Xiao Fan felt that he should do something.

No matter how much he resented Chen Siliu, after all, he was the shopkeeper of Zuixianlou. This is a fact. He could not watch Zuixianlou go bankrupt during his term of office. It was simply an insult to the time traveler!

Xiao Fan felt that he had been insulted by ancient people many times.

Chen Siliu, this dark businessman, is indeed not easy to be able to gain such a big family business in 10 or 20 years. Xiao Fan feels like he has been plotted against.

As soon as he became the shopkeeper, Xiao Fan met a strong opponent, Jinyulou.

This opponent has a deep official background, and Chen Siliu can't afford to offend him. Of course, he can't afford to offend him even more if he is a coward.

But... it won't work if you don't mess with it. Zuixianlou is about to be squeezed out by it. Chen Siliu's family has great business and has other stores that have little impact on him, but he can't afford to lose this face.

If Xiao Fan dared not make any idea about the restaurant opened by Huang Zhixian County, if it were changed before, Huang Zhixian County was a big deal in Jiangpu. Wouldn't he cause trouble for himself if he causes it?

But now it’s different. Fortunately, Xiao Fan knew that a county magistrate of Cao came to Jiangpu County recently.

When you have power, you can be tougher. When you have power, you have to take advantage of the power...

Xiao Fan sat at the table, unconsciously drawing circles on the table, and his mind was running rapidly.

He was also guessing that Chen Siliu arranged him to be the shopkeeper of Zuixianlou. Could it be that he was attracted by his relationship with Cao County Magistrate, so he deliberately used himself to attack Cao County Magistrate and Huang Magistrate. Cao County Magistrate won, Zuixianlou was saved, Chen family got the benefits, Cao County Magistrate lost, Chen Siliu could have pretended not to know this, and he was even likely to push Xiao Fan to be a scapegoat...

The businessman's psychology is so dark...

No wonder Zhu Yuanzhang didn't like the merchants. Xiao Fan now understands Zhu Yuanzhang's mentality very well. The merchants really don't have a good thing. I guess Mr. Zhu suffered a lot of losses in the merchants before he rebelled, just like the current manager Xiao...

Chen Siliu's Liangzi can be pressed for the time being. No matter what, Zuixianlou cannot. If it falls, Xiao Fan will definitely turn from a hero of the Chen family back into a sinner of the Chen family, and may face the crisis of being expelled from the Chen family again.

One day in the future, Xiao Fan will definitely leave the Chen family, but he will never want to leave by being driven away.

Not long after, Xiao Fan's mouth suddenly curled up slightly, and his eyes gradually showed light.

He thought of a way, a way to solve the crisis of the bankruptcy of Zuixianlou, and at the same time, it could also make Chen Siliu suffer a lot and feel so painful that he can't sleep at night...

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Huang Ruide and Cao Yi were still politely greetings in the flower hall on the west side of the third hall of the county government, saying some unnutritious nonsense.

The atmosphere is neither cold nor hot, but this is true in the officialdom. If there is no great revenge on life and death, no one will break up directly even if there is resentment in his heart.

When playing games, you must understand the rules of the game, and the same is true for being an official.

The two are in different political circles and have no common language at all. Anyone with discerning eyes knows that in the future, the two of them will have a desperate battle, and only one of them can stay and take charge of the politics of a county alone.

Their hostile stance can be said to be born and destined.

What can two people who are hostile to each other say when they sit together? A polite word turned over and over, and both of them felt a little impatient, but they still had to force themselves to continue talking nonsense with seemingly intimate appearance.

A hurried footsteps came, and the light in the hall dimmed, and a young man appeared at the entrance of the flower hall.

"Dad, the Chen family is fine, you have to help the child think of another solution..."

Huang Ruide changed color suddenly: "Shut up! Haven't you seen me have guests here?"

Cao Yi's eyes flashed, and he turned his head to look at the door, but saw a young man in his twenties, with a gloomy face and a frivolous body, obviously having excessive alcoholism and color standing at the door, looking at Cao Yi with an awkward look on his face.

Huang Ruide glared at the young man fiercely, then smiled at Cao Yi and said, "I am not strict in discipline and my evil son is frivolous and unruly, so Lord Cao laughs."

As he said that, Huang Ruide lowered his face and angrily said to the young man: "Things that are unruly, why don't you come to see the county magistrate Cao!"

The young man looked calmly, glanced at Cao Yi casually, bowed perfunctorily, "Wu Huang Weishan, I have met Lord Cao."

Cao Yi did not return the gift, nodded as an elder, and then smiled and said, "The man is young and handsome, and he is handsome, and he is a talented person. The county magistrate is so lucky, haha."

Huang Ruide smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Mr. Cao praised it. The evil son is not disciplined, he is ignorant, and he only knows how to cause trouble all day long. This official is really troubled by him. Last year, he entrusted the teaching master Li of the county school to send the evil son to the county school, hoping that he will win a fame next year and add some glory to his ancestors' lintel. Who knows that he is not a good source of study at all, alas..."

Cao Yi smiled, "It doesn't matter if you don't know how to study. A real man makes achievements, not only the path of imperial examinations and scholars..."

A little contempt flashed in Huang Ruide's eyes and he didn't answer.

Without any speculation, Cao Yi saw that the atmosphere was quiet, so he stood up and bowed, "I have something to do with the county master, so I will not disturb you anymore. I will say goodbye."

Huang Ruide stood up and returned the greeting and smiled, "You are kind to you, Lord Cao. When you have time, you might as well come and walk around more often. Lord Cao is easy to leave, so I will send you off soon."

Cao Yi walked to the door, and Huang Weishan hurriedly turned his body and bowed to move away.

Cao Yi suddenly stopped in front of Huang Weishan.

"You just talked about the Chen family, did you mean Chen Siliu?"

"Ah, Lord Cao, yes." Huang Weishan lowered his head and replied, then quickly raised his head and tentatively said: "I heard that when Lord Cao first came to Jiangpu, Chen Siliu's only son Chen Ning offended you. I wonder if this happened?"

Cao Yi nodded, shook his head again, and then laughed: "I am a rough person, and I don't know each other even if I don't fight. The Chen family and I are just a misunderstanding. Haha, it's over, it's over..."

Cao Yi looked at Huang Weishan and smiled meaningfully: "It is said that if you want to forgive others, please forgive me. Mr. Huang, do you think this is the reason? Haha, Lord Huang, please say goodbye."

When Huang Ruide and Huang Weishan and his son heard this, their eyebrows jumped together.

Cao Yi's figure quickly disappeared outside the flower hall.

Huang Weishan then jumped up and said angrily: "Dad, what does that guy mean by the last sentence just now? He is so weird..."

"Shut up! Something that doesn't know the depth!" Huang Ruide said angrily.

Huang Ruide snorted and said, "You can't even hear such obvious words? He is secretly reminding us not to make a fuss about his grudges with the Chen family. Humph! Arrogant, extremely arrogant!"

Huang Weishan was suffocated and immediately shut up. Then he remembered the serious matter again and hurriedly said, "Dad, the Chen family is fine. Dad, please think of a way for the child to marry Chen Ying'er..."

"A bastard! You already have a wife, how can you marry again? The law of the Ming Dynasty has long been concluded. If a man has no merit and reputation, he can only marry a concubine at the age of forty and no son. Do you have merit and reputation? Are you forty? Are you forty? Bastard!"

Huang Weishan said anxiously: "The law is dead, people are alive. The child will marry her and raise her in a foreign house. You are the magistrate of Jiangpu, and you have the final say on what's up..."

"You... a damn beast! You're so angry that you're so angry!" Huang Ruide was so angry that he trembled all over and said angrily: "Not to mention that you can't marry a concubine, even if you can marry, Chen Ying'er has already betrothed. This is well-known in Jiangpu County. If you marry her, you won't be afraid of being scolded, and I'm afraid of losing face!"

Huang Weishan curled his lips and said, "I know that Chen Ying'er betrothed to a farmer's child. I really don't know what Chen Siliu is thinking. I heard that the betrothed boy named Xiao. Everyone in the county knows that he is a coward. When he scares him a few words, he will definitely not dare to say anything. He obediently asked me to marry Chen Ying'er..."

Huang Ruide said angrily: "You only know that his surname is Xiao, but I know more than you. Do you know that the Chen family hit Cao Yi this time, which was the result of the family being destroyed, but why was it safe in the end?"

“Why?”

"It's all because of the cowardly thing you said, and the son-in-law named Xiao mediated and lobbying, and the Chen family escaped! How dare you say that such a person is cowardly? What qualifications do you have to say that he is cowardly?"

Huang Weishan was stunned and asked hurriedly: "Dad, what's going on?"

Huang Ruide stroked the green beard under his jaw and said slowly: "I learned about the Chen family offending Cao Yi that night. I originally planned to take Chen Ying'er out after the Chen family was destroyed and serve as a maid in the mansion. At that time, she was helpless. You still want to do whatever you want to do to her, and you don't even have to give her a title. Unexpectedly, that afternoon, the Chen family's aunt Xiao actually entered the official post alone and stayed with Cao Yi for more than two hours before coming out. After he came out, the crisis of the Chen family had been resolved. Even I don't know how the boy named Xiao convinced Cao Yi to let the Chen family go..."

"That kid has such ability?" Huang Weishan said in surprise.

"It was a good show when I was sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and I was reaping profits, but it was resolved by that boy invisibly. What a pity..." Huang Ruide sighed, the color of the yin vulture in his eyes became more and more prosperous.

"Dad, you can't just let it go!"

"What do you know! Cao Yi wants to deal with the Chen family, just to show me. He wants to establish his authority! Humph, for some reason, he gave up again. I heard that Aunt Xiao has been arranged by Chen Siliu to be the shopkeeper of Zuixianlou. You are more at ease recently. Cao Yi and the boy named Xiao are not a good deal. Don't cause trouble for me, have you heard?"

Huang Weishan was anxious: "Dad! Cao Yi has the King of Yan as his backer, and we are suppressed by him. Wouldn't we be able to look up in our entire life? The child is unwilling to accept it!"

Huang Ruide glared at him: "What are you anxious about? Humph! So what if you have the King of Yan as your backer? Can't I find a backer?"

"Dad, what do you mean?"

A hint of pride flashed in Huang Ruide's eyes: "Have you heard of Xu Guan?"

"Xu Guan? Who?"

Huang Ruide stroked his beard and said slowly: "Xu Guan, whose original surname was Huang, was the same surname as me. His father Huang Gu married into the Xu family in Qingxi, Guichi, and changed his surname to Xu. Later, from the 23rd to 24th year of Hongwu, Xu Guan took the exam and won the Jieyuan, Huiyuan, and the top scholar. He was the first person in our dynasty to win the three yuan in a row. People at that time praised him, "There are three yuan in the world, and there are no six heads in the world." After Xu Guan passed the top scholar, the emperor appointed him as the editor of the Hanlin Academy. In the middle of this year, the emperor cherished his talent and promoted him to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, the second rank, and allowed him to restore his original surname. His name is Huang Guan..."

Huang Weishan suddenly realized: "It turns out that my father was talking about Huang Liushou. He is a famous talented man in the world..."

"Haha, Huang Liushou's political views coincide with me. As far as I know, he has submitted memorials many times, focusing on the ills of the vassal kings. Among the kings, King Yan and King Ning are the most powerful. Huang Guan is very afraid of these two princes with a large number of troops. This year, he was promoted to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. For me, it is a good opportunity. Haha, although Cao Yi has the King of Yan as his backer, the King of Yan is far away in Beiping and is far away from the border of the capital, and the Minister of Huang lives in the capital and is accompanied by his host all day long. If we talk about the influence, who is stronger and who is weak? Haha..."

"But... Dad, he is a second-rank minister, you are just... just a seventh-rank magistrate, and there is a far difference. Will Mr. Huang accept you?"

"Haha, it's okay, you forgot that Huang Liushou was the top scholar in the 24th year of Hongwu, and I was also the second-class Jinshi in the 24th year of Hongwu. I had the same friendship as him. In the officialdom, this relationship is the most precious. He will not refuse me outside the door. I have sent someone to the Huang Mansion in the capital to send a visit to the top scholar. Tomorrow I will go to visit this top scholar..."

As Huang Ruide said that, he became more and more fierce in his eyes, and he sneered repeatedly: "In Jiangpu territory, I still don't know whose world it is..."

Huang Weishan also breathed a sigh of relief, his face was very happy, and the evil light flashed in his eyes.

The shopkeeper of Zuixianlou? Humph...
Chapter completed!