[Caiyun Kingdom] The beginning of people

Walking out of the restaurant, Changfeng helped me into the sedan chair, walked beside the sedan chair, and said, "Such a rude person is really rare." Changfeng was angry at what a senior official named Lin said about my appearance just now.

I leaned on the sedan chair wall and said with a smile, "Changfeng, the people don't fight with the officials. Why can't you learn this truth after working with me for several years?" I couldn't stand one or two words, so I wanted to send him Throw it into the Yushitai to practice.

"Senior sister is also someone he can judge, joke and comment on? Lan Xuena has never treated a senior sister like this." Changfeng is obviously angry, but his tone is still unhurried, and he is talking about the weather in a trance. Topic, "As the saying goes, the king of Hades is easy to see, but the imp is hard to deal with."

I laughed, "Changfeng, you just couldn't see Sect Master Lan when he was bad." I think that when I first met Lan Xuena, he always treated me like a bug. Said, the other party is a high-ranking official, yes, it is only natural to make a conversation that is not in line with the status, so that you can humiliate yourself. I am just a businessman, nothing to worry about, a few gossips, there is no need to pay attention to it, and I will ignore him in the future?"

Changfeng snorted lightly.

I bent my fingers and tapped on the side of the sedan chair, "Instead of wasting time arguing with this person, it's better to do more practical things."

"Senior Sister gave me the list in the letter the month before last, and I have already prepared it."

"Well, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"No, I also want to see how far Master Hongzhou's plan can go."

The establishment of the academic capital of Chazhou cannot be a mere idea. The preparatory work is quite arduous, and talents are the most important thing. So I asked Changfeng to use his position to help me list other invention talents. And there is no list of officials' children who have become officials.The people at the top are hard to shake for the time being, but once the lower-level officials have family members who benefit from this plan, they will naturally stand on the side in favor of it.Accumulating supporters bit by bit, the proposal of the academic capital will gradually have a solid practical foundation.This proposal will ultimately have a major connection with the All-China Federation of Commerce, and it is also an important move for the All-China Federation of Commerce to move to a higher position. It is also necessary for me to make some preparations first. I came to Guiyang in the autumn and I am not idle.

After a busy half a month of doing this and that, I was finally able to take a break for a few days because one thing was done early.

Holding a cup of tea, I leaned against the edge of the study and looked at the courtyard in early winter.

"Miss," Xin Zi helped me tidy up the desk, "since we are free, shall we go horseback riding tomorrow?"

"...I want to sleep..."

"Miss is getting old, if you sleep too much, you will get fat."

I smiled and rubbed the center of my eyebrows, "Okay, listen to you, but don't disturb me when I sleep the day after tomorrow."

"Yes." Xin Zi showed me a big smile.After a while, Xin Zi asked: "Miss, but you went to Dali Temple so quickly this trip, it was indeed much faster than expected. Is it because Mr. Lai Junchen from the Ministry of Punishment said hello?"

I paused and shook my head, "No, I never bother these adults with such trivial things." I didn't say any more, Xinzi glanced at me a few times, and obediently didn't ask any more questions.I held the teacup in one hand and the lid in the other, fiddled with the tea leaves floating on the water in the cup.With a ding, and another ding, the lid of the cup touched the rim of the cup, making a soft ding-ding sound.

It was Kui Huangyi who greeted me in advance.

In the same circle of one country, one city, and Huang Yi and I haven't met since that year, but it's true that we haven't spoken a few words, so it's not that I let Huang Yi Help me clear the hello.

Over the years, he has offered to help me a lot, but all of them are innocuous favors, like this time, it is just to give me a few more days to rest, so light that I am embarrassed to come to the door He solemnly refused, but he couldn't ignore it.Thinking of this, I am both angry and funny.This kind of hateful way of controlling one's teeth is really Kui Huangyi's style.

"Hah!" Sitting and sitting, I sneezed as soon as the wind blew, I took out a small handkerchief and wiped my nose.

"Let you be greedy for the cold and not add clothes." Xin Zi, who went out and turned back, gave me a look of contempt, and came over with a big bowl of ginger soup, "Just drink it, miss."

I rubbed my nose and drank it obediently, "Xinzi, where are Mr. Hongzhou Mu and his party?" While talking, I hurriedly unwrapped the dried fruit package beside the medicine bowl, and stuffed the dried fruit into my mouth .

Xin Zi once again looked at me with disdain for my lack of prospects, "I have just entered the border of Zizhou, and I am about to enter Beijing. Miss, Mr. Wang Yuanliang's letter has just arrived, and he will arrive in Guiyang in three days." Wang Yuanliang in Xin Zi's mouth is the family member Wang Dali, who has been with me for many years, also became the shopkeeper of Zhang's family a few years ago like Licorice, and changed his name to a more appropriate one due to business contacts.

I bit the dried fruit, thought for a while, swallowed the dried fruit and said: "Tell Yuan Liang not to worry, wait for two days, and go to Beijing with Lord Mu of Hongzhou."

"Will you be regarded as a bad person if you follow someone?" Xin Zi pouted, "The longer Mr. Wang looks like a profiteer, it's too suspicious." When she was a child, Xin Zi was always attracted by the old and dishonest Wang Dali. Playing around, cheating change and candy.

I smiled and patted the girl's arm, "It's okay, You Shun recognizes him." It was my first inspection of Hong Xiuli through Wang Dali's eyes.

"Yes, I will order it now."

As soon as Xin Zi went out with the bowl in her hand, I heard her greet Guan Feixiang.I smiled and raised my voice, "Second brother, good morning."

"I thought you were going to die of illness," Feixiang strode in, slapped my head and rubbed it vigorously, "Early this morning, the kitchen was tossed by girl Xinzi so much that it was about to blow up. "

I covered my face.Xin Zi can learn everything quickly, but she can't learn to cook, but she is very passionate about it, and she is always thinking about cooking for me.I turned my head to avoid Fei Xiang's troublesome hands, "Actually, whether she wants to blow up the kitchen or not has nothing to do with whether I die or not." Don't rely on me.

Fei Xiang pressed the desk behind him, and sat on it, "If you are capable, you can bury her in front of the girl!"

I rubbed my nose and changed the subject, "Second Brother, Master Hongzhou Mu is going back to Beijing soon."

"Li Shen's niece," Fei Xiang folded his arms, "that doll who messes around."

Until now, Hong Xiuli is still just "Hong Lishen's niece" in the minds of many people.I reached out for a glass of water and said, "Fengzhu seems to like her quite a bit."

Fei Xiang waited for me to finish pouring, picked up the water bottle and drank directly from the spout, "He even told Li Shen that he was going to marry her."

I couldn't help but laugh, "The two of them just love to make trouble." After laughing for a while, I said, "Second brother, are you still not going back to Heizhou this New Year?"

Speaking of this, Feixiang frowned, "I can't leave now, I originally wanted to take the old man over."

I interjected, "But Guiyang is definitely not a good place to take care of the old man to live his life." I sighed softly, "Although there are female officials and the big event of tea state cleaning temporarily diverted my attention, I always feel that the upward direction The atmosphere is getting more and more tense." I bent my fingers and tapped on the armrest of the chair, "I almost can't remember how many times Your Majesty has ignored Mr. Wang Ji's advice. If you don't Listen to their opinions, it will be the same as abolishing this province." The current governor of Menxia Province is the peak season of Menxia's servants.

"His Majesty's head has to be knocked again."

"In the political situation, being too young is not a reason to be forgiven, but the original sin." What the political situation affects is the livelihood of the people. "The establishment of the Menxia Province was originally to balance the opinions between the court and the nobles. It’s really putting the cart before the horse. Besides, I don’t think any advice from the disciples is useless.” I sighed again, “To tell you the truth, even the merchants like us, the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce, can’t raise any concerns to His Majesty. My respect." In my memory, Zi Liuhui, the heroine of "The Story of Caiyun Kingdom", is a very cute young man, but if he is a king... I shook my head slightly.

"That is also the king." Fei Xiang's expression did not waver at all, his eyes were as clear as ever, "A king is a king, and this country will be in trouble if he is not here. Since he is already a king, Ah San, it is right to respect him. One A king who is disrespected is worse than an incompetent king," he raised his hand and scratched his bearded cheek, "besides, I don't like being king in the peak season at all. It's true that he is a competent official, but in his eyes country, not my favorite country.”

The country in your mind?Flying is still flying, although his way of doing things is not as messy as when he was young, but his reason for wanting to be an official has not changed.What hasn't changed is his personality. For such a big matter as treason, Fei Xiang speaks out without hesitation.I smiled bitterly and said, "Is it really treason?"

He shrugged, "I don't have any proof, but if he doesn't rebel, why are those old boys from the aristocracy still jumping up and down all day long?"

"In your opinion," I turned my head and looked out the window, "Did Huang Yi also participate?"

"It goes without saying that he is an aristocrat, and he is a die-hard loyalist of Peak Season, let alone that, but I can't figure out Kui Huangyi's intentions." He put his feet on the table and crossed his legs Sitting, "The Yushitai is more difficult to figure out than the under-the-radar province of the chariots and horses. If people who can't do things, even the nobles, they will be mercilessly beaten by him and thrown out the door."

I pondered for a while and didn't speak.

"Okay," Fei Xiang patted my head, "sleep more if you're sick. Don't worry about the academic capital, You Shun will find a way to deal with it!"

"Second brother, I have something else to do." I raised my hand to stop him, and looked at him with a smile, "Before that, shouldn't you shave first? When it comes to marrying a wife, the second elder brother is still not wanted."

"...Wow!" Feixiang yelled loudly, "Why did you stab me all of a sudden! It's so vicious to compare me with phoenix beads!"

I said honestly, "Because stabbing you with words keeps me happy and helps my sister recover from her illness." Another reason is because I think eating without shaving seems a bit unhygienic...

"...But women and villains are difficult to raise!" Fei Xiang jumped.

I turned my head away and laughed.

The next day, I went out to ride a horse with Xin Zi outside the city. When I came back, Xin Zi ran away to buy snacks, and I just walked casually on the street.In the blink of an eye, I once again felt that the world was really small.When you don’t know someone, you may not notice even if you pass by tens of thousands of times; At that time, the probability of accidental encounters has risen linearly.Is this fate really so annoying, or is my own psychological function playing tricks?

"Master Aoi, good afternoon." I smiled at him, because there were people coming and going on the street, it was inconvenient for me to give a big salute, just a light salute.

Kui Huangyi, who was walking towards me across the street, gave me a little support, "You don't need to be polite, Vice President Zhang."

Even though the streets were noisy, I felt that everything around me was quiet.

After a while, he said, "Have you eaten yet?"

"Well, I just used it." The liar said, "Aoi-sama too?"

"Um."

After a long silence, when I was about to say something, Xin Zi came to me.She blessed Huang Yi, I pursed my lips, and finally just said goodbye with a smile, "Farewell."

He paused, "Yeah."

Then, we turned around and left together in different directions.In fact, I still have something to say to him, but too much unfamiliarity makes me unable to speak for a while.

"Miss? What's wrong with you?" Xin Zi, who didn't know this, called me.

I smiled, "Go back, I'm hungry."

"Yes, I'm starving to death too~" Xin Zi probably sensed something, but she thoughtfully didn't ask any more questions.

I smiled and stretched out my hand to swipe the tip of her nose, "It's not you, just playful and forget the time."

It's really the unfamiliarity among strangers, that's okay, the most fearful thing is the sense of familiarity after all.

Just after returning to Feixiang Mansion, Wang Dali's voice sounded.

"Miss!" Wang Dali ran over and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you?"

"Welcome back, Yuanliang." I smiled and walked into the study with him.Wang Dali has been able to help me quite a lot in recent years, and considering the issue of loyalty, I am going to pick someone between him and Licorice to replace Liu Jiahe, the secretary who is about to retire.I was relieved of Wang Dali's work, so I chatted with him for a while before getting down to business.

"Miss," Wang Dali cupped his hands at me, "Master Hongzhou Mu seems to be a very good official, making Master Zheng and Miss Lin so eye-catching, at least he is a character."

People are important people.I chuckled lightly, picked up the teacup that Xin Zi had just put down, "It seems that you also like Master Hong?"

"Such people are rare."

"You don't have to speak for Lord Hong," I took a sip of tea to moisten my throat, "I didn't say I wouldn't help Chazhou either."

Wang Dali smirked, "I knew Miss was nice."

I laughed again, "There's no need to show off, the business still has to be done, and it's impossible to give it away for free. Let's just watch it. Tell me about what you got in Heizhou..."

With Hong Xiuli's return to Beijing for congratulations, her Chazhou academic proposal soon became a hot topic in the court.There are certainly people who ridicule her, but the little girl is unswervingly looking for high-ranking officials to countersign her proposal everywhere. Even Feixiang is persuaded, and Chai Lin also formally puts forward a cooperation request to the General Chamber of Commerce.After thinking about it for a while, I led the people and simply moved away from Feixiang's house, avoiding Hong Lishen's roar—he said that if I didn't help his precious niece cheerfully, he would make me look good.

Where did I move?Of course, it is the Guiyang Lanjia mansion that Li Shen would never set foot in, Hong Xiuli would never dream of, and Chai Lin would never enter.Lan Xuena generously lent it to me.

"Vice President Zhang," General Lan Qiuying, the fourth son of the Lan family, invited me in at the gate with a charming smile, "I have received a letter from my elder brother, please stay here with peace of mind. .”

"Thank you." I was about to salute when I was supported by Lan Qiuying.

"Vice President Zhang, you don't need to be too polite." His warm palm supported my arm, and the corners of his lips raised at just the right angle, "It's my honor to meet you."

...This Changchun head... I burst out laughing, and took my hand away, "Yes, thank you, Fourth Young Master Lan."

He blinked, "It's okay to call me Chuying, after all, it's that Vice President Zhang."

I smiled and walked into the hall with him, "Who?" I said like a legendary figure.

"Oh, the only one who can refuse the pursuit of Mr. Hong Lishen, Mr. Brother and Mr. Zheng Youshun is Vice President Zhang. Taking this opportunity, I also want to sell Mr. Brother to you again. I don't know if you are willing to become My sister-in-law?"

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