Qi Wannian's birthday banquet is an opportunity for businessmen to find business opportunities, and for ordinary ministers, it is also a kind of officialdom communication to find officialdom connections and harmonious colleague relations, so the big tents are very lively.

Only the first tent is a little cold, most of the big tent are the royal family above the county duke, for them, there is nothing to socialize, come to Qi Mansion to celebrate the birthday is just a scene, make a gesture, many people even just want to come to see the former Zhengding County King's villa, more importantly, many royal families are old, can not sit for too long, so half an hour later, Qi Wannian was the first to retreat.

With Qi Wannian's retirement, many elderly county kings and princes have found excuses to leave, and some slightly younger royal families also sat bored, taking wine jugs and wine glasses to the outside of the tent.

Qi Mao sent his father back, and as soon as he walked to the tent, he heard someone call him: "Qi Changgongzi!" ”

As soon as Qi Mao turned around, he saw that it was Uncle Shen Guo, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Why did Xiangguo come out too?" ”

Uncle Shen Guo smiled faintly, "It's very stuffy in the big tent, come out and breathe." ”

He glanced at Qi Mao and said with a smile: "I want to walk around, but I am not familiar with this place, can the eldest son guide me for me?" ”

"Willing to serve Xiangguo, Xiangguo here, please!"

Qi Mao led Uncle Shen Guo towards an open area to the west, and he knew in his heart that Uncle Shen Guo was actually looking for an opportunity to talk to him.

Several of Uncle Shen's guards followed them from a distance, and Uncle Shen took a deep breath of the fresh night air and praised, "This mountain villa is a good place!" ”

When Qi Mao sent his father back to rest just now, his daughter was also in the carriage and told them Wujin's suggestion, Qi Mao and his father both agreed, although it was not enough to decide that the Qi family would return to Chuzhou immediately, but they had already decided not to participate in the power struggle of the imperial court, and tried their best to seize the capital of the first tax payer in the imperial court, which was the position they should be in.

So now that Uncle Shen Guo is walking with him, Qi Mao already has a bottom in his heart, and he knows how to deal with Uncle Shen Guo.

He smiled and said, "This villa is too close to the capital and is not suitable for the Qi family, and we are already preparing to dedicate the villa to Empress Shen." ”

This is the news that Qi Mao found out from the mouth of Uncle Shen's brother at the banquet just now, Queen Shen likes precious peonies and famous mansion gardens, so this villa is the most suitable for Queen Shen.

But this matter could not be concealed from Uncle Shen Guo, so Qi Mao took this opportunity to tell him first.

Uncle Shen Guo was slightly stunned, this was very unexpected by him, he originally wanted to warn the Qi family not to take refuge in the prince, but Qi Mao said this, it implied that the Qi family would not necessarily take refuge in the prince, did they change their minds and decide to take refuge in him Uncle Shen Guo?

He smiled tentatively: "I also like this mountain villa, why don't you give it to me?" ”

Qi Mao smiled bitterly, "I heard my father just now, King Zhao also admired this villa, if it is given to Uncle Guo, I am afraid that King Zhao will be unhappy, if Uncle Guo does not dislike it, there is a garden in the Qi family in Pingjiang County, and I am willing to give it to Uncle Guo." ”

"Huh! I'm just kidding, don't take it seriously. ”

Uncle Shen Guo laughed dryly, he understood, Qi Mao said that King Zhao was actually alluding to the prince, that is to say, the Qi family scolded him Uncle Shen, and the prince did not spare him, so no one on either side of this villa was given to Queen Shen, and Uncle Shen understood what he meant, the Qi family would neither take refuge in the prince nor the king of Chu, but take the queen's private route, which is quite smart.

But that's okay, Uncle Shen Guo is not rare in the Qi family's financial resources, but he does not allow the Qi family to join the prince, and the Qi family made this decision, although it is not the most ideal, but it is not bad.

He smiled slightly, and then changed the topic, "Eldest son, I want to congratulate the Qi family, and I want to make a fortune!" ”

Qi Mao was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly smiled: "Where did Xiangguo start with this?" ”

"King Zhao never participates in this kind of banquet, and today he specially rewarded his face to the Qi family, which shows that Qi Ruifu has the opportunity to enter Youzhou to do business, isn't this the Qi family going to make a fortune?"

This was already told to him by his father in the carriage just now, and King Zhao had already hinted that he hoped that Qi Ruifu would open stores in various counties in Youzhou, but since they decided to adopt Wu Jin's suggestion to reduce the scale and increase profits, Qi Ruifu would no longer expand at will as before at will.

Of course, when King Zhao opens his mouth, they will also make a gesture and open two risk-free silk shops to give King Zhao a face, as for high-risk and high-profit industries such as Qianzhuang, they will never invest in Youzhou and do not compete with Donglai Qianzhuang in Youzhou.

Qi Mao shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Qi Ruifu looks beautiful, but in fact, the capital is also very tight, although King Zhao is well-intentioned, Qi Ruifu no longer has any strength." ”

"I see, it's a pity, King Zhao will definitely be disappointed."

Uncle Shen was very satisfied with the Qi family's statement, he took a few steps and smiled again, "I found that Huangfu Wujin has a good relationship with your Qi family, right?" ”

Qi Mao's heart jumped, this Uncle Shen Guo was too keen, but he didn't see anything, he hurriedly explained: "Actually, Xiangguo also knows what the Qi family is doing with Huangfu Wujin, has Xiangguo forgotten about the million taels of fake silver tickets?" ”

Uncle Shen really forgot about that incident, he suddenly laughed, "I really forgot about it, I see, is the matter of the silver ticket solved?" ”

"It's been resolved, and Huangfu Wujin has given us a promise."

"That's good!"

Uncle Shen Guo turned around and walked back, there was no need for him to warn the Qi family anymore, and after taking a few steps, he seemed to smile again: "The Qi family may not know the forces behind Huangfu Wujin!" ”

Qi Mao really didn't understand, he was a little surprised and asked: "He is young, and he is expensive because of the royal family, what power will he have?" ”

"That's because you underestimate him, he is the heir of the Liang Wang line, even the emperor has recognized it, the Liang Wang family is the largest force in the northwest, no one can match, 200,000 Western Liang troops will be loyal to him in the future, he is now the Duke of Liangguo, according to the title system, once he gets married, he will enter the heir of the Liang King, do you understand? The old king of Liang has no heir to the king so far, and it is left to him. ”

Qi Mao was a little stunned, Wu Jin would be crowned king, he couldn't have imagined it, and it was still the Liang King system, Qi Ruifu in the northwest has not entered so far, Baifu and Donglai have not been able to enter, there are more than 10 million people over there, the market is huge, how can Wu Jin really dominate the northwest, so can Qi Ruifu seize this opportunity? He was thinking too far ahead and was a little distracted.

Uncle Shen Guo glanced at him, and shook his head secretly in his heart, businessmen are businessmen, they only think of commercial interests, they don't understand politics, and they clearly hinted at him, the 200,000 troops of Xiliang will be loyal to Huangfu Wujin, he didn't even react, will the emperor allow 200,000 Xiliang troops to be loyal to other royal families? How did the Jin'an Revolution happen back then?

Forget it, there is nothing to say to these mercenary businessmen, Uncle Shen Guo sped up his pace and walked directly to the big tent, and he didn't even pay attention to Qi Mao.

．．．．．．．．．．． Wu Jin was not in the big tent, he was drunk and was about to go back, he looked for a circle of Qi Fengwu, ready to say goodbye to her, but did not find her, a maid told him that the young lady sent the old master back to rest, Wu Jin came to the second big tent, at the door, he saw Shao Jingwen at a glance, and beckoned to him.

Shao Jingwen is also a little greedy for cups, the Qi family prepared the best iced wine today, so that he drank very happily, he was drinking happily, seeing that Wu Jin called him, he took the wine jug and wine glass and walked out with a smile, "Wu Jin, which account are you in?" ”

"I'm in the first account, I'm drunk, and I'm ready to go back."

"It's still early, what are you going to do when you go back? Come! Come to me for a drink. ”

Shao Jingwen couldn't help but say, and pulled Wu Jin to the tent, Wu Jin couldn't break free from him, and was pulled into the tent by him.

There are about 400 people in the second big tent, and they have already left a lot, and the rest of them are all in twos and threes, gathering together to drink and chat, Shao Jingwen and several senior generals of the embroidered clothes and guards got together, everyone was drinking happily, but saw Shao Jingwen pulling a young plum blossom guard captain over.

Everyone was stunned, you must know that Meihuawei and Xiuyiwei are mortal enemies, how did Shao Jingwen pull Meihuawei's people here, and the faces of the two straight-tempered officers suddenly sank.

Shao Jingwen dragged Wujin in front of everyone and said with a smile: "Don't worry too much, this is Huangfu Wujin, you should all know it!" ”

Everyone suddenly heard of the name for a long time, the Duke of Liangguo, the deputy governor of the Chuzhou Navy, and the bow and crossbow are unparalleled in the world.

The hostility in everyone's eyes suddenly disappeared, Wujin was more special, unlike other Meihuawei officers, they all toasted Wujin, Shao Jingwen also introduced him one by one, he pointed to one of the burly, bearded embroidered guards and introduced: "This is the second army of Wuhua Mingdu, just came down today to order, about to be promoted to Chuzhou Jiangning general, in fact, you should know his brother, Wu Huazhen of the Qinghe Water Military Mansion, remember?" ”

Wu Jin felt that his beard was a little familiar, Shao Jingwen said this, he suddenly remembered, it was the guy surnamed Wu, who almost killed them in the Qinghe Water Military Mansion, it turned out that they were brothers.

Wu Jin suddenly changed his mind again, then this Wudu Lieutenant should also be the person of the King of Qi, right, he immediately understood, this person was promoted to General Jiangning, then he is the commander of the Chuzhou Embroidered Guard, the same as himself, it must be like this, I don't know if they will be enemies or colleagues in the future?

Wu Huaming casually took two large bowls, picked up a wine jar, and poured two large bowls of wine, one of which was handed to Wu Jin, squinting and smiling: "This bowl of wine is my big brother to apologize to you!" ”

After speaking, he drank a bowl full of wine, and the wine bowl was covered on his head, causing everyone to laugh, "Good! Joyfully. ”

Wu Jin didn't postpone it, just like him, he drank a full bowl of wine, the wine bowl fell to the ground, smashed it, and thanked him: "Thank you!" ”

Everyone was impressed by his arrogance, and they all cheered, their corner was too loud, and someone actually smashed the bowl, attracting the disgusted eyes of countless ministers around.

But Wu Jin's smashing of the bowl eliminated the estrangement between him and the high-ranking officials of the embroidered clothes, they sat down with Wu Jin, found a big bowl to toast him, and in an instant, they had six or seven bowls of wine.

(To be continued)