Datou didn't know that the Taiping Inn was also the property of the Ni family. Hearing what he said, he just thought he was going there to buy weapons. He hurriedly shook his head and declined, "My lord, you have heavy official duties, so don't worry about such small things."

Da Tou was a confidant, and naturally he would not hide it from him, so he said casually, "Before the Ni family left, they left all the properties in Zhongtu to me, including the Taiping Inn. Now that the Ni family has left, we have these shops in Chang'an."

We have to go over one by one to meet each other, so as not to cause them to become suspicious and confused."

Hearing the words, Datou suddenly understood, and immediately said, "Your Excellency is very kind, but disrespectful. Do you want me to go back and inform the three of them?"

He nodded and said, "Okay, you go back and call the three of them to the Taiping Inn. They can personally choose whatever weapons they like."

Datou agreed, turned the horse's head to the west, and continued south to the Taiping Inn.

Arriving in front of the Taiping Inn, he felt melancholy again. Ni Chenyi had tried to take him to the Taiping Inn many times to broaden his horizons, but he had always refused. Now that Ni Chenyi had left, there was no one to guide him.

Taiping Inn is not only the largest auction house in Chang'an, but also the largest pawnshop. The departure of the owner has not affected Taiping Inn's business. People are still coming and going in the lobby, and it is very busy.

He came directly after leaving the court without changing his clothes. Those who can wear purple official uniforms are all officials of the third rank or above. Therefore, as soon as he stepped through the door on the first floor, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the store.

After the previous martial arts competitions to recruit brides and the martial arts exams for children, he had become a celebrity in Chang'an. Many people knew him. When he saw his arrival, the nearby clerks hurried over to greet him attentively.

Not everyone knew that Taiping Inn was owned by the Ni family, not even the clerks in the store, but the shopkeepers knew about it. When they saw the arrival, they hurriedly left the customers they were entertaining and walked over to send them away.

Guy, then personally take him to the elegant room in the northwest corner.

The first time I came to Taiping Inn, I looked around and found that the first floor is divided into two areas: the inside and outside. The north is the reception area with a large tea table, the south is the work area, behind the large counter is the storage warehouse, and the ascending stairs are located on the first floor.

The westernmost side of the building.

The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man, about forty years old, slightly fatter, with a smile on his face. After being invited into the private room, he immediately put away his smile and saluted solemnly, "Song Fu, I have met my boss."

Seeing the slight frown, Song Fu hurriedly said, "The big shopkeeper came here yesterday before leaving and had an explanation with us."

Nodding, Song

The big shopkeeper mentioned in Fukou is Ni Tuo's seventh wife. Yesterday, after Ni Tuo learned that Zhang Shan would entrust eight purple energy masters to accompany him for protection, he sent people to the Taiping Inn to take away a lot of easily cashable gold and silver jewelry.

It was probably at that time that the Madam summoned the other six shopkeepers and made the necessary explanations.

"As far as I know, the shopkeepers on the second and third floors are all named Song, and you are also named Song. What is the relationship between you?" As he spoke, he pointed to the seat next to him and motioned for Song Fu to sit down.

Song Fu stood aside and did not sit down. "When I go back to my employer's house, I will tell you that we are all brothers in the same family. We have brothers and cousins. Our ancestors are servants of the Ni family and have worked for our employer for generations."

Nodding, for any wealthy family, it is often not the efforts of one generation, but the hard work of several generations. The same is true for the Ni family. Being able to become rich in the world is also the management and accumulation of several generations.

"We are ignorant. We have violated the rules and offended many times before, and we still ask our boss to punish us." As Song Fu spoke, he lifted the hem of his clothes and wanted to kneel down.

Knowing why Song Fu said this, one of the people who forced Master to die was Song Bao, the shopkeeper on the second floor of the Taiping Inn, and Song Cai, the shopkeeper on the third floor, had also launched an attack outside the Yizhuang with Long Haotian that day.

He must be captured to avenge Song Bao.

Thinking of his dead master, he sighed and raised his hand to Song Fu, "Get up. Those who don't know are not guilty."

Seeing that Song Fu was nervous and uneasy and did not get up, he said again, "Everyone is his own master at that time, and I can't blame you. Get up and talk."

After hearing this, Song Fu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and stood with his hands down.

There are many reasons why everyone in the Song family is no longer pursued. First, Song Bao is dead. Second, it is reasonable for Song Cai to want to avenge Song Bao. After all, both sides had their own positions at that time, but the main reason is that Song Bao is dead.

However, when Song Bao, Gongsun Chengwei and others joined forces to persecute Luo Yangzi that day, Luo Yangzi's life span had already expired. To be precise, Song Bao was not the murderer who killed his master Luo Yangzi.

The waiter knocked on the door and brought the brewed tea. Song Fu opened the door and took it, pouring water for the tea. While pouring the water, he pointed to the free seat next to him again and motioned for Song Fu to sit down and talk, but Song Fu insisted on standing.

, only that there is a difference between superiority and inferiority, and a domestic servant cannot be on an equal footing with his master.

Seeing that Song Fu insisted on his own opinion, he had no choice but to let him go.

Song Fu knew that he knew little about Taiping Inn,

So he took the initiative to talk to him about the situation of Taiping Inn. Song Fu will not go into details about the well-known things. What he talked about this time was only secret matters including profit inventory. Although the six members of the Song family are all brothers, they have no relationship with each other.

I don't know the profit status of other floors except the floor I manage. Taiping Inn has seven floors. Each floor has its own accounting room and warehouse. All business income is independently accounted for.

Worried that what he said was not clear enough, Song Fu personally moved the relevant account books. He had to wait for Datou and others to arrive and could not go to the second floor, so he casually looked through the account books. What he didn't expect was the warehouse on the first floor.

There is actually more than ten million taels of silver in it.

I was wondering why there were so many deposits in the warehouse. When I looked carefully, I suddenly realized that the more than 10 million taels of deposits did not belong to the Taiping Inn, but were deposited by customers. They may not be picked up at any time.

Ni Zhuo naturally knew that there was a large amount of silver in the Taiping Inn, but he did not touch the money before leaving. This was also Ni Zuo's pattern and magnanimity. He did not disrupt the normal operation of the Taiping Inn and left the Taiping Inn intact to him.

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There are a large number of items for sale in the warehouse on the first floor. The account books are divided into categories and recorded clearly. I turned to the weapons category and took a rough look. I found that although the weapons in stock were all top-grade, they were not considered magical weapons.

At this moment, Datou's voice came from outside. Hearing the sound, he put down his account book, got up and left the private room, and waved to Datou and others who were standing at the gate.

Before Datou and others approached, he asked Song Fu a question, that is, how much is the monthly profit and income of the first floor. Song Fu answered that the amount of income varied depending on the season, but it was about 20,000 taels per month.

When the four people arrived, they turned and walked to the second floor. Taiping Inn had many rules. Song Fu did not go to the second floor with the five people, but respectfully sent them up the stairs.

The shopkeeper on the second floor was originally Song Bao, but after Song Bao's death, he was succeeded by the Song family. The new shopkeeper was named Song Shou. Knowing that he was the owner of Taiping Inn, he behaved as a master and servant, and his attitude was extremely respectful.

The main purpose of coming here was to find useful weapons for Datou and others. He also knew that the higher you went, the better the quality of the weapons in stock for sale, so he did not stay longer than the second floor and had a brief conversation with Song Shou.

After that, he went to the third floor. Before leaving, he never forgot to ask about the monthly profit of the second floor. The amount Song Shou said was similar to the amount Song Fu said, which was about 20,000 taels. ??

It stands to reason that the second floor receives distinguished guests, and the inventory is better than that on the first floor. According to common sense, it is profitable.

It should be more than the first floor, but there are relatively few people who can afford good things, so it makes sense that the profit is similar to the first floor.

Then he came to the third floor. Song Cai, the shopkeeper on the third floor, was embarrassed when he saw Duo Duo, but he did not embarrass him because it was him who was in trouble that day, not his master Luo Yangzi. As a victim, he had the right to forgive the other person, and he could only suffer the consequences.

Only the person himself is qualified to forgive the other person.

Song Cai submitted the warehouse account books as usual, but did not read them. Since he wanted to give weapons to four people, he had to choose the best ones, and the best things must be on higher floors.

The monthly profit on the third floor is slightly more, about 30,000 taels.

The shopkeeper on the fourth floor is named Song Ji, and the monthly profit on the fourth floor is around 30,000 taels.

The shopkeeper on the fifth floor is named Song Xi. Since most of the items auctioned twice a year are from the fifth and sixth floors, the profit on the fifth floor is relatively considerable, with an average of about fifty thousand taels per month.

The shopkeeper on the sixth floor is named Song Rui, and the monthly profit on the sixth floor is around 50,000 taels.

Although the Taiping Inn has seven floors, the seventh floor is not involved in the operation, because the Seventh Madam is usually in the Ni Mansion and rarely comes here. The seventh floor is just the study room where the Seventh Madam accumulates accounts and handles affairs, and there are also some stored in it.

It was a valuable item, but it had been moved away by the Ni family yesterday.

After listening to Song Rui's talk, he knew that the Taiping Inn alone could have an income of 200,000 taels per month, which was a lot of income. In addition to the Taiping Inn, the Ni family also had many shops, and he hadn't had time to do so.

Detailed calculations, but a rough estimate of the monthly income from all the Ni family's businesses should be a very scary figure.

Went to the seventh floor and walked around, and found that it was just a study room as Song Rui said, and the few valuables had been moved away, so he took Datou and others back to the sixth floor, opened the inventory account book and read it in detail

, he came here this time not only to equip Datou and others with useful weapons, but also to find Taoist magic weapons for the eight purple energy masters who were escorting the Ni family to the west.

We don't start reading from the first page, because the account books are organized and written according to the date. The items at the front are in stock for a longer time. To put it bluntly, they have been picked by others.

He started reading from the last page, but after reading only one page, he suddenly frowned.

Seeing the drastic change in his expression, Datou asked in confusion, "Sir, what's wrong?"
Chapter completed!