When he arrived in Fengkou Town, the master entered a tavern with a view of the avenue and sat down in a private room by the window. Keep looking in the direction of the road you came from. Tang Tong didn't dare to sit when he saw Xiong Shangshu, and he was also standing on the side. At this time, the man came to serve tea, and as soon as the guard took the tea, he drove the man out. The coachman immediately took out a silver needle, tried it in the teapot, poured the water into the cup, tried it with the silver needle, poured the water out, poured the water and put it in front of the master, and waited quietly beside him, not daring to make the slightest move.

After taking a few sips of tea, the master said casually: "The goods from the west into the city are all going to Guangji Bridge, what good way do you have?", and continued to drink tea without looking at anyone.

Tang Tong saw that Xiong Shangshu didn't say anything, and he was silent. Seeing that no one spoke, the master pointed at Tang Tong, "You say!".

Tang Tong was afraid that he would steal the limelight from Lord Xiong, which was also the Lord who could not afford to offend, so he replied wittily: "Lord Xiong must have a good way, I haven't thought about it yet.".

The master glanced at Xiong Daoyun, he really had no choice, and he lost his mouth in a hurry, "Minister! No! There is no way for the minions .".

In the face of Xiong Shangshu's gaffe, the master knew that no matter how stupid Tang Tong was, he also knew his identity, not to mention that he had such a good mind, and said loudly to Tang Tong: "You should have known my identity a long time ago, don't say it quickly!".

Tang informed, Master, no! It was the emperor who was angry, but he couldn't reveal the emperor's identity, so he quickly knelt on the ground and said: "The fastest way, find a reason in addition to the Xiding Gate, other city gates to carry out opening inspections, merchants are most afraid of damaging the goods, they don't care about dozens of dollars, the long-term way, the inner city warehouse is easy to cause fire as the reason, all the warehouses in the inner city are moved to the outer city, now there are more land in the outer city, buy land and plan in a unified way before the announcement.".

After hearing this, the emperor pointed at Tang Tong three times in succession, and said to Xiong Daoyun: "Old Xiong, the problem that has puzzled us for so long has been solved by this ghost, and the goods in the north have to take a road according to this, hurry up!".

Tang Tong quickly stood up and stood behind Lord Xiong, knowing that there was a basis for advancing and retreating, and he could no longer steal the limelight from Lord Xiong.

The emperor was much more cheerful at this time, and said to himself; "Why didn't I think that the warehouse is the lifeblood of the business? Old Xiong, you have to do this well, we will now return from the west gate.", after saying that, he stood up, and there were two guards who immediately opened the way in front.

This time, Xiong Daoyun got into the car and sat with the emperor, Tang Tong didn't dare to ride a horse, so he led the horse all the way. The emperor and Xiong Daoyun were talking, and from time to time they opened the curtain to look at him, and unconsciously entered the west gate and arrived at the imperial city.

In front of the gate of the Imperial City, Xiong Daoyun got out of the car. and beckoned to Tang Tong, Tang passed to kneel, crawled on the ground and said: "Weichen has seen the emperor", his face was against the ground, and he didn't dare to move his head.

"I'm waiting for you in the palace!", after throwing down this sentence, Emperor Jiaqing took a car into the imperial city.

Xiong Daoyun lives in the northeast of the inner city, near Xingwang Street in the imperial city. Tang Tong gave him the horse to ride, and he followed behind. When he arrived at the Qingxiang Teahouse near his home, Xiong Daoyun dismounted. Immediately, a teahouse guy led the two into a private room on the second floor. He sat down first, stretched out his hand to the seat next to him, Tang Tong hurriedly saluted, "Lord Xie!", and sat down.

At this time, the guy came to serve tea, a few plates of snacks, and made tea. Xiong Daoyun picked up the tea, scratched the edge of the teacup, and took a sip. Seeing that Tang Tong raised his teacup without drinking, Tang Tong took a few sips of the same action. Tang informed that Xiong Daoyun was deliberately hanging himself, and he didn't care, who called himself a low official position. Xiong Daoyun spoke, "Tang Duwei already knew that it was the emperor, right?".

Tang Tong didn't dare to hide it, "I've thought about it, I don't dare to think about it with only four guards, the prince also has eunuchs. It wasn't until the teahouse that I was sure that I was telling the truth and didn't dare to deceive the adults!".

Xiong Daoyun stared at Tang Tong, "Haven't you seen the emperor?".

Tang Tong didn't dare to slack off, and immediately replied: "At that time, I saw the emperor for the first time, and I didn't dare to look carefully. Who would have thought that the emperor would travel in micro-service.".

Xiong Daoyun thinks about it, and the four guards are hanging their hearts all the way, who dares to lean this way. Some asked incredulously; "Are you sure you can take the Jinshi exam?".

"Xia Guan knows that he is a little talented, and more importantly, he has opened up the joints.", it is best to tell the truth in front of the shrewd Xiong Daoyun.

Xiong Daoyun felt that this sentence was in vain, such a smart person would not go to give gifts to pull the relationship. So he said very casually; "I'm usually only dealing with the inner court and my own disciples, and even the cabinet members are only superficially coping.", after speaking, he picked up the teacup and drank tea, his eyes looked at Tang Tong from time to time, and said: "As for you?".

Tang Tong immediately understood, immediately got up, knelt next to Xiong Daoyun and said; "Xiaguan already knows the adult, and he is the best hand in financial management, I only know the surface of financial management, and I implore the adult to accept me as an apprentice, and ask the adult for advice on a good day.".

Xiong Daoyun saw that Tang Tong could get through at one point, but he still made a look of embarrassment and said; "You are the disciple of the four nobles, how can I win the love of others!".

Tang Tong immediately denied, "The adult is the emperor's doorman, and the four nobles are also the emperor's people, they are all a family that does not distinguish each other, and I hope that the adults will be fulfilled.", and kept kowtowing after speaking.

This reason is a bit far-fetched, because on the car back to the city, the emperor has clearly ordered that this person be taken into his subordinate, and he admires Tang Tong's cleverness very much, not to mention that the emperor has an order. He raised his hand, "I promised, you get up!".

Tang Tong also took advantage of the trend, "Please accept the disciple three times!", and bowed to Xiong Daoyun three times.

After seeing the worship, Xiong Daoyun got up and helped Tang Tong up, "In the future, you will be my apprentice, and you can report the name of the teacher.".

Tang informed that Xiong Daoyun was a greedy person for money, and he happened to have two thousand taels of silver tickets on him, so he took it out of his arms and said; "The disciple has not been an official for a long time, and his hand is not rich, please don't shirk this silver ticket!", after speaking, he handed him the silver ticket.

I saw that it was two thousand taels of silver, which was a lot. Pretended to hand the silver ticket back to Tang Tong, "How can I ask you for silver!" You take it back.".

Tang Tong didn't answer, and kept prevaricating, "If the master doesn't accept it, the disciple won't be able to kneel for a long time!", and then knelt on the ground motionless.

Xiong Daoyun saw that Tang Tong was so resolute, and if he continued to stalemate, he was afraid of hurting his anger, "I accept it!" Get up!".

Tang Tong stood up, and the two sat down together. Xiong Daoyun spoke first; "The 28th day of the first lunar month is your wife's 60th birthday, you should come by then!".

Tang Tong happily bowed his hand, "It is the duty of an apprentice to pay homage to my wife's birthday, and I will come over early to pay my wife's birthday.".

"Good! I am very relieved for the teacher!", looked up at no one and said, "Do you want to know the questions of the temple examination?".

The examination questions for the palace examination were personally issued by the emperor, and seeing this situation, he knew that the emperor must have revealed the questions to him, and he was overjoyed and saluted, "I hope the master will teach you!"

Xiong Daoyun lowered his voice, "On gathering financial resources to open up sources and increase income, of course, you have to be on the list".

Being able to reveal the exam questions is a great importance to yourself, and you can have enough time to prepare. Tang Tong was not thinking about how to do the question now, so he seized the opportunity to ask; "Which ones are the emperor's avoidance?".

"That's a good question! It is necessary to talk about the benefits of mining and the method of increasing income, and less about the law of the ancestors, not about the law of increasing land tax.".

With some of these reminders, Tang Tong can make a fuss without any worries, and bow long, "Remember!".

The two chatted again, Tang Tong originally wanted to go to the recognition door, but seeing that Xiong Daoyun didn't mean it.

Breaking up with Xiong Daoyun at the door of the Qingxiang Teahouse, Tang Tong went home directly, recalling the encounter of this day, which was enough to change his fate. immediately asked someone to find Mao Zongxie, and told him about today's encounter, and even the master was the emperor's branch.

Mao Zongxie also said the situation of Xiong Daoyun, he was the emperor's personal entourage when he was the prince, because he was good at financial management, the prince donated officials to him, starting from the head of the household department to the book, occupying the position of the head of the household department for more than ten years. Xiong Daoyun has a wife and four concubines, the original wife's surname is Cai, she is the young lady of the small official in the capital, and she knows a little about poetry and books. There is a righteous girl who also treats her closely, her surname is Pu Jialan, everyone calls her Jialan, so it sounds good..

In response to the popular sentence in the capital, marry a wife to marry Xia Xunqiu, marry Xiaodang to marry Pu Jialan, the son-in-law of the capital came to the door to ask her to marry her as a concubine, this Jialan is not careless to give people a small, this year twenty-one, Mrs. Xiong spoiled her and kept her by her side. Xiong Daoyun has three sons and two daughters who have become married, the eldest son Xiong Qichun, who is a member of the household department, is a member of the Ministry of Household from Wupin, and the second son Xiong Qiwen is idle and has no fame, and hangs an idle post in the Ministry of Industry, his wife Luo Qingshan is one of the five beauties in the capital, and the youngest son Xiong Qiwu is a martial artist.

How many disciples Xiong Daoyun has accepted, he is not ranked. There are four of the most well-known, the closest Hubu Langzhong Xie Xuelong, and the other three are, Bo Jiang Jingrong, the head of the household, Mi Huazhong, the prefect of Baoding, and An Jiazhen in the Ministry of Langzhong. Xiong Daoyun's basic situation Tang informed, but it was not so detailed. Tang Tong instructed Mao Zongxie to prepare a birthday gift according to Mrs. Xiong's hobbies.