Sun Wufan and Liu Ru both looked at Ning Xiu fixedly when they heard this.

Ning Xiu took a breath and said in a deep voice: "Brother Liu and Brother Sun have their own strengths, so they can cooperate and jointly arrange a meeting between Ning and you in the same year. ”

"Cooperation?" Liu Ru and Sun Wufan shouted in unison.

"No kidding, I can't work with that fat man!"

Liu Ru said indignantly.

Sun Wufan was not to be outdone, and two sullen breaths erupted from his neck and nostrils: "Who wants to cooperate with that black fat man, Brother Ning Xian, don't laugh." ”

Ning Xiu sighed and said, "Listen to me, two of you." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Brother Liu is a student member of the county and the president of the Hedong Poetry Society, so Brother Liu has an advantage in terms of connections. ”

Seeing that Sun Wufan's face immediately darkened, Ning Xiu hurriedly added: "As for Brother Sun, his strength lies in business, and his mind is very flexible. I think you two can be one inside and one outside. ”

"One in the Lord, one outside the Lord?"

The two asked in unison again.

"Yes, Brother Liu, I am responsible for contacting my classmates who want to visit me in the same year. Brother Sun is in charge of specific visits. Wouldn't it be nice that both of them would be able to play to their strengths? ”

As soon as Ning Xiu said this, the two of them thought about it carefully.

The more they thought about it, the more they felt that what Ning Xiu said made sense, and the previous unhappiness almost dissipated.

Ning Xiu was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly added: "How about the two of you each draw a gift money?" ”

Since it is cooperation, I am most afraid of a bowl of uneven water. Ning Xiu simply promised the two of them a commission of one percent each, so it was fair to be impartial.

Liu Ru nodded and said, "I have no opinion." ”

Sun Wufan also gritted his teeth and said: "That's it!" ”

Ning Xian happened to be going out, so he said loudly: "Why don't we go out for a meal together, what do you two think?" ”

"Just what I want!"

Sun Wufan said excitedly.

Liu Ru swallowed a mouthful of spit, and also praised: "Great goodness." ”

The three of them left the house and took a carriage and went straight to Ning Kee Restaurant.

As soon as Ning Xiu got out of the carriage, before he could enter the restaurant, a former county school classmate came over with a smiling face.

"Ah, isn't this Ning Jieyuan? Little brother, I'm Zhou Ziwei. ”

Ning Xiu didn't have much impression of this person, he just felt that his face was familiar. It's no wonder that there are so many students in the county school, and there are only a few of Ning Xiu who have good friends, how can they be impressed by everyone?

This week must be the same. If it weren't for Ning Xiu's understanding of the township test, he probably wouldn't have remembered that there was such a county school classmate, right?

In this regard, Ning Xiu didn't have too many opinions.

The so-called classmates in the same year are a kind of relationship that takes advantage of each other, and the so-called no profit cannot be early, and there is no connection of interests, and this relationship is fragile to the point of breaking down at any time.

"It turned out to be Friend Zhou, I haven't seen Friend Zhou for a long time, and he is still so elegant."

Zhou Ziwei was a cheeky person, he laughed and said: "Ning Jieyuan is too famous, and I look elegant because of my fair skin." In fact, there is a reason why I have fair skin, I use a homemade ointment to my face every day, so that the skin on my face looks very fair. Would Ning Xie Yuan want to give it a try? ”

He didn't say that Ning Xiu hadn't paid attention to it, this guy was really as white as snow, and he was a powdery little student!

"Well, this doesn't have to be. Although Ning is not as white as snow as Zhou's friend, he is not black either, right? ”

"Haha, that's, that'......"

Zhou Ziwei's eyes rolled, and he said in a harmonious voice: "Look at Ning Jieyuan, this is going to the restaurant for dinner, it just so happens that I am going to go too, why don't you go together?" ”

Ning Xiu's heart seemed to be unable to push it off, so he nodded and snorted.

The four of them walked into the restaurant together, found a table by the window, sat down, and ordered some fried chicken and pizza dishes, and Sun Wufan and Liu Ru ate it.

"Haha, a few friends have a good meal, I invited this meal."

At this moment, Ning Xiu understood the benefits of Xie Yuanlang, and he was even invited to eat.

Don't look at it as just a meal, but Sun Wufan and Liu Ru are two foodies on the stall, God knows how much they can eat.

Well, this head is a good start. Although I didn't receive a gift money for the first order, it was not bad to get a free meal of wine and food.

Ning Xiu felt that he could develop it in depth, such as launching an event to meet Xie Yuanlang alone for half an hour, during which he could recite poems and talk about life, which was estimated to be very popular.

Since this guy wanted to be a Kaizi, Ning Xiu fulfilled his wish.

At first, Zhou Ziwei still had a smile on his face, but it didn't take long for black lines to appear on his face.

Nima, how can those two fat men eat so much?

If he continues to eat like this, his money bag will be emptied, not to mention, maybe he may not be able to pay for this meal. Wouldn't that be a shame if that were the case?

Zhou Ziwei's heart hung in his throat, but fortunately, Sun Wufan and Liu Ru were eating five or six pizzas, and after four pairs of chicken wings and chicken legs, they finally patted their stomachs and burped.

When you are full of wine and food, it is Zhou Ziwei's turn to settle the bill.

Fortunately, he took out the money in the money bag and barely covered the money for the meal, and Zhou Ziwei ran away in embarrassment after settling the account.

After eating wine and food, Ning Xiu and Liu Rus, Sun Wufan said goodbye for the time being.

As soon as he returned home, the housekeeper respectfully reported that the Jiangling Weaving Bureau had come to him to discuss matters.

Ning Xiu was quite surprised. What is Eunuch Gao looking for him to do at this time? Isn't it that the imperial court has any new ideas on weaving matters?

He did not dare to delay, and immediately took a carriage to the weaving bureau.

Eunuch Gao is in the weaving bureau at the moment, along with the prefect Li Rui and Zhang Juzheng's son-in-law Xie Yun.

Ning Xiu stepped forward and arched his hand, bowed slightly and said, "Gao Gong, Fu Zun, Brother Xie." ”

The corners of Gao Zhen's mouth hooked up and said with a light smile: "I heard that Ning Gongzi understands Yuan, it's really a great joy." Our family has long felt that Ning Gongzi is a Wenqu star, shouldn't this be fulfilled? ”

Ning Xiu smiled slightly: "The kid was lucky to get the middle of the Yuan, and he couldn't stand such praise from Gao Gong." ”

Governor Li praised the beard and said: "Ning Xiansheng was born in the middle of the Yuan, which is the spring breeze proud. I hope you can make persistent efforts, and if Dabi can win the championship one after another next year, it will be a good story to spread it. ”

Hearing this, Ning Xiu had a wry smile in his heart.

Big three? This Governor Li is really optimistic about him.

The so-called big three yuan refers to the township examination, the general examination, and the palace examination.

There are not many people in the Ming generation who can achieve such honors, which shows how difficult it is.

Not to mention the big three yuan, even if the township test was successful, Yuan Ning Xiu didn't expect it.

"Students must do their best."

Xie Yun said with emotion: "Brother Ning Xian is talented and very good at talking, and he is a good material for being an official. ”

Ning Xiu hurriedly said: "Brother Xie praised it falsely, Ning Mou didn't dare to be ashamed." ”

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After some pleasantries, it was time to get down to business.

Eunuch Gao cleared his throat and said with a smile: "This time, our family invited Ning Xie Yuan to discuss an important matter. ”

Ning Xiu hurriedly bowed his hand to Gao Zhen and said, "Gao Gong, please speak." ”

Eunuch Gao lowered his voice and said slowly: "Wu Qingbo is very interested in cotton textiles, but the northerners are not good at weaving, so he asked our family to see if there is a chance in the south." ”

Most of the words in officialdom are only half spoken, and the rest is up to you to guess.

If you can guess it, you have the talent to be an official, and your official position will rise higher and higher. If you can't guess it, then you are destined to be mediocre for a lifetime, and it is difficult to achieve great achievements.

Ning Xiu saw that Eunuch Gao had already understood most of the words Wu Qingbo and cotton textile cloth in his heart, so he said in a deep voice: "Dare to ask Gao Gong, but Wu Qingbo wants to open a weaving workshop in Jiangling?" ”

Gao Zhen nodded in satisfaction.

Ning Xiu realized in his heart.

The Weaving Bureau was set up by the Ming Dynasty to supervise the production of silk fabrics for the royal family, and the Governor Weaving Eunuch was the person in charge of this organization.

As the name suggests, the Weaving Bureau produces silk.

Wu Qingbo wanted to make cotton textile cloth, and it stands to reason that he shouldn't think of Eunuch Gao.

But God knows what kind of dirty deal Eunuch Gao had with Wu Qingbo behind his back, after all, an internal eunuch and a relative are still likely to urinate in a pot.

Eunuch Gao was in charge of the Jiangling Weaving Bureau, and it was not difficult to use his position to help Wu Qingbo open a weaving workshop.

It's just that Ning Xiu doesn't understand, how could a relative of the dignified Heavenly Family think of opening a weaving workshop? This thing isn't as good as silk to make money, right?

Eunuch Gao was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "Exactly." Our family is entrusted by others, so we naturally want to be loyal. Our family knew that Ning Jieyuan had a lot of ideas, so we wanted to see if Ning Jieyuan had any good ideas. ”

Ning Xiu looked a little embarrassed.

For Wu Qingbo, he really doesn't like it very much.

This person's name is Li Wei, a native of Tongzhou, Shuntianfu. His daughter is the concubine of the first emperor Longqing Emperor Li, that is, the mother of today's Emperor Wanli, Empress Dowager Li.

Li Wei has a common problem of his relatives - greed for money.

If it's just a greed for money, it's just that. However, this person still relied on his status as a national relative to oppress the people and embezzle acres of land.

For this reason, Empress Dowager Li sent a few lieutenants to Wuqingbo's mansion to count him down.

But this uncle is really cheeky, and after being counted, he is like a nobody, and he still goes his own way.

The biggest black spot in this person is the cotton robe incident.

At that time, Wang Chonggu, the governor of the three sides, requested the imperial court to make 200,000 sets of cotton jackets for the winter.

The imperial court was sympathetic to the soldiers, and handed over this work to Wu Qingbo Li Wei to do.

Wu Qingbo was overjoyed, and he did not immediately purchase a cotton jacket for the 200,000 taels of silver allocated by the imperial court, but instructed his henchmen to cut corners and pull out the money.

As a result, this henchman perfectly completed the task assigned by Wu Qingbo, and only 50,000 taels of 200,000 taels of silver were spent, and the rest of the silver went into Wu Qingbo Li Wei's pocket.

But cutting corners so far, the quality of the padded jacket can be imagined.

The cotton jacket was not exposed when it was delivered to the border army, but in the winter, the soldiers of Qi Jiguang's troops who were guarding the Great Wall in Jizhou froze to death.

Qi Jiguang was furious and impeached Wu Qingbo, and Li Wei was fined for half a year.

With such a person of inferior character, Ning Xiu didn't want to cooperate with him no matter what.

It can be seen that the meaning of the high eunuch is to eat him.

How can this be?

"Well...... this"

Ning Xiu had no choice but to sacrifice the procrastination trick.

This method has been tried and tested time and time again, and it is really necessary for home travel......

"I'm afraid Ning is powerless."

Eunuch Gao said with displeasure on his face: "Why is this? ”

Ning Xiu sighed: "Because Ning promised the little grandfather of the Wei Mansion to go to Nanjing after the township test." ”

Hiss!

Hearing this, Eunuch Gao was shocked, and said in his heart, how could this Ning Xiu be so powerful, and he actually played with the little grandfather of the Wei State Mansion.

In fact, he is busy collecting money and is lonely, Ning Xiu is a great kindness to Xu Huaiyuan's brothers and sisters, if it weren't for Ning Xiu's righteous action, Xu Huaiyuan is afraid that he will encounter a flying disaster in Jingzhou.

After being reminded by the prefect Li Rui, Eunuch Gao understood the reason, and said with a wry smile: "That's really unlucky." ”

Just kidding, Wei Guogong is the top minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he is a noble relative who rests with the country, even if the eunuch Gao and Wu Qingbo together are not as good as one of the toes of Wei Guogong.

Although Eunuch Gao intended to curry favor with Wu Qingbo, there was no need to offend Wei Guogong, who sat in the top spot of the lords.

What's more, everything has a first come, first come, since Ning Xiu promised to go to Nanjing to accompany the little grandfather to play first, then Wu Qingbo had to stand aside.

Eunuch Gao is such a human spirit, how can he not see that Ning Xiu is shirking. Since Ning Xiu moved out of the backer of Wei Guogong, it shows that he does not want to go through the troubled waters of Wu Qingbo.

Ning Xiu said that he wanted to go to Nanjing, which could be long or short. Isn't it easy to avoid this matter for a short period of more than a month or a few months for a long time?

"In this case, our family will not reluctantly Ning Jieyuan."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I only hope that it will not delay Wu Qingbo's major event. ”

Ning Xiu smiled faintly and apologized.

The prefect Li Rui hurriedly stood up and played a round: "Haha, this virtuous student doesn't have to worry." In this Jingzhou, there are countless people who want to show their loyalty to Wu Qingbo. ”

Eunuch Gao raised his eyebrows and said, "But not everyone can be as good as Ning Jieyuan." ”

"Haha, that's, that's."

Eunuch Gao asked Ning Xiu to come to open a weaving workshop for Wu Qingbo, but after Ning Xiu refused, he was a little unhappy, and the two sides said something innocuous again, so Ning Xiu found an excuse to leave.

Out of the weaving bureau, Ning Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

Nima was really in danger just now.

That high eunuch is really a smiling tiger-like character, who looks kind and approachable, but in fact, he wants to take people into the ditch.

How many of them have had a good end with their relatives since ancient times? Even if you don't end up in prison, your reputation will be damaged.

If Ning Xiu was just a businessman, it would be fine. It's just that he is now the hot Xie Yuanlang, and if the name is related to Wu Qingbo, it will definitely be harmful to the future.

Moreover, Wu Qingbo was impeached by Ning Xiu's future old Taishan Qi Jiguang Qi old general. If he gets mixed up with such a wealthy and law-bending relative, Lao Taishan will not be mad? It would be terrible if this affected his marriage with Qi Ling'er.

The most important thing is that Ning Xiu has his own moral bottom line. He is not as noble as the Qingliu civil officials proclaim, but it is impossible for him to tolerate bullying men and women and do all kinds of evil.

With this alone, it is impossible for him to cooperate with Wu Qingbo.

What the? Wu Qingbo wants to find someone to cooperate in opening a weaving workshop? Then please be smart!

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