Chapter 205 Pushing the Boat and Attracting the Cave Snake

In a mansion in the west of Lin'an City, the spring flow is clear, the sound of water is murmuring, and in such a hot summer, people feel cooler when they hear such a sound.

"Brother Tan, what do you think of this thing?"

"Flowing for species, but rare, I heard that the concubine is begging, and she also likes to eat this thing, Zhang Xiandi is a Shu person, why is he not afraid of this thing?"

Tan Hou was sweating profusely, and his clothes seemed to be soaked with water, looking at the food on the table, and said with a wry smile.

They listened to the new "antique soup" that had recently begun to come out of the Heroes' Club, which was mainly seafood, with spices and chili peppers, and was delicious. Although antique soup or "hot pot" has existed since ancient times, chili peppers and those seasonings from the South Seas are extremely rare, especially chili peppers, which really make Tan Hou, who likes sweets, a little scared.

"Shu people like spicy, ancient and ancient." Zhang Xingpei said calmly: "There is nothing good in life, but there are two, one is to collect money, and the other is to have an appetite." ”

The pot they used was a copper pot, and the soup was boiling under the charcoal fire. Although Tan Hou still wanted to eat it in his heart, his mouth really couldn't stand it, so he had to shake his head and sigh: "I don't have such a mouthful, I can't afford it, I can't afford it." ”

"Hehe......"

Zhang Xingpei clapped his hands, and after a while, a maid came over with a sand bowl wrapped in cotton cloth, and presented the sand bowl in front of Tan Hou, Tan Hou looked at the thick grease inside, and it was steaming white, and he asked a little strangely: "What is this?" ”

"Brother Tan will know if you taste it." Zhang Xingpei pointed to the spoon in the sand bowl.

Tan Hou dug a spoonful according to his words, put it to his mouth and blew it, Zhang Xingpei laughed, Tan Hou was even more curious in his heart, I don't know what Zhang Xingpei is ridiculous. But when he put the contents of the spoon in his mouth, he immediately understood what Zhang Xingpei was laughing at.

At first, he saw that the thing was steaming white, and it was extremely hot, but he didn't expect it to be extremely cold. The spicy taste in Fang Cai's mouth was washed away by this sweet and cold custard, and immediately disappeared, and the whole person seemed to have returned from the dog days to the cold days, with an indescribable cool pleasure.

"Okay, you brother Zhang, you actually tricked me!" Tan Hou couldn't help but laugh and scolded.

"It's a good thing, isn't it? Clear the heat and relieve the heat, there is no such thing, but it is not advisable to eat more, and eating too much will cause diarrhea and abdominal pain. Zhang Xingpei said.

Tan Hou nodded, but did not speak again, but muttered for a long time.

He had ulterior motives for interacting with Zhang Xingpei, and since the last time Zhang Xingpei revealed his wealth, they had a lot of thoughts about the large amount of property in Zhang Xingpei's hands. Although they don't want to steal, they do want to introduce Zhang Xingpei as a fellow party, and with Zhang Xingpei's rich and captivating funds, their plan will be more perfect.

It's just that the stakes are very high, they have to be cautious, and they also sent people to Shuzhong to inquire about Zhang Xingpei's details, but the back and forth time is too long, and it is not possible to find out overnight. And now that the time is near, if Zhang Xingpei can't be brought in, he can only watch a large amount of money wander away from his hands.

Judging from his recent dealings with Zhang Xingpei, this person is really from a wealthy family, and he is extremely particular about eating and drinking.

"Brother Zhang Xian, I have a friend who can be introduced to Brother Zhang Xian." Thinking of this, Tan Hou finally made up his mind, and he smiled.

"Oh? I Zhang Xingpei loves to make friends the most, I don't know who it is? Zhang Xingpei was a little lazy, and he obviously didn't care too much.

"Huang Shaobin, the old man of the Grain Bank in Lin'an City, I don't know if Brother Zhang Xian has ever known him?"

If Zhao Heju hears this name, I am afraid that there will be some impressions, that is, Zhang Xingpei, who heard this name more than once when he was in charge of the Heroes Club. Since the death of Meng Shaotang and Peng Shiyi, this Huang Shaobin has become the first-class person in the Lin'an grain industry, and a large number of water-powered mills have been built by him. And Meng Shaotang's son was not his opponent at all, and he was forced by him to the point where he almost closed the shop. When today's son started from Yuzhang Villa, he naturally knew about it, and he hid for some time in panic, but nearly a year has passed since the Son of Heaven was in power, and there was still no news that he wanted to settle old accounts, so he was a little bold. Although he did not dare to act publicly, he did something behind his back, and it was inevitable that he would continue to control the price of grain in Lin'an City.

"I don't know, I vaguely heard someone say that it is the largest grain merchant in Lin'an." Zhang Xingpei said disapprerovingly: "Didn't you hear that he had retired and handed over all the family business to his son?" ”

"Even so, he has never been idle at home, and this year has been more than a year for him to think about it at home day and night, and figure out some truth." Tan Hou didn't have much respect for this Huang Shaobin, although the two were cooperating, he paused, and then said with a smile: "In short, if Brother Zhang Xiandi is free tomorrow, I would like to take Brother Zhang Xiandi to a place to see and understand...... Uh, let's be the little half of Lin'an City. ”

"Lin'an City's small half of the master ......"

These words are a bit rebellious, who can be the lord of Lin'an City except for the Son of Heaven! Zhang Xingpei's heart jumped, and he glanced at Tan Hou vigilantly, Tan Hou waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't think wrong, just say that the price of rice, grain, and copper in Lin'an City, as well as the gold dollar coupons issued by the Liuqiu Bank and the banknotes issued by the government, how much can it be worth, this person can decide a small half!" ”

"I see!" Zhang Xingpei was secretly surprised in his heart, the exchange ratio of gold yuan coupons is fixed, no matter the people, they can go to the bank to exchange it, this person can manipulate the price of Lin'an rice He still believes, but he can manipulate the price of Lin'an gold dollar coupons, but he doesn't believe it anyway.

However, his cautious personality still made him write this matter on the report to Huo Chongcheng, Huo Chongcheng was instructed by Zhao and Ju that the information obtained by Zhang Xingpei must be submitted in a timely and complete manner, so that night, Zhao and Ju saw the record of this meeting in the Funing Palace.

"Decide how much the dollar coupon is worth?"

When he saw this paragraph, Zhao and Ju were shocked, as a traveler in later generations, he had never read the smash hit "Currency War", and he also knew the seriousness of a country's currency problem. Judging from the history he knew, the reason why the Great Song Dynasty collapsed before Mengyuan was not only the loss of Xiangyang, but also the collapse of the coin. Now the economic situation of the Great Song Dynasty seems to be improving, but if the problem of this coin is not solved one day, he Zhao and Ju will have a sharp sword hanging on their heads, which will fall at any time and destroy his years of hard work!

"Huang Shaobin?" This name also evoked old hatred, Zhao Heju closed his eyes and thought for a while, if he wanted, he could immediately send someone to arrest this person, but what method did he have to control the value of the gold yuan coupons, I am afraid that it would be difficult to judge from his mouth, and the current evidence is not enough to make this treacherous man speak.

"Lead the snake out of the hole, lead the snake out of the hole." Zhao Youju thought in his heart.

He marked a few words on the slip, then shook the small bell on the table, and immediately, Xie Daoqing came from outside the door and stood in front of him silently.

"I'll hand over this to Li Jingwen." Zhao and Ju didn't raise their heads, and looked at the next secret letter.

Xie Daoqing picked up the folded note, saluted gently, and retreated silently. She walked out of the Funing Hall quickly, and walked quickly through the two courtyards, because she was a little tired from walking, she slowed down a little, and then heard a voice call her: "Sister Xie, Sister Xie, in a hurry, but the Son of Heaven has orders?" ”

She turned around, saw that it was Jia Yuanchun, smiled indifferently, nodded slightly to salute, and then said, "I still have something to do, Sister Yuanchun, goodbye." ”

Seeing that she left without answering her own questions, Jia Yuanchun pursed his lips and said to Zhou Shuniang beside her: "Shuniang, she is just a palace maid, although she is closer to the Son of Heaven, she has never heard of the Son of Heaven treating her differently, why is she always a serious look, that is, the concubine and Zhaorong, and they are not as arrogant as her!" ”

Zhou Shuniang smiled lightly: "Sister Yuanchun, today's sunset is extraordinarily gorgeous, we might as well go to find a pavilion to enjoy the smoke?" ”

Hearing her talk about it left and right, Jia Yuanchun also knew that he was speechless, and nodded his head at the moment. It is inevitable that they have some resentments in their hearts, there are two famous concubines and Zhaorong in the harem of the Son of Heaven, and now both of them are pregnant, the Son of Heaven has been staying alone in Funing Palace for nearly a month, and they have not seen any woman who is lucky, Zhou Shuniang is secretly happy in her heart, but Jia Yuanchun is completely angry.

Since entering the palace, what I have heard and seen, who can compare with himself in appearance and talent, why can't he enter the eyes of the Son of Heaven. If you can have the opportunity to get along with the Son of Heaven day and night, you will definitely be favored by the Son of Heaven, but it is a pity that it is Xie Daoqing who is now ordered to serve the Son of Heaven, but it is Xie Daoqing's serious wooden man, if it is Zhou Shuniang, or you can find a reason to let her change her own house to wait, this Xie Daoqing, but he is full of oil and salt!

Xie Daoqing didn't take Jia Yuanchun's matter to heart, her mind was all on the things that the Son of Heaven confessed, because of her good service, Zhao Youju's trust in her increased significantly, and compared to the rest of the girls, she was at most a party of Empress Dowager Yang, with a relatively simple background, Zhao Youju was not too worried about her passing on the news that should not be leaked, so now some things are assigned to her to do.

When she arrived at the gate of the harem, if nothing else, Li Yunrui and Xing Zhiyuan should be guarding here. She summoned an attendant and said, "Please call Li Yuhou, the one named Li Yunrui is." ”

After a while, Li Yunrui walked out, as Zhao Heju's most trusted guard, Li Yunrui and Xie Daoqing naturally knew each other, and they had dealt with each other more than once, but Xie Daoqing was only a little blessed, but did not talk to him, but handed over the submission given by the Son of Heaven to the chamberlain: "Please hand it over to Li Yuhou." ”

During the whole process, she didn't look at Li Yunrui, didn't talk to Li Yunrui, and was meticulous. The chamberlain knew that she was carrying the emperor's order, respectfully accepted the submission, and then transferred it to Li Yunrui, Li Yunrui knew what the Son of Heaven meant by handing this over to him, and immediately arched his hand slightly. Xie Daoqing was a blessing again, and then turned to leave, looking at her back, Li Yunrui secretly admired.

It takes several years of training to maintain this kind of self-control, and this woman is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and it is really impressive.

He glanced at the marks made on the note, but did not look at the contents, although the Son of Heaven did not say that he was not allowed to read it, but according to the secrecy regulations established by his own family, he would not read anything that could be seen or not. The mark was for him to hand over to Huo Chongcheng, and he went to find Shangguan to take leave, and then received a waist card and went out of the palace gate.

At this time, it was already a little past, Li Yunrui went to the office to ask, and sure enough, Huo Chongcheng had already gone home. So he got into the carriage and went to the Heroes.

According to the latest regulations of Lin'an Prefecture, except for military affairs, it is strictly forbidden to gallop horses on concrete floors such as royal streets, and only horse-drawn carriages are allowed. The reason is that some time ago, a certain official eunuch surnamed Hu who got a good horse felt that Lin'an Yujie was spacious and flat, and used this place as a place for him to practice riding, and even played a trick of running against the road. This incident caused a lot of uproar, and the family surnamed Hu had both money and power, so they didn't take this matter seriously, and even quibbled that it was the victim who hit him, which was really despised by the students who came to hear the news, and they ate a good meal. This incident shocked the heavens, and the Son of Heaven was furious, and wanted to deal with this person severely on the grounds that "the subjects who can ride a horse to hit me today can ride a horse to hit me tomorrow", and for this reason, he also quarreled with the Criminal Department and Dali Temple for a long time. Although the verdict has not yet been decided, the Lin'an Mansion first banned the galloping of horses on the royal road, and the people all praised it.

"Are you making a good living these days?"

Everywhere you go, you have to inquire about this and that, it is Li Yunrui's occupational illness that came from Liuqiu to do intelligence investigation and internal affairs work, and after he got in the car, he asked the coachman.

"It's okay, the Son of Heaven is above, and after rewarding the villain's food, life will naturally get better and better." The coachman is also familiar with the front of the palace, and he dares to say a few words: "It's just that the price of buying rice has risen a little in the past two days, and the new rice will be listed soon, and the price of this rice will inevitably rise." ”

Li Yunrui nodded with a smile, and asked the rest of the questions in a rambling manner, the coachman was very talkative, and before he knew it, he arrived at the Qunying Restaurant. When Li Yunrui came down to pay the bill, the coachman was still a little embarrassed: "Yu Hou listened to my old man's nagging for a long time, how can he collect so much reward!" ”

"If you give it to you, you will take it, and I will often use your car in the future, so don't shirk it when the time comes." Li Yunrui is not Meng Xisheng, he doesn't care about the money, he happily handed over the money to the coachman, and then said: "I have something to do when I go up, and I will come out in a while, if you have nothing else to do, wait here, I will take your car back when I come out." ”

He entered the door and walked straight to the backyard, although Huo Chongcheng still lived in this group of heroes, but the steward of the group of heroes was no longer him. Li Yunrui has come to him many times recently, so no one stopped him when he came in directly, but Li Yunrui knew that in the hundreds of steps from the entrance to the backyard, there were at least more than ten people guarding openly and secretly.

"This Huo Guangliang is afraid of dying tightly." Li Yunrui thought in his heart.

"Li Jingwen, but the Son of Heaven has an order?" Seeing Li Yunrui, Huo Chongcheng immediately understood what he meant, and asked with a smile.

Li Yunrui handed the note back to him and said, "Huo Guangliang, you have set up so many police posts, you must be too afraid to die." ”

"What do you kid know?" Huo Chongcheng sneered and glanced at the Chengtiao, which read the words "Push the boat down the river to lead the snake out of the hole".

Note 1: Ice cream is said to have been brought to Italy by Marco Polo from China, and Yang Wanli, a native of the Song Dynasty, has a soft spot for "ice cream": "It seems to be greasy and cool, and it seems to be condensed and floating." The bottom of the jade plate is broken, and the snow is frozen to the sun." There was a slight change in this article, and the Fang family smiled.