Chapter 416:-for-tat
Just as many officials at the scene were still talking about the interesting stories that had happened inside and outside the capital in recent days, two sedan chairs of different colors stopped one after the other.
Among them, there were many officials who knew the owners of these two sedan chairs, and they immediately exclaimed.
"This is the sedan chair of Elder Yan Ge and Elder Xu Ge, how could they come in person?"
At this moment, Zhao Zhenji, who was in an inconspicuous corner, looked along everyone's line of sight, and also saw Yan Song and Xu Jie, who were coming down from the sedan chair under the support of the sedan chair man.
Yan Song and Xu Jie seemed to have expected each other to come, so they didn't have too many surprised looks on their faces.
I saw Xu Jie smiling, and took the lead in coming to Yan Song's side and greeting him.
"I've seen Yan Ge Lao!"
Yan Song withdrew his gaze from Xu Jie's body and responded unhurriedly.
"Hmm."
Seeing that Yan Song responded to him, Xu Jie immediately added.
"For something like this, you can just leave it to the people in the house, so why do you need to run it yourself?"
After listening to Xu Jie's words, Yan Song smiled and responded indifferently.
"I'm used to it, there are some things that you have to go to in person to be able to rest assured!"
Seeing that Yan Song and Xu Jie's greetings were almost there, many officials on the scene dared to salute respectfully.
"I'll see Elder Ge later!"
"Hmm."
Yan Song and Xu Jie didn't care much about the greetings of many officials on the scene, but stood aside and began to chat, and those officials were also very sensible, and no official dared to approach the distance of five meters around Yan Song and Xu Jie.
Zhao Zhenji, who was in the corner, looked at the aura exuded by Yan Song and Xu Jie, his heart was full of envy, and he couldn't help but sigh.
"It's so majestic, if only one day I, Zhao Zhenji, could also enter the cabinet!"
Seeing that the gossip was almost over, Yan Song suddenly changed his conversation and talked about business.
"By the way, Elder Xu Ge, do you know what happened in Zhejiang recently?"
When Xu Jie heard Yan Song's words, a look of doubt appeared on his face at the right time, he frowned tightly, and immediately asked.
"Elder Yan Ge, hasn't Zhejiang always been quite calm, what happened?"
Next, without waiting for Yan Song to respond, Xu Jie followed closely and added.
"Having said that, I have to congratulate Yan Ge in advance here, and in another month or two, the mulberry seedlings planted by those mulberry farmers before will be able to officially produce mulberry leaves, and this also means that changing rice to mulberry is finally a small success."
"When the time comes, Your Majesty's side will not treat you as a great hero!"
After listening to Xu Jie's words, Yan Song's face remained unchanged, he smiled, and immediately responded unhurriedly.
"Don't worry, Elder Xu Ge, things will come to a conclusion soon!"
After listening to Yan Song's response, Xu Jie also sighed with emotion.
"yes, things will come to an end soon!"
After this round of temptation, Yan Song and Xu Jie both expressed their respective attitudes, and next, the real fight is about to begin!
After that, both sides moved away from each other without a trace, Yan Song put on a look of closing his eyes and resting his mind, and Xu Jie looked at the ground carelessly, not knowing what he was thinking.
As time went on, it was finally time for the official launch of the newspaper.
The officials present saw that Yan Song and Xu Jie did not make any movement, and they did not dare to make any moves, and the atmosphere at the scene was so stagnant.
And where has the shopkeeper in charge of selling newspapers seen such a scene, his sixth sense is frantically warning, if he bothers at this time, the consequences will be unbearable!
In this way, the shopkeeper was quick to move, and hurriedly held down the little guy who wanted to speak and remind, signaling him not to speak.
The scene in front of him made many officials present a little confused, weren't these two still chatting energetically just now, why in a blink of an eye, one was closing his eyes and recuperating, and the other was looking at the ground.
"The point is, even if you two don't buy newspapers, we want to buy them, can you two move around?"
In this way, many officials present invariably focused on Zhao Zhenji in the corner.
Zhao Zhenji saw that everyone was looking at him with hope, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.
"What do you mean, what are you all looking at me doing, you have to go and go yourself!"
Zhao Zhenji lowered his head, wanting to ignore everyone's eyes, but when he raised his head, he suddenly found that everyone's eyes were also full of hope when they looked at him.
Helpless, Zhao Zhenji had to muster up his courage, took extremely heavy steps, came to Yan Song and Xu Jie, and called softly: "Yan Ge Lao, Xu Ge Lao? ”
Hearing Zhao Zhenji's call, the two came back to their senses, and after looking around, they put on a look of hindsight.
"Oh, it's time so soon, Elder Xu Ge, let's go over!"
"Hmm."
Seeing that Yan Song and Xu Jie finally made a move, all the officials present breathed a sigh of relief, and their eyes were full of gratitude when they looked at Zhao Zhenji.
At this moment, Zhao Zhenji, looking at the backs of Yan Song and Xu Jie, was full of puzzlement, and said to himself silently: "You two, one is the first assistant of the cabinet, and the other is the second assistant of the cabinet. ”
Seeing the arrival of Yan Song and Xu Jie, the shopkeeper in charge of selling the newspapers hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully handed over the newspapers prepared in advance to the hands of the two.
"Both, this is the newspaper issued by the imperial court!"
"Hmm."
Yan Song and Xu Jie responded imperceptibly, and immediately took the newspaper and began to read the contents intently.
The moment he took the newspaper, Yan Song keenly sensed the newspaper in front of him, the materials used were excellent, and there was an indescribable sense of comfort in his hand, and at the same time, there was a smell of ink on the newspaper that had just been printed, which was refreshing.
The contents of the newspapers are mainly detailed reports of the great victories at the front a few days ago, including the whole process of the capture of the Tatar Khan, and in addition, the newspapers are interspersed with the memories of some of the people involved.
Although Yan Song and Xu Jie had already read the detailed battle report submitted by the front line before, the newspaper in front of them made them feel novel!
Soon, Yan Song finished browsing the contents of the newspaper, then turned his gaze to the shopkeeper and asked.
"How many newspapers do you have here?"
In the face of Yan Song's inquiry, the shopkeeper did not dare to hide it in the slightest, and immediately responded.
"Gift...... Your Excellency, this ...... Here are the first newspapers to be printed, with a total of 5,000 sheets. ”
When Xu Jie heard this, he immediately turned his gaze to Yan Song and proposed.
"Elder Yan Ge, it's better to do this, let's buy two thousand newspapers by ourselves."
"The rest, let them divide it!"
Yan Song did not raise any objections to Xu Jie's proposal, but nodded and immediately responded.
"Well, so be it!"
……
After Yan Song and Xu Jie left in a sedan chair, the remaining officials dared to step forward and ask the shopkeeper to buy the newspaper, and because of Zhao Zhenji's performance before, many officials on the scene finally decided to let Zhao Zhenji take the lead in buying the newspaper.
In the eyes of these officials, this was not just about buying newspapers, but about showing the emperor their attitude!
Seeing Zhao Zhenji coming, the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him and said respectfully: "My lord, there are only 1,000 newspapers left, how many do you want?" ”
When Zhao Zhenji heard this, his face was full of surprise: "What! ”
(End of chapter)