Misty rain and heavy flowers accompany the king's return

"A Luo, your idea is a good idea, but it's a pity that my calligraphy and painting are not good, so I can't get it out!" As soon as Shen Luo climbed up the tower, Baili Songran dragged him to complain.

"I also said that I want you to read more books. If you can't be high, you can't be low." Bailiyu said from the side, his son is showing his shortcomings at this time, isn't it to make Emperor Qianyuan waver in his intention to seal him as Tanhualang?

Shen Luo looked at the following: "Song Ran, there is really a good thing that belongs to you. Without you, our calligraphy and paintings are at most 100 taels a pair. With you, we may turn over a lot!"

"There's another good thing, tell me quickly." Baili Song regained his spirits.

"Did you see that high platform?" Shen Luo pointed and turned to Guowei: "My lord, what is your purpose for setting up this high platform?"

Their conversations are all public, and today is still a continuation of Shen Luo's wedding congratulations, so everyone is very open.

"It's for Gongsheng who has painted or written to introduce himself." Guowei said.

"My lord, many of the Gong students have studied for a long time and don't know business skills. If they go, they may even feel shy, which will affect the asking price." Shen Luo said.

"What do you mean?" Emperor Qianyuan glanced at him, and actually knew what he was thinking.

"Songran is the most popular and easy to make friends. Whether he is a Gongsheng or a businessman in the imperial capital, very few people don't know him. If he goes down to host, the starting price for a pair of 100 taels is his eloquence and heartiness. The price has turned up a lot." Shen Luo complimented.

"I'm really sure about this." Baili Songran didn't have the word 'lu timid' in his life dictionary, not to mention, it was also his strong point.

Bailiyu originally wanted to talk about her son, but Emperor Qianyuan laughed cheerfully: "I knew that Songran was a restless kid after dinner that night, and he was also smart, but he didn't have enough experience. That's fine, you can host it, if you do well, I will reward you with a lot of money."

Baili listened with relief: "Really, then I can go, A Luo, Yun Mo, Xiao Ran, you all go and stand at the four corners for me, I didn't hear the one with the highest bid, so you all shouted to remind me. "

"Okay!" Shen Luo took out his twenty sets of calligraphy and paintings: "These are all, please sell them for a good price. If you sell your fame, I will have an extra livelihood in the future."

Baili Songran took out one and opened it, and everyone praised it after seeing it.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely sell you a good price." Holding the calligraphy and painting Baili Songran went down arrogantly.

Xiao Shitou and Yin Junwen looked at Prince Qi anxiously: "My lord, let's go down to help too, we can also help."

Emperor Qianyuan looked at the little stone and rubbed his face: "You all go, do something for the victims of Beijiang."

Qi Junwen and Xiao Shitou screamed and ran away, followed by Shen down behind their buttocks.

"Hahaha, young people must have such vitality!" Emperor Qianyuan said with satisfaction.

"The emperor is in a good mood these two days!" The right minister Yun Changkong said with a smile beside him.

Emperor Qianyuan nodded: "Well, I was very angry at the flood in the Beijiang River. But seeing these young people, and the students of the Gongyuan, can all contribute their strength, this makes me feel very relieved. Forget it Going up to Cathay Pacific in front, although these young people have different abilities, what is rare is a heart. I am old, and I feel very comforted when I think of these young people who are motivated."

All the ministers smiled when they heard this, especially when they thought of Emperor Qianyuan's generation of emperors, but they were all cumin. It would be a kind of comfort if they could see the achievements of the younger generation with the eyes of the elders on the heads of the students of today's science.

Many people thought about it this way, including Bailiyu and Yun Changkong, who had less speculation about Shen Luo.

They are all fathers, and even Bailiyu is extremely proud when he sees the youngest son who is leading the way to the crowd below.

"Everyone in the imperial capital Shanggui, the Xiaosheng Baili Songran, many people know me, today I will be more modest and call myself Xiaosheng!" Baili Songran's words were finished, attracting many merchants who were watching the excitement. come over.

"As you can see, there are [-] chairs here, and the [-] wealthy businessmen who got the number can sit on them. Many standing merchants said, can we buy if we don't sit?" Baili smiled calmly. : "Of course not, you all want to buy Gongsheng's talents, and what you buy may be the future champion, second place and Tanhua characters, as well as the bookishness of Jinshi and the first place. If you are stained with scholar talent, you may pass In a few years, the family can produce a Jinshi and rank."

Baili Songran spoke vividly, which attracted many people's applause.

"So coming here today is not to sit or not to sit, but to compete for talents. Having said so much, everyone has seen that my contemporaries have begun to splash ink one after another, but before that, there must be a good start It’s a good start.” Baili waved his hand loosely, and the servant behind him took out a pair of misty and rainy pictures of Shen Luo.

"First place in the Jiangnan Provincial Examination, first place in the Imperial Metropolitan Examination, "The Picture of Misty Rain in the Cold Mountains" written by Lang Shen Luo, the companion of the imperial court, please take a look." As he spoke, the servant took the painting down and walked away.

"How much does it cost?" Some merchants couldn't help shouting, Shen Luo was probably the number one scholar, and also the companion of the imperial court. Many merchants couldn't help but be a little tempted when they saw his beautiful paintings.

"Everyone is optimistic, the starting price is 100 taels, and the price must be doubled at least every time you ask." Baili shouted calmly.

"500 taels." A merchant couldn't help shouting.

"Boss Sai from Huangdu Tianyou Tea House is 500 taels." Baili Songran was worthy of being a genius in Huangdu, calling out the name of the bidding boss in one gulp.

"1000 taels!" Someone shouted again.

Baili Song pointed with his hand: "1000 taels from Liu Dangjia of Nangang rice shop."

There was a lot of excitement on and off the field, and finally the painting was bought at a asking price of 6000 taels.

Emperor Qianyuan looked at Bailiyu and said: "Your family's third son is a mischievous one. He specializes in arts. Maybe he will have a lot of achievements in the future!"

Hearing what the emperor said, Bailiyu couldn't be unhappy.

"After seeing the calligraphy and painting of the companion, everyone definitely wants to see the scene. Mr. Yunmo here is the son of the right minister. He has a unique skill. I think everyone has never seen it." Baili Songran said. arrive.

"What?" A merchant asked excitedly.

"He can write with his left and right hands at the same time, and the writing is still reversed, without any mistakes." After Baili Songran finished speaking, with a wave of his hand, someone brought a large cardboard, and Baili Songran waved to Yunmo. Mo shook his head, laughed and cursed in his heart, but walked up gracefully.

"Yunmo still has this skill, which is rare." Emperor Qianyuan said with a smile.

The auction market was extremely hot, and 90 taels were auctioned in the audience. To the merchants in the entire imperial capital, it was nothing.

In the end, Emperor Qianyuan wrote the words "Blessing the descendants", which was bought by the great salt merchant Ouyang's family for 50 yuan. The effect of the whole auction made the emperor very satisfied.

"Things were handled very well this time." Emperor Qianyuan looked at Shen Luo.

In the small study, there were only the three of them.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the marriage." Shen Luo thanked.

"I don't want you to make it difficult for you. I am also very satisfied if you reciprocate." Emperor Qianyuan smiled.

Guowei thought for a while: "I'm afraid this time the disaster will not be too small. If the secret guards come to report, I am afraid that 50 people in the Beijiang River Basin are guarding the disaster. , taking in refugees."

"I don't know how Master Cathay's disaster relief arrangements are?" Shen Luo asked.

"He was ordered not to rescue disasters, but to release floods." Emperor Qianyuan said: "Cunshan has already followed him. After Cunfang is rescued secretly, there will be a comparison."

"If 50 people are affected, natural disasters are not terrible, but man-made disasters are terrible." Guowei said.

"What's your opinion, Ah Luo?" Emperor Qianyuan looked at him.

"Hold in layers and organize refugees to harm the surroundings, but you can't use force, otherwise it will stir up civil uprisings." Shen Luo said.

"Holding in layers?" Emperor Qianyuan thought for a while, and couldn't help asking: "A Luo, since you know about the marriage, why did you authorize Huzhou's curtain grain?"

Shen Luo bowed respectfully: "If 50 people are affected by the disaster, according to our current situation, it is guaranteed that there will be no plague, no expansion of the scope, but relief with money and food. This time, 140 million taels plus the food mobilized in four weeks , I'm afraid it's enough."

"Continue." Emperor Qianyuan looked at him.

"But this disaster has something to do with the salt merchants. It was caused by the salt fields. I'm afraid there will be a problem. Some people don't want Wu Xuan to confess everyone. They would rather use such an extreme method. I'm afraid there will be many people involved." Shen Luo spoke out his thoughts.

"What was your first reaction?" Guowei asked.

"I'm afraid this is a double-edged sword game." Shen Luo thought for a while and said.

"Why?" Emperor Qianyuan asked.

"Wu Xuan must have preferred to take risks in order to conceal the report at first. He would rather take the risk of keeping the east bank when the west bank is in danger of bursting. Now that the east bank is flooded, a mere Wu Xuan dared to take this risk, and the salt merchants behind him The loss must be recovered."

"The price of salt is out of balance?" Guowei thought.

"It's still uncertain at the moment. Just as we are carrying out tax system reform, I am afraid that it will be more criticized and strengthen the strength of the salt merchants' rebound." Shen Luo said: "This is a entanglement of interests, and it is also another challenge to the court. kind of confrontation."

Emperor Qianyuan thought for a while: "This conjecture is not unreasonable. He even understands the thoughts of salt merchants. I am afraid that Wu Xuan has become an abandoned son."

Guowei nodded: "If Cathay can successfully capture him and find out the salt merchants behind him, then we will have a target to deal with in terms of salt prices."

"There is a way that will least hurt us." Shen Luo thought of the monopoly control resources of "that self" and said: "Is there any king in the world? Let's imagine, if the imperial court asks them to sell cheap official salt, it is tantamount to throwing money away." I gave them the initiative. But what if we force it? If we dare to raise the price, we will confiscate the excess, and if we don’t agree, we will close the door.”

"Why would they rather close the door than fight?" Guowei asked.

"They are by no means monolithic. We have to break them one by one, and we cannot be hostile to everyone."

Emperor Qianyuan nodded after listening to Shen Luo's words: "You are very strategic. First, Huzhou donated food, and then raised money from charity sales. In this way, money and food will not be a problem. I am afraid that the price of food will not rebound too much, and it will not affect the emperor. Any impact will not affect the whole country. However, the price of salt is of great importance, and this has become a chess game with multiple parties competing."

Shen Luo nodded: "Your Majesty, the first thing we need now is to stabilize the victims and break through the salt merchants. Then in the process, we have to see if the three kings and important officials can maintain their innocence in this matter. "

Emperor Qianyuan rolled his eyes at him: "A Luo, you can say this in front of Mr. Zhenhe."

Shen Luo replied: "Your official understands, but please the emperor understand what I did."

"Of course I know that you have been coming out of nowhere these two days, and I am very pleasantly surprised and satisfied." Emperor Qianyuan looked at him proudly: "Dafeng Dynasty, I don't pay attention to natural and man-made disasters, but what I want It is the consistency of the imperial court, do you understand what I mean?"

"Yes, of course there are some unknowns." Shen Luo said.

"For example?" Emperor Qianyuan asked.

"For example, Prince Chu." Shen Luo returned.

"Presumptuous!" Guowei shouted, looking worriedly at Emperor Qianyuan, for fear that his dragon face would be furious.

"It's okay." Emperor Qianyuan raised his hand, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth: "You really don't look like a farmer's child, a student from a poor family." After speaking, Emperor Qianyuan sighed: "Shen Luo, what do you want me to think of you?" ?”

"I am loyal to my faith!" Shen Luo replied.

"Faith?" Emperor Qianyuan smiled: "What belief?"

"The sky is clear and the earth is bright, a Great Phoenix Dynasty where the world is peaceful." Shen Luo said.

"Hmph!" Emperor Qianyuan sneered: "Sophistry, you can be loyal to all enlightened dynasties. If Dafeng is stupid, you will vote for another wise monarch without exception. This is your heart."

"Your majesty?" Guowei persuaded.

"It doesn't matter!" Emperor Qianyuan waved his hand again: "His idea is in line with Tianyin Pavilion, what can I say?"

"I claim to be a loyal minister. The emperor is open-minded. My loyal words are harsh. If I don't say anything, it doesn't mean that people don't want to. If I don't want to, it doesn't mean that people have no intention." Shen Luo said without saying a word or humility.

"Okay!" Emperor Qianyuan nodded: "I am very relieved when you say that."

"Since we want to try it, the three kings will have to stir it in." Guowei said.

"King Yue came to preside over dealing with the salt merchants, and King De was responsible for connecting salt merchants who could cooperate with the imperial court, opening up salt fields, and making up for the shortage." Shen Luo said.

"What do you mean, the second brother is here to preside over the disaster relief?" Emperor Qianyuan asked.

"We have to give him both Baili Songran and Yun Mo, so that the weaknesses of the Liangxiang family are all in the disaster relief and cannot be extracted." Shen Luo said.

Emperor Qianyuan tilted his head and put his hand on his chin: "A Luo, who are you between them, and who are you facing?"

"I don't ask anyone, I just want to see how deep your water is? Including my Yue family, he wants business, Changxiong wants officials, he has to show something." Shen Luo didn't hide his thoughts, he could conclude that he Emperor Qianyuan has already seen through this little thought, so it's better to order it directly.

"Hmph, I will reward them after they set an example." Emperor Qianyuan laughed: "Aren't you afraid that your Yue family will bring you trouble?"

Shen Luo shook his head: "Small evil does not pollute great good, and it is the greatest help that they are not by my side."

"It is said that those who become great good do not care about small evil, you are against it." Emperor Qianyuan looked at him with a little surprise on his face: "People who say such things can see through the separation of life and death, so they can see the cruelty of the world. Unexpectedly , at such a young age, it is rare for you to feel this gratitude because of family accidents."

Shen Luo bowed his head, Emperor Qianyuan was right, but this family was the 'home of the previous life', and what happened was the passing of the Shen Xueshi couple.

Shen Luo left Wutong Hall, Emperor Qianyuan half supported his forehead.

"What happened to the emperor?" Guowei asked.

"It's both good and evil, I don't know, what will this person bring to the Dafeng Dynasty?"

Guowei bowed his head when he heard this: "My minister was taught by the late emperor, one of which is that those who achieve great things don't care about small details, as long as what they get in the end is right, it will be worth it."

"Isn't this not my expectation for Shen Luo?" Emperor Qianyuan said.