Shen Kuo's answer was very calm: "Yes! I heard that my friend Su Zizhan often comes here to play, but I can't find him, so I came to visit Brother Zhao Xian's house. ”

Zhao Xing was shocked into a cold sweat, Gao Yu leaned into Zhao Xing's ear, and explained in a low voice: "Mr. Shen has come to visit Master Su several times, and every time he asks some questions......

If you want to say that in this era, who Zhao Xing is most afraid of associating with, it is Shen Kuo, because this person is used to grabbing what others say, abridged and modified, and then used it to denounce. The more his friends, the more unlucky they are, and the most unlucky of them is Su Dongpo.

Later generations commented that Wang Anshi had seen ninety-nine wrong people in his life, and the "talented people" he fancied were all big corrupt officials, moths, scum, and scum among people, but the only person who saw it right was Shen Kuo, because he once commented: "Shen Kuo is a villain, don't get close." ”

Looking at Shen Kuo's casual face, Zhao Xing's heart was shocked. He's never seen someone like this - betrayed someone, framed a best friend, and turned back to talk to you as if nothing happened, frequently expressing his intimacy with you. So the more calm Shen Kuo was, the more frightened Zhao Xing became, he hesitated for a moment, decided to stay away from him for safety, and with a turn of his face, he shouted: "Xiao Feng, send Mr. Shen to find Master Su, no, send Mr. Shen home, remember, you must personally send Mr. Shen home." ”

Arching his hand at Shen Kuo indiscriminately, Zhao Xing grabbed Zhou Bang and trotted towards the castle, and behind him, Shen Kuo was talking to Xiao Feng in a calm voice: "General, let's discuss!" ”

The word "general" was an indiscriminate word in the Song Dynasty, in the Liangzhejiang area. It was used to address the servants of the rich family. It is an honorific title, usually used by the poor people to refer to the rich or the servants of the officials. If you were in the Song Dynasty and you met someone who asked you, "How is the general doing?" Translated into modern language, it means: You have been sweeping the yard in a certain official's house, have you been sweeping happily lately?

Xiao Feng is neither big nor small, just a "general". But he is not a "general" who sweeps the yard, he is a "general" who guards the door, so he is called a "goalkeeper"...... Of course, Shen Kuo did not mean to insult Xiao Feng as the goalkeeper of the national football team here, he used an honorific title to discuss with Xiao Feng. Because he had heard that Zhao Xing had traveled overseas, and recently he wrote "Mengxi Writings" to describe overseas rumors, so he wanted to get close to Zhao Xing and talk about it because of Su Dongpo.

Zhao Xing ran towards the castle. The face was still shaking shen kuo s face that face was full of melancholy and it seemed to be able to flow down according to zhao xing's experience this is the face of a depressed person when talking. Although Shen Kuo tried his best to keep his tone calm, Zhao Xing could hear the strong inferiority complex in the other party's words - even in the face of Xiao Feng, a slave, he had to use an honorific title, which showed that his life was not good.

Originally. It's been the same throughout the ages: anyone who likes to frame others. The days were not happy.

Zhao Xing ran back to his living room in one breath, first settled Zhou Bangshi and Gao Yu, and ran upstairs to visit Ah Zhu, and by the way, he looked at his son. It happened that Ah Zhu was breastfeeding the fat boy with a happy face, and when she saw Zhao Xing going home, she urged in a calm tone: "Official, the baptism ceremony has passed." Why don't you even have a milk name. Not at all

Zhao Xing hummed a few words, he had something on his mind. immediately excused himself to deal with the guests, and rushed back to the living room downstairs to worship Zhou Bangshi.

Gao Yu sat for a while, worried about his newlywed wife, got up to say goodbye, and when he left, he whispered in Zhao Xing's ear: "I heard that Shen Kuo's wife is a fierce wife, and he is fine today, there are no scars on his face...... The attitude of the bachelor towards him? What can the bachelor do, you also know that he is a good-looking person, the more Shen Kuo pretends to be calm, the more difficult the bachelor is, and can only be perfunctory, but every time he comes, the bachelor asks me to take care of the house, quickly collect the manuscript, and the piece of paper is not allowed to fall into Shen Kuo's eyes. ”

"Ah", Zhao Xing originally had a little pity for Shen Kuo in his heart, thinking of the latter's eternal "Mengxi Writings", thinking about whether to send a few copies of the "Mineral Chronicles" and "Flora Chronicles" that he got from the Wa Kingdom, and hearing that even Su Dongpo didn't dare to let the piece of paper fall into the eyes of the other party, he was timid, and even greeted his own students: "Wang'er, Shuang'er, go to the room and sort out my cadastral - by the way, the small room is locked for me at all times, and no one needs to enter." ”

Zhou Bangshi knew Shen Kuo's recent situation, and seeing that Zhao Xing's face was always unbearable and worried, he casually chatted about Shen Kuo: "I heard that Mr. Mengxi was depressed after his dismissal, and when he traveled with his companions this year, he almost wanted to commit suicide by throwing himself into the water......

Sure enough, Shen Kuo suffered from severe depression.

However, it should be the same way. He betrayed and framed his best friend, who will dare to be friends with him in the future? So when he looked around, there was a wary look all around him - can such a person not be depressed?!

"Wang Jinggong is right-Shen Kuo villain, don't get close!" Zhao Xing sighed with emotion, and finally made the wisest decision: "Notify the gatekeeper that Shen Kuo will visit in the future and forbid him to enter the garden." ”

Zhou Bangshi glanced at Zhao Xing in surprise, and said meaningfully: "Nowadays, who else mentions the words of Wang Jinggong, talking about this name is a sin, be careful when you leave people!" ”

Zhao Xing smiled, and it happened that Chen Yiyi appeared with the account book, she greeted Zhou Bangshi, spread out the account book and said, "Uncle Zhou, do you want to check the account?" It's not the end of the year yet, and your dividends shouldn't be paid yet, but I calculated in advance, and the total is about 13,000. ”

Zhou Bangshi smiled: "Look at what Chen Zhipo said, it seems that I came to ask for a debt, I just heard that someone left and came to play with him." What about Little Miss Liao? Why don't you see her come to greet you? ”

Zhao Xing smiled and replied casually: "When I left from Michigan, she and Yiyi stayed in Mizhou to entertain magistrates. Later, Yi Yi went to Nanyang, and Xiao: planned to take advantage of the spring to go to the capital to meet the old sisters. I promised. A few days ago, she wrote a letter, saying that she planned to bring back a troupe to celebrate the child's birthday, and I am afraid that it will be there in a few days. ”

Zhou Bang looked around, and wanted to ask something. Zhao Xing already sensed that something was wrong, he waved his hand and asked Chen Yiyi to prepare dinner, and when there were only two people left in the room, he asked softly, "What else do you have?" ”

Zhou Bangshi also used the same tone, lowered his voice and said: "Liao Xiaoxiao should have gone to the capital with a letter from Lu Xianggong (Lu Huiqing), Zhang Laozi asked me to ask you, can you do him a little favor." ”

Zhao Xing was silent for a moment and replied: "When my teacher went out of the capital, he scolded Wang Jinggong miserably, I originally thought that Zhang Laozi (Zhang) should hate me too...... Right now. Since Zhang Shuxiang has a place for me, Brother Zhou, please say. ”

Zhou Bangshi smiled and replied: "Zhang Laozi really hates Dongpo Gong very much, because his words insult Jing Gong. also insulted a cadre who followed Wang Jinggong. But you are different, you are a righteous person, we don't treat you as a Shu party. ”

Zhao Xing smiled: "Don't say it, I'm really an out-and-out Shu party." That's right, people say that I am the money bag of the Shu Party. Li Zhichun, Wang Zishao, plus Su Sanzhang (Su Zhe). Coupled with the disciples of Sumen, I all have a New Year's gift, and this annual gift should be more than a year's worth of Yulu. I'm not a Shu party. Who is the Shu Party? I was a Shu party from head to toe. And there is more than one Shu party living in my house?

Before Liao Xiaoxiao went to the capital, Lord Lu Xiang did ask her to bring a letter, but I had already asked Xiaoxiao to destroy the letter, don't worry, I didn't read the content of the letter, but I think it doesn't matter what the letter is written now. ”

Zhou Bangshi was stunned for a moment. muttered in a low voice: "But there is a letter from the capital." They've already received a message......"

Zhou Bang style abruptly stopped. Because his words have indirectly reflected, Liao Xiaoxiao has something to hide from Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing's expression did not move, because Ma Mengde had already passed back Xiaoxiao's whereabouts in the capital. Liao Xiaoxiao did have a message, but at the last moment, she still put her family first and refused to meet the recipient, and the so-called message was actually delivered by Zhao Xing on her behalf, the purpose of which was to prevent Liao Xiaoxiao from encountering danger in the capital.

Since the message came from Zhao Xing, of course, there was no harm to him himself - it was an anagram-style proverb that I didn't know what to call an anagram, and the original words were told to Zhao Xing by a famous Vietnamese monk that it was said to be a short poem that an Indian monk recited mysteriously when he was dying, and no one knew its meaning for hundreds of years, because he had heard that Zhao Xing had the name of wisdom, so he specially asked about that poem......

Well, in Zhao Xing's view, no matter what this proverb originally meant, its purpose was just to fool people's anagrams, and it was just appropriate to use it to fool the new party, and whatever they guessed from this sentence had nothing to do with him. So......

Zhou Bangshi found that he was speechless, and hurriedly glanced at Zhao Xing, seeing that Zhao Xing was not moving, he smiled and said: "Okay, since Brother Liren refuses to admit it, I won't mention it anymore, Zhang Laozi wants to ask you for a little favor - he is now being monitored more and more tightly, and Jingli has summoned him and is ready to reactivate him, but the loss of the last official letter has caused the imperial court to plan to find another way."

Some ministers suggested that your loach stack message was reliable and fast, and Lord Zhang had too many enemies, and the last official letter may have been stolen on purpose, so for the sake of safety, you can let this official letter be consigned by your loach stack...... Brother Liren, Zhang Laozi thinks that he is not suitable for him to go out in the current situation, and destroying that letter is a gesture for you, I don't know if you are willing to help? ”

Zhao Xing's hippie smile: "You are really with Shen Kuo today-what kind of effort?" I understand what Master Zhang means, but I lost the official letter, what a big deal! First of all, the official who passed on the official message could not guarantee his life; Secondly, there is something wrong with the credibility of my loach stack. The goods I carry are known for being insured and foolproof, and the first time the imperial court entrusted me, I lost my official letter...... Do you know how much cargo my loach stack circulates in a year? It's not a matter of a single effort. ”

Chapter This is a temptation.

In just one year, Zhao Xing established two trade routes in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty: one was from Hangzhou along the Grand Canal to the north to the capital, and this trade route circulated tens of thousands of tons of goods every year. Another trade route is from Mizhou to the capital by land, and this trade route is presided over by the Mizhou regiment in the open, and secretly, it still faintly points to Zhao Xing.

Because this latter trade route developed along with the smuggling activities in Michigan, the huge commercial profits brought by smuggling led merchants to spontaneously form a route to sell stolen goods, starting from Michigan and selling them to the capital and all parts of the country. On the surface, there is no one in charge of this trade route, but the source of smuggling is controlled by the Chamber of Commerce composed of Mizhou locals and Mizhou group training. The initiator of these things is Zhao Xing, so everyone has privately determined that Zhao Xing is the organizer of this trade route.

Zhao Xing was originally generous, and Ma Mengde inherited his habit and threw money in the capital, attracting a large number of talented people who were famous for their poetry and painting. On the surface, Ma Mengde paid these people a lot of money to buy their paintings, but in reality, as the group gradually formed a group, their influence grew......

The provinces through which Zhaoxing's two trade routes passed. Under the propaganda of those literati, the literati along the line almost all asked Loach Stack to deliver letters for convenience. And the relationship between this transport and freight company and the literati is too good, and only five copper plates are charged for sending a letter. Compared to those who ask for about ten times at every turn, the cost is simply the same as sending a letter for free.

At this time, most of the so-called members of the Shu Party were in a politically infantile period, and they received a steady stream of financial support, and most of them were only used to make more poems. Draw more paint. Dan Zhang is an old and spicy politician, and he has seen the power of this team of poets. I think that if these people have a little political sobriety. Gather the power of the moon with poetry. Instead, when it is used to expand political power, the power that this group of youth idols can explode is terrifying.

Zhang knows Zhao Xing's cleverness, and he has already heard of his ability to organize and plan, originally Xiucai rebelled, and it was not too late for three years, but if there is one more organization and planning expert among them, use Zhao Xing's planning and Su Shi's role as a standard-bearer. It is estimated that the political wind in the Great Song Dynasty may change.

So. When the news came that Zhao Xing had abandoned his post and returned to his hometown, Zhang was shocked. Broke his most beloved Goryeo porcelain cup - this teacup was given by Zhao Xing, since then, he has been paying attention to the development of Hangzhou, every time he sees Zhao Xing sparing no effort to help Su Shi, and turning Su Shi's planned things into reality one by one, he thinks that he must test Zhao Xing's attitude in order to be prepared for prevention. This temptation is: to see if Zhao Xing is always enthusiastic, as he never refuses Su Shi, nor does he refuse his own or others' requests.

Now that Zhao Xing has replied, he is unwilling to help Zhang intercept the official message.

Although he has a hippie smile when he refuses, his attitude is resolute.

Actually, Zhao Xing is very annoyed in his heart now - who does Zhang think he is, he makes others pay a major sacrifice for him with a word, why? Does he think he is a god? The messenger of the gods, the monk, didn't cheat much money here in Zhao Xing, and with a single sentence, Zhang asked others to pay millions of sacrifices for him...... He takes himself too seriously.

Zhao Xing's refusal was crisp and neat, and Zhou Bang was stunned for a moment. When he was in the capital, he saw Qin Guan take Zhao Xing's things at will, without even saying hello, and Zhao Xing sometimes watched from the side, and reminded the other party that he didn't take all the things. He thought that with Zhao Xing's enthusiasm, he would not refuse Zhang Xiao's efforts. And the last time they met, Zhao Xing was very respectful to Zhang, far more respectful than his attitude towards Su Shi and Qin Guan, why did he refuse, it was far more simply than treating these two.

Zhou Bangshi opened his mouth for a long time, and asked in surprise: "Leaving people, it's just a letter, the postman with the letter is on the boat, you just need to take advantage of his unpreparedness ......"

Zhao Xing smiled: "This time he is unprepared, my credibility is all over - do you think this is a trivial matter?" My warehouse is known for its safety, and now that even the government is throwing things on my ship, what else is my warehouse open - this is not a trivial matter......"

Seeing that Zhou Bangshi still wanted to argue, Zhao Xing had already raised a finger, indicating that there was no need to talk about this topic. He smiled and changed the subject: "Nanbo, how is your family's harvest this year?" ”

Zhou Bangshi has not bypassed, he continues to insist: "Leave people, this matter is ......"

Zhao Xingyi shook his head and made a clear statement: "Nanbo, you and I have different ideas, don't talk about this matter...... Let's talk about your harvest. ”

The idea is different?! This is Zhao Xing's clear attitude.

Zhou Bangshi understood the other party's hint, which meant that the two didn't even have the same political ideas...... After being silent for a long time, he replied unhappily: "I thought it would be ...... Forget it, this year's drought is like this, what kind of harvest are you talking about? Actually, I don't expect a harvest from the fields. ”

Zhou Bangshi is a small landowner, and his family has more than 130 dumps of land, that is, more than 10,000 acres. Because he participated in Zhao Xing's caravan, this year's dividends are good, and some of Zhao Xing's dividends are compensated with grain, so his family is not short of food now. Under these circumstances, he even reduced the farmer's rent this year as a sign of working with the tenants, which earned him great prestige in the countryside.

"It's not a way to go down in drought like this, I plan to plant some drought-resistant species next year, is Uncle Nan interested?"

Zhou Bang style is a farmer's idea after all, although the business is very profitable, but his own land does not produce crops for a year or two, and does not produce food for three or five years, and he can't help but panic in the long run, hearing that Zhao Xing has a solution, his interest came: "Hey, I remember that Brother Liren did not buy fields in Hangzhou, how can you also care about the fields, what do Brother Liren plan to plant next year?" ”

"Sweet potatoes, soybeans, and cloves...... Although I don't have any land, but my mentor bought a field property in Changzhou, and this year he came to Hangzhou to take office, and the field in Changzhou let the second son return to his hometown to preside, and I also bought a field in Changzhou and relied on the teacher's real estate, and planned to operate the two fields together. The things I just mentioned are drought and flood resistant, and the yield and economic value are extremely high, so don't you plan to try them next year? ”

Zhou Bangshi asked in surprise: "I have heard of soybeans, which can be squeezed for oil, and soybean cakes can be fed to horses and cows." Mayi sweet potato, I heard the Mizhou people say this word, I heard that you introduced it this year, the yield is very large, and you can get tens of thousands of catties per mu. Well, it is said that it is very sweet when baked, and some people make vermicelli from potato flour and eat it like noodles. You're going to have seeds for it, get me some more, and I'll grow it next year." It's just that I heard that the yield of this thing is too large, and Mizhou is poor, and it can produce a large yield there and grow it in Hangzhou...... I'm afraid that the production will be too large and I won't be able to sell it for a good price. ”

"If it's not food, sell it as seeds", Zhao Xing saw that Zhou Bangshi was completely attracted by his words, and hurriedly instructed the servants to prepare roasted sweet potatoes in the Banshan Pavilion, and prepare some wine and vegetables, and then continued to introduce: "There are many ways to eat sweet potatoes, and the first time it was planted in Mizhou, the demand for seeds is very large, and I estimate that in the past few years, just selling seeds can sell at a better price than rice." When it is promoted, the demand for seeds is not large, how can there be more than ten years of hard work, you and I have earned enough. Let's go to the Banshan Pavilion to taste potato chips, dried potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, and vermicelli. ”

Zhou Bangshi was interested in Zhao Xing's words, and at this moment, he completely left Zhang's instructions behind......

When Zhou Bangshi went home, he repeatedly lingered in his mind about the situation of getting together with Zhao Xing, intentionally or unintentionally comparing the weight of Zhao Xing and Zhang. Suddenly, a glimmer of light flashed, and Zhou Bangshi blurted out: "I understand, Zhao Liren is that Qin Guan treats him like his own family, so he doesn't care that Qin Guan borrows things from him." But Zhang Laozi is different, although he is affectionate to Zhang Laozi, he is not a person all the way - the concept is different, he has made it very clear.

However, Zhao Xing really didn't say anything about his friends, do I need to alienate him because of his ideas? …… No, it's a friend! A friend who has been with each other for a long time like a spring breeze; a friend who always benefits me but wants nothing from me; One...... Friends who can't bear to give up! Perhaps, maybe the idea is not worth abandoning my friends......"

Zhou Bangshi thought as he walked, from this moment on, he slowly turned from a Song Dynasty dung youth who was full of angry thoughts to sobriety.

"What's wrong with me? Why don't you think it's worth giving up this friend? Could it be that my concept is not as precious as Zhao Liren, so what is this concept? Could it be that a profit of about 10,000 yuan a year makes me shake my faith? ”

Zhou Bangshi's heart turned upside down......