Since Ji Qingwen settled down at the Yunlai Inn next to the Shaanxi Guild Hall, he has never stopped visiting him.

First of all, there are Shaanxi businessmen who are close to the water. Originally, although the Ji family was also the number one businessman in Shaanxi, it was far from reaching the level that could make the Qin merchants in Shaanxi flock to it and look forward to it. But since Ji Qingwen became an official, gained favor, made money, and won the battle, he was about to be knighted again, and there was no one who didn't want to befriend him, let alone the Qin businessmen who naturally had a friendship with him.

But there are so many Qin businessmen, everyone wants to invite Ji Qingwen to eat, if they come down one by one, it will be their turn to be the Spring Festival today.

So Ji Qingwen simply made the decision for those merchants, and set up ten tables of banquets at the Yunlai Inn, and Ji Qingwen invited all the Shaanxi businessmen present to dinner.

Now when Ji Qingwen is scorching, although he is young, although he has a low level of seniority, and although his qualifications are shallow, no one dares to disobey his opinion. But to be honest, the idea of having Ji Qingwen treat is indeed the most appropriate, everyone has a share, everyone is equal, and there is no distinction between first come and first come, everyone has no opinion.

Since you can't take the lead in the matter of treats, you can only work on toasting.

So these businessmen who were about to become fine racked their brains and came up with all kinds of reasons to toast Ji Qingwen. There are those who respect him for his official promotion, those who respect his long life and a hundred years old, those who respect his wealth, and those who respect his early birth to a noble son...... In one moment, they said all the good things they could find in this world.

But Ji Qingwen's alcohol consumption is extremely narrow, if he comes to one and drinks a glass, he has to get drunk on the spot. Therefore, he can only treat everyone equally, no matter who comes to toast, he only uses his lips to lightly dip the wine in the wine, even if it is to give face to the toaster.

This approach is a bit rude, but all the businessmen present came to talk to Ji Qingwen, and no one would compete with Ji Qingwen in this kind of trivial etiquette.

After three rounds of drinking, Xiao Duozi suddenly ran in from outside the restaurant, and ran to Ji Qingwen in a panic, just about to speak, but he heard Duo Jiu Gong teach him a lesson: "Xiao Duozi, what are you doing in a hurry?" Don't you see so many bosses here? It's a trivial matter for you to fold the number of gifts, and it's great to lose the face of the Ji family. ”

Who knew that Xiao Duozi was not convinced this time, and retorted: "Dad, what do you know? There's a distinguished guest outside, I want to see the young master! ”

"What distinguished guest? How expensive is it? Where did the guests come from? Don't you see so many big bosses here? If you can delay, you can delay until tomorrow, such a big person, you don't even have this eyesight! Duo Jiugong taught again.

Xiao Duozi is now full of truth, so he naturally doesn't buy his father's account, and says: "If you want to say expensive, this guest is very expensive!" ”

After that, Xiao Duozi arched his hand towards Ji Qingwen and said, "Young master, there is an old gentleman outside, saying that the cabinet master Xu Guangqi is in the sedan chair outside, I want to ask our young master if he is free, can he meet him now?" ”

Xiao Duozi deliberately raised his voice when he said these words, so that everyone could hear it clearly, which caused all the businessmen to burst out with envy.

You must know that Xu Guangqi is now a cabinet scholar, although he is ranked after the first assistant Zhou Yanru and the second assistant Wen Tiren, he is also the third person in the imperial court, and he can influence the government with a gesture.

It seems that such a great man is a great man, even if these businessmen step through the threshold, they may not be able to meet the butler of the Prime Minister's Mansion. But now? Ji Qingwen not only wanted to meet with Elder Xu Ge, but also Elder Xu Ge came to see him in person late at night. Such a face cannot be bought with any amount of money.

But I heard Ji Qingwen bow his hand and apologize to everyone: "Everyone, everyone." Today, there are distinguished guests visiting, I am afraid that I will not be able to enjoy with you, and the offense will be rewarded in the future. ”

The businessmen all knew what was going on, and showed touching understanding and kindness, and said: "Lord Ji has state affairs on his side, and it is not too late for me to come back and bother me in the future." ”

After that, he quickly left the Yunlai Inn in groups of three or five whispers, leaving only a mess of cups and plates.

Seeing this, Ji Qingwen casually rewarded the innkeeper with a few taels of broken silver, and asked them to clean up the place quickly, and he himself took Li Yan and Li Yuanyin to personally welcome them out.

I saw an inconspicuous four-person sedan chair parked outside the door of the Yunlai Inn, and the four sedan chair drivers were squatting on the ground to rest and smoke dry cigarettes, and there was an old housekeeper in his fifties standing in front of the sedan chair.

Xiao Duozi raised his finger and whispered in Ji Qingwen's ear: "Young Master, Xu Ge Lao seems to be here." The young master either goes over and asks the one in front of the sedan chair."

Xiao Duozi doesn't seem to be sure, but he can't be blamed for this - although Xu Guangqi is approachable, after all, he is the prime minister's respect, and he should still have the shelf, how can a small guy find out about his behavior and trends?

Ji Qingwen and Xu Guangqi have a close relationship, and they have visited Xu Guangqi's mansion in Kyoto several times before, and they have several relationships with the housekeepers and sedan chair men in the house.

He took a few steps forward, and saw that these people were all familiar faces, so he smiled and said to the old housekeeper in front of him: "Yo, the junior is really rude, after entering Beijing, he didn't visit Xu Ge Lao, but let Xu Ge Lao come to visit me, it's really a sin." ”

As he spoke, he took out two silver tickets worth fifty taels from his sleeve and handed them to the butler.

Xu Guangqi is considered to be an upright official, and his family is quite strict, but he is not as inaccessible as Haigangfeng (Hai Rui) back then.

Therefore, the old housekeeper saw that Ji Qingwen was an acquaintance, and the silver he handed over was not a hot potato, so he took the silver ticket with a smile, made a gesture and said: "Lord Ji is about to be knighted, and the little one will congratulate the lord first." My family is in the sedan chair, but there are many people here, and I can't get off the sedan chair here, so please arrange it for Lord Ji, and I'll carry the sedan chair to the backyard. ”

"That's nature." Ji Qingwen said, so he asked Xiao Duozi to go down to make arrangements, and he accompanied the sedan chair to the backyard slowly.

There are more Jiugong beside him to guide, and Xiao Duozi is also quite proper, and after a while, all the idle people in the inn will stay in their respective rooms, and they can't make loud noises, let alone go out without permission, so as not to disturb Xu Guangqi, the old minister of the extremely popular minister.

Seeing that the backyard was still clean and neat, the old housekeeper of the Xu Mansion walked to the front of the sedan chair and whispered: "Master, there are no idlers here, you can get off the sedan chair." ”

I don't know what was said in the sedan chair in the sedan chair, so the sedan chair drivers lowered the sedan stem, lifted the sedan curtain, and let Xu Guangqi walk out calmly.

I saw that although Xu Guangqi was old, his complexion was extremely ruddy, and he looked in good spirits, and when he saw Ji Qingwen waiting for him, he took a few steps forward and said, "Why should Brother Ji be respectful?" Seeing that the elder brother was about to be knighted, the old man came over to congratulate him! ”

According to the international standard algorithm, Xu Guangqi is 68 years old this year; According to the traditional Chinese algorithm, it happens to be a seventy-year-old old man. And Ji Qingwen is only twenty-five years old this year, which is younger than Xu Guangqi's grandson.

can Xu Guangqi's qualifications, status, and age, he actually call Ji Qingwen "elder brother" one by one, and he is a friend who forgets his years, which makes Ji Qingwen, a person who has traveled through later generations, very moved, and hurriedly said: "What is this old Xu Ge?" I'm just a fluke, and now there are still many things that I haven't figured out inside and outside the government, and I still have to ask the elder for advice! ”

Xu Guangqi's expression suddenly froze, coughed lightly twice, and said, "The old man is here for this matter, why don't we go inside the house and talk." ”

Ji Qingwen didn't dare to disobey, so he asked Xiao Duozi to clean up his bedroom again, and placed more than a dozen candles in the house, illuminating the house as if it was daytime, and then welcomed Xu Guangqi into the door, and ordered others not to eavesdrop, so he returned to the house, made tea for Xu Guangqi himself, and said: "The tea in this store is very inferior, and Xu Ge is old." ”

Xu Guangqi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I didn't come here to drink two sips of tea from Brother Ji. Brother Ji, at the moment, the situation in the capital has changed abruptly, and I have a few words to explain to Brother Ji. ”