Fan Jin slept until Mao Zheng got up, and the two brocade guards were already waiting at Sa's house to accompany him. Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info both of them have hundreds of household titles, but at present, the martial arts are overflowing, especially the bloated brocade institutions, and high ranks and low allocations are the norm. Two hundred household titles, being able to mix with small flags is already regarded as burning high incense on the ancestors, and the status of the Sa family is not much better than that.

Sa Shizhong's attitude towards the two was also quite indifferent, nodding as a greeting, without any introduction, but chatting warmly with Fan Jin. When it came to Yaxing, Sa Shizhong did not accompany him, and only let two hundred households serve as companions.

Although the two hundred households are officials, they are extremely respectful to Fan Jin, a white ding, for fear of offending their words and angering their bosses. There was no good thing to say along the way, Fan Jin also greeted the two, and it was not difficult for the three of them to get along. Fan Jin called the two of them to accompany him, and let Sa Shizhong join the shares, saying that he would not eat alone in this business, and even said that the action would not be out of Jinyi's grasp. But looking at the attitude of the two, it is not so much surveillance as indeed entourage.

Zhang Weizhou and several other gentlemen arranged the grain station, and they didn't need to use their teeth to go through another hand, and one of the arguments they used to undertake this business was to reduce the layer of exploitation and save the fee. So after they took over, Chen Ji had no business to do. Fortunately, they are doing a lot of food business, and whether they have this military ration or not will not really affect their survival.

These two hundred households were wearing flying fish suits, and as soon as they walked into the dental shop, several of them were stunned at first. A tooth stepped forward to salute, "Two masters, I don't know what to say?" This month's routine has already been handed over. ”

"I didn't ask you this, please ask your host to talk, there is something good to find him."

The three of them were allowed to enter the guest room, and after a short time, Chen Ziweng walked in from the outside, greeted the two brocade clothes, and said to Fan Jin: "Fan Gongzi, I still want to look for you these days, but I don't want Gongzi to come by himself." The old man just got a painting in his hand, and people said that it was Tang Ziwei's real handiwork, and the real work was not daring to think about it, but he didn't know how to imitate it, so he just asked Fan Gongzi to taste one or two. ”

"Chen Lao has won the award, at my age, where have I ever seen any good paintings? Mr. Ziwei's authentic handwritings, I have never seen a few, where can I still verify the authenticity, don't make me happy with your old man, let's get down to business. The two Baizai are here today on business. ”

A hundred households took out a piece of paper from his body and put it in front of Chen Ziweng. "This is the official business of the governor's yamen, you did a good job of running military rations last time, but this time I still have to do it from you. But the number is very large, at least 20,000 stone grain, which must be fast and good, and the price should not be too high. You are not responsible for this part of the shipment, as long as you dispatch the rice grain, how about it, are you sure? ”

Chen Ziweng glanced at the governor Guan Fang on the envelope, "This ...... Recently, there have been a few grain ships coming from Guangzhou, and I heard that it is not very peaceful on the water, and two grain ships have been hijacked. Our rice grain is not as abundant as in the past, if it is a small number, it is easy to say, tens of thousands of stone ......"

Fan Jin said: "Chen Weng, there are actually others who want to do this business, but I don't want to be familiar with it, we have cooperated together, and I believe in Chen Weng's reputation." I believe that we will be able to cooperate well this time, after all, Chen Ji Yaxing is an old brand, Chen Weng said a word, and all grain ships will give face. If you think about it, the business of tens of thousands of stones is still done with the governor's yamen, and if such a business is done, Chen Weng's name can be resounded in the whole Guangdong, and it will also be beneficial to your bank. ”

Chen Ziweng said with a smile: "Fan Gongzi's good intentions, the old man thanked him first, but this business is too big, I am afraid that the trumpet will not be caught, and he will miss the business trip, so the little old man will not be guilty of ten thousand deaths." Let the old man think about it for a while, and then make a calculation. Fan Gongzi went to see the painting with the old man first. ”

He pulled Fan Jin straight to his small study, and walked into the study, before he asked: "Fan Gongzi, we have some friendship, and if you have something to say in front of Gongzi, you dare to say it directly, is this business with Jinyiwei or with Fan Gongzi?" ”

"Neither. I'm a poor scholar, how can I have so much money to do the grain business? As for the Jinyi Guard, they are only responsible for transporting the water feet, and the grain business will not be involved. In fact, your business is with the governor's yamen. ”

"Forgive the old man for saying a lot, isn't this military food supply contracted by a few people in the city? Zhang Wei Wednesday Weng, he has some friendship with the old man, and it doesn't seem good to grab errands with them. Besides, they have official affairs from the government, and they are also sent by the imperial court, if the old man and they procured the grain on the same boat, wouldn't it be a big joke? ”

Fan Jin knew that Chen Ziweng was old and sophisticated, and he didn't want to offend a few gentry in the city for a business, and the business benefits he got were not enough to make up for the loss of connections. Hurriedly said:

"This errand of military rations, a few people have already to be handed over, if it is not so, how can the governor's yamen have another business. If the old man does not come forward to contract the errand, once the tens of thousands of troops in Zhaoqing are hungry, wouldn't the army blame the three outsiders for only caring about their own idleness and ignoring the lives of the soldiers, and it will not look good at that time. When you come forward at this time, you are actually giving a round to the three members, and they want to say thank you instead. ”

"Original...... Is that so? Chen Ziweng paced around the room, "If these words were said by the two horsemen outside, I am afraid that I would not believe half a word." Fan Gongzi is a scholar, and he will not lie to the old man, he must believe it. It's just that the numbers are too big, and the capital required ......."

Chen Weng rest assured, Fan was also sent to do business this time, not to do business by himself. Our silver conversion method in Guangzhou has been implemented well, and the silver taels in the treasury are enough to spend military expenses. You just have to dispatch the grain, and as long as there is nothing wrong with the grain, I will ensure that your silver will be credited to the account on time. How much is the deposit, you estimate the amount, and I will have someone send the silver taels another day. ”

Chen Ziweng thought for a while, "Fan Gongzi, the matter of the deposit is easy to discuss, but there is another difficult thing here, I am afraid that only Fan Gongzi can help." The old generation has been engaged in this cheap business, and the old generation has also accumulated a few pieces of furniture, and wants to change the door and let the children find a background. It's just that the sons are not successful and can't study, so they have to follow me into business. There is a grandson who has entered school and knows a few words, but he still fails to take the house test this year. Now that the harvest is imminent, if he can get the status of a full Confucian scholar, he can participate in the township examination. Even if he can't get the first place, he finally knows how to do the next seven articles, which can be regarded as a rising insight. If Fan Gongzi can do this, this military ration matter will be handled by the old man. ”

As a substitute echelon of talents, the Confucian scholars are also eligible to participate in the township examination, such as Tan Lun, the current secretary of the military department, who was born as a Confucian scholar. In addition to participating in the large-scale entrance examination, this status can also be obtained through the recommendation of officials, that is, the officials believe that a person is a local famous talent, and specially recommend him to participate in the township examination as a Confucian scholar.

There are not many officials who have the qualifications to promote Confucianism, and those who have intersections with Fan Jin are the Nanhai County Commander Hou Shouyong. Although he is in the same boat as Tao Jian, no one can take away this power. As for how many places Hou Shouyong has in hand, Fan Jin didn't ask, but he arranged to do it all the time. Probably Chen Ziweng was worried that Fan Jin would use this quota himself, so he used it as a bargaining chip.

Fan Jin didn't take this recommended quota seriously, anyway, he had already received a hint from Sabao that he would be admitted as long as he was out, so why bother staring at the recommended quota. He couldn't understand that Chen Ziweng's grandson was not even sure about participating in the big harvest, and where did he get the confidence to pass the township test, but seeing Chen Ziweng's attitude was very clear, if he couldn't help him with this, he might not be willing to contract this military food business. Although the official affairs of the governor's yamen cannot be shirked, it is no wonder that the merchants are not able to handle so much military rations.

Fan Jin can do the military food business himself or not, and the Sa family still has to wait for this to be done in front of Yin Zhengmao to avoid disaster, and besides, if this business is completed, Liang Pandi will no longer have to be busy selling dog meat every day. Fan Jin pondered for a moment and asked, "Old Chen, where is your household registration?" ”

"Nanhai, the household registration of the old family is in Nanhai County."

"It's easy to do in the South China Sea, I can write a letter and ask the county honor, that is, my teacher, to recommend Sun to participate in the township examination as a full Confucian, but the ugly words are in front, and there is no way to guarantee the power of this letter."

Chen Ziweng's face was already full of smiles, and he nodded: "Fan Gongzi is too modest, as long as there is Fan Gongzi's letter, this matter can be done." The son is on top, and he is worshiped by the old decay. As he spoke, he lifted the hem of his robe, and the man bowed down.

When he came to the front room again, Chen Ziweng had already changed his predicament, and he had promised nothing about the military rations business, and the date was also guaranteed. As for the deposit, as long as it is 10%, I will agree to handle it.

The two hundred households thought that things had taken a turn and turn, and their expressions were a little unhappy, although as long as Sabao came forward, they could still make Yaxing bow their heads, but the two of them couldn't even do this little thing, and they would inevitably not be praised by their bosses. Now that the peak is turning, the two of them are happy in their hearts, and they have a little more admiration for Fan Jin's opinion.

After leaving the tooth shop, Fan Jin said: "Although I take the lead in this business, I still have to find someone else to do it later." It is a very troublesome thing to pass the acceptance, and the use must be trustworthy. I want to go out of the city and find the third sister to do it. She handled the military rations last time, and she did it beautifully, and she didn't ask for two masters, I don't know what the two of them thought ......"

"Fan Gongzi, my son-in-law has an explanation, let you have a tooth, so I will go to the South Park Anti-Fengxuan Poetry Club to wait for you, and have something to talk to Fan Gongzi. If you want to go out of the city at this time, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient. If this Liang girl has any acquaintances in the city, we can ask people to go to her. ”

Although Fan Jin's personal freedom is not restricted at present, the premise of this unrestricted is based on accepting the scope of Jinyi's monitoring. Especially even the matter of the Flesh Wing King is known, even if Sa Shizhong lets him act at will, Fan Jin himself has to consider the problem of avoiding suspicion. Since Sa Shizhong was invited, it was difficult for him to refuse.

"The third sister has a brother-in-law who works on an errand in the fast shift of the government office, as if others call him the fat king?"

"Hey, it's him." A hundred households showed such a look on his face, "Who should I be, he is very familiar with me, Fan Gongzi don't worry, just go to the Anti-Wind Society, I will ask someone to send him a letter, and ask him to call his sister-in-law to the Anti-Fengxuan." ”

The two hundred households had some face on the street, and after casually greeting a patrol to give a few words, some people ran to find someone. Fan Jin was accompanied by another hundred households and went straight to the South Park.

The South Garden is located near Yudaihao in Guangzhou, which is a very famous garden building, and its surroundings are mostly rich people's residences, high-ranking families, healthy servants and beautiful maids, and a scene of singing and dancing. In the South Park, the forest is lush and bamboo, the water is murmuring, and the scenery is even more moving, and the Anti-Wind Pavilion is located in the South Park.

This poetry society was established at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when the red scarf was at the beginning, and the land of Lingnan was not prosperous, and the five sons of Nanyuan formed a society to write poems here, which became a good story. To the Jiajing Dynasty, there were Ou Daren, Liang Youyu, Li Minbiao, Wu Dan, Li Shixing five people re-Xing Poetry Society, and the five people in front of them were called the five sons before and after.

Although the latter five sons either became officials or passed away, and no one stayed in Guangzhou to preside over the poetry society, the momentum of the anti-wind xuan did not fall. Most of the sons of wealthy families in the city, or famous and talented people in Guangzhou, will hold parties here, sing poems and harmonize, eat and drink. Zhang Shilu, Wei Haogu and others are all stars in the party, and the reputation of talents is also derived.

Fan Jin has no intersection with this circle, and occasionally comes here, but also to paint a portrait of a big family, and he has no chance to really walk here. Today, relying on Sa Shizhong's face, he can walk in with confidence, and the Baihu is leading the way in front, introducing Fan Jin as he goes.

There are not many people in Nanyuan today, and it is probably because the matter of military rations is not finished, so that Zhang Shilu and others have lost the interest of the cultural meeting. When I arrived outside the poetry club, I saw a few scholars in Tsing Yi walking back and forth, and a few small sedan chairs. Baihu frowned: "It seems that someone called a strip, this is all the sedan car class of the courtyard." ”

When I walked to the door, I heard the sound of silk and bamboo inside, and the music was melodious. One woman was playing the yaoqin, and the other was playing the flute, as if they were fighting music.

There were about a dozen scholars, ranging in age from age to age, and there were relatively few women, only five. However, depending on the situation, several women are not harmonious, and the fighting music is connected with the fighting spirit, and they are also dividing the high and low in private.

The men gathered together and talked, not knowing what they were talking about, but most of their eyes were drifting to a few women. Two old men were playing chess in the corner, and they didn't talk to each other, as if they were in two worlds.

Several scholars wore square scarves on their heads, but only Fan Jin had a corrugated hat, which was a little abrupt.

Of course, Sa Shizhong will not and has no reason to set up a game to embarrass Fan Jin, and with his tactfulness in handling things, he should not fail to notice this. Seeing the composition of the personnel, Fan Jin secretly had some questions in his heart, and he didn't know why Sa Shizhong made such a big mistake.

Several young people also saw Fan Jin, and they were stunned for a moment, and then someone asked, "Who is Xiaoyou, and he is also a friend of Brother Sa?" Not really. ”

At this time, he could only rush forward, Fan Jin smiled and said: "Fan Jin, the head of the Xia Nanhai case, is polite." ”

As soon as the words fell, the woman playing the piano suddenly raised her head, and the strings broke in response.