As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

Xu Dacheng was a little confused by Huamanlou, and immediately became angry: "Then we don't do it, we can't afford to mess with it!"

Hua Manlou smiled and said: "Let me just say it straight, if I hadn't been optimistic about Xu Banban and even recruited you to join the team, I'm afraid you would not only want to do this, but also not get any benefits, do you believe it or not?"

Xu Dacheng sneered, but immediately realized the problem: with Huamanlou's weight on Emperor Guangxing's side, this matter will definitely happen, and Emperor Guangxing will definitely let the most trusted eunuch around him also It was Xu Dacheng who came to assist Huamanlou, just like how he punished the White Lotus Sect before, taking Huamanlou as the main task.

Then when the time comes, he, Xu Dacheng, will still be a good candidate to take the blame, but how can the money earned by spending all the money in the building have anything to do with him, Xu Dacheng?Even if he dared to stretch out his hand, he reckoned that Huamanlou would just need to lightly pass some small words to the prince, and then Xu Dacheng would be finished...

Don't reach out, Xu Dacheng still has to do what needs to be done, and he has to do it with all his heart, otherwise he will ruin his honest and honest character design. If the character design collapses, how can he hang out with the emperor in the future?

In the end, it was a waste of work, so why not just agree to Huamanlou!

After figuring this out, Xu Dacheng was a little annoyed, but then he put on a smiling face: "Joke, it's all a joke, Mr. Hua Qian must not take it seriously."

Hua Manlou raised his eyebrows: "Have you figured it out?"

Xu Dacheng looked depressed: "...I figured it out."

Hua Manlou whispered, "So you see, I'm an honest person, and what I do are all honest things, right?"

Xu Dacheng became even more depressed: "You are right."

Hua Manlou smiled and said: "Don't worry, my companion. There is no risk in this matter and you can earn money, and you can also do great things for His Majesty. Kill three birds with one stone. If I were you, I would be too happy!"

Xu Dacheng endured and endured, and finally couldn't hold back and yelled at Hua Manlou: "Why is there no risk? How can there be no risk? Those civil servants in the court are easy to provoke? You Hua Qian can't afford it, we Can the family be provoked?"

Hua Manlou said: "Banban, are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? Yes, civil servants are not easy to mess with, but Banban is easy to mess with?"

Xu Dacheng said with a dark face: "Your Majesty never likes the factory guards to play tricks. When you think this is Gaozu?"

Gao Zushi was the time when Dongchang was opened, and it was also the time when Dongchang was the most prestigious, so Xu Dacheng said this-that is to say, Xu Dacheng himself felt that Dongchang should do something to frame Zhongliang and copy his family and exterminate his family. act...

"Tsk, why does Banban always think about this?" Hua Manlou said with contempt on his face: "Holy Chong! Does Sheng Chong know? After Banban transports a large amount of silver to the inner treasury, what will happen to His Majesty?" You don’t need to talk about companions, right? With this kind of grace, even if the whole court impeaches you, how can your majesty be willing to let companions be bullied?”

There is no problem with this, because generally speaking, as long as the sacred favor is not lost, then the power eunuchs can really do whatever they want-for example, those in the Ming Dynasty, Liu Jin was favored by Zhengde, and the impeachment of the Manchu Dynasty was not taken seriously. In the end, it was Yang Yiqing who framed him; and Wang Zhi's resignation also showed this point. He was finally demoted to Nanjing because of Jiuzhen Liaodong's estrangement from Emperor Xianzong.

So when Xu Dacheng heard this, he always felt...

Seems like that?

Seeing him hesitate, Hua Manlou said again: "It is inconvenient for Your Majesty to come forward on this matter, so the companion can do whatever he wants. Who will let His Majesty trust you? Therefore, instead of being passively ordered to run an errand, it is better to cooperate with my deployment in advance." , when the time comes to get grace and money, isn’t it good? With His Majesty’s protection, the risk of companionship is nothing more than being scolded by civil servants, but..."

Hua Manlou's expression suddenly changed to a look of pity: "Even if you don't do this, the civil servants seem to scold you a lot, right? Years ago, I heard that the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate impeached you? "

It would be good not to talk about this, but Xu Dacheng became angry when he mentioned this.

Why?

Because Emperor Guangxing was still a diligent emperor, the role of the Ceremony Supervisor was very limited under such circumstances. It was all handed over to Emperor Guangxing, but because of this matter, the censor impeached him, saying that his corpse was a vegetarian meal...

"Hmph, our family is not as knowledgeable as those rotten scholars!" Xu Dacheng couldn't hold back his complaints again.

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "So, you deserve a lot of scolding, but after cooperating with me, you get money if you get scolded, isn't it good?"

Xu Dacheng hesitated and hesitated, and finally he stared at Huamanlou and said, "Cheng, as long as you can convince His Majesty, we will do it!"

Hua Manlou said solemnly: "Then it's settled, just wait for my news... By the way, let's prepare hundreds of 10 taels of silver by the way."

Xu Dacheng jumped up as if someone touched his ass: "Why do you need money?"

Hua Manlou looked at him as if he was mentally retarded: "Ah, don't you need money for business? Is the partner really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?"

225. Brother and sister

Xu Dacheng finally limped away from the Huai'an uncle's mansion, and returned to his hometown with a stomach full of discomfort and a head full of dreams—this was a syndrome of being fooled.

Just imagine, how fresh and rare is it for a eunuch who regards money as his life to take out a large sum of money to contribute to it?

But Huamanlou managed to do it.

Moreover, once Changgong Xu joins this game, Huamanlou will not only treat him as a human shield, but also have the confidence to let him go out with the fleet. In front of Huamanlou, the shopkeeper's beating nature, in case this matter really becomes a big deal in the future, shouldn't Huamanlou have to play a voyage to the West?

But Hua Qian is always timid, so he can only pull back.

Therefore, looking at the back of Xu Dacheng's departure, Hua Manlou sincerely gloated: "Xu Banban, don't think I cheated on you. In fact, entering the ancestral grave is a trivial matter, and you may make a lot of achievements after waiting. Your rank is worthy of the Taimiao, so you don't have to thank me."

Fooling Xu Dacheng today was just the beginning, and Huamanlou did not let Xu Dacheng talk to Emperor Guangxing, because Huamanlou had other excuses from the emperor.

After all, you see, no matter what you say about this matter, you are poaching your own corner. If it was Zhao Ren, he would happily mess around with Hua Manlou, but Emperor Guangxing is a shameless emperor, so after fifteen years, I guess he will still be happy. You have to waste your time trying to convince him, at least to make him not be so shameless... Cough, don't be so rigid.

Before that, Huamanlou still needs to make some preparations, at least a few princes still have to say hello, and the preparation of the fleet also needs a reliable person, for example, someone who will fund poetry from time to time Yes, young and rich Kaizi.

That's right, it's Gu Xinghuai who failed to hold poetry meetings twice. It was for this reason that Fanhuamanlou greeted him at the poetry meeting before. Who made him rich?

Moreover, his Gu family is originally a tea predator in the south of the Yangtze River, so how can there be no shortage of tea if they are engaged in shipping?

Turning around, Hua Manlou sighed: "It is said that the young master wants to be a salted fish, but who's salted fish has to do so many things? Forget it, after the navy is done, the young master will beg for bones. If I mess with one thing, I'm a dog!"

……

Early the next morning, Huamanlou set off in a car under the pretense of paying New Year's greetings, just like a person engaged in illegal fundraising.

Needless to say, Rong Guogong, although Ning Guogong is still the governor of Datong, his grandson Zhang Jiahao can still call the shots, so when the shipping incident was mentioned, the two families showed strong interest.

Just that sentence, money, who thinks too much or something?

But the two families still raised some doubts about Huamanlou's proposal. For example, Rong Guogong was worried that the civil servants would counterattack.

Because as Huamanlou said, it is not easy for Emperor Guangxing to come forward in this kind of matter. He can only be the hot guy behind everyone. The one at the top is better.

Therefore, after learning that Eunuch Xu will serve as our big meat shield, Duke Rong happily signed the contract with Huamanlou, and promised that if things come to fruition, Duke Rong will spend 30 taels of silver to buy half of the fleet. into net profit.

Half a percent doesn't sound like much, but the profit from one round trip by sea is more than a million?What's more, there is still a large part of it as Rong Guogong's 'sponsorship' to the Navy, after all...

This kind of thing that pleases the emperor and still makes money is rare, how could Duke Rong miss it?

Similarly, Duke Ning's mansion is also a general operation. Zhang Jiahao made an appointment without even consulting his old man's opinion, and only sent the money to Huamanlou when he started messing with the Navy.

After taking care of these two, Hua Manlou finally arrived at Duke Ying's mansion, which he was most familiar with, and then...

Then he was greeted with a courtesy that almost flattered him.

The concierge of Ying Guogong's mansion opened the middle door almost as soon as Huamanlou got off the car. At the same time, the butler ran out all the way to ask for his health, and respectfully greeted Huaman who was able to take out the famous card. Lou went home, and when Hua Manlou arrived at the front hall in a daze, not to mention the Qi family brothers, even Duke Ying was already sitting here waiting for him...

"My nephew pays respects to Qi Shibo..."

Before Huamanlou finished his salutes, Duke Ying sneaked up to him: "Don't be too polite, don't be too polite, come, come, my nephew, sit down first!"

Hua Manlou was put on the guest seat, and without waiting for him to be polite, Ying Guogong asked first: "Nephew, what happened to you and Wan Rong when you were in Tianjin Wei?"

"Huh?" Hua Manlou was stunned: "God... when Tianjin Wei...? It seems like nothing happened, right?"

It really didn’t matter what happened, but Qi Wanrong burst into tears before finishing the two sentences, and then she ran away angrily. When I think about it afterwards, Hua Manlou still wonders: Where did I make her angry? up?

Although Ying Guogong asked him for some reason, he felt a little guilty.

"It's nothing...why did Wanrong not think about food and drink after returning home, so depressed?"

"This... little nephew has no clue..."

The girls from the southeast, the north, and the west were all watching the situation that day, so Ying Guogong naturally found out from them what Huamanlou was doing that day, and he also knew that he brought back a very beautiful girl. According to the gossip from the Huai'an uncle's mansion, it seems that Hua Manlou plans to marry her...

By the way, Xiao Nan got the news from Qin'er.

So Ying Guogong was a little panicked, it happened that Huamanlou came to the door today, so he wanted to find out the bottom of Huamanlou.But after hearing Hua Manlou say that it didn't matter much, Ying Guogong suddenly didn't know how to ask, he couldn't say: If you marry a wife, what should my Wanrong do?I can't make you a kid, can I?

After being stuck for a long time, Ying Guogong could only cough dryly and said: "Then what, if my nephew is not busy, do you want to go and see her in Wanrong's room?"

The brothers of the Qi family rolled their eyes in unison when they heard this, but Hua Manlou had a blank expression on his face: "Should I... go to see her?"

No matter how careless Qi Wanrong is, she is still a typical official lady who goes to see her in her boudoir...

Too insignificant, right?

After Ying Guogong finished speaking, he knew he had made a slip of the tongue, but he had already said it, so he couldn't say that he was joking, could he?So he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "If you don't look at seniority, the two of you are brothers and sisters anyway... right? Why not take a look?"

The Qi family brothers rolled their eyes here: brother and sister?If you really become brothers and sisters, you will never cry without tears!

Hua Manlou looked puzzled when he heard the words: "But today is to talk about business, or... just, I will go and take a look after you tell me... Or you ask her to come out and talk?"

226. Life Brothers

"Miss! Miss, President Hua Qian is here!"

At the same time that Ying Guogong pressed Hua Manlou on the chair, Xiaodong rushed into Qi Wanrong's boudoir, shouting and dancing, dancing and dancing.

Qi Wanrong, who was lazily lying on the couch, sat up immediately after hearing the words, but then realized that something was wrong with her emotions, and said to herself: "He came...what does it have to do with me?"

That's what she said, but she still jumped off the couch, straightened her clothes unconsciously, but Xiaodong laughed a little while watching: Although she is still not enlightened, the situation is getting better, isn't it?

It has been a few days since Qi Wanrong returned to Beijing, and her habitual entanglement has come to an end—she figured it out, or rather, she thought she figured it out.

In her opinion, the scene of Huamanlou sitting on the horse with Wan Chengyanran in her arms that day made her very uncomfortable, probably because she just wanted to rush to save people, but the person who was about to be rescued Nothing happened at all, which made her miss the opportunity to show off in front of Huamanlou, so she was extremely depressed.

I have to say, this girl can be said to have deceived herself with a weird and weird reason, and even deceived herself into believing it...

Xiaodong pulled Qi Wanrong to sit in front of the dressing table, and while quickly tidying up her messy hair, he said: "Why is it irrelevant? Anyway, the eldest lady is also the captain of the gendarmerie in Xishan, and Mr. Qian is Shangguan, when Shangguan comes home, he has to say hello, right?"

Xiaodong's nonsense is purely casual, in order to let Qi Wanrong let go of her little entanglement - after all, she grew up together since she was a child, how can Qi Wanrong's little thoughts be hidden from Xiaodong?

But after hearing this, Qi Wanrong pouted and said: "What kind of Shangguan is he, how does he look like a Shangguan?"

Xiaodong was amused again: Look at this expression, how can he look like a bully in the capital?This is clearly an ordinary girl who is angry with her lover!

"Okay, okay, if you don't count as a Shangguan, you can still be regarded as friends, right?"

"...Just... let it be."

When Xiaodong was about to continue his introduction, Xiaonan and Xiaobei ran in from the outside with their clothes in their hands and shouted: "Miss Xiaodong, hurry up! The master said that he would spend a thousand dollars to see the eldest lady, and everyone is already on the way Already!"

Xiaodong immediately speeded up, and then grabbed Qi Wanrong and took off the crumpled outerwear she was wearing, Xiaonan and Xiaobei immediately rushed forward to change her clothes, but Qi Wanrong yelled: "Why do you need to change clothes? Wait, whose clothes are these?"

Miss Qi is used to wearing clothes with arrow sleeves that are easy to move, even at home, but Xiao Nan brought a set of floral jacket skirt with blue background and white lining, which made Qi Wanrong look like... um, It's really like a young lady raised in a deep boudoir.

People rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. Doesn't this dress change Qi Wanrong's style as soon as she wears it?

Xiao Nan kept moving his hands, and while dressing Qi Wanrong, he said: "People are almost here, don't care about these little things!"

Xiaobei: "Hmm!"

Qi Wanrong said at a loss: "But...but I...I look ugly in this..."

Xiaodong laughed again: Yo, you are so awakened that you know beauty and ugliness?It's not easy!

Ever since, Hua Manlou was dizzy and was sent over by Ying Guogong, and the first time he entered the door, he saw Qi Wanrong with a reddish face and who didn't know where to put her hands.

"Uh..." Seeing Qi Wanrong's sudden change of style, Hua Manlou was stunned before recovering: "Well, are you here all right?"

To be honest, Hua Manlou's mood now is as if a brother suddenly put on women's clothing - even if the brother is a girl, the sense of disobedience is the same.

But having said that, Qi Wanrong's figure is already good, but now this outfit immediately makes her bandit temperament disappear without a trace, replaced by a rushing classical beauty, this contrast almost makes Huamanlou mistakenly think that she is looking for the wrong one People—Qi Wanrong doesn't have any older sisters, right?

Seeing Hua Manlou looking straight at her, Qi Wanrong's face turned even redder: "You...what do you look at, is it strange that I dress like this?"

Hua Manlou subconsciously nodded and said the truth: "Well, it's strange...it's beautiful."

One hit kills.

Miss Qi has grown up so big, has anyone ever heard of her being praised for her beauty?

Even though she looks like she doesn't care about anything on the surface, which girl can endure being called ugly and slandering her for not being able to marry?

To a certain extent, Qi Wanrong's bandit temperament on the surface is actually a way of self-protection. Whether she is arrogant or arrogant, in the final analysis, it is the inferiority complex caused by being beaten to pieces at the right age—— It's all 'the beauty of the city has been seen in the age of Ji', Miss Qi is said to be 'unable to get married in the age of Ji', whoever will come and who will not feel inferior?

And it just so happens that she has a powerful father, and this father's training for her has long been crooked, so her low self-esteem has evolved into a tendency to attack: if you say me, I will beat you until you dare not say me For this reason——that’s how the Thousand Households Office in Xuanwuwei South City was smashed.

So after hearing Hua Manlou's words, Qi Wanrong suddenly felt extremely embarrassed. She grabbed the skirt of her clothes desperately, and stammered, "I... go home!"

Huamanlou was an eye-opener today, not only seeing Qi Wanrong with red makeup, but also seeing her shy and embarrassed like a serious girl, so she couldn't help being dazed again: "Oh...then I'll be back... "

Hua Manlou turned around, but for some reason, Qi Wanrong felt reluctant to let him go, and immediately stomped her feet and said viciously: "Come back! What are you doing at my house today?"

"Uh... I want to talk to your father about something," Hua Manlou turned around after standing still, "Come to see you by the way."

The first half of the sentence made Qi Wanrong's face cold, but the second half of the sentence immediately made her cloudy and sunny, but her mouth was still unforgiving: "I'm just a coincidence?"

Hua Manlou scratched his head: "You can't say that. After all, if you hadn't brought someone here before, I might have been caught by the White Lotus Sect in some ravine where the sun never shines. I have to say thank you no matter what happened. Bar?"

Qi Wanrong curled her lips: "There's no need to thank you, even if you paid back the favor you helped me last time... Hmph, thank you, why do you come to thank me empty-handed?"

Hua Manlou said: "Who said I came here empty-handed? I brought you a newly developed firecracker at the end of Xishan the other day, would you like it?"