Song Mingyue

Chapter 203
Huainan West Road, Huangfu.

In the flower hall surrounded by green trees, even in the scorching heat, it was very cool and comfortable. Huang Wenhu was wearing a short jacket, holding a baby in his arms, lying on the cool chair, shaking to and fro, moaning. Singing an unknown tune, the left hand holding the baby stretched out a few fingers from time to time, patting the baby's back gently and softly.

The baby was one or two months old, white and fat, lying safely in Huang Wenhu's arms, sleeping very soundly, the corners of his mouth curled up from time to time, as if he was smiling.

Huang Wenhu, the head of the Food Gang of Megatron Huainan West Road, never left the child's face, his eyes were full of deep and gentle love, and there was a look of joy between his brows, as if even the wrinkles and folds were piled up. Full of joy.

The housekeeper walked in lightly, very slowly, his steps were so soft that he seemed afraid of trampling ants on the ground, and finally walked to Huang Wenhu's side as if walking on eggshells, and shouted under his throat: "Master."

Huang Wenhu stared, showing displeasure, and pointed at the baby in his arms with one hand.

The butler was stunned for a while, and finally mustered up his courage again, and said in a low voice, "Mrs. Zhao, please see me."

Huang Wenhu was stunned for a moment, but the official added softly: "The young lady of the Zhao residence in Jiangning is waiting in the front hall."

Hearing this, Huang Wenhu jumped up suddenly, unexpectedly the movement became louder, the baby in his arms burst into tears, he hastily comforted the baby, and handed the baby to the nurse who was waiting beside him, He said to the housekeeper, "Excellent hospitality, I went to change my clothes."

In the front hall of the Huang Mansion, Wang Xin was wearing an aloes-colored Shu brocade placket, a light green long skirt, and a gold embroidered cloud and peacock pattern. She was sitting on the grand teacher's chair in the middle of the hall, surrounded by two attendants. Jin Yiwei and two maidservants.

In the Song Dynasty, a woman’s Xiapei was a symbol of status. Commoner women could only approve Xiapei when they were married, otherwise it would be regarded as arrogance. Only court ladies inside and outside the court could wear Xiapei as regular clothing, and there were strict regulations: the first and second grade women’s Xiapei should be gold The third and fourth ranks are embroidered with golden clouds and peacock patterns, the fifth rank is embroidered with clouds and mandarin duck patterns, the sixth and seventh ranks are embroidered with clouds and magpie patterns, and the eighth and ninth ranks are embroidered with twining patterns.Zhao Hao is now an official of the third rank, and Wang Xin was named the wife of the third rank county, and she can wear a golden embroidered cloud and peacock pattern.

Although Wang Xin was dressed in a simple and elegant outfit and behaved in a low-key manner, this scarf was enough to shock the entire Huang Mansion.In the entire Huang Mansion, only the housekeeper and a few confidantes followed Huang Wenhu when he went to visit the transfer envoy, Cang Si, Ti Xing Si, and Cao Si. They had seen golden embroidered clouds and peacock patterns, but this was the first time they had seen it in his own mansion. .

Although he has a good personal relationship with Huang Wenhu, 50 shi rice grains is not a small amount, so Zhao Hao thought twice and sent Wang Xin to Huaixi personally.One is to show grandeur, two is that Huang Wenhu knows Wang Xin well enough not to suspect fraud, and three is that although Wang Xin looks weak on the outside, she is considered a strong woman in shopping malls like Xie Yun. Hands are well organized, more reliable than Wang Jue and Xie Yu.Before Zhu Xi, it was not uncommon for women to discuss business in public.

After a while, Huang Wenhu, Huang Jin, Huang Wenhu's wife, Huang Jin's wife and others hurried in. Seeing Wang Xin stepping forward to salute, Wang Xin also hurriedly stood up and returned the salute with a graceful posture, which made Huang Wen and others feel even more popular. fold.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Wang Xin smiled slightly and said, "Today's visit is at the order of my family's officials, and I will ask Mr. Huang for help."

Huang Wenhu's expression froze, and he said anxiously: "Since it's the son's order, it's okay to invite the county lady."

As soon as Wang Xin signaled to the Jin Yiwei beside him, the Jin Yiwei brought a brocade box and handed it respectfully to the steward of Huang's residence. The butler opened the brocade box, took out a seal letter, and handed it to Huang Wenhu.

Huang Wenhu opened the envelope, unfolded the letterhead, read it carefully, his expression became more and more serious, after reading it, he pondered for a while, and immediately said: "Young master's order, how dare Huang refuse to obey, within seven days, 50 shimi The food will be transported to the Southwest Road of Jing, please rest assured, Young Master and Mrs. Jun.”

Seeing Huang Wenhu's willingness to agree so readily, Wang Xin's eyes flashed with astonishment.

I found out along the way that due to the drought in the west of Beijing, the rice grain in Huaixi had also risen to two times. Zhao Hao borrowed 50 shi for grain. It was a loss of more than 20 yuan.Even though Huaixi is a fertile land, there are many rich merchants, there will never be many who can give [-] guan. If it is not about the lives of millions of people, Zhao Hao would be ashamed to make such a request.

Wang Xin smiled and said, "Master Huang, the officials in my family borrowed grain and will return it with the same amount of grain after one year."

Hahaha~
Huang Wenhu let out a hearty laugh: "Mrs. Jun is too worried. The son made it very clear in the letter. How could Huang not know? Huang's leg alone is more than 20. What's more, thanks to the gift of the son. , My old Huang’s family finally has a queen, not to mention 20 guan, even millions of guan, it’s not enough to match the kindness of the young master.”

Wang Xin jumped up at the case, and said with a smile: "Old leader Huang is really straightforward, as expected by my officials! I heard that the young leader is happy with his son, so my officials have prepared a little gift... Present it!"

She waved her hand to Jin Yiwei beside her, and that Jin Yiwei took out another brocade box and handed it over.

Huang Wenhu opened the brocade box suspiciously, only to find that there was only a beautifully carved silver medal inside, and looked at Wang Xin with a puzzled face.

Wang Xin said with a smile: "My family's officials are humane. With the talent of Mr. Huang, he should not be trapped in Huaixi for a long time. It is not impossible to go to the west of Beijing. This is the seal of the deputy commander of Jinyiwei Battalion. Although it is only from September The rank of rank, but the Jinyiwei in the west of Beijing is at the disposal of the old leader Huang, if anyone dares to embarrass the old leader, it will be a embarrassment for the entire Jinyiwei!"

When Huang Wenhu heard it, his expression suddenly became slightly excited: "Thanks to Mr. Huang for being so respected, Huang... Huang..."

Although Jinyiwei has only been established for more than half a year, its reputation has already spread throughout the Jiangbei region, even in the Huaixi region, and the Jingxi region is adjacent to Gyeonggi, and Jinyiwei's influence has already penetrated here.

Huang Wenhu started at the end of the century, and he is considered an old swordsman in Huaixi, but it is only limited to Huaixi, and even in Huaixi, he has to rely on the help of senior officials such as the transfer envoy, Cao Si, and Cang Si. Breath, now with the help of Jin Yiwei, let alone whether it can expand its influence to the west of Beijing, at least there is an extra amulet in the Huaixi area.

20 guan, it is worth buying such an amulet!

……

After the farce of that night, how could Duke Du dare to keep Zhao Hao in the mansion, and the next day, he asked someone to arrange another beautiful courtyard as Zhao Hao's residence.

Although the courtyards here are not as magnificent as Du's Mansion, they are row upon row, with overhanging eaves and walls, pavilions, waterside pavilions, gardens and attics, everything is available, and it is considered a good place as a temporary residence.

In the front hall, Zhao Haozheng and Xu Churen were sitting on the two grand master chairs in the middle, one on the left and the other on the right, flipping through the secret letter presented by Jin Yiwei, frowning and gloomy.

bang~
Zhao Hao suddenly slapped the table, his face flushed, and he said angrily: "Profitable merchants, profiteers who harm the country and the people, everyone deserves to die! The grain merchants on Northwest Beijing Road actually have more than 320 million shi of grain in their hands, but they are driving up the price of rice to More than five punctures, how unreasonable is this!"

At this moment, Zhao Hao was completely angry. On the one hand, the grain in the hands of the grain merchants was piling up like a mountain, and on the other hand, the common people couldn't afford the grain and starved to death everywhere. How absurd and shameless this is!
Xu Churen sighed slightly: "My lord, please read this secret report. Among them, Cheng Jie has hoarded 150 million shi of rice grain, accounting for less than half of the grain in the hands of the grain merchants. However, the rise in rice prices is all caused by him. Do you know why?"

Zhao Hao's face was still full of anger, and he asked, "Why?"

Xu Churen said bitterly: "Cheng Jie's daughter is married to Cai Jing's third son, Cai He, and she is Bai Shizhong's brother-in-law. With these two husbands as backers, even Du Gong will be courteous, let alone Kaifeng. The government opened a warehouse to release 300 million shi of grain, but actually only 150 million shi was in the hands of the officials on the two roads in the west of Beijing. Where did the rest of the rice and grain go? In this way, it can be deceiving. After all, all the 300 million shi rice grains were brought into the land in the west of Beijing. Second, it is convenient to sell the stolen goods. Third, it can be sold at a good price. Kill three birds with one stone..."

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the richest country in the world, a drought was not enough to cause such a famine. The bad thing was that the government had been corrupted to the bone marrow, and countless blood-sucking insects were attached to the people. It's hungry and dying everywhere, and mourning is everywhere.

The more Zhao Hao heard it, the angrier he became, he drew his sword out suddenly, and said angrily: "This sword is not enough to drink the blood of corrupt officials and profiteers, and I will never return to court!"

At this moment, Daoist Qingmu hurried in and said anxiously: "Prince Wang returned from the south of the Yangtze River."

When Zhao Hao heard this, he quickly put his sword back into its sheath: "Please come in quickly!"

Before the words were finished, the dusty Wang Jue had already rushed in, his skin was obviously much darker than before, and his expression was rather haggard.

Zhao Hao hurried forward and grabbed Wang Jue's hand: "Brother has worked hard all the way!"

Wang Jue laughed and said, "Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life."

After the two exchanged greetings and sat down, Wang Jue unpacked his luggage, unpacked a dense package, took out a brocade box with a lock, and took out a stack of money.

Collecting the strength of Zhao, Wang, and Xie, a total of 150 coins!

150 million guan is a huge sum of money, even for the four big houses of Jiangnan, Jiangnan and Jiangnan. If it weren't for the power of family affection, how could it be so?

Seeing that Zhao Hao had raised 150 million yuan, Xu Churen's eyes couldn't help but brighten up, and his admiration for Zhao Hao grew stronger in his expression.

"Your family is 70, my family and Xie's family are 40 each. The elders are of course fully supportive of my brother's righteous deeds, but..."

"Just what?" Zhao Hao asked suspiciously.

Wang Jue looked at Xu Churen, hesitant to speak.

Zhao Hao said: "Mr. Xu is not an outsider, but it doesn't matter."

Wang Jue said in a low voice: "It's just that the son is the identity of the clan after all. Our dynasty has always been very strict with the clan. The high officials and the wife are worried that the virtuous brother will be too powerful and be taken advantage of by the villain. Pass the message to my virtuous brother, 'The most rigid and easy to break, the best kindness is like water'."

Zhao Hao looked serious, nodded, but asked again: "Why is there a mantissa of five hundred coins?"

Wang Jue said: "This is Mr. Mei Lin's kindness."

Zhao Hao's face suddenly became moved.

Ten miles of peach blossoms, white clothes like snow, long time no see...

It's just that this moment is not the time for love.

He calmed down, turned his head to Daoist Aoki and said, "Assemble the deputy commander of the command battalion immediately."

"Here!"

choke~
The Longquan Sword in Zhao Hao's waist came out of its sheath again, and said in a cold voice: "This sword is so hungry and thirsty, it should be filled with the blood of a profiteer and dog official!"

(End of this chapter)