Qin Chuan looked at Zheng Jiu and said, "What else do you have to say?" ”

Zheng Jiu replied respectfully: "Back to your lordship, according to your instructions, the 20,000 Vermilion Bird silver tickets issued by our Aurora Bank from Prince Alcohol have been personally handed over to the little prince the day before yesterday, 10,000 yuan from Qingjun Wang Yixuan, Prince Li and Minister of Military Aircraft, Beile Zaiyi, who is newly promoted to the rank of county king, Weng Tongyi, a university scholar and a scholar of the household department, Li Lianying, the chief eunuch of the Jingshi Room, and others are all 10,000, and the university scholar is 5,000 for Shangshu Linshu and Xu Tong, a university scholar, all of which are sent to our Aurora Bank. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

It's going to be the New Year, and the relevant personnel always have something interesting, and Qin Chuan really thinks in his heart that taking advantage of the New Year's season, walking around and giving some New Year's gifts or gift money, this is not only the etiquette of the Chinese people, but also very beneficial to deepening the relationship between the two parties, not to mention that these people are all members of the court, and there are definitely their own benefits to have some relationships with these people, especially for those who have no foundation and are rich.

It's just that Qin Chuan is not used to this, so he has to entrust Zheng Jiu to issue a gift order and send it to himself. In this way, the gift is not leaky, which not only saves yourself trouble, but also makes the other party more at ease to accept.

Needless to say, although this little prince is young and has no errands in the court in order to avoid suspicion, he is after all the elder brother of the current emperor Guangxu, and he will have the identity of the regent in the future, so this big tree will have to work hard early.

University scholar and Hubu Shangshu Weng Tonggong, not only a high and powerful position, but also the emperor of Guangxu, have a good relationship with him, and say a good word for himself at a critical time, that is also very powerful.

As for Li Lianying, not to mention, if she has a relationship with the number one celebrity in front of Cixi, she will not let herself suffer at a critical moment.

As for Prince Li Shiduo, Qingjun Wang Yixuan, Beile Zaiyi and Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, although they are not as important as the previous ones, they have some connections with them, and they will always shield themselves from the wind and rain.

"They all took it?"

Regarding Qin Chuan's question, Zheng Jiu was very unimpressed.

"My lord, although they are in high positions, they are not common to receive such a large amount of silver, how can they not accept it."

As for how much this gift should be given, Qin Chuan originally had no bottom in his heart, and he was afraid that he would attract attention if he gave too much, and he was afraid that the other party would not look down on him, so he still consulted Zhang Shiheng.

Hearing that these people had accepted the gift money from him, Qin Chuan relieved himself and nodded without speaking.

Zheng Jiu continued to speak: "I saw the little prince in the palace of Prince Alcohol, and the little prince said that the dragon carved gold pen that the lord entrusted him to the emperor last time, the emperor liked it very much, and he was very pleased that you could make something better than a foreigner, and praised the lord: It is very good to be able to do things that foreigners can't!" ”

It was still in October, Qin Chuan suddenly had a whim, and asked Pan Sichi to make a gold pen with a pure gold shell carved with a five-clawed golden dragon, packed it in a brocade box, and asked the fat man to give it to Guangxu through Prince Xiaool.

Zheng Jiu pondered and whispered: "When I gave Li Lianying a silver ticket, Li Lianying seemed to inadvertently tell me that the one million silver tickets for Lafayette to repair the garden sent by Lord Zhou last time were very happy, but he often mentioned that the adults were loyal. However, I said for no reason, and asked me to tell you that the land of Gyeonggi is mostly flat and windy, so I want to remind you to take care. ”

For Guangxu's praise, Qin Chuan was very happy, a gold pen is not worth much, but Guangxu is young, he must like such a gold pen, and he has an impression of Qin Chuan, now at this time, Cixi does not interfere in the affairs of Guangxu, the emperor, and Guangxu has done many things.

Qin Chuan was secretly proud, but after listening to Zheng Jiu's relay of Li Lianying's words, he couldn't help but change color.

Li Lianying is warning herself for the sake of the silver ticket, and she must be careful.

Qin Chuan asked Zheng Jiu a little nervously, "What else did you hear when you gave gifts to these people?" ”

Zheng Jiu blinked his small eyes and thought, "The others didn't say anything, but they all praised the adults for being young and promising. ”

Zheng Jiu swallowed his saliva, carefully considered it and continued: "However, my lord, there are many sayings in the capital now, saying that adults are rich and rival the country. ”

Qin Chuan frowned and thought for a long time, and after having a fixed opinion in his heart, his brows gradually relaxed.

Qin Chuan reached out and took out a piece of rice paper from the bookcase, took out a gold-plated gold pen from his jacket pocket, and wrote on the paper, after writing, Qin Chuan took a box of cinnabar from the bookcase, pressed his fingerprints, and handed it to Zheng Jiu.

"This is my warrant, you take it. You will make a hard trip tonight, immediately ride a fast horse to the capital overnight, enter the city as soon as the city gate is opened tomorrow morning, and first go to the branch of our Aurora Bank in the capital, which I have issued a silver ticket of one million and one of ten thousand, and send the one million to Prince Alcohol as soon as possible, so that he can hand it over to the emperor when he enters the palace today, or ask the emperor to transfer this silver ticket to the Empress Dowager Cixi on the topic of assisting in the repair of the Old Summer Palace. ”

"Let's help the current emperor please Lafayette, Zaifeng is the current emperor's own brother, and he is naturally willing to do this."

"That 10,000 silver ticket, you find a chance to give it to Li Lianying, don't say anything, when you see the silver ticket, he naturally understands."

Qin Chuan thought for a while, reached out and took out a Western-style leather wallet from his arms, took out a silver ticket from it and handed it to Zheng Jiu.

"You did a good job, this thousand pieces of Vermilion Bird is a reward for you."

Zheng Jiu carefully took the silver ticket and knelt on the ground with a "poof".

"Thank you, Lord for your favor!"

"Get up and talk, there's something else to say."

Zheng Jiu got up from the ground, peeked at Qin Chuan's expression and said hesitantly, "There are still 。。。。。。 According to the reports of the people under his command, Manager Li went to Lord Zhou, Master Sheng, the eldest son of Li Zhongtang and Hu Liao, the envoy of Changlu Salt, yesterday afternoon. ”

Li Mingfang went to Zhou Fu, Sheng Xuanhuai, Li Jingfang, and Hu Liao, the envoy of Changlu Salt, which was ordered by Qin Chuan, and the purpose was naturally to give gifts at the end of the year. Although Zhou Fu, Sheng Xuanhuai and Li Jingfang all have shares in the factories under the Aurora Group, and they also care for themselves, they still have to have this due etiquette. As for Hu Liao, the envoy of Changlu Salt, he was Qin Chuan's top boss, and he had to go.

Qin Chuan was very happy that Zheng Jiuhui would take the initiative to report the news of the insiders of the Aurora Group to him, but he didn't say anything on his face, just said lightly.

"Good!"

"What else?"

Qin Chuan asked while looking at the large locked wooden cabinets in the room.

Zheng Jiu reported some of the other information he had obtained to Qin Chuan one by one.

Sheng Xuanhuaizheng discussed with Li Hongzhang's family English teacher, Ding Jiali, an American, and Wu Tingfang, Li Hongzhang's aide, to open a "Chinese and Western College" in the concession to teach Western culture.

There is also Li Hongzhang five days ago, imploring the imperial court to reward the chief railway instructor of the Wubei Academy and the German Krupp engineer Bauer with the second-class and third-class treasure star medal.

Nie Shicheng, who took Feng Guozhang, Li Chun, Yan Yuchun, Zhou Xianxian, Yu Guangxi, Li Guohua, Xin Delin and others to inspect outside the Guan, after a three-month trek, is now in Tianjin the day before yesterday, and is ready to participate in the imperial examination in the year after tomorrow.

In addition, the current Hanlin Yuan reviewed Song Yuren, and published his self-written "Treatise on Current Affairs" in Beijing, in which he advocated a constitutional monarchy, which caused a great storm in Beijing。。。。。。