Zhou Gui knew this person. He was Guan Yuchun, the deputy director of the Chang 'an West Bureau.
They were in charge of the two bureaus in the capital. Above them was the Ministry of Revenue, which was in charge of the various markets in the Tang dynasty.
Usually, people who came to sell vegetables would send some vegetables to Guan Yuchun and the others.
Guan Yuchun's subordinates would take vegetables from other stalls. They would take a cucumber from one stall and a few spinach from another stall.
They only wanted to take enough for a meal. They didn't dare to take more.
The stalls didn't say anything and just let them take.
The stall that they took the most vegetables from was the greenhouse vegetable stall that Li Family Zhuangzi cooperated with outside.
They knew that taking a cucumber from someone else's greenhouse vegetable stall would cost a lot of money. What if the other party reported it to the government?
Therefore, if they took a stalk of celery or a few spinach, the other party would acquiesce.
If they wanted to take cucumbers and eggplants, they had to find Li Family Zhuangzi's partner.
In the end, the money would be transferred to Li Family Zhuangzi's account. Li Dongzhu wouldn't lower himself to their level.
They usually took vegetables at night. After selling vegetables for a day, they would take them home and cook a meal to make their family happy.
Of course, since he had taken their money, he had to help them. If the Li Family's manor had any activities, he had to help.
Guan Yuchun took the vegetables from Zhuangzi's stall and saw it. He had no choice. The imperial court didn't order, so he could only watch.
If the imperial court ordered that evil money was not allowed to circulate, he would stop it directly. He didn't dare to arrest people, but he found out the person behind Jiang Hui.
In fact, Jiang Hui bragged that he was a relative of Tai Changqing and had a good relationship with Crown Prince Zhongyun.
"Thank you, Guan Yuchun. But Dongzhu asked me to sell it." Zhou Gui said helplessly.
He took a dozen cucumbers and wrapped them in a piece of paper. He gave them to Guan Yuchun. "Thank you for your hard work."
Guan Yuchun hesitated and took the things.
He lowered his voice. "Think of a way. That person is called Jiang Hui. He is backed by Tai Changqing Jiang Jiao and has a good relationship with Crown Prince Zhongyun Li Linfu.
In addition, Jiang Jiao's younger brother, Jiang Hui, is the Imperial Censor's Assistant Minister. He is related to the Governor, Yuan Qianyao by marriage. I didn't say anything. "
With that, he left with Cucumber in his arms.
Zhou Gui was sweating profusely. Oh my god, was the Jiang family that powerful?
It's over. My family's Dongzhu is finished. Dongzhu, no matter how powerful you are, can you beat these people?
He brought people in and set up a stall. Wealthy people came to buy and paid.
In the afternoon, Zhou Gui returned to Zhuangzi listlessly with more than three hundred coins.
"Steward Zhou is back? Quickly eat, Dongzhu and Lil 'Miss have already eaten, the guards have also eaten, we are waiting for you. "
Li An came over and told Zhou Gui that they had lunch at noon, and now they were two hours late.
"You guys eat, I'll go see Dongzhu." Zhou Gui was not in the mood to eat, he wanted to persuade Dongzhu to sell the land.
"Dongzhu, I've found out about the other party's situation."
Zhou Gui glanced at Princess Yongmu, who was practicing calligraphy, and said to Xiao Lan, who was serving beside her.
"Who is it?" Xiao Lan asked.
"His background is too big, Jiang Jiao's distant relative, called Jiang Hui."
Zhou Gui mentioned one person, he felt that one person was enough, enough for his Zhuangzi.
"So it's Jiang Jiao? Li Linfu's uncle, Jiang Hui's brother, Yuan Qianyao's in-law.
So powerful, they joined forces just to buy my 100 mu of land at a cheap price, I'm scared.
Lil 'Miss, why don't we directly give the land to Yuan Qianyao, he just came down from the prime minister position, he's probably not in a good mood. "
After Xiao Lan finished speaking, she could not help but laugh, she looked very happy.
Zhou Gui: "…"
He admitted that he was stunned, Dongzhu knew about their relationship? But why was he so casual? He directly said that Yuan Qianyao was the prime minister.
"Don't laugh, it's not good if word gets out. They definitely don't know, Jiang Hui … thinks too highly of himself, hmph! "Princess Yongmu did not need to think too much.
"Steward Zhou, go sell again before the sky turns dark, eat something to fill your stomach." Xiao Lan instructed Zhou Gui.
A servant girl came over with a tray, on which were walnuts, pine nuts, hazelnuts, roasted chestnuts, and a pair of pliers that could pinch the hazelnuts and pine nuts.
Zhou Gui was indeed hungry, seeing that Dongzhu did not intend to call him to eat, he grabbed two handfuls of hazelnuts and pine nuts, picked up the pliers and ran out.
He called out and continued to pick vegetables, he stood outside the big shed, enjoying the cold wind as he ate dried fruits.
Li An's family did not wait for him, they started to eat.
"What kind of Dongzhu did I meet?" Zhou Gui threw a pine nut into his mouth, muttering as he chewed.
He felt that he would not be able to handle any of the high officials.
In the end, Lil 'Miss was still quietly practicing writing, Dongzhu Xiao Lan did not seem to care, was it because the ignorant were fearless?
"She's probably the daughter of a prince, a junzhu? Lil 'Miss is a junzhu? Mother, a junzhu ran out to get Zhuangzi? "
Zhou Gui started to analyze, he did not even dare to think of a princess.
There was only one princess who fit Lil 'Miss' age, the eldest princess.
But why would the eldest princess run out? Why would she be bullied to such an extent?
Even after the vegetables were packed up and ready to be shipped off to be sold, Zhou Gui still didn't understand the identity of his owner.
The only thing he was sure of was that those high officials were not directly involved, the people behind Dongzhu were not afraid of the power of the Jiang family.
The third batch of vegetables was sent over, but it was quickly bought by the rich people with evil money.
Zhou Gui only came back with the money when it was dark, he was a little absent-minded.
When he entered the courtyard, he found that there were two more cooks, and the food was ready.
Li An's wife, Madam Li, had an excited look on her face. She greeted Zhou Gui and whispered, "There are two new cooks here. Their cooking is delicious. They allowed me to learn from them. They said they'll leave once I've learned how to cook."
When Madam Li saw the two, she was very vigilant, afraid that her work would be stolen. When they said they would teach, she took her daughter to learn.
Zhou Gui washed his hands with soap and tasted the food. His eyes lit up, it was delicious.
He looked at the dish next to it and was shocked, it was fried peas and shrimp.
"Where did the peas come from? The greenhouse of the manor has never been planted. "Zhou Gui asked Li An, who was eating with him.
Li An shook his head, "I don't know, they were brought by the two new cooks. They didn't say their identity, and we didn't dare to ask."
"Don't worry, don't be afraid, Jiang … Haha!" Zhou Gui was relieved.
With so many mirrors, kerosene lamps, and thermos bottles, he knew that the identity of the person behind Dongzhu was not ordinary.
Eating fresh peas in the middle of winter was not available in the market.
Fried peas and shrimp could only be eaten in summer and autumn.
No one had ever planted peas in the greenhouse, but now they could eat green peas that were not dried. This was called heritage.
Can that Jiang guy eat it? If not, what right do you have to bully my Zhuangzi?
Li An's family of five nodded, they felt like they were in a dream.
Before the owner came back, they were terrified. They even didn't want to work anymore and didn't want to be paid.
When Dongzhu came back, they quickly signed an irrevocable contract and saw something they should not have seen.
With Dongzhu and without Dongzhu, their lives were different, and their moods were also different.
Now they were learning the rules from the maids, who did not look like they were trained by ordinary families.
"Li An, learn to read. You, your wife, and the three children should all learn." Zhou Gui ate a few mouthfuls of food and said to the five people.
"After signing the irrevocable contract, is it still useful to learn?" Li An looked at his thirteen-year-old son.
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