After Liu Yunqing said this, Madam Du did not refuse. None of the three of them were the type to dilly-dally, and the deal was finalized in just half an hour.

In addition to the play about Min'e looking for her husband, which Cui Niang bought out for sixty taels of silver, and Liu Yunqing and Du Niangzi paid seven and three parts, Liu Yunqing also choreographed two more plays for other people.

One is about a domineering president in the Northern Song Dynasty who meets his white moonlight and has to deal with some entanglements with his stand-in; the other is about a lady from a noble family in the Northern Song Dynasty who falls into poverty and becomes a prostitute, but her childhood sweetheart stays with her for life.

In short, as for Cui Niang's Guilanfang, the play does not need to be elegant. The more complicated and dramatic it is, the better.

It is really hard to write about the elegant Liu Yunqing, but when it comes to drama, he can definitely write about it!

Liu Yunqing just wrote down the outline of the story, and Cui Niang would then find a scholar who specialized in writing plays to polish it. The two plays together would bring in another fifty taels of silver.

Cui Niang also promised that in addition to these, she would give Liu Yunqing a share of the first three months' profits. Although it was only 10% of the profits, considering that Guilanfang was bustling with guests every day, 10% was quite a lot.

The three of them then signed the contract and put their fingerprints on it. Cui Niang handed it over to the two of them on the spot to settle the matter. After that, the three of them chatted for a while.

"Seeing this Jiaozi reminds me of something. You didn't deposit money in Qingheng Bank, did you? Something happened in Qingheng Bank!"

Madam Du's face changed and she asked anxiously, "What do you mean, Cui Niang? How can a bank like this just go wrong?"

When Cui Niang saw Madam Du acting like this, she knew that she must have deposited money in the Qingheng Money House, and the amount was probably not small.

She slapped her thigh and started to worry for Madam Du.

"Oh! You don't know! The master behind Qing Heng is Mr. Zhao Shierlang from the Prince's Mansion of Runan County. Although he is also considered a royal noble, his character is not good."

"You all know about the bankruptcy of Wangyue Tower a while ago. It was because they sold fake wine. Zhao Shierlang lost a lot of money because of this. If he didn't have some family wealth, he would definitely be imprisoned."

"But I heard from some well-connected people that the Prince of Runan's Mansion is not as luxurious as it looks. The money given by the government and the court is nothing. The whole family depends on Wangyue Tower, Qingheng Bank and a few shops for food and drink."

"Now, because of Shierlang, all the other shops are closed except Qingheng."

"Where did he get the money to compensate people? He used the money that everyone had deposited in Qingheng Bank to make up for it. Some people went to exchange it for Jiaozi a few days ago, but they couldn't get it, and the manager gave them an excuse."

"If Twelve Lang had managed the business diligently to plug this hole, he would have no worries about food and drink as long as he had the money in his hands. But who would have thought that yesterday afternoon, General Zhong, the brother of Madam Twelve, beat Twelve Lang up in the street. Now everyone knows that Twelve Lang is not a good person!"

"He thought that all the money that everyone deposited was his, and he even kept a mistress outside, and had a pair of children. Not only did he not wear gold and silver for the mistress, he also opened a regular store selling wine for her!"

"Sisters, you are all businessmen, how could you not know how deep the water is in running a wine shop! But it is all government-made wine and sold by the government, and she has no background at all, but after following Shi Er Lang, she actually opened a wine shop, just think about it!"

Liu Yunqing knows something about the current wine sales.

This dynasty implemented a strict liquor monopoly system, namely the liquor monopoly system, which exercised strict control over the production and sale of liquor.

Specifically, official wine-making institutions - called wine affairs - were set up in small state cities and county towns and villages with high wine profits. The government had a monopoly on brewing and selling wine, and private individuals were not allowed to brew and sell wine privately.

In addition, the government also forced the sale of official liquor through levies to ensure liquor tax revenue.

Of course, there are a few places where people brew and sell liquor themselves, but they need to obtain a sales license through the licensed liquor store system.

At present, the system of monopoly on koji is still implemented. The government indirectly controls the production of wine by controlling the production and sale of koji.

From this, it seems that Shi Erlang truly loves his mistress. Not only did he take a large sum of money, he also smoothed the way for her. It is unknown where he embezzled all this money from!

Madam Du could no longer sit still, and immediately asked her sister to take the Jiaozi to the Qingheng Money House to exchange it for silver.

Cui Niang was also very enthusiastic and asked Madam Du to ride in her donkey cart over there.

Madam Du had to look after the store and had no way to leave, so she had to ask Liu Yunqing to accompany her sister, as it would be a bit frail for a lady to go alone.

There was nothing important to do in the morning, so it was no harm to make a trip. The three girls hurriedly went there together on a donkey cart, but they knew that they were still far away from the Qingheng Money House and could not get through.

They had no choice but to get off and walk over. Everyone had probably heard about the deeds of Zhao Shierlang, and those who were blocking the road were all there to exchange their coins.

Madam Du didn't have much saved, only two hundred taels of silver as a deposit.

The rest of the cash is hidden at home. The money from the teahouse is collected once a month, and I haven't had time to deposit the money I earned yet. I'm still lucky.

But some were not so lucky. The few rich men who were shouting and kicking the door in front were said to have deposited thousands of taels in Qinghengli, and some even had tens of thousands of taels!

There were also some traveling merchants who found it inconvenient to travel with silver, especially the entire company's silver was in it. If they couldn't cash it out, they would probably drag Shi Erlang and jump into the Bian River!

Liu Yunqing was shocked when she heard this, she also used Jiaozi from Qingheng before, but luckily she used it all to buy a house a while ago, and now her account is completely clean without a penny left.

The money earned is still in the bookstore’s account. As long as it is not robbed, it is safe.

But even if the amount of silver is small, it is saved up by people penny by penny. Who wouldn’t be anxious if the silver cannot be exchanged?

Even though Madam Du was a gentle woman from the South, she couldn't help but curse a few times when she was furious. If she could squeeze to the front, she would definitely kick the door of Chao Qingheng Money House a few more times.

Seeing that the public excitement was getting more and more intense, everyone wanted to take over Qingheng Money House.

The officials sent by the government to maintain order were in vain, and some people even took the lead and said they would go to the Prince of Runan's Mansion to collect debts.

Everybody responded, some of them, not sure if they were genuine victims or just taking advantage of the situation, even brought tools like kitchen knives and hoes!

This time the nature is different.

Although the runners of the yamen were carrying knives, they could not draw their swords against the people. Cheng Li restrained his men and quickly sent someone with nimble legs to go to the Prince of Runan's Mansion first.

Ordinary people cannot knock on the door of the Prince's Mansion, but these officials still have some face.

There is no time to save face at this moment. Even if we have to kidnap someone, we have to find someone who can make the decision to calm everyone's anger.

Otherwise, if they were to see blood under the emperor’s feet, everyone in Kaifeng would have no chance of getting their heads!

Liu Yunqing saw Cheng Li in front of him, but he was too far away to talk to him.

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