The person loitering at the gate of Old Master Chen's house was none other than Young Master Jia!
"My father is Jia Gang! I'm sworn brothers with Lord Jiang, and I need to speak with him about something..."
"Stop! Don't move!"
Several soldiers immediately held spears to Jia Gongzi's neck and began searching his body.
Don't let his usual arrogant and domineering attitude fool you; he acts like a local tyrant!
However, even they had to bow and scrape before the soldiers protecting the prefect, like lapdogs.
Just now, Jiang Ming's brother-in-law went in with a knife and stabbed someone.
If another idiot were to break in, these soldiers couldn't afford the responsibility!
"Brother Jiang! Brother Jiang! I need your help!" Young Master Jia shouted.
Jiang Ming had seen him long ago and was suspicious... Could it be that he was the one who administered the aphrodisiac?
That bastard frequents brothels every day; who knows, he might be involved with something like that...
Ji Bochang was already annoyed when he heard Young Master Jia shouting at the door. He yelled, "Where did this stray dog come from! Get him out of here!"
"roll!"
"Ouch!"
Upon hearing the prefect's words, the soldiers no longer gave Young Master Jia any face and kicked him headfirst.
“Your Excellency, this man is the son of County Magistrate Jia. We have some personal ties. I’ll go ask him what’s going on,” Jiang Ming said.
"Sigh! Alright... I need to hurry, or Madam will really get angry..."
"Mmm, very soon."
Jiang Ming arrived at the courtyard gate and asked the young master Jia, who had just gotten up, "What business do you have with me, young master?"
"Oh dear..."
Young Master Jia, looking utterly dejected, said, "Brother Jiang, I've been swindled by that Dong Shan! Last night, he dragged me to play cards, but it turned out to be a cheating scheme. He swindled me out of a pawnshop, a brothel, and a restaurant in the county! Please, think of something for me..."
"Tsk! Sigh! A bet's a bet... Who can you blame for this?"
Jiang Ming frowned and said, "It's no use asking me about this."
"They're all swindlers. They let me taste the sweetness first, then they cheated together... I went to my father-in-law, and he said, 'You're a god, only you can save me,' sob! He also said you'd give him face... Brother Jiang, please, for all your sake, help me this time, sob! Last time the sorceress tried to harm you, I was the one who sent someone to warn you..."
Young Master Jia was truly desperate and cried, grabbing Jiang Ming's hand and saying, "Brother Jiang, I know you're a real god. Please help me this once. If you can help me win back the pawnshop, the brothel, and the restaurant, I'll give you 30% of the shares..."
"Tsk!" Jiang Ming clicked his tongue, lost in thought.
He doesn't know how to play cards, and besides, he doesn't know how people gambled in ancient times. How could he possibly help Young Master Jia win back his property?
But a 30% stake is indeed tempting!
Damn it... this kid actually runs a brothel? I wonder what it's like inside?
Besides, he had to give face to his father-in-law, Fatty He, to some extent...
Seeing Jiang Ming's hesitation, the young master Jia changed his mind and said, "Forty percent! Is forty percent alright?"
"Ahem! Okay..."
Jiang Ming sighed: "I'll think of a solution for you, but don't bother me with these stupid, lazy things in the future."
"Definitely! Definitely! Oh dear... Brother Jiang, this time I'm really badly injured! Please, Brother Jiang, save me! When I entered the village just now, I saw your men castrating Dongshan's underlings. You have a grudge against him, don't you? Perfect, let's get revenge..."
This young master Jia also wanted to 'unite' Jiang Ming, and seized the opportunity to instigate him.
People are fickle, their circumstances change!
Just a few days ago, Jiang Ming was just a minor village head in Chenjia Village, only able to bully his father-in-law. Any official above him could easily bully him.
Now... Jiang Ming has become a 'hot commodity' in the eyes of the prefect. Even the arrogant young master Jia has to bow and scrape when he sees Jiang Ming.
Stop spouting nonsense!
Jiang Ming asked with a serious expression, "Young Master Jia, you little rascal, have you been plotting against Chen Dabao again, sending someone to sabotage the food in my house?"
"No!"
Young Master Jia looked horrified: "Really not! If I did that, Lord Jiang, you'd castrate me too!"
He looked sincere and didn't seem to be lying.
"Alright, it's settled then, 40%!"
"Okay! No problem!"
"By the way, how many brothels are there in the county?"
"There are thirteen, seven of which belong to Dong Shan! He also owns four pawnshops and three casinos..."
"Oh, oh, oh... How many girls does each brothel have on average?"
"The larger ones are about seventy or eighty, while the smaller ones are about a dozen."
How many brothels does your family own?
There were forty-five girls.
......
Listening to Young Master Jia's description, Jiang Ming gained a basic understanding of Dongshan's businesses.
That's fucking tempting!
If I slaughtered this 'fat pig' and ran all these businesses myself, how comfortable would my life be!
Then, he tricked Ji Bochang into contracting these mountains under the "rule of the mountain god" and making them his private property. You know, when he was fleeing famine, he discovered that there were coal resources in these mountains!
Then they traded goods with the Xianbei... silk, horses, salt, tea, porcelain, and medicinal herbs. Isn't this the typical path to success for Shanxi merchants and coal mine owners?
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