Chapter Eight
Xu Yalang is a greedy villain. Such a person can do whatever he wants for his own benefit, so in the next few days, Zhang Zong was very careful and even moved Shuangse Rose to the room every night to avoid being secretly destroyed.
However, what Zhang Zong didn't expect was that there was nothing unusual after a few days. The business during the day was still as hot as before. There was a constant stream of flowers every day. There was a curfew at night. Moreover, his flowerbed was close to Furong Garden, and there would be guards patrolling the outside palace wall at night, so there was basically no need to worry about safety.
That morning, Zhang Zong's flower stall was still as lively as usual. Now the name of the Shuangse rose has spread throughout the capital, and the guests they attract are no longer ordinary people. Occasionally, there are some noble ladies and noble ladies wearing curtains to enjoy the flowers, and some even ask about the price, but Zhang Zong's price is too outrageous, so no one has made up his mind to buy it in the end.
"A begonia plant is thirty cents. When you go back and plant it in the sunny place, you can add some sand to the soil for breathability. In addition, don't water it too frequently. It is better to have drought than water it!" Zhang Zong handed a half-human-high crabapple seedling to the customer and casually reminded him.
"Well, thank you little brother!" The girl who bought Haitang paid the money with a shy look on her face, took the Haitang and ran away quickly like a deer.
Looking at the girl leaving, Zhang Zong smiled slightly, and then greeted the next guest: "What flowers do the guest want to buy?"
"Huh? It's you!" But what Zhang Zong didn't expect was that the guest exclaimed when he saw him, and there seemed to be a little ecstasy in his voice.
Zhang Zong looked up when he heard the sound, and saw that the guest was also a beautiful girl with hanging temples on his head. Seeing that he looked like a maid from a wealthy family, he looked at Zhang Zong with ecstasy.
"You are..." Zhang Zong looked at the other party but felt unimpressed. He seemed to have no idea.
"It's great, I finally found you. You must not leave!" The girl seemed to be stunned by ecstasy, and immediately shouted and turned around and ran away, without any ladylike appearance.
"This kid is not crazy, right?" Zhang Zong was also confused when he watched the other party run away in a crazy way, but soon the next guest came forward, and he immediately threw the matter away.
At noon, the sun above his head was scorching the earth. People either escaped the summer heat or ate, and there were fewer customers. Zhang Zong wanted to sit down and drink a little water, but he didn't expect another new customer to come. When he saw the person coming, he couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
"See Liu Jianshi!" Zhang Zong stood up and saluted.
The person who came was the Liu Jianshi with a long face and yellow eyes. Jianshi could not be considered a formal official, but was an out-of-the-way official. Officials in the Tang Dynasty were divided into ninth ranks, but some officials were not within the ninth ranks, so they were called ex-the-way official. Ex-way official was divided into ninth ranks, and the ex-way official was considered to be the fifth rank. It can be said that he was an inequality small official, not much better than a minor official.
However, behind Liu Jianshi, there were still more than a dozen craftsmen and Xu Yalang, who Zhang Zong was most reluctant to see, which made him feel sank. Last time the other party left angrily, and now he followed Liu Jianshi to the door, which must be unkind. And if he remembered correctly, there would be five or six days before the delivery of Gardenia and Jasmine.
"No need to be polite. How are those gardenias and jasmine? I'll take them away today!" Liu Jianshi said expressionlessly.
"Isn't there still five or six days left? Why is it so early?" Zhang Zong asked with a frown, and said here, he also looked at Xu Yalang behind the other party. He saw Zhang Zong smile proudly in the other party, which made him feel even more uncomfortable.
"There is an urgent matter in the garden that needs this batch of flowers, so it was in advance!" Liu Jianshi explained lightly.
"Okay, although it was a few days in advance, the gardenia and jasmine had already grown, and it should be able to meet the requirements put forward by Liu Jianshi before!" Zhang Zong had no choice but to say helplessly after hearing this, and after saying that, he led them into the flower garden.
Gardenia and jasmine have long been restored to life. Now, not only new branches and leaves have grown, but also flower buds are all covered. Even the dead pots, Zhang Zong has re-cut seedlings in the pots. They are growing very vigorously now and are expected to bloom again this fall.
"Not bad, there are more than 440 pots of flowers, almost every pot is about to bloom, far exceeding the 360 pots I ordered at the beginning. It seems that the little husband is really capable!" Liu Jianshi rarely smiled when he saw these flowers.
"It's good if Liu Jianshi is satisfied!" Zhang Zong was relieved when he heard this.
"Come on, bring all the gardenia and jasmine into the car, be careful!" Liu Jianshi told the craftsman behind him at this time, and then the group of people were about to come forward to move flowers.
"Wait a minute!" Zhang Zong said to stop him at this time, and then asked Liu Jianshi urgently, "Liu Jianshi, you can move away from Gardenia and Jasmine, but can the remuneration you promised before be fulfilled?"
Seeing Zhang Zong asking for money, Liu Jianshi's face immediately looked a little unhappy. Xu Yalang next to him rushed forward and asked Zhang Zong: "Little Langjun, this is your wrong thing. Liu Jianshi is an official in the East Palace. Will he still rely on your account?"
"Liu Jianshi naturally won't be able to pay back the debt, but he's waiting for the money to pay off the debt, so please understand Liu Jianshi!" Zhang Zong was too lazy to pay attention to Xu Yalang, and finally said politely to Liu Jianshi.
"Since it is the remuneration that Yuanli promised, I will naturally give you a piece of paper. After I go back, I will submit the documents to the superiors. I will give them to you in a few days!" Liu Jianshi replied coldly at this time. After saying that, he looked at Xu Yalang next to him, and Xu Yalang's face showed a smug smile.
"How many days?" Zhang Zong frowned, as if he had understood something at once. His whole heart began to sink, and his hands and feet became even colder.
Seeing that Zhang Zong's expression became rare, Xu Yalang became even more proud and immediately stepped forward and said with a smile: "Little Langjun, I would like to remind you again, nine days later will be the deadline for you to repay the money, and it will not be possible to be one day later. If you can't afford to pay the money, don't blame me for being rude!"
Zhang Zong ignored the other party, but suddenly looked up and walked to Liu Jianshi and looked at him and said, "Liu Jianshi, you said at the beginning that as long as these gardenias and jasmine meet your requirements, you will immediately receive a ten-ton reward. Now there are still five or six days left before the deadline. Can I get the money when the deadline comes?"
In fact, Zhang Zong had just seen that Liu Jianshi was probably already in love with Xu Yalang. The other party did not need to be refusal, but he just needed to delay the date of remuneration, which was enough to disrupt Zhang Zong's steps to repay the money.
Faced with Zhang Zong's questioning, Liu Jianshi seemed lazy to act, and sneered: "If you ask me about this kind of thing, who will I ask? Furongyuan is so big, and it requires money in all aspects. It is slow to get money from the top, and the warehouse also needs to be dispatched. It is usually normal to delay it for ten days and half a month!"
When Liu Jianshi said it at the end, he deliberately increased the tone of the words "ten days and half a month", while Zhang Zong's repayment period was nine days later. This time was a coincidence. When Xu Yalang forced him to pay back the money, Zhang Zong would not even pay back ten cents, so Xu Yalang naturally did not have to be lenient for three months. At that time, twenty cents of debts were then, and Xu Yalang had a flowerbed document that Zhang Zong mortgaged twice, so the other party would likely sue him directly to the yamen and take the flowerbed away from Zhang Zong.
"Liu Jianshi, no one can stand without trust. You didn't say that at the beginning!" Zhang Zong was also angry at this time and immediately questioned again.
"Hmph, rules are rules. Unless the prince speaks, no one can change it. If you have the ability, go and talk to the prince!" Liu Jianshi snorted again and said disdainfully.
However, what no one expected was that just as Liu Jianshi finished speaking, he suddenly heard a woman's voice coldly and loud voice: "Isn't it the prince? I want to see if he dares to owe money and refuses to pay it back!"
Chapter completed!