Chapter 149: Siege and Interception
After a night of verbal warfare, Xuanyang finally agreed to write a letter to his father, King Zhenbei, to help Wen Chen's master and apprentice realize this plan.
It's just that the time is not yet ripe, and according to Mo Buyu's calculations, the recent hurricanes in the East Bay have not completely dissipated, and the opportunity to take advantage of the void still needs to be done on a different day.
Early in the morning, the four of them drove the carriage around Qinghe County, and then went straight to Shangjing City.
At noon, a few people stopped by a small stream on the side of the road to rectify, and there was a dense forest to the east, and the leaves of the trees had begun to turn yellow and wither, as if to remind them that autumn had arrived.
The outline of Shangjing City can already be seen here, which is magnificent and magnificent.
Wen Chen took a handful of stream water and washed his face, and the cool feeling suddenly lifted his spirits.
"Master, when you arrive in Shangjing City, you and the two senior sisters will go back to the apprentice's mansion to rest first, and the apprentice will take the county lord to the palace to find His Majesty to restore his life."
Wen Chen touched the Shang Fang Chopping Sword in his hand, thinking that he would hand it back in a while, and he was a little reluctant, he was not unable to give up the rights attached to the sword, but that the man's natural liking for divine weapons made him reluctant to give up, and this thing was also dusted when put to the little emperor, and it was a tyrannical thing!
Mo Bu said casually, and then leaned back on the carriage and took a nap.
Although he was the teacher of the first emperor, he had already been classified as a black household because of his previous position as the general of the Golden Armor Dragoon, and in the memories of many old ministers, Mo Buyu had died of illness thirty years ago.
Besides, the old man's entry into Shangjing this time was completely for Wen Chen, a newly accepted apprentice, and he did not send a document to Emperor Jingren, so it was not suitable for him to show his face, and he had explained these things to Wen Chen on the road.
Wen Chen moved his muscles and was about to get into the car, when he suddenly heard the sound of "bang" from the woods behind him, and turned back in confusion, but saw two men in black jumping out and standing a foot away.
"Who?" Wen Chen hurriedly put Shang Fang's sword across his chest, although he has basically adapted to the feeling of being closed to the six senses, and his normal actions are no different from usual, but his skills are still much worse than before, and he doesn't dare to take it lightly in the face of this stranger!
I saw one of the men in black snort and took off the black scarf on his face, it turned out to be Qiu Delu, an old eunuch who I hadn't seen for a long time!
Jude Lu first came up and slapped Wen Chen on the back of the head, didn't say anything, walked straight to Mo Buyu and bowed.
"Mr. Mo, long time no see......"
Mo Buyu closed his eyes and hummed, and raised his hand, "This kid's actions in Qingzhou, the old man sees it, and he doesn't have any foreign ......."
Qiu Delu nodded slightly, hugged his fists and turned to Wen Chen's side, "Your Majesty has an order, you can't enter the city from Guang'anmen, you have to go back from Xibianmen in a circle!" ”
Wen Chen was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, "This is stopping me?" ”
The East Gate and the West Gate are two of the six gates of Shangjing City, only the low-status prisoners and pawns will enter and exit from there, and even be nicknamed "Dog Hole" by the people, and they are forced to not even go to the main gate of the Qincha Imperial History, which can only show that the news from Qingzhou can not even be suppressed by the little emperor!
"Han Rishan has already arrived in Shangjing City three days ago with the confession of the criminal evidence provided by the Qingzhou criminal official and the eldest grandson Tianlu, and ordered the household department to check the accounts overnight, and found that there is a big discrepancy between the amount of stolen money you handed back and the amount on the account book, and now the people of the three law divisions are blocking the four city gates to arrest you!" Jude sighed.
"Your Majesty asked our family to wait for you outside the city, don't enter the palace after you arrive in Shangjing City, Your Majesty will find time to come to see you in person!"
Wen Chen shook his head helplessly, and sure enough, he guessed correctly.
Due to the need to adapt to the body after being sealed along the way, the journey of the four people was even much slower than that of Han Rishan, who escorted the prisoner, causing Yuan Qingshan's crime and his "handle" to be exposed to the courtiers first.
Although Guan Xiaoda has never met him, he has always had a lot of opinions about the eunuchs of Dongchang for many years, so he naturally wants to count Wei Cheng's accounts on his head.
"Is everyone else in the small house okay?"
Qiu Delu nodded, "Ruyi was recently taken to the palace by the Queen Mother for the night, although there were some accidents on Mo Xuyou's side, but His Majesty has already helped you solve it, Yu Peisheng has his father to protect him, there is no big problem, as for those maids in your house, what ......, Guan Xiaoda can't pull his face to shoot at them." ”
"That's good." Wen Chen breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I'll have to worry about Master Qiu leading the way." ”
Jude Lu turned around and waved his hand at the man in black who came with him, "Go, explore the road ahead." ”
"Yes!"
Wen Chen and the others deliberately changed into coarse linen clothes in order to hide people's eyes, but Xuanyang was talented and had an outstanding temperament, but after dressing up, he was even more conspicuous.
Fortunately, the people of the Three Law Divisions did not expect that the dignified Dongchang Factory would come back from the "dog hole" that even ordinary people were unwilling to go, and did not lay down prevention and control over there, and several people were able to enter the city safely.
The streets of Shangjing City are still as prosperous as ever, and Wen Chen was surprised to find that the perfume business, which was still in its infancy before leaving, has now opened stores at several major street corners in Shangjing City, and there are long queues outside the shops without exception, and even before sunset, some shops have already hung up "sold out" signs.
"Mo Xuyou has a hand, I've only been out for less than two months, and he has already run the man's incense business to this extent!" Wen Chen couldn't help but admire.
Jude Lu glanced at him, "If it weren't for Your Majesty wiping your buttocks, your business would have been yellow!" ”
Then, he told Wen Chen about the difficulties encountered in the perfume business some time ago and the fact that the little emperor assigned the small stall operated by Mo Xuyou to the household department.
Since then, with the support of the imperial court, whether it is in terms of purchasing raw materials or sales, Mo Xuyou's perfume business has been smooth sailing, although there is a household department to take a cut from it, but because the development speed is too fast, the silver still rushes into Mo Xuyou's pocket like flowing water!
"Your Majesty is wise! The nationalization of private enterprises can make her think of this way! Wen Chen was surprised, "How much does the household department take from this business?" ”
Jude Lu sighed slightly, "Your Majesty originally planned to give them sixty percent, and you and Mo Xuyou took forty percent, but some people disagreed, and there was no such precedent before, and in the end, Your Majesty only won two red ...... for the two of you."
Wen Chen doesn't have to think about it, this person who doesn't agree must be Prime Minister Guan Xiaoda!
Qiu Delu originally thought that Wen Chen would be angry when he heard the news, after all, the formula was made by him, and the operator was also his person, and even later Guan Xiaoda sent someone to feel sorry for Mo Xuyou, but in the end, he let the household department take the lion's share, and whoever it was his turn to feel resentful.
Unexpectedly, Wen Chen didn't care at all, and didn't delve into this matter, just casually teased a few words about Guan Xiaoda.
"You don't want to fight with Guan?" Jude said in confusion.
"Fight? What's there to fight about this little profit? Wen Chen snorted, "I have to thank him for agreeing to His Majesty's proposal!" ”
As a modern person, he naturally knows the importance of sales channels!
He has a lot of good products, but due to the rule that Dasheng officials are not allowed to do business, it was difficult for Wen Chen to use his fame to sell men's incense justifiably, and he even thought about using the channels of the Xue family's business to help bring perfume to Dasheng all over the world, but he didn't expect this problem to be solved by the little emperor in a better way!
With official support, doing business must be twice the result with half the effort!
"This manager has a hand, but he is definitely not good at business!"