Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Banquet
Chapter XXVIII
The county government back house, the moon climbs the eaves, and the lights are on. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Several people have drunk three rounds and cooked five flavors.
Yue Zhang held the wine glass, looked at the few people in front of him who were slightly drunk, and smiled secretly in his heart.
The wine in the glass is amber-like in color and mellow in taste.
This wine was specially asked by Wang Xianlin to get it from his family, saying that it was a rare good wine, but in Yue Zhang's opinion, at best, it was about 20 degrees.
Yue Zhang discovered another skill of the traverser at this moment; A thousand cups are not drunk.
With the degree of this wine, he just wants to roar heroically at the moment, I can drink a hundred!
"Captain Yue, good drinking! How young we are, we who are half-cut into the soil are really incomparable! β
Liu Dafa picked up his wine glass, toasted to Yue Zhang, and said.
"Where, where you are, you are in the prime of life, but my juniors can't compare. Come, everybody, raise your glasses. This cup respects the county, thank you for matching me with the bridge, so as to make today's event, thank you! β
Hu Ying picked up the wine glass and drank it all. Wang and Liu also echoed Yue Zhang and toasted again and again.
With this round of wine, everyone also had a taste for wine, and they were staggered for a while.
After more than half an hour like this, the guests and hosts were happy, and Wang Xianlin and Liu Dafa got up slightly and retired.
Before leaving, Wang Xianlin grabbed Yue Zhang and said: "Captain Yue, the old man will visit tomorrow, present the agent's assets, and ask Captain Yue to take care of it in the future." β
Yue Zhang's eyes rolled, and he understood that he was in a hurry to finalize the matter of honeycomb coal, for fear of extraneous branches. I laughed in my heart that it was really an addiction to making money, and I couldn't bear it for a moment.
But this also won Yue Zhang's heart, the sooner the sales channel was rolled out, everyone could make money a day earlier.
So he patted his chest and responded, and even said that he was relieved.
Seeing the two away, Hu Ying pulled Yue Zhang back into the house and instructed the servants to withdraw the banquet and serve tea.
Hu Ying took the lid of the tea bowl and flipped it on the table.
In fact, when the Ming Dynasty was entertaining, tea could not be drunk indiscriminately; The host does not lift the lid of the tea bowl, that is the decoration, when the host picks up the tea bowl, it is on behalf of the guest. If the host turns the lid of the tea bowl upside down on the table, the guest can drink it.
But Yue Zhang didn't know this, he drank the wine, his throat was dry, and as soon as the tea was served, he took the tea bowl and drank it.
Yue Zhang drank the tea in one go, and the tea was still a little hot, but he felt that the burning feeling in his stomach had subsided a lot.
Although the degree of this wine is not high, the stamina is great, so you can pay attention to it in the future.
Hu Ying looked at Yue Zhang, who was holding the tea bowl, and didn't care about his rudeness, and said, "Good nephew, I have opened my eyes today." With this honeycomb coal, it is not surprising that your Huangzhuang will be making money every day in the future. A few days ago, the virtuous nephew asked to see the emperor, and the old man was still worried that the emperor had cleared the fields, and it would be useless for you to have no income. Now it seems that you have a plan, nephew, and I am worried in vain. β
When Yue Zhang heard this, he was wronged: "My county lord, I didn't think about it so much at the beginning. This honeycomb coal was developed after meeting the emperor and coming back. Huangzhuang is difficult, don't you know, those Zhuang people let Zheng Bin suffer miserably. If I don't think of any more solutions, I'm afraid that many people will starve to death this winter. However, Lord Lao Xianzun was worried, and the little nephew was really grateful. β
Seeing his naΓ―ve attitude, Hu Ying smiled and helped his short beard: "The virtuous nephew has seen the outside, you and I met when we were in danger, and we are in trouble together." To put it mildly, in my eyes, you are the same as my own nephew. Now that you are so well managed, I am very happy in my heart. β
Yue Zhang saw that he was sincere, and he was also a little moved in his heart. Hu Ying is still good to him, although he did not repay himself here and helped him eradicate Wang Chun and Yao Guangli. Hu Ying has helped him a lot these days, not to mention anything else, as far as today's events are concerned, if Hu Ying didn't try his best to gather all the businessmen and talk by himself, he wouldn't have achieved such an effect.
Huangzhuang and Huairou are not far apart, according to common sense, the place where Huangzhuang is located is still under the rule of Huairou, and Hu Ying is there, whether it is for the development of Huangzhuang or for his own convenience, it is more beneficial.
Although Hu Ying made meritorious contributions in reporting Zheng Bin, she did well in the assessment of the officials this year. But after all, it has been hollowed out in the past few years, there is no political performance in the county, and Huairou County has been looted by Wang Chun and Yao Guangli.
Hu Ying is a person with a heart, but the county's finances are not optimistic, before the Huangzhuang occupied a lot of land, the tax is meager, if he shares some of the profits from the Huangzhuang, the county's finances will definitely ease some, and his political achievements will be beneficial, and the people of Huairou are also a good thing.
Thinking of this, Yue Zhang opened his mouth and said: "County Zun, Xishan Coal Mine is jointly operated by Huangzhuang and Zhuang Min, and the profits are divided into three or seven accounts. Today's matter, thanks to the county honor, in order to thank the county, I took a part of the Huangzhuang from the county, took out a component with the county, and hoped that the county would not refuse. β
Hu Ying's face turned pale, thinking that Yue Zhang was bribing him, his smile immediately turned cold, and he stood up and said angrily: "Captain Yue, don't you look down on the old man?" I help you because you are fearless and do your best for the benefit of the people! Your actions like this really make the old man feel cold, the old man is going to rest, I will not send it far! β
Yue Zhang saw that he had misunderstood, and pulled him to explain for a long time, and Hu Ying was relieved.
After figuring out this joint, I appreciated Yue Zhang even more in my heart. In addition to appreciation, I was also moved by Yue Zhang's ability to think about him so much.
The two of them re-seated, Hu Ying looked at Yue Zhang, thinking to herself why she didn't have a daughter, otherwise wouldn't it be beautiful to have such a smart and interesting uncle.
In this case, the old man thanked the virtuous nephew for the people of Huairou County. However, after this misunderstanding, the old man suddenly remembered that in the past few days since the arrival of the virtuous nephew, he has not seen Han Hong, the eunuch in charge, right? β
Yue Zhang's brows furrowed, and he said in his heart, Who is Han Hong? Why is it not impressed? Then he asked, "Han Hong?" What did the county say? β
Hu Ying smiled helplessly and shook her head, saying in her heart that this child is sometimes delicate and touching, and sometimes careless to make people laugh. ββIt's been a few days since I took office, and I don't even know who my boss is.
The court of the Ming Dynasty is a special place for gossip, and basically nothing in the palace can be hidden from the court, so Han Hong met the queen mother and sued Zheng Bin for saying good things for Yue Zhang, and Hu Ying also heard about it.
Although Han Hong is not as domineering as Zheng Bin, he is not a good person.
Zheng Bin had a conflict with Han Hong because of the occupation of land before, and later Zheng Bin relied on the help of Concubine Wan Guifei and humiliated Han Hong fiercely, so he hated Zheng Bin, and later sued the queen mother fiercely.
But no matter what the reason is, after all, it was he who promoted Yue Zhang in front of the Queen Mother, and Yue Zhang's career was born.
Moreover, although Yue Zhang is now in charge of the Huangzhuang as an official school, after all, Han Hong is still the nominal steward eunuch.
This Shangguan has to maintain it well, otherwise there is no credit for doing a good job, and it is a sure thing to carry the black pot if he does not do it.
Hu Ying told these ways of being an official, and Yue Zhang was stunned for a moment when he heard it, and it took him half a day to figure out the joint, and he sighed to himself.
"This Nima is the old driver of officialdom!"
Yue Zhang suddenly felt that Hu Ying, who was talking endlessly, was so profound, and there were a lot of things to learn!