Chapter 90. The British public invited
Watching Zhu Huiyan's beautiful eyes turn, Hou Guoxing's eyes were straight, but why did he have an ominous premonition in his heart. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"What are you messing around?" Zhu Youxiao turned around and asked. He's also a little scratchy.
Just waiting... When Zhu Huiyan said this, he paused for fear of upsetting Zhu Youxiao by calling him by his name, so he pointed to Hou Guoxing on the side and continued:
There was a loophole in his plan just now, so the British Gongzhang Weixian is in a high position, if he sits in Liaodong, how can he deal with himself?
Zhu Youxiao frowned, it's not that the two of them haven't thought about this matter, but they don't let this British public Zhang Weixian sit in charge, with Hou Guoxing's current qualifications, it is indeed difficult to convince hundreds of officials if he wants to take on such a big responsibility.
"What's the use of you going?" Zhu Youxiao helped Zhu Huiyan up, patted the dust on her body, and reproached: Could it be that you are just a woman and can live in the British Princess. ”
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the princess's words are reasonable!" Hou Guoxing's body determines the brain's supplement. After finishing speaking, I deeply regretted that the rolling eyes of this little girl just now were obviously ill-intentioned.
"Big brother, do you think it's reasonable?" Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked.
"With the princess in charge, one can show the emperor's love for the victims, and the other can deter Xiao Xiaoxiao......" Hou Guoxing pretended to smile and explained the benefits of Zhu Huiyan going out together.
But in his heart, he secretly hated why he was so, and he jumped into it knowing that it was a pit. In exchange for the opportunity to get along with his sister, he even disregarded the principles of men.
"The royal sister and a woman went out for disaster relief, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?" Zhu Youxiao was silent for a moment and said.
"As long as you bring it, you can check it!" Zhu Huiyan looked at Zhu Youxiao and said pitifully.
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Walking out of the palace, Hou Guoxing looked at the rising moonlight and shook his head, sighed, and felt helpless in his heart.
He originally wanted to take Zhu Huiyan out to cultivate his feelings, but he didn't expect to bring a small light bulb Zhu Youjian. If it's someone else, forget it, the problem is that this Zhu Youjian is famous in later generations.
Not for anything else, the title of the king of the Ming Dynasty is enough to make it famous for a hundred years. What's more, there was a king who died in Sheji, and after the city of Beijing was broken, he was hanged directly on the coal mountain.
Judging from Wang An's invitation of Zhu Youjian to the Qianqing Palace just now, Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Huiyan, two brothers and sisters, doted on the ten-year-old Zhu Youjian, and although Zhu Youjian was young, he did not have the character of a royal child.
is polite, along the way, he is very polite to Wang An, opening his mouth to accompany the king, and closing his mouth to the prince. When he saw Hou Guoxing, he immediately bowed and saluted, and directly addressed him as the eldest brother.
And hoped that Hou Guoxing would treat him and say hello to Kebaba. Only Zhu Youxiao, who was the eldest brother, smiled and admired him.
But for some reason, Hou Guoxing, who was full of affection and sympathy for Chongzhen in later generations, did not have the intimacy of Zhu Youxiao at first sight after seeing him at first sight.
"Maybe it's because he'll be the emperor in the future." Hou Guoxing, who walked out of the palace, found a reason for his discomfort in his heart.
Now that my brother has come to Daming, you Zhu Youzhen have no chance to be the emperor, but you should thank your brother, at least you don't have to hang yourself in the future.
"Hou Qianhu, the little one has been waiting for you for a long time!" When Hou Guoxing was thinking nonsense, an old man who looked like a housekeeper walked to his side, bowed and spoke.
Hou Guoxing, who was about to ask, instinctively exclaimed when he saw the carriage behind the old man.
Three pure red horses dragged the carriage behind them to a slow stop, and the carriage was much larger than the usual carriage. The curtain used in front of the carriage is the most famous Shu brocade at the moment, and the bird pattern on it should be Suzhou embroidery if Hou Guoxing is not mistaken, and it is the boutique of Suzhou embroidery.
After this set of equipment, no matter how you say it, you will have to pay a thousand taels of silver, which is really rich. Hou Guoxing looked at the carriage he parked in the distance, and the damn horse made the breath of the three war horses restless, and his heart was speechless for a while.
"Dare to ask my husband what's the matter?" Hou Guoxing, who reacted, asked.
The old man bowed and said:
"Grandpa Guo asked the little one to come and pick up thousands of households to discuss disaster relief."
It turned out to be a British government, no wonder such a luxurious carriage was used. Hou Guoxing sighed in his heart, he was not hypocritical at the moment, and after explaining to his coachman, he got into the carriage with the support of the old man.
Entering the carriage, a faint aroma poured into Hou Guoxing's nose. The carriage of the carriage is clearly made of pear blossom wood, and the birds and animals on the body are lifelike, obviously by the hands of famous artists.
But what is this faint aroma? Hou Guoxing sat on the seat covered with tiger skin, looking at the luxurious carriage. Suddenly, I found that there were two small cylinders of purple sand next to the curtain of the carriage, and there was a little smoke in the small tubes.
Agarwood is definitely the kind of best agarwood with one or two agarwood and three taels of gold.
Rich, really rich! Hou Guoxing sighed again in his heart, although your British family is hereditary, but this is too extravagant, right?
You must know that in Zhu Youxiao's Qianqing Palace, only before going to bed at night, the palace maids dare to order a little, and on weekdays, they can't afford to use this thing.
The carriage drove all the way, and Hou Guoxing sat in the carriage, sighing at the luxury of the British duke. sighed that Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there were frozen bones on the road. sighed that if this agarwood was exchanged for silver, it could save hundreds of victims.
"Wait for thousands of households, it's here." It didn't take long for the carriage to stop, and the butler's voice came through the curtain.
"It's hard work!" Hou Guoxing got out of the carriage and looked at the British Mansion in front of him.
Under the plaque of the British Mansion made of pure gold, there are two stone lions nearly two meters high on the left and right, and behind the lions is a row of stone steps, about nine.
Above the steps is a flat dam, behind which are two painted red gates. At this moment, the door was open, and as soon as Hou Guoxing got out of the carriage, he saw the British public Zhang Weixian waiting at the door.
"Waiting for thousands of households to come to the cold house, the old man is deeply honored!" British public Zhang Weixian greeted him warmly. took Hou Guoxing's hand and made a gesture of please.
"The lower officials are terrified, how dare they greet the country!" Hou Guoxing hurriedly took a few steps back, and bowed deeply to Zhang Weixian in fear.
Zhang Weixian, as the prince of the country, opened the door widely, and personally waited to greet him with a brocade guard of thousands of households, Hou Guoxing of course could not lose his courtesy.
"Hehe, you are really polite and courteous, no wonder the emperor trusts you so much, and entrusts you with important responsibilities at a young age. Come, it's windy outside, come in with the old man. Zhang Weixian smiled and patted Hou Guoxing on the shoulder, and then pulled Hou Guoxing to the mansion.
The British public heirloom is hereditary, and the country is in the same family. It can be regarded as a first-class honor of the Ming Dynasty. Unlike civil officials, although the nobles are military generals, they essentially look at the emperor's face.
Therefore, seeing that Hou Guoxing is modest and cautious, and does not have the appearance of a favored minister who is once favored and complacent, Zhang Weixian is full of good feelings towards Hou Guoxing in his heart.
"Grandpa Guo praised it falsely!" Hou Guoxing gently broke free of Zhang Weixian's hand, and then helped Zhang Weixian to walk towards the steps.
From an outsider's point of view, it looks like a son and nephew in the family, holding his father. Hou Guoxing was helpless for a while, when he came to this Ming Dynasty, he couldn't act.
After the two entered the hall with their arms, Hou Guoxing found that there were already two tables of banquets in the hall, and there were already many people waiting there, probably waiting for Hou Guoxing to come over for a banquet.
"Guoxing, come, sit here!"
Zhang Weixian pulled Hou Guoxing and went directly to the chief, and did not pay attention to the people on the side. Of course, Zhang Weixian's Guoxing call is obviously too cordial, and it is obviously for everyone to hear.
After the two of them were seated, everyone on the side gathered around, bowed deeply to the British duke, and greeted Hou Guoxing one after another.
"Waiting for thousands of households, the grass people are the proprietors of Wanfu Rice Shop in the capital, and I heard that Grandpa Guo invited a banquet for thousands of households......"
"Waiting for thousands of households, the grass people are the owners of the Limin salt shop, and I have heard that the adults of the thousands of households are young and extraordinary......
"The Lord of Qianhu is young, and he is in a high position, and he will definitely be a marquis in the future....."
"Lord Qianhu, the grass people are fellow villagers with you......"
Hou Guoxing let these people's sycophants blow in the clouds for a while, so he could only get up, clasp his hands, and respond to everyone one by one with a smile.
But he can hear that these people have a common identity, that is, businessmen.
After the two tables came up and got to know Hou Guoxing one by one, Zhang Weixian, a British public sitting on the side, coughed and said:
"Okay, Guoxing has just come out of the palace, everyone will eat first, what's the matter, I'm talking after eating."
As soon as Zhang Weixian's words fell, the housekeeper who had just picked up Hou Guoxing turned around and clapped his palms outside the door. Followed by more than a dozen beautiful maids, they began to bring wine and food to the table one after another.
"Guoxing, these people are businessmen from all over Beijing, and when they heard about this drought, they shouted that they wanted to do something for the country." Zhang Weixian said while sandwiching the dishes for Hou Guoxing:
"My British government has a big business, and I will have some dealings with these businessmen on weekdays, but this time it's just a face, so let them come over, anyway, the food and materials you need for this disaster relief will not be less, maybe they can use it." Take care of what you can! ”
"The little nephew knows about this, and Uncle Lao is worried!" Hou Guoxing swallowed the bear paw in his mouth and said.
The British public called him by his name, and Hou Guoxing was also a thick-skinned person, so he directly began to call his uncle.
Of course, deep down in his heart, he was scolding: "Day, the feeling is that a group of salesmen have come to the door." You are also a British duke, if you want to make some money from it, you just say it, and what nonsense is there to contribute to the country. ”
Soon halfway through the banquet, the atmosphere began to be warm, the butler waiting on the side clapped his hands outside the door, and a dozen or so flowery girls wore colorful clothes and entered the hall and began to dance.
Although it is sake, it can't withstand the many people toasting, Hou Guoxing's brain is also dizzy at the moment, he stares at the group of bewitching girls in front of him, and from time to time he bites a few bites of delicious food that is stronger than the imperial chef of the palace.
Deep down in my heart, I only feel that the life of the grandfather of the country is called life, and it is called the real aristocracy.
Soon the cabaret was over, and the bewitching girls sat down separately, poured wine and fed the guests.
These people are also veterans of the flowers, and while drinking the wine fed by the singers, they are restlessly touching the bodies of those singers.
"Waiting for thousands of households, the grass people have 20,000 stones of grain and grass in the rice shop in Beijing, if the adults need it, they can mobilize 100,000 stones of grain and grass a month, I don't know if the thousands of adults can take care of the grass people."
The owner of the Wanfu rice shop said, and his hand reached out to Geji's chest and grabbed a few handfuls.
Hou Guoxing was sticking to the two singers left and right at the moment, and he was embarrassed, and the woman in Zhang Weixian's arms beside him let out a babbling moan from time to time, where did he still have the heart to take care of too much, and said:
"If Grandpa Guo thinks it is appropriate, this bit of food is not a problem."
In his opinion, the current grain price in Jingshi is one tael per stone, and it is negotiable to take out more than 100,000 stone of grain in a month and give one or two halves, after all, the face of the British public still has to be given.
The British Duke said with a smile on the side: "This is not good, the old man is just assisting you......"
As he spoke, he did not affect the movements in his hands, and the woman in his arms moaned louder.
Looking at the British Duke who was constantly moving around him, Hou Guoxing on the side was speechless for a while, letting him do this in public in public, and he really couldn't do it because he was not thin-skinned.
What's more, he is also afraid that if he can't control it, the virgin body of his own body will be broken like this.
"In this year, I'm afraid that food prices will become more and more expensive. After the imperial court buys grain on a large scale, it will at least increase fivefold. We are deeply favored by the emperor and the grandfather of the country, of course we can't make that black money. ”
Speaking of this, the grain merchant grasped it vigorously in his hand, and said with a loud moan from a woman:
"Or buy it at three taels of silver per stone, what do you think?"