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Chapter 309 Learn about the Jingzhou Prison

"What spirit? Is it the spirit that smelled fragrant a while ago?"

"Wow, that strong wine tastes really good! After drinking it once, I can't get enough of it..."

"Oh, this brother actually drank that strong wine? You are a fellow! It's just that there are too many people who come to Wenxiang to eat every day, and it's hard to find a drink!"

As soon as Zhou Quan finished speaking, there was a lot of discussion below, some praised and others regretted...

Zhou Quan pressed his hands down, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said with a smile: "Many of you must have already drank the strong wine in our restaurant, so I don't need to go into details about how it tastes! You must have seen it just now. The prince brought so many people here because he thought the spirits in our restaurant were good, so he specially bought a cart to go back!"

"Wow~"

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar. Everyone saw the prince bringing so many people here before, and thought that the boss of "Wen Xianglai" had offended the prince. They didn't expect the prince to come here to buy a carload of spirits. ...

But this also shows the charm of that spirit!
To be able to drink the same wine as the Tang prince, wow, I am very excited just thinking about it!

"My little brother, it's good to smell strong wine, but there are too many people here every day, and you can't drink it if you want to!"

Someone complained below.

Unlike in Liangzhou where spirits are considered expensive, Jingzhou is the capital of the emperor, and the people are rich and well-off. The price is not a big problem for them, but this "smelling fragrance" can only pretend to be a drink every day. Hundreds of people, others can't drink even if they have money!

So after the man finished speaking, everyone immediately echoed him.

Seeing this, Zhou Quan was overjoyed, but on the surface he continued calmly: "Our shopkeeper already knows about the problems you mentioned. After careful consideration by our shopkeeper, we have decided to open another restaurant nearby. When the time comes, the two restaurants will Everyone can come, as long as there is enough spirits, everyone agrees?"

"it is good!"

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Not far from the imperial palace, in Prince Xiang's Mansion.

A young man about 20 years old is standing in the study room, using a brush to write on the rice paper in one go, and then put down the brush, looking carefully.

This young man was about the same age as Zhang Twelve, and a few years younger than the prince, but his face was not much different from the prince's, except that the prince's expression was more arrogant, while this man's temperament was much more refined.

This person is the other adult prince of the Tang Dynasty besides the crown prince—the second prince, King Xiang!

A young servant dressed as a servant hurried in from the outside. He wanted to say something, but he saw that King Xiang was writing, so he didn't speak. When King Xiang finished writing, he took a look and said: "Your Highness This word has improved a lot!"

To be honest, although this character cannot be compared with Zhang Twelve's "plagiarized" Wang Xizhi's running script, it has its own characteristics, and it is really outstanding among its peers!
But the man was not moved by the servant's praise, he read the words on the rice paper, and read: "You are beautiful, just like Qing Yang! Compared with this word, the word Benwang is nothing to mention, no It's worth mentioning!"

The young servant immediately answered, "Isn't this the same song that General Zhang Yizhang, the eldest grandson of Duke Wei, wrote at the East Palace banquet yesterday?"

King Xiang nodded and said: "This Zhang Yi, although I have never met him, I have a feeling of sympathy in poetry. A few days ago, when the king went to the palace, he met Huang Jie and heard her talk about this piece of paper. The poems that Yi wrote in the imperial garden that day are not as good as those of the three princes of Wu! Hehe, the emperor wants to find a mob like Li Xiangbai to humiliate him, it is simply extremely stupid!"

Thinking of how the prince was slapped in the face in front of everyone, King Xiang smiled naturally.

Seeing this, the young man immediately said: "Your Highness, I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince has suffered from General Zhang again!"

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Hearing this, King Xiang immediately became interested, put down the brush in his hand, took the towel handed over by the boy, wiped his hands, sat on the chair, and asked with interest.

"Your Highness, it's like this..."

Although only a few people know what happened between Zhang Twelve and the prince, everyone in the East Palace knew about the prince's rage after returning to the East Palace. Boy, so this news is still easy to find out!
After hearing what the boy said, King Xiang stood up again excitedly: "This Zhang Yi is not only excellent in poetry, but also courageous and resourceful. The emperor is used to being arrogant and domineering in Jingzhou City on weekdays. Someone should teach him a lesson." Teach him a lesson! If you become an emperor in the future, how can such a virtue be worthy of great responsibility!"

Speaking of this, King Xiang sighed heavily...

The young servant obviously guessed the meaning of the master, and immediately continued the conversation, saying: "Your Highness is absolutely right! Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, all these monarchs have been wise monarchs. When it comes to wiseness, among the princes, there is no Only His Majesty can bear this name!"

"Shut up! Don't talk nonsense, be careful that the walls have ears!"

King Xiang blamed the boy, but his eyes were full of hope.

"Zhang Yi is indeed a talent. After he came to Jingzhou, whether it was fighting Yang Zexin, Luo Zhiyuan, or the current conflict with the crown prince, he was the one who benefited, and people couldn't fault him. This person, It can be reused!"

King Xiang loves talent, and when he talked about Zhang Twelve, he became a little excited!
"Your Highness, since you appreciate him so much, why don't you invite him to the palace now?"

The boy asked tentatively.

"it is good--"

As soon as he opened his mouth, King Xiang changed his mind again: "No, you go and prepare the carriage, I want to pay a visit in person to show my sincerity!"

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Seeing the approving voices erupting from the crowd, Zhou Quan felt elated, and Zhang Twelve was also very happy to see this scene in the hall of "Wen Xiang Lai", and he was very grateful to the prince: he is really a good man!Not only came to send money, but also advertised for his new restaurant for free, such a kind person, the conscience of the industry...

But shopkeeper Zhu stared at Zhou Quan's back, but his face was gloomy for a while!
In the restaurant before, in order to be lazy, he saw that this Zhouquan was a little clever, the most important thing was literacy, so if he came late or didn't want to move one day, he asked this kid to come to the counter to watch, and slowly he discovered , the servants in this restaurant are very obedient to him!

At that time, he didn't pay much attention to it, but today when he saw Zhou Quan coming down the stairs with Zhang Twelve, he felt a "thump" in his heart, feeling bad.

Sure enough, just now Zhang Twelve kicked him out and told him to "get out", but he deliberately let Zhouquan in. What was he trying to do, to promote Zhouquan and suppress himself?
The more shopkeeper Zhu thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he sighed: It's really a tiger!
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Seeing people swarming in from outside, Zhang Twelve also came to the wing room on the third floor again from the lobby, already thinking about how to deal with the shopkeeper Zhu.

In fact, since the day he entered "Wenxianglai" for the first time, he didn't have a good impression of the shopkeeper Zhu. Apart from his dog's eyes, he is also a grasshopper. Whoever has money and power will follow him!
But when he first took over the "Wenxianglai", he didn't have time to take care of it, and Qin Yutong couldn't get started right away, so he let shopkeeper Zhu keep working. The few times he came here later, he saw that shopkeeper Zhu's performance was quite diligent. At that time, I still thought about keeping him, after all, I am a veteran...

What really made him want to get rid of shopkeeper Zhu was the first time he met the prince. Shopkeeper Zhu knew that the prince was upstairs and deliberately didn't tell him. Instead, he winked at Yang Zexin. He decided that day that this person must be removed!

A dog can't change eating shit, it's a perfect description of Shopkeeper Zhu!
Today's matter, he is even more picky, if he is not here, why can't he let the prince take away all the spirits?
Zhang Twelve had to wonder, he was able to do this today, did he usually send things to his house?
Very likely!

No, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He originally planned to wait for Qin Yutong to come back and then deal with it together, but he couldn't wait any longer. Now he opened the door and went downstairs...

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"Zhouquan, come here!"

Standing in the box behind the counter, the shopkeeper Zhu shouted with an unkind expression.

Zhou Quan is not afraid of shopkeeper Zhu anymore, because he feels that the boss behind the scenes appreciates him enough, and shopkeeper Zhu in front of him should be worried about the future. After entering the box, he said calmly, "Shopkeeper Zhu, what's the matter?"

"Come on, check all your accounts for this period of time. There are not many accounts. I will see the results in half an hour. If you are right or wrong, I will ask you!"

Shopkeeper Zhu held back his anger, no matter how he looked at Zhou Quan, he was not pleasing to the eye, this was deliberately finding an excuse to tease him, hehe, if he can't finish it, let him go!
After finishing speaking, he threw a thick stack of ledgers in front of Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan looked at the ledger, let alone half an hour, half a day would be enough for him to finish it!This person surnamed Zhu is determined to embarrass himself!
"Back to shopkeeper Zhu, the younger one is just an errand and miscellaneous job, and the work of settling accounts is not the responsibility of the younger one!"

Zhou Quan replied neither humble nor overbearing.

"Oh? Then how do you do the math?"

Shopkeeper Zhu squinted his eyes, but he was very happy in his heart, thinking that if you refuse, just wait for you to refuse, otherwise, how can labor and management have any reason to mess with you?
"It turned out that the little one was helping shopkeeper Zhu, but the shopkeeper Zhu didn't give the little one more monthly money. Now, the little one doesn't want to help!"

"Hehe, Zhouquan, you are so courageous! If you dare to refuse to do what the shopkeeper tells you to do, don't you want to do it?"

Zhou Quan was not afraid of him, he said forcefully, "I'm afraid that shopkeeper Zhu has the final say on whether you should do it or not?"

"You—hehe, you're fine, you think I can't control you if your wings are hardened, right? I'll tell you right now, you've been fired! Besides, you don't have your share of this month's money!"

Shopkeeper Zhu said with a sinister smile.

"You—why? The owner of this restaurant is Mr. Zhang!"

"Mr. Zhang? How many times have you seen Mr. Zhang come to the restaurant on weekdays? I have the final say on the matter of this restaurant! If I tell you to leave, you have to leave! Besides, I won't give you the monthly money! Haha, you How can it be?"

Shopkeeper Zhu laughed "haha", especially when he saw Zhou Quan's helpless face, he felt happier: Huh, fight with me, you are still a little tender!
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"Who is this telling to get out?"

Zhang Twelve came down from upstairs, and when he came to the counter, he happened to listen to the conversation between the two people in the box. He hated this shopkeeper Zhu even more, and dared to open him?Labor and management will fire you first today!

Seeing that it was Zhang Twelve who came down, Zhou Quan's eyes turned red with disappointment, and he opened his mouth and said to Zhang Twelve: "Young Master Zhang—"

"Mr. Zhang, it's like this! This Zhou Quan is usually lazy, but just now I asked him to do something and he found all kinds of reasons to shirk it. It is a disaster for the restaurant to keep this kind of servant! That's why I planned to let him go. Restaurant!"

Before Zhou Quan could say anything, he was interrupted by shopkeeper Zhu. He didn't dare to let Zhou Quan talk too much. After he finished speaking, he felt that it was not enough, so he added: "Mr. Zhang, you are busy with things every day, and the business of this restaurant is left to you. The old man is fine, the old man has been in the industry for many years, you can rest assured!"

Hehe, tell you to give me the restaurant?

Zhang Twelve sneered twice, and said sharply, "Shut up!"

"Forehead……"

Having been yelled at twice by this young man in the morning, shopkeeper Zhu's mood became even more unbeautiful, but there was a difference between master and servant, so he didn't dare to speak anymore...

"Zhouquan, tell me what's going on?"

Zhou Quan nodded, and then told what happened just now, thinking in his heart that he has completely torn face with this shopkeeper Zhu today, and he will never die in the future. , because I have also been in touch with the account book these days, I found that the spirits in the wine cellar will lose a few catties every day! Last night, the villain saw with his own eyes that shopkeeper Zhu left the restaurant with two catties in his arms!"

"You - spewing blood!"

As soon as he finished speaking, shopkeeper Zhu's veins bulged, his face flushed as if he had eaten a fly, and he pointed at Zhou Quan and said angrily.

"Zhouquan, what you say is groundless, but has anyone else seen it?"

Zhang Twelve actually believed it, but with an old fox like shopkeeper Zhu, how could he be convinced without proof?

"Mr. Zhang, the villain followed shopkeeper Zhu all the way, and found that he went to a small shop at Qianjiekou with spirits in his arms, and then went to a few people. Some of those people were under Mr. Yang's subordinates, and the other two were It's the two people next to the prince today!"

Zhou Quan only realized after entering the house just now that those two people were the attendants of the prince last night, and after he said it, he added again: "If Mr. Zhang doesn't believe it, you can go to that small shop and ask the shopkeeper, shopkeeper Zhu Have you ever gone over with a strong drink!"

What Zhou Quan said was categorical, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was not lying, so Zhang Twelve said to shopkeeper Zhu: "Shopkeeper Zhu, if you admit it yourself, we can talk about everything, and if I find it out—hehe, Jingzhou You can understand it in the prison!"

Shopkeeper Zhu was already panicked when he heard Zhou Quan's report, and then there was such a detailed process, and he even told who he drank with, his soul was already frightened away...

So when Zhang Twelve said the words "Jingzhou Prison", he knelt down on the ground with a "plop", put his head on the ground and begged for mercy, "Mr. Take it out secretly, Mr. Zhang thinks that the villain is the first offender, please spare the villain!"

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