Chapter 272 A visitor from the Song family
Young Master Lin put down the teacup in his hand heavily and said with some displeasure, "You are already in the wrong for owing taxes, and yet you still want the prefect to be lenient with you? Isn't that protecting you?"
Huang Changsheng's eyes rolled as he quickly responded, "I've always heard that the Lin family is a model of law-abidingness and would never do such a thing that breaks the law. But in this situation... I'd like to ask for your guidance, Young Master."
The time was right, and Young Master Lin stopped fiddling. He put down his teacup, traced his finger across the room, and said slowly, "Think about it, if his Jinxilou and your Zuichunlou both closed, who would be the biggest in Qili County?"
"Tianxiang Tower!" Huang Changsheng and Shen Leyan looked at each other and said in unison.
"That's right, the government is just a knife. All you have to do is keep an eye on the blade and flick it slightly, and you can chop down whoever you want!"
Shen Leyan calmed down for a moment, shook his head and said: “The relationship between County Magistrate Jiang and the guards and Tianxiang Tower… is very deep!”
Of course it is deep. The guys inside are all soldiers, and the manager is also a military household.
Young Master Lin snorted disdainfully, "You can't do anything to Tianxiang Tower, and you can't deal with the people inside. Even if you're a soldier, you still have parents. Before you became a soldier, you were always a civilian, with grandparents, uncles, and brothers."
As soon as these words were spoken, several people looked at each other in surprise. They had only checked that Song Liyun was a military household and her family lived in Suijin Town, and they had not really checked other people in the family.
After hearing what Master Lin said, he suddenly understood.
They had already checked Song Liyun's information and had asked someone to get the Song family's registered address when their civilian registration was transferred to military household registration from the county government's civil affairs archive cabinet.
Now with the guidance of Young Master Lin, someone went directly to the county government office where Qingping Town is located the next day.
Song Liyun knew nothing. After staying in Baolinju for a day, she did not ask anyone to accompany her, but followed the Wan family's convoy to Pingyang Prefecture alone.
Go to the city in advance to deal with the rented courtyard, and then take over as the doctor on the eighth day of the first lunar month.
There are still refugees outside Pingyang Prefecture, who gather in groups of three or four to surround the carriages entering the city and beg for food and money.
The Wan family now has the caravan badge from the Qili County Government, and is considered an official merchant. They no longer need to inspect their goods when entering or leaving the city.
There was no need to even look at the personnel's pass. The leader, a member of the Wan family, just had to swipe his facial recognition card before they were allowed in.
As soon as they entered the city, Song Liyun followed the Wan family convoy to the Wan family shop.
Wan Da, the steward who had received the news, was waiting at the door of the store. When he saw Song Liyun, he came out with a smile and said, "Miss Song, please come in!"
Several shop assistants came out to greet him and said in unison, "Hello, Manager Song!"
This shop is the luggage shop jointly run by Song Liyun and the Wan family.
The Song Zhenping brothers didn't know about this business, and even Song Liyun was here for the first time.
The Wan family was a large merchant and had experience in store layout. Even though it was a luggage shop that had never existed before, they arranged it in a luxurious and grand manner.
When Song Liyun arrived, there were still customers inside choosing small handbags.
After looking around the store, Manager Wan took Song Liyun to the accounting office.
Luggage and bag shops are not only found in Pingyang Prefecture, but also in the capital and the south.
The store has only been open for two months and the store in the south has not been renovated yet, so the dividend cannot be settled now.
But Manager Wan said that by the end of the year, Song Liyun could get at least 500 taels of silver in dividends.
Each of these sheepskin handbags, cowhide luggage and backpacks costs five taels of silver, which is not expensive for people who like novelty and convenience.
Song Liyun had only glanced at the Wan family's account book. She didn't come here to check the accounts, but just to take a look and borrow some money.
In fact, she still had more than three hundred taels of silver in her space. This money was not only needed to pay for Dai Langzhong's medical treatment, but also for repairing the house and future decoration and furnishing.
Manager Wan didn't even ask any questions. He directly advanced her four hundred taels of silver notes and took her to the rented courtyard in the fourth lane of East Street.
The yard was just as Manager Wan had described. The rooms were spacious with simple furniture, but they were kept spotlessly clean. What satisfied Song Liyun the most was the corner door.
Seeing that Song Liyun was satisfied, the steward Wan was relieved: "Miss Song, you should stay at the Wan residence tonight. We will send a few servants to rearrange the place before you move in."
Song Liyun shook her head and said, "Don't bother. I'll only be staying here for two nights. I just need someone to help me buy some bedding."
These things were simple, and Manager Wan immediately had the bedding delivered.
I also ordered three meals a day from a nearby restaurant.
The reason why no furniture was prepared was that Song Liyun had no plans to settle down in this yard and was only using it temporarily.
At night, although she bought bedding, she did not heat the kang, but took out her sleeping bag and made do for the night.
After dawn, after having breakfast at the restaurant, Song Liyun started shopping.
First came grain and oil, then cloth shops, as well as various flints, fire starters, charcoal, and the large carts from the carriage and horse trade...
A pound of grain costs only three or five coins, a piece of durable coarse cloth costs a hundred coins, silk cloth costs a thousand coins, and embroidered satin costs one or two ounces of silver.
From cheap to expensive, buy each one separately.
There are also various pills, plasters, and medicines for cold, trauma, and children's indigestion.
She had a total of seven hundred taels of silver, and she spent most of it in two days on a shopping spree.
In the alleys of East Street, trucks from various shops come and go, delivering goods into the courtyard.
Song Liyun put them all into the space.
As expected of a local from the provincial capital, he had no doubts about the guy delivering the things, and he thought it was just a big deal for the tenant to decorate his new home.
When Manager Wan got the news and came to check, he only saw a dozen pieces of cloth piled up in the house and two carts of charcoal that had not been taken back in the yard.
"Miss Song, if you trust me, I will introduce you to a few bosses in the future. I guarantee they will sell you good products at low prices."
Manager Wan thought that Song Liyun wanted to sell these things in her own shop in Suijin Town.
The Wan family mainly sells furs, and they also have acquaintances with grain and cloth merchants, so they can purchase goods at low prices.
"Okay, I'm here to inquire about the price this time. Once the house is repaired, I'll purchase the goods in the spring." Song Liyun agreed readily.
These things need to be secretly sent to the grassland. If they are purchased in, not only will it take too long, but the accounts will not be able to be prepared at the beginning.
Two days later, Song Liyun rented a carriage in the city, picked up the doctor, and rushed home with the instruments and medicinal materials needed for treatment.
Doctor Dai rarely came to see patients, and he had to travel such a long distance. He was confident about the treatment of Song Zhenping's leg injury, so he walked slowly along the way.
Little did he know that at this moment, Baolinju was in commotion. Song Zhenping was holding a long knife, excited and angry, shouting that he wanted to kill someone.
Song Dekui hugged him tightly: "Daping, you can't kill him, you can't kill him!"
Song Zhenping is no longer as thin and frail as before. Apart from his lame leg, he is also a strong young man.
In his rage, Song Dekui lost control and was almost thrown to the ground.
In front of Song Zhenping, there were several people standing, including Song Lizheng from Xiaoshi Village, Song Laoer and his wife, and Song Xiaobao.
Beside them, three strange men dressed as officials and three fleshy-faced hangers-on in short jackets were muttering to each other with gloomy faces.
On the Song family's side, Han Ming, Xue Zhuang, Manager Mu, Hu Qing and others also brought a dozen people to block the gate of Baolinju.
Someone from the Song family is coming.
The atmosphere in Baolinju was tense, and everyone had a different look on their face!
(End of this chapter)
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