Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge went to the county seat by boat, so they still walked through the back door of the Zheng family, but this time, the treatment they received was completely different from the last time. A large number of them made Zhao Jinge raise a heart, and the whole person became alert.
There are really many temptations in this county, he is definitely right here with Jiang Zhen!
There was a second-rank officer from the Zheng Mansion, and he was probably the richest family in the county. Jiang Zhen thought that the Zheng Mansion would be very big, but after entering this time, he realized that the place was not big, but that it was exquisite everywhere.
As for why the mansion is not so big... I guess it's because the county town is so big in total, and there is no land to make the house bigger. Those huge gardens can basically only be built in the countryside.
Of course, Jiang Zhen said that the Zheng Mansion was small because he had seen a scene in the countryside where a fence encircled a large piece of land... In fact, compared to the various dwellings in modern times, this Zheng Mansion is already very, very large.
The place where Zheng Yi met Jiang Zhen was in a pavilion half built above the pond. The sun was just right and the breeze was breezy today. It was a good meeting here.
"You're here." Seeing Jiang Zhen, Zheng Yi yawned, sat up from a rattan reclining chair, and sat on the stone bench beside the stone table.
Although Zheng Yi is a man, it is probably because he was raised since he was a child that his skin is very fair. Even He Qiusheng, who has the best skin in He Xicun, is probably just like him, but at this moment, it is precisely because of him. Because of his particularly fair skin, the dark circles and stubble on his face are particularly obvious.
"Zheng Shao." Jiang Zhen took Zhao Jinge to greet him slightly.
"Sit down when you come, let's talk about this card." Master Zheng said, putting the card that Jiang Zhen gave him yesterday on the table.
This card is made of white paper. Yesterday, the group played for an afternoon, and it looked a little old. Now, it is all damaged.
Obviously, the reason why this young master Zheng has dark circles on his face is because he went to fight with this card at night.
"After I came back yesterday, I played with my mother and my wife for a while, and then I almost didn't fall asleep." Zheng Yi noticed that Jiang Zhen's eyes fell on this card, and yawned again: "If it wasn't for them all at this moment. I'm asleep, I still can't get this card."
Before Jiang Zhen spoke, Zheng Dashao said again: "But to be honest, this card is too ugly."
"..." Jiang Zhen was a little speechless: "I haven't read the book, I only know that I draw randomly, and it's good to be able to draw like this."
"You haven't read the book?" Zheng Yi looked at Jiang Zhen in surprise. He had already sent someone to check on Jiang Zhen, but the time was too short, and the people below haven't come to reply yet...
However, even if he didn't know the specific situation of Jiang Zhen, after observing Jiang Zhen, he also felt that Jiang Zhen should be a well-born person with some knowledge.
He even suspected that Jiang Zhen was born as a military general, which could explain why he could beat Liu Heitou to the ground, and the words he wrote were quite ugly.
Zheng Yi turned over the top card of the pile, and there was an ugly "tiger" on that card.
"I'm an ordinary farmer in Hexi Village, and I really haven't read books, but my two younger brothers have read them. I occasionally listen to and like a little bit, but I can barely read." Jiang Zhendao.
Zheng Yi smiled: "You're a poor farmer." Jiang Zhen was neither humble nor arrogant when he faced him. It didn't look like an ordinary farmer.
The two exchanged a few words, then went straight to the topic, talking about the card.
"The four patterns you drew on it are a bit nondescript. Do you think it would be better to change them to plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum?" Zheng Yi raised such an opinion as soon as he came up.
"Let the four gentlemen appear in the casino, but it's indecent and troublesome to make. From what I've seen, it's better to use some simple patterns for the most common cards. But in addition to ordinary cards, you can also make some more delicate cards. , for the ladies and ladies, you can draw the plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, and the two tiger cards can be changed into sun and moon cards, one with the golden crow and the other with Chang'e flying to the moon." Jiang Zhen said, The myths and legends of this place are the same as the ancient times he knew.
Zheng Yi thought about it too. Ordinary cards are better if they are rough, but they are too delicate, and he is reluctant to spoil them for that group of gamblers.
"Another point is that this card is really easy to learn. I will offer it up, and it will indeed be valued by nobles. I am afraid that it will be all over the street soon, and it will not make money." Zheng Yi said.
Their Zheng family is reluctantly considered a scholarly family, but they are definitely no better than those old-fashioned families. They have no family business. It is also because of this that their house will stay in Hecheng County, and they will be responsible for doing business and supporting the capital.
In the same way, it will also open the door for them to make more money.
The benefits of this card offering are mainly from the capital, and Zheng Yi hopes that he can also gain some benefits.
"What kind of business do you have under Zheng Shao?" Jiang Zhen said: "Zheng Shao might as well design a logo for his own business, whether it is a shop or a caravan, this logo will be used in the future, and the back of this card will also be uniformly drawn. sign."
Zheng Yi was a little puzzled when he heard Jiang Zhen say this at first. In this way, those who are the first to touch the cards will recognize their cards by the signs, and their business names will be widely known.
This Jiang Zhen can actually say such an idea when he opens his mouth!
It's just that many of the shops under his name have different names. It's not easy to unify them, and it has to be a long-term plan.
"And this card, you can make more and offer it when you have enough reserves." Jiang Zhen said again. He is actually not good at doing business, but for modern people, these are very simple and basic knowledge, and it is naturally impossible for him not to know.
"How can I keep secrets from leaking?" Zheng Yi asked again. He actually had a way to keep secrets from leaking, but he still wanted to ask Jiang Zhen.
"Every card is made separately." Jiang Zhendao, traffic is inconvenient at this time, find a few more printing workshops to make, who can connect those cards? "It can also be said that it is used by businesses to do business."
Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi talked very happily.
At first, Zheng Yi asked Jiang Zhen to be the steward of the casino, but it was out of gratitude to Jiang Zhen, and he didn't expect Jiang Zhen to do anything, but now...
"Brother Jiang is interested in managing the casino?" Zheng Yi asked. He felt that maybe there would be unexpected surprises for Jiang Zhen to manage the casino.
"Zheng Shaoke is interested in opening another casino?" Jiang Zhen asked.
Zheng Yi was a little hesitant immediately, this county is so big, and to open a casino again, isn't this him robbing himself for business
"This casino doesn't do business for the poor, only for the rich. For example, the cards of plum orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum can be used." Jiang Zhen said.
Jiang Zhen felt that it was not interesting to take their hard-earned money from a group of ordinary people. It is better to package the casino and only open it to the rich.
Jiang Zhen had seen those big casinos before, so he picked and said a little bit. Zheng Yi heard it and immediately clapped his hands: "Good idea!"
For the poor, a few copper coins are also very valuable, but the rich are different. They buy hundreds of thousands of taels for an antique without batting an eye.
On the Jiangnan side, there have always been a lot of rich people... Let's just say that Hecheng County, even though he is small, there are also many rich people in the county town, and there is no shortage of money for businessmen.
As for why there are so many rich people, but the county town is not very prosperous... These days, people like to raise and do everything by themselves.
Let’s just say that the chefs in Zheng’s house are much better at craftsmanship than those in the restaurant. There are also people who specialize in needlework in their family. Even if they want to buy cloth, they didn’t go to the store to see it, but someone sent it directly to their home.
Don't talk about that... Some rich people even live in the country.
Hundreds of years ago, there was a patriarch in the next county. After he returned to his hometown, he built a big mansion in the countryside as his ancestral home. The mansion was very imposing. Compared to that, the Zheng mansion was really small.
"I'll build another casino. No, it can't be called a casino. I'll have to give it a better name when that time comes. When that happens, I'll leave it to you to take care of it and share 30% of the profits." Zheng Yi said.
He said it very generously, because it was nothing to him, and because he had already made up his mind, in addition to their Hecheng County, he would go to the capital to build a big casino.
That being the case, it doesn't matter if the casino in Hecheng County is given to Jiang Zhen.
After the talk, Zheng Yi left Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge for dinner.
During the previous conversation, Zhao Jinge kept silent, so Zheng Yi didn't notice him until this time, and then asked, "Who is this?"
"He is my wife." Jiang Zhen said.
Zheng Yi was a little surprised.
Shuang’er can also marry a wife and have children. Many big families with few people will raise Shuang’er as a man. Later, a woman of the right household may not be able to marry, but as long as they are willing to spend money, marry a woman whose family situation is not as good as their own. , still no problem.
Because of this, Zheng Yi has also seen Shuang'er who can stand up as a door, but those Shuang'er are all married, and he has never seen any Shuang'er who are married and walk around.
What man would want his wife to be out in the public eye
And... the appearance of these two children is really ordinary.
Although he thought so in his heart, Zheng Yi never showed anything. Although he would make fun of people, he also knew the proportions. He would never do anything like commenting on other people's twins.
Zheng Yi behaved very calmly, but Zhao Jinge was still very uneasy, and he didn't dare to move his chopsticks when he was eating, so he was very cautious.
Zheng Yi just pretended he hadn't seen it, and Jiang Zhen served Zhao Jinge food from time to time, but it made Zhao Jinge calm down slowly.
Zheng's food tastes very good. After Jiang Zhen traveled to ancient times, he has never eaten such delicious food again, and this has a lot to do with the cooks in Zheng's house who are willing to use ingredients when cooking.
Just say this fish...
Before in Hexi Village, the shock-absorbing fish was either steamed or boiled, but now…
There was a sea bass on the table. It was sliced with a knife and then fried in an oil pan. It was then cooked with sweet and sour. In Zhao's house, Zhao Liu's family couldn't do this.
Brother Zhao Jin liked the sweet and sour perch very much, so Jiang Zhen took some for him to eat. Brother Zhao Jin was happy to eat. When Jiang Zhen looked over, he smiled at Jiang Zhen.
The smile was actually very restrained, but Jiang Zhen looked at it and thought it was very beautiful.
After dinner, Young Master Zheng proposed to take Jiang Zhen to the casino to have a look.
Jiang Zhen originally wanted to take advantage of Zheng Da Shaohu's fake tiger power, and of course he would not refuse.
The Zheng family's casino is called Hongxing Casino. This casino is quite big, with two floors and a yard at the back.
The guests basically came in through the gate, but Zheng Yi took them, but walked in through the side door and directly into the yard behind the casino, and at this moment, there were seven or eight thugs here looking like they were doing nothing.
Seeing Zheng Yi, these people immediately stood up and bowed to Zheng Yi: "Master Zheng!"
Liu Heitou was standing in the middle of these thugs. He saw Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen beside Zheng Yi, and his whole face was distorted.
A piece of skin was cut off by Jiang Zhen on his face. Such a wound, coupled with his twisted expression, made him look terrible and pitiful.
"In the future, you people will be managed by Jiang Jiang." At this time, Zheng Yi said lightly.
Liu Heitou's head was not black, but his face was black.
Zheng Yi was not willing to stay in the casino for a long time, and left soon, and as soon as he left, Jiang Zhen smiled and looked at the thugs: "I heard that someone set up a privately-owned casino outside under the name of our Hongxing Casino. Casino, I'm going to see it today, do you want to go together?"
When Jiang Zhen said this, he looked at Liu Heitou, which made Liu Heitou's face even darker.
Liu Heitou knew very well that Jiang Zhen was talking about himself.
He started out by working as a thug for the casino, but later he privately gathered a group of people who did not belong to the Hongxing Casino. Not only that, in order to support these people, he also secretly opened a casino in Qiaotou Village, which belongs to him.
The Zheng family wants to be famous, but they are not short of money. This Hongxing Casino will not deliberately induce other people to owe debts, even loan sharks. , but Liu Heitou's casino is different.
They will borrow usury, will trick people, and sometimes even know that so-and-so's family has some money, and they will force the children of that family to gamble.
"Mr. Jiang, what are you talking about?" A person who disagreed with Liu Heitou stood up.
"I heard people say that someone in Qiaotou Village is using the name of our casino to do things wrong." Jiang Zhen said.
"Jiang Zhen, don't deceive people too much." Liu Heitou couldn't help saying.
"You think I'm deceiving people too much. You can leave here immediately. You are not from Hongxing Casino. You don't use the signboard of Hongxing Casino. No matter what you do outside, no one cares about you." Jiang Zhen laughed. He looked at Liu Heitou.
Liu Heitou did not dare to leave.
He has no background, but he has been bullying others over the years and has done a lot of evil things. If he leaves now, the people around him will be scattered. If Jiang Zhen wants to trouble him, wouldn't it be easier
He didn't dare to leave the Hongxing Casino, so he could only watch Jiang Zhen bring all the thugs from the casino, even him, and then went straight to his old nest.
This Jiang Zhen can really do it! What will he do in Qiaotou Village in the future? !