Drunk Qingqiu

The person sent out to inquire yesterday really brought back a lot of news.What made Yinzhen more satisfied was that these few days happened to be the time when businessmen from all over the country came to buy silk and satin, and several big silk and satin merchants were all in the local area.

The guards also found out that the biggest suppliers of silk and satin were the Bai and Gu families in Jiangning, and the Xu family in Suzhou.There are other suppliers, but the number of transactions is very small.

Yinzhen wanted to go out to meet these people, before leaving, he came over to Chen Tingjing's courtyard and planned to go in and say something.

"Jiuye, my lord was invited by the governor. He asked the younger one to tell you: the imperial decree may arrive today, if the young master is fine, don't leave the house." Chen Tingjing's servant hurried over and said when he saw Yinzhen.

It turned out that this Jiangsu official was different from the Shanxi gang. From what Chen Tingjing said between the lines and his servants, he found out that the young man accompanying him was not Master Chen's direct nephew at all.So he stopped paying attention to him, and only focused on currying favor with Master Chen Qin.

Yinzhen made a small calculation, it doesn't matter whether he accepts the imperial decree or not, and if the eunuch who passed the decree recognizes it, he will still be a little hard to explain when he goes back and tells Kangxi.Then he said: "I have something to go out now, and I will go to Mr. Chen's side when I come back at night."

Yinzhen took He Yuzhu, Su Yang and Gao Wu out.He was accompanied by two other guards who were familiar with Jiang Ning.

Yinzhen went to Gu's house first, and when the guards delivered the greeting card, the concierge saw a few people who didn't look like powerful people, and their attitude was a little vague, and they asked lukewarmly: "What are you doing for About the silk?"

Su Yang stepped forward and put a piece of silver into the concierge's hand, saying: "Brother, you have worked hard, we are here for this." Seeing that the reward was more than those nobles, the concierge immediately put on a smile, He said quite respectfully, "Master, because there are too many people who come to buy satin every year, there are rules in this business. A few years ago, the Gu family began to choose places together with the Bai family and the Xu family for public trading. The tall one wins the big head. You only need to hand over the invitation to the young one, and the Gu family will send the invitation to you, and when the time is set, everyone will gather together."

Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, isn't this the modern public bidding?Immediately she put down the post, and Yinzhen asked her servants to deliver posts to the other two, all signed by Ai Jiu.

Except for the Jiangning Weaving House, there are very few silk factories specializing in the production of silk and satin. These large silk and satin merchants are all harvested in the hands of local farmers.This area is full of mulberry fields, and almost every farmer has a loom. They send the woven satin to the silk leader's village every day, and they just leave after receiving the money. how much money.

The reply invitation card arrived very quickly, and it was delivered to Yinzhen that afternoon. It only said that there was a gathering at Donglaishun Restaurant in the evening, and the signatures on the back were: Gu Qingcheng, Bai Yi, Xu Guangren.

East of the city, Xu Mansion.

"Brother Bai, can you find out the identity of that person yesterday?" One person asked with a smile.

Bai Ye put down the teacup in his hand, lazily raised his hand to pinch the small chin of the young man beside him, caressed the young man with the other hand, and said with great regret: "Your beauty, what a fool The extremely loyal junior of Old Antique, it seems that it took a lot of effort."

The person who asked the question smiled and said nothing after hearing this.

The handsome young man snuggled up beside Master Bai had moisture in his eyes, his cheeks were flushed, and he was breathing heavily.

Another person at the table, wearing a brocade gown sprinkled with money and lime, was chubby and almost as thick from top to bottom. He put down the honey stack in his hand, raised his head and squinted his eyes comfortably, and said, "This year, the Guo family in Shaanxi sent me to buy silk and satin. The person has changed, and the young man is very young, so we can make a lot of money without showing any traces."

The three of them each had their own plans and smiled at each other.

In the evening, Yinzhen changed clothes and took people to Donglaishun Restaurant.There is still a temple fair today, but it’s still early in the day and it hasn’t started yet.Xiao Er heard that he was looking for someone, and asked if Master Gu had invited him, so he took him up to the third floor with his familiarity.

In the largest Accord, there are three large tables, and now nearly half of the guests have arrived.Most of these people are businessmen, and they are talking about the market in various places and tonight's business.Yinzhen scanned around and sat down at a table with few people.There is only a middle-aged man with a goatee and a young man in white.

Yinzhen sat on the side, Su Yang, Gao Wu, and He Yuzhu stood behind him, the middle-aged man glanced at this side, wondering inwardly, why are there so many young people today?

The young man looked very good, but he ignored everyone with a cold face, followed by a boy and a girl, also with their heads down, not daring to look around like He Yuzhu here, it seems that the discipline is extremely strict.

After a quarter of an hour, almost everyone arrived.At this moment, someone whispered, "Master Gu, Mr. Bai and the three of them are here together."

After hearing this, Yinzhen always felt that he had missed something, and before he had time to think about it, three people had already walked in from the door opened by the servant.The one in front of the head is tall and thin, like a scribe, about thirty, with a good appearance.After entering, he scanned the room around, paused at Yinzhen's table, and said slowly: "I'm Bai Yi, the three of us are hosts today, everyone is welcome."

Behind him was a very plump man with narrowed eyes and a simple and honest smile on his rich face.He also said to everyone: "I'm Gu Qingcheng, I'm being polite." When Yinzhen saw this person, the beautiful woman in the city that he had imagined in his mind gradually became blurred, and only one thought came to him. This Master Gu has completely wronged his romantic and affectionate name.

The last person came in, wearing brocade clothes, with a handsome appearance.Although Yinzhen didn't show it on the surface, she was a little surprised that it was Xu Miao.The playboy who once had a feud with Su Yang and designed to frame Su Yang.But there was no such person in the invitation.

Xu Miao smiled slightly, and introduced himself: "Xu Miao, Zi Guangren, a businessman, be polite." Su Yang, who was behind Yinzhen, grimaced, tightly clenched his hands, nails stuck in his palms.

The three said they were polite, but at this time they were people who were vying to please in the eyes of everyone. Many people had already greeted them with smiles, and invited the three to sit down.

There was only one person at Yinzhen's table who did not stand up except himself, and that was the boy in white.Seeing everyone being so flattering and flattering, the young man was very displeased, and snorted coldly, with contempt in his eyes.

Bai Yi swept over and took a panoramic view of the expressions of the two of them, one with a normal expression, the other with a cold and mocking look, disdainful of flattery.The white-clothed boy he liked yesterday was now wearing black, which he disliked the most, but it made him look even whiter than jade.

Bai Yi looked at it, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more obvious.Turning around, he ordered something to the servant behind him, and after a while, the table was filled with southern delicacies.

Everyone ate happily, and it was completely dark outside. While Yinzhen was counting the time, someone couldn't help saying: "Everyone, everyone is here for the silk and satin. Let's start now. Talk about the price and quantity, The one with the highest price gets the big head, so it’s really uncomfortable to drag on like this.”

Everyone was silent for a while, Xu Miao said with a smile: "Brother Qi said yes, why not start with you."

"I'll pay [-] yuan for a silk, [-]." The boss Naqi pondered for a while, and offered a price similar to last year.

As soon as Boss Qi finished speaking, another person said, "430 yuan, five thousand horses."

"Four hundred and six..."

Yinzhen looked up at Su Yang, tilted his head slightly, and said, "Five hundred wen, ten thousand bolts of high-quality silk." Before leaving Beijing, Su Yang had already sent someone to inquire. A piece of fine cloth is three hundred wen.

A person at the other table seemed anxious, "520 Wen, [-] horses." After that, no one spoke anymore. In previous years, it was [-] to [-] Wen a horse, but this year the price has been raised too high.

The three people above looked at each other, you nodded your head, Gu Qingcheng coughed twice, and was about to speak, the young man beside Yinzhen raised his voice and said: "Six hundred Wen, ten thousand horses."

The people in the room looked at the young man with anger in their eyes. Does this man understand the rules? At his price, plus the shipping fee, how much money can he make?Boss Naqi sighed, already worrying whether he could buy enough satin this year.

Someone thought for a while and followed the price of [-].Yinzhen didn't raise the price she offered any more, and considered whether to look elsewhere.

The three above discussed for a while, and the young man beside Yinzhen and several other bidders of 520 were invited to the White House for a talk.After thinking about it, Yinzhen felt that no matter how high the price was, it was not worth it for him, and the amount he bought was already considered too much.Maybe you can buy the same goods at a lower price elsewhere and save a lot of money.Thinking of this, Yinzhen took the three of them and turned to go out without hesitation.

"Are you Ai Jiuye?" Downstairs in the restaurant, Yinzhen was stopped by a boy in Tsing Yi: "My little master, please go to the White Mansion."

The young man was very respectful all the time, and brought him to the small living room of Baifu, there were already seven or eight people sitting in it, and they were the ones whose bid was higher than his.But the boy who had the highest bid just now was not here.

The servants brought by the crowd were stopped before entering the door, and someone had already come and asked them to wait in the side hall next to them.

Bai Yi and Gu Qingcheng greeted everyone to sit down, and reopened the table. "I hope this time I can make a deal with a few of you and get what I want. Come, let me offer you a toast first." Bai Yi drank it first after speaking.

Everyone present drank their glasses, and when Yinzhen was wondering if his price was accepted, he had already drank several glasses.Although his drinking capacity has increased recently, he didn't dare to drink any more, so he put down the glass.

At this time, another girl came to pour the wine, Yinzhen waved her hand and said no.The girl accidentally tilted her hand and poured half a jug of wine on Yinzhen's clothes.The girl's face turned pale with fright, and she immediately knelt on the ground, constantly apologizing.

When Bai Yi saw it, his eyes flickered, and he scolded the girl: "What are you doing in a daze, take Ai Jiuye to change clothes."

The girl on the ground with tears in her eyes got up and helped Yinzhen walk behind the screen.When he arrived in the corridor, Yinzhen pushed away the girl's hand that supported him, feeling hotter and hotter as he walked, so he stretched out his hand to pull his clothes.

As soon as he pulled the neckline twice, his hands and feet became weak and he almost fell to the ground.A hand half supported and half hugged him from behind.

Yinzhen was weak all over, but his mind was clear.Out of the corner of his eye, he had already caught a glimpse of the moon-white bamboo clothes on this man, which was exactly what Bai Yi was wearing today.I instantly understood in my heart that I was afraid that I had followed someone else's way.Although I drank drugged wine in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion last time, it was just to add interest, and the amount was much smaller.

But now this time, his whole body was limp and weak, obviously for his own use on purpose.Thinking of you, Yinzhen bit her lower lip hard, is she too defensive...

At this moment, Yinzhen saw a person walking in front, it was the boy who gave the money yesterday.Master Bai...it's actually that person from yesterday, no wonder there's always something wrong.

Bai Yi brought Yinzhen into a room. The big bed painted with gold and carved patterns, the sandalwood table and chairs looked expensive and comfortable.The two teenagers inside were lying on the bed, when they saw Bai Yi coming in, they rushed over to greet him.

A boy in brown clothes came up, first looked at Yinzhen a few times, and said bitterly: "Oh, master, have you found a younger brother for us brothers? Look at this little face, it's so tender~" As he spoke, he touched Yinzhen's face.

It turned out that when Bai Yi was in a good mood, he didn't treat the people in the house harshly, and occasionally he could make fun of them.Today, the brown-clothed boy was obviously in great spirits when he saw his master, and he was a little more presumptuous.

Yinzhen couldn't hide, seeing the sternness in the boy's eyes, the boy was taken aback for a moment.

Bai Yi had already ordered: "You Mo, undress him." He said while throwing Yinzhen on the big bed.

Jiang Ning, Governor's Mansion.

All the officials in Jiangsu knelt down to accept the imperial decree. Some were happy and some were worried.And the person sent by the emperor to proclaim the decree was even more surprising to everyone, it was the fourth elder brother Yinzhen.

After the fourth elder brother announced the decree, he came over to help Chen Tingjing and asked, "Master Chen, is the ninth brother here?"

"The Ninth Young Master should still be in the other courtyard." Chen Tingjing said.Everyone was stunned, they were patronizing Chen Tingjing, but they didn't expect that the young master who was neglected by everyone was the most precious one.Ninth brother, fourth prince's ninth brother, who can be.