Chapter 96: Fighting against piracy in the Ming Dynasty

As the Ming Dynasty's spy system, the branches of the Jinyiwei were spread all over the world, and there was also a Thousand Household Office in Xuanfu Town. This Thousand Household Office is not far from Xie Hong's new home, just on the East Street of Zhonglou Street. Although Xie Hong had a Thousand Household Office in his name, he had never been to this Thousand Household Office.

Seeing that October is about to pass, it is a little closer to the year. In the eyes of outsiders, it should be the solemn and cold Jinyiwei Qianhu House, but the atmosphere is very relaxed at this moment.

"I said to Lao Liu, I heard that you went to Houdefang a few days ago. How is it there? Is it as good as the legends outside?"

"Bah, what a big deal!" Old Liu said angrily: "I passed before dawn. I was queued outside for a whole morning and almost froze to death. It was finally my turn, but the bullshit teahouse said it was closed and it would not continue to open in the afternoon. Isn't this a scam?"

"Tsk tsk, Lao Liu, you are too stupid. We are the Jinyiwei! You are showing off your brand, and see who dares to let you line up."

"Stop talking nonsense, do you know who those who are queuing up? The generals, the ranks, and the big families in the city are all queuing there. You call me a good sign? The rank is almost the same."

"No, those adults are just waiting in line outside? Can the wolf eat grass instead?"

"Don't believe it, kid. I wonder if Hou Defang's boss has a good relationship with Mr. Zeng? He is the Minister of Works and the first-class central official..."

"Li Qianhu, you are very comfortable in Xuanfu." When the Jinyiwei was chatting, the gate was suddenly pushed open, and a gust of cold wind was poured in, which made everyone in the room shudder. After hearing the people's words, the Jinyiwei was even more furious. Just as they were about to get up and scold, they saw their Qianhu suddenly rolling down from the Grand Master's chair, quickly greeted him, and smiled flatteringly:

"The lower-ranking official Li Ying, when he met Qian Tongzhi, he was in trouble and welcomed him. I hope the Lord will forgive him."

Qian Tongzhi and several Jinyiwei were all taking a breath of air. In the Jinyiwei system, Tongzhi was the second most important figure in the commander. Moreover, this surname is Qian, is it that person...

"It's okay, I'm in a hurry, so I didn't inform you first." Qian Ning waved his hand casually and sat on the chair in the middle. His followers lined up on both sides with the hilt of the knife.

After coming forward to see Li, Li Qianhu and several Jinyiwei were worried. Qian Tongzhi came so anxiously, could there be any major case in Xuanfu? But no, although the brothers have been a little lazy recently, they are staring at everything they should be watching. There is no case in Xuanfu City.

There are quite a lot of words to say, but when you are in a border town, if you don’t let those officials get some from the military pay, then who is willing to become an official? And if you want to arrest him, I’m afraid that the officials of Xuanfu will have to change them.

"Your surname is Liu, right? I asked you, what you said just now is true?" Qian Ning's sharp eyes turned around several people, and finally fell on Lao Liu.

"Yes... I dare not deceive the adults." Old Liu was startled and had no idea why Lord Qian was interested in a teahouse. Is the owner of that teahouse planning to rebel? It is really rare to open a teahouse to gather people to rebel. Lao Liu thought about it and added: "However, Hou Defang's business has become worse in recent days..."

"Oh?" Qian Ning's eyes flashed.

"Report to the master," Lao Liu was a little furious when he stared at him, and his cold sweat came down. "In the first few days, there were crowds of people in front of Defang. Other teahouses were jealous, so they sent someone to copy the commentary book, and asked the painter to draw the same in his shop. Finally, he hired a musician... I learned the inside and out of Houdefang, so..."

"So that's it." Qian Ning shook his head slightly. Old Liu looked at it, but found that Lord Qian seemed a little disappointed. He was also a good player in observing his expressions and said quickly: "However, there are still many people who are unwilling to go to other places, mainly because of the piano. The music played by the piano is completely different from other instruments, and has fascinated many people."

"Oh? Keep saying it out, say everything you know."

"Yes, yes. Also, Hou Defang's boss also thought of a way and said that after the previous jokes from the Three Kingdoms ended, there will be new jokes soon..."

"It's interesting..." Qian Ning heard it for a while, then suddenly smiled and ordered: "You will take a seat tomorrow. I will go to Houdefang in person."

"This..." Old Liu was very embarrassed. He thought, but is that position so easy to occupy?

"Don't worry, I've kept it on the lower lord. Xiaguan has a VIP brand from Houdefang, so I can guarantee that I can have a seat for the adults..."

Li Qianhu was energetic and patted his chest to get the job done. The other Jinyiwei felt a little whispered: I knew how to flatter me. Usually, my brothers and this stingy guy borrowed this brand as if they had killed him. They refused to borrow anything. They were really a sloppy person...

"VIP brand, what is that?"

"Sir, I don't know about this Houdefang..." Li Qianhu explained in detail: "...The brand is only 150 yuan in total. Now it is not easy to spend a lot of money to buy one. Xiaguan only spent twenty taels of silver to buy it!"

"Didn't it mean that Hou Defang's popularity has declined? Why is this brand still so valuable?"

"The key is that piano. I don't know where the instrument came from. It's really amazing. Most of the people who go to other teahouses can't wait to queue up or don't like listening to music. Anyone who likes music will go to other places, let alone Houdefang will have a new joke tomorrow, and many people are looking forward to it..." Li Qianhu is a regular guest, but he knows much more clearly than Lao Liu.

"It's interesting, it's really interesting." Qian Ning touched his chin and whispered to himself: "Xie Hong, he is indeed a wonderful person."

The wonderful man Xie Hong is now worried. He did not expect that there were pirated copies in the Ming Dynasty. The pirated copies came in a fierce manner. Not only was the speed not worse than later generations, but it was also more blatant. Later generations had relevant laws and regulations to deal with pirated copies. The Ming Dynasty people had no awareness at all. Mr. Luo wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, not only did he have no royalties, but he also had to pay to print the book himself.

Not to mention that there is no law to restrict it, even if there is one, it is useless. Isn’t it that piracy is rampant in later generations? If it weren’t for the killer weapon of piano, Hou Defang would have been reduced to an ordinary teahouse, so Xie Hong had a headache.

The jokes from the Three Kingdoms are almost finished. After all, no matter how nonsense Ma Ang can make a fuss, there are only so many plots and the fight scenes cannot be repeated all the time. Xie Hong decided to change to a new story. A new story cannot defeat him, but according to the previous pattern, the new story must be matched with new lyrics.

Because he wrote the previous rolling water of the Yangtze River and hummed a song for Ling'er to record it, this time, everyone unanimously placed their hopes on him, so Xie Hong was upset and expressed great pressure. Brother is just a craftsman, so how could he write lyrics and compose music? In later TV dramas, only the theme song of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms can be shown, and the others...

Hehe, otherwise we would better sing "Listen to Mom" ​​and Xie Hong patted his forehead, very depressed.

"Brother Hong, don't worry, like a little old man. Anyway, you're idle, make music boxes for Yue'er and Qing'er." Another factor that made Xie Hong bothered her jumped out. Although Yue'er's little girl is quite cute and her voice is very pleasant, she is pestered to ask for things every day, so Xie Hong felt that she was very big.

"Yue'er, Brother Hong is busy, don't quarrel..." Qing'er is still sensible, but Brother Hong is not a special name for Qing'er, why is the little girl so generous?

"Qing'er, you don't understand it now. Grandma often said when she was alive that the more trouble she was, the more she had to laugh. Look at Yue'er, she laughed every day. Qing'er, you laughed, Qing'er laughed, Yue'er looked at each other..." When Yue'er's little mouth was chattering, Xie Hong also forgot his worries. It sounded funny. Yue'er wouldn't be a chatterbox in the future, haha... No, laugh, yes, how could you forget this? There is a way. Xie Hong's eyes lit up suddenly and he jumped up, "Ha, Qing'er is indeed my lucky star, well, Yue'er is also good. When I have time in the future, I will make a music box for you, haha..." He left with a smile, going to find Ling'er and the chatterbox.

"Qing'er, look, there will be good things when you smile." Yue'er was very proud and shook her little head and said.

"Yue'er, you are so awesome. Brother Hong was happy in an instant." Qing'er's reason for being happy was not much the same as Yue'er, but the two little girls still competed for it.

"Yes, right, grandma said that Yue'er is the smartest."

"You're really making a song! There are also lyrics..." Ling'er was surprised. She was not fully familiar with the piano, so it was still difficult to compose a song in a targeted manner, not to mention that she didn't know how to write lyrics at first, so she could only ask Xie Hong to find a way.

Ling'er had no confidence in Xie Hong. Although he created the rolling Yangtze River, the country slang songs he usually hummed with strange and unspeakable tunes were really too ugly. Especially the last time he tuned the piano... Ling'er couldn't help feeling embarrassed when she remembered it.

But now, Xie Hong actually hummed another song, which was actually very beautiful and the lyrics were very good. Ling'er was a little confused. Can frequent humming of slang music improve musical attainments?

"This story is very good! It's more interesting than the story of the Three Kingdoms. Well, it's very consistent with the lyrics..." Ma Ang listened to Xie Hong telling the story. After listening to it for a while, he was also amazed.

"Of course, I don't look at who I am? Otherwise, how could I be the chairman, haha." Xie Hong didn't know what was going on with him. He usually remembered to keep a low profile, but in front of Ling'er, he always wanted to leave the signs.

I won’t like this girl Ling’er, right? No, no, I am a serious man. Don’t look at him or her inappropriately. I can’t do that kind of harassing subordinates and employees.

"Then let's settle it like that, right?"

"Um."

"No problem, just leave it to me, Ma Ang, please feel relieved. Mr. Xie, please know..."

Instead of harassing his subordinates, he was harassed by his subordinates. Xie Hong ended up having to retreat. There was no way, Mr. Ma's verbal offensive was really terrible.
Chapter completed!