Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Prince is Mighty
Liu Chengfeng arrived at the hundred households, and the weather was gloomy today, which made Liu Chengfeng a little uneasy. Fortunately, the arrangement of the officials of the 100 households was well organized, and those who went to the street to inspect all went to the street, and those who sat in the hall also went to the hall, and some stayed in the 100 households to be on guard, and they were all in order, and nothing went wrong.
Chen Hongyu has already sent a list, this Chen Hongyu is the head snake in the capital, Liu Chengfeng once ordered him to find some typesetting, carving, printing craftsmen, and then find some down-and-out readers, Chen Hongyu did not dare to slack off, and recruited people at once.
However, these people ask for a lot of monthly money, and a skilled craftsman opens his mouth to say that he will have at least 1,000 taels of silver a year and thirty taels of silver in a Chinese New Year's Eve, so that these people alone will have at least 1,000 taels of silver per year.
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but gasp, one thousand taels of silver is enough to go to the countryside to be a big landlord, I can't imagine that people with these skills are in demand to this point. In addition, coupled with the cost of utensils, venues, and paper, it seems that his newspaper business is still too optimistic.
The only thing that made Liu Chengfeng feel at ease was that Zhu Houzhao sent two thousand taels of silver, and with Zhu Houzhao as a shareholder, he at least took a lot of risks.
Liu Chengfeng pondered for a while, anyway, there was no official business in these hundred households, so he pulled Wang Si over and asked him about some school things. Wang Si is also a scholar, coupled with his sensitive ears and eyes, he knows how much the dirt between some scholars is, so he said: "Recently, there are many schools in the Ming Dynasty, the most famous of which is the Sanyuan School, the great Confucian of the Sanyuan School is called Wang Shu, and now lives in the Ministry of Officials and the Prince Taibao. The Sanyuan School advocates dedication and knowledge, which is very different from other schools, so this Wang school is also the most criticized, how? Adults are interested in this? β
Liu Chengfeng thought in his heart, it's him, whether my mansion report can succeed or not, the hope is pinned on this Wang Shu, Wang Taibao, Wang Taibao, for Liu's money, I'm afraid I will ask your old man to be cannon fodder.
It's just that the person is a secretary of the ministry and concurrently serves as the crown prince, and his status is not worse than that of the minister, so it is not easy to get involved with such a person.
"The prince and the prince ......" Liu Chengfeng thought about it, and focused on the word prince, yes, of course, this kind of thing has to ask the prince to come forward.
He had a calculation in his heart, so he casually greeted the Wang priest, and waited for more than an hour, but he didn't see Zhu Houzhao coming, Liu Chengfeng was a little distracted, he usually didn't want to see Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao had to join in this excitement every day, and now he wanted to see him, but he didn't see anyone.
After another half of the incense, someone came over and asked outside, "Is Liu Xima there?" β
Liu Chengfeng heard the word washing horses, he knew that it should be someone from the East Palace, immediately stood up, went out to see a little eunuch coming over, the best at observing words and views of eunuchs, although he didn't recognize Liu Chengfeng, but as soon as he saw Liu Chengfeng's clothing and bearing, he immediately put on a smiling face, and trotted over with a smile: "Liu Xima is good, the miscellaneous family is called Gao Feng, the prince is waiting left and right in the East Palace, and he didn't see the horse washing to visit, so he called the miscellaneous family to invite, if Liu Xima is fine, he will go to the East Palace, and the prince is anxious to see you." β
He washed the horse with a sentence on his left and washed the horse with his right mouth, which made Liu Chengfeng very speechless, and it is no wonder that Sun Monkey wants to make a big fuss in the sky, a Bi Ma Wen, an official with a big nose, and he has to be called around every day, and no one can stand it.
However, Liu Chengfeng was in a hurry to see Zhu Houzhao, and he was not in the mood to entangle with this Gao Feng, so he nodded, let Gao Feng lead the way, and out of the hundred households, there was already a delicate carriage waiting, Liu Chengfeng was not polite, and got into the car without saying a word. As soon as he sat down, the wheels of the car moved, and the scenery outside the window began to slowly recede in Liu Chengfeng's eyes.
The first time I went to the East Palace, Liu Chengfeng was slightly disappointed, I thought that this should be a carved beam and painted building, who knew that although the building complex was grand, it was much more frugal than I had imagined in the past, so that some of the equipment inside, even the Wen Mansion could not be compared, Liu Chengfeng slandered in his heart, no wonder so many princes were impatient to be the emperor and enter the Forbidden City, this palace and the East Palace have a palace word, but the difference is too big.
Gao Feng on the side seemed to know Liu Chengfeng's intentions, and said with a smile: "The emperor is diligent and frugal, and he hopes that His Royal Highness the prince will abstain from arrogance and luxury, so he usually rewards more books, but the repair of the East Palace is a lot negligent, I don't know, I think it is because the emperor does not love the prince, but in the eyes of the miscellaneous family, this is the emperor's tiΗn calf feelings, and it is to ask His Royal Highness the prince to be a good emperor in the future." β
Liu Chengfeng listened to Gao Feng's words, and couldn't help but glance at Gao Feng more, thinking in his heart, this eunuch surnamed Gao is like a roundworm in someone else's stomach, he can speak well, and he really deserves to be a eunuch, and his status in the East Palace is not low.
As he was talking, Zhu Houzhao was already facing him with red light, passing through the attic and the instrument gate, and when he was far away from Liu Chengfeng, he said movingly: "Master, this palace has been waiting for you for a long time." β
Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was wearing an apricot yellow sè pattern dragon brocade robe and wearing a Jinxian crown, although he looked a little childish, he also had a bit of the demeanor of a prince, Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but feel a little estranged from Zhu Houzhao in his heart.
Liu Chengfeng hesitated slightly, suppressed the idea of patting Zhu Houzhao's skull and calling him a good apprentice, and obediently arched his hand: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a good ......."
Zhu Houzhao ignored these, and did not specifically observe Liu Chengfeng's strange appearance, but walked over indirectly, grabbed Liu Chengfeng's arm, and said with a smile: "Master came to the apprentice's house for the first time, I will take you for a walk today, and Master will come often in the future." β
After that, he took Liu Chengfeng and walked around the East Palace, and when he arrived at a remote wing, Zhu Houzhao stopped and said to Liu Chengfeng: "Master, you go in and see what's inside." β
Liu Chengfeng glanced at the firewood room in front of him and said, "Why doesn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go in." At this time, Liu Chengfeng sighed in his heart, buddy is really gentle, and even his speech is much more elegant.
Zhu Houzhao pulled Liu Chengfeng's sleeve and said almost as if he was dumping: "Master is going in." β
Liu Chengfeng couldn't do anything about him, if it was the past, he would have patted him on the head and scolded him angrily, but now is different from the past, he thinks it is good to leave a good impression in front of the prince, so he obediently said: "Okay, I'll go in and have a look, but I want to see what surprise His Royal Highness the prince wants to give me." β
He pushed open the door and slammed in, and there was a candle lit in it, and in the dim light it was impossible to see anything, but in the dim light there seemed to be two green sè lights flickering, and a fluttering pant was heard in his ears.
Fishy ......
Liu Chengfeng's nose was a little unbearable, and he was about to turn back when he realized that the door was closed by a few little eunuchs.
Woohoo......
This is the voice of the wolf, Liu Chengfeng understood, he only had one thought at this time: "I grass!" β
In the dark room, I only saw a pair of eyes of a hungry wolf, and the green and cruel eyes made Liu Chengfeng's hairs stand up.
And outside this room, Zhu Houzhao leaned over with a smile and listened to the movements inside, looking full of interest, Gao Feng on the side looked worried, and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the Prince, this Liu Baihu is the Zhan Mansion Washing Horses, this is an official given by the emperor, if something goes wrong, it is not fun." β
Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "There will be no accident, who is my master?" Don't say it's a wolf, even if it's ten hundred, it's nothing, this wolf is so hateful, it actually ate my four guards and a martial artist, let the master teach him a lesson today. β
Gao Feng couldn't help but have a cold war, others didn't know Zhu Houzhao's habits, but Gao Feng knew that Zhu Houzhao not only liked to practice martial arts, but also liked to domesticate tigers and leopards, but the emperor had repeatedly admonished him and did not allow the East Palace to raise them, and in the end, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had no choice but to raise only a few wolves to meet the situation. But all the people who His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought were great, they had to invite them into this wolf house for a spin, but there was no one who could come out of here. Look at this willow riding the wind and willow washing the horse, today is also more auspicious and less auspicious.
At this time, the wolf's roar came from the wolf room, a huge collision sound came out, and Liu Chengfeng's voice also came out, the huge roar made Zhu Houzhao very excited, and clapped his hands and applauded: "Master is going to perform Wang Baquan, good, great, kill that stinky wolf!" β
After that, the wolf room became quiet again, just when Zhu Houzhao felt strange, a crisp bang sounded out, Zhu Houzhao put his ear on the door, this huge sound shook his ears and buzzed, he quickly rubbed his ears, and couldn't help but say: "What kind of sound is this?" This is strange, could it be that the master has another hidden stunt? β
The roar of the hungry wolf was getting louder and louder, and the wolf room fell into chaos again, and it took half a cup of tea before the wolf room fell silent.
"That's it?" Zhu Houzhao looked a little surprised, how long has it been? Why didn't it ring? I don't know who won the victory, so Zhu Houzhao shouted to Gao Feng and said, "Gao Feng, go, open the door to the palace." β
Where does Gao Feng dare to go? For fear that the hungry wolf would come out and hurt people, he shook his head again and again.
At this time, the door was knocked open all of a sudden, and with a coax, Liu Chengfeng, who was dressed in tattered clothes and covered in blood, appeared in front of the door with angry eyes, and the pair of eyes wanted to kill, looking at Zhu Houzhao directly, as if he was about to erupt fire.
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