History chat group: I just want to make money

Zhang Guigui walked forward slowly with some fear. Seeing that the president was kneeling down, he did not dare to stand. He lifted up his clothes and knelt on the ground as well.

"Zhang Guogui, a grassroots citizen, comes to see His Highness the Prince of Xinjiang."

Li Chengjiu narrowed his eyes.

Of course he knew this person. In his memory, he was scolded by his former host.

"Zhang Yuanwai, the richest man in Nancheng? Is Zhang Ergou your son?"

Zhang Guoguo heard this and nodded in response, "What the prince said is absolutely true, Xiu Sheng is indeed a dog."

Li Chengjiu smiled and said, "Your son is not bad. He is now a big customer of our store."

"Your Majesty, thank you."

Zhang Guoguo said politely, but he sneered in his heart:

Do you also know that it is a big customer?

It seems right. I confirmed with that guy last night that I bought your roasted meat for one hundred taels of silver.

Huh, I can buy a thousand skewers of grilled meat in one go.

Who can't see it yet?

But no one with any brains can do this, right?

Today I see how you can still quibble.

"Haha, Your Majesty, my dog ​​was full of praises after eating the Jiangwang barbecue on the first day, claiming that he had never eaten such delicious barbecued meat, which made the common people want to have a taste."

First he praised, and then continued:

"It's just that the next day, the grassroots people discovered that there was a hundred taels of silver missing from the account, and they confirmed it with Quanzi last night, so the grassroots people didn't know how he spent one hundred taels of silver to buy a thousand skewers of roasted meat? Please also ask.

Your Majesty informed me."

Zhang Guowei lowered his head and clasped his fists, with a serious expression.

Li Chengjiu looked at the old boy's determination to win and chuckled:

"A thousand strings? You really dare to say that, even if I ask you, no one with any brains can do this, right?"

Alas? Shouldn’t I be the one to say this?

Zhang Baoguo raised his head and began to feel a little unsure. He hesitated and said:

"My lord, it was indeed Quanzi who told Xiaomin personally. There is no mistake."

Li Chengjiu shook his head disapprovingly.

"Okay, if you don't know your son's virtues, I will give you an explanation today."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Guowei frowned slightly.

"Then what kind of virtue is an unfilial son? Yes, how can I not know what kind of virtue he has?"

Thinking of this, I suddenly became nervous.

That night when I went to President Li's house to discuss countermeasures, I ignored this point. Could it be that the unfilial son dared to deceive even his own father?

At this time, Li Chengjiu threw yesterday's accounts in front of him and said:

"See for yourself how much Mr. Ling bought yesterday."

Opening the account, it was clearly recorded: 30 taels of silver, 300 taels of grilled meat, Mr. Zhang.

He didn't know what the punctuation mark meant, but he could see the text clearly.

This text was definitely written on Zhang Xiusheng’s personal page.

There is a separate account.

"this……"

Zhang Guoguo looked confused, but at this moment, a man stood out from the crowd. This man was the housekeeper of Mr. Hu's family across the street.

"The prince is right. Yesterday, Zhang Ergou wanted to buy one hundred taels of silver for roasted meat, but the prince did not listen to him. He said that the roasted meat was limited and he was only allowed to buy 300 skewers."

It is said that the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, this housekeeper is not afraid of offending these merchants.

With him taking the lead, more people came forward one after another.

"That's right, it takes more than half an hour to roast the three hundred roasted meat. I was waiting behind it."

"Your Majesty has limited the amount, how can this be called forced buying and selling?"

"Your son has extorted so much money from you, you can't blame the prince for this, right?"

"I testify that I was there at the time."

"I also testify."

"..."

People in the crowd were talking to each other, getting more and more enthusiastic.

Although the former host's character has long been ruined in southern Xinjiang, but judging from the facts, he does make sense in today's matter.

Li Chengjiu nodded gratefully. It seemed that the eyes of the people were still bright.

"If you are still dissatisfied, you might as well call your son over and we can confront him face to face."

"No, no, no! The common people know their mistake!"

Zhang Baoguo kowtowed repeatedly.

my son?

This unfilial son has disappeared so early in the morning and he still has to confront him face to face?

Now I want to bite him to death.

"Your Majesty makes atonement for your sins. The common people listened to what was said. Now go back and drag my unfilial son over to your Majesty's disposal!"

Li Shouren, who was beside him, was so angry that he almost had a heart attack. His teeth were gritting loudly, but he did not dare to speak out loud, so he could only lower his head and remain silent.

Li Chengjiu squinted his eyes, put the account book away, and then said:

"Then let me ask you, am I still operating without a license, driving up prices, and buying and selling by force?"

The two old men said in unison at the same time: "No!"

"Okay, since you have both denied it, can I think that the two of you are just provoking trouble and openly disrupting public order?"

The two of them didn't dare to quibble, they looked at each other and had to nod.

Li Chengjiu smiled slightly.

"Then, can I think that the two of you, holding the position of the Chamber of Commerce, hold the power in your hands, defraud the poor, and use your power for personal gain?"

"ah?"

Defrauding the poor? Abusing power for personal gain?

Okay, we admit that you are poor, but where do you start talking about using power for personal gain?

Did we get a little advantage?

Of course, Li Chengjiu didn't give them a chance to breathe. He glared and continued:

"Then can I still think that the two of you openly slandered me without any basis and are committing the following crime and contempt of the royal family?"

If you put this hat on, to put it mildly, you could be punished with exile.

To put it more seriously, it is deceiving the emperor, but you will be executed by everyone in the family.

The two remaining old men behind him trembled after hearing these words.

They were just here to help stand up, and how could they dare to sneer at this moment? They all took a step back, for fear that the prince would see them.

Looking at Li Shouren and Zhang Guigui again, their hair was about to explode. They fell down on the ground, grinned and began to cry:

"My lord, please spare my life! The common people are wrong! The common people will never dare to do it again!"

"snort!"

Li Chengjiu snorted coldly, "Then if I punish you, will you admit it?"

"Admit it! Admit it! Even the common people recognize it! Woo hoo hoo... Your Majesty, please spare your life!"

deny?

Your head will fall faster if you don't recognize it.

Of course, Li Chengjiu is not an unreasonable person.

Moreover, he is still a good young man from post-modern times, and he has no consciousness of committing a crime of death in his mind.

But looking at how old these two old men are, it doesn't seem appropriate for them to do a hundred leaps of frog in the street.

What is the best penalty point?

He stroked his hairless chin and began to think. In his peripheral vision, the onlookers were also waiting eagerly.

"Um?"

Suddenly his eyes lit up, and he pursed his lips and smiled:

"Okay, then I will punish you. For three consecutive days starting from tomorrow, all the expenses for King Jiang's barbecue will be borne by you two. What do you think?"

When the two old men heard this, they couldn't believe their ears.

That's it?

Can this be considered a punishment?

Wei Wei was stunned for a few seconds, and then he suddenly realized something. He was afraid that the demon king would change his attention again and hurriedly responded:

"No... no problem, let alone three days, even ten days of grassroots people will have no problem!"

"good!"

Li Chengjiu smiled softly and then clapped his hands to the people watching.

"Did you all hear that? President Li and Yuanwai Zhang are going to treat everyone to a barbecue for three days. Everyone applauds to show their appreciation."

As soon as these words came out, the crowd of onlookers immediately exploded.

Most of the people inside have been greedy for two days. Who would be willing to stand here if they didn't have money in their pockets?

But now when I hear that someone is treating me, it’s still three days.

I have to get up early tomorrow, but if I can't, I'll have to queue up in the middle of the night.

Soon, the sound of clapping began.

The faces of the smelly old guys turned blue and white.

In the end, Zhang Guoguo promised again and again that he would send someone to deliver the money when he got home, and then he ran away in despair with a few old men.

Li Chengjiu looked at the backs of several people with a melancholy expression.

He is still a prince, and they dare to shit on his head.

If you were a poor commoner with no background, would you have no bones left just now?

The more I think about it, the more chills I feel down my spine.

That does not work.

It seems that it is necessary to rectify this bad trend!