The day will be June, the temperature is already surprisingly high, but it can not stop the businessmen from seeking money, this is not, there are still a few days from June 2nd, most of the merchants who are interested in investing in the invention of the Ministry of Industry have rushed to Beijing, for a time, the major inns are overcrowded, and I don't know how many people run to the powerful every day, trying to find the way to get the project first, but unfortunately the silver is not spent, but I don't see anyone who can do it, not for anything else, just because the person who presided over the investment promotion is Hongqing, who is known as the "butcher of officialdom", Even if it is the owner of the cow, he does not have the courage to go to Hongqing, otherwise, it is a trivial matter to touch a gray nose, in case it is remembered by Hongqing, and the account will be calculated after the autumn, the fun will not be small, so the Manjing division is so noisy and chaotic, and countless people are looking forward to the Ministry of Industry to come up with an actual charter as soon as possible.

On May 26, the 52nd year of Kangxi, the Ministry of Industry Yamen officially issued an announcement on the bidding for inventions, which was published on the front page of the "Jingshi Times", clearly stipulating that all those who want to participate in the bidding must go to the Ministry of Industry Yamen within three days to get the admission number, in order to prevent the small generation from fishing in troubled waters, a merchant can only take one number, three people are allowed to enter, the deposit is 2,000 taels of silver, regardless of whether the bid is won or not, the deposit will be refunded after the meeting, and the brief introduction of the 27 inventions in this bidding is clearly listed, but there is no clear text of the bidding procedure, There are also no relevant regulations on how to operate after winning the bid.

Two thousand taels of silver is naturally not a small amount, but for the merchants who dare to bid, it is not worth mentioning at all, since no one will be difficult because of such a threshold, no, as soon as the newspaper was issued, there was already a long queue at the entrance of the Ministry of Industry, and it was lined up from the gate of the Ministry of Industry to the South Street, and the crowded situation made all the officials of the Ministry of Industry stunned, and in less than half a day, the deposit received by the Ministry of Industry was more than 300,000 taels, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry really counted the money to the cramps of their hands.

There are always people who are happy and some people are annoyed in this world, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry are naturally happy in the face of the tide of businessmen, but in the central bank across the two streets, Hongli, who is sitting behind the copywriter, is obviously not happy, but seeing his face staring at the newspaper in his hand like a sinking water, the haze in his eyes is thick for a while, that is, the qi cultivation kung fu is still home, which is not very unbalanced.

"Little prince, Echun and Elangzhong are here."

Just when Hongli was secretly sulking, a sound of footsteps sounded, and his scholar had turned out of the screen, carefully approached the copywriter, and whispered a sentence.

"Well, please."

Hearing that Echun had arrived, a fine light flashed in Hongli's eyes, but there was no other expression, just a calm face bowed, and a simple command.

"Wow!"

Hongli is a quasi-words, the scholar did not dare to delay a little, hurried to respond, hurriedly exited the office, did not turn his heel and accompanied a white-faced middle-aged civil official from the outside line in, this person is the central bank Lang Zhong Echun, this is the fourth master Zhuangzi on a steward slave, because of the clever work, was valued by the four masters, followed to the household office, after three years of pen post style, was promoted to the staff of the Lang, the year before the establishment of the central bank, and was sent to the central bank to assist Hongli, the official promotion of two levels, It became the miscellaneous palm print of the central bank.

"The slave has said goodbye to the little master."

E Chun is a talented family slave in the fourth master's mansion, and when he saw Hongli, he naturally did not act as an officialdom gift, but as a family gift.

"Hmm."

Hongli didn't rush to shout, but waved his hand to the scholar who was waiting on the side, whispered, and withdrew him from the office, and then said quietly: "What's going on?" ”

"Back to the little master's words, the slave is fortunate to live up to his mission, and has obtained a copy of the text from Chen Langzhong, please take a look at the little prince."

Although Hongli's question has no head or tail, Echun knew what Hongli was asking as soon as he heard it, but seeing him smile smugly, he hurriedly stretched out his hand, took out a folded document from his wide sleeve, and handed it to Hongli with a smile.

"Oh?"

Hearing E Chun say this, Hongli's calm face immediately had a trace of waves, no side, in order to avoid suspicion, this month, Hongli himself is rarely to the Ministry of Industry, although he has long heard of the existence of a bid, but has never been seen, and now, all the things he arranged are ready, just waiting for such a document to come out, but also to show off his strength, because of this, even if his mind is calm, at first glance when he heard that the document has arrived, or can't help but get up, grabbed the document, Some of them couldn't wait to look at it.

"Has this document ever been finalized?"

The document is very thick, there are more than a dozen sheets, Hongli saw it carefully, and it took a long and a half incense to pass it again, but he did not comment on it, but glanced at E Chun with a slight frown, and asked a sentence without saltiness.

"Little master Mingjian, the slave also asked Master Chen before, according to what he said, more than 2,000 copies of the same document have been printed, except for one copy of each of the several palm seals, the rest are all stored in the miscellaneous department, and it is said that it will not be opened until the venue, if so, it is undoubtedly an official text."

E Chun can be valued by the four masters who are demanding and picky, naturally they are not reckless, and they have long understood the details of the problems.

"Hmmm......"

Hongli will ask so much, not that there is much distrust of Echun, nor is there any flaw in the document itself, in fact, as far as Hongli's eyes are concerned, I really don't think there is anything wrong with this document, as far as he himself drafts, it really hasn't been able to do so detailed, the reason why he will ask such a sentence, is purely cautious, and now, Echun has given a reasonable explanation, Hongli has been relieved, but he is not in a hurry to make a decision, but frowned slightly and put his hands behind his back, Pacing back and forth in the office.

"Little master, why don't you go and listen again?"

Seeing that Hongli didn't make a sound for a long time, Echun couldn't help but feel a little breathless, so he cautiously tried to say a word.

"No need, then give this document to those money rats, and let them see it done for themselves."

The conspiracy is to be secret, if it is really tried repeatedly, then there will be a big mess, this point, Hongli will not be unclear, because of this, as soon as he heard Echun say this, Hongli's face immediately drooped, glanced at it coldly, and ordered in a calm tone.

"Ah, yes, the minions obey."

Seeing that Hongli's expression was wrong, even though E Chundang was frightened, he didn't dare to say anything more, so he hurriedly and respectfully agreed, picked up the document that Hongli had previously put on the copy, and bowed down to leave the room.

"Slow down, tell those money rats, just rest assured, when the time comes, not only I, Amma, will go to cheer, but all the princes in Beijing will also arrive, and they will never let them suffer losses."

Without waiting for E Chun to turn around, Hongli suddenly waved his hand to stop, and gave another command in a deep voice.

"Wow!"

E Chun had just been coldly looked at before, but now he was learning to be obedient, and he didn't dare to talk more, so he just responded respectfully, and then left in a hurry.

"Brother Qing, Brother Qing, what else can you do this time?"

Hongli didn't pay attention to Echun's small intention to leave, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, stared at the blue sky with his eyes blazing, and after a long time, the corners of his mouth were raised, and he muttered in a low voice......

At the end of the day, it was dark, and an unmarked carriage slowly drove into the small string alley, and stopped steadily in front of the door, under the movement of the car curtain, Hongqing, who was dressed in green clothes, had gotten off the carriage and walked slowly towards the open gate.

"Lord Qiyu, according to investigation, before noon today, E Chun first arrived at the Ministry of Industry, and Chen Busi had a secret discussion for a moment, and then rushed to the central bank, stayed in the Hongli office for nearly half an hour, and then went to the 'Wanfu Inn', and met with a group of money rats who had gathered in it, and discussed for a long time, and his subordinates had found out that they had handed over a document of the Ministry of Industry to the money rats for reference, and they agreed to fully round the bid on the second day of the first month of June."

In the courtyard, Liu Size, Cao Yanshan and others had been waiting inside for a long time, and after welcoming Hongqing into the study of the inner courtyard, Liu Ize told all the news he knew.

"Well, how is the matter of this king and other things to be investigated?"

Hongqing knew a few days earlier that the person who was secretly playing ghosts this time was not only Hongli, but also a copy of the eighth master, because of this, Hongqing was not surprised by Liu Size's report, and did not ask in detail, but just said noncommittally, and then asked about it.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates have made a list of all the people who have had dealings with those money rats in the past few days, but anyone who has a red dot is a very close one."

Hearing Hongqing's question, Liu Size didn't dare to slack off a little, hurriedly stretched out his hand, took out a roll of paper from his wide sleeve, held it in both hands, and respectfully handed it to Hongqing.

"Continue to monitor carefully, and report any new news to this king immediately."

Hongqing took the volume, carefully spread it out, swept it quickly, frowned, but did not ask in detail, nor did he comment on it, just a simple order, then got up, and walked slowly to the study, Liu, Cao and others saw this, and hurriedly followed, and respectfully sent Hongqing straight out of the door......