Chapter 245: Emergencies
"Zhuge Feng is checking Wang Li?" Zhang Fang held a copy of the document, his brows furrowed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
Since the prince's wedding banquet, Liu Kang began to show restlessness, and then Zhuge Feng appeared, causing Zhang Fang's vigilance. Zhuge Feng's position is very sensitive, especially in the current situation. There is a precedent for this matter, during the period of Emperor Wu, Jiang Chong, the first commander of Si Li, used the special authority of Si Li to single-handedly brew the "Witch Gu Rebellion" and force a prince to die.
History cannot repeat itself.
After returning to the house, Zhang Fang immediately summoned Qingyan and Han Jun and asked them to collect information about Zhuge Feng's mansion and increase the intelligence in this regard.
Five days later, the news came back, and when Zhuge Feng's concubine was sleeping, he heard Zhuge Feng casually say, "If Wang Lao Liu's life does not change, the Wang family will be burdened by it." β
After analysis, Wang Lao Liu should refer to Wang Li, if Zhuge Feng takes Wang Li's handle and takes the opportunity to expand, at this juncture, it will indeed cause a certain blow to the Wang family, and then shake the prince. It's not surprising that Zhuge Feng threw himself into King Jiyang, who doesn't have a few helpers? What's more, Emperor Yuan's attitude is there, and the prince's favor is obviously not as good as that of King Jiyang.
What does Wang Li mean by not changing his life?
Wang Li is also the key monitoring object of Zhang Fang, and everything he does, piles and piles, are recorded. I dare not say the specific details, but at least they are roughly the same. Zhang Fang combed them one by one:
"Received 30,000 yuan from a businessman...... This amount is on the small side, and it is the norm, not a handle. β
"I lent 15,000 yuan, and after three months, I asked for 30,000 yuan, and a pottery workshop in Dongshi was unable to repay it, so I offset it with a shop...... Usury, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, and it is not a handle. Hehe, this guy also wants to play the idea of porcelain. β
"Xicheng Kuo is a certain person, his wife is beautiful, and he is lured into the house with money...... Hey, this Wang Li is a scoundrel and never cares about fame, this thing is effective for some Confucians, but it is useless for him. β
"Buy 200 acres of Hedong paddy field at a low price and sell it at a high price ......"
Zhang Fang's eyes were condensed on this article, leaning less, and he raised his head and asked Han Jun: "What is the specific purchase price, how much is the profit from selling, can there be detailed data?" β
Han Jun was ashamed and said, "This matter is too confidential, and our people can't reach this layer." Mistaken Childe's big ......"
"It's okay, it's good to be able to do this." Zhang Fang looked at the two young men and women who had gradually become trained with a smile, and encouraged, "I didn't expect you to be able to do this. Very good, keep it up. β
Qingyan couldn't help but ask again: "Is it really a big deal?" β
"That's right, I don't need to take care of this matter, someone is more anxious than me." Zhang Fang smiled and said something that the two of them didn't understand at all, "Okay, we finished the first half, and in this second half, it's time for someone else to play." β
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In the back alley of Zhangtai Restaurant, the door opened, and a woman in white wearing a hat walked out with the support of the maid, followed by Mr. Li, the account room, respectfully send-off: "Ah Li little lady walks slowly, there are many street cars in front of Zhangtai, you must be careful." β
This woman in the hat is Ah Li, and the one who supports her is naturally the maid Xia Rong.
The second girl turned around and thanked her, and slowly walked away, before the door slowly closed.
Xia Rong complained in a low voice while walking: "The little lady really shouldn't take over this kind of errand, she has to go out on seven or eight days, just to sort out all kinds of useful and useless news, not to mention that people are tired, and they are tired of even walking." β
Ah Li in the hat smiled at the corner of his mouth: "People are tired, but their hearts are comfortable." β
Xia Rong was speechless, she knew that this little lady was soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and the more inconvenient her vision was, the more she had to prove that she was not a useless person. For this, even if you pay a hard price, you are willing to eat it.
As Xia Rong said, Ah Li has to go out every ten days and eight days to go to the backstage of Zhangtai Restaurant to summarize and sort out the intelligence.
The sources of this information are several aspects: first, the various rumors that the restaurant maids hear every day, and the few words that they overhear the powerful talking about when entering and leaving the private rooms; the second is the information obtained in the process of business transactions of the Houfu industry distributed in various commercial handicraft workshops in Chang'an; Third, a considerable number of the relatives of the servants of the Hou Mansion and the servants of various industries were enslaved in the families of various magnates in Chang'an, and some even served in the palace.
This huge network resource has always existed, but the Marquis of Fuping has never thought of consciously using it, let alone forming an intelligence network. And Zhang Fang, because he first entered Chang'an, his eyes were black, and he instinctively urgently needed this kind of thing, so he focused on this, so the results were the most significant.
The scattered news was first recorded by each store, and then summarized separately to Zhangtai Restaurant, and sorted out by the Li account room for investigation. Under normal circumstances, it is Han Jun or Qingyan who comes to check, and when these two people are busy, Ah Li will check on his behalf. Usually Xia Rong reads it, Ah Li listens, and picks out valuable information, compiles it into a book, records it according to the hidden language taught by Gongzi, and then brings it back to the house.
The reason why it was not sent directly to the Hou Mansion was to avoid attracting attention to go wrong. Because the original information has not been processed by hidden words, once it falls into the eyes of the heart, if it is intercepted on the way, it will affect the Hou Mansion. It's different in a restaurant, and it's easy to shirk if something happens.
As for why Ah Li, who needed to take a car the most, had to walk, it was really a strict hierarchy in the Han Dynasty, and a low-level deacon like her was not qualified to take a carβnot even an ox cart. Otherwise, if you are a member of the official ginseng, Zhang Fang will have to eat the head.
The master and servant walked arm-in-arm, one carrying a secret book in his sleeve and the other carrying a food box, and soon came to the bustling front neighborhood. Xia Rong was carrying the food box just to cover it up, after all, she didn't eat or drink when she entered the restaurant, and it was inevitable that her hands would be empty.
The second daughter is already very careful, but it is precisely this kind of excessive caution that falls into the eyes of some people with other intentions, but it attracts attention.
A short-shirted man in a hurry passed by Xia Rong...... Crash! knocked over the food box in her hand, and the dishes spilled all over the floor.
"You, you man is so rude!" Xia Rong was angry and annoyed.
The man was too busy to make amends, and he took out five or six dollars from his bosom and said that he wanted to pay compensation - it was ridiculous, these dishes were not less than a hundred dollars.
Of course Xia Rong didn't follow, and during the dispute, the pedestrians around first stopped and watched from a distance, and slowly surrounded them.
Ah Li keenly felt the oppression of the crowd around him, panicked, and was about to persuade Xia Rong to forget it, when suddenly a gust of wind blew by his side, and then, he only felt that his left sleeve was light-as a blind man, Ah Li's body sense was particularly sensitive, and he could detect it as soon as there was a slight mistake.
Ah Li stretched out his hand and touched it, and his face was pale: "Xia Rong, it's not good!" Yes, someone stole my books! β
Xia Rong was shocked, turned her head to look, and saw Ah Li's little lady lifting the veil, her face was full of anxiety, she tightly pinched the empty sleeve pocket with one hand, stared around with blank eyes, and almost cried: "Xia Rong, hurry!" Chase the thief and get the book back! (To be continued.) )