit comes from providing legal services to those wealthy businessmen. The second is tax calculation. These two alone account for 70%. Another 20% comes from the sale of contracts, and the lawsuits... only account for 10%."
Zhang Fei asked in surprise: "Is that all?"
Fan Li immediately said, "We have taken on quite a few cases, much more than before, and we have made quite a bit of money, but we have made so much money from other businesses that it seems very little in comparison. Moreover, many of our liaisons are helping the poor with lawsuits at the Legal Aid Department, and they are all free. Many people have some money, and they also apply for legal aid. Fortunately, we don't make money from this, so we don't bother with them."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "We must continue to increase our support for the Legal Aid Department."
Fan Li was startled, "Why is this?"
Zhang Fei said: "Of course it's to open a branch!"
Fan Li's face lit up with joy, and he sat down hastily, "Opening a branch?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Isn't the money in Daming Mansion money?"
Fan Lizhi nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes, of course it's the money. In fact, I also agree with opening a branch."
Zhang Fei said: "But we must be cautious. After all, we don't have super powers and can only focus on this small piece of land. The success of the branch depends entirely on their performance. The Legal Aid Department can be a good training ground for those spies, so we must increase our support for the Legal Aid Department.
At the same time, tell those people that whoever performs well in the Legal Aid Department may become the owner of our branch and will receive 30% of the branch’s total profit.
"30... 30%. Isn't this a bit too high? Now the branch also has tax calculation business, so the profit will be very high." Fan Li said again.
Opening branches was also a trend in the Song Dynasty, but generally speaking, the profits belonged to the owner.
Zhang Fei said: "If we don't give them generous profits, how can they work so hard for us? The key is that in our business, it's not enough to have physical strength, you need to use your brain, which depends a lot on the ability of the store manager. If they have this ability, they should make the money."
Fan Li nodded and said, "That's true."
Just then, Li Si walked in, "Third brother, Master Fan is here."
Fan Li asked, "Why is he here?"
"I invited him here. I'm too lazy to run back and forth."
Then Zhang Fei said to Li Si, "Please come in."
After a while, Fan Zheng came into the room and bowed respectfully to Zhang Fei. "Fan Zheng greets Assistant Zhang."
Zhang Fei pointed to a corner and said, "Go stand aside first."
Fan Zheng was stunned for a moment, then he bowed and said, "Yes."
"Wait a minute!"
Zhang Fei hurriedly called him back, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Da Lang, what are you doing? Just stand there when I told you to!"
Fan Zheng hurriedly said, "Assistant Zhang is the master who founded the school. Things are different now, so Fan Zheng should obey him."
Zhang Fei couldn't help but wonder: "Is it that exaggerated? You are deliberately teasing me."
Fan Zhengdao: "Assistant Zhang..."
"You should call me Zhang San. I prefer this name."
"yes."
Although he agreed, Fan Zhengzi did not dare to call Zhang San directly, "Third brother, you don't know, these days, no one in my Baifanlou cares about fine wine and beautiful women, everyone is talking about the third brother's law, and it is highly respected by many people."
Zhang Fei asked slightly embarrassedly: "Do you think this is a good thing?"
Fan Zheng hesitated for a moment and answered cautiously: "This is a good thing in the eyes of many people."
This kid is really tight-lipped. Zhang Fei was too lazy to talk about it anymore and asked, "By the way, how is the charity foundation doing now?"
This is also the only reason why he invited Fan Zheng here.
Fan Zheng immediately said: "At present, everything is going smoothly, but there are some problems with the football match."
Zhang Fei asked: "What's the problem?"
Fan Zhengdao: "Too many teams have signed up. Currently there are 68 teams."
"So many?" Zhang Fei was slightly surprised and said, "Three Yamen...!"
"San Ya is sure to have only three branches."
"Where do so many teams come from? There are only eighteen clubs in the Cuju competition."
"It's because the prize money is so high that many businessmen have set up football teams."
"Your Baifan Building?"
"We also...formed a team."
Fan Zheng smiled awkwardly and explained, "Originally I was still considering it, but Pan Lou formed a team first. If the football match is popular and his team is excellent, it will definitely affect our business. We, Baifan Lou, must form one."
"That's quite interesting."
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded: "A match with grudges is more interesting."
Fan Zhengdao: "But how do we arrange the competition for so many teams?"
Zhang Fei said, "I've already thought about it. We'll use Imperial Street as the boundary to divide the competition into two regions, the East and the West. However, there are really too many participating teams, so we'll hold a qualifying round first, and give some money to the eliminated teams. In the end, 16 teams will be selected from each of the East and West regions to compete in the group stage, the knockout round, and other main competitions. In the end, the champions of the two major regions will compete in the finals."
Fan Zheng nodded thoughtfully.
Zhang Fei said: "Master Fan, you must remember one thing, the most attractive thing is often not the goal, but the grudges between the two participating teams, such as your Baifan Building and Pan Building, or the guards horse and guards infantry, this kind of confrontation is more attractive.
I divided the competition into two major areas, East and West, to increase the sense of participation of citizens. Those who live in West City will definitely support West City, and those who live in East City will definitely support East City.
You have to grasp this point when formulating the competition system and promoting it.”
Fan Zheng nodded and said, "I'll remember that. Thank you, Third Brother, for teaching me the art of business."
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "Is everything I say now the Tao?"
Fan Zheng couldn't help but smile awkwardly.
Just then, Li Si came in again, "Third brother, there's someone outside asking to see you."
Zhang Fei asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Si replied, "They want to ask Brother San about the law of the system."
It's endless, isn't it? Zhang Fei said, "Tell them that we spies charge by the hour. If they want to talk to me, one stick of incense costs one string of money. This is the rule of the trade."
Fan Zheng couldn't help but think, one stick of incense for one string of money, this must be the most profitable business.
"yes."
After a while, Li Si turned back.
"Have they left?" Zhang Fei asked.
"No."
Li Si shook his head and said, "They asked if there would be a discount if they negotiated ten incense sticks."
“.......!”
A hint of fear flashed across Zhang Fei's eyes, and he asked Fan Zheng, "Da Lang, did you come here by carriage?"
Fan Zheng nodded woodenly.
Zhang Fei immediately said, "Drive your carriage to the back door quickly and take me home."
Fan Zheng said: "You are not allowed to enter through the back door."
"Isn't it just a fine? Oh, just treat it as a purchase... I'll pay the money, quickly."
......
It’s slipping away!
This is so scary.
Zhang Fei secretly got on Fan Zheng's carriage and hurried back home.
"Zhang San, you're back just in time. Something happened."
As soon as I got home, Xu Zhiqian came to me hurriedly.
Zhang Fei asked, "What's the matter?"
Xu Zhiqian looked back, and Zhang Fei looked up, only to see Xu Zun sitting in the hall. He was stunned. Why did the old man come home so early? It was really rare!
He hurried into the hall and asked, "Father-in-law, what happened?"
Xu Zun said with a worried look on his face, "This morning, many censors and imperial officials have accused you of spreading rumors and misleading the people, disrupting social order, and subverting the country, and they have requested that the government punish you."
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