5-4 Good cadres of the imperial court

That night, one of the most prosperous streets in Suzhou Mansion was blocked by the government officials, because the Jiangnan Weaving Yamen and the Suzhou Governor wanted to jointly entertain Lord Liu, the town martial artist from the capital, and there were also a large number of accompanying guests, including the commander of Suzhou Wei and some nobles with hereditary titles. The lavish carriages stopped in a long line, and the well-dressed servants took up half the street.

The name of the restaurant is called Jinxiufang, it is the best local hotel, the decoration is luxurious, the space is also very spacious, nearly 100 officials and dignitaries gathered to come and do not seem to be cramped, looking at the guests with fat eyes and big ears, Liu Ziguang felt a little bored, Suzhou people speak with a very soft accent, if it is a woman to say it is very good, a man speaks like this It seems a little too soft, Cao Yin invited him in his private name during the dinner, so he changed into a casual dress with a square scarf and robe, and introduced the guests to Liu Ziguang with a smile. What first-class male, second-class son, hereditary auxiliary generals and the like, they are all big people with titles and statuses, and even the counts and marquis of Pin have three or four, and Cao Yin himself is a hereditary first-class man, and his status is not lower than Liu Ziguang.

All the characters who can be on the stage in Suzhou Mansion are present, and they are not very interested in this Lord Qincha from the capital, as if this is not a banquet for the Qincha, but a party between the upper echelons of Suzhou, one by one sitting around the table happily talking about the sky in Suzhou dialect, ignoring what the Lord Qincha said sitting on the top.

Cao Yin and the three officials in charge of the weaving mansion, as well as Jia Yucun, the prefect of Suzhou, sat with Liu Ziguang, and everyone talked about the current situation in the world in Jianghuai official dialect, how harmonious the court was, and how virtuous the emperor was, without mentioning the purpose of the business trip sent by the emperor. In fact, everyone understands in their hearts that Jiangnan weaving such a big piece of fat, no matter what, the court will not let go, when he was in power at the age of 9,000 years old, he did not send a few eunuchs who supervised the work, and it was not leveled by the old Cao Tou, Cao Yin is already in his sixties, and he has been sitting in this position for thirty years in the weaving industry, what kind of official has not seen it, but all normal people will have weaknesses, or greedy for money, or lustful, or greedy for power and reputation, Cao Yin has a way to deal with these three kinds of people.

The officials of Suzhou accompanied Liu Ziguang to eat wine with a smile, and Jia Yucun diligently helped Lord Qincha to spread the dishes, the dishes were both north and south, and the characteristics were the main, including squirrel osmanthus fish, snail shrimp, eel paste, chanterelle cabbage heart, Balung soup and other local dishes in Suzhou, and there were also several plausible Lu dishes specially arranged by the chef to take care of the northern taste of Lord Qincha, although the taste was not very authentic, but the intention was finally reached.

This kind of banquet in the officialdom is actually the most boring, the two sides have a match and say unnutritious officialdom words, Cao Yin observed that Liu Ziguang was a little impatient, hurriedly clapped his hands, the music sounded, and a team of charming dancers came and danced.

The dancers are all stunningly beautiful, and their dancing postures are extremely enchanting, but Cao Yin is disappointed, and Lord Qincha's eyes don't seem to have focused on this group of beautiful girls at all, and they still have a very boring expression.

Cao Yin couldn't help but be secretly surprised, these dancing girls were his treasures, and many old friends came to the door to beg for none of them, and he originally planned to send these dancing girls out when Lord Qincha showed his interest

, but this uncle is unmoved in the face of beauty, and it seems that the road from beauty is not going to work.

When the song was over, Cao Yin waved his hand to let the dancing girl retreat, smiled and took out a post with gold characters in big red and said: "Lord Liu, this is a part of the Suzhou gentry's chatting table, a little broken silver, please don't see outside." ”

"This official has enough money from the imperial court to spend, and Lord Cao has received it, so the silver will be exempted." Liu Ziguang said lightly, eating other people's soft mouths and taking other people's hands short, he still understands this matter, not to mention that he can't look down on this bit of silver, he wants to be the control of the entire Jiangnan weaving, how can he collect Cao Yin's silver in public now.

Cao Yin's smile froze, but soon he came back to his senses and said with a wry smile: "Lord Liu really has a breeze on his sleeves. Several officials next to him also praised him, in fact, they were all uneasy, this Liu Ziguang is really different, it is normal for Qin to come to the place to receive a meeting gift, but this person actually refused so bluntly, does he not understand the unspoken rules of Daming officialdom? Or are you deliberately embarrassed by these people in Suzhou?

There is no real Qing official in the world, it's just that the temptation is not big enough, Cao Yin pinched the gift list in his hand, in fact, the silver on it is not just a scattered silver tael as he said, but a huge sum of 10,000 taels, 10,000 taels to smash down a Qincha may be a little less, then I will be more ruthless, I don't believe you are not tempted.

After the end of the banquet, Lord Qincha went back to the Grand View Garden to stay, Cao Yin personally sent it to the gate of the garden before leaving, Liu Ziguang walked to the door under the escort of the guards, and suddenly felt that there was a dazzling light from the window inside, and when he walked in, he saw that there was a mountain of gold in the room, which was more than one person high, and it was full of one hundred and twenty-one large silver ingots, and the outermost layer was all stacked with brand-new small gold ingots, and the gold and silver were shining and dazzling.

Jinshan Yinhai, the old man Cao is really ruthless, if you don't smash it, you will be completely smashed if you want to smash it, Liu Ziguang is now worth a lot, but he still can't help but be tempted when he sees so much money, but he thought about it again, he hasn't started on Jiangnan Weaving, Cao Yin took out so much money to bribe, which can only show two problems: one is that Jiangnan Weaving does have an unsightly problem, but the old Cao family is indeed rich! Hum. These few taels of gold want to buy me, but they underestimate my determination to be a martial artist.

"Come on, seal these yellow and white things for me, count the number and make a record." Liu Ziguang hurriedly called someone to come in to deal with this gold and silver mountain, and wanted to bribe me, no way, but since people took so much effort to send it over, and built such a beautiful hill, there is no need to return it, and it seems impolite and wasteful of manpower to go back and forth, so it is better to confiscate it directly. This clever method of dealing with bribes was still learned by Liu Ziguang on television in his early years, and when our party's senior cadres received huge bribes, they usually handed them over to the organization for handling, which not only prevented others from being caught, but also demonstrated their own integrity.

"In the future, if someone comes to give gifts, they will all call me." Liu Ziguang told the guards guarding the door that the guards usually follow Liu Ziguang at all times, so no one was present when the Cao family arranged for people to pile up the gold mountain just now.

"Master, let's have a cup of sobering tea." Han Xue'er came over with a cup of tea, as the attaché of Lord Qincha, she and the guards were among the banquets, but the grade was slightly lower, and Han Xue'er had just come back, so she quickly made tea and came over to serve the master.

"Put it there." Liu Ziguang didn't get drunk, what he drank at today's banquet was his aged daughter Hong, which was simply a drink for him, he sat on the chair and asked Han Xue'er to help take off his boots, and asked casually, "Miss?" ”

It is Liu Xiaomei who is called Miss, the identity of this girl who has an unclear relationship with her uncle is more embarrassing, she is not a lady, she is not a maid, and in the end everyone has to call her Miss, she should be the sister-in-law of the uncle, Liu Ziguang is too lazy to care, so he went with them.

Liu Kitten was in a free-range state when she lived in Zhenwubo Mansion, and the maid regularly brought the prepared meals to her boudoir every day, saying that the boudoir was actually only nominal, and Liu Kitten could sleep everywhere, on the roof, on the wall, and more often on the big wardrobe in Liu Ziguang's house. She didn't eat all the food brought by the maid, and from time to time she slipped out to steal some fresh fish and birds, not to satisfy her hunger, but purely because of her itchiness. After arriving at the Grand View Garden, he didn't do activities with everyone, but played alone, and Liu Ziguang was still very relieved about his skills, so he generally let it go.

"The young lady seems to have gone out, and the window is wide open." Han Xueer replied.

As soon as the words fell, Liu Xiaomei ran in from outside, and when she saw that Liu Ziguang had returned, she immediately came over, raised her nose and sniffed at Liu Ziguang, as if she was looking for something delicious.

"Don't worry, kitten, look at what delicious food I brought you." Liu Ziguang hooked his fingers at the guards on the side, and the latter hurriedly offered the squirrel osmanthus fish packed by the Splendid Workshop.

Liu Xiaomei saw that there was a delicious food, and hurriedly pounced on it to eat, Liu Ziguang frowned and said, "Have you washed your hands?" Lift the little paw up and I'll take a look. Liu Xiaomei innocently opened his two hands to show him, only to see that there were faint blood stains between his ten fingers.

"What's going on?" Liu Ziguang hurriedly carefully examined Liu Xiaomei's two small hands, and only relieved when he saw that there were no wounds.

Liu Xiaomei excitedly raised his paws and scratched the splendid backrest on Liu Ziguang's chair, saying, "There are bad people who want to bully the kitten, and they are defeated by the kitten." ”

"Who is so bold as to bully you, is it someone from this garden?" Liu Ziguang asked, Daguan Garden covers a wide area, and Liu Xiaomei is likely to have a conflict with the Cao family.

"It's the bad guy during the day, he says he's going to eat the rouge from the kitten's mouth. The kitten scratched his face in anger. Liu Xiaomei grabbed Liu Ziguang's back chair into a ball of rotten silk and cotton, and proudly said that her language skills are now very strong and she can communicate with others accurately, but because she communicates more with Peng Jingwei, her language is a little childlike.

It turned out to be Cao Zhan, who is not good to provoke and provoke Liu Xiaomei's head, this cat doesn't know the severity of his shot, and his nails are particularly sharp, poor Cao Boy must be out of shape now, and he can't keep his eyeballs if he doesn't get it.