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Then check his words, observe his deeds, and judge his ability and deeds.

Divide people into levels with virtue and talent

Talent and virtue are for saints;

Talentless and virtuous are virtuous;

Talented but not virtuous is for the villain;

No talent and no virtue are for mediocrity.

In Wang Bo's view, his nephew is capable and young and talented; It's just that the means are bad, they don't practice benevolence and righteousness, and even have a lot of evil deeds, which shows that virtue is lacking.

Such a talented and virtuous person should be classified as a villain. Wang Bo was a little displeased with it.

But for some reason, the old man Wang Shao liked this son quite much, and he talked for a long time yesterday afternoon.

Sure enough, in the face of Chao Chong's unashamed and vulgar patting, the old man Wang Shao was very happy, and asked Chao Chong to chat with him after breakfast.

In this regard, Chao Chong naturally agreed.

This surprised the three generations of grandchildren present, and envied them very much, to be so intimate with the old man, Chao Chong's status in the eyes of everyone was three points higher.

After breakfast, Chao Chong went to Wang Shao's old man's house to chat while massaging his muscles and bones, and secretly used the "equivalent exchange" gold finger to restore the vitality of the old man.

Chao Chong likes to listen to the old man talk about the Jin Ge Iron Horse on the battlefield, fighting vertically and horizontally, and also understand the combat mode of the Great Song Forbidden Army, and he will also know himself and his opponent in the future.

The old man has this good audience, and he is naturally in a good mood. The three generations of grandchildren in the family are accustomed to living a comfortable life, like poetry and songs, and have no interest in the battlefield, let alone common sense, and they can't understand it when I tell them.

Chao Chong is not only interested in listening, but also good at military affairs, the two have questions and answers, naturally the more they chat, the happier they become.

Unconsciously, at noon, the old man had the habit of not eating at noon, and the food was light, which was not suitable for young people, so he did not force Chao Chong to eat lunch.

When I came out of the old man's house, I didn't go far when I heard someone calling out to me from behind.

"Cousin Chao Chong, please stay."

A twenty-four-five-year-old handsome boy, holding a folding fan, stands under a plum tree, smiling.

Chao Chong looked at it, it was Wang Tong, the eldest son of his uncle Wang Bo, whose name was Boren.

"Is Cousin Boren waiting for his younger brother here?"

Wang Tong shook his folding fan gently, paced slowly, and said, "Cousin Chao Chong hasn't seen him for ten years, and I miss my brother very much." I didn't get any news when I arrived yesterday, but today just happened to be in the middle of the sky, to be the east for my brother and wash the dust for my cousin. How is it? ”

Chao Chong looked at the folding fan swaying back and forth in Wang Tong's hand, the picture was bright peony, inscribed with famous poems, red tassels embroidered with jade, dangling in this big winter, extraordinarily pretending b.

"Isn't it cold?" Chao Conflict suddenly came out with a sentence.

"What?" Wang Tong was confused for a while.

"Fan!" Chao Chong pointed to the shaking thing in Wang Tong's hand.

"Ah, this, this is a thing of style. After equipping, the whole person is much more elegant. Wasn't that the case with Zhuge Wuhou back then? ”

Chao Chong smiled and said, "Cousin Boren is already dignified and elegant, and after equipping this fan, he is even more personable. Let the little brother be envious. ”

Listen to the strings and know the elegant meaning.

"Since Cousin Chao Chong likes it, take this thing, there are still a lot of it in the brother's house." Wang Tong seemed very generous, and handed the fan over casually.

"How embarrassing is this, a gentleman doesn't win people's love." He said so, but his hand took the fan and played with it.

It's not that Chao Chong is greedy for money, it's just a means to get closer.

Since Wang Tong was willing to wait for him outside the old man's house for so long, inviting himself to the banquet showed that he valued Chao Chong. At this time, Chao Chong naturally couldn't hold any shelves. And one way to get closer is to get back and forth. There is a coming, there is an exchange.

took Wang Tong's fan, which was to accept Wang Tong's kindness. Then there's the rebate.

Chao Chong played with the folding fan for a while, and said with a smile: "The little brother likes this thing very much, so he accepted it with a cheeky face." When I came from my hometown, I didn't bring any gifts, only a few 500-year-old ginseng, and I asked someone to send one to my cousin after a while. ”

There are contacts and contacts, and they are called contacts.

Wang Tong was polite on his lips, but he was also very proud in his heart.

Chao Chong said again: "My mother was waiting for me to have lunch together, and I went with me after saying goodbye to my mother, how about it?" ”

"This is filial piety, and it should be so! I also happened to go with my aunt to say hello. ”

The two went to their mother's residence together and explained that they were going out to eat at noon, and the mother Wang naturally hoped that her son would have a good relationship with her mother's child, so she nodded in agreement, but told him not to drink too much.

Coming out of his mother's place, the two of them each took their retinue and went out to the feast.

Chao Chong brought Liu Huiniang, Li Kui, their appearance is too vicious, what should I do if I am frightened, and I will celebrate the New Year.

Wang Tong brought his own personal scholar.

Chao Chong and Wang Tong talked and laughed, and walked from the backyard to the front yard. Immediately, a lively atmosphere came to the face.

A few days will be the birthday of the old man Wang Shao, and the front yard is full of colorful lights, splendid and extravagant pictures, people in charge, coming and going, and people giving congratulatory gifts one after another.

Naturally, there are family stewards to deal with these, but the children of the family don't have to worry about it. When those stewards saw Wang Tong, they all bowed down and shouted, "Young Master Sun." Wang Tong strutted with his head held high, did not answer, and led Chao Chong out of the main gate.

Outside the gate, there was already a carriage waiting for them. The carriage was double-pulled, the carriage was wide, and the refined reliefs showed that the carriage was expensive.

Chao Chong and Wang Tongqian gave in, got into the carriage and sat down. Liu Huiniang and the scholar sat in another car, the coachman whipped up, and the carriage drove slowly to the largest restaurant in Yingtianfu.

Socializing wine is the most boring. It does not have the hearty drinking of confidants together, nor the intrigue of enemies drinking together, nor the distribution of benefits of trading partners drinking together. It's more about praising the horse and satisfying the self-esteem of some people.

Wang Tong, as the eldest son of the prefect of Yingtianfu, will be the ruler of the Wang family in the future, and he will be a veritable official for the second generation. The friends he made were all the sons of such and such officials and the sons of such and such wealthy merchants, and they naturally welcomed Wang Tong in every way at the banquet. For Chao Chong, he also fully showed goodwill.

In the private rooms of high-end restaurants, in addition to talking about things, it is natural that beautiful women accompany the service. A group of warblers and swallows sit around to drink and relieve boredom, but it is also lively.

While Chao Chong complimented each other, he was thinking about how to get benefits from these people.

What is the biggest role of a group of officials 2 generations and rich 2 generations? What are the areas where their talents can be best utilized?

In the Celestial Empire, the best answer would undoubtedly be corruption and embezzlement of state assets. But in the Great Song Dynasty, the country's biggest asset was the official field, but no matter how good the official field of Ying Tianfu was, Chao Chong in Liangshan didn't need it.

"What does Brother Chao do in Jeju for a living?" A chubby boy toasted Chao Chong with a glass of wine and said with interest.

Chao Chong raised his glass and drank it all, and said with a smile: "There are thousands of acres of fertile land at home, but it is more about doing some business." ”

The fat boy's eyes lit up and said, "What business?" ”

"Grain, pig iron, population," Chao Chong vaguely summarized.

Everyone's eyes also moved over, for these second-generation sons, everyone has some land in their families, but Chao Chong's business, food is the most profitable business today. Pig iron is controlled by the state, and idle people and others cannot get involved in these two industries at all. Human trafficking is a taboo business, everyone knows that there is, but no one will put it on the table.

The fat boy arched his hand and said: "Brother Chao can get involved in these three items, which shows the strong financial resources of the family." My Zhou family is also in the grain business, and the business name is Pudong, I don't know what your family's business name is? ”

Your sister, I'm panicking, and you're also here to stir things up, do you want me to show my stuffing? The larger merchants know a little bit about the businesses in various places, and if I talk nonsense, will I be recognized?

Chao Chong frowned and said: "Master Zhou, I don't know where your family's grain is mainly marketed, my family's grain is mainly supplied to military supplies, so it is inconvenient for the business to disclose." ”

The government of the Song Dynasty purchased military grain and grass, sometimes by entrusting private merchants to contract, and borrowed money in advance, and they purchased it on their behalf. The government of the Song Dynasty invested huge sums of money and materials for a long time to purchase military grain and grass, and it is undoubtedly that the grain merchants made huge profits from it.

However, not all grain traders have benefited well. Those who benefited greatly were mainly those who were officials and the big grain merchants who colluded with them, and the grain merchants in general made less profits. Whether or not we can make huge profits often depends on whether or not we can engage in large-scale grain speculation. Whether or not grain speculation can be carried out on a large scale often depends on whether there are any omissions in the policies of the Song Dynasty and whether officials and businessmen are colluding.

Therefore, the grain merchants who generally supply military supplies, and special channels, are unwilling to let people know.

The chubby Zhou Gongzi smiled awkwardly and said, "It's the villain who is abrupt." ”

After a few glasses of wine, Wang Tong said to Chao Chong: "The wine is in front, and it can be enjoyed without a trace of bamboo." In this building, the top brand of Oiran is unique, desolate, cold, beautiful, known as the Roselle fairy. I can't see it today! ”

"Oh, what is bleakness, coldness, beauty?" Chao Chong also became interested, although the warbler Yanyan in the house was also very beautiful, but for Chao Chong, a person who had experienced the media era of the Celestial Empire, they could only be called vulgar fans.

"The piano is poignant, the expression is cold and glamorous, and the appearance is as beautiful as a fairy. The fragrance is unique, the winter is dark, and it is also a standout! A pale face and deep circles under the eyes of the second generation of the official interjected to explain.

Wang Tong summoned the mother of the restaurant manager and said, "I'm waiting here for a drink of incense, why hasn't Miss Axiu come yet?" ”

The restaurant manager's mother is actually **, and explained in a low voice: "Wang Gongzi, don't you know, before you came, Ah Xiu was invited to play the piano......"

"Bastard! Who can have this son important? Why don't you invite Miss Ah Xiu over to me! Wang Tong was furious when he heard this.

Losing face in front of so many friends, how can he not be angry!

The housekeeper's mother retreated, and when she arrived outside the door, she took a sip and said, "If it weren't for those few taels of silver, the old body wouldn't have made a few moths small for you." ”

Liu Huiniang and Wang Tong's scholar Zhimo, as well as several other sons' followers, five or six people stayed in the wing room next door, waiting for the summons at any time. You have to prepare idle silver, and once you hear the boy in the wing room shouting "reward", you have to take the money in.

Liu Huiniang dressed as a man, fourteen or fifteen years old, everyone is at this age, and some of them have not changed their voices, so they are not afraid of being recognized. So he chatted with these scholars and little girls.

Seeing the housekeeper's mother complaining, Liu Huiniang asked Zhimo: "Who is this Oiran Xiang Duxiu?" Why is everyone rushing to invite her? ”

Zhimo smiled: "That fragrant girl really doesn't have to say, and her piano skills are very good." Of course everyone likes to invite her. ”

"It's just too expensive, once you appear, I heard that the reward will cost ten taels?" Another attendant chimed in.

"I've heard that overnight stays are more expensive, so let's not think about it in our lives." Another sighed.

Liu Huiniang's eyes widened and exclaimed, "Overnight? Isn't that fragrant girl just playing the piano? ”

"How can a girl in such a high-end place only sell her art and not her body? Can you be called an Oiran if you don't sell yourself? ”

Liu Huiniang listened to the pleasant sound of the piano coming from the wing room in the distance, and originally thought that the girl who played the piano must be as elegant and clean as the sound of the piano.

"Isn't there a person who doesn't sell his art?" Liu Huiniang couldn't help asking.

"Of course there is, but it's not easy to make money. If you can't earn money, how can you redeem yourself? Therefore, many girls chose to sell themselves in order to save enough money to redeem themselves. Otherwise, after old age and decay, if you are still in this kind of place, the end will be even more miserable. "Zhimo often follows Wang Tong around Fengyue places, so he is very clear about the Tao inside.

While they were chatting with these scholars, the mother in charge ran over again with a gloomy face, entered the wing room and pleaded guilty to Wang Tong: "Lord Wang, there is really no accommodation over there, and if you don't let Miss Axiu come over, you can't afford to offend both sides of the old body, and you can't do anything." ”

"Did you mention my name?" Wang Tong's eyes widened, showing his majesty.

"The old man mentioned it, but there was no accommodation at all, and he said, and said......" The housekeeper's mother looked aggrieved, and the white powder that covered the folds on her face fell straight away.

"What else?" Wang Tong said angrily.

"They also said that if they wanted someone, they would go there and see him themselves." The housekeeper's mother lowered her head, but peeked in.

"Bastard! Who is so bold? Wang Tong immediately slapped the table.

Frightened those warblers and Yanyan cowered, these vulgar fans behaved like this, which made Wang Tong even more annoyed, and shouted: "Get out of here!" ”

The housekeeper's mother hurriedly slipped out of the room with a flock of frightened warblers and swallows.

"Brother Wang, in this Ying Tianfu, who dares not to give you face, it is really a bear's heart and a leopard's gall!"

"That's it, that's it, there are still people who dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, you have to give them some color quietly, otherwise you think we are easy to bully?"

Chao Chong didn't care about this, he just encountered a conflict when he drank flower wine, just an Oiran, if he didn't come, he wouldn't come, and he ended up quickly.

And Chao Chong obviously underestimated the importance of these 2nd generations to face, which was originally a trivial matter, but they rose to the height of "if you don't give me face, you want to be my enemy".

In the end, under the leadership of Wang Tong, a group of 2 generations of people wanted to go to the culprit to ask for the guilt.

Chao Chong is unlucky, drink a flower wine, do you have to have a conflict? It doesn't seem worth it. But this flower wine was nominally set up to wash the dust for himself, so Chao Chong had no choice but to follow them to ask others for their guilt.

Led by the housekeeper's mother, to the room where the elegant piano sound wafted out, the housekeeper's mother was just about to knock on the door, but Wang Tong pushed it open and kicked on the door.

It didn't kick away.

With Wang Tong's weak body with industrious limbs, even if it is a lattice door that is pushed and pulled, the work of kicking the door can only be heard. But the door could not be kicked open.

Chao rushed up to help his fist, and with a kick he lifted, and the door was kicked away, revealing a table of stunned scribes in the chamber.