"My emperor is wise, my emperor has no borders!" When everyone heard this will, some of them were sincerely happy, and some of them were smirking and calculating the gains and losses in their hearts, but they all knelt down again to thank the people of the world.

In this way, a turmoil completely disappeared, and he did not ask the emperor whether the nine clans of the Zhou family still wanted to distribute the frontier. After all, as an official in the same dynasty, the king is like a tiger, and no one can guarantee that he will not be bitten. At this time, keep your mouth shut, and if you are unlucky, you will naturally not worry about others falling into the well. This is the rule that cannot be seen or touched in officialdom...

The melodious music sounded again, and the dancers' waists twisted more cheerfully, and everyone raised their glasses from time to time to toast, coaxing the emperor's majesty to feel more and more happy. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the emperor remembered to inquire about the origin of the fruit when he was slightly drunk, so he took the hand of the king of Zhongshan and whispered, "Brother Wang has relieved the siege for me today, where did this fairy fruit come from?" ”

Although the king of Zhongshan is his own brother, it is rare to be so close to the emperor, and when he heard this, he told him how he was worried that he could not find a good gift, and how Concubine Liu shared his worries for him. Finally, he said with a smile, "It's all thanks to His Majesty's blessing, so the immortal fruit was actually born in the cold place of the Northland." ”

The emperor smiled even more happily and praised, "Brother Wang's words are wrong, Naqing County is a place of outstanding people, otherwise the emperor would not have built Bailu Academy there." ”

"In this way, this fruit may still be stained with the aura of books, can't you say that an idiot will become a genius if he eats one?" Seeing that their brother was talking lively, the queen also interjected to make fun, causing the emperor to laugh, "Haha, the queen is reasonable." Concubine Liu who found the fairy fruit should be rewarded, and Bailu Academy should also be rewarded! But what is there to enjoy? ”

The Empress Dowager said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the mourning family thinks that the reward is better than a reward." Concubine Liu was promoted to the rank of the palace without a shortage of gold and silver, and as for the academy, she was rewarded with a plaque and title, and everyone was happy. ”

"The queen mother is reasonable, then reward Concubine Liu for a one-quality fate, and often enter the palace to accompany the queen mother in the future. Bailu Academy will reward a plaque of 'the land is prosperous because of the people, and the literature is promoted by learning', how about it? ”

"Your Majesty is a talented person, and your Majesty is Longen." The King of Zhongshan took Concubine Liu to kneel down and thanked him, and several officials in the hall from Bailu Academy hurriedly thanked him when they heard this. For a time, the monarch and the ministers got along, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.

Dong Ping still didn't know that the auspicious fruits he brought not only earned money for his own family, but even earned a lot of face for the academy. He couldn't sleep well this night, tossing and turning, wondering if the fruit had been successfully delivered to the emperor. finally stayed up until dawn, and the two eye circles were as black as pandas.

Xizi knocked on the door and came in to serve, screaming in surprise, Dong Ping remembered that his sister often used a cold spoon to stick to his eyes, so he told Xizi to find some ice. Xizi smiled and hurriedly handed the cloth towel with water, and responded, "Young master, this is not home, but there is no place to find ice cubes." ”

Dong Ping laughed when he thought about it, his face was faintly proud, and said, "In addition to being prosperous in this Kyoto, the rest of the food is really not as convenient as at home." ”

Kiko nodded heavily, "That's it, I passed by the dim sum shop yesterday, and I deliberately ran in to take a look." There are only eight things, not even sugar shortbread, let alone mille-feuille cakes. If our wife opens a dim sum shop here, they will drink the northwest wind while keeping the top. ”

The two of them were talking lively, and they heard someone laughing outside the door, "A gentleman doesn't care about the rights and wrongs of a person, but Brother Dong Xian has broken his vows." ”

Xizi hurriedly ran to open the door, and saw Jin Beiwang standing outside the door with a smile. He changed into a stone blue silk shirt today, with a jasper hairpin on his head, and a folding fan in his hand, at first glance, he was more elegant than Dong Ping's talent.

Dong Ping threw down the cloth towel in his hand, and said with a smile as he stepped forward to salute, "How did Brother Jin find this small shop, but there is something?" ”

Jin Beiwang entered the room and sat at the desk, and said with a smile, "I got up early and came to greet Brother Xian, I didn't want to wait for a long time and didn't see you go out, so I had to come up and have a look." What, snooze last night? Kyoto finally lifted the curfew for three days, and tonight my brother will take you to the streets to enjoy the lights of thousands of homes. ”

Dong Ping quickly re-tied his hair in a bun, and sat at the table to pour warm tea for the guests, and then asked, "Didn't the period of holy life cancel the curfew for one day, how did it become three days?" ”

Jin Beiwang put away the folding fan and said with a smile, "You live here and don't go out, maybe you don't know yet." Last night, the king of Zhongshan offered four auspicious fruits as a birthday gift, and His Majesty Xià Sacred Heart was happy, and issued an amnesty to the world, and the whole city canceled the curfew for three days. Even the four drought-stricken state capitals in the south have to open warehouses to release grain and reduce taxes for two years, as long as the officials are not too greedy, the displaced people outside the city will not starve to death. ”

"Really?" Dong Ping's heart fell to the ground, and he was so happy that he said repeatedly, "That's great." ”

Jin Beiwang thought that he was kind-hearted and couldn't see the miserable situation of the displaced people outside the city, so he smiled and said, "The virtuous brother has a benevolent heart and admires my brother." Speaking of which, the auspicious fruit came from your Qingxian County, and His Majesty also rewarded an eight-character plaque from Bailu Academy, thinking that it was the literary style of the academy that flourished, and the mountains and rivers were contaminated with aura to produce auspicious fruits. ”

"The academy has also been rewarded? That's great! "It was not surprising for Dong Ping that his own fruit would take the lead in the Holy Birthday Gift, but the academy was rewarded, but it was a pure surprise to beat the rabbit with grass. I wonder how the gentlemen will feel when they receive this reward?

Xizi happened to pour water and came back, and when she heard that the academy had been rewarded, she asked one after another, "The academy also has rewards, so what about our wife, what did the emperor reward?" ”

Jin Beiwang patted him on the head with a smile and said teasingly, "You greedy boy, do you want the emperor to reward him from door to door?" That's an imperial reward, and not everyone can get it lightly. ”

"Why, that fruit was planted by our wife..."

"Kiko, shut up!"

Xizi was anxious to leak the news, although Dong Ping interrupted in time, but how could a shrewd person like Jin Beiwang not see the clues, and then think about the peculiarities of the words and deeds of several people in the Dong family in the past few days, he guessed a rough idea in his heart. No wonder he vaguely felt that Dong Ping and the others were not simple, it turned out that the auspicious fruits were sent to Kyoto by them.

"Brother Xian, that auspicious Rui fruit is another sister...?"

Dong Ping's mind quickly turned in circles, pondering that it was better to choose a day than to hit the day, and it was not bad to take this opportunity to have a showdown, so he got up and saluted Jin Beiwang, and said at the end, "Brother Jin is not strange, the younger brother is out and has a heavy treasure, so I really don't dare to say more." It's not that I deliberately conceal and guard against my brother, but I hope my brother won't be weird. ”

Jin Beiwang stretched out his hand to help him, but there was no blame on his face, "When you go out, be careful." However, the virtuous brother also knows that the brother is in the fruit business, and if the auspicious fruit is handed over to the brother to take care of, how can these rewards fall on the heads of outsiders. I can't say that I want to find more gold and silver for my virtuous brother, if I am lucky, I may even have a much wider future for the imperial examination. ”

Dong Ping shook his head and said with a smile, "Thank you brother for your kindness, but I am a scholar, and my fame is taken from the pen, so don't do those things that drill camps." ”

"You scholars, although sometimes it is inevitable that you are a little sour, but your arrogance is really admirable." Jin Beiwang smiled bitterly and comforted, "Fame is enough, there is no harm in having more gold and silver things." ”

Dong Ping smiled and said in a low voice, "How does my brother know that I have lost my money? Haven't my brother heard about throwing bricks and leading jade? ”

Jin Beiwang frowned and pondered for a moment, and at the end of his eyes burst out with a ball of essence, and exclaimed, "Could it be that there is more than one set of auspicious fruits?" ”

Dong Ping didn't answer, turned his head and told Xizi who was waiting on the side, "Go and ask Steward Zhang to come over with the fruit box, and say it's time to talk about business." ”

"Yes, young master." Xizi consciously got into trouble, and she couldn't wait to make up for it immediately. At this time, I heard the master's order to hurry up and run next door to find Steward Zhang, who heard Jin Beiwang's visit, and took out two wooden boxes from the box under the bed early and waited.

The two entered the house one after the other, and Steward Zhang saw the salute, and when he looked up, he reached out and opened the box when he saw Dong Ping's signal. Jin Beiwang turned around the handwritten fruit for a long time, and finally couldn't help but reach out and touch it, and then exclaimed, "This is really the name of auspiciousness, and there are such miracles in the world." The virtuous brother's family has accumulated virtue and done good deeds for many generations, and God gave this fruit to him. ”

Dong Ping thought of the many "Fulu Suxi" that he had eaten into his stomach, and couldn't help laughing. But no matter how close he got along with Jin Beiwang, he couldn't tell his sister's secret, so he diverted the conversation and said, "I went to walk around my brother's shop that day just to find an opportunity, and I didn't want to seriously get acquainted with my brother, so I was very convinced." There is an old saying in our farmhouse that fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders. If my brother doesn't dislike this business, let's discuss what to do with the remaining two sets of fruits, okay? ”

How could Jin Beiwang refuse such a good thing that has all the benefits and no harm, he has already calculated how to operate in his heart in order to earn back more gold and silver, and even raise his reputation for fruit to a higher level.

"Okay, brother Xian, it's not polite for my brother. You are a scholar, it is not good to be contaminated with the smell of copper, go out for a walk if the weather is fine today, I will discuss business matters with Manager Zhang, you just wait for the full load. ”

These words were exactly what Dong Ping wanted, he quickly got up and saluted, and said with a smile, "Then it's hard brother." After saying this, he pushed the box to Steward Zhang's side again, and saw Steward Zhang bow down to take it, so he took Xizi out of the door.

For a while, there were only two people left in the house, Steward Zhang and Jin Beiwang, although they had to take care of the friendship with Dong Ping, but the businessman was still the word "profit". The two sat on both sides of the desk, and after a war of words, they decided to divide the two into eight. In the end, we discussed how to build momentum and how to raise the price, and in the end they were all satisfied.

didn't mention how Steward Zhang and Jin Beiwang were, but said that Dong Ping took Xizi out, didn't go to the bookstore or visited the cloth village, and just found a lively restaurant to ask for a table of good dishes. If it was a weekday, Xizi would have sat down with a smile and accompanied the master to eat, but today when he saw the master's cold face, he was very worried in his heart, and he honestly stood aside and served.

Dong Ping didn't ask him to sit down, he just ate the food so slowly, and occasionally commented on it. It wasn't until he put down his chopsticks after eating that he asked coldly, "Xizi, do you know it's wrong?" ”