She forcibly suppressed the kneading pain from her waist, and delicately opened her lips softly: "This is, it's Cui Changshi, then thank you Cui Changshi." Bai Lu, get the hairpin back for me! ”

She waved her hand at the terrified little maid behind her.

After getting the will of the lady, Bai Lu endured the anxiety and walked forward, respectfully retrieving the tassel hairpin.

Cui Changlin's palms trembled slightly, cold as ever, and finally came back to his senses: "Yao, Niang, Niangzi are polite." Du Hu, since the hairpin has been returned, the lower official will retire first. ”

As soon as the figure was far away, Xiao Chengyu suddenly let go of the big palm attached to her waist, and said in a strange manner: "I didn't expect the time to pick up a hairpin, Cui Changshi already knows what the surname of the lady in Bendu Hu is, two people are really a good means!" ”

Yao Yun took a few steps back sharply, and exhaled with disgust on his face: "Even if I and that Cui Changshi have known each other for a long time, don't you want to eat it!" ”

Xiao Chengyu's eyes sank, and he said indifferently: "I'll settle accounts with you at night, and I'll go and greet the guests first." ”

"Okay, the concubine will go now."

He said the word guest very seriously, Yao Yun understood what he meant, waved the handkerchief in his hand with a smile, twisted his thin waist and swayed away.

"This, this should be Xu Sima's wife, how is the lady." Yao Yun covered her face with an embroidered handkerchief and chuckled, and greeted her warmly.

"Lady is well."

Sima Xutai's wife, Wang, bowed her knees slightly in return, but there was some disdain in her eyes. She is a dignified lady, and she naturally looks down on a concubine like her who is sideways and has unknown means. And she was born in the Langya Wang family, which is a famous family that has stood tall for hundreds of years.

Wang is over half a hundred years old, and her eyebrows and eyes have been smeared with a few thin wrinkles, and she should be older than her husband. Xu Tai has always been cold-spoken and not good at flattery, and he has been fighting and killing for more than 20 years before he can find a five-grade Sima in a remote place with the help of his wife's family.

"Mrs. Xu, today's people come and go and are not well entertained, please forgive me, Madame."

"The lady is polite."

Madame Xu smiled indifferently and pushed away the arm she eagerly climbed onto her arm without a trace.

Yao Yun was neither angry nor annoyed, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Xu, now that this Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate is your most weighty and prestigious, the affairs of the officials and ladies in the palace will depend on you a lot in the future." As a concubine, I will also support you a lot. Bai Lu, bring the things. ”

Bai Lu heard the sound and respectfully presented a picture scroll with both hands.

"Mrs. Xu, this is a facsimile of the "Luo Shen Futu" made by Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Although it is a facsimile, it is a facsimile from the hand of the famous Mr. Pillow Stone, and Mrs. Xu is invited to accept it with a smile. ”

Mrs. Xu was stunned, and her gorgeous lips did not close in surprise. Although she doesn't like any books and paintings, but the head of the Langya Wang family, her cousin and uncle are very obsessed with Gu Kaizhi's paintings, and they are looking for Gu everyone's authentic handiwork and facsimile day and night.

Although she was born in the Langya Wang family, but it is a side branch of the side branch, if you want to show your face in front of Uncle Tang, this painting must be very useful!

Yao Yunying smiled, knowing that this matter had been completed. Gu Kaizhi's "Luo Shen Futu" has been lost for a long time, and even the masterpieces that are not in the Daming Palace are actually hidden in the cellar of her private house in Liangzhou Village.

Lang Jun and the ladies took their seats one after another, ready to start the banquet.

Yao Yun was about to find an excuse to leave the table earlier, but was coldly rejected by the man beside him.

"Yun Niang should stay, Bendu is afraid that if she is not careful, the little wild cat in her arms will be abducted."

"Okay, you Xiao Chengyu! You bastard! You liar! ”

Yao Yun was so angry that there was green smoke on the top of his head, and his white little hand dragged his golden jade belt under him and punched him twice.

Cui Changlin, who was sitting next to him, glanced over here intentionally or unintentionally, taking in her every movement, only feeling that the two of them were flirting, and his heart was slightly tingling.

The officials at the head of the group took turns to toast, and the officials were all human-like and respectful, but they did not know that there was already an undercurrent surging under the calm water.

Between the staggering, Cui Changlin had already had a few glasses of spirits in his stomach, he shook his head, suddenly poured down a sip of spirits, and staggered up to the front to salute.

"Du Hu, the lower officials are strong and gallant today, and they don't vomit or be unhappy about something."

"Oh!" Xiao Chengyu straightened his back and stared at him with a worried face, "Cui Changshi, what is there to say in front of everyone on such a good day today, if you say the wrong thing, Bendu will definitely not spare you." ”

Yao Yun was stunned, frowning slightly, this Cui Changlin would not use a wave of wine to talk nonsense.

Cui Changlin bowed respectfully and said loudly: "The lower official understands, please listen to the lower official's words." Recently, Xia Guan visited the monopoly salt shops in the surrounding four states, and found that the price of salt has been high recently, and Xia Guan has been distressed for a long time. ”

Xiao Chengyu's eyes sank, and he said with some annoyance: "Oh, what does Cui Changshi want to suddenly mention this stubble?" ”

"If you go back to the capital, the lower officials have been thinking hard for a long time, and they have learned from the reform method of Tongzhou Thorn Shi Liugong, who is far away in Jiangnan Province, so he came up with a new method."

"Well, let's hear about it?" Xiao Chengyu looked at him with a questioning face.

"The combination of government and business, borrowing from merchants to sell salt, reducing taxes and benefiting the people."

As soon as these words came out, the officials sitting down all gasped and looked around, at a loss. The wealthy businessmen in the back were smiling, ready to move, and whispering.

Yao Yun only realized at this time that this was a big drama between Xiao Chengyu and Cui Changlin. If it weren't for Xiao Chengyu's instructions, how could Cui Changshi dare to put forward such a bold new reform method so blatantly?

They deliberately mentioned the matter in front of all the officials, leaving them defenseless. The wealthy businessmen behind knew that they were profitable, so they would naturally turn their heads to protect the capital, and they would secretly try to promote this matter.

After being silent for a moment, Cui Changlin cleared his throat and continued to say firmly: "Dadu Hu, our government still buys the salt goods of salt farmers from all over the country in a unified manner, but it sells the salt goods directly to merchants with considerable scale and qualifications, and the merchants set their own prices to sell salt goods. I don't know what most of them think? ”

This sounds like it is for most of the people who are protecting it, but in fact it is for the officials present who have their own thoughts.

Xiao Chengyu turned the wine glass in his hand, rubbed his chin, and bowed slightly with satisfaction: "It sounds doable, but how should these merchants decide?" ”

Cui Changlin smiled calmly: "Dadu Hu, today's wealthy businessmen from the four states are gathered here, it is better to let those who are interested in report their names first, and then formulate regulations in the future to carefully select how." ”