Chapter 197: The Wind and Clouds Will Desire to Turn into Dragons
The person who came was the original Qinglou famous prostitute Yu Linglong, and now the side room of King Chun's prince Yuan Xinya.
Yuan Xinya had this opportunity, all thanks to Lin Shaoxuan's help at the beginning. Now that she has entered Beijing, Lin Shaoxuan still lives to help her run a branch of Hangzhou Baoxiangzhai, with tens of thousands of taels of silver every year, and she is the richest among Zhao Cong's wives and concubines.
Drinking water and thinking about the source, I heard that Lin Shaoxuan came to the capital, Yuan Xinya blew the pillow wind for half a night, and asked the little prince to be grandly received, and she also dressed up early to meet her great benefactor.
The brother and sister became more and more affectionate when they saw each other, and the three of them chatted about all kinds of things in Hangzhou in the past, and talked about some interesting things in the capital, and they didn't feel a lot warmer. After gossiping for a long time, Zhao Cong called Yahuan to send Yuan Xinya back to rest.
"Ya'er, your body is so expensive now, let's go back and rest. Don't worry, Brother Lin, I have a treat here. ”
Zhao Cong personally took hands and sent Yuan Xinya out, and smiled happily at Lin Shaoxuan: "Now that Ya'er is three months pregnant, she can't be tired, Brother Lin is not strange." ”
Lin Shaoxuan congratulated him a few words, seeing that he was overjoyed, he was pleased with his love for Ya'er, and on the other hand, he felt a little guilty. Yulang also likes children, and no one of them will give birth, what should I do?
Because Lin Shaoxuan came to the academy as an examinees, Zhao Cong promised to introduce the examiner for him. It's just that Prince Chun is busy with affairs, and he can't visit this small merchant if he wants to. Lin Shaoxuan's purpose had been achieved, and it was inconvenient to sit for a long time, so he asked Zhao Cong to hand over the gift to Prince Chun, and then got up to say goodbye and returned to the inn.
I haven't seen each other for three years, and the two are no longer as indulgent in sex as they are in Hangzhou. It's no wonder that Zhao Cong is now the son of King Chun, and even if Lin Shaoxuan makes more money, his status is too far from others.
Lin Shaoxuan was not discouraged, he didn't want to enter the court in the first place. On this trip, he just wanted to arrange the students of Qifeng Academy, these people are the cornerstone of his future career.
Zhao Cong said that he counted, and sure enough, he ordered a henchman to lure the gentlemen of the academy to visit this year's chief examiner. With his mind fulfilled, he got the main exam's ear and face, and the students of Qifeng Academy at least would not be troubled, Lin Shaoxuan put down his mind, handed over the students to the management of Mr., and brought Jiang Jinyu to play around the capital.
He thought that as long as he waited for the March exam to start, he knew that everything was destined to be uncontrollable, he didn't want to cause trouble, but some people refused to let him go. This capital has already been in turmoil, and there will be a good show just waiting for him to come.
On this day, Prince Chun sat in the study and discussed with his subordinates, and other major matters went well, but there was one deficiency in his heart. He was depressed in his heart, and after dismissing everyone, he was relaxing in the backyard, but when he saw that his eldest son, who had high hopes, was drinking with a group of people in the capital, he couldn't help but feel angry, and rushed back to the study angrily after giving an order.
Not long after, Zhao Cong knocked on the door drunkenly, and was angrily shouted by his father: "Kneel!" ”
Zhao Cong was most afraid that his father would be angry, and when he heard him drink, his knees immediately became weak, and he knelt on the ground with a plop.
"I wonder why my father is angry? My son has been very well-behaved lately, and he hasn't done anything wrong. He shuddered and was interrupted by King Chun.
"I'll leave it to you to raise money, how are you doing?"
Versus? Zhao Cong was puzzled: "My son has raised a total of eight million taels of silver in the past few years, and it has been handed over to the treasury. ”
In fact, more than half of his eight million taels were earned by Bao Xiang Zhai. Because of this big bet, he really hasn't thought of any other way lately.
Hearing his son mention eight million silver, King Chun was slightly relieved. Eight million is really more than enough for a royal palace, even if it is a royal court, the annual tax is only five million taels of silver. However, for his big business, this amount of money is really insignificant.
"You get up first." Prince Chun was angry, so he was very willing to be reasonable, but looking at his son's red face, he was angry.
"I entrust you with great things for my father, and you can also give me a good snack! For whom am I taking such pains and risks? In the end, it's not all for you! Now that there is a shortage of silver in many parts of the house, I will give you three months to raise three million taels of silver for me. If you can't do it, don't be a son of this world! There is no incompetent waste left in my house! ”
What the?! Three million taels in three months? It's not worth so much if you sell me! Unlucky today, drinking and having fun in the house was bumped into by his father, Zhao Cong didn't dare to speak with a bitter face, so he had to reluctantly agree and was coaxed out of the door.
He was no longer interested in drinking and gambling money, so he didn't care about the guests, and hurriedly ran back to his study, and ordered someone to call a few henchmen to discuss how to get the money quickly.
Prince Chun has never been the same, he said that if he can't get the money, he will withdraw his son, that's definitely not a joke!
Bad luck! At the end of last year, when the accounts were closed, I had already paid all the silver for the year, but now at the beginning of the new year, where did I get the silver?
Zhao Cong summoned his staff to discuss urgently, but a person came out from behind the screen in King Chun's study.
"Lord Wang, you are too strict with the prince. In three months, no one will be able to raise three million taels of military expenses! ”
"Mr. Ouyang!" King Chun had great respect for the white-bearded old man, and he didn't get angry when he saw that he couldn't be summoned and walked out by himself, but just held his head and pinched his eyebrows, "The big event is coming, I have been preparing for so many years, and the last moment is really not to be missed." Besides, King An won a favorite general the year before last and earned him a lot of silver, and the fight with me has become tighter and tighter in the past two years. In such an eventful season, it is better to have to suppress Cong'er than for him to mess with a bunch of fools all day long. ”
"The prince is too worried!" Ouyang Ye's voice was calm and unconsciously convincing, "I think that although the little prince is indulgent on the surface, he is not bad at doing things. Aren't the Bao Xiang Zhai and the stained glass conservatory, who have made the most money recently, all of them found by him? ”
King Chun nodded and replied, "Yes, that's why I pressed him again to see what other skills he hadn't shown." ”
"Lord, the villain heard that Lin Shaoxuan, the owner of Baoxiangzhai, is in the capital recently, this son is a business wizard, in just a few years, half of Hangzhou City has been pocketed by him, the prince is short of funds, it is better to ask him, maybe there will be some unexpected gains."
King Chun couldn't help but perk up when he heard this: "Lin Shaoxuan? But the Hangzhou merchant who provided the recipe for the explosives? ”
Ouyang Ye smiled slightly: "It's this son." ”
"Okay, you go and call him for me." King Chun paused for a moment and said, "Go quietly, let Cong'er invite in the name of a banquet, don't let that old guy of King An be suspicious." ”
Lin Shaoxuan has been with Jiang Jinyu for the past few days, the two of them have traveled around the capital, visited various places of interest and historic sites, treasures and gardens, and went to Fang Peihan's home to visit his parents, and were discussing whether to go to the original Hangzhou prefect, and now the current household Jiang Shilang's house to show up, and suddenly received an invitation from the little prince Zhao Cong, asking them to go to the palace together tomorrow to participate in the spring banquet.
"Spring feast? It's not a year, what kind of moth does this kid have? Lin Shaoxuan took the invitation and studied it for a long time, but he couldn't see a clue, so he had to call Su Quan to ask.
Su Quan was originally just a little guard, how do you know how the master likes to play, and he scratched his head and couldn't say why. Lin Shaoxuan had no choice, so he had to prepare a gift, and took Jiang Jinyu to the banquet the next day.
He just thought it was an ordinary banquet, and didn't take it as a big deal, but just took a few entourages with gifts and went. If he had a long back eye and knew that this would bring endless troubles to the two of them, I am afraid that he would not take Jiang Jinyu with him for anything.
This spring banquet is different from the last time he visited him in private. King Chun's mansion opened the door, the little prince personally waited in front of the door, saw that the two of them came, immediately left other guests, cordially stepped forward and led them to the garden warm pavilion to sit down, and ordered someone to invite a few people in the capital to meet and personally introduce them one by one.
"Come on, let me introduce to you, this is my good brothers Lin Shaoxuan and Jiang Jinyu in Hangzhou, these are Li Boran, the son of the Marquis of Zhongyi, Zhang Lanruo, the second son of the Zuo Xiang family, and Jing Haobo, the little grandfather of the Yasukuni family. Grandpa Jing is now serving in the Ministry of Officials, Brother Lin, the students of your academy have to ask Grandpa Xiao for help if they want to choose a good official. ”
Lin Jiang and the others were busy meeting a few sons and brothers one by one, although a few people in the capital didn't know why the little prince solemnly introduced them to two little people from Hangzhou, but Zhao Cong was the boss of their small circle, and several people still talked with them very gracefully.
Fortunately, Lin Shaoxuan's business has become big in the past few years, and he is no longer the original frivolous and profligate appearance, he has a sense of prestige in his actions, Jiang Jinyu has always been detached, and a few people talked for a while, and gradually became warm, and those sons slowly accepted the two.
Zhao Cong took the task given by his father, and took the opportunity of the spring banquet to introduce Lin Shaoxuan to him, and he wanted to do it without showing any traces, so he didn't show it at first, but just kept accompanying the two of them to sit and talk and laugh, and introduce them to the guests invited today.
Lin Shaoxuan was born as a businessman, and he believed in harmony and making money, no matter which Zhao Cong introduced to him, he would flatter him one by one with a good temper, but Jiang Jinyu couldn't sit still. His brows furrowed slightly, Zhao Cong seemed to be more intimate than Second Brother Lin, and immediately called his personal entourage to lead him to the garden to relax.
Lin Shaoxuan knew Jiang Jinyu's ability, so he was naturally not afraid that he would be in danger, but he also stood up and admonished.
"The atmosphere of this spring banquet is weird, the little prince is a little too enthusiastic, you come back after a little scattering in the garden, don't be nosy, don't care about other people's ways."
Jiang Jinyu glanced at him amusedly, and saw that his worried appearance did not seem to be fake, so he had to nod, put on his cloak and walked out.
At that time, the two didn't know that the protagonist of this spring banquet was the second son of Lin who thought he was inconspicuous, and Jiang Jinyu, as the palm of the second son of Lin, had a period of unsolvable troubles.