"Got one?"

"I don't smoke, you know."

Next to the Zodiac fountain on the west side of the main building, Zhang Qian, dressed as a lady, lit an unknown cigarette, swallowing clouds and spitting out the mist, and the faint fragrance of roses spread.

The so-called zodiac fountain, is a big view of Wangyun Pavilion, the circular pool wall is equidistant with twelve zodiac statues, the arc-shaped water column sprayed out of the statue mouth is sprayed to the lotus pedestal in the center of the pool, the pedestal rises twelve vertically to the water column on the lun one by one, the most special thing is that every certain hour, the zodiac statue that corresponds to the hour will shake left and right, the corresponding water column on the pedestal will also suddenly spray to twice as high as the original, and the center of the pedestal will also emit pleasant music......

After listening to Zhang Qianqing's introduction, Qianhua touched the cold metal wolf dog head in his hand: "I remember that there is also such a fountain in the Old Summer Palace. ”

"That's what I did." Zhang Qianqing shrugged.

The fountain is surrounded by small colored searchlights, and the translucent water column trembles slightly in the brilliant light and shadow, and the background is the gloomy trees in the distance, and before you know it, the sky is already dark.

Qian Hua studied the ears of the wolf dog statue with great interest: "Lu Zhuyuan's face is really big enough. ”

"Of course, being willing to spend money certainly has face. None of the key ministers of the DPRK has not eaten his benefits. With the opening up of civil air transport this time, the Lu consortium, which has never been engaged in the transportation industry, has obtained the monopoly of the designated route without bidding, and the airship manufactured by Beiyang Heavy Industry for Dahua only collects the cost of work and does not count profits, and the Lu consortium will also get the monopoly of civil automobile transportation in Inner and Inner Mongolia next year, as well as the priority of the banking and insurance business of the army and navy...... What does the princess think? ”

"What else do you know?"

Zhang Qianqing spat out a string of perfect smoke rings, took out a few documents from Kun's bag and handed them to Qianhua.

"In May this year, Premier Zhang Zhigao bought a villa in Xiangshan, and Jincheng Bank of the Lu consortium took the initiative to provide an interest-free loan of 200,000 yuan, which will be repaid after 20 years and paid off in 60 years.

"Also in May, the Minister of Industry and Commerce Niu Jin entrusted Lu Zhuyuan's Jingzhi Real Estate Agency to buy a house for investment, and Jingzhi Real Estate transferred six properties with a market value of 400,000 yuan to him at a low price of less than 50,000 yuan, and the old guy changed hands and made a net profit of 300,000 yuan."

"In June, Defense Minister Hook's third aunt died in a car accident, and the Lu Foundation's Anhui Life Insurance actually insured the deceased with a huge amount of life insurance, paying a huge sum of 160,000 yuan to the military minister at a time. In addition, as early as February this year, Hook had already appeared in the list of shareholders of Southern Real Estate, and the market value of the shares under his name reached 150,000 yuan that month. ”

"In July, Minister of Communications Jiang Wentao entrusted the Lu consortium's Huali Securities to invest in the stock market, and bought the shares of Deli Real Estate and South China Bank with a market value of 300,000 yuan for 30,000 yuan.

"Also in July, Minister of the Interior Yang Zhengjin's birthday, Lu Zhuyuan presented a mansion in Beijing with a market value of 30,000 yuan, and a Xiangshan villa with a market value of 80,000 yuan, in addition, according to the report of the insider, Lu Zhuyuan also transferred the shares of Jincheng Bank with a market value of 150,000 yuan to Yang Zhengjin at a low price of 10,000 yuan in August."

"In August, Foreign Minister Mo Ning purchased a market value of 160,000 yuan of Southern Real Estate shares through Huali Securities at a low price of 10,000 yuan, and in the same month, Finance Minister Han Lang celebrated the birthday of his eldest son, and Lu Zhuyuan offered two mansions with a market value of 80,000 yuan as gifts, in addition, as early as April this year, the Lu consortium transferred the shares of Anhui Life Insurance with a market value of 150,000 yuan to Han Lang at a symbolic price of 1,500 yuan."

(Author's note: 1 Chinese yuan in 1905 in the book is about 180-220 yuan in the early 21st century)

The light next to the fountain was not bright enough, and Qianhua didn't look at the documents carefully, so she casually stuffed it into her small handbag.

"Qing'er, along with the last time, did you collect this information just to make a deal with me?"

Zhang Qian counted the second cigarette: "Deal? The princess must know better than me, that is just an excuse, the princess can also think that I am standing in the position of the Zhang consortium and trying to make a stumbling block for competitors, in fact, it is impossible for the Zhang consortium alone to get such a detailed and secret inside story. ”

"You ...... What exactly do you want? ”

Qianhua reached out to the spout of the Zodiac statue, causing a splash of water that collapsed and shattered after struggling violently.

"Doesn't the princess believe me?"

Qian Hua just looked at each other quietly and didn't say a word.

Zhang Qianqing smiled coldly and snuffed out the cigarette butt on the granite pool wall.

"Princess, what do you want most in this world?"

"What do you say?"

"What the princess wants is the world realm, a world world built according to the princess's ideals."

"Then what do you know about my ideals?"

This time it was Zhang Qianqing's turn not to speak.

Qianhua smiled uncertainly, took a step forward, and attached her small mouth to Zhang Qianqing's ear: "Please tell some people when I go back, I'm just a woman who likes to have fun, I'm not interested in politics, there is no need to send this kind of thing in the future, these waste papers mean nothing to me"

"Princess, I think you've misunderstood something......"

The index finger that was not too slender and not very pink shook left and right in front of Zhang Qianqing's mouth: "That's it for today, in the future, we will only talk about Fengyue, not about state affairs, otherwise we won't meet." ”

Zhang Qianqing, who understood something in an instant, had to nod: "Okay, don't talk about state affairs, don't talk about state affairs." ”

"Stop!"

Not far away, the royal guards directly under the princess suddenly shouted, and the two followed the prestige, only to see a slightly thin man between the two guards, and he kept looking this way.

Zhang Qianqing tugged Qianhua's hand: "It's the second young master of the late Speaker Huang Linhong, called Huang Hao, why is he ...... here?"

"You know him?" Qian Hua remembered the abnormal reaction when she first saw Huang Hao in the crowd during the day.

"Our two families have had a good relationship in recent years, and my father also said that he planned to marry the Huang family and was ready to marry me.

"Huang Hong, the current big boss of the Huang consortium, got married 4 years ago." Qianhua is quite confident in her memory.

"So...... Originally, he planned to ask me to marry him......" Zhang Qianqing lowered her head and pointed at Huang Hao in the distance.

"Then call him over." Qianhua clapped his hands.

"No need...... What are you calling him for......"

This level of weak resistance is completely ineffective, and with a puff of smoke, the slightly embarrassed Huang Hao is already close at hand.

"Teacher Huang, let's come out to find Qing'er." Qianhua teased.

"The princess laughed, it was too stuffy inside, and she wanted to come out for a walk, and it happened to be ......"

Qianhua blinked with ulterior motives: "It doesn't matter if it happens, this is fate, how about it?" Do you want me to avoid it? ”

Zhang Qianqing grabbed her: "Let's go together." ”

"Do you want to ...... Let's walk around. Huang Hao scratched the back of his head.

"Okay." Qianhua was the first to respond.

Zhang Qianqing was reluctant: "Let's go, I like to stay here." ”

Before the words were spoken, the water in the pool roared, and at the same time, beautiful music with a completely mechanical flavor sounded, and a certain statue of the zodiac on the wall of the pool began to sway from side to side to the rhythm of the music—presumably on the hour of the hour.

"Blue Danube ......" Qianhua is no stranger to this music, and she used it to make mobile phone ringtones for a whole year.

"The princess is interested in Western music?" Huang Hao asked coldly.

Qianhua was not interested in this question: "I heard a little...... Having said that, your eldest brother came over to toast just now, why didn't you see your shadow? ”

"My eldest brother...... I don't like our siblings to follow him. Huang Hao tilted his head slightly, as if he was reluctant to mention his eldest brother.

"His eldest brother is engaged in a complete separation." Zhang Qianqing explained.

Huang Hao had to nod: "My eldest brother said that after the family is separated, each will live his own life, go his own way, and take care of his own face, and our younger brothers and sisters don't want to count on him." It's nothing, anyway, our younger siblings are all millionaires, and if we are not greedy, we will never be able to spend the inheritance we get for a lifetime. ”

"So, you're going to continue to be your college teacher?" Qianhua asked with some curiosity.

Huang Hao spread his hands leisurely: "I want to take out most of the inheritance to run schools, primary schools, middle schools, universities, I want to run a few schools, and I also want to walk around the world, study the history of the parliamentary system of various countries or something, write a few books, drink a few sips of tea, close my eyes and sleep, this is enough." ”

"He's like that, unmotivated man." Zhang Qianqing obviously knew about this for a long time.

"No way, I'm not used to calculating how to distribute red envelopes every time I invite someone to drink, and I can't remember the birthdays of this big man and their family, and I can't figure out how much the cost of a worker's less steamed bun per meal can be reduced. Huang Hao laughed self-deprecatingly.

"It's nothing wrong to sit and eat the mountain, I like to sit and eat the mountain." Qianhua is playing in the water carelessly again.

"Speaking of red envelopes, I heard that the ministers who will go to the banquet tonight will have at least 10,000 yuan per person, and if the princess is a princess, I'm afraid I'm embarrassed to send a check, and I will probably present strange and precious jewelry......"

"Get 10,000 for a meal? It's too good to make money, isn't it? ”

Qianhua sighed weakly - the annual salary of the dignified prime minister is less than 10,000 yuan.

Zhang Qianqing added: "The entourage servants also have a share, because no one is embarrassed to receive and send red envelopes in person, so they will send people to secretly stuff the entourage of the dignitaries outside the venue before the end of the banquet, and at the same time, they will also prepare a red envelope for the entourage as a hush money, the minister's red envelope is 10,000, and the small red envelope of the entourage will not be less than 500." ”

"Is there a case of refusal to accept red envelopes?" Qianhua asked with some apprehension.

"Your father didn't accept it when he was in office, and others didn't dare to send it, and the late Zhide Gongwen Yi didn't accept it, and the late Wuzhen Gong Zhong Xia Huo, except for these three people, I haven't heard of any important ministers who didn't accept red envelopes when they saw them. This is also the rule of the scene, if you don't accept it, the person who sent it doesn't treat you as a brother, and your colleagues will treat you as an outlier, an iron-fisted strongman like your father can not care, and ordinary officials usually don't refuse in person in the face of this kind of good thing that has gained real benefits and brought all aspects of the relationship closer. ”