If it weren't for the shopkeeper Hua being the introducer next to him, Zhang Shou would find it hard to believe that the person he called Hua Si was a young man less than thirty, with no hair on his mouth and a slight beard on his chin. You must know that in these years, in officialdom or shopping malls, the old people are more credible than the young people, so the weak-crowned young people are also busy growing beards, as if they have grown old with their beards, and their majesty has also increased.

Therefore, people who are thirty years old but still have no beard are almost rare, because in that case, even if they wear official hats and official robes, they do not look like they are officials in the eyes of outsiders...... As for what it looks like, the master of ceremonies who is forty miles away but still has no beard, please understand?

And Zhang Shou is now at an age when he has not yet been crowned but has become an official, but he has no intention of growing a beard to pretend to be an old man, he still plans to continue to pretend to be young! So when he saw a person who was at least seven or eight or even ten years older than himself, but the top of his lips and chin were still smooth, he naturally felt very special. However, he forgot that he was even more special in the eyes of others.

After receiving the letter from the shopkeeper Hua, Hua Siye sent someone to send the letter back quickly, and sent someone to Suzhou to integrate the deacon of his family and the rest of the wealthy merchants, and he immediately set off from Huai'an to the north by boat. In his opinion, it would be best if he could meet Zhang Shou in Cangzhou, but if he was recalled to Beijing and arrived in the capital, he would always find a way to meet this person to negotiate.

However, even if he was mentally prepared, he did not expect such a coincidence to happen today, and at this time, seeing such a young man with outstanding demeanor who would be jealous of a young man in his prime, he still felt that he had always been proud of living to a dog for more than 20 years.

Therefore, after the greetings, he opened the topic with a smile: "Dr. Zhang, don't look at me young, I am the grandson of the family, so since I was five years old, my old lady has taken me with me to meet customers, take accounts, and discuss...... That's how I've been raised since I was a child. So after my father died early, thanks to the trust of the old lady, I took charge of the family business at a young age. ”

"In fact, the so-called fourth master, this title is not very accurate, but they are already in charge, it's not good for people to call me young master, and my fourth uncle can't overshadow me as the master, so everyone is so angry. Dr. Zhang, if you want, you can call me Hua Si or Ah Si, that's what my old lady calls me. ”

Shopkeeper Hua knows that the fourth master of his own family can be called a person with a thousand faces, or arrogant or gentle, arrogant or arrogant or fierce, as long as people are willing, any face can be revealed, but such a humble fourth master, he is the first time to see it. Although he was a clan uncle by generation, he didn't dare to put an elder in front of the heirs that the old lady had taught wholeheartedly, so he simply avoided it at this time.

God knows if this fourth master will forget his merits because he saw the side of pretending to be a grandson, but he will be jealous?

And Zhang Shou is used to seeing people who pretend to be grandsons first and then turn their faces, but he also treats the face of Hua Siye as usual.

Shopkeeper Hua retreated, but he didn't let Ah Liu retreat, but said with a smile: "Fourth Master Hua is too polite, you are older than me in terms of age, and you are far better than me in terms of experience and knowledge." Although today you are the master, I am the guest, and there is a way to be a guest and the master is at the mercy of the master, but not everything can be casual. ”

Hua Siye smiled disapprerovingly: "Dr. Zhang, what you discussed with my nineteenth uncle before, if it can be done, I don't know how many merchants in Suzhou should be grateful to Dade, to put it more excessively, I treat you as a parent of food and clothing, and I can't wait to offer you three incense sticks every day in the shrine, just like offering to the God of Wealth." Businessmen are so profitable, which is so practical. ”

Listening to Hua Siye, he obviously said that he was practical, but his words were funny, and Zhang Shou didn't feel it. After a few more idle words with people, and seeing that people were quietly saying extremely beautiful compliments, he simply pierced the layer of window paper.

"Now that I have left Cangzhou, I can't manage Cangzhou so much. If Fourth Master Hua wanted to plan, he would either try to do it in the court, or go to my future uncle to negotiate, but he was looking for the wrong person when he was looking for me. ”

Without waiting for Fourth Master Hua to answer, he said with a smile: "When I come back this time, I will also take care of my one-third of an acre of land in the country, and I am really powerless to do other things." ”

Hua Siye didn't expect Zhang Shou to be so straightforward, and after being slightly stunned, he simply went straight to the point: "Dr. Zhang really doesn't care about the good situation you created in Cangzhou?" You know, no matter which dynasty or generation, in the court, it is a son of heaven and a courtier, and in the local area, it is a person who walks in politics, and this Cangzhou doesn't know how much effort it took your uncle and uncle, really say lose it? ”

"Huh." Zhang Shou smiled casually, and then said lightly, "Fourth Master Hua, what you said is really similar to the master of ceremonies Lu Gonggong who went to Cangzhou before. ”

Of course, Zhang Shou would not elaborate on Lu Chan's words, but he was very sure that in addition to lobbying him and Zhu Tingfang, it was obvious at a glance that Yin Chukuan, the master of ceremonies who liked to do things, would never ignore the actions of the Su Gang officials who had fallen to the river before, and maybe he had already prepared to contact Suzhou businessmen such as the Hua family.

Therefore, seeing that Fourth Master Hua's eyes lit up, he said slowly: "However, because of the old system of Taizu, the eunuchs hurt the heavens and did not enter much, so the number of eunuchs in the palace has always been scarce. Even if the celebrant has some plans, they are always by the emperor's side, and they are close to the water and the building is the first to get the moon, but the ideas of some officials in the court and the central government have always been deep-rooted, and it is easy to be self-defeating if one is not good. ”

Hua Siye, who had already planned to take the sword sideways, moved in his heart. Since the Taizu disdained to use eunuchs, the Chinese officials of the dynasty were simply overjoyed, and they have always made concerted efforts to suppress the number of eunuchs, lest this generation become bigger. If he really colluded with the eunuchs, in case someone wanted to drag them on that boat and publicize the matter, it would be too late for him to get off the boat.

Moreover, what kind of virtue is a eunuch? Look at the ten permanent servants at the end of the Han Dynasty, look at the eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty who single-handedly covered the sky and abolished the Son of Heaven, and then look at Liang Shicheng Tongguan and other generations who were rampant with the power of the Son of Heaven during the Song Dynasty, it is enough to be vigilant.

If it is to open the port, find an ancestor on your head...... No, a bunch of ancestors, isn't that a blockage?

And the message he wants to convey has been brought, Zhang Shou naturally has no intention of staying longer - he has indeed put a lot of effort into the Cangzhou matter, but it does not mean that he wants to end up in person, so he got up and said goodbye when he got up.

Seeing that Fourth Master Hua sent him out with a smile without any slight, he was naturally polite when he said goodbye to this young family member at the door. As for the peeping people in the Yangzhou Hall opposite, he just didn't see it. It wasn't until he got on his horse and turned back and entered the Chongwen Gate in the inner city that he suddenly asked Ah Shou: "Then you brought me here from Yangzhou Hall?" ”

"All I know is that it tastes good." Ah Liu replied easily, but he followed Zhang Shoufu a few more steps, and he continued, "Of course, I also remember that it was just across from the Suzhou Guild Hall. ”

Zhang Shou turned his head suddenly, stretched out his hand and pointed at Ah Liu, who seemed to be honest and wooden, and scolded with a smile: "You kid is making a pit, that's really unguardable!" You can figure it out. If you let Shopkeeper Hua know that he has fallen into your pit, he will definitely be able to stare out his eyes. ”

Ah Liu took two steps forward with a nonchalantly clamping the horse's belly, only half a horse behind Zhang Shou, and then coughed dryly: "Near Zhu is red, close to ink is black, I and the young master you learned." ”

Zhang Shou wanted to scold the good ones for not learning and you for learning the bad, but after thinking about it again, this was equivalent to scolding himself, so he had no choice but to shake his head and sigh that a good honest boy turned black. But when he continued to move forward, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth when he rode the horse, and his mood was actually quite good, but he still warned in his mouth: "Don't be foolish next time, be careful of self-defeating!" ”

In a place like the capital, it is better to have a dark belly than to be honest, he has always felt that he is the most worried by a taciturn person like Ah Liu, but now that he is okay, he doesn't have to worry about Ah Liu being too honest and loyal...... It is better to worry about the victims who smug into this kid's gun in the future, and they can beat and trap people, that is really amazing!

When Zhang Shou dismounted at the gate of Zhang Yuan, he saw two figures rushing out, and finally grabbed the reins he had dropped. Seeing that it was Lao Liu Tou and the lame An Lu glaring at each other, the latter quickly let go without saying a word, and instead went to lead Ah Liu's horse, and his face was a little pale. I thought that these two were finally not so competitive that they made a mistake.

Immediately after, the old Liu Tou, who had always rapped, preemptively said: "Young Master, Miss Zhu and the lady have gone to worship the Buddha." ”

Does Zhu Ying like to worship Buddha? Zhang Shou thought about it and felt that a place like a Buddhist temple was completely unworthy of her, but when she thought about it again, she liked to talk about Amitabha Buddha and even the mother of the gods and Buddhas, and he understood that Zhu Ying was probably going on this trip purely to accompany the Wu family. Thinking of Wu's request yesterday, the two of them may have gone to do something for the dead Zhang Xiucai and his wife.

He was secretly blaming himself, and Ah Liu's voice came from behind him: "Has the eldest lady always come?" ”

Lao Liu Tou and Ah Liu have been together for so many years, and I don't know what he means, so he laughed and said: "She came over every day in the first few days when she returned to Beijing, but then she ...... Ahem, later, the eldest lady and a few scholars had a big quarrel in the Tianxia Taiping Building on Qipan Street, and then they became angry, and even the imperial doctor had been to the Zhao Guogong Mansion, so he couldn't come. But Mrs. Zhao Guo often came over. ”

Knowing that Jiu Niang often came to see the Wu family, Zhang Shou didn't think there was anything strange about this lady of Zhao Guo condescending to the nobles, after all, people were originally straightforward and willful characters. He had no intention of talking in front of the door all the time, so he hurried inside.

But he heard Ah Liu behind him as if he was talking to Lao Liu Tou and said that he was addicted, and he actually asked how many times Lu Sanlang had been here on behalf of the prisoners of Jiuzhang Hall, and how many times had Ji Jiu been on behalf of the first prison students of Banshan Hall...... Even Xiangyang Bo's third son, the big man of the Zhang family, Ah Liu didn't let go. Lao Liu Tou also said the truth, and even claimed that everyone had come at least three times.

Of course, it is impossible for the Wu family to put on the posture of the ancestor and grandmother to meet these people, but they just ordered people to come out to thank them, receive gifts in return, and let them go back, only the time Lu Sanlang and Zhu Ying met together, the Wu family met the two together.

Just when Zhang Shou was suspicious when he heard it, he pulled the old Liu Tou who followed Ah Liu, and broke a big news to him: "I listened to the matter of dealing with Jiang Ge from afar, it seems that Lu Sanlang did it to the eldest lady." ”

"The conscience of heaven and earth, it's really not for me, I just happened to come to see the grandmother, and then I met the little master here. I just sent her a message by the way, saying that Old Man Jiang had bad intentions...... But how did I know that she was going to be tough, so scared that I moved out of you, little sir, saying that you absolutely don't want us to be reckless, but I can't stop her! ”

"I deliberately asked people to follow her, and then ran to Zhao Guogong's mansion to find Mrs. Zhao Guo to report the news...... Who knew that Mrs. Zhao Guo said that it didn't matter, this matter could be handled, but even so, I still chased after the world Taipinglou, and saw with my own eyes that she was speechless about those scholars...... I'm really more wronged than Dou E! ”

When he came over in the evening, he was questioned by Zhang Shouyi, and Lu Sanlang's look of tears was simply very aggrieved.

When he came over at night, he also brought four strong retinues, and together with them, he carried two large boxes from the carriage, but it was full of Jiuzhangtang homework. Moreover, he did it himself, stacked them one by one on Zhang Shou's desk, and marked what day it was, and what type it was, which was like the posture of the first generation of teachers in the world.

However, Zhang Shou knew best what kind of virtue Lu Sanlang was, and when he saw that people were almost crying and screaming to hit the sky, he said with a smile: "Oh, then it seems that I blamed you wrong." But your little master screamed crisply, thinking that even if you really did something, Yingying couldn't bear to criticize you...... Even if you know that you went to betray her mother. ”

Lu Sanlang shuddered suddenly, Zhu Ying's temper is really God knows, he still don't bet on this possibility!

So, he immediately coaxed without thinking about it, and honestly confessed all the conversations he had when he met Zhu Ying here. As for how he managed to remember all this kind of detail clearly...... Don't underestimate the memory of science tyrants and business geniuses!

And Zhang Shou was just suspicious of how Zhu Ying suddenly exploded, and at this time the missing link was made up, although he was angry and funny, he also had to feel that there was really no shortage of talents on his side.

There are Lu Sanlang behind the yin people, Zhu Ying who is good at face-to-face, Zhang Chen, who is good at acting, and Ah Liu, who is good at pretending to be stupid, plus a bunch of all kinds of talents, just ask if the capital is so big, who can have such a luxurious lineup like him? Speaking of which, he really gathered a bunch of talents who were once buried by accident!

Seeing Lu Saburo looking at him pitifully, Zhang Shou smiled and said: "Okay, since you have passed the trial and you have confessed honestly, then I will also explain to you, and I will not blame the past." Remember, this is for the sake of your due diligence in Jiuzhangtang, and you can't be foolish! ”

Seeing Guan, Lu Saburo was overjoyed. He hurriedly said a basket of good things about Zhu Ying, and seeing Zhang Shou but not smiling, he hurriedly shut up, and then helped Zhang Shou watch those homework on the side. And Zhang Shou just looked at the general situation, and listened more to Lu Saburo talk about everyone's receptivity and learning progress.

And as he watched the homework and listened to the progress, Zhang Shou also revealed a thing or two about the things that the emperor summoned that day. As a result, Lu Sanlang, who was still a little cautious just now, was so excited that he was overwhelmed with excitement when he heard that Jiuzhangtang would be responsible for the audit of the inner library.

"Little sir, does the emperor really want to hand over such a heavy task to Jiuzhangtang? What a godsend! As long as the news spreads, why worry that people with arithmetic talent in the world will not sharpen their heads and drill into us! ”