The feudal lord is on Taobao every day

This banquet is different from the previous regional sales auction. At that time, only the famous and prestigious families in his fiefdom participated. There were only a few people in total, and they sat down in a flower hall. This time, not only rich merchants from the fiefdom participated, There are also quite a few other states and counties, no matter how you look at it, there is no room for a flower hall.

Xie Jing'an didn't want to be polarized, the aristocratic family sat in the flower hall, and the merchants had their banquets in the courtyard, and it was inconvenient to talk to him, so after asking for instructions from Director Qin two days ago, he thought about it and simply arranged everyone in the courtyard. The weather is getting warmer now, and we are eating hot dishes and drinking hot tea, and we put a charcoal basin every few seats, so it won’t freeze badly.

Xie Jingan did not care about the family at all when making the arrangements, so after the family entered the palace that day, when they saw the situation in the courtyard, many people's faces immediately became gloomy.

There were a few who couldn't hold back, and expressed their dissatisfaction in front of the servants of the palace, "We have accepted the post to pass the palace anyway, why is the king so slow and let us just stay here like this?" Sitting on the ground in the courtyard and sitting with those merchants who are doing cheap business, it is too disrespectful to our family, where is our face?"

As soon as this person's voice fell, someone echoed: "Brother Zhang said that, in my opinion, if King Shun disposes of the Liu family, he would think that our aristocratic family is under his control, that's why we are so contemptuous."

The case of the Liu family and Qi Chengshou put everyone in the family at risk. They have been more cautious in their actions and words recently, but they were used to being emperors before Xie Jingan died, and now they are suddenly so restrained, so naturally there is a lot of resentment in their hearts. Once hooked by these two people, I couldn't help but let it out.

"What you're talking about is that we are the children of aristocratic families anyway, and we have face even among the ministers in the court. Why are we asked to sit with merchants? Could it be to humiliate us on purpose?"

"I came here sincerely, but he was so contemptuous. It's really chilling."

When there are few people, they are timid, but when there are many people, they become bolder. The sound is louder and louder. Some people are afraid that the servants of the palace will not hear them, so they raise their voices and look at them secretly from the corner of their eyes.

The more heated their discussion was, the more embarrassed the merchants standing on the other side of the aristocratic family were. Some of their cheeks were flushed, and they wanted to argue a few words, but thinking of their identities, they finally opened their mouths a few times, but still didn't say anything. .

The more humiliated the merchant looked, the more elated the aristocratic family was. The son of the Zhang family who spoke out first was about to say something with a proud face, when he saw a heavy cough suddenly sounded behind everyone.

At first, they thought it was King Shun who was coming, and all the families were very nervous. The face of the children surnamed Zhang turned pale, and they began to tremble when they saw it, but when they turned around and saw that it was the old lady of the Chen family, they breathed a sigh of relief, and then said from embarrassment : "Old Mrs. Chen is so majestic, it's fine when people come, and you have to cough and inform me in advance, but you want me to greet you respectfully like the children of the Chen family?"

The children of the Zhang family who spoke were young and energetic. Moreover, the Zhang family was very prestigious in Mozhou, and the head of the main branch was a senior member of the second rank. Even though Mrs. Chen was old enough to be his grandfather, the words said Don't pay attention to people at all.

Mrs. Chen was not far behind the Chen family, and was used to seeing people being cold and warm. He was not angry when the Zhang family children treated him so disrespectfully, and he still smiled kindly, and said slowly: "When you get older, your body will not be able to do it anymore. , When I want to cough, I can't help it, I disturb Mr. Zhang, it's old, isn't it?"

Seeing that Mrs. Chen gave in so easily, and even apologized to him, the already proud smiling faces of the Zhang family children became more and more prosperous, and they were about to take the opportunity to shake their prestige again, when they heard Mrs. Chen's voice change, "But Zhang! Young Master said something right, the coughing of the old man was indeed intentional."

The words that the children of the Zhang family were about to say got stuck in their throats, and their faces turned livid.

As if he didn't want to argue with others, Mrs. Chen still smiled gently and said: "But I don't want you to salute to me. After all, you all come from powerful families. I, an old man from a family that has fallen into disrepute, don't deserve your big gift. , if it is pushed forward a few decades, the old man can feel at ease."

After Mrs. Chen mentioned these words, the children of the Zhang family who were ridiculed suddenly remembered the prosperity of the Chen family in the past, and their expressions changed slightly.

The expressions of other aristocratic families are also not right. After all, although the Chen family is declining now, when the late emperor was still in power decades ago, it was in full swing. Few people in the court could stand up to it. The descendants are not up to date, I am afraid that according to their status, they are not even qualified to salute.

The various families thought to themselves, and suddenly accepted a bit of contempt, and recalled the news they inquired a few days ago, they couldn't help regretting their rashness just now, and subconsciously looked to both sides to observe the expressions of the servants of the palace I want to know if they reported it to King Shun.

Mr. Chen had a panoramic view of the changing expressions of the people present. His eyes were slightly deep, and he continued to smile and said: "But that's all old things. I'm old and I don't want to meddle in any business. I just see that you seem to be right with King Shun." Your Highness is dissatisfied with the arrangement, and I am afraid that you may misunderstand your Highness, so I would like to ask you, although you are sitting with merchants, you can see the current arrangement of seats, His Highness Shun Wang is also seated in the courtyard together, is it possible for you all? Do you feel that you are more honorable than His Highness?"

The previous words were still very peaceful, but when it came to the last few sentences, his tone suddenly changed, and he couldn't help being a little harsh.

These words are really embarrassing, if one is not done well, it may become the next Liu family.

Therefore, all the aristocratic families were startled when they heard this, and they couldn't help but feel anxious. Young Master Zhang's complexion turned pale, and he insisted: "Mr. Chen can't just talk nonsense just because of his age. , It’s just the first time I saw it, so I just said a few words casually, why should Mrs. Chen make alarmist remarks.”

The words were tough, but one could hear the guilt in them. The old master Chen was just scolding them, lest they go too far, and a catastrophe was imminent. Seeing that they were frightened by him and did not dare to talk nonsense, he also Without fussing with him, he said a few words casually, then went to find a chair and sat down.

Everyone in the courtyard fell silent, but one of the servants who was standing in the corridor and witnessed the whole process quietly retreated, found Cui Tong who was outside the study and whispered in his ear, and when he heard it, he immediately raised his eyebrows, snorted coldly, but also Without saying anything, he waved the subordinate down and stood at the door for a while, seeing Xie Jingan coming out, he hurried up to report.

Cui Tongqi's cheeks were bulging, and his eyebrows were raised, but Xie Jingan didn't take it seriously, and said with a faint smile: "This old master of the Chen family is really a fine person, even if he speaks for this king, he won't offend anyone. If he can be several decades younger, there may not be a place for him in the current court, but it is a pity that he was born at an untimely time."

Cui Tong didn't have Xie Jingan's emotions, but was furious, and said: "Your Highness still feels sorry for Mrs. Chen, those aristocratic children criticize His Highness, isn't His Highness angry?"

If he had just crossed over, Xie Jingan might have been angry, but now, not only is he not angry, he also finds it a little funny, and he couldn't help saying: "Angry? Why are you angry? No matter how those aristocratic families can't understand me, why don't you want to pass the house Are you here to please me? They only dare to talk behind their backs. In front of me, do you think they dare to say a word? This king doesn’t take it seriously, next time they will intensify their efforts, so let’s just leave it at that, the Zhang family’s disciples, and those who talk about this king are the most excited, please ask someone to come out.”

"It's just those people?" Cui Tongdao: "These children from aristocratic families are not yet in their thirties. Even if they are favored, they can't be in charge of family affairs. Why doesn't Your Highness invite out those who can make decisions? Are you angry?"

That's not a reprimand, but tearing face apart, Xie Jing'an said with a smile: "Aristocratic families value face the most. If you just drive out a few juniors, it's at most a young and ignorant sentence, but if you drive out the principals, then Let them lose face and want to take revenge. Everything should be done in moderation. Besides, we will stay in Mozhou for a long time. We can vent our anger sooner or later. Why rush? It's still my king's Planning matters."

Only then did Cui Tong understand, and hurriedly flattered him, "Your Highness is wise."

Xie Jingan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and didn't bother to listen to his flattering words anymore, so he gave Quan a warning look, and then calmly went to the courtyard of the flower hall.

The weather was beautiful on this day, and it was much warmer than the previous few days. Putting on a cloak or cloak, it would not be cold even without the charcoal basin. In the end, it was still put on.

When he arrived at the courtyard, the courtyard was extremely quiet, there was not even a whisper, only the slight sound of someone drinking tea and picking up a teacup.

Xie Jingan was quite surprised. After all, there were more than a dozen or so people sitting in the courtyard. It is not surprising that few people can keep quiet, but there are so many people, but they did not whisper to each other. It seems that what Old Master Chen just said was heard heart.

Xie Jingan took a special look at Mrs. Chen before sitting down on the large chair in front of everyone. Because today was special, he didn't just skip the salute without waiting for others to salute, but waited for everyone to stop respectfully. Only then smiled and said: "Forget it, I invited you, why should you be so courteous, take your seats quickly."

Since there is no need to be too polite, why didn't you say it before they saluted? sit down.

Xie Jingan looked at the faces of everyone in the field, then nodded with a slight smile: "Since I invited you here, I won't be polite to you. Got a way to make money, compared to buying soaps, perfumes and other things from this king and selling them in shops, it can be said to be very different. Perhaps many people already know that this king wants to set up a patent department and a patent department in the fief. Chamber of Commerce."