Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

Ji Shuo couldn't understand why the business of Lv Ming Lou took a sharp turn for the worse after the publicity of the signature came out. He yelled at the owner of Lv Ming Lou, asking him to find out the reason as soon as possible.

The shopkeeper glanced at him secretly and said, "We have already found out. It's because of the signature."

After saying that, he handed over the "Qing Feng Jian" and asked Ji Shuo to read the postscript.

When Ji Shuo saw the end, his eyes went dark.

The shopkeeper said in a weak voice, "This is Mr. Zhu Yu's new storybook after Feng Yue Hua. Many people in the capital have read it. So after our teahouse's signature was publicized, those scholars who had read it said we were faking it and jointly boycotted us."

Ji Shuo exuded a chill: "When did you say this?"

The shopkeeper shrank his neck and said, "It's the second day of our first joint venture."

Ji Shuo: "...Didn't I ask you to finish reading the storybook?"

The shopkeeper laughed dryly: "I thought the postscript was useless, so I didn't read it." Who could have thought that there were such big problems in this postscript.

"Sir, what should we do?" The shopkeeper wiped his sweat. He has been managing the teahouse for more than ten years, and he has been more tired recently than in the past ten years.

Ji Shuo didn't know what to do for a moment.

Recently, he has been looking for someone to investigate the Dongxue Milk Tea Shop, but still found nothing.

Unable to figure out the other party's identity, he didn't dare to take action. He was timid and felt extremely aggrieved.

"Sir, how about we create an accident?" The shopkeeper saw the dancing flame on the candlestick and had an idea.

Ji Shuo: "Accident?"

The shopkeeper lowered his head and said: "I'll hire someone to burn down the milk tea shop at night."

Ji Shuo: "You forgot that our people checked and found that the milk tea shop was guarded every night. There were also large vats of water in the shop. If there was a fire, I'm afraid it would have been put out as soon as it started."

The shopkeeper: "...or why not order directly from the wine shop next to the milk tea shop."

Ji Shuo immediately understood what he meant. Alcohol can help fuel combustion. If they want to open a milk tea shop, they can start by selling alcohol. As long as the alcohol in the winery catches fire, even if there are people guarding it, it will be too late to put out the fire, and the milk tea shop will not exist.

Giving the shopkeeper an appreciative look, Ji Shuo relaxed his body and said, "I've been so busy lately that I've lost myself. This is one way to do it. So, you go and make the arrangements. Remember to be covert and don't leave any clues."

The shopkeeper responded repeatedly.

*

That night, several masked men in black walked into the liquor store next to the milk tea shop.

Their master said that the fire should be burned as hard as possible.

So after entering the wine shop, they simply opened and turned over all the wine jars in the backyard of the wine shop.

A man in black accidentally stepped on a stone and stumbled to the ground. His companion quickly grabbed him and said, "Don't make any noise. Come on, follow me to the shop and pour the wine everywhere."

After a quarter of an hour, all the men in black gathered in the backyard of the wine shop.

But at this moment, a man in black wrinkled his nose and said, "Boss, this wine is wrong. It doesn't taste like alcohol."

The leading man in black's face changed and he immediately squatted on the ground to feel around.

After touching a handful of wine, he raised his hand to his nose, and sure enough, just as his younger brother said, the wine had no smell of alcohol.

No, it's not wine at all, it's water!

"Oh no, this might be a trap." The man in black said, "Get out now."

However, it was too late. When they rushed to the back door of the wine shop, a light came on at the door. Men in official uniforms holding torches stood at the door. If they were familiar with the capital, they would be able to recognize that these were officials from Xiping Prefecture.

The capital city was divided into Dongping Prefecture and Xiping Prefecture. The two prefectures here mainly refer to the outer city. The inner city was not originally under the jurisdiction of the two prefectures. There were yamen specifically for managing the people and officials in the inner city.

After Emperor Tianyuan ascended the throne, for some unknown reason, he abolished the government office that managed the inner city and replaced it with Dongping Prefecture and Xiping Prefecture taking turns to manage it.

Dongping Prefecture governs from January to June, while Xiping Prefecture governs from July to December. Now is the time when Xiping Prefecture governs.

*

Because there was a wine shop next to the milk tea shop, Li Yu thought that when some people wanted to open a milk tea shop, they might start with the wine shop, so she asked the owner of the milk tea shop to chat more with the wine shop owner, and warned the wine shop owner to keep the wine well through storytelling, otherwise if the wine shop accidentally caught fire, all the shops here would be lost.

At that time, losing money is a small matter, but losing life is a big matter.

The owner of the wine shop also thought that what the shopkeeper said was right, so he moved the wine into the cellar after closing the shop every day, and the wine left outside was all water.

This was done on the initiative of the liquor store owner. He was afraid that a fire in another store would affect his business, so he prepared the water in advance.

Who knew they would come in handy tonight.

Not only did it avoid a fire, but it also helped the government catch the arsonist.

*

Early the next morning, after learning what happened at night, Han Zheng and Lu Xuan found Li Yu together, and the three of them sat in the house to discuss.

"Someone has been keeping an eye on Ji Shuo and the teahouse recently. After learning about the black-clad men's plan, someone ran to Xiping Prefecture's management point in the inner city to report the news." Li Yu held up the teacup and prepared to drink tea.

"If I remember correctly, the prefect of Xiping Prefecture is a member of King Hui's staff, and those who set the fire were most likely arranged by Ji Shuo." Lu Xuan said, "The arsonists will most likely not be punished."

Li Yu took a sip of tea and said, "It's best if they are not punished."

Lu Xuan: “?”

Han Zheng took the initiative to explain: "There are people from the Crown Prince in the Xiping Prefecture government office. Once the people from Xiping Prefecture let the arsonist go, the people from the Crown Prince will reveal the news to the prefect of Dongping Prefecture.

The prefects of Dongping and Xiping took turns managing the people in the inner city. On the surface, they seemed to be in harmony, but in fact, they were competing to see who could do a better job. The prefect of Xiping secretly released the prisoner, so how could the prefect of Dongping miss this good opportunity to impeach him? "

Lu Xuan: “…” This is killing someone with a borrowed knife.

*

On the other hand, Ji Shuo was so angry that his nose bled when he learned that the arsonist was caught.

Fortunately, he was only angry for a short while before someone told him that it was the officials from Xiping Prefecture who arrested him.

Ji Shuo immediately calmed down, wiping the blood from his nose while glaring at the person who reported the news: "Next time, don't tell me the news bit by bit."

He was really scared just now.

The person who reported the news begged for mercy again and again.

Ji Shuo waved his hand and said, "Go down and continue to find out the situation."

The messenger backed away and ran out.

Ji Shuo cursed, sat on the chair and looked up.

After sitting like this for a quarter of an hour, the owner of Lvminglou arrived.

Glancing at him, Ji Shuo said angrily, "Why didn't you investigate the owner of the wine shop in advance?"

There was no wine in the wine shop, only water, so their plan failed.

The shopkeeper was speechless.

Ji Shuo: "The guy from the wine shop has caused us a lot of trouble. Let's find a way to deal with him."

Teahouse owner: "The owner of the wine shop is dead."

Ji Shuo: “…”

The teahouse owner said: "This morning, two houses in the capital caught fire, one of which was the owner of the wine shop."

Ji Shuo: "Are you sure?"

The teahouse owner nodded heavily: "Absolutely sure."

Ji Shuo: "This is what they deserve. However, I will not feel at ease until the milk tea shop is cleared. After those people are released, I will let them go back."

Teahouse owner: “Yes.”

*

Ji Shuo was waiting for the teahouse owner to tell him good news, but no good news came. The arsonists were arrested by people from Dongping Prefecture less than quarter of an hour after they were released.