Ping An Biography

On the way from the capital to Yangzhou, Zhang Ning’s wallet was stolen when he was staying at the store. Fortunately, the horse was not lost by the store. Sure enough, the folk customs were not so simple in ancient times, and there were people who ate whatever food.Arriving at Yangzhou City hungry, the sun has already slanted to the west, the shadow of a single rider in the ancient city is stretched out, and it is indescribably lonely.He didn't go back to his residence and didn't go to the government office in Yangzhou, he went straight to Biyuan, where he can eat and drink for free, and there is good tea and food, which is what Zhang Ning likes in his life.It was not time for dinner, and the sign in the room read "The season has arrived, and the flowers will be in full bloom soon. <The wind blows in her face. Then she continued to fiddle with those tea sets, doing trivial things, not talking much, and seemed very quiet. After all, she was here It's better to stay in a good place, at least you don't have to pay attention to whether your wallet will be stolen.

After a while, Xie Jun, the owner of Biyuan, and another person also came in to greet him. The other person was the first time Zhang Ning met, and he looked familiar.This person is in his prime at the age of 40. He is tall and thin. In fact, his figure is quite burly and not thin. However, the skin on his face looks dry, like old branches without any moisture, so he feels very thin.The attire was very normal, that is, ordinary civilian clothes, but Zhang Ning's first feeling was that this person was probably an old bachelor, just an intuition that having a woman in the family would not make him look so awkward.

"Zhan Zhuli." Xie Jun pointed to him and introduced, "Mister's messengers and those responsible for security are not under Xie's control. Only Mr. can control him."

Zhan Zhuli paid homage: "For a humble job, please refer to Mr. Zhang."

"There's no need to be too polite." Zhang Ning nodded, reminding him that he was the person Xie Jun mentioned last time who was a good drinker.

"The tea is ready, and today there is ready-boiled spring water." The beauty brought the tea tray up with a smile, and looked at Zhang Ning with a smile, "Master Zhang tasted the Dongting tea last time and agreed, today is still the same."

Both Zhang Ning and Xie Jun smiled kindly at the beauties. After all, beauties should be treated more kindly in the eyes of men.Zhan Zhuli turned a blind eye, and said with a straight-eyed look: "I heard that the person who stabbed the adult in the back in the fraud case in the examination room was your classmate Ma Wenchang. Does he have any trouble with you?"

"It seems that there is nothing wrong with it. I guess I was too flamboyant before, and others were dissatisfied." Zhang Ning said casually.I only found out about Ma Wenchang when I got home. How did Old Cousin Zhan know about this when he was far away in Yangzhou?Just now Xie Jun said that Cousin Zhan was only in charge of him, but now it seems that he is in charge of me instead?Well, this person is a messenger, and when delivering the letter, he happened to type Laozi's small report in front of Shangfeng.

Xie Jun echoed and sighed: "People in Jianghu are sinister."

Zhang Ning pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile: "It's still the same sentence, tasting tea is the state of mind. People in the world have good intentions and bad intentions, who doesn't? If you don't like it, just care about it, and your mood will be bad. Let's drink tea .”

"Please." Xie Juan nodded approvingly, turned his head and saw Old Cousin Zhan drank it down with his head up, couldn't help but laughed and cursed again for ruining the good tea.

Zhan Zhuli said with a smile: "I can sing good and bad wine, but this tea is really a waste for me to drink, haha."

Zhang Ning took a sip carefully, the aroma of the tea was really intoxicating, and he really had little knowledge about it, but the difference between fine tea and coarse tea was too obvious.He put down his teacup and said solemnly: "This time I went to Nanjing and met Shangfeng."

Both of them were sitting and listening with serious faces.

Zhang Ning continued: "Shangfeng gave me a new errand, and the initial goal is Taohuashanzhuang. Taohuashanzhuang itself is a group of private salt dealers who have colluded with the rebellious party. The main area of ​​activity is in Nanzhili, and the old nest is in Yangzhou. If there is progress in the early stage, don’t startle the enemy, and the further goal is Jianwen’s close minister Zheng Qia. Shangfeng asked me to preside over Yangzhou’s unannounced visit, and we must first draw up a plan. The two of you are familiar with the place, what’s your opinion?”

Xie Jun took a dossier from Singer Miao and handed it over with both hands: "This is the list and identities of the 57 masters who worked under Mister. It's a secret file. Please read it over, Mister. We only follow Mr.'s lead."

Zhang Ning took it and found a red paper bag with the yellow word "Qing" printed on it, so he asked, "What is this again?"

"A little thought from the brothers." Xie Jun said with a smile.

Zhang Ning said: "You want me to accept bribes?"

Xie Juan said: "It's nothing like a bribe, it's just a little bit of etiquette. In the first month, the brothers walked around each other to pay New Year's greetings, and the husband went to Nanjing again. This is made up for, it's just a normal etiquette."

"In this case..." Zhang Ning is penniless now, and the remaining money was stolen on the way. Now that he has a legitimate name to collect money, he can only "smile", "I don't want to save everyone's face, Next time, you don't have to be so polite, we are all from our own... If you are talking about business, don't you two have any opinions?"

Xie Juan had already stated that he was looking ahead, and Zhan Zhuli also said, "Do whatever you say, I'm just an errand runner."

Zhang Ning was silent for a while, and flipped through the list casually. These people have various identities supported by public funds, and all of them are related to the three religions and nine streams who travel around the rivers and lakes.Hu Gong has been in this business for 20 years, and the net has basically been spread.

"The land and shops in Peach Blossom Villa have been closed down by the government. A group of them have to eat and make a living. Sooner or later they will come out to find a way to transport smuggled salt." Zhang Ning said while thinking, anyway, this matter is just perfunctory. What achievements have been made in this position, but the actions still need to be shown, "So now we have to shift our focus to the private salt business."

The two nodded solemnly and said yes: "What Mr. said is very true."

"Send the news to the leaders of the various teams in various places, let them try to find out the main private salt groups | gangs active in the local area, get the news as soon as possible, and report to the key follow-up spies when there are new gang members appearing."

Briefly arranged the preliminary arrangements, Zhang Ning didn't plan to spend too much time, it seems that the problem is not big: Xie Jun probably doesn't pay too much attention to the business, this guy is only focused on running his Biyuan, caring about making a fortune, and eating later At the same time, he mentioned such things as what poetry would create a famous ji; on the contrary, it was Zhan Zhuli, Zhang Ning was very skeptical, a person who didn't care about money or sex, his only hobby was drinking, which was really a bit strange up.

Therefore, Zhang Ning planned to write the report first, and ordered Zhan Zhuli to be sent to Nanjing, and then he went to Peach Blossom Villa after taking advantage of the opportunity.In fact, even if people found out that he went to Peach Blossom Villa, it would not be a big problem. Originally, Zhang Ning was in charge of this matter. Besides, Peach Blossom Villa has been confiscated by the government, so it is not impossible to go and have a look.

In short, after Zhang Ning judged the situation mainly by intuition, he was going to win over Xie Jun first, and then make the idea of ​​Zhan Zhuli. <Ji wants to travel to Yangzhou.Zhang Ning said calmly, "There is Mr. Su among them, isn't he in Nanjing, why did he come from Hangzhou?"

Xie Juan immediately asked: "Among the four, Mr. Su is the most outstanding. How did you know that he is in Nanjing?"

Zhang Ning said with a normal face: "Before I returned to Yangzhou, I had a table with Mr. Su on the Qinhuai River."

"Huh?!" Xie Juan was both surprised and delighted, "So you know Mr. Su?"

This situation is like two buddies having a barbecue, talking about Jacky Cheung coming to a concert, one of them said lightly: You said Jacky Cheung, I went shopping with him that day.

Zhang Ning said: "It's just a familiar acquaintance. He has a good relationship with a fellow villager of mine, and he was recommended by a fellow villager."

Xie Junxie said: "That's great, that's great! You don't know that in order to invite the four great talents, I spent a lot of money to accompany countless smiling faces to make friends with the literati and sao guests on Baoyang Lake. Since Mr. Knowing Mr. Su, there will be a lot less twists and turns. As long as Mr. Su gives Mr. a face to come to the meeting, and the other three have good friendship with Mr. Su, it is probably not difficult to invite him; All the guests have a few good words to Miao Ge, and the value is not going up?"

"Heng Yong has put a lot of effort into Miss Miao's heart." Zhang Ning said with a smile.

Xie Jun said in front of Miao Ge: "Miss Miao is also a member of Biyuan. We are not doing this for a certain person, but Biyuan! It is necessary to make a reputation and improve the grade. Then those who have Wealthy and powerful customers will be attracted to our place and become regular customers..."

Zhang Ning nodded and agreed, "Since that's the case, I should come forward about this matter. When Mr. Su comes to Yangzhou, you have to say something. I'll pay a visit in the past, and he should meet. At that time, put the Hengyong invitation card in his hand." Once you give it away, he won't be able to refuse it because of face."

"Oh, sir, it's really a blessing for us to come to Yangzhou to take up the post." Xie Jun got up and bowed.

"No need, sit down, sit down and talk." Zhang Ning hurriedly stretched out his hand to make a pressing motion, and said calmly, "Biyuan's good management is also a credit. You don’t need to ask Mr. Hu for funds for a day, you can be completely self-sufficient, and you can also work for the court, wouldn’t it be good for both?”

Xie Juan said: "Sir is right."

However, Zhang Ning thought that it would be impossible to confiscate all the benefits, otherwise how could Xie Juan have such high enthusiasm and enthusiasm?He didn't say that the loss was already good.

... When Zhang Ning returned to his residence after socializing here, Zhang Ning immediately opened the red envelope and saw 200 taels of bank notes. This "ordinary etiquette" is really a lot, which is equivalent to more than 10 yuan.Zhang Ning now has an annual salary of 45 taels in front of a seventh-rank official, and receiving an "ordinary gift money" is equivalent to four and a half years of salary.

People are soft but hands are short, Zhang Ning sighed secretly while putting the banknotes in his pocket, crumpling up the red envelopes and throwing them away.With the money taken, as long as you don’t do anything wrong on other issues, you don’t have to worry about being investigated and taking bribes, but it’s always not clean.