Inside the official post in Jiangpu.

Cao Yi's heroic laughter alarmed a group of birds living on dead branches.

"Haha... you really made the Jinyu Tower empty?"

Xiao Fan looked embarrassed: "The grass-roots act too much, and I am really ashamed of being unpredictable..."

"Haha, why are you ashamed? Businessmen are doing business like killing enemies on the battlefield. Either you die or I die. Jinyulou used despicable means when dealing with Zuixianlou."

Cao Yi smiled and suddenly narrowed his eyes and stared at Xiao Fan and said, "I have had a few dealings with you. I have never seen these tricks. You are not very like the kind of person who is impulsive to do things. This time, he made a big fuss in Jinyulou and completely offended Huang Magistrate. Don't you know what the consequences will be?"

Xiao Fan smiled and said, "Sir, although Cao Min is called the shopkeeper of Zuixianlou, this Zuixianlou is actually your father-in-law. Cao Min eats people's fortune and is loyal to others. If Zuixianlou loses money, Cao Min will be embarrassed and the adults will lose their investment. At this time, Cao Min will not care about the face of Huang Magistrate..."

Cao Yi laughed a few times, pointed Xiao Fan with his hand, and said, "You kid still didn't tell the truth, why? I am a foolish person, can't I listen to a truth?"

Xiao Fan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Since the adults want to listen to the truth, the grass-roots will say a few words that are not up and down..."

“Though said.”

"Sir, you are an ambitious person. Your future achievements will not be just to be a small eighth-rank county magistrate. If you are enterprising in the officialdom, steady progress is the right way. The people who are fooling themselves will guess. These days, I must have won over all the officials of the Jiangpu County Government. Behind you, the great power of the King of Yan, and now you have the financial resources of the Chen family. It is definitely not difficult to pull down a small county magistrate. Today, the Cao people Meng Lang and the big fuss in Jinyulou are actually a good opportunity to test. Why not use this matter to try the depth of the Jiangpu officialdom?"

“How to try?”

Xiao Fan touched his nose and smiled bitterly: "If nothing unexpected happens, Caomin may soon become a prisoner..."

Cao Yi frowned and said, "You mean that Huang Magistrate will jail you? What crime did he use to take you?"

Xiao Fan sighed, "Aunts are in the army for a long time, and they don't know the confusing things in the officialdom. If an official wants to imprison a trivial untouchable, does it still have to find a crime?"

Cao Yi's eyes flashed, as if he had some insight: "I understand..."

After looking at Xiao Fan, Cao Yi said in a deep voice: "You kid is a character, so go, don't worry, I promise that you can't go to prison!"

Xiao Fan bowed his hand and retreated. After turning around, an arc appeared slightly on the corner of his mouth.

Not long after Xiao Fan left, Cao Yi's old servant walked into the wing room and whispered: "According to the master's instructions, the old slave has quietly sent five hundred taels of silver to the yamen's chief clerk Xie, Li Dianshi, Liu and others..."

"Have they accepted them all?"

"I have accepted them all. In recent years, Huang Magistrate secretly made money, but he did not give his subordinates a share of the pie. The people below were very resentful..."

"What did they say?"

"Zheng Zhuan Xie said it very directly. In the future, only the master will follow the leader. Li Dianshi and Liu were in charge of a county criminal prison. They said it quite implicitly, but the meaning in the words was that they wanted to advance and retreat with the master..."

Cao Yi laughed: "Everything is ready!"

Then he lowered his voice and sighed: "His Highness Yan sent me a secret letter asking me to take charge of Jiangpu as soon as possible. I was worried about this, but I didn't expect that Xiao Fan would help me a lot..."

"Does the master intend to polite him?"

Cao Yi pondered: "No, this kid is not a person in the pool. After I take down Huang Magistrate and truly take charge of Jiangpu, I will take a good look at his abilities."

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On the second day after Xiao Fan made a big fuss in Jinyulou, Jiangpu County, from officials and gentry to peddlers and pawns, there was no sound news incident that began to spread throughout the city.

This is indeed a piece of news that can be regarded as unprecedented and unparalleled.

Early in the morning, the streets and alleys of Jiangpu and the city gates and walls were covered with tabloids.

People of this era are of course unfamiliar with tabloids. Except for the county government, they specially posted official documents of the court and offered rewards to arrest imperial thieves in the court. Who has ever seen such tabloids posted all over the streets?

Chinese people like lively and more like explosive news to chat as topics. So, curiously, literate scholars and people came to the tabloids to carefully read the contents in the tabloids. Some people who are engaging in fun can read it aloud to those illiterate people.

The content of the tabloid is very simple, it has a very shocking title.

"Shocked! Poisoning food from the restaurant! Angry! Torturing the shopkeeper's moral conscience!"

This title is really shocking and deafening.

The tabloid tells a fact in anonymous form that on a certain day of a certain year, a restaurant put poison in the food he brought to the guests for some purpose, causing a poor old Taoist priest who was said to be Zhang Sanfeng to be unfortunately caught. He is now in a state of life and death, and he is not sure what the result is...

The tabloids did not name a name to say which restaurant it was, but Jiangpu County is so big that a little bit of trouble can be spread to everyone, let alone such an explosive news incident?

So the whole Jiangpu was in full bloom.

The goodwill of Jinyulou was instantly reduced to freezing point. The restaurant owner poisoned the food and drinks. Who would dare to eat it? So what about the restaurant opened by the magistrate? Even if you were run by the Jade Emperor, how could someone who didn't live enough come to the door again? There is no need to pay attention to the magistrate's flattery.

In just one day, the reputation of Jinyulou has become terrible throughout the streets and alleys of Jiangpu County. I am afraid that it will be impossible for a comeback in the future.

Of course, a discerning person also saw the profound meaning of this news. The small Jiangpu is about to change.

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At noon on the same day after the tabloid was posted, the newly renovated Zuixian Tower opened in full swing.

This time, the opening was quite creative, with a bright red carpet on the door. It stretched from the steps to the street. The carpet was covered with bright red petals. The beautiful girl in a water-like manner was wearing a uniform long skirt with a pair of buckles and a red ribbon on her chest, with the words "Welcome to the Zuixianlou" written on it. She was lined up in two neat rows, standing at the gate of the Zuixianlou with a smile, with long firecrackers not stopping, and the gongs and drums on the side were loud, as if they were getting married.

Of course, these gimmicks were very ordinary in their previous lives, and they had seen too many of them, but now it is the early Ming Dynasty. Who has ever seen such an opening scene? For a moment, the people in the city were attracted, standing outside from afar, looking at the gate of Zuixian Tower with curiosity and cringe.

The scene was very lively, but there was no one who really dared to step into the gate of Zuixian Tower. The girls standing outside were also feeling the strange atmosphere, and the smiles on their faces became stiff unconsciously.

Xiao Fan was still wearing an old long gown, his face was filled with smiles, but his heart was very heavy.

Huang Magistrate Huang was indeed very powerful. Without saying a word, no one in Jiangpu dared to make him unhappy. The opening of Zuixianlou clearly wanted to compete with the Jinyulou opposite. Who dared to gently stroke Huang Magistrate Huang's tiger beard?

As the boss of Zuixianlou, Chen Siliu was of course among the welcome guests. He looked depressed and pale. It was obviously the opening ceremony, but his expression seemed to be attending a funeral, and he was so sad that he was losing his parents.

Xiao Fan couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he slowly walked to Chen Siliu and whispered in a low trace: "My father-in-law, just smile, this is the opening of the business, not the funeral..."

Chen Siliu raised his eyes and glared at him very angrily. With a glance, he saw that the shopkeeper Zhou from Jinyulou opposite him had a gloomy face, looking at him like a murderer of his father. Chen Siliu shrank unconsciously and lowered his head guiltily.

"Son-in-law, you...ah! How do you plan to deal with it if you make things happen like this?" Chen Siliu did not have the joy of opening a business and sighed with a frown.

"What does my father-in-law mean? My son-in-law doesn't understand very well..." Xiao Fan pretended to be confused with a smile.

"Do you know that our Chen family has completely offended Huang Magistrate because of your nonsense? If one is not properly handled, it may cause the Chen family to destroy the family! Look, if you made the scene so lively, does anyone dare to come to the door?"

Although Xiao Fan came forward to win over the county magistrate Cao, who knew whether the county magistrate Cao would help when Huang Magistrate cleaned up the Chen family? Chen Siliu saw too much about the virtue of being an official, and he was just a businessman. I think that County magistrate Cao would not turn against Huang Magistrate Huang for a lowly businessman?

The more Chen Siliu thought, the less he felt, the more he felt unsure. His eyes gradually became filled with despair. Looking at the beautiful women welcomed guests, the red carpet, bright petals and gongs and drum musicians, he couldn't help but sigh dejectedly and said with a sad face: "Forget it, forgot, I'll just attend my funeral... It's really lively."

Xiao Fan was happy: "It is really a blessing for the Chen family to be so cheerful and open-minded. An old Taoist priest said that he often enjoys the joy of his heart. Today is so lively, even if it is a funeral, it is a joyful fun..."

Xiao Fan talked eroticly, Chen Siliu went crazy, his face became increasingly ugly, and he furiously said: "Shut up! Shut up, shut up!"

"My father-in-law calm down, so many people are watching you..."

Chen Siliu snorted angrily, and then forced himself to squeeze out a smile that was even worse than crying toward the onlookers.

"My father-in-law smiled so charmingly..."

Chen Siliu's face began to twitch...

Xiao Fan looked at the sky and suddenly smiled meaningfully: "Don't worry, father-in-law, it's natural for the son-in-law to do this. Please relax. A distinguished guest will come to celebrate soon..."
Chapter completed!