Chapter 18: Conspiracy I
Chapter 18: Conspiracy I
After Zhao Yu got the news from the little eunuch sent by the Song Ren Sect, he was pleasantly surprised and naturally wondered why Liu E didn't get in the way. However, this did not prevent Zhao Yu from ambitiously launching his own restaurant plan. In fact, Liu E's dark psychology is not a mortal threat to Zhao Yu, Liu E wants to get Zhao Yu from more than a thousand years ago! Because of this, Zhao Yu ignored Liu E's mentality towards herself, so a beautiful misunderstanding was formed.
At that time, the big families who were restaurants generally launched an agent. According to the custom of those ministers, find an old housekeeper from among their own domestic servants to come forward. And most of this housekeeper are born in the family, that is, his father, and even his grandfather, are all servants of this minister. Such a person has a very high loyalty to the minister's family, and he is also familiar with it, so it is convenient to master this shop.
It's just that......
After Cao Feiliang learned the news from the little eunuch, he came to find Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu looked at Cao Feiliang in some surprise and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Cao Feiliang hesitated and said, "I don't know who the little prince is going to use as an agent?" If you don't have an idea for the time being, Xiaguan has a few reliable family children here, and you can use them for the time being! ”
When Zhao Yu heard this, he frowned, but he immediately understood the intention of Cao Feiliang's proposal. Cao Feiliang thought that Zhao Yu was unavailable, and he was not blatantly seizing power. The only people who can be regarded as henchmen under Zhao Yu now are Xiao Xuanzi and Song Xing, and Zhao Yu doesn't believe in the others. As for the family's children, how can the royal family not have such a character as the family's children! It's just that their allegiance is not to Zhao Yu, and having it means not having it. Zhao Yu can now be said to be alone.
Even if he knew that Cao Feiliang's words were well-intentioned, Zhao Yu still had some negative emotions in his heart. Zhao Yu thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "No need, this king already has a preliminary method." Hmm, do you have some free today? ”
"As long as you nod your head, little prince, you will naturally have it!" Cao Feiliang said with a smile. In fact, although Zhao Yu is the king of a country, because of Liu E's suppression, there are not many people in this palace, which also means that there are not many things to deal with. Even if there is, these things are basically trivial things, Zhao Yu nodded, and it was not a problem for Cao Feiliang to postpone it.
Nodding happily, Zhao Yu said: "That's good, you go and let people prepare two horses, let's go out for a walk!" ”
Although it was strange to Zhao Yu's proposal, Cao Feiliang still nodded, and couldn't help but propose: "Little prince, do you want to bring two guards?" It doesn't seem very safe outside! ”
Cao Feiliang said this, naturally it is not that it is really unsafe outside. In ancient times, there was a curfew to ward off thieves. In Kaifeng and other places, there is no curfew, and it is the capital city, and the security is very good. The main purpose is that Cao Feiliang is afraid that Zhao Yu will lose his job, so he doesn't have a guard when he goes out.
You can imagine that when a powerful person goes out, he just drives a motorcycle and has a senior secretary. I'm afraid that none of the small countries in Africa have fallen to this point.
Zhao Yu shook his head and said, "No, this king goes out this time, I don't want to be too public, it's simple!" The horses can also be ridden normally! ”
Cao Feiliang reluctantly agreed.
Although there are many rich and noble families on Tianbo Street, where Zhao Yu's Huiji County Mansion is located, it is not prosperous. This area is lined with courtyards and pavilions, and the royal gardens are also located here. In the past, the mansions of the founding heroes Pan Mei and Gao Huaide were all in this area, and with the development, this area has also become a gathering point for ancient noble families. These people naturally have ancient thoughts, but they don't want their homes to be lively all night long, and the sound of silk and bamboo is endless, so there are not many entertainment venues in this area.
In Bianliang City, the real prosperity is the southeast of the imperial city, the famous Daxiangguo Temple, Pan Tower, Bailu Tower, Sangjia Wazi are all in this area. In recent decades, new scholars have generally settled in the vicinity of this area, which has a bit of a taste of the old and the new.
Because of this, although Zhao Yu and Cao Feiliang rode horses, when they arrived in the business district of Tokyo City, a full hour had passed.
However, this is also normal, the current Tokyo city has not reached the peak of the Song Huizong period, but now it has a population of one million. Moreover, in ancient times, there were no concrete and steel buildings, and the houses where they lived were basically bungalows. That is to say, there is more land to live in, and walking through Bianliang for an hour, Zhao Yu's speed is actually relatively fast.
In the area of Panlou Street, it is extremely prosperous. To the east, the people call it the soil market, also known as the bamboo pole market, cross street, etc. It has the name of the bamboo pole market, and as the name suggests, the curtain is made of bamboo pole and canvas and coarse cloth, and it is divided into small shops. Although it is simple, it contains all kinds of items, such as heads, belts, books, crown mats, etc.
There is also a hawker known as "the street", a burden, two bamboo baskets, with all kinds of candy along the way to sell. From pickled sour plums, rock sugar gourds, and dried wild fruits to boiled steamed pear dates, steamed cakes, sprouted beans, and more.
Although it was not the first time to bring it to Pan Louyi, Zhao Yu still couldn't help but sigh at the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty. Compared with the pedestrian streets and other places in later generations, the Panlou area is not bad at all in terms of popularity!
To paraphrase Yan Zi's reply to the King of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, the current Tokyo City is "Zhang Yuan into yin, sweat into rain, shoulder to shoulder".
After walking a few times, Cao Feiliang was strange. What did Zhao Yu do when he called himself out today? Shopping is not like shopping, have you ever seen something shopping just glance a few times, turn your head and leave? And this master's money bag is quite rich now.
This money still came from Song Renzong, given that his younger brother was too poor, Song Renzong, who had always been kind, really couldn't bear it. asked someone to secretly send a calligraphy and painting of Wu Daozi, and Zhao Yu naturally asked people to sell him. Now that the world is peaceful, the price of this antique is not low, and Zhao Yu sold fifty gold leaves. A gold leaf is one or two heavy, leaf-shaped, with the merchant and the location of the casting printed on it, and the credit is extremely high.
One tael of gold can be exchanged for nine taels of silver, and one silver can be exchanged for two pieces of money, in other words, Zhao Yu's calligraphy and painting were sold for nine hundred yuan. This is not a small amount of money, in the Huaibei area, buying a good acre of paddy field is just ten dollars!
What surprised Cao Feiliang even more was that if Zhao Yu came out to investigate and buy which restaurant was better, he didn't enter those restaurants, and he didn't even have the interest in restaurants, and he didn't even have the time to take a look.