Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Xiaoqiang took the steak and began to savor it with a look of intoxication. "So fragrant, so damn fragrant!"

"Brother Liu, why is everything so delicious today?"

Brother Liu's face showed a trace of sorrow: "Didn't you hear? The Master is back. If it were before, I would have gone to greet him. Alas... I never thought I'd end up like this!"

Xiaoqiang's face, which had been smiling, couldn't help but turn gloomy upon hearing this. A huge sadness and sorrow enveloped his heart.

"Brother Liu, I also want to greet the Master. Let's not do business anymore. We're just amusing ourselves here while eating swill every day."

Brother Liu's emotions came quickly and went quickly. By the time Xiaoqiang finished speaking, he was already rummaging through the swill bucket again for food.

Hearing Xiaoqiang's discouraging words, he slapped the back of Xiaoqiang's head and roared: "What swill? Look at what this is!"

Xiaoqiang looked closely, and Brother Liu was holding a shrimp in his hand. Saliva began to secrete wildly.

"Brother! Brother! Shrimp, there's shrimp!"

Brother Liu broke off half a shrimp and threw it to him,得意道: "This isn't swill, this is seafood in broth!"

Xiaoqiang didn't even peel the shrimp shell and stuffed it into his mouth, muttering: "Brother, this is a river shrimp."

"Stop talking nonsense! There are shrimp shells here too!"

Half a shrimp entered his stomach, and the happy time passed in an instant. Xiaoqiang's mood dropped again: "Brother Liu, the Master is back, it's not a good idea for us to beg on the streets, what if the Master looks down on us? I don't want to be looked down on by the Master."

Brother Liu immediately scolded: "Bullshit! This is a legitimate profession, what else are we going to do if we don't beg? You came late and don't know, not to mention me, even the Master himself..."

At this point, Brother Liu covered his mouth. Fang Zheng's dark history was generally something no one dared to talk about in the county.

But seeing his lost look, Brother Liu couldn't help but comfort him: "Xiaoqiang, we don't have much to lose now. I owe the county more than a hundred taels of silver, and my wife and children have run away with someone else."

"But so what? Life still has to go on. Sooner or later, the two of us will return to the peak of our lives."

Hearing that his wife and children had run away, Xiaoqiang burst into tears, and said with a crying voice: "Brother Liu! I don't want to beg anymore. My childhood sweetheart ran away with someone else because she thought I wasn't ambitious enough... I like her, I have to chase her back!"

Brother Liu was furious: "Bullshit! Is that because she thinks you're not ambitious enough? It's because she thinks you're poor!"

"Your childhood sweetheart married Old Sun as a concubine. Is Old Sun ambitious? He's already in his sixties, half of his body is in the ground, what's the use of being ambitious?"

"Damn! That old bastard, I get angry just thinking about him! He knew in advance that the county wouldn't accept monkeys and still scammed us!"

Xiaoqiang was heartbroken when he heard this: "Impossible, my childhood sweetheart is not that kind of person."

"Heh heh, don't be stupid. Follow me, and when you have money in the future, what kind of women won't you be able to find? When the time comes, I'll treat you to a good time at Xueyue Tower, and we'll live there from then on!" Brother Liu patted his chest to guarantee, and then asked: "How much money have you begged for this month?"

"Thirty-seven taels, I guess." Xiaoqiang said sullenly.

Brother Liu was a little dissatisfied: "I begged for more than sixty taels, and you only got thirty-seven taels. It's obvious that you didn't shout hard enough! If we keep making money like this, we'll be able to start a new life soon."

Xiaoqiang licked his lips: "Brother, we're getting a lot now, but can we keep this up for long?"

Brother Liu smiled disdainfully, stepped forward and put his arm around Xiaoqiang's shoulder, looked around to see that no one was paying attention, and said in a low voice: "Don't say such discouraging words, I've failed twice and I'm not who I used to be."

"Now I have a set of business ideas in my mind, and I might be able to make a lot of money by publishing a book in the future! I ask you, do you know what business makes the most money?"

Xiaoqiang was rummaging through the swill bucket with one hand, absentmindedly saying: "I don't know."

Having lost twice, Brother Liu had completely lost his credibility, and being able to get together was purely based on feelings.

Brother Liu smiled triumphantly: "Any business will make money if you do it well, but if you want to make big money, it must be...."

"Must be what?" Xiaoqiang's curiosity was aroused.

"Monopoly!"

"Monopoly?"

Brother Liu said mysteriously: "That's right, any business we can monopolize will make us rich! If only the two of us do it, how can we not make money? Think about it."

"Now there are no beggars in the whole county, and only the two of us are begging on the streets, isn't that a monopoly? Otherwise, why would the two of us be able to beg for a hundred taels of silver a month? You can ask around outside, and they wouldn't be able to beg for that much in a hundred years!"

"There are many rich people in our county, and there are no beggars. The two of us are also well-known 'madmen'. We don't spend money on food and housing, it's pure profit! It's destined for the two of us to get rich!"

"Brother, what you said seems right!" Xiaoqiang's eyes lit up again.

"It's not just right, it's too right. Look at what this is?" Brother Liu said, taking out a stack of paper from his arms.

Xiaoqiang said in surprise: "Brother Liu, you even spend money to buy paper?"

Brother Liu's face showed a look of pride, and he said in a low voice: "This is a leaflet, telling the story of an ordinary person who showed great kindness and rewarded a beggar, and good deeds are rewarded. There are also advertisements printed inside, which are the restaurants we often go to."

"Tonight, the two of us will take this and stick it on the street, and the next day you can just sit and wait to collect money!"

"There are only two of us beggars in the county. Where are they going to give alms after reading it? You think about it, you think about it carefully!"

Xiaoqiang's eyes flashed with excitement: "Damn! Brother Liu, awesome! But I still feel ashamed to beg... I'm afraid that after a long time, others will really treat me as a beggar."

"Just be one! What kind of world is this? The county laughs at the poor but not at prostitutes! Having money and a house is the real deal. When the time comes, everyone will look up to you!"

"What's the use of your childhood sweetheart, who you've been good to since you were a child? That dog Old Sun, he bought a cup of cream popcorn for five taels of silver and took her down. Isn't it true that anything can be done with money?"

Xiaoqiang muttered: "I thought only idiots would buy popcorn for five taels of silver..."

"You're the idiot! That's not prepared for ordinary people. Which little girl can resist popcorn for five taels of silver! This is a shortcut for rich people to get women. You're too young!"

Brother Liu persuaded: "Listen to me, let's make a fortune first, and when we have capital, we'll go and buy houses! Now the county is open to the outside world, and houses are getting more expensive every year. The shared area is even spread to the street!"

"When we have money, we'll first contract a wasteland outside the county! We'll build a three-story building, build a small community, and then build a road directly to the city gate. When the time comes, it will sell like crazy!"

"Let's create a concept called New City, and find more people to act as shills. Won't the houses sell like crazy! We'll be the richest people in Taoyuan County!"

"Brother, you're so reliable!"

Fang Zheng was still chatting with Ao Chen, looking at the two beggars on the ground with a look of excitement, and showing a trace of intolerance.

Damn it, the zero-beggar record in Taoyuan County has been broken by these two bastards, but it's not a good idea to always beg on the streets.

So he said to Ao Chen: "At the beginning of next month, issue a notice to the whole county that no one is allowed to give alms to beggars anymore. Find a proper job for them, and don't mess around all day long!"

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