The author said: Who will give a cheer for the New Year......

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Zhou Cijing followed the two highnesses straight to the inner city, and when he stopped in front of Qiuyi's mansion, he realized that the word "humble house" was not too humble at all. Dismounted and entered through the door, the three of them sat down in the main hall, and Zhou Cijing sighed: "Zi said: The gentleman is poor, and the villain is poor." His Royal Highness Yi is so poor, he is really a model for Sven, Xiao Ke has been in the middle of the world for a long time, but he didn't expect His Royal Highness Yi to be so noble and so stylish. Dai Luanxiang, a famous general of our dynasty, once said: 'Military generals are not afraid of death, civil officials do not love money, and the world can be peaceful'. ”

Qiu Yizhi was embarrassed by Zhou Cijing's words, and he didn't know how to answer, but Zheng Miao said: "Zhou Daguan, don't underestimate my righteous brother, didn't you look at the horse under his crotch and the knife on his waist just now?" One is a bloody BMW, and the other is a treasure knife in the Western Regions, if it is worth it, I am afraid that even the big officials will not be able to exchange it for one of them in the building in Guangyang! ”

Yizhi listened, hurriedly untied the treasure knife on his waist, handed it to Zhou Cijing, and thought that he was here to invite Zheng Miao and Zhou Cijing to dinner, and said "less accompaniment", so he left the table and walked to the kitchen in the courtyard to see what else to eat.

Unexpectedly, the lame old man Wang who guarded the door knew that Qiu Yi had already gone to Zheng Miao's mansion, and he would only come back after lunch there as usual, and there was no meal prepared at home. This made the dignified Youyan Wang Yizi embarrassed, and turned over the cabinets, and then found the half jar of white radish pickled by Lao Wang in the corner of the wall. There was also some leftover rice in the stove pot, but the weather was hot, and although it had not deteriorated, there was a faint trace of sour rot under the smell. Qiu Yizhi hurriedly poured half a jar of sugar into it, soaked it in hot water and stirred it evenly, picked up a few grains of rice with his hands and tasted it, it was also sweet and delicious, so he divided the sweet rice and pickled white radish into three parts and served them together.

In the hall, Zheng Miao talked to Zhou Cijing for a long time, and when he saw Qiu Yizhi coming back, he asked loudly: "Brother Xian has been here for a long time, and I don't know how to prepare food?" ”

Qiu Yizhi's face was already flushed, and he put the three-night white meal in his hand on the table, and said to the two distinguished guests with a shy face: "Please use it." But he didn't dare to say another word.

This week, Cijing had a good meal with the rich merchants in Guangyang City at noon, so he deliberately ate very little breakfast, and he was already hungry at this time, and he didn't care what kind of food was in front of him, so he didn't hesitate to pick up the rice bowl, pick up the chopsticks and pull the rice into his mouth, and also took a bite of pickled radish from time to time, and ate and ate, and actually shed tears.

Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi felt even more embarrassed, thinking that Cijing was used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas this week, and he barely ate this crude meal for his own face, so he was aggrieved and cried. was searching his stomach and thinking about how to round this face, but Qiu Yizhi saw that Zhou Cijing had eaten a bowl of rice cleanly, slowly put the bowl down, and heard him say: "It's rude...... Although Xiao Ke was born in a family of eunuchs, his father died early, and his mother pulled Xiao Ke to grow up, all counting on me to be able to go to high school in one fell swoop. However, Xiao Kecai is shallow in learning, and he has repeatedly failed, but he has become rich in the shopping mall, which really disappoints his mother's ardent expectations...... Don't hide it from the two of you, it was the mother who used this white rice radish to pull Zhou up......" and sobbed as she spoke.

Zheng Miao only then knew that the Zhou Cijing Zhou official, who had the same scenery in Guangyang City, actually had this mustard in his heart, and he was ashamed of his profound knowledge and quick response, so he hurriedly comforted: "My righteous brother originally wanted to follow the example of the sage Mr. Nishigu and entertain the big officials with the 'rice' of white rice, white water, and white radish, but I just hope that the big officials can sympathize with the hardships of the people of Li, and I don't want to touch the hearts of the big officials, it's really a great crime!" The younger generation is here to make amends for my righteous brother! ”

Only then did Zhou Cijing take out the Su embroidered handkerchief in his arms, wiped away his tears, and said: "The deep meaning of the two highnesses, Xiao Ke has learned it!" This heart of helping the needy, Zhou did not dare to forget it for a moment. Recently, I heard that the prince has taken in countless troubled people, but I am afraid that the finances of the provincial government will be difficult to cope with for a while, and the two highnesses can only report the number, and they dare not have half a sentence of excuse. ”

Zheng Miao waved his hand and said: "This matter of relocating more than 100,000 chaotic people is handled by the younger generation. This matter is still easy to handle, but the officials of Zhou Daguan have the heart of caring for the people and sympathizing with the court, and the younger generations have thanked them here. With that, he bowed down a little in the seat.

Zhou Cijing hurriedly replied: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." If the two highnesses and the Youyan Mansion have a place to drive Zhou, even if they open their mouths, they don't dare to excuse themselves. ”

Qiu Yizhi hurriedly took over the conversation and said, "There is a small matter right now, and I want to ask Zhou Daguan to help." There is a trouble in the Youyan Palace, I don't know if the officials have heard of it? ”

Zhou Cijing stole a glance at the two of them and said, "But recently, the imperial court has impeached the prince?" ”

Qiu Yizhi heard that the wealthy businessmen and magnates had always been closely connected with officials, and such a big turmoil in the court must not be able to hide it, so he said: "My father-in-law has written to the Holy Lord, and presumably with the Holy Wisdom, this turmoil will gradually disappear." ”

Zheng Rong has always been valued by the emperor, this is a fact known to the government and the public, and this trust is far from being shaken by a few imperial historians and officials. Therefore, Qiu Yizhi's words sounded reasonable to Zhou Cijing, so he couldn't help nodding in agreement.

Qiu Yizhi continued: "However, after this dispute, the father-in-law also has other consideration......s," he said, he subconsciously looked around, and said, "It turns out that only the father-in-law and the next few brothers know this, and the officials of Zhou should not spread it after hearing it." If others find out, I will treat it as a big official and divide our father and son and brother, and I will not admit it at that time. ”

Zhou Cijing listened and said: "That's nature, that's nature!" ”

Yizhi listened, and then continued: "My father-in-law thinks that the people of this world are not ancient, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, and if he does not take advantage of his position as a supreme minister, he will pave a way for future generations, and once there is a traitor in the future, the consequences will be unimaginable. That's why I asked the court to knight my brothers. I saw the red eyes in the next, but it was not that the dragon son and phoenix grandson did not have such blessings, so I begged my father to reward him with a filial piety and fame, and was about to go to Beijing to walk around and mix his background! ”

Zhou Cijing is a landed talent, that is, he has spent money to donate a fame in the past few years, and he knows the most about it, but he asked: "With the prestige of the prince, it is really easy to do this thing, and where do you need to use Zhou?" ”

Qiu Yizhi grinned and said, "Zhou Daguan doesn't know anything. My stepfather has always maintained his identity and never interacted with officials in the DPRK and China. Besides, the family education in Youyan Wangfu is the strictest, you see that my brothers are all marquis who relied on military merits, when will they take the light of their father-in-law? This time, I have gained a reputation for raising people, and my father-in-law has given me a lot of face, how can I beg him to bother with this mundane thing? I also ask Zhou Daguan to forgive me one or two. ”

Qiu Yizhi said everything reasonably, and Zhou Cijing couldn't help but believe it, and after pondering for a long time, he asked: "Then I don't know where Xiao Ke can work for His Highness Yi?" ”

"That's it. I heard that the officials of Zhou had the name of Confucian merchants, and all the adults in the court sang poems and harmony, so they dared to ask the officials to make an introduction. When the time comes, I will identify myself in the next place, and I think you will be able to make it convenient for you to look at my father-in-law's face, and make up for me a half-official position......" Qiu Yizhi replied.

Zhou Cijing knew in his heart that this so-called "poetry singing harmony" was just an elegant name for honoring and bribing officials. As for this official matter, although he has coveted it for a long time, the people of Gyeonggi look down on his status as a businessman, and he doesn't know how much silver and treasure he has sent, but he can't get his wish. However, now there is an opportunity in the sky, with the status of King Youyan alone, it is too late for the officials of the six ministries to stammer, how can they be difficult to be the righteous son of the royal palace in the trivial matter of making up for the vacancy? Don't say anything about it, maybe you can borrow yourself and mix an official and a half-job, even if you make up a foreigner in any department, the title of "Zhou Yuanwai" is also very loud!

Thinking of this, Zhou Cijing couldn't help but smile on his face, and said: "Your Highness, this is a great joy, even if you can think of asking Zhou to handle it, Xiao Ke has a light on his face." Zhou must be a great helper! ”

After chatting about the Chamber of Commerce for a while, Zhou Cijing got up to say goodbye, and before leaving, he exchanged the two bottles of "Junshan Spring Dew" wine he brought with him for the jar of pickled white radish with Qiu Yizhi.

The next day, Qiu Yizhi got up early in the morning, went to the palace of Youyan Wang, and informed his father-in-law Zheng Rong about talking to Zhou Cijing yesterday; He also said that Zhao Chengxiao was born with divine power and was extremely reliable, and it would be of great use to take this trip with him; He also asked his father-in-law to allocate two more horses and send his henchmen back and forth between Luoyang and Guangyang to exchange information.

All of the above was proposed by Qiu Yizhi after a long afternoon, Zheng Rong specially summoned Zhong Likuang to discuss it carefully, and there was nothing wrong with it, so he agreed to it one by one.

When Qiu Yizhi said goodbye and left the palace, he happened to see Yiran coming back from outside, and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello and said, "I was sent to Luoyang by my father-in-law to do business, I think you also know." I don't know when I'll be able to go home and see you again! ”

Knowing the meaning of Qiu Yizhi's words, half a point of sadness rose faintly in his heart, but his mouth was very hard, and he said: "You haven't gone out yet, so you want to go home?" Aren't you afraid of living up to the trust of the prince and Mr. Zhongli? ”

Qiu Yizhi didn't expect that a sentence that he had been brewing for a long time before he read it was actually rejected by Yiran like this, so he had to laugh at himself: "The county lord is polite when he sees it, and Xiaosheng has written it down." ”

"Well, it's good that you know!" Yiran said, stretched out his hand and patted Yizhi's shoulder and said, "You can go with confidence." In a few days, I will let Yelu go to Luoyang in the name of sending tribute, and when the time comes, you will have a place to get him, and you can be regarded as adding a helper to you. ”

Qiu Yizhi nodded and said leisurely: "I know your intentions!" ”

Leaving the palace, Qiu Yizhi kept going, and made an appointment with Zheng Miao to go to Zhou Cijing's residence.

This week, Cijing turned out to be a busy man, and he was talking with a few wealthy merchants, and when he heard the report that it was the two highnesses who asked to see him, he hastily sent a few merchants out, and when he saw that the time was not early, he prepared a banquet and talked with the two princes while eating.

This week, Cijing is really a huge rich, and the dishes brought are all famous dishes such as Jiuzhuan large intestine, hibiscus abalone, scrambled eggs with crab roe, Taiji prawns, squirrel osmanthus fish, Longjing shrimp, etc., the ingredients are good, and the cooking is fine. Rao is Qiu Yizhi was full of worries, and he also ate very happily, but he didn't dare to make a mistake, and told Zhou Cijing of the host that this matter should be done sooner rather than later, he had discussed it with his father-in-law, and he would set off early tomorrow morning, so Zhou Cijing needed to prepare.

Zhou Cijing's own thoughts of becoming an official were also hot, but he didn't expect Qiu Yizhi to be more anxious than himself, so that he was not prepared at all. But he didn't dare to disobey the mind of King Yizi of Youyan, so as not to delay his future, so he thought about it in his heart and said: "Unexpectedly, His Highness is so resolute, Xiao Ke was a little caught off guard. Xiao Ke can now hand over these businesses to his nephews and nephews, but there are some affairs in the Chamber of Commerce that he has no time to explain, and he begs His Royal Highness to take more care of them in his busy schedule. ”

Zheng Miao was originally the nominal president of the Guangyang Chamber of Commerce, and this matter naturally could not be shirked, so he nodded and agreed.

Qiu Yizhi wanted to say goodbye to Zheng Xin and Zheng Sen, and the family affairs also had to settle down, so he only tasted two bites of each dish in a hurry, then said goodbye, and ran for a whole afternoon, and then lay down and slept with peace of mind.