novellhall Chapter 572 Seeing Big Honey in a Trance
Chapter 572 Seeing Big Honey in a Trance
Chapter 572 Seeing Big Honey in a Trance
"My lord, you are aware of it and I am innocent. What happened yesterday has nothing to do with me. I am completely unaware of it!"
From the relevant inventory reported by Jinling Jinyiwei in the capital, the name of that hundred households could not be found at all. But after all, this was a senior official of Jinyiwei. At most, it took some time to check. At this time, Zhao Banhe came over and complained, obviously not fighting. Hire yourself.
So Chen Zhao frowned and asked, "Your own subordinates, if you say you don't know, who will believe you?"
Hearing Chen Zhao's words, Zhao Banhe's body trembled, and he couldn't help but kowtow again and again, his forehead was red and bloody, and he said with tears on his face: "Don't be afraid of the adults' jokes. Although the villain is a thousand households, his roots are shallow. These hundreds of households were stuffed in by others. The villain can't offend those people, and he can't control them. My lord, the villain is vulgar and useless, shameful, and the adult will punish me, but this matter really has nothing to do with the villain. Please check it out, my lord."
Anyway, spying on imperial envoys is not good for the senior officials of Jinyiwei. This kind of crime was pinned down by Chen Zhao, a colleague of Jinyiwei who has the title of "Tiger in the Jingcheng Street" and "Lord of Salt Merchants in Yangzhou". I'm afraid I will suffer.
However, the dignified Jinyiwei Qianhu was so useless, which made Chen Zhao feel very uncomfortable, but he also knew that it would definitely not be Zhao Banhe who spied on him.
How could one of his subordinates spy on Shangguan without knowing how to cover it up?
No matter how foolish Jin Yiwei Qianhu was, he would not be able to do such a thing.
So he casually comforted Zhao Banhe a few words, and then said: "You came so early, let's have breakfast with me."
Zhao Banhe had also heard of Chen Zhao's methods and knew about his thunderous methods yesterday. He was scared to death and came to plead guilty early in the morning. Unexpectedly, after listening to his own explanation, Mr. Chen not only comforted him, but also treated him to food. For breakfast, Zhao Banhe was overwhelmed with gratitude for a while, feeling flattered.
In fact, Chen Zhao already understood it roughly. He knew that Zhao Banhe was a bit useless, and his subordinates couldn't control the hundred households, and the hundred households didn't pay him much attention.
Since he is so useless, it means that someone is using him as a weapon.
If this was in the capital, even if this Zhao Banhe was Sha Jinrui's blood brother, Chen Zhao could tell him to leave immediately.
But now, Chen Zhao had to win him over.
The food was very simple, just soy milk with sesame seed cakes and a few side dishes, but Zhao Banhe ate it very sweetly, and said while eating:
"My lord, when you come to Jinling, the food is so simple. I am really ashamed of myself. The duck blood vermicelli soup by the Qinhuai River and the butter crispy cake made by Aunt Zhuzi are the best breakfasts in Jinling City. You must try it."
Chen Zhao smiled and asked: "Zhao Qianhu has a cloth shop in the city, right? How is the business?"
When asked about this, Zhao Banhe hurriedly stood up. Seeing that Chen Zhao's expression was kind and did not seem to mean anything else, he said:
"Thanks to your lord, the business is not bad, that is, our status as a pro-military is a bit convenient on the road, and we can make money by transporting it from Songjiang to sell it everywhere!"
"Jinling is a famous city in the world with convenient transportation. Zhao Qianhu's business is a bit cramped. The three major trading companies of Antarctic Goose, Civet Civet and Miaomiaodong all have connections in the Yangtze River Basin. We can cooperate with each other and communicate with each other!"
These three major trading companies have been in operation for several years, with Yangzhou as the base. Over the past year, they have opened countless shops in the north and south of the river. Being close to the canal, it is natural to know the status of the three major trading companies in the north-south trade, and what is the relationship with Chen Zhao. When Chen Zhao said this, he was flattering Zhao Banhe to make a fortune.
Zhao Banhe sat there for a moment, then knelt down again, kowtowed with tears in his eyes and said:
"My lord is so magnanimous, but my subordinate is so negligent. I really feel ashamed. I will hold a banquet on the Qinhuai River tonight to clean up the dust for my lord. It is also an apology for my previous negligence. I hope my lord will reward you before go!"
Since Zhao Banhe wanted to make up for it, Chen Zhao naturally agreed with a smile.
After breakfast, the other two thousand households, Pang Qingshan and Meng Xianhui, also came to visit. After entering, they also knelt down to plead guilty, and Chen Zhao also received them with a smile on their faces.
But what Pang Qingshan said made Chen Zhao frown a little.
"My lord, the head of the family is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and he must pay attention to any troubles, so the emperor sent his lord to Jinling. Out of concern, the head of the house sent someone to take a look. Maybe the lord has misunderstood. Plead guilty to the adults, and the Patriarch will send people over."
"Wait, your master? Who is your master?"
Chen Zhao frowned and interrupted Pang Qingshan, who kowtowed again and said respectfully:
"The lower official was born in Chang Linbo's house, so Chang Linbo is naturally the head of the villain's family."
Chen Zhao nodded, his face as usual, but he didn't think so in his heart.
Jin Yiwei is the Son of Heaven's pro-army, but Jin Yiwei's thousands of households did not regard Jin Yiwei Tongzhi as an official, and took Xungui as the head of the family, which is really new.
I didn't expect this to be so common in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Seeing that Pang Qingshan was neither humble nor overbearing, Chen Zhao didn't say much, but said: "Since this is the case, I know, and Pang Qianhu will also inform your Patriarch. I don't need to take care of you, let's forget about this concern." !"
Pang Qingshan kowtowed, said "Understood", and then stood up.
As for Meng Xianhui's reason for coming, it was even simpler. Hearing that something happened yesterday, he was really terrified, so he asked his followers to accompany him, just to be safe.
I use you as a follower?
Who knows if there will be a fire in the inn where I live tomorrow?
Can the imperial court turn Jinling into Shantou?
So Chen Zhao said lightly: "I know what you two are thinking, I can take care of it myself, you guys should do your own errands well."
After the three thousand households had left, Chen Zhao arranged for him to send a dozen eloquent people to the Jinyiwei Archives Department with money to drink and chat with the Jinyi pro-army people there. The news he got became more and more The more the better.
In addition, he ordered the important task divisions to be busy, and when everyone else left and only Han Xiaozhong was left, Chen Zhao looked at the old brother and smiled calmly: "These guys are out of control, I really take this laziness as nothing. ?"
Xu Ziling and Lin Fei are both good-looking characters. They selected smart people to go to the Jinyi Guards. After a drink, they soon became good brothers. They had a lot of chatting, and everyone wanted to chop off the chicken's head. I'm a brother, so I quickly found out some information.
Both Pang Qingshan and Meng Xianhui are very strict on the thousands of households under them, and they are also cunning, but Zhao Banhe's uncle, although his father has made great achievements in the war and is a member of Jinyiwei, but he was spoiled and spoiled since he was a child. He is a male, so he can only fight the ducks.
As a result, Zhao Banhe couldn't stand up in Jinyiwei because of his pampering, and seemed weak. He was not as good as a hundred households, but fortunately he had done some business, which was enough for him to live and entertain.
Since he is so cowardly, it is easy for the nobles of Jinling to insert their hands, so naturally he can do it safely.
Of course, Zhao Banhe was not born a cheap guy. He also wanted to seize power, but he was not good at it and couldn't compete with others, so he could only focus on business.
It was getting late, Zhao Banhe came and personally invited Chen Zhao to the banquet.
This guy has booked the Qinglian Boat, the largest painting boat on the Qinhuai River, to welcome Shangguan.
When preparing to set off, Chen Zhao smiled and said to Han Xiaozhong: "I am the right governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the governor of Jiangnan. Why doesn't Shi Shilun give me a chance to take the wind and wash the dust? Ying Tianfu doesn't give me the chance to take the wind and wash the dust. Instead, I'm a part-time Jinyiwei. Somebody pick me up and wash away the dust?"
Han Xiaozhong joked: "If this Shi Shilun cleans up the dust for the adults, I am afraid that the reputation will spread to Java Island the next day, and the adults will be able to shine forever."
"Hahaha, you mean Shi Shilun is stingy?"
"My lord, don't slander me, I dare not arrange Shi Qingtian."
"Hahaha……"
The Qinhuai River is the most romantic place in the world and a gold-selling cave for wealthy families. Even people who have never been to Jinling have heard of the reputation of the Qinhuai River and can imagine the scenery on the Qinhuai River.
Chen Zhao agreed to Zhao Banhe's banquet and went to the Qinglian Boat on the Qinhuai River. It was not surprising for everyone to come.
Even Xia Ruoqing, Qingwen and others who took care of him by his side were not surprised.
These days, it is common for men to go to Qinhuaihe River to discuss business, especially young high-ranking officials like Chen Zhao who are brave and capable in both civil and military affairs. They are even more popular among the girls in Qinhuaihe River.
On the surface, it is a young man who is romantic, and his poems and lyrics can be remembered forever. In fact, it is a young man who is rich and does not know how to be frugal, and likes to throw money into the gold sales cave.
Qinhuai Bayan in the pre-Ming Dynasty almost all had a good story with romantic scholars, not only the beauties they wanted to marry, but also a large number of colleagues who wanted to get money from these romantic scholars.
There are rumors in the market that the brothels and paintings on the Qinhuai River are not the best places for romance, only some unknown and mysterious places are the places where the top princes and grandchildren ecstasy.
This is actually just a rumor.
Every era is the age of advertising. Only when you know more can you become famous, and when you are famous can you get money from people who come here because of your fame.
Without fame, it can only be regarded as a meteor, fleeting.
Qinglianfang is a two-story painting boat, which is docked under the Lotus Tower during the daytime. The guests who spend a lot of money have dinner and listen to music on the Qinglianfang, and then return to the Lotus Tower to have fun.
Zhao Banhe came to pick up Chen Zhao when it was getting dark. He kowtowed in the morning and apologized. At noon, people from three major trading companies came to contact him and finalized several businesses. These businesses that were negotiated were destined to make a lot of money, and his own business would up a level.
Zhao Banhe couldn't help being overjoyed, he thought that something bad would happen from the sky, but what fell was a big pie, so when he saw Chen Zhao, his attitude was more respectful.
Surrounded by his personal guards, Chen Zhao went to the next stage, "My lord, at most two groups of people will follow tonight, keep far away, and have a good sense of proportion!"
Halfway through the walk, Xu Ziling rode his horse and approached to report. Chen Zhao nodded but did not respond.
"I heard that the Qinhuai River is the largest gold-selling cave in the south of the Yangtze River. How much money does it cost to drink a meal of flower wine here?"
"Your Excellency was joking, and the next official will welcome you, so why bother to talk about money."
Chen Zhao smiled, and said again: "I'm not trying to be polite to you, but you also know that I have three major trading companies, so I want to know about the market. '
Thinking of how huge his Shangguan's three major trading companies were, and also thinking that this Shangguan was the emperor's "good boy", Zhao Banhe suddenly realized, and immediately said: "A meal of wine on the second floor of Qinglian Fang will cost 100 yuan." Two taels of silver, and I also invited the top girl from the Lotus Tower to sing and accompany the wine, which costs 220 taels. If we still want to stop at the Lotus Tower, the cost will have to be discussed with the mother of the Lotus Tower."
"With Zhao Qianhu's status, wouldn't the Lotus Tower be cheaper?"
"My lord was just joking. If it weren't for my status as a villain, I'm afraid even the villain might not have booked the second floor of Qinglianfang, let alone the girl Lian Er who is at the top."
Sure enough, it is a gold-selling cave.
But thinking about the nobles in the north, when Jia Zhen was still able to walk, she would only spend this amount every night.
Jia Amnesty was even worse, people basically didn't drink flower wine, but spent a lot of money to keep young widows, or spent thousands of taels of silver on fans.
Think about it again in the original book, when Jia Tanchun makes good and eliminates long-term disadvantages, he can only save 200 taels of silver a month, which is not enough for Jia Zhen and Jia Lian to listen to the tune.
No wonder the Jia family fell so completely later.
But then again, Zhao Banhe, as a member of Qianhu, a royal guard, had no respect for such a place of brothel. This shows that he, a Qianhu, is quite aggrieved.
Only such people can win over and be eager to become serfs and sing.
Of course, Chen Zhao had luxurious experiences in various worlds. The salt merchants in Yangzhou were much richer than the Xungui in Jinling City. Chen Zhao ate their food and kneaded these salt merchants like dough.
When I was Zhao Erhu, I also enjoyed their pomp and then hung them up on booms.
So even though this boat was elegant, Chen Zhao had seen a lot of it.
But after all, it is the Qinhuai River, so this boat is still very luxurious.
The light shape is bigger than a large tank boat on the canal. The first floor is a loose seat, and the second floor is four private rooms. The four private rooms are not connected and separated by corridors. Although they are on the painting boat, With such regulations, the private room is still extremely spacious.
The people who decorate and arrange are full-bodied, they don't show any aura of wealth, they pay attention to elegance, and even the furniture is made of teak wood inlaid with jade.
Of course, only Chen Zhao recognized it among the Jin Yiwei. He had experienced this in Yangzhou. Although Han Xiaozhong and the others were fighting in the Yamen and visiting the brothels, they had never experienced such luxury.
Not to mention those from lower class backgrounds like Xu Ziling and Lin Fei.
The cold dishes on the table are served with exquisite side dishes. Not to mention the dishes, the dishes and the cups and saucers placed in front of the diners are all top quality from Jingdezhen. Such porcelain can be inlaid by nobles in the West. Gold and silver, passed down as family heirlooms, are just displayed here.
"Does Zhao Qianhu come here often?" Chen Hao asked casually.
"My lord is joking, how dare you come to such a place often, I'm afraid it will hurt your heart for half a year if you spend it once, but now that your lord is here, I have to do my duty no matter what."
Chen Zhao shook his head lightly: "Zhao Qianhu, you are not as good as our Jinyi soldiers in the north. Does Zhao Qianhu want to know how the Qianhus in the north are doing?"
Zhao Banhe naturally showed a listening look, and Chen Zhao continued: "We have thousands of households in Jinyiwei, but they are only in the fifth rank. From the fourth rank of prefect, to the third rank of political participation, chief envoy, and governor, plus the generals, deputy generals, and generals. All the soldiers are feared and respected by thousands of households in the army. When the Jinyi Guardsmen go to the lower counties to handle cases, they are all greeted by colleagues and magistrates, who are respectful and respectful, and speak like laws. The people are in great awe. .”
Zhao Banhe had a fascinated look on his face, and Chen Zhao said again:
"Although this Green Lotus Boat is expensive, if thousands of families from other places come here, how can they only come twice? Not to mention that the boss here will come to fawn over, even if he spends his own money, he can still afford it."
"There was a thousand-year-old family in Henan named Nian Gengyao. He opened a herbal medicine shop, a boat shop, a carriage shop, and a carriage shop. No one in the whole province gave his business a face, and he made a lot of money every day. A place like this Why can't I get up?"
Speaking of this, Zhao Banhe's face was full of envy, and Chen Zhao said with a smile:
"Before I entered Jinyiwei, Zhao Qianhu must have heard of the fact that I assisted Mr. Lin in Yangzhou to handle the salt affairs, right?
Of course Zhao Banhe had heard of it, and nodded repeatedly.
Chen Zhaodao: "The Yangzhou salt merchants were so arrogant and domineering back then, but who dared to jump around after I took office? Who dared to be arrogant? I kneaded them all like dough."
Chen Zhao said, pointing to the exquisite dishes on the table and said, "The dishes of Qinhuai River are exquisite, but they are not as expensive as those of Slender West Lake. I go there to listen to music and eat. Which girl dares to make me wait?"
"Zhao Qianhu, you are just a cloth village and a vegetable garden, and even the hundreds of households and the general banner below will set up a trap for you. Don't you want to be more prestigious, don't you want to get rich?"
When asked by Chen Zhao, Zhao Banhe trembled all over, and the smile on his fat face froze, and he said hesitantly:
"Of course the lower officials want this, but here is the same as the capital, with so many honorable and high-ranking officials, how can I, a thousand households, have a place to play prestige and gain benefits?"
Chen Zhao smiled and said:
"The capital is at the feet of the emperor, so everyone should restrain themselves, but you can send someone to inquire now. Which honorable man with no eyesight dares to disrespect the Jinyiwei? He is said to be a loyal prince, even if he is a loyal prince. Don’t dare to let your steward mess around in the street?”
"Zhao Qianhu, this Jinling is also the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Three thousand households of our Jinyi army are arranged here for you to monitor and spy on them, in case they have any evil intentions. Why should you be afraid of them? They are right to be afraid of you! ?”
"My lord, this subordinate is alone and alone, I'm afraid it's..."
"What are you afraid of, I will make the decision for you!"
Chen Zhao picked up the wine glass and said leisurely, Zhao Banhe reacted quickly, knelt down on the ground immediately, bumped his head a few times, because the movement was too big, Lin Fei from outside even poked his head in to have a look.
"The help of the adults, the subordinates, the subordinates, no, the villains are smashed to pieces and become cattle and horses for the adults..."
Zhao Banhe is also a smart man, so he naturally knows that Chen Zhao is recruiting him. How can he not follow the lead at this time?
No matter how cowardly Zhao Banhe was, he was a member of Jinyiwei Qianhu, and he had heard of Chen Zhao's prestige, so of course he wanted to get promoted and get rich, and he wanted to improve his prestige.
"Get up and talk, forever, I will see your performance."
"Please rest assured, my lord, my subordinates will definitely obey you."
Zhao Banhe kowtowed like pounding garlic, and Chen Zhao nodded with a smile. He was talking and moving here, but someone outside reported softly:
"Guest officer, Miss Lian Er is here!"
Originally, that Zhao Banhe was talking with tears all over his face, when he heard Lian'er coming, he immediately jumped up, took out his handkerchief, wiped his face, straightened his robe, and cleared his throat.
Seeing Chen Zhao's somewhat surprised look, Zhao Banhe smiled, with a wretched look on his face, and explained in a low voice:
"My lord, after all, I am Miss Lian'er, I must be more decent."
What Chen Zhao said was speechless.
But then I thought about it, it’s not surprising that there is a rice circle culture at any time.
Star chasing Well, not shabby.
It's just such an elegant room, and even Jin Yiwei Qianhu behaves like this. What kind of woman is this girl Lian'er?
Chen Zhao couldn't help but be whetted.
As soon as I thought of this, I heard rings jingling outside. Two handsome maids opened the beaded curtain of the private room, and a beautiful girl walked in.
Since she is a girl on the Qinhuai River, she is of course extremely beautiful.
Pure and charming, reserved and gorgeous, it seems to be a combination of Li Wan and Sister Feng, combined with Le Huizhen's straightforwardness and Xiulian's introversion, with a graceful figure, indifferent and polite, and a passionate expression, all kinds of combinations Together, this girl or woman Lian'er looks extremely seductive.
The super enhanced version of the big power power...
Cough cough cough...
No wonder the stunner who can turn all living beings upside down made Zhao Banhe act like this.
"Lian'er, the slave family, has met Mr. Zhao and met this Mr. Chen!"
This Lian'er is very enthusiastic, gentle and soft.
Chen Zhao didn't speak, Zhao Banhe was obviously at a loss, and said in his mouth:
"Zhao is really honored to be honored by everyone like Lian'er. Mr. Chen is Zhang's boss. He has heard about Lian'er for a long time. This time he came here specially to listen to Lian'er's music and also invited Lian'er to perform. ah!"
After all, you are a thousand households of Jinyiwei, why do you need to lose your composure like this?
Lian'er said softly: "Lian'er is really flattered, the two masters have waited for so long, should I listen to Lian'er sing first, or drink first?"
Zhao Banhe hurriedly looked at Chen Zhao: he bent down and said, "What does your lord mean?"
"Sit down and sing!"
So Lian'er played and sang by herself. The sound was very beautiful, but the music was just mediocre, but it was enough to make people feel relaxed and happy.
Her singing sounded like a lingering lingering sound, and the surroundings immediately became quiet, everyone showed a look of intoxication, even the conversations and laughter in other private rooms were also quiet, Chen Zhao also closed his eyes slightly, and listened carefully.
In this dreamlike atmosphere, suddenly there was an angry shout.
"Why does Miss Lian'er sing to others?"
(End of this chapter)