Fenghou

Chapter 919 The eldest son

Butler Liu bowed and said, "Reporting to Wangfei, I have already sent him away. He said there was something important to do, so the villain dared to make an appointment for Wangfei to see him at Sishi tomorrow morning."

Lu Xiu was a little speechless, she didn't want to see Lu Tang at all, so she said goodbye later, she didn't expect the butler to make an appointment for her on her own, whatever!The housekeeper didn't know his background, and really regarded him as his cousin.

Lu Xiu said indifferently: "Only this time, you remember, this person is a scum of the Lu family, I have always ignored him, if I want to see him, I will only see his mother."

Butler Liu slapped himself, pleading guilty with sweat profusely: "The villain knows his mistakes, so don't dare!"

"Forget it, I didn't tell you beforehand, and you didn't know."

Lu Xiu was really tired, so she went back to her room to rest.

At dusk, Chen Qing hurried back to the mansion. He got a report from the soldiers on the way, and he had another son, which really made him extremely happy. He originally wanted to go to the government office, but he didn't care about it, so he went back to the mansion directly. .

When Zhao Yingluo saw her husband, she put her arms around his neck and began to cry. She heard the midwife say something outside the house, the child was too thin and might die, which really made Zhao Yingluo terrified.

Chen Qing reassured her for a while that the child would be fine with Dr. Liu present, and took Chen Xue as an example. In ordinary people's family, she would definitely die young, but in her own family she survived and was still healthy.

Perhaps because of thinking of Chen Xue, Zhao Yingluo gradually calmed down.

The child was indeed very thin, like a kitten, lying on the mother's chest to suck milk, Lu Xiu gently pulled Chen Qing, and asked Zhao Qiaoyun to accompany Yingluo.

Chen Qing came to the dining hall and asked while eating dinner, "What did Doctor Liu say?"

"Doctor Liu said that she will try her best, but whether the child can be saved depends on his fate."

Chen Qing's heart sank. That's not what Dr. Xue'er Liu said last time. He said that he was [-]% sure, and Chen Qing didn't want to eat anymore. He put down the bowl and asked, "How long has it been premature?"

"I was born prematurely for one month. In fact, there were early signs of miscarriage, but Dr. Liu still kept the baby for a month, and the baby became premature. Fortunately, the baby can drink milk normally and breathe normally. As long as the baby is normal If An An survives for a month, she will basically be able to keep it."

Lu Xiu had experience in giving birth to a premature daughter. She knew that she could not hire a wet nurse during this period, and Zhao Yingluo had to feed the child by herself, so that the child could feel the presence of the mother, and he would have the desire to survive.

"I see. The most important thing for our family this month is to try our best to keep the child. In two days, I will also go to the temple to burn incense and ask the Buddha to bless the child."

"Husband, there is one more thing. That Lu Yan came to me at noon and said that he had something important to do. I didn't see him, but the housekeeper made an appointment for me tomorrow morning without authorization. What a big head!"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Actually, it's okay to meet, but I'm a little strange. He is clearly a generation older than you, but why does he have the same name?"

"He was originally called Lu Jiao, Jiaolong's Jiao. Because of a serious illness, his father listened to the fortune teller's words and said that he had to borrow from the next generation to survive, so he changed his name to Lu Jiao. His life was saved, but he didn't expect to grow up. The empress is so miserable, I guess he came to me for money, I gave him ten taels of silver at noon, doesn't he think it's too little?"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "Wang Hao told me yesterday that his mother gave him ten pennies, but he squandered it in the brothel that day. If you give him ten taels of silver, he probably will go to the brothel to squander it."

Lu Xiu was furious immediately, "I gave him money, did I let him go whoring?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "This man's nature is hard to change, so just ignore him, anyway, there are inner guards watching him, so he can't turn the world over."

Lu Xiu gritted her teeth with hatred and said, "I know, I swear I won't give him a single penny."

……

After dinner, Chen Qing sat in his study and read the newspaper. He hadn't read the newspaper for almost ten days. The newspapers on the table were piled up in a pile. He found that the "Beijing News" was getting smarter and smarter. There were two advertisements in each newspaper. , one is a small advertisement, there are twelve shops on each side, and there are 24 shops on both sides.

The page size of each store is like a business card for future generations. Only two sentences are allowed to attract customers. For example, the first one is Tongzhou Mutton Restaurant, No. 71 East Street. Its words to attract customers are, "Authentic Tongzhou bitter Spring sheep, cooked meat is half price during the Chinese New Year. '

The other piece of paper was a big advertisement on the whole side. The side that Chen Qing saw was actually an advertisement for Yi'an Teahouse, with eight large characters on it, 'Official Kiln Jianzhan, Dragon and Phoenix Tuan Tea'.

This is not bragging. In Quanzhou, Chen Qing withheld [-] loads of dragon and phoenix tea and [-] sets of official kiln porcelain tea sets that he planned to pay tribute to the Lin'an Palace this year.

After he came back, he distributed the tea sets and dragon and phoenix tea to senior officials and generals. Among them, he gave Yi'an teahouse ten loads of dragon and phoenix tea each, and twenty sets of official kiln tea sets. , Longfeng tea group' eight characters.

The common people at the bottom may not understand the meaning of these eight characters, but all scholars understand, this is arrogance.

Longfeng tea and Jianzhou porcelain are only paid as tribute to the imperial palace, and then the emperor distributes them to dignitaries. They have never had a chance with ordinary people. Now that Yi'an teahouse has put out this advertisement, it is estimated that it will be overwhelmed by tea lovers.

Below is a picture of a teacup, steaming white, with white foam hanging on it, indicating a high level of tea-making. The two advertising slogans next to it made Chen Qing laugh, "Didi is fragrant, and the meaning is still unfinished." This is written by himself. I didn't expect to use this in the advertisement for Zhao Qiaoyun.

At noon tomorrow, I can invite a few counselors to Yi'an Tea House for a cup of tea and a simple lunch.

At this time, the door opened, and his son Chen Ji poked his head in from outside, "Daddy, are you looking for me?"

Chen Qing smiled and said: "Ji'er, come here quickly, sit here!"

Today Chen Qing saw the thin young son, and suddenly thought of the eldest son, he hadn't spoken to him for a long time.

Chen Ji admired his father's majesty, but was also a little timid. He walked slowly to his father and sat down.

Chen Qing looked at his eldest son lovingly. He was already five years old. His nose and face shape resembled his own, but his eyebrows and eyes resembled his mother's. Although he was young, he was calm and calm. He was not as naughty as a five-year-old child. The favorite of civil and military officials.

"Are you still in class?"

"Well! Auntie taught me [-] characters every day, and memorized two Tang poems. In the afternoon, Er Niang taught me to practice calligraphy. Now my child can already know two thousand characters and recite hundreds of Tang poems."

A Guzu is Li Qingzhao, she volunteered to take charge of Chen Ji's enlightenment education.

"Can I read the newspaper?" Chen Qing pointed to the newspaper and asked with a smile.

Chen Ji shook his head, "Aguzu said that next year I will start studying "The Analects of Confucius" and some short essays, and then I can start reading newspapers."

It is one thing to be able to recognize thousands of characters, but another thing to be able to read articles. It is also necessary to develop comprehension skills. This needs to be done step by step, and must not be counterproductive.

"Does my sister always bully you?" Chen Qing asked again with a smile.

Chen Ji hesitated, nodded slightly, and said hastily: "But I don't care about my sister, I just let her, she...she just wants to play with me."

Chen Qing stroked his son's cute little head and smiled, "Go! My sister is rather naughty. Later, my father will educate her and stop her from bullying you."

"Father, my son is leaving."

Chen Ji bowed to his father and walked away quickly.

Looking at the young figure of his son walking away, Chen Qing felt an indescribable feeling of licking the calf, the affection between father and son!It has been deeply engraved into the blood.

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In the morning of the next day, Lu Tang came to Prince Yong's mansion on time. This time, Lu Xiu received him. Dozens of maids and guards stood behind the princess. He lowered his head in fright, not daring to look directly.

Of course, he also has a guilty conscience. The ten taels of silver that Lu Xiu gave him yesterday was squandered by him overnight. He was afraid that the princess would ask, and he would not be able to explain it.

"What's the matter with my uncle?" Lu Xiu's tone was slightly impatient.

She thought of what her husband said, that Lu Xian spent all day in the brothel, and the money she gave him would definitely be used by him to whore, Lu Xiu felt extremely disgusted and disgusted with this Lu family scum.

"I... can that embroiderer give me some land?"

"land?"

Lu Xiu was slightly stunned, "What do you want the land for? If you want to farm, your father is a fifth grade. According to the regulations of Sichuan and Shaanxi, he should have [-] acres of land!"

Lu Hang said cheekily: "I'm not talking about the farmland outside the city, but the new city. It's not expanding five miles to the south. I heard that high-ranking officials all have land. King Yong must have the most land. Can Xiu Niang give me ten acres?" Land facing the street?"

Lu Xiu's face suddenly sank, and he said coldly: "King Yong has land, but according to the regulations, it can only be passed on to his children, not to outsiders, and can't be sold. I'm sorry, I can't help you, Mrs. Wen, send it for me. guest!"

9 Chapter Twenty Joined

Lu Tang was almost kicked out of the palace, he ran to the street in embarrassment, feeling ashamed and resentful at the same time, Lu Xiu was his niece, she was so heartless, she was so kind to her when she was a child, she was so kind to her. No nostalgia, simply ungrateful.

"Bitch! Pooh!"

Lu Hang cursed viciously, and then spat heavily. He completely forgot his father's official position, the official house they lived in, and their family expenses. He even forgot that Lu Xiu gave him ten taels of silver yesterday. Who is ungrateful?

No way, he had to go to two more businessmen to see if they had any other ways to make money?

Xie Hua and Wang Shuang lived in the Gaosheng Inn and rented a single courtyard with four rooms. The environment is quiet and comfortable to live in, and the service from the clerks is also very considerate, but the price is expensive, and the daily rent is about the same.

Lu Tang was brought into the yard by Xie Hua, and saw the gold piled on the table at least a few hundred taels, shining golden light, Lu Tang swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, had no choice but to look away reluctantly, and walked into the next room.

The 500 taels of gold on the table was for Lu Tong to see, and today they were going to have a showdown with Lu Tang.

As for yesterday's talk of doing land sales, it was just to tickle Lu Jiang's appetite.

"Doing business?"

Wang Shuang sneered, "Do you think you can make money if you buy goods from Guanzhong and go to Hebei? Let me tell you, if you don't have a background to retreat, the commercial tax of Jin Kingdom alone will deduct all your profits, and your various expenses will be deducted." All kinds of expenses, all kinds of management, you have to pay at least [-] guan for [-] guan, do business, and the cost changes from [-] guan to [-] guan, what are you willing to do?"

"Then how do you make money?" Lu Jiang still didn't believe it.

"Brother, we all lost money in normal business, and finally made a lot of money in shady business."

"What kind of shady business?" Lu Dang immediately became interested.

Wang Shuang knew that he was getting to the point, so he said calmly: "For example, selling illicit salt, illicit wine, human trafficking, and smuggling contraband, but if these transactions are caught by Jin Guo, they will be killed, and the risk is extremely high. We originally There are five partners, three have been killed, and then we found a way to be safe and make a lot of money."

"What way, can you tell me about it?"

Wang Shuang and Zhou Hua were afraid that he would not ask, so they discussed it on purpose, Wang Shuang nodded, "For the sake of your sincerity, I can tell you that the safest and most profitable way is to get a reward."

"Get a reward?" Lu Xuan didn't understand.

"Our first transaction was that the Kingdom of Jin offered a high price to buy the hemostatic medicinal materials Burnet, Panax notoginseng and Puhuang. When we entered the Song Dynasty, we spent three thousand guan to buy a batch of medicinal materials to go to Yanshan Mansion. The Kingdom of Jin gave us three Thousands of coins, ten times the huge profits!"

Lu Yan's eyes were red when he heard it, why didn't he encounter such a good thing?

"Later, we purchased another batch of pig iron in the Song Dynasty, weighing 10,000+ catties, and secretly transported it across the Yangtze River. This ticket also earned [-] guan."

Lu Tang couldn't stand the temptation anymore, and said anxiously: "You two brothers, there is no such good thing, let's take the younger brother to do it together!"

"Of course, otherwise, what are we doing in Jingzhao City? Do you think we are really here for business?"

"Can I bring my younger brother this time?"

Zhao Shuang smiled and said: "This time there is no need for capital, it is a big business of 20 guan. Marshal Wanyandu publicly offered a reward in Yanshan Mansion for an iron fire thunder. If he succeeds, the reward will be 20 guan, brother, 20 guan Ah! If we succeed, we can give you [-] guan, what are you willing to do?"

"Do it! I am willing to do it!"

Lu Tang was so excited that his voice changed, fifty thousand guan!I'm afraid I won't be able to spend my whole life.

He forgot that if he spent as much as he did last night, the [-] yuan would be spent in at most three years.

"What is Tiehuolei?" Lu Yan asked again.

"It is a kind of firearm, which is unique to the Western Army. Neither the Jin Dynasty nor the Song Dynasty has it. Of course, it is the highest military secret of the Western Army. There is no way to get it, but if there is a way, then it can be done. We all Hebei merchants are not familiar with Jingzhao."

Lu Tang suddenly understood why the other party came to him and wanted to use his connections, but now he was completely fascinated by the [-] guan. willing.

He hesitated, "But... I don't know anyone who controls Tiehuolei either!"

"You know, if you have no way, how can we find you?"

Lu Yan was confused, "Who? Princess Yong?"

Wang Shuang shook his head, "Princess Yong is useless, the person we are talking about is Lu Wei, don't you know him?"

"Ah! It's him, I know him, I know him very well, we grew up together, we have a deep friendship! But where is he an official?"

"The friendship is really deep!"

Zhou Hua said sarcastically, "I don't even know where the other party is an official."

Lu Tang blushed, and quickly explained: "I just came to Jingzhao City not long ago, and my father told me that Lu Wei seems to be the magistrate in the place where Xixia used to be, which is too far away."

Wang Shuang shook his head, "He is no longer an official in Xiazhou. He has just been transferred back to serve as Sima of the military department. He is in charge of the arsenal where the firearms are stored. If Lu Wei is willing to join us, then the reward of 20 yuan will be shared equally among the four of us. "

Lu Tang hesitated and said, "I'm afraid he won't agree!"

"He doesn't like money?"

Lu Hang scratched his head and smiled: "Of course he likes it. He used to be a guard in the Lin'an Palace, and he was also a messy person. He fought, molested women, went to brothels, went to restaurants, and dragged me around when he had no money. He even sold the guards’ armor and weapons, and then lied about falling into the water, but his grandfather, that is, my uncle, covered it up for him, and he was not held accountable.”

Zhou Hua patted the table, "Isn't that all right? Do you think such a person won't be tempted by [-] yuan?"

"I'm afraid he will change."

Wang Shuang smiled proudly: "Don't worry! A wolf will always be a wolf and will never become a dog. Even if he changes on the surface, his nature will never change."

In fact, Wang Shuang forgot, isn't the dog a wolf?

"Okay! I'll give it a try."

Lu Tang gritted his teeth and agreed, anyway, even if it didn't work out, Lu Wei would never betray himself. Suddenly, his stomach growled, and he was so hungry that his chest pressed against his back, and he was covered in cold sweat.

"Two brothers, I haven't had breakfast yet, I'm really hungry."

Wang Shuang and Zhou Hua laughed and patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go! We'll invite you to drink."

……

In the afternoon, Lu Tang found Lu Wei. The two were the same age. Although they were uncles and nephews, they were actually no different from brothers. They grew up together, studied together, and mingled together all day in Lin'an.

Sure enough, Lu Wei did not dislike Lu Jiao, and agreed to find him an errand, and promised to lend him 20 taels of silver, saying that it was a loan, but in fact he didn't have to pay it back.

Lu Tang was so touched that tears were about to come down, and immediately invited him to drink together at night, but Lu Wei had something to do at night, and his boss Guan Shigu wanted to invite him to dinner, so he had to change it to the next day, at Juxiang Restaurant, Lu Wei readily agreed , The two made an appointment.

Only then did Lu Hang leave with 20 taels of silver, and he went to the Gaosheng Inn, told Wang and the people on Tuesday the time and place for dinner tomorrow night, and then hurried to the brothel, which was his home and his destination.