After a burst of laughter, Xu Wenjue and Zhang Dezhong came up to tell Zhu Daolin that the brothers in the capital had set up a banquet at the Liuquanju at the east entrance of Huguo Temple, and they should quickly change their clothes and go together, so that they would not get drunk and go home.

Zhu Daolin happily agreed, and went in apologetically to change into civilian clothes, and the brothers happily returned to the main hall and continued to chat.

Yang Junwu quietly followed Zhu Daolin into the east bedroom, and reported that he had sent gifts to the five nobles in the capital, each gift was 1 piece of gemstone jewelry, 1 mahogany pendulum clock, 2 gold pocket watches, 2 large mirrors and 200 catties of white frost candy, all in triplicate.

Zhu Daolin was very satisfied, took off his court clothes and told Yang Junwu: "Baoshanwei's two cargo ships will arrive within three days at the latest, with 200,000 catties of copper dedicated to the emperor, and you told the Tongzhou cargo store to be ready." ”

"Secondly, I can't stay in the capital for long, you say hello to those merchants who are willing to cooperate with us for a long time, if it is convenient, find a secluded place to meet tomorrow night, what ideas and opinions they have to put forward, I will also tell them our conditions without reservation, it is best to cooperate, and you can't cooperate to make friends."

Yang Junwu was very happy: "The copper, iron, fur and medicinal materials stored in the Tongzhou warehouse for more than half a month are ready and ready to be loaded on the ship at any time. ”

"This Cheng family, is it the Cheng Tinghan family that has produced two princesses in Wanli year?"

Zhu Daolin vaguely remembered this incident, if this was the case, this Cheng family was the third-generation distant relative of Zhang Gongwei's family of Longping Marquis, and it was probably from Zhang Gongwei that he got a reminder to find him.

Yang Junwu nodded heavily: "Exactly, the current head of the Cheng family is called Cheng Wenyue, because of his advanced age. has not shown up much in recent years, and ordinary affairs are taken care of by Cheng Yunzhang, the seventh-generation head of the Cheng family. ”

"This Cheng Yunzhang is a personal masterpiece, he can keep it and open up, and the 2 million taels of silver of the fourth archway branch of our Bofu Qian Zhuang are what he quietly deposited. And save for five years to get the highest interest. He has a good relationship with his subordinates, if it weren't for the general's entry into Beijing to face the saint this time, maybe he would have visited the general in Jinling, and the current situation of the government and the current situation makes the Cheng family worried! ”

Zhu Daolin has a bottom in his heart.

The ancestors of the Cheng family were wealthy merchants in Luzhou who moved to the capital with the Yongle Emperor, and they were also the suppliers of medicinal materials and timber designated by the royal family.

In the second year of Chongzhen, the Manchu Tartars broke through. Burning and plundering everywhere, and finally besieging the capital, the Cheng family's industries scattered in the surrounding provinces suffered heavy losses, and millions of stone grain and thousands of ploughing cattle and horses were looted.

The Cheng family, who had a premonition of the coming of troubled times, had been wanting to move back to Jiangnan in the past few years, and they were worried about angering the royal family and the inner court, so they hesitated and did not dare to act rashly.

This may be the fundamental reason why the Cheng family asks for cooperation, not to mention the three holes of the cunning rabbit, everyone wants to leave a way back for themselves, not to mention the Cheng family with a family business of more than 10 million?

Zhu Daolin changed his robe. Told Yang Junwu to visit the Cheng family and his son an hour early tomorrow afternoon, and Yang Junwu immediately understood. Arch your hand and leave.

The banquet that night was very lively, almost all the sons and daughters of the nobles who had heads and faces in the capital were present, and the second floor of Liuquanju was all covered by the disciples, and the whole night was noisy and noisy, and the cups and lamps were staggered, until midnight the generous and righteous Zhu Daolin was poured down. Only then are the people satisfied.

At four o'clock in the morning, Zhu Daolin, who was sleeping in a daze, was woken up by Guo Zhongjun, the head of the guard, and suddenly remembered that he was going to the court this morning, so he hurriedly lifted the quilt and got up, and found that he was naked. Immediately pulled the quilt to cover the majestic private parts: "Who bathed me?" ”

Guo Zhongjun grinned: "The maids of the four sect divisions...... You didn't throw up last night, you came back and walked into the bathhouse by yourself, stripped naked and climbed into the steaming big wooden barrel, soaked for a while and you fell asleep, the four maids did their best to wash your hair and body for you, and finally I carried you back and put you on the bed, don't worry, you didn't do anything else. ”

Zhu Daolin let out a big breath: "Zhang Shize of the dog day, as well as Weiyuan Hou Zhu Chunwu and the third elder of the Geng family, the three of them are the worst in a group of people, look back and see how I clean them up...... What's the name of the girl who sat next to me last night? ”

Guo Zhongjun's eyes widened: "God! She is Chu Baolian, a famous prostitute in Yangzhou who is fascinated by half of Beijing! If it weren't for the reputation of your piano saint and the world-famous "Spring River Flower Moonlit Night" and other tunes that moved her, no matter how big the face is, no matter how much silver you have, you can't invite her out to accompany the wine! I don't know how many people envied you to death last night, don't you really remember? ”

Zhu Daolin rubbed his swollen and aching temples: "I just remember to guess that she won me a few glasses of wine in singles and doubles, I forgot what she looked like...... Chu Baolian? I don't remember this name, no matter what, help me bring it**, **, wash up quickly and fill your stomach, and then go to court immediately, this is the first time I have been to court in my life, and I have to cherish it. ”

Zhang Shize, who was resented by Zhu Daolin, was very righteous, Zhu Daolin arrived by car as soon as he finished breakfast, and thoughtfully sent Zhu Daolin to the right door where many prominent generals were standing, and saw his sick father Zhang Zhiji greeted with a smile, so he took out the wat board that he forgot in the car and stuffed it into Zhu Daolin's hand, and then respectfully retreated to the side.

British Gong Zhang Zhiji enthusiastically took Zhu Daolin's hands and looked up and down, and said loudly while watching, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, and Geng Cong, the Marquis of Changxing, and other nobles quickly surrounded him, and jokingly asked Zhu Daolin if he had drunk well last night?

Zhu Daolin hurriedly bent down to salute respectfully, and didn't dare to make a mistake like ordinary juniors, which caused bursts of laughter from the nobles.

Lang Lang's laughter quickly alarmed dozens of civil officials outside the Zuoye Gate, almost all of them looked over in amazement, and after seeing the tall and unfamiliar young military general, they immediately guessed that this person was Zhu Daolin, the commander of Baoshanwei, the Jiangnan Navy Division, who had always been enemies of the government and the opposition literati and had just entered the capital and had been summoned by the emperor as soon as he entered the capital.

Several of these officials quickly ran to the carriage parked at the door, and rushed to report to Zhou Yanru, the first minister and leader of the Donglin Party in the carriage.

Zhou Yanru also didn't know about Zhu Daolin's permission to go to court, so he immediately opened the curtain covering the car window and looked at it carefully, pondered for a moment and turned to the left side and whispered a command.

The third drum suddenly sounded.

The civil and military officials immediately sorted out their clothes, lined up to enter the left and right doors, and first stood in the south of the Jinshui Bridge according to the rank after entering, when the majestic whip "crackled" and twitched, the civil and military officials crossed the bridge in turn, stood on both sides of the royal road and stood opposite each other, the bells and drums set up on the left and right of His Majesty played in the main hall, and the general of the Jinyi Wei Han in front of His Majesty in the main hall wore Mingguang armor and lined up, divided into two columns and stood behind the civil and military officials with the handle of the knife.

The civil and military officials held the wat board in their hands, lowered their eyebrows and stood still, but Zhu Daolin, who was standing at the end of the military attache team, looked around, and at the same time looked at it with relish, he also grinned at the fierce and vicious Han general behind him, and made the Han general who was tall and tall and the horse laughed. (To be continued.) )