happy event

Chapter 78

"My emperor is wise, my emperor will live forever!" Hearing this decree, some of the people were genuinely happy, and some were thinking about gains and losses with fake smiles on their faces, but they all knelt down again to thank the people of the world.

In this way, the turmoil was completely dissipated, and the emperor was not asked again whether the Zhou family and the nine clans would be distributed to the frontier.After all, being an official in the same dynasty, and accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger, no one can guarantee that he will not be bitten.At this time, shut up and say nothing, and if you have a bad day, you won't worry about other people's troubles.This is the invisible and intangible rule in the officialdom...

The melodious music played again, and the waists of the dancers became more cheerful. Everyone toasted from time to time, coaxing His Majesty into a better mood.After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the emperor thought of asking the origin of the fruit just when he was slightly tipsy, so he took King Zhongshan's hand and said in a low voice, "Brother Wang has rescued me today, where did this fairy fruit come from?" Got it?"

Although the king of Zhongshan was his elder brother, it was rare for him to be so close to the emperor. After hearing this, he told how he was worried about not being able to find a good congratulatory gift, and how Concubine Liu shared his worries for him.Finally, he smiled and said, "It's all thanks to His Majesty's great blessing, so the fairy fruit was born in the cold place of the Northland."

The emperor smiled even more happily, and praised, "Brother Wang's words are wrong, that Qing County is a land of outstanding people, otherwise the former emperor would not have built Bailu Academy there."

"So, maybe this fruit is still tinged with scholarly aura, so maybe an idiot will become a wit after eating one?" Seeing their brothers talking lively, the queen also chimed in to make fun of it, making the emperor laugh out loud, " Haha, the queen's words are justified. Concubine Liu who found the fairy fruit should be rewarded, and Bailu Academy should be rewarded! But, what should I reward?"

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the Ai family thinks that rewarding gold and silver is not as good as rewarding one's wishes. Concubine Liu will be promoted in the palace without any shortage of gold and silver. As for the Academy, she will be rewarded with a plaque and title. Everyone will be happy .”

"The empress mother is right, so I will reward side concubine Liu with a first-rank imperial order, and I will often come to the palace to talk with the empress mother. How about a plaque in Bailu Academy that reads 'The land is prosperous because of the people, and the literature is used to promote learning'? "

"Your Majesty is talented. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Zhongshan King and Concubine Liu knelt down to thank him, and several officials in the hall who were born in Bailu Academy hurriedly expressed their gratitude loudly after hearing this.For a time, the monarch and his ministers got along well, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.

Dong Ping still didn't know that the auspicious fruits he brought not only earned money for his family, but also earned a big face for the academy.That night he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep well, wondering if the fruit was successfully delivered to the emperor.After finally surviving until dawn, the circles under his eyes were as dark as a panda.

Xizi knocked on the door and came in to serve her, yelling in surprise, Dong Ping remembered that her sister used to stick a cold spoon to her eyes and told Xizi to find some ice cubes.Xizi smiled and hurriedly passed the water towel, and replied, "Master, this is not home, but there is nowhere to find ice cubes."

Dong Ping laughed after thinking about it, with a hint of pride on his face, and said, "In addition to being more prosperous, the rest of the food and use in this capital is really not as convenient as at home."

Xizi nodded heavily, "That's right, I passed by a dim sum shop yesterday, and I ran in to have a look. There were only old ones, not even sugar shortbread, let alone mille-feuille cakes. If my wife opened a dim sum shop here The dim sum shop, the ones who keep it safe will drink the northwest wind."

The master and servant were chatting lively when they heard someone laughing outside the door, "A gentleman doesn't care about people's right and wrong, but Brother Dong Xian has broken the precept."

Xizi hurried to open the door, and saw Jin Beiwang standing outside the door smiling.Today he changed into a stone blue silk shirt, with a jasper hairpin on his head, and a folding fan in his hand. At first glance, he looks more refined than Dong Ping.

Dong Ping threw down the cloth towel in his hand, and smiled as he stepped forward to salute, "How did Brother Jin find this small shop, but something happened?"

Jin Beiwang went into the room and sat at the desk, and said with a smile, "I got up early and came to meet my younger brother. I didn't want to wait for a long time without seeing you go out, so I had to come up and have a look. Why, I was snoozing last night? How about Kyoto?" It is easy to cancel the curfew for three days, and tonight I will take you to the streets for a walk, and enjoy the lights of thousands of houses."

Dong Ping swiftly put his hair back into a bun, and sat down at the table to pour warm tea to entertain guests. Then he asked, "Didn't the curfew be canceled for one day during the Holy Birthday? How did it become three days?"

Jin Beiwang put away his folding fan and said with a smile, "You live here and haven't gone out, maybe you don't know yet. Last night, King Zhongshan presented four auspicious fruits as a birthday gift. His Majesty's sacred heart was overjoyed, and he decreed to pardon the whole world. The curfew will be lifted in the city for three days. Even the four drought-stricken state capitals in the south will open food warehouses and reduce taxes for two years. As long as the officials don’t get too greedy, the refugees outside the city will not starve to death.”

"Really?" Dong Ping said with joy, "That's great."

Jin Beiwang thought he was kind-hearted and couldn't see the plight of the refugees outside the city, so he smiled and said, "My brother has a benevolent heart, and I admire him. Speaking of which, the auspicious fruit came from your Qing County, and His Majesty even rewarded Bailu a lot." There is a eight-character plaque in the academy, and it is believed that the literary style of the academy is flourishing, and the mountains and rivers are contaminated with spiritual energy to bear auspicious fruits."

"The academy also got a reward? This is really great!" Dong Ping expected that his own fruit would take the top spot in the birthday celebration, but the academy also got rewards, but it was just a pure accident. Happy.I wonder how gentlemen will feel when they receive this reward?
Xizi happened to come back from pouring water, and when she heard that the academy had received rewards, she asked in a loud voice, "The academy also has rewards, so what about our wife, what did the emperor reward?"

Jin Beiwang patted him on the head with a smile, and said teasingly, "You greedy boy, do you want the emperor to reward you from door to door? That's the emperor's reward, not everyone can get it easily."

"Why, that fruit was planted by our wife..."

"Xizi, shut up!"

Xizi leaked the news in a moment of impatience. Although Dong Ping interrupted in time, how could such a shrewd person like Jin Beiwang fail to see the clue? Thinking about the peculiar words and deeds of the Dong family these few days, he thought Just guessed it.No wonder he vaguely felt that Dong Ping and the others were not simple before. It turned out that they were the ones who brought the auspicious fruits to the capital.

"Brother, is that auspicious fruit the other sister...?"

Dong Ping's mind quickly turned around, thinking that it would be better to hit the sun than to choose the day, and it would be good to take advantage of this opportunity to show the cards, so he got up and saluted Jin Beiwang, and finally said seriously, "Brother Jin, don't blame me, the younger brother went out and died. Huai Chongbao, I really dare not say more. It’s not that I deliberately concealed it to guard against my brother, but I hope my brother will not be surprised.”

Jin Beiwang stretched out his hand to support him, and there was no sign of blame on his face, "It's best to be careful when you go out. But brother virtuous also knows that brother Wei is in the fruit business, if this auspicious fruit is handed over to brother Wei, How could these rewards fall on outsiders. It is not possible to find more gold and silver for my virtuous younger brother, if luck is good, maybe even the imperial examination future will be much more lenient."

Dong Ping shook his head and said with a smile, "Thank you brother for your kindness, but scholars of my generation only get their fame from writing, so it doesn't matter if they don't do those things."

"You scholars, although it's unavoidable to be a little sore sometimes, but you are really admirable for your pride." Jin Beiwang smiled wryly, and comforted him, "Fame is all that matters, and there is no harm in having more gold and silver things."

Dong Ping smiled innocently, and said in a low voice, "How does my brother know that I have lost my fortune? Hasn't my brother heard of the story of throwing bricks to attract jade?"

Jin Beiwang frowned and thought for a moment, and finally his eyes burst into light, and he said in surprise, "Could it be that there are more than one set of auspicious fruits?"

Dong Ping didn't answer, but turned his head and told Xizi who was waiting on the side, "Go and ask Guanshi Zhang to come over with the fruit box, and say it's time to talk about business."

"Yes, young master." Xizi felt that she had caused trouble, and wished she could make amends immediately.At this moment, he heard the master's order and ran to the next door to find Guanshi Zhang. Guanshi Zhang just heard Jin Beiwang's visit, and he took out two wooden boxes from the box under the bed and waited.

The two entered the room one after the other. Guanshi Zhang greeted him, raised his head and opened the box when Dong Ping signaled.Jin Beiwang walked around the fruit with the handwriting on it for a while, and finally couldn't help reaching out to touch it, and then praised in amazement, "It really deserves the name of auspiciousness, and there are such miracles in the world. My dear brother Could it be that the family has accumulated virtue and done good deeds for many lifetimes, and God bestowed this fruit."

Dong Ping couldn't help laughing when he thought of the many "Fu Lu Shou Xi" that he had eaten into his stomach.But no matter how close he was with Jin Beiwang, he couldn't reveal his sister's secret, so he changed the topic and said, "I went to my brother's shop that day just to find opportunities, and I didn't want to get acquainted with him seriously. It's very speculative. We There is an old saying in the farm family that the fat and water don’t flow into other people’s fields. If you don’t mind this small business, you can discuss how to deal with the remaining two sets of fruits, okay?”

How could Jin Beiwang refuse such a good thing with all benefits but no harm? He had already planned in his mind how to operate in order to earn more gold and silver, and even raise his reputation in the fruit industry to a higher level.

"Okay, dear brother, I'm sorry for you. You are a scholar, so you don't want to be contaminated with copper stink. If the weather is fine today, go out for a stroll. I will discuss business matters with Zhang Guanshi. You can wait for a rewarding return. "

This was exactly what Dong Ping wanted, he quickly stood up and saluted, and said with a smile, "That's a hard work, brother." After saying this, he pushed the box to the side of Zhang Guanshi, and Zhang Guanshi bowed to take it. Then he took Xizi out the door.

For a while, there were only Guanshi Zhang and Jin Beiwang left in the room. Although they had to be cautious about their friendship with Dong Ping, the businessman still took the word "profit" first.The two sat on both sides of the desk, and after a verbal battle, they settled on [-] to [-] points.In the end, we discussed how to build momentum and how to raise the price, and in the end we were all satisfied.

He didn't mention Zhang Guanshi and Jin Beiwang, but only said that Dong Ping took Xizi out, and didn't go to the bookstore or visit the cloth shop, but just found a lively restaurant and ordered a table of good food.On normal days, Xizi would have sat down with a smile on his face and had a hearty meal with his master, but seeing his master's cold face today, he felt very uneasy, and stood obediently by the side to serve him.

Dong Ping didn't even ask him to sit down, but just ate the food slowly, occasionally commenting.It was not until he put down his chopsticks after eating that he asked coldly, "Xizi, do you know your mistake?"

(End of this chapter)