After coming out of the Jiaozhi Mansion, it was already past noon, Han Qingshan led his ten personal guards, and did not go to the lunch prepared for them by the prefect Luo Dong and other officials, but after returning to the pavilion, he changed a set of clothes and quietly came to Zhu Song's mansion in Jiaozhi City. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In Zhu Song's residence, Huang San and Han Qingshan were all waiting here.

"Lord Wang, as you expected before, all the civil and military officials in Jiaozhi Mansion, except for a few people, are all connected with the powerful and evil bandits from all sides."

Han Qingshan held a pamphlet in his hand, bowed his head and said: "In particular, the prefect Luo Dong and Tongzhi Pang Hao have secret deals with the top five forces in Jiaozhi. ”

"What about Zhizhou Zhang Zhanpeng?" Zhu Song asked with his eyes closed.

"This person is very strange!" Han Qingshan shook his head and said, "Although this person has intersections with all the powerful and evil bandits in Jiaozhi, no one has anything to do with him. ”

"The last general has also heard of it." Huang San said: "This Zhang Zhanpeng is very energetic in Jiaozhi, not only the prefect Luo Dong respects him for three points, but all the powerful and evil bandits in Jiaozhi do not dare to offend him easily." ”

"Is it that scary?" Zhu Song opened his eyes and said, "In the end, he is just an old man, at most, with the title of Zhizhou, can he turn the sky upside down?" ”

This time, Han Qingshan and the two of them stopped talking, and His Royal Highness King Han said this, making it clear that he was not satisfied with the efficiency of the two of them!

"Check, check for this king!" Zhu Song said: "This king wants you, check how many buns this old guy eats a day!" This king really doesn't believe it, it's just a Jiaozhi Prefecture, those powerful and evil bandits even dare to kill the prefect, and they even have to respect him for three points! ”

"Yes, the last general will immediately arrange for someone to enter the governor's mansion to investigate!" Huang San nodded.

After a pause, Zhu Song continued: "In the past few days in Jiaozhi, although the information from all aspects will be summarized to this king every day, but I only have a general idea of the entire Jiaozhi. This king wants to take a good turn in Jiaozhi tomorrow. ”

"Lord Wang, before leaving the palace, the last general told them that they would take a walk in Jiaozhi tomorrow, take a look, presumably the government will arrange someone to go with the last general, or, if you are wronged, you will follow the team of the last general?"

Hearing Zhu Song's words, Han Qingshan said: "Although there are some things that cannot be seen when going with the people of their mansion, it is better to be safe, Lord Wang, do you see?" ”

"It's okay!" Zhu Song waved his hand and said, "It's been seven or eight days since I came to Jiaozhi, and this king just wants to go around Jiaozhi, and has no other meaning." ”

If this was said by the upright Zhu Mengcan, Han Qingshan might believe it, but this was from Zhu Song's mouth, and Han Qingshan didn't believe what Zhu Song said at this moment.

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The next day, Zhu Song disguised himself as a personal guard, was taken by Han Qingshan, accompanied by Pang Hao, the same governor of Jiaozhi Mansion, and led people to walk around Jiaozhi City and even several hills near Jiaozhi, and generally had some more intuitive understanding of Jiaozhi.

Jiaozhi is actually not big, at best, it is about the same as a county, and there are many dense forests and deep mountains, if it is not for Jiaozhi is directly under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing court, I am afraid that it will not be set up at the same level as the government.

In addition to the environment of Jiaozhi, Zhu Song also learned that the main merchants in Jiaozhi City were actually Annamite people, and they chose their own agents in Jiaozhi City, and then let them set up grain stores and leather stores, and exchanged these two things for iron and salt with the merchants of the Ming Dynasty.

As an official and merchant of the Ming Dynasty, salt is theoretically not allowed to be sold privately, but one is because of the lack of salt in Annan, if there is no salt needed for life, Annan people are afraid that they will die a lot.

As for the second one, the Annan people exchanged their own grain for salt, which could meet the needs of the people of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Di turned a blind eye.

Besides, gold, silver and jewelry may be treasures for the powerful and evil bandits of Jiaozhi, but for the people of Jiaozhi, salt is the treasure they need in life

Therefore, under the circumstance that official salt can be sold privately, and iron weapons are not sold for weapons, these seemingly primitive forms of barter are actually the most in line with the current trade form of Cochin.

For this situation, Zhu Song agreed, after all, this is a mutually beneficial relationship, Annan got salt, Daming got grain, and both sides benefited.

On the first day, they only learned about this situation, and in the next four or five days, Han Qingshan led the guards and still walked around the territory of Jiaozhi, during which they had never encountered powerful and evil bandits, perhaps because the Jiaozhi Mansion had already greeted those guys.

Just when Zhu Song was wandering around the territory of Jiaozhi, Huang San's guards finally dispersed.

Different from when they first came to Jiaozhi, these three hundred guards were reduced to zero and mixed into the vast territory of Jiaozhi, according to Huang San's arrangement, almost all of these guards of the Han Wangfu can speak an authentic Guangxi and Jiaozhi local language, and those who have language talent can even speak some simple Annan dialect.

These 300 people used various means to become Jiaozhi merchants, or beggars from outside, or merchants from Annam, or became the common people of Jiaozhi, and broke into teahouses and restaurants, or became the subordinates of some powerful and evil bandits.

The three hundred guards of the palace, because of Huang San's arrangement, lurked, like roosters waiting for the dawn to come, wanting to report the dawn in the sun!

However, in order to be prepared for a long-term battle, it is naturally not enough to arrange only 300 people to inquire about the news, after all, this is not a task that can be completed immediately, and it will take several months, even half a year, or a year to be foolproof.

Therefore, Zhu Song, in the name of a wealthy merchant in Beiping, bought a restaurant with a huge area in Jiaozhi City with great fanfare, and named it 'Sun Moon Building'.

Sun Moon House is scheduled to open on the 8th day of August, and the post inviting people to attend the opening banquet of the restaurant has naturally been delivered:

The civil and military high-ranking officials of Jiaozhi, the merchants and nobles in the city, and even the civil and military officials of the Guangxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Department were all sent invitations.

Zhu Song's mansion has already been a lantern, after all, the whole Jiaozhi has been spread, the restaurant in the city was bought by the old man Zhu in the east of the city, in recent days the brand has been wrapped in a big red cloth, I heard that it has been rebuilt into a restaurant.

In the front yard, in the reception hall, Zhu Song looked at Huang San in front of him and said, "Huang San, have all the invitations been delivered?" ”

"Back to the prince's words, it was delivered." Huang San nodded, "It's just that according to the opinion of the lower officials, few of those officials in Guangxi can arrive, and these few people in Jiaozhi, except for Zhang Zhanpeng, others may not come." ”

"It doesn't matter, the reason why this king opened the restaurant this time, and the reason why he sent them invitations is just because they are the parents and officials of this Jiaozhi City." Zhu Song nodded, he had obviously expected this situation a long time ago, "As for the officials over there in Guangxi, of course none of them will come." ”

"Huh?" Huang San asked a little strangely, "Lord Wang, how do you know that they won't come?" ”

"Of course the king knows." Zhu Song laughed and said, "The people sent by this king to Guangxi to deliver wedding cards all told the masters of each prefecture that they only needed to send congratulatory gifts and did not have to show up. ”

"What does that mean?" Huang San felt even more strange now.

"You'll understand in three days." Zhu Song shook his head and said, "Three days later, you guys will wait to see a good show!" ”

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The time of three days is fleeting, and on the day of the official opening of the 'Sun Moon Building', all kinds of carriages have been parked outside the Sun and Moon Building, and the carriages are gorgeous, and it can be seen that the owner inside is either rich or expensive.

Zhu Song was wearing a red wedding dress, just like a married groom, with a cheerful smile on his face, and he gave his hands to each other: "Yo, Brother Wang, welcome, welcome, please!" Hey, shopkeeper Li, a few days ago, my little brother went to your house, and the people in your house said that you went to Guangxi and came back today? Please ...... in."

A shopkeeper of various shops in the famous city, all with congratulatory gifts, came to the Sun Moon Tower to cheer for Zhu Song.

It's a pity that none of the high-level leaders of Jiaozhi that Zhu Song was looking forward to appeared.

The time is about to be auspicious, Zhu Song's side has calmed down, don't come, don't come, it means that this group of guys, at least they haven't discovered the identity of Zhu Song's Ming Dynasty King Han, otherwise, even if Zhu Song doesn't invite them to come, these high-level people will come over to send congratulations.

"Zhang Lao is here!"

Just when Zhu Song wanted to turn around and enter the restaurant, a loud voice sounded, and then he saw an extremely ordinary carriage, pulled by two old horses, coming slowly.

The carriage stopped in front of the Sun Moon Tower, and Zhang Zhanpeng, the governor of Jiaozhi, lifted the curtain and walked down.

"Shopkeeper Zhu, congratulations on the opening of your restaurant, and I wish you a wide range of financial resources and a daily progress!" Zhang Zhanpeng hunched his back, held two gift boxes in his hands, and said: "A little bit of a small gift, I hope that the shopkeeper Zhu should not be disgusted." ”

Zhu Song laughed, stepped forward to support Zhang Zhanpeng's arms, took He Yi easily, and said: "Mr. Zhang is polite, Mr. Zhang can come today, I am very happy, Mr. Zhang, please inside!" ”

While saying this, Zhu Song carried Zhang Zhanpeng into the restaurant.

The restaurant is divided into three floors, the first floor is the hall, at the moment in the hall are those ordinary people who congratulate them, the middle floor is the merchants of those shops in Jiaozhi City, and the top private room, Zhu Song is reserved for Zhang Zhanpeng and their 'distinguished guests'.

Zhu Song and the others accompanied Zhang Zhanpeng on the third floor, and the seemingly exquisite dishes were sent by the palace guards dressed as Xiao Er, and the wine was naturally one after another.

is really as Zhu Song thought, the entire high-level of Jiaozhi, except for Zhang Zhanpeng, did not even appear.

However, during this period, the congratulatory gifts sent by the high-level civil and military officials of the Guangxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Department made Zhang Zhanpeng puzzled at the same time, and he was also secretly suspicious in his heart: What is the origin of this Zhu Song, and why did the adults of the Guangxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Department send the congratulatory ceremony?

Seeing Zhu Song, who had a suspicious expression on his face, he didn't show the slightest joy, because he hadn't successfully integrated into the entire circle of Jiaozhi.

Now that Zhang Zhanpeng can see this, Zhu Song is also satisfied in his heart.

More than half an hour passed quickly, and when Zhu Song walked downstairs to see how many people had come, the situation that Zhu Song had expected before, but was not realized, finally arrived.

At the gate of the restaurant, a few people wearing black and red official uniforms walked in, and looking at their appearance, it seemed that they were not the officials of Jiaozhi County, but more like they were from the Jiaozhi Prefecture.

Looking at the few people wearing government uniforms, standing at the counter, Han Dong, who was pretending to be settling accounts with a fake beard, was slightly stunned, the prince didn't invite the catchers of the Jiaozhi Mansion to come over, why did these people come over today?

At that moment, Han Dong hurriedly put down the matter at hand. Ying came out and said with a smile: "A few officials, how can you have time to come to our restaurant today?" ”

The leading catcher glanced at Han Dong and said with a smile: "Are you the shopkeeper?" ”

"Yo, this official, you are wrong, it seems that I am wearing this dress, how can I be the shopkeeper of this restaurant?"

Han Dong still had a smile on his face: "What's the matter, a few officials, but you want to sit with my Sun Moon House shopkeeper?" If that is the case, I will immediately ask the shopkeeper to come out and entertain the officials. ”

"No, we're here today just for a routine check." The leading catcher smiled faintly, and then waved his hand lightly to the few unhappy people behind him, and said, "I'm still stunned, let's start!" ”

As the leader waved his hand, the few people behind him immediately walked in the direction of the main hall on the first floor of the Sun Moon Building, the back hall, and the back kitchen.

Looking at these officials, they unceremoniously walked out towards the three places, with Han Dong's temperament, anger appeared on his face, he knew that these guys were not good at coming, and the good ones were not coming, and this time I was afraid that something would happen.

Originally, everyone in Jiaozhi City who had a little knowledge knew that this restaurant belonged to Master Zhu in the city, and Master Zhu was a figure on the rich side, and I still remember that when Master Zhu first entered Jiaozhi City, the wealth was enough to fit thirty carriages!

Legend has it that some of these treasures are treasures that suddenly increased after Master Zhu encountered Tie Le in Cangwolf Mountain.

You say, if Master Zhu didn't have anything to rely on, how could he let Tiele lose his wife and lose his army?

Thinking of this, all the people in the hall on the first floor of the Sun Moon Building who came to congratulate them all talked about it, thinking that these sub-servants were just a group of little officials who came to the Sun Moon Building to eat and drink and didn't understand anything.

"Shopkeeper." At this moment, Zhu Song happened to appear at the staircase, Han Dong approached Zhu Song in three steps and two steps, and said in a low voice: "The officials of the government are here!" ”