Now the Empress Dowager Ci'an of the East Palace lives in Qichun Garden, and the Empress Dowager Cixi of the West Palace lives in Wanchun Garden, enjoying the coolness of summer, and going to Rehe to hunt in autumn, and have a good relationship with various ethnic minority nobles and religious leaders in the Qing Frontier.

The large and small rivers connect a large area of Fuhai and the scale of the Houhu Lake, as well as many small pieces of surface to form a complete river and lake water system, lined with the soil to form hills, island embankments and barren stones, with unique beauty, it is still the garden loved by the Empress Dowager Ci'an and the Empress Dowager Cixi, watching the water and appreciating the flowers, tasting the garden is not the bottom, looking at the sparkling lake in front of them, the two empress dowagers can't help but sigh slightly.

After losing it, I know how to cherish it, after canceling the curtain and listening to the government, people are leisurely, have nothing to do all day long, and waste time in the days when they have no authority, and sit in the pavilion Empress Dowager Ci'an sighed: "Sister, I don't think about your tea and dinner, I miss you!" ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi waved her hand, and the four maids beside her retreated, nodded slightly, and said: "Well, sister, although I can still see the fold, I can't lift the pen, I picked it up and put it down, put it down and picked it up, my heart is so empty, Prince Gong is afraid that Chun'er will kill his whole family, and he doesn't even dare to come here, hey······"

Empress Dowager Ci'an smiled and said: "Sister, fate will always come, don't force it, you haven't been in vain for more than ten years, and you can be regarded as the mother of the country!" ”

Empress Dowager Cixi replied shamelessly: "My sister has no conscience, if I wasn't willing to be Xi Shi, you would still be locked up by the Eight Kings in the deep palace of the Hot River, how could you enjoy such glory and wealth!" ”

The two colluded together for the sake of imperial power and status, and they had already formed a close friendship, and the alliance relationship was one glory and one loss.

Empress Dowager Ci'an sighed: "Although I like to be quiet, but it's too boring to have nothing to do all day, I hope that Li Guolou said that the small train can make us have fun, we can eat while watching the beautiful scenery outside the window, I now want to think about what the foreigner train is like, oh, sister, there are two steam ironclad ships in this blessed sea, you say it's good!" ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi had something to say: "Sister, you have so many tricks, you want to make Tanhualang bankrupt!" ”

Empress Dowager Ci'an glanced at her and retorted: "How come, sister, I have to be my own money, first come out and let Li Guolou buy two luxury yachts, we will take a luxury yacht next year, and a steam train the year after, gurgling!" ”

"That's a good idea." The Empress Dowager Cixi's face showed a yearning color, since her son is pro-government, she can only spend her energy on traveling in the mountains and rivers to enjoy themselves, and the endless blue lake is endless, which makes people addicted and disappointed.

In the afternoon, Li Guolou was called to Fuhai by the eunuch, and visited the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces again, as if there was a small drum in his heart, beating and beating, feeling that there was no good thing, and he was going to be pulled out of a layer of skin.

Li Guolou plucked up his courage and said: "The Empress Dowager Qiyu, this fund has been handed over to the slaves, and it has been scheduled until the beginning of next year, foreigners are not easy to fool, they want to see the deposit, this steam ironclad ship is going to be served, it is necessary to build a wharf, a warehouse, and a maintenance greenhouse, a year is too tight, the slave has the courage to say, whether to place a deposit next year, and the steam train will be counted as a piece in the year after tomorrow." After speaking, Li Guolou raised his eyes at the two queen mothers, ready to kneel and say soft words at any time.

"Hmph, bold Li Guolou, dare to speak strongly, aren't you afraid that this palace will punish you." The Empress Dowager Cixi looked unkind, and she would order Li Guolou to be punished at any time.

Li Guolou smiled and said: "The empress dowager of the two palaces is compassionate, how can she worry about the minions, only the minions here dare to say a few witty words, the empress dowager of the two palaces laughed when she heard it, otherwise, the minions told a story about Wu Song fighting the tiger, hehehehe!" ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi listened to Li Guolou's words, her face softened, and she said slowly: "Li Guolou, don't interrupt, this palace now needs two ironclad steamships, and it will be able to play next year. ”

Li Guolou saw that the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces was in a good mood, so he was cheeky and said with a smile: "Zha, the slave must do a good job, and the two ironclad ships must be built both stable and luxurious, but the slave has a request, and the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces is also asked to fulfill it!" ”

"Well, what's the matter?" When the Empress Dowager Ci'an heard Li Guolou promise to do it well, she couldn't help but smile.

"Slave, ask the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces to deposit her own money into the bank, so that the slave can have capital turnover and money······· Hehe, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, 1% per year is good! ”

"It's only 1%." The Empress Dowager Ci'an was already moved when she heard it, but she didn't let go, she put a thick pile of silver tickets in the box, and she didn't even bother to count.

"Li Guolou, this is too low, and the loan sharks outside are 3% per month." The Empress Dowager Cixi knew about the usury market, and in the past, when her father died when she was a child, she had borrowed usury several times, and she still remembers it now.

Li Guolou listened, it is not good to refute the fallacy of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the interest on money deposited in the bank is very low, otherwise it would not be a loss-making transaction, so he could only take a step back and said: "The lesson of the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces is that the slave should be conscious, then 2% is good, but it can only be the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces with her own silver, and the other Niangniang with her own silver, and the slave can not afford to pay such a high interest!" ”

"Hmm······ Li Guolou, you step aside first and let Bengong think about it. The Empress Dowager Cixi was happy in her heart, but she couldn't let Li Guolou see that she was very satisfied with the money.

"Pierce." Li Guolou went backwards, secretly rejoicing in his heart, as if he was going to issue treasury bonds, and then use them first, and as for messing up the financial market and causing inflation in the future, he didn't care about anything.

"Sister, how many silver tickets do you have?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked.

"Oh······· Let me think about it, save a million taels first, and my sister will see if it will work. "The Empress Dowager Ci'an likes to listen to the Empress Dowager Cixi in everything.

"It seems to be too little, Li Guolou will only open his mouth once 2%, and I only have 15% of the money deposited in Citibank abroad, hehe, Li Guolou was slaughtered by this palace." The Empress Dowager Cixi attaches great importance to silver, and she still knows the national economic affairs clearly.

"Oh, yes, then sister, I'll listen to my sister, save more silver, I always have 20,000 silver tickets on hand, and so on······ Zhang was satisfied, and brought the palace box. "The Empress Dowager Ci'an is usually too lazy to move, but today she is happy and ready to make a big move.

The Empress Dowager Cixi ordered Li Lianying to get her own silver, and called Li Guolou again, and he said that he would say that Wu Song beat the tiger, so he asked Li Guolou to say once, "Three bowls are not enough, Jingyang Gang Wu Song fights the tiger!" ”

Li Guolou was not humble, asked for a pot of tea, set the desk, and began to say: "It is said that Wu Song Road has been on the road for a few days, and he has come to the ground of Yanggu County, which is far from that county, and at noon that day, he walked hungry and thirsty, and saw a hotel in front of him, holding a flag in front of the door, and there were five words written on it: 'Three bowls are not enough', Wu Song sat down inside, leaned on the stick, and shouted: 'Master, bring the wine to eat,'

I saw the shopkeeper put three bowls, a pair of chopsticks, and a plate of hot dishes in front of Wu Song, and sifted a bowl of wine, Wu Song picked up the bowl, drank it, and shouted: 'This wine is so energetic, the host's family, have a full stomach to buy some wine,'

The restaurant tilted his head slightly and said, 'Only cooked beef,'

Wu Song slapped the table and said loudly: 'It's good to cut two or three catties to eat,'

The hotelier went to cut out two catties of cooked beef, made a large plate in the future, put it in front of Wu Song, and then sifted another bowl of wine, Wu Song ate it and said: "Good wine," and sifted another bowl, just ate three bowls of wine, and never sieve again.

Wu Song knocked on the table and shouted, "Master, why don't you come and sift the wine?"

The restaurant said casually: 'The guest officer will add meat if he wants it,'

Wu Song shouted, 'I also want wine, and I will also cut some meat,'

The restaurant smiled and said, "The meat is cut and added to the guest to eat, but the wine is not added."

Wu Song said: "But he is making a mistake," and asked the master's family, "Why don't you refuse to sell wine and eat with me?"

The restaurant pointed to the signboard and said, "Guest officer, you must see that on the sign in front of my door, it is clearly written: Three bowls are not enough,"

Wu Song asked, "How do you call three bowls but Gang?"

The restaurant said: "My wine, although it is a village wine, but it tastes better than the old wine, but when the guests come to my store to eat three bowls, they will be drunk, and they can't go to the hill in front of them, so they call three bowls but Gang, if the past guests come here, only eat three bowls, and don't ask again,'

Wu Song smiled: "It turned out that I was sorry, but I ate three bowls, how can I not get drunk,"

The restaurant admonished: "My wine is called 'through the bottle fragrance', and it is also called 'going out to pour', when you first enter it, it is mellow and delicious, and you will pour it when you are less!" ”

How could Wu Song believe it, shook his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense, don't pay you back, and sift three bowls for me to eat."

Seeing that Wu Song didn't move at all, the restaurant sifted three bowls again, and Wu Song ate and said: 'Serve the wine, master, I'll eat a bowl, pay you back a bowl of money, and just sift it,'

The restaurant said: 'The guest official only needs to drink, this wine will be drunk, and there will be no medicine,'

Wu Song still didn't believe it: "Hude Hu said that you made the sweat medicine in me, and I also have a nose."

The shopkeeper couldn't be told by him, and sifted three bowls in a row, Wu Song said: "The meat will be eaten by two catties,"

The restaurant cut two catties of cooked beef, and then sifted three bowls of wine, Wu Song ate so smoothly that he only wanted to eat, went to his side and took out some broken silver, and shouted: 'Master, you come to see my silver, and pay you back the wine and meat?'

The restaurant looked at it and said, "There is more than that, and there is still some money to pay for you,"

Wu Song said: 'I don't want you to post money, just sift the wine,'

The restaurant said: 'Guest, when you want to eat wine, there are still five or six bowls of wine, but I'm afraid you won't be able to eat,'

Wu Song shouted: 'There are more than five or six bowls, you can count and sift in the future,'

The restaurant smiled bitterly and said, "You are a long man, if you are drunk, how can you help you stay?"

Wu Song replied: 'If you want to help you, you are not a good man,'

The restaurant was willing to sift the wine, and Wu Song said anxiously: "I won't eat you for nothing, Hugh will lead the old man to lose his temper, teach you to smash the house, and turn your bird shop upside down."

The restaurant said: 'This guy is drunk, don't mess with him,' and then sifted six bowls of wine and ate it with Wu Song.

Wu Song ate a total of fifteen bowls before and after, took the stick, stood up and said, "But I have never been drunk," walked out of the door, and said with a smile: "But I don't say that the three bowls are not enough, and the stick is ······."

Li Guolou's storytelling is straightforward, clean and neat, and he does not nag, the shouting is buzzing into his ears, and when it comes to the key points, he will also sell Guanzi, but he also portrays the characters in detail, and ordinary people inadvertently focus on rendering the subtleties of the plot, the sound is slow, urgent or slow, intermittent or continuous, high or low, and it is reasonable and reasonable, and it penetrates into the bones, and the ears of the Queen Mother of the two palaces are stunned, and the case is amazing.

There is an old joke in this joke teahouse, and generally storytellers will say that the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces has naturally heard it, and the old joke has the benefits of the old joke, and when you hear it, you will know that Li Guolou is okay, and there is no confusion, so I listen to it with relish.

Li Guolou said for an hour, the end of the party, the empress dowager of the two palaces was still unimpressed, and the Empress Dowager Cixi asked Li Guolou to sing a military song, and then let Li Guolou pass.

Li Guolou left the Old Summer Palace with more than 40,000 taels of silver tickets and passbooks, his heart was happy, and he was worried, his heart was full of flavors, complex feelings mixed with thoughts, of course, the money was in his hands, and he could use the national economy, the Qing Dynasty Industrial Revolution had financial resources, worried about things, a little down, difficult to speak, just afraid of being called by the queen mother of the two palaces as a "face", cuckolding the emperor, so is there still a way to live, even the nine grandmothers in the family have to be cut into "human beings" by the eunuchs, Now even Prince Gong doesn't dare to step into the palace of the Empress Dowager Cixi, this kind of thing can never be done, you must be steady, and you must be a gentleman like the teacher Li Hongzao.