Chapter 173: The Book of Rulers 1
The plan was agreed, the sales contract was signed, and in the end, the Wang family gave an extra profit, which was regarded as filial piety. Both sides are pleased with this result.
Lin Ruo promised that after getting this batch of leather goods, the Wang family would pay a lot of money; Midu waved his hand and took the risk of beware of the tail left by Li Yan in the royal court to deliver the news.
When Midu sent them out of the big tent and boarded the carriage, Murong Chong glanced at Na Ye meaningfully and didn't say a word. This look did not escape Midu's eyes, and his mind sank.
After sending Lin Ruo and Murong Chong away, Mi Du stared at Na Ye with his henchmen, holding his every move in his hands.
When he conspired with the "Wang family brothers and sisters", there were a total of eight people in the tent. Except for him and the "Wang family brothers and sisters", two of the remaining five people are henchmen of the "Wang family brothers and sisters", and two are his henchmen, only this one and that are an exception.
Delve into it, it is not a pure-blooded Beiqi person, his maternal grandmother is from the Central Plains, and his grandfather is from Xihu, so he has a quarter of the Central Plains blood and a quarter of the Xihu blood.
Those who are not of my race will have different hearts.
The news that Lin Ruo and Murong rushed to the Beiqi royal court to see Midu soon reached Li Yan's ears. Li Yan's reaction, as expected, was the same as what Miss Wang "expected", he didn't take the two brothers and sisters to heart, but just instructed Shao Gang and Shao Yan to carefully beware of Mi Du getting in the way.
Tang Xiao wanted to persuade a few more words, but was scolded by Song Huanchu.
In her selfish heart, Song Huan Chu didn't want Lin Ruo to have an accident, not just because she had saved him.
Back at Ji Mansion, Murong Chong took Lin Ruo's hand and sent her back to the room.
Before he could sit down, Zhu Xuan came in with snow honey ginger tea.
Lin Ruo frowned, she especially didn't like the taste of ginger. Although the ginger taste in the snow honey ginger tea is very light, who told her to have a keen sense of smell that is different from ordinary people?
"It's cold in the morning, and I should have let you drink it right away."
With a wrinkled face, he reluctantly drank half a bowl, refusing to take another sip.
"Later, let Zhu Xuan put the moxibustion on the moxibustion, cover the sweating, and the effect of repelling the cold is just as good."
Murong Chong raised his eyebrows, noncommittal.
"Really!" Lin Ruo's eyes widened and looked at Murong Chong sincerely, "Moreover, I really don't like to drink ginger tea, even if I add snow honey, I don't like ......."
The persuasion was ineffective, and Murong Chong remembered that Youcao had indeed said that Lin Ruo didn't like decoction, and ginger tea was also counted among them, so he didn't do much reluctance, and asked Zhu Xuan to order moxibustion, put it in the stove and let Lin Ruo cover it to ward off the cold, and then asked Zhu Xuan to remove the remaining half bowl of ginger tea.
"Fourth brother has something to ask me?"
Murong Chong nodded: "What are you secretly giving to that?" ”
And in the great tent of Midus, he also came up to fetch the book. When Lin Ruo withdrew his hand and stretched out his hand, he added a thin oiled paper bag and handed it to Na Ye.
Because of the line of sight, Mi Du and his two henchmen didn't notice it, but Murong Chong, who was beside Lin Ruo, could see it clearly. That was also clever, and under the pretense of almost not catching the account book, he quietly stuffed the oiled paper bag that Lin Ruo handed him into his sleeve.
This is also the reason why Murong Chong glanced at Na Ye before leaving.
"I once told the fourth brother that businessmen should value faithfulness."
Murong Chong thought for a moment and frowned: "You want to save his life?" ”
"Well, since he has completed what I have explained, I will naturally fulfill my promise."
Murong Chong was silent for a moment, knowing that Lin Ruo was a stable person, but he was still a little uneasy: "If you are unfaithful once, you won't use it a hundred times." This man is too slippery, and he is afraid of ......"
The latter words were not spoken, but Lin Ruo understood what he wanted to say, smiled lightly, and said, "Fourth brother, do you remember the flood in Shangyu and the homeless people who poured into Bian'an City?" ”
Murong Chong naturally remembered.
The Lin family's measures of soup soup and free clinics have won the hearts of the people, and what is even more gratifying is that the Lin family's shop has helped settle a large number of displaced people, which makes Yin Yingzong of Shuntian Mansion grateful.
Since ancient times, the resettlement of displaced people has been the most troublesome problem for officials, and if it is not handled properly, it may lead to riots and bloodshed, and intensify conflicts between the people and the officials, and between the people and the soldiers. To put it mildly, the black veil on the top is not guaranteed; At worst, once the regime will be completely overthrown.
But when these problems came to Lin Ruo's hands, they were all easily solved.
With the start of the Lin family, the merchants in Bian'an City have followed suit one after another in order to gain a good reputation, but the truth and falsehood can only be distinguished by the hearts of the people. When the disaster subsided, the displaced people who were willing to stay in Bian'an, Lin Ruodu let Lao Qi settle down properly, and after registration, he sent it to Shuntianfu to make a register; If you want to go back to your hometown, the Lin family has arranged to give twice the salary as a coil.
This is not the first time the Lin family has done such a thing.
The Lin family will give porridge and cloth outside Bian'an City every month, and most of the beggars in Bian'an City have received the favor of the Lin family, and many of them have become buddies in the Lin family's shops. Among them, the most important thing to say is Lao Liang, who has become the chef of the gluttonous sea from an unkempt beggar.
Small hidden in the wild, big hidden in the city, honest is not deceiving.
"There's no real waste in this world, and if there is, it's misplaced."
"This is the first time I've heard of that. Tell me, where should this and that be arranged? ”
There was a earth dragon in the room, and there was a stove with moxibustion in his arms, and fine beads of sweat appeared on Lin Ruo's forehead. Covering his sleeves and wiping it lightly, he took a few sips of tea before he said: "The fourth brother wants to lead the northern army into the Northern Territory, is there a lack of a guide?" ”
Murong Chong's eyes lit up: "What do you mean......"
"Brother Li has lived in Beiqi for many years and has a detailed understanding of the topography of Beiqi. With Brother Li's understanding, although these maps can be used as marching maps, if you really want to fight with the Beiqi Iron Cavalry, a piece of paper is definitely not enough. ”
Murong Chong nodded approvingly.
"Besides, after Brother Li returns to Bian'an City, he is going to take over the Lin family's business, if he follows the fourth brother to the army and mixes up familiar faces, I am afraid that it will do more harm to him and the fourth brother than to the good."
On the contrary, this Na Ye is a native of Beiqi, and he does not know much about Beiqi as much as Brother Li, not only has he stayed under Brother Li and Midu, but he is also very familiar with most of the lowly Beiqi people, and he understands the habits of Beiqi people better. Having such a guide is more suitable for the fourth brother. ”
Looking at Lin Ruojing's bright eyes, Murong Chong involuntarily reached out and touched her head. Lin Ruo was stunned for a moment, pouted and slapped his hand away. This action looks intimate, but it has a bit of the meaning of the elders treating the juniors.
Murong Chong immediately understood, he was always used to comforting Xijiao like this, and if Lin Ruo was the same age as Xijiao, he couldn't help but rub her head. Cough to resolve the embarrassment:
"Although you have a point, there is another reason you haven't explained."
Lin Ruo blinked: "What? ”
Murong Chong hooked the corners of his mouth and said: "If Li Yan follows me to the Northern Army, he will definitely be treated as a guest, and you are worried that the general of the Northern Army will not accept it and make him angry." ”