The world of rebirth

The discussion on this matter didn't end until around noon, and after leaving Qianqing Palace, Ning Yunjin was about to go back to the Yamen, but saw Hong Ming walking towards him.

Today's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has joy in the corners of his eyes, and looks abnormally energetic.

Ning Yunjin knew from his appearance that he was looking for him, so he waited tactfully where he was.

Hong Ming clasped his hands behind his back, stood still in front of him, and looked at Ning Yunjin to salute himself with a smile at the corner of his mouth.

Ning Yunjin rolled his eyes in his heart, suppressed the reluctance in his heart, and asked, "What orders does His Royal Highness have?"

"Father said, this matter must be done as soon as possible." Hong Ming ordered with a serious expression on his face.

"That's natural, His Royal Highness just rest assured." Ning Yunjin looked a little funny at his expression.Even though the prince's city is deeper than before, he still obviously hasn't grown up!Looking at this appearance, he looks like a child who wants to pay his father's credit. It seems that he attaches great importance to this errand.

Hong Ming nodded, and ordered, "Father values ​​you, so I don't worry about leaving things to you. If there are some people who are not open-minded to hinder you from doing things, just tell Gu."

Hearing what he said, Ning Yunjin was relieved a lot. What he was afraid of was that the crown prince was doing something for the first time, and the young and frenzied couldn't help but intervene indiscriminately, and it would be difficult to do things by himself.But since this matter is to encourage businessmen to support the country, there must be someone from the royal family to come forward.But it's only [-] shi of grain, so it's too much to ask the emperor to do it himself, and it's just right for the young prince to come forward.

Just as he guessed, Hong Ming was really excited. Seeing that his younger brothers had grown up and all of them were no worse than himself in riding and archery, he couldn't help feeling anxious.

After reading books for so many years, Hongming did not miss the history books and Zizhitongjian. There are so many princes who are better than himself in martial arts and martial arts, all of them were dragged off by their brothers, and their fate was very miserable.

At present, besides himself, the father does not particularly favor any younger brother, but now that the father is still so young, who can say well about the future, this makes him feel a sense of crisis and urgency all the time.

When Ning Yunjin, who was the same age as him, came out of the upper study room, first won three yuan, and then began to become an official in the court, Hong Ming felt that even though he was a prince, he was not the best among his peers in the world.

As a prince, the only thing he needs to care about is the emperor's every move, so Hong Ming can feel that his father attaches great importance to Ning Yunjin.This is a bit different from comparing him with himself when he was a child, or the importance he attached to his status as a priest to the sky. Although Hong Ming still doesn't know the reason for the difference, he feels envious, jealous and hated for this only one. Naturally, he paid more attention to the people.

Thinking of what his father said to him last night, Hong Ming looked at Ning Yunjin with a bit of depth in his eyes.For this errand, my father has already said that on the surface, I am the main one, but I have to listen to Ning Yunjin for the arrangement of the affairs. What I need is my status as the prince. I want to take advantage of this opportunity to see more , Learn more.If things are done well, I will consider letting myself go to the court to listen to the government and enter the six departments to study.

At the beginning, Hong Ming was naturally like a ball being punctured by a needle, full of reluctance, but after thinking about it, it was indeed like what the nanny said, this was the caring heart of his father for him!

After all, this is my first time working as an errand, so doing things beautifully is justified!Only by being able to step into the court one step earlier than his younger brothers can he continue to maintain his advantage.

After all, he was still a young man, Hong Ming couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart, and he told Ning Yunjin to put his heart into handling affairs, and then he let him go.

Looking at his back, Ning Yunjin couldn't help rolling his eyes angrily.

It is not difficult for Ning Yunjin to accomplish this. "Daxia Miscellaneous News" has already started advertising and attracting investment after it expanded to the whole country. Because the advertising benefits are very good, many newspapers have begun to follow suit, which makes Many businessmen have their eyes fixed on the newspaper.So he returned to the yamen and told Luo Ming to arrange for the heads of several newspaper offices to come over.

After Luo Ming left, he asked Qin Ming to grind for himself, and wrote down the draft that he had thought about on the way.Putting down his pen, he glanced at Qin Ming who was helping him tidy up, and his heart moved, "You have been with me for so many years, do you have any idea to find a job?"

"To be honest, Qin Ming is really reluctant to leave Young Master's side." Hearing what he said, Qin Ming smiled slightly, "Don't think that Feng Chengzhi has a good future under the arrangement of Young Master, but he said in private that he still has a comfortable life with Young Master. .”

"Look at what you said, what luck can be gained by staying with me all the time, I can trust you, and I will always give you a good future, otherwise it will be a waste of the second steward's intention to put you by my side." Ning Yunjin looked at him thoughtfully, "I had a good opportunity this time, if you really don't want to go out to do errands now, then that's all, as long as you have the mind to talk about it in the future!"

Qin Ming secretly heaved a sigh of relief, he smiled and said, "I know that you are the most sympathetic to us!"

Regarding Qin Ming, Ning Yunjin was really a little uncertain about his thoughts, until now he couldn't tell whether he was loyal to himself or to the Ning family!The only thing that is certain is that since he was arranged by his father, the chance of being bought by others is not high.

Over the years, he has served him very conscientiously, and even cared more about himself than those girls in Xiyan. Ning Yunjin had tried him a few times to find out who he was really loyal to, but at that time I don't have any dirty things to cover up. Except for the secret of rebirth and the real life experience, it's nothing to be known by my grandfather or father, so I haven't tried to find out whether there is any problem with this person.

But that time when he was changing his clothes, he saw that the bruise on his body was so gloomy that he didn't look like a servant, and even had very abnormal emotions for several days, which aroused Ning Yunjin's vigilance.

But Ning Yunjin thought about it and couldn't find the reason for Qin Ming's anomaly, so he just thought it would be better to transfer him away!But since he is unwilling to leave his side now, Ning Yunjin has no choice but to give up temporarily.

After receiving the notice in the afternoon, the heads of the major newspapers in the capital rushed over one after another. Ning Yunjin gave them the written manuscript and asked them to copy a copy and pass the news to the merchants he had made friends with as soon as possible.

Ning Yunjin's manuscript was written very concisely. It just explained that the household department had a batch of military rations to be transported to the northwest and needed to find a merchant to carry them. A small bidding meeting would be held in the household department two days later, and the merchants who won the bid would be rewarded by the imperial court.

Although he didn't say clearly what the reward is, no one is stupid, just being able to climb the door of the Ministry of Households is already a great joy, let alone other things!

These persons in charge were very excited and expressed that they would definitely bring the news to them. They knew that this was a good opportunity to sell favors.

After sending these people away, Ning Yunjin took Cui Qun and Luo Ming to the household department to discuss the layout of the venue.For the sake of scale, he almost didn't quarrel with the person in charge of the household department.

The other party felt that the time was so short that even if there were businessmen coming, there would only be a dozen or twenty people, and a bigger room would be enough.But Ning Yunjin insisted on using the largest main hall, and the layout must be grand.

In the end, it was Ning Yunjin who had the upper hand, and the people in the household department had to compromise and do what he said.Ning Yunjin left the more tactful Luo Ming to watch at the household department before taking Cui Qun away.

On the way back, Cui Qun asked curiously, "Lord Ning, you asked to make it so grand, wouldn't you make a fool of yourself if no one came?"

"Don't worry!" Ning Yunjin said confidently, "There will definitely be people coming, I'm worried that there will be too many people. Besides, the prince will be there that day, it's too shabby!"

Cui Qun was excited when he heard it. In the eyes of scholars, the crown prince is a noble figure who is second only to the emperor.He happily said, "Then we're going to show our faces this time. You don't know, since the incident with Li Yong happened, we couldn't even lift our heads when we went out, so we just hoped for a good job to turn around. "

"Who would have thought about Li Yong's affairs!" Ning Yunjin shook his head and said, "Don't think about what's there, hurry back to the Yamen, I just remembered something urgent, you come and help me with it."

Ning Yunjin suddenly remembered that he should get invitations, or tickets, so as to control the number of people on that day.After he brought Cui Qun back to the yamen, he drafted a post in the format of an invitation, and asked Cui Qun to take someone to copy fifty copies, and then hurriedly stamped the official seal in front of the yamen of the Hu tribe.

He asked people to distribute three shares to the heads of the five newspapers overnight, and the others were kept in the household department. He specially instructed that if anyone wanted them, they would sell them for twenty gold.

After finishing these arrangements, it was already dark when Ning Yunjin returned home, and he was still hungry without taking a bite of dinner.Ning Yunjin stretched his somewhat sore shoulders, and was about to ask Xiyan to let the people in the small kitchen finish eating noodles for him casually, but saw that Qin Ming had hurried over with someone.

Behind him were two servants, each carrying a lunch box. The tempting fragrance from inside made Ning Yunjin's stomach growl immediately.

"You're clever, you should go straight to the kitchen as soon as you get back to the house!" With such a caring and easy-to-use long-term follower, Ning Yunjin was glad that he didn't get the person away.He rubbed his belly and asked, "Why did you get the food so quickly?"

"I know you must be hungry after missing your meal, my lord!" Qin Ming smiled gently at him, "But this meal was ordered by the young mistress, and she saw that you didn't come back at night, my lord, so she made the kitchen hot."

"Sister-in-law is really virtuous! I don't know if the wife I will marry in the future will..." Ning Yunjin muttered, but in his heart he was a little envious of the deep love between his elder brother and his sister-in-law, who even loved his little brother-in-law. , I'm afraid that big brother will live more comfortably.But thinking of his own bad things, he couldn't help but sigh.

Qin Ming's smile froze for a moment, and then he said, "The emperor chose it for the young master, so it's naturally not bad."

Ning Yunjin twitched the corner of his mouth, disapproving.Let's not talk about whether Wenzhen will propose marriage for himself, just because his vision of marriage is not very good, it's better not to count on it!

He didn't want to get entangled in these matters, so he asked Qin Ming to put the food on the table and eat after cleaning his hands.

This kind of bidding is not uncommon for Ning Yunjin and merchants who often advertise in newspapers. Back then, he asked Feng Chengzhi to bid for some important advertising positions in "Daxia Zabao".This time it's just the opposite of usual, the lowest price wins!

But for those officials in the household department who stick to the rules, it is the first move, so what really makes Ning Yunjin feel tired is dealing with them.After two full days of busy work, he made arrangements for this matter.

The time for the bidding meeting was set at Chenshi on the ninth day of the lunar new year, and Ning Yunjin went to the palace early in the morning to invite Hong Ming in person.

When he arrived, Hong Ming had already put on a brand-new prince's court dress, and the apricot-yellow robe set off the tall and tall Hong Ming with extra vigor.

It's not like going to court, it's too grand to dress up so brightly!

Ning Yunjin couldn't help lowering his head and secretly rolled his eyes, looking at this coquettish look, he was afraid that others would not know that he valued this errand!

However, Ning Yunjin originally only needed the prince to be a mascot to hold the place, and then read out the imperial edict after the candidate was confirmed.As long as these two points are not messed up, Ning Yunjin has no objection to what he wants.

The two walked all the way to the venue set up by the Ministry of Household Affairs. It was already very lively, and there were many carriages parked at the door.A group of officers and soldiers really urged the coachman to move the carriage away, leaving the alley to welcome Hong Ming's guard of honor.

The prince's guard of honor lined up directly, blocking up the narrow alley, and the previously noisy environment immediately became solemn.

Ning Yunjin could clearly see the awe of the emperor's authority in the people who kowtowed and bowed underground.He glanced at the twin brother who was more outstanding in this life, even concealed his nature, and became less arrogant and violent, but he didn't know which of the two was luckier.

Hong Ming has long been used to such a scene, and appears extraordinarily calm.He found that Ning Yunjin was looking at him secretly, so he asked with a smile, "Why are you looking at Gu? Is it because you are afraid that if things go wrong, Gu will not succeed?"

"Looking at today's scene, you can see that there are quite a few people here, His Royal Highness is worrying too much!" Ning Yunjin replied, "This time the matter will definitely be successfully completed!"

Seeing that he spoke firmly, Hong Ming was relieved, but after all, he valued this matter too much, and couldn't help asking, "Those carriages are not luxurious, can those businessmen really afford it?"

"Twice as many, these people can afford it!" Ning Yunjin was dumbfounded by his question, so he had no choice but to explain the embarrassing position of the businessman to him.

It is said that scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen have the lowest status, but how low it is is absolutely unimaginable for a person like the crown prince who lives in the palace.Although this dynasty is not as strict as the previous dynasty, and even the fabrics of clothes are strictly regulated, but those businessmen dare not be arrogant even if they have money—unless they have a very strong background.

Except for a few people who turned into imperial merchants and found the right thighs, most of the other merchants could be exploited at will in the eyes of all officials.The ones in the capital are better. After all, even a small shop may have a palace behind it. No one dares to stretch their claws at will. Businessmen may be asked to "proactively contribute" or "donate", which makes their life extremely difficult.

The donations of these businessmen are much more difficult than that of the landlords, and they often spend huge sums of money in exchange for a crown with no rights. It can be said that they are extremely miserable. Even if they are rich, they dare not make public.

Why this bidding will be paid attention to, the focus is on the "reward"!After all, what else can the imperial court reward! ?Being able to get online with Hubu, and have the opportunity to be named in front of the imperial court and get a top title, is really a good deal for them.

After Ning Yunjin explained, Wu Yong came up to meet him, so he didn't notice that Hong Ming's eyes flickered after he finished talking about the situation of the merchants, as if he had some idea in his heart.

As Ning Yunjin estimated, all fifty posts were sold out, and just selling the tickets earned seven hundred gold out of thin air, which made Wu Yong look at him and smile like a Maitreya Buddha.

"With Ching Yang's skills, staying in the Imperial Academy is really too inferior, why don't you go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to make use of what you have learned!" Wu Yong joked.

I want to come too!Ning Yunjin smiled at him, "Actually, I really want to join Mr. Wu's banner, but it's a pity that the emperor is not willing to let him go!"

It's a pity that no one believed Ning Yunjin's truth, everyone around him was amused, only Hong Ming glanced at him thoughtfully.

After joking and joking for a while, the bidding began.

Ning Yunjin, the host, chose Luo Ming, who was eloquent and funny, and he was invited by himself to participate in a small sutra banquet. People, just facing fifty businessmen, are full of confidence.

The first thing to do is naturally welcome the prince!

The 6 shi of grain is only [-] taels of silver. For these merchants, it may be less than a year's gift money. Although they know that there will be more such errands in the future, they heard that the prince will come. Originally, those merchants They were all dubious, but when they saw the prince sitting on the main seat, they were all excited.

No one who can become a big businessman is a fool, just like a cat smelling the smell of fish, it immediately realizes that the court is going to open a way for businessmen to collect donations, or raise the status of businessmen.

In fact, the official titles obtained from donations are not very useful to these people. Status, these people absolutely spare no effort.

In the end, the right to transport the 6000 shi of grain was won by two merchants with strong backgrounds at 4000 taels and [-] taels respectively.This result shocked the people in the household department, and it was beyond expectations. After all, the price was a free gift, and it was more than double the expected cost.

Ning Yunjin nodded in satisfaction. If he hadn't set a minimum bottom line himself, I'm afraid these people would be willing to pay back, but they can't get used to the gang of vampires in the household department. This price is almost right!

With the transportation capacity on land these days, animal-drawn carts can only carry more than a thousand catties, and human horses have to consume them. In the case of uneven distribution, only humans can carry horses. Therefore, there used to be a saying that only one bucket of money can be used to transport one bucket of grain. , where there is no water and land, the cost of transporting food is astonishingly high.

If this method is not used, how can my father finally get food for the soldiers in the front and deliver it to them!

After following Ning Yunjin out this trip, Hong Ming realized his shortcomings in many areas. At this time, he didn't know whether the price was too high or too low.However, people in the palace are most good at watching their faces. He just glanced at the faces of the people around him, and he knew that this task should be successfully completed.So when Luo Ming looked over, he smiled and got up.

Taking the imperial decree from a tray covered with bright yellow silk that Gao Ke brought over, Hong Ming raised his hand and spread it out, "Father is very happy to know that you all have a heart to serve the country, and I have specially drawn up a decree to reward you for this time." Behavior, everyone accept the order!"

Naturally, Wen Zhen couldn't just move the order for the delivery of this mere [-] shi of grain, but to characterize this behavior.Different from the exchange of salt in the previous dynasty, the court still has to pay some silver as the shipping fee, but in the future, the merchants who win the bid can deliver a certain amount of grain, and they can be awarded a "Patriotic Merchant" plaque by the court. Become an official merchant designated by the Ministry of Households.

The edict was not long, and by the time Hong Ming finished reading it, the merchants present were already very excited.After all, compared to spending 10,000+ taels of silver to give gifts and may not be able to become a donating official, the imperial court can open such a channel for them to pass the bright road, it is really great!

Amidst the joy of everyone, Ning Yunjin's first major event in the beginning of spring was successfully completed.Now he doesn't have many things on hand. Apart from the regular errands of the Imperial Academy, the storage rules he is responsible for have just been handed in and are still in the review stage, so he can relax for a while.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Lantern Festival, and everyone in the Ning family gathered to enjoy the lanterns and eat.It wasn't until this day that Ning Yunjin saw Ning Yunxiang again. He had lost a lot of weight and looked more energetic, but there was a kind of silent gloom in his eyes.

Those deep eyes made Ning Qiaoping almost tremble after being glanced at by him, even though Ning Yunxiang talked to her with a kind and pleasant face that he had never had before, he would never approach him again.

It is said that a child with a mother is a treasure, even though no one in the Ning Mansion dares to make irresponsible remarks to him, the third young master, but these days people's private discussions are enough for Ning Yunxiang to be tortured.

Even if he didn't know that he had poisoned Ning Yunjin, before he knew it, he had already been labeled "that woman's son must not be a good person" - although this is also true!

Those strange eyes made Ning Yunxiang not even want to go out, and kept himself locked in the room. Hearing that his grandfather took him away from Ningfu and the capital after the Lantern Festival, he felt a sense of relief.

On the 20th of the first month of the [-]th year of Tianshou, Ning Yunjin took a leave of absence in the morning to send his grandfather and Ning Yunxiang out of Beijing, and was reported to the palace as soon as he entered the yamen in the afternoon.

The third prince of Dashang led [-] cavalry to knock on the pass and declared war with Daxia!