The Golden Age Chapter 550: The Cloth Shop
The dispute between Dali Temple and the Criminal Ministry did not have much impact on the people of Kyoto.
For Linkang Street in Huaizhenfang, Kyoto, the most eye-catching thing today is the opening of a new shop on the street.
Actually, as early as six or seven days ago, this shop was bought by the new owner and began to decorate. After the neighboring merchants inquired, it was vaguely known that the owner of this shop seemed to be from Huaiyang. The cloth merchant is preparing to open a cloth shop in Kyoto, but the owner of the shop has not shown up.
In the past, some merchants opened shops in Kyoto, and they would visit the shops on the left and right in advance, which is considered to be kind to others. The owner of this cloth house never showed up, let alone the shops on the left and right, which seemed mysterious and mysterious, but also let his neighbors. Some dissatisfaction.
Today the cloth shop opened. According to the past practice, nearby shops would also come to say hello and say a few auspicious words. However, there are more than 20 shops on Linkang Street, but today they are indifferently watching.
The cloth shop invited people to dance the lion. The two lions danced in majesty with the sound of gongs and drums, except for some passers-by who watched the lion dance, but there was no visitor who came to the cloth shop to buy cloth. There are only a handful of people.
The guys in the shop seemed very leisurely. It wasn't until a few strong men filed in that the guys cheered up. A rather clever guy greeted them as soon as they entered the shop. , With a smile on his face: "Several guest officials, the trumpet opened today, buying cloth is not only cheap, but also a gift."
When I was alone, I glanced at the guy and said with a cold face: "It's not your turn to talk to Lao Tzu, where is your boss? Let him come here quickly."
The dude glanced at him and saw that the man had no grass on his head, and there were five or six brawny men behind him, all dressed in qingyi, each with a bad look and a bad heart. He immediately looked back at his companion and smiled. : "A few guest officers, please sit down first, and the owner will come over immediately. Wait a moment."
When these strong men in Tsing Yi entered the cloth house, they all saw the shops nearby, and many of them were gloating.
They naturally recognize that the leader is Sanye Li of Tsing Yi Tang, nicknamed Bald Li.
Tsing Yi Tang has been doing evil in Kyoto for many years. Huai Zhen Fang is within the sphere of influence of Qing Yi Tang. To operate a shop in this market, it is bound to be involved with Qing Yi Tang. The merchants who have lived here for a long time are I know that before opening, we must prepare a generous gift and send it to Tsing Yi Tang, and then discuss with Tsing Yi Tang about the monthly payment of filial piety, and get permission from Tsing Yi Tang to ensure a successful business.
If he didn't get Tsing Yi Tang's approval and opened the shop in a daze, then he would have to wait for it to close.
There are dozens of shops on Linkang Street. Naturally, every one of them will pay Tsing Yi Tang filial piety silver on a monthly basis. Once on this street, there is really a precedent for opening the door to do business without paying respect to Tsing Yi Tang in advance. , But those shops not only closed within a few days, but even the owner was expelled from Kyoto and had no place in Kyoto.
Today, bald Li led a few people into the cloth shop suddenly, and the shops around immediately knew that this cloth shop was in serious trouble.
If you have negotiated with Tsing Yi Tang in advance, according to the rules, Tsing Yi Tang will never send someone to the door on the opening day.
Undoubtedly, the Cloth Shop did not manage the Tsing Yi Tang well, but Tsing Yi Tang chose the day the Cloth Shop opened its doors, apparently intending to renovate the Cloth Shop.
Although there are many people gloating over misfortune, some sigh in their hearts.
This cloth shop under the plate is under renovation.
Fin, he has already invested a lot of silver, and now he has gotten into Tsing Yi Tang. It will inevitably be closed within three days, and the silver previously invested has also been lost.
The bald-headed Li Dama Jindao sat on a chair in the cloth house, and the few Tsing Yi gangs under his staff were not polite, deliberately picking and picking on the cloth and silk with stained and oily hands, and even deliberately pretending to look at it. No, throw the whole cloth on the ground and step on it with your foot.
Several guys saw each other aggressively, but they all dared not speak.
Bald-headed Li waited for a while, but he did not see the cloth house owner coming out, his face was hard to look, he was about to attack, he heard footsteps, only saw an old man in his early fifties hurrying from behind, in a gray shirt , First glanced at the few gangs who were ruining the cloth, with a somewhat ugly expression, then walked to Bald Li and smiled: "This guest official wants to buy cloth?"
"Are you the owner of the cloth house?" Bald Li sat on the chair, looked up and down the old man, and sneered: "I am Tsing Yi Tang Li Xin, do you know my name?"
The old man asked in doubt: "Li Xin? Forgive me for being ignorant and ignorant, I have never heard of it."
Bald-headed Li Yi was startled, a little surprised, his face even more annoyed, and he cursed: "You old thing, doing business in Kyoto, don’t know the name of Tsing Yi Tang? I haven’t even heard of Tsing Yi Tang. Be a The sale of farts."
"The little old man is really ignorant." The old man hurriedly said: "If there is any negligence, please forgive me for the guest officer. When the guest officer buys the cloth, the old man will give more gifts and hope to calm down his anger." /
As soon as the words came out, the group of Tsing Yi gang looked at each other, and immediately laughed.
The old man and the guys seemed to be a little puzzled. I don’t know why the Tsing Yi gang was laughing, but they saw a Tsing Yi gang walk up to the old man, looked up and down, and then stretched out a hand and shook it in front of the old man. After shaking, he asked: "Are you blind?"
"The old man is dazzled, but he is not blind." The old man seemed to be a little displeased with the rudeness of the people in Tsing Yi Tang, frowning and saying: "If you are buying cloth, the old man is welcome, but... ....!"
Bald Li's face was cold, and he asked in a cold voice, "But what?"
"But if you are going to make trouble here, the old man can only report to the official." The old man looked at the mess on the ground, his face was ugly: "These cloths and silks are all new goods, you are ruined like this. Naturally, other customers will not buy any more, so please buy these cloths."
"Pop!"
There was a crisp sound, the old man's voice just fell, the Tsing Yi gang had already slapped their ears, and hit the old man's face hard. The old man was beaten so that he could see Venus. Hold your hands quickly, so that you won't fall to the ground.
"Why are you hitting people?" the cloth village guy called.
Without a word, the helper beside the man raised his foot and kicked him around his waist. The man said, "Ouch," and he was kicked to the ground.
"If you want to do business in Kyoto, you must abide by the rules." Bald Li sat in a chair and stared at the old man coldly: "I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, you can listen to me, starting this month, At the end of each month, someone will come to collect cash. Other cloth houses have to pay eight taels of silver to Tsing Yi Tang every month, but you old guy is blind and unruly, and you have to pay 15 taels of silver each month. Besides, today First pay a hundred taels of silver, even if it is a punishment for you, do you understand?"
The old man was annoyed: "Open the door to do business, you have to pay taxes. I know the truth, but why should I pay you money? Cloth shop
In a year, you may not be able to earn much silver. According to what you said, you have to pay fifteen taels in a month, and nearly two hundred taels in a year, which is much higher than the amount of money that can be rented out of this shop. It's impossible for a small business to pay you money. This is absolutely impossible. "
"Really not?" Bald Li slowly stood up.
The old man categorically said: "No, don't say you pay the silver every month, even today there is no silver to hand you."
A weird smile appeared at the corner of the bald Li's mouth, and he nodded and said: "Very good, I haven't seen you such a hard bone in many years. Don't worry, if you don't pay the money, I will not embarrass you today. But three The Lord can assure you that starting from today, there will not be a customer going to your cloth shop to buy cloth. Whoever dares to buy cloth from you, I will break his legs. Also, if your shop is running water If there is a fire, or your dogs’ heads were broken with a stick on the way, don’t find me Tsing Yi Tang at that time."
"Who's leg is going to be interrupted by San Ye?" As soon as the bald Li's voice fell, a voice came from outside the door, and then a few people walked in from the door. It was Wu Tianbao, the second master of the Taiping Society.
The Tsing Yi Tang and Taiping will be incompatible with fire and water. The bald-headed Li saw Wu Tianbao suddenly appear. He was taken aback, but he quickly calmed down and said with a cold face: "Isn't this second master Wu? What wind is blowing you over Up?"
Although Jiang Qianxing, the uncle of Tsing Yi Tang, fell and died, Huaizhen Square was still controlled by Tsing Yi Tang. The Taiping Hui did not infiltrate. The bald Li was on his own territory and he was not shocked by Wu Tianbao.
"The new shop is opened, I'll come over to hold a show." Wu Tianbao walked forward with a smile, staring at bald Li with both hands on his back, and said with a smile: "I heard that Uncle Jiang’s funeral was just finished, I thought it was in Qingyi Hall. People are exhausted from doing funerals, and I don’t want Li Sanye to be full of energy."
"Wu Tianbao, this is not the site of the Taipinghui." Bald Li has clenched his fists: "You are talking here, so I don't want to give Laozi the yin and yang."
Wu Tianbao smiled and said: "I am not bringing people here to fight and kill, but to join in. Isn't it impossible to buy cloth here?"
"Come on?" Bald Li glanced at the old man in Buzhuang, and sneered: "Do you know this old guy?"
"I don't know." Wu Tianbao shook his head: "But I do know the owner of this cloth house."
"The boss?" Bald Li Wei asked in surprise: "He...he is not the boss?" Staring at the old man and asked: "Who are you?"
The old man's expression calmed down and said: "Little Lao Gecheng, the boss invited me to be the shopkeeper of the cloth house."
Bald Li frowned and said: "You are not the boss, what do you do with Lao Tzu for a long time? Who is your boss?" Thinking of what, staring at Wu Tianbao: "Could it be that you sent someone to this cloth house? Open here, are you the owner behind?"
"Wu can't do business, and he doesn't have such energy." Wu Tianbao calmly said, "It's just the owner of this cloth house. You Li Sanye really can't afford it, Li Sanye, you walk in here When I was in the cloth house, I walked into the ghost gate, so I should ask for more blessings." He sighed with a look of sympathy.
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