The next day, on the third day of September in the twelfth year of Shunzhi, at the beginning of the hour, the mule and horse market outside the Xuanwu Gate.

Hongyi was still dressed in civilian clothes, riding on the neck of Liang Gong, the eunuch of the East Second Institute, and under the escort of Mara, he was walking through the lively street with neighing horses and donkeys. According to the agreement, Ji Kaisheng, Zhang Suihan, Yang Yongjian and Min Xu also gathered at the street entrance for a long time ago, waiting for Hongyi to drive.

Especially Ji Kaisheng, early in the morning, a celebrant and eunuch came to his mansion to spread a message, saying that the emperor asked him to listen to the government at the imperial gate today, and he should serve Luo Beile Xuanye cautiously. Immediately afterwards, Ka Dahun, the secretary of the military department, also sent a member to say that if the mule and horse market was related to the illegal sale of military horses and related matters under the jurisdiction of the military department, he, the right member of the military department, could immediately make a decision and report it to the left president of the firearms battalion for consultation.

Yesterday in the reign of Yugong, Hongyi announced to Fulin Hepan that his original intention of visiting Liulichang was to learn about the private trade of the Korean trade unions. Fu Lin also inquired with great interest about the cultural scenery there, but the judgment of the two tributes was a little different from Hongyi. For Yang Yongjian, the emperor thinks that this person is upright, and if he can win the palace test in a few days, he must be a good material for the imperial history. And that Min Xu, the emperor was a little disdainful, saying that such a sleek person was the root cause of a group of Han ministers who drilled camps, and it was expected that he would not be able to win the title of the gold list. Hongyi didn't think about these anymore, but proposed to visit Luoma City again tomorrow.

Fu Lin immediately objected to doing anything more and pretended to leave the palace, saying that Xuan Ye was still young. That place is too murderous, and there are mostly rough people, and it is not at all like the elegant place of the glass factory, so don't go in person. It is not difficult to investigate the smuggling activities of Korean merchants, as long as the officials of the mule and horse tax bureaus there are appointed to investigate thoroughly.

Hongyi was prepared, jumped down from Huang Ama's knees, and respectfully knelt in front of Fu Lin and said:

"Huang Ama, the sons and daughters requested this, but there was a reason for it. First, if Emperor Ama had ordered the Mule and Horse Tax Bureau to thoroughly investigate the horse market transactions, it would have been over. I want to pay tribute to North Korea, every year; It is even more common to exercise the audience. That being the case, North Korea must have been smuggling our Daqing horses for a long time, but why has it never heard of any complaints from various yamen? Please also ask the Emperor Ama to investigate. ”

"Are you saying that the little official of the Mule and Horse Tax Bureau dares to disregard his life and bend the law for bribes?" Fu Lin hated the corruption of officials the most since he came to power, and when he heard Hongyi's words, he immediately became angry.

"Erchen did not dare to say that there must be, nor did he dare to assert that there must be. Therefore, it is better to make an unannounced visit. Seeing that Fu Lin didn't speak, Hongyi continued.

"Second, if an unannounced visit is sent to the DPRK, it is too appropriate to detect the conduct of the faction, whether it is a Korean merchant who smuggles horses, a horse dealer who sells horses privately, or a derelict official, he will be on guard and it will not be easy to investigate thoroughly. If there is no result in the investigation, the royal majesty will be damaged, and even the Korean state will criticize the Celestial Empire. ”

Fu Lin didn't ask a question this time, but nodded slightly.

"Third, the top priority at the moment is not to investigate and deal with a few small officials of the tax bureau of mules and horses, but to thoroughly understand the smuggling of North Korean merchants, see what else is involved, and find out the cause of the problem, so that the imperial court can properly deal with it and clear up the source." Hongyi responded carefully.

"Huang Ama, the sons and ministers are young, and those traders and officials who have never met will naturally not take precautions. If a middle-class and high-quality royal horse is taken out of the imperial horse prison as bait, they must have thought that the retainers were just young children of rich and noble families, and they came out to sell horses for recreation. Businessmen are mercenary and will not be suspicious, so it is easy to show their true faces. Moreover, Erchen had already learned the Korean dialect with Mama Park, so he could easily listen to the words of Korean businessmen, and he didn't have to go to great lengths to find someone to translate, and it was easier to find out the truth. ”

Seeing that Fulin had already been moved, Hongyi made persistent efforts and said the most important one-

"Amma, even if the subjects of the world are afraid of the emperor's majesty and bend to meet him, Xuan Ye will definitely report what he has seen and heard according to the truth, and there is no lie. It is necessary to make the holy judgment of the emperor Ama well-founded, impartial, the emperor sage, and all the people admire it!! ”

"Good! Xuan Ye, Amma can trust you! The ambition of Fulin, a young son of heaven and an aspiring young man who dominates the world, was stirred up by a few heartfelt words from his son, and immediately agreed to Xiao Xuanye's request, including entourage, horses, etc. The emperor also took the initiative to take on the task of talking to the empress dowager.

The queen mother was naturally surprised at the beginning, seeing that the relationship between the father and son was more than one day at a time, the jealousy and jealousy in her heart could not be clearly stated, so she had to be more attentive to the safety of her grandson, and repeatedly told the emperor to be thoughtful, send more surrounding guards, and never make the slightest mistake! Zuihou still transferred Mara over as a personal guard, and then stopped.

At night, Su Mala took all the "concerns" of the queen mother, came to the East Second Institute again, slept with Hongyi all night, and said a lot of intimate words......

The only "upper arrangement" that Hongyi did not obey was to bring Minister of the Interior Sonny. The superficial reason is high-sounding, that is, as an important minister of the imperial court, Sony has a majestic and official atmosphere, which is inconsistent with the original intention of the secret visit and secret investigation, so it is better to use it as a backup. In fact, in Hongyi's heart, he really didn't want to have any intimate contact with the head of the four major auxiliary ministers in the future now, so as not to convey the wrong signal and increase the branches.

Hongyi, who was on the streets of Mule and Horse City, looked back at the royal horse that Mara was leading, and was very satisfied with his decision. This morning, the head of the Imperial Horse Supervisor pulled over nine imperial horses at once, and let Lord Belle personally inspect them. These nine horses are divided into upper, middle and lower three grades according to their fineness, and the first class is divided into three colors: excellent, good, and flat.

"Superior horses are rare in the army, and they are rashly pulled out, I am afraid that they will reveal the details of the royal family, which is suspicious. I'm afraid that the Goryeo stick won't take a fancy to the inferior horses......"

"Sticks?" Mara was curious about the word.

"Oh? Haha, do you know 'mallet'? ”

"Master, isn't that a curse?" Mara's second personal guard Hongyi was willingly happy, and even the title of "Lord Belle" was simplified to "Master" like Liang Gong and others, and it was much closer.

"If the North Korean profiteers really dare to smuggle and sell forbidden goods at the feet of the Son of Heaven, you say that once they fall into our hands, they will not be simple-minded and unreasonable!" Hongyi did not explain the reasons for the later life to Mara, but only mentioned it in a word.

The true meaning of the "stick" is that since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Japanese who coveted the northeast began to carry out large-scale infiltration and colonization of the northeast, and this situation reached its peak after the fall of the northeast on "918." The most important thing to colonize was immigration, especially in the early days, most of the Japanese personnel in China were soldiers, and not many people did the day-to-day rule and management of the occupied areas. However, due to Japan's natural conditions, long distances, and financial problems, it is impossible to transfer enough immigrants from the Japanese mainland. As a result, Japan conscripted a large number of Koreans from the Korean Peninsula, which had long since merged with Japan and South Korea, to come to China. But the Japanese did not trust the Koreans at all, so these North Korean policemen did not have any weapons in their hands, and they were inferior to the Chinese puppet police (the puppet policeman had at least one baton), and in desperation, these people used the laundry sticks of Korean women to wash clothes as a weapon to beat people. Because these people are more fierce than the Japanese, the local people call them "Koryo sticks" behind their backs.

"It's a pity that the Park family didn't follow today, otherwise I don't know if she would have minded in her heart!" Hongyi secretly rejoiced.

Although Sonny didn't follow, he drew ten capable guards from the Zhenghuang Qilang Guards under his command, dressed in casual clothes, hiding weapons, and followed Xuan Ye and his group of seven people from a distance. The first staff of the Blue Banner led the first subordinate of 100 people, and under the leadership of Sony, they moved to a mansion near the grass factory outside Xuanwu Gate to respond.

Hongyi led the crowd to crowd to a place where there were many horses, and commanded Mara, and whenever he met a horse seller, he shouted "This horse is really inferior" and so on; When he met a horse buyer, he boasted about how good his horse was, and given that the tall horse behind him was so good that the horse dealers, although the boss was dissatisfied, they dared not speak out. Yang Yongjian and Min Xu originally didn't know anything about horses and mules and horses, so they simply pretended not to know them, and only followed and coaxed them on the periphery to be a foreign aid.

As scholars, the two had the opportunity to jump out and make trouble for the first time, and the role of "childcare" was dutiful, so more and more people gathered behind Mara......

Hongyi rode on Liang Gong's neck, and when he saw that his little plan had worked, he said something loudly to Zhang Suihan beside him in Korean dialect, intentionally or unintentionally. Boss Zhang is dressed as a businessman today, with a big blanket on his shoulders, and I don't know how much yellow and silver is in it, which is very eye-catching. Coupled with his innate "thief eyebrows and rat eyes", anyone who didn't know him originally, no one would guess that he would be the seven-grade pen post style of the firearms battalion, a dignified court official!

Mara was also very shrewd, and it was very timely to carry the reins, find a wide territory, and lead the royal horse to trot around her. Although it was trotting, the horse had its ears upright, its feet strong, and it neighed from time to time, almost comparing the ordinary horses around it to a thousand mountains and rivers.

"Good horse!" Finally, someone in the crowd of onlookers was the first to praise it, naturally it was Yang Yongjian's doing, Min Xu hurriedly agreed, and everyone around him also praised him again and again.

Hongyi stood in the circle, waiting for everyone's applause to gradually stop, and then bowed his head and said a Korean word to Zhang Suihan. Boss Zhang was really shrewd, although he didn't understand a word, but according to the deployment in the interface just now, he immediately said:

"I said Master Ji, your son still thinks my price is low. Although the horse is a good horse, but you have come all the way from outside the customs, and it is not good to pay some more silver taels if you delay it for a day, so it is better to sell it to me! I also have to follow you all the way around this market! ”

It turned out that Hongyi's first Korean sentence just now was: "I'll show you!" So Mara trotted. The second sentence is: "Little money!" This is Zhang Suihan's opening remarks.

is called "Master Ji", it is Ji Kaisheng. He looked like a private school gentleman from a large family, and shook his head again and again, with a look of disagreement.

"Okay, okay, I'll add this number to you again......" Zhang Suihan didn't continue, but took off the shoulder blanket, put one hand into the blanket, and waited for Ji Kaisheng. Master Ji "didn't know the sign language of the mule and horse dealer, but he also pretended to make a comparison in the blanket. In the end, the two looked at each other and smiled as if they had reached an agreement. Then, Ji Kaisheng walked to Hongyi's voice, the two exchanged ears, Hongyi happily waved his hand like a child and said, "Great, great!" Now 'Awaji' won't blame me! (Ahwaji, Korean, Dad)

On that side, Zhang Suihan, the boss of Zhang, was preparing to finish the reins of the horse in Mara's hand, but a person flashed on the side, also dressed as a horse dealer, and put one hand on Zhang Suihan's hand to grab the reins, and said: "Brother Tai, I want this horse!" ”

"What, you want? I've paid a lot of money, and this horse is in the best condition, can you afford it? Zhang Suihan shook off the man's big hand and prepared to leave.

"Slow, I'll pay this price......" The horse dealer had already stretched his coat, waiting for Zhang Suihan to bargain.

Zhang Suihan's face was melancholy, and finally he reached into his hand in disbelief, and the two of them signed with a fan, Zhang Suihan was surprised, it was 200 taels of silver! You must know that in the Shunzhi Dynasty in the early Qing Dynasty, a better war horse was only fifty taels of silver, and this guy actually quadrupled all of a sudden!

"Then, then I'll change hands......" Zhang Suihan humbly agreed, but he looked at Hongyi with a peek.

"Slow, I said Boss Zhang, aren't you too fast? The horse of our young master has not yet been handed over to you, and you have made another profit, haven't you? Ji Kaisheng was overjoyed, but he pretended to be displeased. Hongyi hurriedly stopped the trick of cheering and clapping, and nodded slightly at Mara.

Mara rushed forward with a lunge, pushed through the two "horse dealers" who had just completed the secret transaction, and regained the reins.

"This ...... This...... I said Master Ji, the deal has been done, don't regret it! Zhang Suihan looked aggrieved, shouted loudly, and looked back at the horse dealer like a scoundrel and said, "Besides, if you regret it now, this brother will not agree!" ”

"Ma, our young master has a lot, but you, a profiteer, raise the price flatly, and don't take our young master in his eyes at all. I'll tell you now, no matter what you say, we won't sell this horse today! Ji Kaisheng also raised his voice and fought-for-tat.

"You! ......" Zhang Suihan blows his beard.

"What are you!" Ji Kaisheng glared.

Seeing that the two were about to deal with each other, the surrounding crowd was also in chaos. The ten disguised guards on the periphery had already entered a state of combat readiness, just waiting for Hongyi to send a code. Only Hongyi sits firmly on Liang Gong's shoulders, and admires this acting team that has been built for less than an hour, and really has the strength to win the Oscar!

"Two brothers! Two brothers! It's okay, it's okay! The horse dealer originally wanted to get out of the way, but he had just turned halfway around, but he heard Ji Kaisheng say that his young master had horses, so he immediately turned back and came over with a smile to persuade the two.

"Two, buying and selling is not benevolent. In this way, the little one will profit from the price just discussed, add two to five, and give one to this little master, how about it? "The generosity of the horse dealer caused an even greater sensation among the crowd at once! Zhang Suihan, who knew the price of horses, was even more shocked! You know, in this way, the price of this royal horse has become 350 taels of silver, although it is very close to his original value, but in this mule and horse market, it is simply sky-high!

"That's fine!" Ji Kaisheng simply and neatly agreed.

"Xiexie...... Master Ji, Xiexie, this little young master! The horse dealer bowed his respects. After getting up, he was not in a hurry to hand over the silver taels and ask for the horses, but said with a flattering face:

"Master Ji, does your little young master still have such a good horse? My owner wants to buy them all, this price, naturally easy to say! The horse dealer said as he turned around and invited out a middle-aged man, dressed as a Han man, but with a felt hat on his head, looking a little awkward. The "master" only bowed slightly, without words.

"Buy them all? Are you horse thieves? Ji Kaisheng made a threatening gesture, but his tone was very soft, and only a few people nearby could hear it.

"Haha, Master Ji is too worried, my master is also a merchant from outside the Guan, where is the horse thief! haha！ The horse dealer smiled stiffly.

"It's better to be like this, the villain's surname is Ma, and his name is Ma Youde. My master said, this mule and horse market is full of people, and there is no trade, why don't we find an elegant place near and discuss it slowly? Seeing that Ji Kaisheng didn't mean to delve into it, the horse dealer suggested.

"This ...... Hold on! Ji Kaisheng turned around and approached Hongyi and whispered.

"Cards!" Hongyi ordered Yu Xuanang. This is a Korean saying, which means "to go".

Ji Kaisheng nodded hurriedly, turned around and said to the horse dealer: "Brother Ma, let's do this!" Let's see how many good horses your master can buy from our young master! ”

The "master" of the horse dealer behind him couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Hongyi's Korean words, but quickly returned to normal, nodded with a smile, and under the guidance of Ma Youde, accompanied Hongyi and his party to a restaurant not far away.

The condescending Hongyi has long seen the change in the expression of this "master" clearly, and the head under the felt hat is clearly unshaved!

Stick, stick, your fish, no matter how big or small, seems to have bitten the hook......