It has been in business for less than two months.

The first month spent a lot, basically there was no money left, the second month to earn two hundred taels is already very good, come up to take out two percent of the profit as dividends, really surprised the shopkeeper.

"Little owner, this ...... Not necessarily. ”

Although the shopkeeper was amazed by Zhu Hao's business methods, he was bent on returning to work under Su Xigui and did not want to stay in Anlu for a long time.

Right now, Zhu Hao took out the silver......

The feeling is noticeably different from before.

Zhu Hao said: "This matter has been decided, don't say more." In the future, my mother and I can't show up too much, and you need to pay more attention to business matters, especially staring at the shopkeepers and guys below...... The water is too deep for them to grasp! ”

"Good, good!"

The shopkeeper was excited, and seemed to be convinced by Zhu Hao.

……

……

Zhu Hao did not send the horse shopkeeper out of the gate of the palace, and stopped at the gate of the west courtyard.

Seeing the shopkeeper leave the west gate of the palace, Zhu Hao went back to the bedroom to put down his books and came to the canteen for lunch.

After Lu Song finished sending people off, he entered the canteen after coming back, and sat down directly beside Zhu Hao, and the master of the kitchen immediately came to serve the food with interest.

Lu Song, as a warden of the palace, does not eat small stoves on weekdays, and eats big pot dishes with the big guys, but the treatment is also different from ordinary people, and any good dishes are given priority to leave him a share.

Jing Hong looked at the chicken thighs and plum cabbage button meat in Lu Song's bowl, with a little envy in his eyes, Lu Song politely pushed the plate containing the food in front of Zhu Hao and Jing Hong.

"You eat."

Lu Song means that he just came in and sat down, and I can give this to you.

Zhu Hao smiled: "Is there something wrong with Lu Dian? ”

Lu Song said: "Zhu Hao, it seems that you are quite profitable in running the Di Dian business, and you will have a profit of two hundred taels in a month?" ”

"Lu Dian, do business at your own risk, a few years ago, there were many merchants who purchased goods locally, so they naturally made more money, and after the year until the spring famine, most of the people in the city cut back on food and clothing, and I didn't have much oil and water...... Lu Dianzhan won't think that I have money to earn from the palace, right? ”

Zhu Hao explained with a serious face, not wanting Lu Song to misunderstand.

Lu Song naturally didn't think nonsense, although he didn't know the details of the business between the palace and Zhu Hao, he also knew that the palace had taken a big advantage, and the palace relied on Zhu Hao and Su Xigui behind him very much, and would not rashly run out to say the opposite.

Lu Song sighed: "I think that since you can make money, you should use it more to improve your family situation, rather than ...... What do you do with so much silver for your shopkeepers? ”

"To buy people's hearts."

Zhu Hao's answer was straightforward.

So much so that Lu Song felt that Zhu Hao might have some ulterior motives to tell him so calmly.

Zhu Hao said: "My mother is a festival woman of the imperial court, it is inconvenient to come forward, I am studying in the palace, I will participate in the imperial examination in the coming year, and I have no time to take care of business. Why don't Lu Dianzhan join in, and I'll give you a share? ”

Lu Song shook his head, now he didn't know what to say.

I thought, should I say that this kid is generous to people, or is it that you lack the heart? With so much money distributed at once, are you still complacent?

"Lu Dianzheng does business with me, there is no need to come forward in person or become a shareholder, there are many ways to cooperate......" Zhu Hao suggested with a smile.

Lu Song hurriedly waved his hand: "Needless to say, I have no intention of doing business." Zhu Hao, you are outstanding in learning, you should make a difference on the way to the imperial examination, and don't use your mind on the side path. Under the advice of the ear, farewell. ”

After Lu Song left, Jing Hong asked puzzledly, "What did Lu Dianzhan mean by what he said just now?" ”

Zhu Hao said: "There are good things to eat, why don't you hurry, do you still have the heart to inquire about other situations?" ”

Jing Hong didn't move his chopsticks, and a trace of sadness appeared on his face: "That's the case, I heard my father say that the Ministry of Officials has appointed a new longevity magistrate, and he will have to leave Anlu at the beginning of the next year, and go home this time...... It is not certain whether he can return to the palace after the year. ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Hao looked at Jinghong in surprise.

Didn't Tang Yin say that he would not leave office until the second half of next year? How did it get ahead? On the contrary, Zhizhou stayed in office!

In this way, what should I do about the county test next year?

It's completely disrupting the pace of exam preparation!

Zhu Hao saw that Jinghong was depressed, and roughly realized that his little friend's life had suffered a major setback, and he was hesitant and helpless about the future, to put it bluntly, he didn't want to leave Xingwangfu.

With the guidance of a famous teacher like Tang Yin, he can grow up with the prince, and he has a good friend like Zhu Hao, if he returns to his hometown...... It's like suddenly returning from the hustle and bustle of the city to the deep mountains and old forests.

Jing Hong sighed and said quietly: "I will ask my father to let him agree to let me stay in the palace, but this matter is ...... It's not good to say, the palace may have already made arrangements for my stay and going. ”

Zhu Hao smiled.

At the end of the year, it seems that the companions of the palace have to worry about whether they can stay in the coming year.

The two left the palace together last year, and were not recruited back until February this year.

This time, it was Jinghong who felt that he had not been in the palace for a long time, and today may be his last day in the palace, which made him feel very frustrated.

"Go for it, and I'll help you too...... If you stay in Anlu and have nowhere to go, I can provide you with accommodation, but you don't want to live in my house, it's not convenient, I have several accommodations in the city, you can choose at will......"

With Zhu Hao's financial resources now, it is not difficult to take care of everything for Jinghong.

Jing Hong's face was a little more relaxed when he heard this, if he really stayed in Anlu and didn't follow his father back to his hometown, how to settle down was the biggest problem.

"Isn't this the three holes of the cunning rabbit as the saying goes?"

Jing Hong was actually in the mood to joke at this time.

Zhu Hao nodded: "Isn't it?" I have more than three caves, and you can live in any one of them. ”

Jing Hong shook his head: "If I stay in Anlu, I will only live in the palace normally, and I don't need to spend the night outside when I go out once in a while, so I can watch the people I know in the palace to study...... That's good. ”

……

……

Afternoon self-study class.

There were no waves, until the end of school, Zhu Hao said goodbye to Zhu San, Zhu Si and others, discussed seeing each other next year, and then went home.

Zhu Si wanted to pester Zhu Hao and ask Zhu Hao to give him something good to play during the New Year, but Zhu Hao also refused.

Zhu Hao went back to the dormitory to pack up his things, and was about to leave, when Lu Song came again: "Yuan Changshi is waiting outside to see you." ”

Zhu Hao had no choice but to stop what he was doing, and walked with Lu Song to the gate of the West Courtyard, where he saw Yuan Zonggao talking to his grandson Yuan Rulin.

"Grandfather, Zhu Hao is here, and my grandson will wait at the door first."

Yuan Rulin went in the direction of the gate.

Yuan Zonggao looked at Zhu Hao with a smile, his eyes were full of the wisdom of an old fox who understood human nature, but Zhu Hao would not give him a chance.

"Zhu Hao, this time the old man is looking for you to tell you something...... The time for the county examination for the coming year has been set, on the ninth day of the first month of February, and there is only more than a month left in the calculation time, and Jingzhi County is about to step down, and the county and government examinations for the coming year will be presided over by the governor, and the government examination is scheduled for February 26......"

Zhu Hao nodded: "So urgent?" ”

Yuan Zonggao said: "Anlu Prefecture candidates gather in Changshou County, if the government examination time is postponed to April, it will only make candidates toss back and forth, now the war in the north has not stopped, and there are also mountain bandits and bandits in Jiangnan, Jiangbei are infested, it is not safe, so it is also for the sake of the candidates."

"If nothing else, it is not difficult to learn the county examination and the government examination with your talents, and you will go to see Confucianism in Benzhou with your old man in the next year...... In addition, do you have any problems with knots and mutual ties? ”

Zhu Hao thought to himself, Yuan Zonggao is so caring?

The county examination is already a formal imperial examination, and the mutual knot means that five candidates in the same examination guarantee each other, and one person cheats and five people sit together, while the knot is the guarantee issued by the gentry and family......

Although it is only a formality, it is really impossible to participate in the imperial examination.

Based on the relationship between Zhu Hao and the family, it is obviously unrealistic to expect the Zhu family to provide a knot and find someone to knot each other, the palace is afraid that the Zhu family will set a threshold for Zhu Hao's imperial examination to make trouble, and the local gentry and candidates are not allowed to have contact with Zhu Hao, and finally Zhu Hao cannot complete the preparation for the examination.

Zhu Hao lowered his head and said, "I haven't told my family about these ...... yet."

Yuan Zonggao smiled and nodded: "Then the old man will arrange it for you, you have no opinion, right?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Hao nodded heavily.

"Besides, the palace will give some festival gifts to the people in the palace every year, and you haven't received them yet, have you? Tomorrow someone will send you to the house......"

Yuan Zonggao actually took the initiative to care about the fact that the palace had read the festival to Zhu Hao, a companion?

It's greasy!

Zhu Hao said: "Yuan Changshi, in fact, it is not necessary, it is good that I can stay in the palace to study, and now I am at home...... Life has improved dramatically. ”

I want to give Yuan Zonggao a talk, so that this old fox who likes to beat around the bush will get to the point as soon as possible.

Yuan Zonggao said with a smile: "The old man heard that Ling Tang recently took over the collapsed house business and provided a lot of goods to the palace, right?" ...... of them"

Zhu Hao hurriedly waved his hand: "Mr. Yuan, in fact, all this was arranged by the owner of Su Dong, who did business with us, and my mother and I just arranged it in the middle, and the specific details ...... We don't know very well either. ”

I don't know what kind of calculation you Yuan Zonggao is making?

Even if you, Yuan Zonggao, are no longer targeting Zhang Zuo, you are still here to inquire about the purchase and sale of materials by the palace, and now the accounts are not in your hands, what are the expenses, how is the procurement carried out, and you don't know the details and want to find a breakthrough from me?

Then I'll tell you directly, we are just pushing to the front desk as a cover, the real trader is Su Xigui, if you are looking for trouble, just look for him, don't look for our orphans and widows.

Yuan Zonggao smiled on his face, and said in a serious tone: "The horse master who came to the palace before was your person?" ”

"Nominally so ......"

Zhu Hao couldn't help but glance at Lu Song.

This guy wouldn't just twist his face and tell Yuan Zonggao about the bonus he gave Ma Yan forty taels of silver, right?

Yuan Zonggao saw that I gave such a large sum of money to the shopkeeper, and realized that Su Xigui was actually a disguise, the real person in charge was me, and by the way, he could find a breakthrough from me, and then come to find it immediately?

Yuan Zonggao said: "If you have time, help introduce the horse master, the old man has some things that are inconvenient for you, or you can ask him." There are a lot of things that the palace will do in the coming year, and to make it clear, it is also for the sake of not making mistakes in the accounts. ”

Old fox, old fox, don't you know that you don't have the right to take over the management of the treasury now?

No matter how much the palace procures, does it have anything to do with you Yuan Zonggao?

Find this reason......

Tsk, that's too far-fetched, isn't it?