Liu Shu nodded and bowed, "Young Master's magic trick."

Chen Kang chuckled and said, "What a magical idea? I just thought that he came here alone during the New Year, or came on foot. Naturally, it was impossible to just pay New Year's greetings. Huang Sanyuan was originally a teahouse clerk, and it should be that the teahouse stopped asking him because of taxes. He wanted to come here to make a living."

Liu Shu nodded again and said, "Then..."

Chen Kang said: "Go and make him a pot of hot tea, get some snacks to fill his stomach, and then let him go to the front hall to wait for me."

Wei Wubai smiled and asked, "Young Master wants to keep him?"

Chen Kang smiled and said, "You can go to the craftsman to get the gyroscope in a few days. We will leave Suzhou Prefecture and be in front of you. Is this house still deserted?"

Wei Wubai said: "Young Master, please ask Huang Sanyuan to take care of the house?"

"Yeah." Chen Kang said: "His family is a local household, knowing the roots and being a good person. If he is willing to sell himself to me, I will keep him."

As a scholar, Chen Kang already has the right to be a slave. Although he does not like the behavior of buying and selling people, this is a guarantee for him and he will not treat others unfairly. For Huang Sanyuan now, isn’t this a good choice?

Liu Shu and Wei Wubai went out together, and Chen Kang bowed his desk again, trying to copy the words on this page.

Besides, Huang Sanyuan, after waiting in the ear room for a while, he saw Liu Shu and Wei Wubai coming back together. The two of them came in with tea and snacks.

Huang Sanyuan was already in a hurry. When he saw the two of them entering the door, he quickly stood up and bowed: "Brother Liu, Brother Wei." Then he reached out to pick up the things.

"Let me do it, let me do it."

Liu Shu smiled and said, "You sit down." Then he put down the tea and snacks and sat down himself.

Huang Sanyuan sat down again and said with a smile: "The style of your house's dim sum is something we have never seen before in Suzhou City."

Liu Shu said: "Young Master thinks that you are thirsty and hungry all the way. Let us prepare these, you can make your stomach first."

When Huang Sanyuan heard this, his stomach started to scream in a bad mood, a warm feeling rose in his heart, and a grateful expression on his face, saying, "It's hard for the young master to think about the little one." When he said this, his throat choked again.

Liu Shu poured tea for him, pushed the teacup in front of him, and asked, "What are the difficulties you have? Here are two of us brothers, so you can tell me. If you need the help of your master, we can also help you speak a few good words in front of your master."

Huang Sanyuan sighed deeply and said, "Hey! Brother Liu is worthy of being a person who has read books. He can see through it at a glance. I, I am really desperate."

As he said that, Huang Sanyuan's eyes turned red. He quickly raised his hand and wiped his eyes with his cuffs, saying, "I'll make you laugh."

Wei Wubai said, "You eat and say, don't cry."

Huang Sanyuan nodded gratefully, held the teacup in both hands, and took a sip of tea tremblingly. The teacup was placed on the table and said, "You are living outside the city, you don't know anything. The tax supervisor from Suzhou Prefecture sent from Beijing is going to be in chaos."

"Before he came, there were rumors that he would increase taxes. But I think that increasing taxes would also increase taxes for those machine owners and those big bosses, which had nothing to do with us, the common people, but after the tax increases, the store would naturally withhold our monthly silver, so I also held a little hatred for him."

"Who knew that a few days ago, the tax supervisor suddenly said that in addition to taxing, Suzhou Prefecture looms, three cents of silver were added to each machine, and three cents of silver were added to each piece of silk fabric. This was simply not a good life. A loom could weave fifteen pieces of cloth every month, and tax silver would take five cents. After deducting the effort and digging the original silk, it would only make five cents of silver. In ordinary families, five cents of silver would be considered a good income, but now the tax of three cents of silver was added, so the machine owner could only make two cents of silver. Two cents of silver!"

Huang Sanyuan smiled and said, "You two don't know that weaving fifteen pieces of cloth every month will cause tiring bad people, but you can only earn two cents of silver. If you continue to work, the money you earn is not enough to spend. But if you don't do it, it will be a pity. In the following days, the government issued a notice that all merchants will increase their tax by 20%. This will disrupt Suzhou Prefecture."

Wei Wubai asked, "Why is it in chaos?"

Huang Sanyuan said: "You think! Once the taxes are high, how can merchants be satisfied? Since they are tampering with goods, some are starting to be short of weight, and some are raising prices. People have already made less money. The price of rice and grain goods has become higher again, so how can they not be messed up?"

Wei Wubai nodded suddenly and said, "So that's it. This tax surveillance officer is too hateful!"

Huang Sanyuan quickly raised his hand and said, "Brother Wei is silent!"

Wei Wubai was slightly stunned, and Huang Sanyuan said, "It's okay to say this in the house. If someone hears it, I'm afraid it's going to cause trouble."

Huang Sanyuan paused, lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the eunuchs had fewer things, and their hearts were broken. If he caught the handle, he might be able to mess with others."

Having said this, Wei Wubai nodded and said, "I know, we don't cause disaster or cause trouble, and he can't find us."

Liu Shu smiled and continued, "There is a prosperous and wealthy place in Suzhou City. How could he bear to come to our wilderness and eavesdrop on it? Hahaha, don't worry about it, you two are all considered onions..."

Huang Sanyuan thought about it, and smiled and said, "The young master does not need anyone here these days, so I went back to the teahouse to work, but the shopkeeper said there was no business and he couldn't afford to hire anyone at all. I, I don't want to cause trouble for a good man like the young master. I spent half a day in the city, but no shop hired anyone. I was helpless when I was thinking about my parents, wife and children at home. I came to my house with shamelessness and wanted to ask the young master if I wanted someone to start."

Wei Wubai grinned and said, "You will find someone."

Huang Sanyuan said: "I, I know that the young master is kind."

Liu Shu said, "Don't joke with him." Then he looked at Huang Sanyuan and said, "You fill your stomach first, I'll go and ask the young master what he meant. If the young master lets you in later, you must know how to advance and retreat, don't let the young master get bored, don't make you live, and you will cut off your back. Think about the chaos in the city, but I don't know how long it will take. The wife, children and young masters at home have to eat. Do you remember?"

Huang Sanyuan quickly stood up and bowed: "Thank you, Brother Liu, thank you, Brother Liu! If the young master is willing to give me a way out, I will never dare to talk about any conditions. Don't worry!"

Liu Shu stood up, nodded, and said with his hands behind his back: "You are a smart person. You know you are so rude, so wait." As he said that, he looked at Wei Wubai and said, "Let's go."
Chapter completed!