Kowloon wins

Chapter 616 Pointing East and West ([-])

Ha, old thirteen is really a wonderful person!

Hongqing originally thought that since the old thirteen was celebrating the child's birthday on behalf of the child, he must have held a grand banquet like the old fourteen, but he didn't expect to get out of the carriage. The marked carriage was parked outside the screen wall, and there was nothing else. Obviously, the old thirteen was sending out a notice, that is, the reason why his old thirteen acted this time was to help the fourth master and the other side. Hong Qing pulled the strings, implying that Hong Qing had to be mentally prepared. Thinking of this, the corners of Hong Qing's mouth immediately twitched, showing a hint of a playful smile.

"The little one kowtows to the prince."

Just as Hong Qing stood firm on her heels, she saw a porter butler leading several stewards rushing up to greet her, paying homage in an orderly fashion.

"Forget it, I'll trouble Raul to wait and report."

Hong Qing raised her hand with a smile, motioning for everyone to calm down, and then gave a casual order.

"So that the lord knows that my master has confessed that if you come, you don't need to report, you can just go in, lord, please."

Hearing what Hong Qing said, the housekeeper hurriedly responded with a smile, got up with a grunt, and bent down to let Hong Qing go inside.

"Well, it's work."

Hong Qing often came to this Prince's Mansion of Yong County, and he was familiar with Lao Shisan's family, so he was very casual, and he let out a soft sigh, and led Li Minxing and other confidant guards carrying gift boxes Shi Shi ran into the gate of the mansion, all the way through the hall and alley to the west flower hall at the second gate, and heard the hearty laughter of the old thirteen from a long distance away.

"Uncle Thirteen, it's so fun, why don't you come and have fun with my little nephew?"

Fang Yi walked into the West Flower Hall, and when he saw the old thirteen sitting high in the main seat, Hongli, who was in a white robe, was sitting sideways, talking and laughing with the old thirteen. It flashed by, but he didn't slow down, he walked into the hall boldly, saluted the old thirteen with a smile, and exchanged a casual greeting.

"Ha, you're finally willing to come, boy, what's the matter, isn't the wine on the old fourteen's side more fragrant than the one on the master's side?"

Seeing that Hong Qing had arrived, the old thirteen didn't chat with Hong Li any more, but stood up right away, looked at Hong Qing with his head tilted, and then he said with some taste.

"Uncle Thirteen, you're going to kill my nephew unjustly. Uncle Fourteen said he wanted to treat guests, so how could my nephew not go? But when Uncle Thirteen still had an appointment, my nephew left early. Man, Uncle Fourteen is full of displeasure because of the trouble, if you say that again, maybe it will be snowing in June this day."

Hong Qing and Lao Shisan were used to laughing and making noises, how could they care about Lao Shisan's sarcastic remarks, and chatted nonsense happily.

"Well, get the hell out of you, what nonsense is that? You're not Dou'e, and I'm not a stupid official. Don't talk nonsense with me. If today's gift is not pleasant, there is no wine, but there is a big stick waiting for you." on."

The reason why Lao Shisan treats guests today is because of Hongli's soft-hearted attitude, and because he feels that he owes fourth master - ever since Lao Shisan's mother died, Si Ye's mother Wu Yashi is taking him, and fourth master has been helping the old thirteen who is often excluded by his brothers in the past years. Although the alliance between the two has broken down in the past few years, the relationship for many years will not be nothing. Yes, this time Hongqing was entrusted by Hongli to invite Hongqing to come to the mansion. The old thirteen was actually very worried that Hongqing would lose face. Now, not only did Hongqing come, but she was still as close as ever. The old thirteen's heart was warmed tightly, and when he started laughing and cursing, there was a strong sense of intimacy.

"Hey, I knew Thirteenth Uncle would say that, don't be afraid, my nephew came prepared today, come here, and present all the gifts to Grandpa!"

Hong Qing didn't mind the old thirteen's jokes at all, she slapped her chest confidently, and gave a loud drink, several of her guards rushed to bring up a few gift boxes, opened them After removing the cover on it, they all bowed and retreated out of the hall.

"Hey, if you have a heart, you have to go and ask the dog if you like it. You can just do as you like."

There are quite a lot of things in the gift box, all of which are the Four Treasures of the Study and various exquisite toys. How precious it is, it is really hard to say, at most it is more than three hundred taels of silver, but most of the things are high-quality goods. It is obviously not an easy task to collect them. There is no doubt that Hong Qing has put in a lot of thought into making such a gift, and the old thirteen is not very dissatisfied, but what, the old thirteen please Hong Qing Qing came here not for these gifts, but to create opportunities for the interview between Hongli and Hongqing. Now that the greetings are over, the old thirteen doesn't plan to make any more fuss, so he just throws it away After a sentence of explanation, he ordered the people to carry the few gift boxes and then calmly went to the back hall.

"My little brother has seen Brother Qing."

When the old Shisan and Hong Qing were laughing and joking, Hongli couldn't get in the way at all, he could only stand aside and wait full of jealousy. It wasn't until the old Shisan left that he got a free time. Shi Ran stepped forward, cupped her hands towards Hong Qing, and greeted him very politely.

"Brother Li, you're being polite. You and I are guests, so there's no need to come and go. Just be more casual."

Hongli has a thick skin, and Hongqing is also not thin. At the beginning of the year, although the two sides had torn each other because of the marriage dispute before the imperial court, after that, they didn't criticize each other endlessly. On the contrary, they seemed to be okay. When they met, they would exchange some pleasantries. Of course, they had long since lost contact with each other in private. Those exchanges of greetings in public were all just pretentious gestures for outsiders to see. Today we meet each other In the Old Shisan Mansion, it is said that each other has something to ask for, but Hongqing knows what Hongli wants, but Hongli's possible request for Hongqing is not at all grounded, and it occupies an absolute position here. With the upper hand, Hong Qing was happy to show her generosity, she didn't show Hongli's face, but smiled and waved her hand, and replied politely.

"Since Brother Qing has said so, I would rather be respectful than obey my orders. Brother Qing, please sit down."

The capital injection of the "Eight Banners Company" is too important for Hongli, nothing else, because his right to speak in the central bank has been weakened a lot, if he is attacked by Master Jiu again After receiving the capital injection from the "Eight Banners Firm", the consequences must be no joke, and the foundation of its many years of operation may collapse. Because of this, even though the hatred for Hongqing in his heart is as deep as the sea, he can't help but Unyieldingly asked the old thirteen to come forward to help, and now, the old thirteen has created an opportunity for him to meet Hong Qing alone according to the agreement. Down to discuss the signal.

"Well, brother Li can sit down too."

This time, Hong Qing was going to catch the two big fishes of the fourth master and his son. Before she caught them, she would not deliberately embarrass Hongli. If it's noisy, the master's face is not good, isn't it?Of course, Hong Qing would not try to curry favor with Hongli, she just said indifferently, and then, regardless of whether Hongli was sitting or not, she walked aside on her own, and lifted her robe. Hem, just sat down at this end.

"Brother Qing, I heard that the 'Eight Banners Company' has been making a lot of money recently, and its annual revenue is expected to exceed 2000 million. I wonder if this is true?"

Seeing that Hongqing had already sat down, Hongli smiled and didn't say much. He walked to the chair opposite Hongqing, lifted the hem of his robe, and sat down. Then, he turned to Hongqing again He cupped his hands and asked casually.

"Oh, Brother Li's question, Brother Wei really can't answer, Uncle Fifteen is in charge of the 'Eight Banners Company', and Brother Wei is buried in the Ministry of Industry all day long, so I really don't know the details. "

Regarding the operating conditions of the "Eight Banners Company", Hong Qing knew very well - since the conquest of Dongying, the profitability of the "Eight Banners Company" has taken a big step forward, and the "Industrial and Commercial Bank" After one year's dividends, the profit of the entire "Eight Banners Firm" has exceeded 600 million, which is equivalent to more than a quarter of the national treasury's annual revenue!Of course, Hong Qing knew it clearly in her heart, but she didn't want to make it clear to Hongli, nothing else, just because Hongli's question seemed random, but in fact it was an ulterior motive, in order to focus the topic on capital injection. Citing, Hongqing knew this in her heart like a mirror, but she didn't intend to just follow Hongli's intention, so she laughed and made some nonsense perfunctorily.

"Brother Qing is too modest. No one in the world knows that the 'Eight Banners Company' is managed by you alone. It is thanks to Brother Qing that my Eight Banners children can enjoy wealth and well-being."

In fact, Hongli didn't care much about the real profit of the "Eight Banners Firm". She smiled and flattered Hong Qing.

"Brother Li, don't speak in vain. The health and well-being of my disciples of the Eight Banners all depend on the grace of the Emperor Mafa. How can others dare to say this? Brother Li said that, isn't it because he intends to set fire to my brother?" ,Um?"

Hongli's flattering words, no matter whether they are sincere or false, are not something a minister can afford. If you really admit it, you will be suspected of being irrebellious. Hongqing is clearly aware of this. How could he be overwhelmed by Hongli's misty soup, his face was serious, and he reprimanded Hongli unceremoniously.

Hong Qing's reprimand was clearly not joking, although the volume was not too loud, but the murderous aura inside was very strong, even Hongli was considered to be a very deep generation in the city, but he couldn't help being shocked by it, and his face turned pale. Under the endless changes, I really don't know how to explain it for a while...

(End of this chapter)