This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 162 Reinvigorating the True Monarch
Lu Sen smiled in front of Lu Huiqing, and left with the blue pill.

And Lu Huiqing felt a little unhappy watching Lu Sen leave, but then there was nothing he could do.

He knew very well that from a common sense point of view, it was indeed his own fault.

"Did Master Lu blame me for being tired?"

Lu Huiqing's expression became more and more ugly, but there was no sign of fear, but more of introspection.

He passed the imperial examination at the age of 22, and he was picked up by Ouyang Xiu less than two years after he was released as an official in a local area, and he was transferred to Hangzhou City to be the chief bookkeeper for himself.

Then it took another year to become the right to know Hangzhou affairs, and when Ouyang Xiu had important matters to return to Beijing, he temporarily acted as governor of Hangzhou.

In just three years of being in politics, he has already half-stepped into the threshold of the power center of the Song Dynasty.

And he's still young, only 25, with a bright future ahead of him.

What's more, a few days ago, Yue Sen also said that he would give him a credit. If it is true, he will enter the court before the age of 30, and that will be a certainty.

Then he got a little too excited, singing every night!

Political affairs are lax.

Lu Huiqing thought for a while, then clasped his hands slightly into the distance, and then said to the butler next to him, "Help me remove the three stone statues."

On the other side, Lu Sen came to Bitian Pavilion, handed a large glass bottle of blue pills to the pavilion owner, and then drifted away.

Lu Sen came to beat Lu Huiqing this time.

Because according to the information he got from the captives of the Penglai faction in the East China Sea, these people swaggered ashore, and then swaggered in the city of Hangzhou to inquire about the news, and after a few disputes, they swaggered to the vicinity of Lu Sen's cave to inquire.

That's why Lu Sen felt that Lu Huiqing was drifting in his work.

The Penglai faction in the East China Sea is a part-time pirate. They often kill, sweep and plunder along the coast. Such people must be suppressed.

To put it bluntly, killing all these people as soon as they landed is not too much.

But they had been wandering around Hangzhou for so long, nothing happened, and the police went to check them, even in the costumes of the Penglai sect of the East China Sea.

It is conceivable how poor the security efficiency of Hangzhou City is now.

You can also imagine how lazy Lu Huiqing has been in politics during this time.

Lu Sen waved his fan and walked towards home, because Yang Jinhua and the others had gone to the capital, and now it was boring to go back to the city, so he took a walk.

Few people in Hangzhou City recognized Lu Sen, and he didn't wear eye-catching clothes like rainbow silk, so in the eyes of outsiders, he was just a young man from a rich family.

He was walking, but suddenly a familiar voice came from behind: "Lu Xiaolang, wait!"

Lu Sen looked back and found that it was Zhan Zhao, who was wearing a sky-blue uniform, walking quickly with a happy face.

"I didn't expect, I really bumped into you." Zhan Zhao walked to Lu Sen's side, cupped his fists and said with a smile, "How have you been recently?"

Lu Sen also smiled, and said in return, "It's really fate, how about going to the roadside to eat bowls of tofu?"

"Then Lu Xiaolang, the host, will treat you." Zhan Zhao laughed heartily.

"nature!"

A bowl of bean curd is very cheap, it seems that it doesn't suit the identities of these two people.

But the two extremely handsome men sat in the simple restaurant, but forced outsiders to feel that they were sitting in a high-end place.

The little girls and young wives passing by would subconsciously slow down their pace when they passed by them, half-covered their faces, smiled shyly, and turned their heads reluctantly when they were far away.

Both Lu Sen and Zhan Zhao are tough-minded people, and they are not afraid of being stared at by so many people. They chatted happily while eating tofu curd.

There is a kind of free and easy heroism.

"This time I came to Hangzhou to deliver posts." Zhan Zhao's expression was a little embarrassed, but also a little happy: "My marriage with Yuehua has been fixed, and it will be in the spring of next year. I came here for my grandpa and grandma. sending invitations."

Lu Sen smiled and said, "Not for me?"

"How could it be possible, I wrote it long ago." Zhan Zhao took out the red invitation card from his bag, "Please accept it. I was worried about how to find you, Lu Xiaolang, but I met you just after arriving in Hangzhou. "

Zhan Zhao's face is full of joy.

Lu Sen opened the invitation and nodded, "March [-] next year, the old mansion in the capital, I will definitely be there then."

"Then I'll wait for you." Zhan Zhao substituted bean curd for wine, feeling bored.

Lu Sen also took a sip of the bean curd. It was obviously just a dessert, but it gave the two of them the atmosphere of drinking alcohol.

Zhan Zhao put down the porcelain bowl, and suddenly said seriously: "Lu Xiaolang, I heard that some of your Dao Xian coupons have been robbed? Is there any inside story about this?"

"Yes." Lu Sen didn't want to lie to the other party, after all Zhan Zhao was his good friend.

"Fu Yin Bao also knew about this, and he said there should be some inside story." Zhan Zhao nodded, "Also, Fu Yin Bao said that you seemed to be deliberately forcing that prisoner to go to the north, so he was suspicious, you Are you planning something?"

Lu Sen frowned slightly, and then loosened his brows: "Xueshi Bao has a heart of ethics and wisdom, so it's not surprising that he can see something."

Zhan Zhao sighed: "So, Bao Fu Yin wants to stop you, and has already sent some good men to arrest Qingyang guest."

Ok?
Lu Sen looked at Zhan Zhao strangely.

"Actually, Governor Bao wanted me to catch the Qingyang guest back." Zhan Zhao ordered another bowl of tofu flower, and said while drinking, "But I shirked it because I wanted to send an invitation card."

Lu Sen cupped his hands, expressing his acceptance of Zhan Zhao's favor.

Seeing this, Zhan Zhao hurriedly said, "Lu Xiaolang, you're being too natural for doing this. We are friends. You are willing to resign for us, Qiu Bazhangmu, Zhang and me, and give up your glory and wealth. I am very grateful to Zhan, Convinced."

Lu Sen smiled slightly, a little happy: "You exaggerated."

"No, Lu Xiaolang deserves the admiration of warriors like us."

Zhan Zhao is too aware of the status of warriors in the court, and generally, warriors from wealthy families are more or less related to soldiers.

Either there are relatives serving in the army, or they are serving soldiers, or they have some cooperation.

Some of Zhan Zhao's distant relatives served as officers in the army, and some of his clan's children even served as assassins in the army.

He himself is also a member of the court, although he clearly said that he was a fourth-rank imperial guard with a sword, but he has received a lot of anger.

This is still the case with Bao Zheng taking care of and supporting the facade.

In the past, Han Qi fled the battle, leaving behind [-] soldiers to be massacred by the enemy country, but only one of them was sent out as an official for punishment.

Later, Wang Anshi commanded indiscriminately and buried more than [-] soldiers, which was also a "temporarily pending" ruling.

Although Zhan Zhao was very unwilling and upset in his heart, he actually accepted his fate.

This world is like this, how can it be.

But he never expected that Lu Sen would stand up and shout for the dead bandits.

He even scolded Bao Fu Yin, forcing Bao Fu Yin to throw Wang Anshi directly to Qionghai.

For love, Lu Sen is his good friend; for reason, Lu Sen has done things that Zhan Zhao dared not do, and even said things that no one in the world dared to say.

The whole court was scolded bloody.

If such a man is not worthy of his admiration?
Who else is there?

So Zhan Zhao was willing to tell Lu Sen about the affairs of the government. In the past, he would not have revealed anything.

"Back to the matter of Bachelor Bao, he didn't do it properly." Lu Sen sighed: "There are a lot of corruption in the court, and he doesn't want to clean it up, so why did he confront me."

"He thinks that corruption is just a minor ailment, but you, Lu Xiaolang, are the source of the ability to turn all living beings upside down."

Lu Sen sighed: "Why is he here again?"

Zhan Zhao sighed and said, "Especially after Master Lu got the rainbow silk out, he thinks so. I once heard Baofu Yin bluntly say: This rainbow silk is just different from the Dan Dao, it's just a different name."

Lu Sen's brows furrowed even more, and then he let go suddenly. He smiled, "Well, Bachelor Bao still has the habit of worrying."

Lu Sen thought that Bao Zheng was a little troublesome before, but now he is not much worried about Bao Zheng's obstruction.

Under the general situation, no matter how powerful Bao Zheng is, he can't stop the storm with one hand.

Seeing that Lu Sen wasn't angry, Zhan Zhao said, "It's good that Lu Xiaolang doesn't think that Bachelor Bao is a villain."

How could Bao Zheng be a villain? He just cared too much.

Lu Sen shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about other things. Let's talk about other things. For example, after you marry Ding, what are your plans? For example, how many children do you want?"

Zhan Zhao blushed slightly: "It's natural that the more the better."

Oh...Lu Sen understood.

Then the two chatted for nearly an hour, and then they separated. Zhan Zhao went to send invitations to his grandparents, while Lu Sen returned to the cave.

The matter of the blue pill fermented rapidly after a few days.

A large wave of men, young and middle-aged, came from all directions and from all over the country, squeezing the Bitian Pavilion to the brim.

The price of a blue pill fetched a terrifying average price of [-] guan.

And Lu Sen released more than 200 grains, which is nearly 70 yuan in auction revenue.

Just talking about such a figure may not give people a too intuitive impression, but if we talk about the whole of Hangzhou, all the taxes for the whole year are added up, and what kind of deduction and the like are only 150 million.

In other words, the auction turnover of Bitian Pavilion in just three days is worth half a year's tax in Hangzhou City.

In the past few days, Bitian Pavilion has been pulling carts of copper plates in, and then pulling carts of copper plates out.

A large number of people in Hangzhou City can see this spectacle.

And Lu Huiqing was standing on a tall building not far away, seeing this scene, her heart ached.

Originally, these copper coins should all belong to the Hangzhou government, and he can at least get a share. This is a legitimate and legal income, and it is also a huge contribution.

But now, there are none.

"Realist Lu is really cruel." Lu Huiqing covered her heart, her face pale: "It's better to be with merchants than with bachelors, this knife shaves hard."

He really regretted that during that period of time, he was so obsessed with ghosts, he actually let go of political affairs and public security in the city.

So sorry.

In fact, he was not the only one who regretted it, but also those wealthy businessmen who came late, or did not have enough money to take pictures of the blue pills.

Because the effect has come out now, as long as there are no disabled people, after eating the blue balls, they will really be as strong as when they were young.

Also because of this relationship, the painting boat business in Hangzhou City suddenly became very good. People who took the medicine wanted to try the effect, which caused the consumption price of eating, drinking and playing to double.

By the way, other businesses in the entire Hangzhou city have also become prosperous.

For example, cloth, candles and the like.

There are also many places to eat.

Things like business are intertwined.

It can be said that this wave of auctions alone has increased the city's tax revenue by at least [-]% this year.

It was also in this atmosphere that Yang Jinhua and others came back.

By the way, Mu Guiying, a super thug, was also brought along.

In the cave, Lu Sen hosted a banquet to welcome Mu Guiying: "Mother-in-law, thank you for coming to help me."

"You're welcome, the family doesn't talk about each other." Mu Guiying said with a smile while eating the fruit: "The old lady is in excellent health now, and she doesn't need a cane anymore. If this goes on like this, she will soon be rejuvenated. It doesn’t need me to take care of it, so taking this opportunity, I’ll come over to play and relax.”

"Mother, don't make so many excuses." Yang Jinhua dismantled Mu Guiying from the sidelines: "Didn't you just hear that the martial sage from Penglai Island in the East China Sea is known as the best in the world, and you want to fight him."

"Ugly girl, don't show me any face in front of my son-in-law." Mu Guiying reached out and pinched his daughter's face, and then he smiled himself: "After having Zao Jian, my skills have improved very fast recently, and Jin Hua It's not interesting to fight, she always only exerts half of her strength, she is limp, so she wants to try the sword against the masters in the rivers and lakes."

After all, she was also a chivalrous woman back then, and Mu Guiying's Jianghu aura is engraved in her bones.

In the past, she just married into the Yang Mansion, and she was able to fight often, and she could also relax the desire to fight and kill in her heart.But later the military power of the Yang family fell to the side, and after being trapped in the capital, she couldn't 'move', and could only bully her daughter occasionally to ease her depression.

She is very happy to be able to exercise her skills.

After that, she lived in the cave.

Mu Guiying came earlier, and there was still about a month before the planned time to go to sea.

So during this period of time, Mu Guiying was out shopping with her daughter besides soaking up spiritual energy in the cave.

When she came back a few days later, she couldn't see Lu Sen in the right way.

But Yang Jinhua pulled Lu Sen aside and asked quietly: "Officer, why did you suddenly sell pills when we were not at home? My mother heard about this outside, so she pulled me to ask, are you I can't bear three women, so I made that kind of medicine for tigers and wolves."

Lu Sen was speechless immediately: "I already have honey water, why should I eat that stuff?"

"There are so many good things at home, how do you sell them?" Yang Jinhua looked a little embarrassed.

"That thing is easy to sell. What's more terrible than death is not being able to do it. This is the biggest pain for a man." Lu Sen said with a smile: "And I limited the time and quantity. The next auction must be from Bitian Pavilion." Only members can join, and now thousands of wealthy merchants have joined the club. This is a very powerful force. It will be of great help to my plan."

Yang Jinhua blushed a little delicately: "The official, do you know what people outside call you now?"

"Isn't it like Master Lu?"

Yang Jinhua hit Lu Sen's chest several times with her small fist: "Now people outside are calling you to rejuvenate the true king of glory, and some people even engraved your longevity card and put it in the Taoist temple. Some common people with no money, holding Incense, I kneel down and worship you three times and say that I want to bless them with dragon spirits and tiger vigor, and many children and blessings, so I just need to make sculptures for you."

After listening, Lu Sen had question marks all over his face.

No, these people are sick!
(End of this chapter)