In the small courtyard of the Sanjin Guild Hall.

Facing everyone's secret criticism, Zhang Siwei was annoyed.

This matter was originally simple, just to let Zhao Hao do a multiple-choice question, and show that he was angry with Huang Tingtui before. Who would have thought that kid would actually persuade Shao Fang to retreat with his backhand, and give them a problem upside down.

"I think Zhao Hao is bluffing." Zhang Siwei calmed down and said coldly: "For him, the most important thing is shipping. The risk of failure in this court meeting is something that he and the entire Jiangnan Group cannot afford. Why did he dare to say that he would go over us to make peace with Xin Zheng Gong? If he can't pass this time, what qualifications does he have to represent the entire Jiangnan? ”

"Hmm." The old Xi'er couldn't help nodding, yes, without the eight votes of them and Huguang, what would Zhao Hao do to win the court discussion? This cannot be solved, and everything is false.

Huo Ji, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said faintly from the side: "I heard that their people are stepping up lobbying, and it seems that they plan to get a few more votes to make up for the loss of our eight votes." ”

"What the hell is that!" Han Ji couldn't help but sneer: "It's all here at this point, the attitude of each family has been finalized, who can reverse the situation?" ”

"Anything can happen until the last minute." Yang Bo reminded lightly and asked Zhang Siwei: "Ziwei, what are you going to do next?" ”

Zhang Siwei saw sweat on his forehead, he knew that Yang Bo was obedient to his words, but he was actually testing himself to see if he had the ability to take over.

He groaned slightly, calmed down and said, "No matter what, since he has responded to the battle, we naturally can't shrink our heads." ”

"Could it be that you really plan to win them?" Wang Guoguang sighed and said: "The whole Jiangnan is looking forward to shipping, if we mess up the yellow for him, this beam will be too big." ”

"yes." Everyone nodded. Everyone is a businessman, and it is not possible to do anything that harms others and is not beneficial to oneself.

The old Xi'er all looked at Yang Bo, but Yang Tianguan looked at Zhang Siwei with a beard.

Zhao Hao's reaction was indeed unexpected, making it extremely difficult to deal with the situation of taking the initiative all of a sudden. But the more times like this, the more you can see the determination and judgment of the leader.

Zhang Siwei had no choice but to be extremely cautious and said: "Indeed, there is no need to take millet from the fire for Caoyun's people. However, since Zhao Gongzi has made up his mind to compete with us, we can't be cowardly. They must understand that they can't do it without us! ”

~~

At about the same time, all kinds of colorful lights have been lit up one after another.

The green buildings of each restaurant are brilliantly lit, competing for beauty, and the entire lamp market is dressed up as a vast galaxy. Among them, the most dazzling is still the taste of the capital with Aoshan lanterns.

Inside the luxury bag on the fourth floor.

Xu Wenbi, the Duke of Dingguo, and Zhu Shimao, who was crooked in his neck, were entertaining two Cantonese officials, and Father-in-law Ji and Tang Youde were accompanying them.

The two officials, one is Chen Shaoru, the right attendant of the household department, and the other is Ye Mengxiong, the superintendent of Shandong Province, are the voting ministers of this court meeting.

The two nobles soaked in the yamen of the people's house, spent a day, and finally invited them to eat after the two got off work.

In fact, it is said that the vote is about to be held, and the two ministers should avoid suspicion at this time. But first, they are really annoyed, and second, since they dare to come, they have made up their minds and will not vote for shipping, so naturally they don't need to avoid suspicion.

Sure enough, even though the four of them wore out their mouths, the two of them were still unmoved, and only bowed their heads and ate the vegetables. Especially Ye Yushi, the first time he came back, the taste was very fresh, but he had to have a good time.

Seeing that all the good things were said, it still didn't help, Xu Wenbi's son-in-law had a temper, and he pulled the tablecloth violently. With a clattering sound, wine glasses, jugs, and dishes fell to the ground. On the table, the cups and plates were messy, and the vegetable soup flowed sideways, splashing two Guangdong officials.

The two were a little frightened, and their chopsticks were hanging in the air and they didn't know what to do.

"Grandpa has something to say, what is this doing?" Chen Shilang was nervous and brought out all the Cantonese.

"If you don't let us eat this mouthful, you don't want to eat it!" Zhu Shimao tilted his neck to the other side and squinted at the human: "Don't think we don't know about the immoral things you Cantonese have done!" ”

"I don't understand what you're talking about." Ye Mengxiong sneered, this future artillery expert of the Ming Dynasty, his courage is naturally very comparable.

"Then let you understand!" With a wave of his hand, Father Ji threw a thick cowhide envelope in front of the two.

Chen Shilang and Ye Mengxiong opened the envelope puzzled, took out a thick stack of letterheads, and looked at it. The two couldn't help but change their faces, it turned out that it was the Guangdong smuggling records that the factory guards had detected over the years, and there was even evidence that officials were sitting on the ground to share the spoils.

Dongchang Admiral Feng Gonggong is a member of the board of supervisors of Xishan Company, so it is natural to provide some black materials from Guangdong. What's more, there are too many black spots in Guangdong......

The two of them were sweaty on their foreheads, but their psychological quality was quite good, of course, the main thing was that this black material had nothing to do with them.

In fact, Feng Bao has Chen Shaoru's black materials in his hands. A certain former Nanjing household right waiter can wipe his butt of shit and can't wipe it clean. What's more, he is still the right attendant of the household department in Beijing.

However, Zhao Hao told them not to take it out, otherwise it would hurt their feelings too much. There is no need to offend a right servant of the household department like this.

It's better to talk about this kind of black material that has nothing to do with them.

Of course, the deterrent effect is limited.

The two of them fixed their minds and said to the four of them: "I left Guangdong in my early years and came to Beijing, four thousand miles away, to be an official." If you are unfamiliar with the people and things in your hometown, I am afraid it is useless to ask us for verification. This thing is more appropriate to send to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, right? ”

"Good! Attaboy! Xu Wenbi applauded and smiled: "I lack two such honest and selfless good officials!" Just do what you say! ”

"Okay, there's nothing else, we'll take our leave first." Everyone has lifted the dinner table, and Chen Shaoru and Ye Mengxiong don't need to endure it anymore. Anyway, no matter how hot this material is? Smuggling in Guangdong has been rampant for at least sixty or seventy years, and who in the imperial court does not know?

But what do you know? Successive Guangdong officials, local gentry and wealthy businessmen, one is counted as one, and none of them are clean. Lingnan is high and the emperor is far away, and the chaos is rampant, how can the imperial court investigate? Who dares to check? Aren't you afraid of being captured by pirates?

Moreover, this material was taken out by the eunuchs, so they were even less worried. If it could be checked, Dongchang would have started it a long time ago, so why use it to scare people?

So the two of them had no fear and went straight out.

But after listening to the Houding Guogong, he said quietly: "We will hand it over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate tomorrow, and then get Hai Rui to Guangdong to be the governor!" ”

"You, you, don't you want this!" The two of them seemed to have been immobilized, and they didn't dare to take a step out.

"Let's go, what are you doing here?" Xu Wenbi sneered.

"If you have something to say, grandpa......" Chen Shaoru put on a smiling face, and Ye Yushi no longer looked like oil and salt were not entering.

~~

Zhao's Hutong Zhao Mansion, Zhao Hao slept until the next day.

I still have a headache when I wake up in the morning, and my whole person is not in the right state.

Under Qiaoqiao's service, he washed and dressed, and went to the main courtyard to eat with the old man with a wooden head.

Zhao Liben had already finished breakfast, drinking tea to eliminate food, and reading the newspaper with glasses.

"Better?" Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Zhao Hao coming in, and the old man asked with a smile.

"I'm still dizzy and bitter in my mouth," Zhao Hao sat down depressedly and swore "I'll never drink it again." ”

"Hahaha, the old man has said this hundreds of times, and each time it is only until the next drink." Zhao Liben laughed, looked at Zhao Hao with satisfaction, and said: "Man, wine and wealth are the same, take your time, boy." ”

Listening to Qiaoqiao, she secretly rolled her eyes, did her heart say like words, like words? Is there such an education for grandchildren?

"The people who went out last night have all come back, and they didn't wake you up when they saw that you were so drunk." Zhao Liben took off his glasses and put down his residence to report: "The lobbying situation is mixed. ”

"How?" Zhao Hao took the millet porridge served by Qiaoqiao, took a sip, and sure enough, it was neither cold nor hot, just in his throat.

"Let's talk about the two of them in Laizhou and Qingzhou, Shandong, Zheng Kaiyang broke it up with them, and the two of them agreed." Zhao Liben held the tea cup in his hand and said slowly: "In fact, during the dredging during the Jiajing period, the banks of the Jiaolai River flourished for a while, but in the next year, the estuary was silted up and boats could not be sailed, and those towns that relied on the canal fell into ruin. Many rich people have lost their money, and the vitality of the whole Jiaolai has been greatly damaged. So they all admit that we have a point, and Jiaolai River can't be counted on. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hao nodded and listened to his grandfather's continuation.

"But after Jiang Tingyi, the governor of Shandong, entered Beijing, he had already visited these officials from Shandong, asked them to be supportive, and promised some benefits such as tax reductions and exemptions." Zhao Liben sneered and said: "As soon as the Jiaolai River is passed, Jiang Zhongcheng's political achievements will be in hand." When Gao Sheng leaves Shandong, he doesn't care whether the people live or die. ”

"And what is the attitude of the two of them?" Zhao Hao asked softly.

"I'm embarrassed." Zhao Liben sighed and said: "They all understand the truth here. But I didn't want to offend the feudal officials in my hometown. Second, it's not easy to explain to the people in my hometown...... For many years, the people of Jiaodong have been suffering from no freight channel, and many people still want to bet on the Jiaolai River, maybe this time they can hold on for many years. ”

"However, the conditions we gave, they are very excited, and the same is true of the one in Liaodong. If they really have three seaports and guarantee 200 ships a year, what else do they need from the Jiaolai River? It doesn't matter if you fall out with the governor. ”

Zhao Liben took the cigarette holder that the maid had installed and put it in his mouth, and the maid lit a paper medium smoked with sandalwood and lit a cigarette for the old lady.

Meimei took a puff of cigarette, and Zhao Liben said: "However, such a big matter, you can't believe it as soon as you say it, right?" Even if you make a note in black and white, people are still worried that we will break the contract, so it is still difficult to put down the burden and vote for us. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hao nodded, sure enough, no one is a fool. "What about the two in Guangdong?"

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