Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 212: Meet the old in a foreign land

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Quickly entering the city, Qin Mubai and others found a concealed forest, replaced the robes and armors and replaced the plain clothes, and then disguised as a businessman as before. Then they rode into the city imperiously and returned. Inn.

Just about to enter the room, I ran into Chen Yan who was about to go out. Chen Yan was stunned when she saw Qin Mubai, and then she chuckled: "You turned into this way. I didn't recognize it for a while. You are a teenager now!"

"Haha!" Qin Mubai smiled and greeted her to enter the room, removed the disguised beard and hair accessories, and said to her, "I'm going to the Cishi Mansion, or you go with me Right? You know Li Ke anyway."

Chen Yan thought for a while and nodded: "Alright, I have nothing to do, I just want to go out for a walk."

"Let's go then! I was about to talk to Li Ke about the Xihecao water ghost. You know somehow, maybe you can tell us something."

The group left the inn and went to the governor's mansion.

The new official Li Ke takes office, everything is sloppy. He also did not establish a separate palace, but simply tidied the back house of the governor's palace, and Quan was his residence. The government officials in the governor's mansion and the soldiers of the royal mansion were all familiar with Qin Mubai, so they went unimpeded. The head catcher Zhou Laojiu was even more excited when he saw Qin Mubai, and step by step led him to the house of Li Ke in the back house.

Li Ke heard that Qin Mubai was coming, and came out laughing loudly, and laughed from a distance: "Oh, rare guests, rare guests!"

"You taunt me!" Qin Mubai smiled.

"Who greeted you, I obviously said hello to Chen Nv Xia." Li Ke smiled, "It's been a long time, Nv Chen, everything is well?"

"It's OK." Chen Yan replied with a smile, "It's just that I almost became a decapitated ghost in this treasure land of Xiangzhou."

"Oh, it’s nothing to do with me. I hadn’t taken office at that time! Now, I’m an upright official who is a good governor. How can there be any wrongdoing? Besides, I’m a fool, then No one would dare to wrong Chen Nv Xia, otherwise someone would definitely fight with me, haha!" Li Ke hurriedly laughed.

"I really can't stand you. I just slapped my head when I meet." Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled, "I have something to discuss with you. Could it be that I just stood on the steps and opened up?"

"Oh, Xiao Wang is rude, rude! Two distinguished guests, please come in and talk! Come, make tea to welcome guests!" Li Ke swaggered into the room.

Qin and Chen looked at each other, shook their heads and smiled, and followed in.

Li Ke is still an old habit, and he can’t leave the tea wherever he goes, and he also brought the exquisite and expensive gold tea set from Chang'an to Xiangzhou specially, and even Mei Ji who made the tea is still the same.

The three of them sat relaxedly and chatted and waited for tea. When the tea was ready, Li Ke rejected the idlers and started talking about the topic.

"Let's say, what did you gain from the military parade today?" Li Ke said straight to the point.

Qin Mubai said: "The people in the military mansion do not work hard, they are purely acting. The sacred fish spacecraft is too unusable, and the white wave navy has its appearance. In short, the Xiangzhou military mansion did not intend to seriously suppress Thieves, but doing all kinds of tricks to confuse people."

"As expected." Li Ke nodded, took a ledger and threw it to Qin Mubai, and said, "Quan Wanji checked the books of Yin Cao, Liang Cao, Army Cao, and Fa Cao, and found them all. These problems. In the past few years, Xiangzhou has paid countless money and food for the suppression of thieves. It ranks first among all kinds of expenditures, far surpassing the persuasion farmers. In fact, Xiangzhou is very rich, and only a few docks can bring it. The money is coming. But most of the income is used to raise soldiers, but the water ghosts in Xihecao are getting more and more fierce. I really doubt whether these money is used to raise soldiers or to raise thieves."

Qin Mubai flipped through the account book for a while, twisted his brows and said: "The military mansion is not doing anything, and the governor's mansion seems to be in collusion with the military mansion. Xiangzhou and the next to tolerate the traitors, no wonder the water ghosts in Xihecao The endless suppression is becoming more and more lawless. Now I am thinking about a question. The reason why the Emperor sent you and asked me to be your assistant is probably because I heard about the Xihe Cao Shui ghost. Otherwise, a little one. Little Xiangzhou, why should I send you here?"

"Sit down? I like the word, it seems that I am very capable." Li Ke smiled jokingly, "Let’s tell you this, it’s not my father who sent me here, but I’ve already been scorned. This place. As early as when I was in Anzhou, I heard that Xiangzhou was rich and oily, but the provincial governor of Xiangzhou exchanged diligently like a horse watching flowers. At that time, I didn’t know what to do, so I was very curious—Is it so good? People don’t want to do this as a governor? Why do they leave after a few days? In the last few days, I have vaguely figured out the reason."

"Apart from repeated prohibitions on water ghosts, are there other reasons?" Qin Mubai asked.

"Of course there is." Li Ke said, "Another important reason is that the officials and gentry in Xiangzhou are very close to each other, and outsiders can't penetrate the needle into the water. The governor's house and the military house. They are in a separate faction with the local rich and squires, with their own leaders and common interests. In this way, no matter which governor and captain are transferred, they are isolated and excluded. On the surface, the governor and captain are the most powerful and the most official. But in fact, they can only be lonely. Who can stay together for a long time when officials arrive in such a place?"

"It seems that His Royal Highness smelled something." Qin Mubai asked, "You can see, who is the ‘soil king’ on the ground in Xiangzhou?"

"Sima Wei of the governor's house is arrogant, and the captain of the military mansion Guoyi Du Chengyuan." Li Ke paused, "just these two people."

"Sure enough..." Qin Mubai picked the corner of his mouth lightly and nodded.

"So, did you feel it?" Li Ke asked with his eyes lit up.

"I don’t know the Governor’s Mansion. In the military mansion, the generals are indeed the only leaders of Du Chengyuan. When I appeared for the first time today, he gave me a disarm. Fortunately, I have a hundred horses to follow, otherwise I really want to lose my face and stop coming to Taiwan." Qin Mubai sneered, "but you can rest assured that it is easy to clean him. But I just don't know how much power they have in Xiangzhou and how many people are involved behind them."

"Come slowly! When we first arrived, we must stand still." Li Ke nodded and said, "Fortunately, I am a prince, I have my own staff, and a group of people. Otherwise, a widow and a lonely one would really use them a little bit. No."

At this moment, Chen Yan smiled and said, "Why don't you talk to me if I go out for a walk?"

"Oh? Haha! It seems we are abruptly beautiful ladies!" Li Ke hurriedly raised his teacup, "The talk is over! Come on, Xiao Wang respects you for a bowl of tea, and you have the right to apologize."

"How dare you." Chen Yan replied and smiled, "I feel that you two are more intimate than when you were in Jiangzhou. This time you work together again, but the location is changed from Jiangzhou to Xiang State. I don’t know how much you plan to make this time?"

"Haha!" Li Ke pointed at Qin Mubai and laughed, "I don't have the guts! In fact, he instigated me to do everything, it's none of my business!"

Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled: "Chen Yan, now do you know what selling friends is to beg for glory? They all say that it is good to meet old friends in a foreign country, but meeting someone like your Highness is a bit of a mold." /

"Hey, when you said you met old friends in another country, I remembered one thing." Li Ke hurriedly got up, walked into his study, took out a letterhead and handed it to Qin Mubai, saying, "Your friend can Quite a lot, there are old people visiting you in Xiangzhou. The barracks can’t get in, so I found the Cishi’s Mansion and asked me to forward the letter to you."

"Who would it be?" Qin Mubai opened the letter curiously and saw that it was originally written by Wu Meiniang. At first, he was excited for a while and thought it was Wu Meiniang who came to Xiangzhou. After reading the letter, he realized that she didn't come, but just asked someone to bring a letter. What he wrote in the letter was nothing more than a pinning of lovesickness, and mentioned the thing that asked him to find a shop in Xiangzhou. The letter said that after the renovation, the Qin Xian Pavilion (formerly the No. 1 Wine in the World) has been opened and business is good. Now that the turnover can be achieved, it will not be long before I have enough money to open a branch in Xiangzhou.

Qin Mubai, the messenger of the letter, knows him, and he is the young master of the Zheng family, Zheng Anshun, who has worked with Wu Meiniang to start the "No. 1 Wine in the World"!

"Zheng Anshun?!" Qin Mubai's eyes lit up and he asked Li Ke in surprise, "He came to Xiangzhou?"

"Yes, what's the matter?" Li Kelue said in a daze, "You know him well, why are you so excited?"

"No—where is the other person?" Qin Mubai asked.

"He left a note saying that if you have a letter, please take it back to Chang'an, you can find him." Li Ke took a paper note and handed it to Qin Mubai.

Qin Mubai took a look, and stroked his hand with excitement: "It's great! It's a coincidence, God helps me, haha!"

Li Ke and Chen Yan looked at each other and asked: "What is so exciting?"

"Let me tell you about it. You will know it later." Qin Mubai laughed and slapped his chin, called the guard Baiqi around him, gave them the paper, and asked them to follow the address Go to the city to find Zheng Anshun, be sure to invite people to the palace for a description.

Li Ke raised his mouth and smiled: "This guy is messing about something weird again. Whenever I see him such a confident and mysterious look, I know that there must be a good show to watch!"

Chen Yan smiled and said: "You know each other."

"That's not enough!" Li Ke raised his eyebrows, "Brother! Those who know brothers are also brothers!"

"Haha! Then, brother, I am going to borrow your flowers to present a Buddha today." Qin Mubai smiled, "When you arrive in Xiangzhou, it can be regarded as a reunion in another place. How can you not celebrate with a banquet? What?"

"No problem!" Li Ke stroked his palm and smiled, "Looking at your expression, I know you must ask Zheng Anshun to help you! Okay, I will pay a banquet table to help you A helping hand. Besides, there are still beautiful women in the table today, but Xiao Wang is so happy!"

Chen Yan shook her head and smiled: "His Royal Highness, such a noble and romantic figure, Chen Yan is like a grass in your eyes, how can you become a beautiful woman?"

"Hey, you can't say that!" Li Ke smiled, "The style of Chen Nv Xia is unique and unparalleled! Even if Xiao Wang reads the flowers, he has never seen such a strange flower like Chen Nv Xia. Qiba...Qin Mubai, how lucky are you!"

"Uh!..." Qin Mubai pretended to be stunned, "How can it be on my head again?"

"Pretend! This guy is the best at pretending!" Li Ke pointed at Qin Mubai with a smile and cursed, "I've heard of your hero's glorious deeds of saving the United States. The prisoner came to see me begging for mercy, crying and crying. , Your face is covered with your big seal-you are so majestic, General Qin! Take the prisoner away from my prison in the Governor's Mansion and leave me an IOU with a meat seal!"

"Haha!" Everyone laughed.

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The three of them chatted over tea, chatting and laughing in witty words, but they were also very happy. Time flies quickly, and it is dusk in a blink of an eye. The banquet arranged by Li Ke has been prepared, and the person sent out to find Zheng Anshun has not yet returned.

Just as everyone was waiting impatiently, Zheng Anshun came!

Zheng Anshun, the eldest young master of the Zheng family, the richest man in the Tang Dynasty, was twenty-five years old. He was very energetic. He was rumored to be proficient in rhythm and learning. He was polite and modest and prudent. He was also a well-known romantic figure in Chang'an. I also don't know how many Chang'an girls remember him in the fragrant boudoir.

The Zheng family in Chang'an has completely changed the world's prejudice against businessmen.

Traditionally, officials have been dismissive of businessmen and are ashamed of friendship and disdain. With the four major levels of "business, agriculture, and industry", the social status of merchants is inferior to that of farming farmers and ironsmiths. No matter how rich they are, it is no use.

But this is not the case with the Zheng family in Chang'an. They are a different kind of businessmen.

As early as the beginning of Wude, Zheng Fengchi, the head of the Zheng family, had friendship with Emperor Wude Li Yuan, and repeatedly funded Li Yuan's money, food, and property, and was called the "Great Tang Yishang" by Li Yuan. So far, there is such a golden signboard written by Li Yuan in the Zheng family's home. From then on, the Zheng family became the royal merchant of Datang. Most of the "money, grain, salt, cloth, iron" and other items monopolized by the court are represented by the Zheng family. In addition, if there was a war in the Tang Dynasty, the military rations were often handed over to the Zheng family for transshipment and sale.

For more than two decades, the position of the Zheng family in Chang'an has been increasing day by day, and most of the contacts with the princes and ministers. Although the Zheng family abides by the rules of the businessmen, none of their nephews and nephews participated in the scientific examinations and no one joined the army, but they made a lot of friends in the officialdom and the military. The Zheng family’s trade routes spread all over the Datang world as far as Fanbang, and the Zheng family’s friends also spread all over the world. It is said that Zheng's caravan has a group of people who are proficient in all kinds of Hu language in order to deal with foreign businessmen. Zheng Anshun, the young master of the Zheng family, is talented and proficient in several kinds of nonsense. He has always been alone in the north and south, and there is no need to bring someone to translate.

Qin Mubai and Zheng Anshun have only a few sides, and they don't know each other deeply. When she first met Wu Meiniang before, Wu Meiniang deliberately used words to excite Qin Mubai, saying that it was better to follow Zheng Anshun than to follow him. For this reason, Qin Mubai had some jealousy in his heart.

I saw the living Zheng Anshun today, and Qin Mubai sighed secretly: I should be jealous! This guy is so handsome, with such an elegant manner...The family is rich, gentle, gentle, knowledgeable and handsome, such a man is simply a female killer!

"Next to Zheng Anshun, I have met His Royal Highness Wu, and General Qin." Zheng Anshun said with a smile on his face, and his speech and behavior were like a spring breeze.

"Tsk tusk!" Li Ke smiled and shook his head, "Mu Bai, this king has a feeling of'things gather together' today."

"What do you say?" Qin Mubai asked.

"Don't you think that one of our three big men is more handsome than the other?" Li Ke laughed, "Of course, you are a little worse."

Qin Mubai and Zheng Anshun laughed together, and Chen Yan beside him shook her head uncontrollably, and sighed: "I'll go, I don't seem to be able to stand it anymore!"

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