Chapter 261: An Invitation to Meet
Shopkeeper Shen thought that the tea leaves were not worth much now, and it would not hurt to give Xu Gongzi a few catties of tea to toss.
"All." Wei Ruo replied.
"All ...... All?" Shopkeeper Shen showed a surprised expression.
"Hmm. More precisely, as many tea leaves can be put down, as many tea leaves are left unfried." Wei Ruodao, if there are not so many dustpans or not so large places to store, then there is no way.
"This ......," shopkeeper Shen looked embarrassed.
If you don't fry it all, you will lose a lot of silver.
"It's okay, you can go and ask your son-in-law first, and we'll do it after he agrees." Wei Ruodao.
"Xu Gongzi Haihan, and wait until I go and ask my son-in-law before answering Xu Gongzi." Shen shopkeeper said.
"Well, don't worry about it now, walk around with me first, and when I can see it almost, you can go to your son-in-law." Wei Ruodao.
Wei Ruo also needed to have a more comprehensive understanding of the Yusheng Tea Garden.
"Okay." Shopkeeper Shen agreed with a smile, and then continued to lead Wei Ruo to visit the tea garden.
While Wei Ruo was visiting the tea garden, somewhere in the Yusheng Tea Garden, in a chic courtyard in the middle of the tea mountain, Fan Chengxu was entertaining an "uninvited guest".
It was Chu Lan who was unwilling to live in the official residence.
Chu Lan didn't want to live in the official residence, but also wanted a clean place, so Fan Chengxu vacated this small courtyard located on the tea mountain and made a temporary residence for Chu Lan.
At this time, the two were sitting and drinking tea in the pavilion in the small courtyard.
Chu Lan put down the teacup and his eyes fell on Fan Chengxu's body: "You seem to be a little absent-minded."
"Absent-minded? No, it's just a little lazy." Fan Chengxu denied it.
Although he didn't admit it, he was actually a little absent-minded, because Fan Chengxu wanted to know Xu Heyou's situation more than accompanying Chu Lan.
Originally, he planned to accompany Xu Heyou in person today, and he also wanted to hear what extraordinary opinions Xu Heyou could put forward on the spot.
However, Chu Lan asked him to accompany him, but he couldn't refuse, so he sent his subordinates.
Afraid that Chu Lan would see something, Fan Chengxu took the initiative to find a topic: "Your Highness, I heard that Lord Wei is blessed with a great life, and he was rescued after the ghost gate was closed for a while."
"Well, he's a big one. At that time, I thought that the injury could not be saved, and asked the military doctor to accompany him back to the Wei family, originally because I wanted him to see his family for the last time." Chu Lan told the real situation at that time.
"As the saying goes, if you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing in the future, I don't know if this Lord Wei will have a chance to be promoted after this battle."
Although Wei Mingting was promoted two levels in a row last year and very quickly, military attachés in wartime were promoted on the basis of merit, and as long as they did well, no one would have any objections to the promotion.
"Not this time." Chu Lan denied Fan Chengxu's conjecture.
"Why? Is it because of the heavy losses in this battle?"
"This battle was not fought beautifully, and it was a narrow victory, and the imperial court had quite a problem with the fact that the Japanese invaded our army's insufficient defense this time." Chu Lan said.
"How can you blame your lack of defense, Taizhou Mansion's coastal defense is short of people, medicine and weapons, it is already very difficult to achieve this point." Fan Chengxu couldn't help but say.
"Then you have to ask your good uncle, in this battle, your uncle took the lead in blaming the Taizhou army for its poor defense in the court." Chu Lan said. ….
Hearing this, Fan Chengxu touched his nose and stopped talking.
He also knew his uncle's temperament, and he was indeed a person who would do such a thing.
At this moment, Shopkeeper Shen came over and whispered a few words in Fan Chengxu's ear.
"Oh? That's what he said?" Fan Chengxu said with interest.
"Yes, that's exactly what he said." Shen shopkeeper said.
"Then listen to him. Anyway, the tea at this time is not worth much, but I want to see what tricks he can play." Fan Chengxu did not hesitate and made a decision immediately.
"Then I will tell the people in the garden to do it."
Shen's shopkeeper has to order Zhengzheng
left, but was stopped by Chu Lan.
"You wait."
Shopkeeper Shen immediately stopped.
Immediately afterwards, Chu Lan looked at Fan Chengxu and asked, "What you just said is Xu Heyou?"
"Your Highness, you are inevitably too smart, Shopkeeper Shen and I didn't mention anything related to Gongzi Xu, can you guess that the person we are discussing is Gongzi Xu?" Fan Chengxu couldn't help but exclaim.
Chu Lan didn't know why, but he had such an intuition, and Fan Chengxu had indeed gotten closer to Xu Heyou recently.
"You two seem to have a good personal relationship." Chu Lan said.
"Your Highness, don't misunderstand, I have business dealings with Gongzi Xu." Fan Chengxu explained.
"Since you have talked to him about business, why don't you talk to him face to face?" Chu Lan said.
Fan Chengxu muttered in his heart: What do you say to talk about business in person, I'm afraid it's not that your seventh prince wants to meet Xu Gongzi, right?
But Fan Chengxu could only think about this in his heart, and he had to follow Chu Lan's meaning on his face.
"Your Highness is reasonable, Shopkeeper Shen, you go and invite Gongzi Xu over." Fan Chengxu instructed the shopkeeper Shen to invite someone.
"Yes, Childe."
Shopkeeper Shen hurriedly turned back to find Wei Ruo.
Wei Ruo was squatting on the ground of the tea garden at the moment, checking the soil and the branches and leaves of the tea trees.
Shopkeeper Shen came quickly, only saw Xiumei from a distance, and only saw Wei Ruo squatting on the ground when he ran to him.
"Xu Gongzi, my son-in-law invites you to come over for tea and talk about it."
"Isn't your son-in-law busy with other things?" Wei Ruo asked.
"This ......" Shopkeeper Shen didn't know how to explain this problem, where could he guess about the thoughts of their son and the Seventh Highness.
想了想,沈掌柜解释说:「我家公子方才确实有些要事,不过这会儿得空了,得知许公子还在茶园,便忙让我请许公子过去。」
"Alright then, I'll go with you."
Wei Ruo also knew that it would be more direct to talk to Fan Chengxu about this matter, and in addition to the tea leaves picked today to be withered, she also needed to explain other matters related to the production of black tea, which involved a lot of things, and it would be cumbersome if they were conveyed through the shopkeeper Shen.
Wei Ruo followed Shopkeeper Shen to the small courtyard located in the middle of the tea mountain.
The small courtyard is built in the shade of greenery, and the rolling tea mountains are out of the door, which is quite poetic and picturesque.
I entered the courtyard, walked through the promenade, and walked to a pavilion.
Seeing two figures sitting in the pavilion, Wei Ruo stopped, and after a closer look, he found that the other person was sitting with Chu Lan.
Wei Ruo's heart was shocked, and he subconsciously wanted to turn around and leave.
However, at this time, Chu Lan had already looked at her, and it was too late for Wei Ruo to escape.
Seeing Wei Ruoli standing still, Fan Chengxu got up and greeted him: "Young Master Xu, please come inside."
Wei Ruo took his eyes off Chu Lan and followed Fan Chengxu into the pavilion.
New teacups were already on the table, apparently reserved for her.
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