Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 180 Missing!

As for the other part of the bet, whether Ye Chen could improve the efficiency of labor in Baima County with the reward method of labor contracting, with the precedent of [-] laborers in Kaifeng City, Lu Yuqing did not have much confidence.

At this moment, a servant came to report that Ren Zhiliang, an official from Kaifeng Mansion, asked to see him.

Lu Yuqing didn't even think about it, and shouted: "No see!"

The servant saw that his master was in a bad mood, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Master! The master said that those profiteers who cheated the big yamen and let our family go bankrupt were arrested by the Kaifeng mansion and interrogated by the Kaifeng mansion. , Several profiteers have pleaded guilty and handed over the money they defrauded our family, a total of [-] guan. Master Ren has just handed it over to the villain, and the villain has already brought it in."

Lu Yuqing's face was first surprised when he heard the words, and then he frowned when he heard the ten thousand guan, and his face changed. When the old butler who had followed him for many years said the last word, he found that the latter was followed by four servants. Carrying a large box in his hand.I didn't notice it before, but when I found out, my face changed, I stood up and shouted: "You are confused! Get out quickly, send this ten thousand guns back, go quickly."

At this time, a mid-aged lady led two servant girls over quickly from the side door, and shouted loudly from a distance: "Lu Yuqing! Don't send the money back."

After finishing speaking, he said to Lu Yuqing: "Lu Yuqing! You have such great pride! You lost [-] guan with just one mouth, and you are still in front of the emperor. I think you are old and confused. You want our family to lose money again. Bankruptcy. Now the unscrupulous businessmen who cheated our family of money were arrested by the Kaifeng government and returned our money. You want to pay it back. Do you still want to let this family live? Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...... "

This half-old Xu Niang is naturally Lu Yuqing's wife Guo Shi, but she sat on the ground and burst into tears after talking about it.She had no choice but to disregard her appearance, because she knew her rigid old man too well. If he didn't stop him desperately, he would throw the money into the courtyard of Kaifeng mansion overnight.

At this moment, a guard ran over and said, "My lord! Master Ren of Kaifeng Mansion said that it's too late today, so he won't bother you, so he left in a carriage."

When Lu Yuqing heard it, he couldn't help being startled, and sat down again with a bang, but his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Lu Yuqing sat quietly for an unknown amount of time.Another servant ran over and said that Mr. Huangfu from Mr. Zhao's mansion was visiting, and when he said that he had brought a heavy gift, Lu Yuqing came back to his senses, just smiled wryly, and said, "Let's just say I'm asleep, let Mr. Huangfu go back." !"

Speaking of it, it was too late for Huangfu to come, it was already past the time of Haishi, and it was really midnight.Although he is an aide in Zhao Pu's mansion, Lu Yuqing is the deputy prime minister after all, so it is normal for Lu Yuqing not to see him so late.

"It's indeed too late tonight, but the situation is special after all. Could it be that Lu Xianggong didn't receive the news from the Chunfeng Tower?" Huangfu Tong's face was a little ugly. Speaking of which, he was also unlucky tonight. Somehow, it was only five or six miles away. On the road, the tire of his carriage was broken first, and then the horse suddenly frightened and went crazy for some reason, and dragged him for more than ten miles in another direction.After the two guards on horseback chased him all the way, desperately helping him hold the horse back, Huangfu Tong, who was frightened all the way, got out of the carriage with a pale face.

But this carriage is no longer usable, and he doesn't know how to ride a horse. It would be a great shame for a literati like him to ride on the same horse with a warrior guard.But at night, he went there to look for a carriage again, so he could only walk all the way to Lu Yuqing's house.This delay, at this time, has become the current situation of wanting to cry without tears.

Huangfutong knew the importance of this ten thousand strings, he wanted to leave the money in Lu Yuqing's mansion no matter what, and was about to make up a reason to ask the housekeeper who came out to accept the money, but at this moment, he suddenly came in from the alley opposite Lu Yuqing's mansion. Out of a group of people.In the first place was an old man in his 50s, followed by seven or eight police officers from Kaifeng Prefecture.

"It was him, it was his carriage that knocked over the little man's wine-making jars, and more than 100 jars of aged bamboo leaf greens worth thousands of dollars were all smashed and lost." The old man pointed at Huangfutong and cried out heartbroken.

Under the leadership of a head catcher, all the shops rushed towards Huangfutong without saying a word.

Huangfu and two guards stepped forward and was about to say something when the head catcher shouted: "If the thief dares to resist the arrest, he will be killed."

This time, the two guards didn't dare to resist anymore, and Huangfutong just said "I am..." before he was kicked down by the arrester, tied up and left.

Dazzling throughout the whole process, the butler of the Lu Mansion who had just walked out of the mansion was stunned. He didn't know what happened, so he ran back and told his master.

Although Zhao Guangyi knew from Mr. Chen in his house that Ye Chen was not an ordinary person.He also guessed that Ye Chen should be able to do what he said, but he didn't expect that Ye Chen spent half a day borrowing [-] labor so easily, which made his plan to give Lu Yuqing [-] guan seem like a joke. Hasty and full of flaws.Well, it's finally done.

"Those profiteers and their confessions were prepared overnight, and they will be delivered to Lu Yuqing's residence tomorrow morning." Zhao Guangyi said to Ren Zhiliang in front of him.

Ren Zhiliang bowed and said yes.

After Ren Zhiliang left, Zhao Guangyi thought about the whole process of Ye Chen's expropriation of [-] labor in his mind, and he could not help but focus on the wealthy businessman who had been neglecting for the first time.

"Perhaps the leaders of Kaifeng City are also a great help." Zhao Guangyi muttered to himself with a flash of light in his eyes.

Xue Juzheng, another political advisor, and Chu Zhaofu, the envoy of the Third Division, were also a little depressed after knowing that Ye Chen had easily exchanged five low-ranking officials for one hundred thousand labor.After all, he lost thousands of guan.Of course, on the contrary, Cao Bin was in a good mood tonight. With a casual word, he won [-] guan, which is equivalent to his five-year salary, and he has always been a clean and honest official. It's really not a small amount.

A night without words.

Ye Chen got up in the morning, and after practicing internal strength for an hour as usual, he told Ma Gangzi to divide the various special products brought from Jianghuai into four parts and send them to Cao Bin, Wang Chao, Princess Yongqing, and Prince Zhao Defang respectively. It is especially emphasized that all the bad white fish will be given to the sons and daughters of the emperor.

Of course, foreign ministers can't give gifts to the prince and princess indiscriminately. The reason for sending them to the palace is also a problem. Ye Chen thought about it and asked Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, to send it in the name of Zhao Dezhao.As for the Luo Mansion, Luo Gongming also went to Jianghuai, so naturally he didn't have to go.

After Ye Chen finished giving gifts, he called three of the best blacksmiths in the mansion, brought measuring tools, and went to see the ghost doctor.

Walking into the small courtyard of the ghost doctor, Ye Chen was surprised to see Yu Qingyan who was sitting next to the ghost doctor sitting on the recliner in the courtyard basking in the sun and talking to the former.He got up early yesterday and stayed late at night, never idle for a moment, and forgot about Yu Qingyan's affairs, but he never thought that this girl would stay with the ghost doctor.

After being surprised, Ye Chen thought of a possibility, his face changed slightly, and he stared carefully at Yu Qingyan who was slightly saluting to him for a while.

"Hmph! Kid, stop thinking about it. This girl voluntarily stays by my side, worshiping me as my teacher and apprentice." The ghost doctor glared at Ye Chen and said.Yu Qingyan saw the concern in Ye Chen's heart, sighed in her heart, and nodded.

Seeing this, Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still full of doubts.He really couldn't figure out how the two of them got together.

Ye Chen instructed the two blacksmiths to measure the size of the prosthetic legs that the ghost doctor wanted to build, and then drew a structural diagram in front of the ghost doctor, and instructed the two blacksmiths carefully, and then asked the two blacksmiths to build them. .Unexpectedly, Yu Qingyan opened his mouth suddenly, and proposed some revisions to the structural diagram he drew. Ye Chen was surprised, and after careful deduction, when he looked at Yu Qingyan again, his eyes lit up.Yu Qingyan's suggestions for amendments are very reasonable, and they are exactly what Ye Chen neglected in the structural diagram.

Ye Chen realized that he knew too little about Yu Qingyan. "Perhaps this is also the reason why the ghost doctor wanted to accept her as his disciple." Ye Chen was stunned.

After coming out of the small courtyard of the ghost doctor, when Ye Chen came to the small courtyard of Baicanghai, the latter was practicing sword, while Sun Xueying and Xiao Mo were sitting beside the stone table with adoring and affectionate expressions, and there was tea on the stone table pastry.Looking at Ye Chen, he was envious.

"Brother Bai is practicing sword, accompanied by two beauties, life is so nourishing!" Ye Chen returned the salute to the second daughter who saluted him, and said.

Bai Canghai put away his sword and asked Ye Chen to sit down. The two girls served tea and said, "Brother Ye! My injury is almost healed now. I will take Yingying and Xiaomo back to Yangzhou Jianzhuang in a few days. Senior brother is the master, marry the two of them into the house."

Bai Canghai still speaks so directly, without any polite nonsense, what he does is straightforward, and he does what he wants.Although Ye Chen had already guessed this result on the way back to Kaifeng, he never expected that Bai Canghai would marry Sun Xueying and Xiao Mo so soon.

"Congratulations, Brother Bai. It's just that Brother Bai is not in a hurry. Kaifeng is the most prosperous place in the world. Brother Bai might as well take the two girls to play for a few days, and then return to Yangzhou. In addition, I would like to let Brother Bai Teaching swordsmanship for self-defense." Ye Chen said.

Bai Canghai thought for a while, glanced at the two women, and saw that the latter did not express any intention of rushing back to Yangzhou to get married, so he said in a simple and apprehensive tone: "That's fine."

"Well! I will stay in Kaifeng for three months, and Ye Geer will come over when I have time. I will not be stingy and teach Ye Geer the sword skills carefully." Bai Canghai continued.

After Ye Chen met Bai Canghai, he asked someone to call Hu Mazi again, and told him to get familiar with Kaifeng City these days, and told Hu Mazi carefully about a plan he had thought up a long time ago, and then asked him to choose a good one. After Ye Chen has been busy for a while, he will fund and support him to open a casino.

Just after finishing their work, Wang Chao, Luo Yaoshun and Cao Wei came to visit together.Ye Chen had people prepare food and drinks, and the four of them ate, drank and chatted for a long time.After hearing Ye Chen's experience in Jianghuai, the three of them were amazed, but also full of murderous intent towards the Maitreya Sect. They only hoped that the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty would attack the Southern Tang Dynasty as soon as possible, and then they would lead people to uproot the Maitreya Sect and avenge Ye Chen.

(End of this chapter)