Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

For Teng Zongliang's entanglement, Wang Qinruo naturally did not know.

He got on his horse in a panic, and before he reached the city gate, he suddenly remembered something, quickly turned his horse around, and temporarily bought some symbolic spices that were said to be 'from overseas' at the stalls in the market.

Since it was a sudden investigation, in order not to startle the snake, he obviously didn't want to expose his identity to the Qinzhou officials too early, so he came up with the idea of ​​pretending to be a merchant.

He was really relieved when he hurriedly brought a load of spices, urged the horse all the way, and finally tied the tail of the queue after a long time.

It's not that I'm worried about losing track, but that if I enter the arena too late, it will inevitably attract too much attention, and it may make people suspicious.

Seeing such a new face suddenly appearing behind him, the two vendors who were at the end looked at each other and spoke to him kindly: "This old man, we are all here, so there is no need to panic."

Wang Qinruo glanced at their bulging cloth bags hanging on both sides of the horse's belly, and immediately understood that he was only buying such a few pretense goods hastily, which seemed very out of place.

He let out a long sigh and complained: "It's just my fault for being sleepy and waking up a little later. When I knew the time, I was so shocked that I couldn't get enough of the goods I had prepared. I only brought so much. I can get back to the original." Not bad!"

"It's so," the two dispelled some doubts in their hearts when they heard the words, and turned to look at him with sympathy: "Smell that smell, I guess the things you put in your bag, old man, are mostly spices." ?”

Wang Qinruo was slightly stunned, the other party had sold the price based on his rich experience, he shook his head and said: "The fragrance is strong and vulgar, it can't even be called the middle grade, it should be the low grade, old man, your batch of goods is not good."

Wang Qinruo pretended to be downcast, and sighed heavily: "Hey! It's really a waste of time, I'm afraid I have to pay some money and go out!"

The person appraising his price couldn't help being a little embarrassed, and comforted him: "That shouldn't be the case."

"The spices are okay, and there are people buying them again, so don't worry too much." Another person said disapprovingly: "I haven't seen the old man before, maybe it's the first time for you to come here? I'm afraid you don't know something, because Lu Qinzhou is here, this time The discussion field in Qinzhou is different from other places."

--coming.

Wang Qinruo thought to himself, and pretended to be very interested: "Oh? Where did you say that?"

"In other prefectures, the most expensive goods sold are undoubtedly porcelain tea. However, because Lu Qinzhou built an official kiln last year, he made a special trip to the neighboring prefectures and counties to hire experienced craftsmen. The kiln was fired at the beginning of this year. The first batch of porcelain bowls from Qinzhou were all sold out in the auction market that month because of their high quality and low price, not to mention that the more they are fired, the better they are now! With the porcelain from the Qinzhou official kiln, what about the Liaoxia merchants? Are you willing to see what I'm waiting for?"

Seeing that Wang Qinruo listened seriously, this person spoke with gusto: "As for the tea, let alone mention it, it is impossible for you not to know the tea fields led by Teng Tong and let the refugees cultivate? Because..."

When Wang Qinruo came to his senses, he had already heard enough of this person's eloquence.

Especially during the nearly half a stick of incense, his praise of Lu Ci was almost to the point of being called an 'omnipotent' madman.

This is also a bad brain.

Wang Qinruo cursed secretly: It is clear that the officials and the people are fighting for profit, and the goods that the merchants mainly sell are damaged, so how can they still have a relaxed appearance with a hippie smile, without any resentment?

However, the matter of official kilns is worth exploring.

Wang Qinruo didn't believe that Lu Ci would be so stupid as to leave a handle on the account books of the goods sold, but the origin of the principal was extremely suspicious.

The establishment of official kilns and the hiring of craftsmen all cost a lot of money, and with Lu Ci's salary, even if Yu has not eaten or drank for more than six years as an official, he may not be able to repair the hole.

——In this way, it is likely to come from public money.

Wang Qinruo, who thought he was very likely to catch Lu Ci's fox's tail, was in a better mood because of this, and even could continue to endure this person's annoying chatter.

However, he didn't bear it for a long time, and soon saw the soldiers in charge of the inspection of the market, with a serious face, carefully inspecting the business traveler who was walking alone.

Wang Qinruo's face was pale.

Yes, how could he be negligent?Just because of what Lu Ci said, 'Recently, many forces are ready to move, and they are quite coveted by Qinzhou, so they have to strengthen their precautions', so that the people who enter the city must be carefully checked one by one before they can be let in, how could they be more subtle in their position? There are omissions in the discussion field!

According to the regulations set by the Bureau of Discussion in this dynasty, ordinary merchants need to pay a guarantee for every ten people, and they can only be put in the venue after verification.

He has no insurance, nor does he bring any certificates that merchants should hold. With just this bag of spices, how can those vicious barefoot men let him in!

Seeing those soldiers getting closer, Wang Qinruo couldn't help shivering.

He couldn't help but recalled the painful prison disaster that happened under the gate of Qinzhou city... Really, he didn't want to take such a big risk anymore.

Therefore, when the soldiers in charge of guarding the fair found out Wang Qinruo who was the last one, despite his reluctance, he still told them his real name and identity.

After seeing the road test that he brought with him, several people showed surprise on their faces.

Immediately afterwards, he took a step back in an orderly manner, bowed to him, and apologized solemnly.

The head man was puzzled, and asked with piercing eyes: "Why did Wang Shangshu come here alone?"

Wang Qinruo wrote lightly: "It's just that I saw the caravans were busy and heard that there was a discussion venue, so I came here temporarily to join in, nothing else."

Now that his identity has been exposed, and there is no point for him to stay here, he calmly gave the spices to the two small traders who were looking back in surprise, and under the guidance of these soldiers, he went to the place where the goods had just been inspected. The special officer went.

Seeing the handsome old man approaching generously, Wang Shao, who was in charge of monitoring the discussion, was at a loss at first, and then got up from his seat without hesitation when he was informed of Wang Qinruo's identity, and politely said: He went up to greet him: "Wang Shangshu intends to come, why don't he send someone to inform him in advance..."

"You don't need to be too polite." Wang Qinruo chuckled, didn't look him in the eye, and just calmly sat down on the seat he gave up: "I bear the imperial order, how can I waste my time in the post? We just stopped by to have a look at the meeting, no matter how powerful Lu Qinzhou is, he can't order me!"

"Shang Shu was joking."

Wang Shaowan seemed to have never heard the sarcasm in Wang Qinruo's words, and after only slightly nodding his head, he sat down on the wooden chair beside him.

As more and more business travelers gathered in the market, and the shouts of hawking became more deafening, Wang Qinruo remained calm, flipping through the list of goods registered this time, and looking up at the market from time to time.

What he didn't know was that his leisurely appearance not only attracted peeks from unaware vendors, but also a malicious stare.

Leading a hundred strong men in disguise as a large caravan, Li Yuanhao, who actually had hidden weapons on the carriage, naturally saw the most conspicuous Wang Qinruo in Song Dynasty at a glance.

He squinted his eyes, stared at the figure carefully for a while, and then quickly moved away before the other party noticed his gaze.

Facing his entourage, he unceremoniously commented like this: "The rumored boy surnamed Lu is a rich, handsome, and imposing gentleman. No matter how I look at it, he is a bad guy with half his body buried in the ground. old man?"

It seems that he is almost catching up with his father's age.

Even if Song people used to exaggerate the truth and beautify those weak scholar-bureaucrats, this is too outrageous!

The subordinate who was lucky enough to meet Lu Ci saw Li Yuanhao's great misunderstanding, and quickly explained: "You misunderstood, that person is not Lu Ci."

That's about it.

Although the most ideal situation is to take away Lu Ci, who has been the most arrogant and eye-catching in recent years, not only to teach this enemy an unforgettable lesson, but also to give the new emperor of the Song Dynasty a blow, but since Lu Ci happens to be in the future, Li Yuanhao will No longer thinking about this regret, he directly observed the old man.

Judging from Wang Qinruo's indifference and arrogance towards others, as well as the cautious attitude of the people around him, Li Yuanhao quickly insisted: "If I'm not wrong, this is probably a Song court official. You don't know his identity. Any idea?"

Although the scandal that the Hubu Shangshu who came all the way from Bianjing was captured and imprisoned by soldiers has not spread, the news that he stayed in the post house is not a secret.

For the treacherous side of the party, it is natural that this important news will not be missed when spying on intelligence.

Li Yuanhao's eyes lit up, and he said with a light smile, "It sounds like that old man is probably the Minister of the Household Department!"

If you can't catch the most hated Lu Ci, but catch a bigger fish and threaten Song Ting, wouldn't it be more important!

Li Yuanhao decided immediately, without delay, and said decisively: "As soon as I send the signal, I will do it immediately."

Although the plan was discussed with Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao in advance, the specifics still depend on the situation of the day.

There are quite a lot of soldiers stationed by the southerners this time, if they want to massacre, even if there are still [-] warriors lying in ambush outside, it will take a lot of effort.

The high officials of the southern imperial court are greedy for life and afraid of death one by one. If the big fish slipped away under the escort during a desperate fight, would they have to pay for it?

Li Yuanhao quickly changed his plan.

First, his subordinates set fires in many places in the trading area to create riots and lure away the Song soldiers. Then he led ten elites to launch a surprise attack and took away the Minister of the Household Department.

As for the remaining endgame, whether to slaughter or fight and retreat, it is up to them to decide according to the situation.

Wang Qinruo didn't know it, and he was targeted by another jackal just after he got out of prison.

He was still looking through the account books boredly.

Sure enough, Lu Ci was quite cunning, and he didn't leave any obvious mistakes in this conspicuous place.

However, he didn't expect to be able to deal with the guarded Lu Ci by relying on the account books that could be tampered with at will.

Not long after Wang Qinruo fell into deep thought, there was commotion in his ears, he raised his head displeased, and asked, "What's the noise?"

Wang Shao got up unhurriedly, and explained: "Someone reported that many small fires suddenly broke out in the forum, and I have sent people to supervise it."

However, even so, there was not one missing of these tall and burly soldiers surrounding him, who seemed to be eyeing him.

Wang Qinruo couldn't help but feel a little unhappy about being watched, and frowned slightly: "Why don't you send a few more people to deal with the matter as soon as possible? I don't need to surround myself with so many people, let's all go."

Wang Shao frowned, and dissuaded him: "Wang Shangshu, there are so many people here, I'm afraid it's not appropriate."

Wang Qinruo said indifferently: "There is strict supervision in the forum, why is there any danger? But if the source of the fire is not dealt with as soon as possible, it will damage Song Yan in front of Liaoxia people."

Seeing that he was so persistent, Wang Shao had no choice but to follow his will and withdraw all the guards around him.