Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 30 Generous

"Brother Hu, follow me to do something!"

In the morning, when Hu Quan passed by the Yang family on his way to his private school, and dropped by to deliver the meat.

Yang Chao dragged him into the fire by the way. To make this grand event, Yang Chao couldn't be busy alone.

"Where to go?"

Hu Quan didn't go to school anymore, so he followed Yang Chao, but he still had to know where to go.

"Go to Nanshi Building."

Yang Chao replied.

Hu Quan asked strangely, "What are you doing at Nanshilou?"

Yang Chao stopped suddenly at this time, he had been thinking over and over for a long time, he wanted to do great things, this time was an opportunity.

But it doesn't work if there is no one in hand. After thinking about it, there is only Hu Quan who is trustworthy around me. Even Wang Xiao is just a cooperative relationship, but Hu Quan is worthy of my trust.

This kind of feeling is not clear, it is the kind of feeling you can only have when you grow up with someone who has never had any interest relationship. This is Fa Xiao, the purest friendship.

Yang Chao said seriously: "Brother Hu, do you want to do big things with me?"

Hu Quan took a look, and felt that Yang Chao was very strange, but his appearance was definitely not a joke. The two grew up together since they were young, and he could tell at a glance whether they were joking or not.

But still worried: "Aren't you joking?"

Yang Chao shook his head: "Who is free to tell you a joke!"

Hu Quandao: "What's the matter with you. I've been feeling weird about you recently, since you fell into the water last time, and I've always felt this way. It's like the last time you helped that scholar and earned him 50 taels of silver. I've always wanted to ask you, but I didn't dare to."

Yang Chao was startled. He was no longer the Yang Chao he was in the past. However, even his parents and younger sister didn't find out about this situation, but Hu Quan found out. He couldn't help being surprised. From a certain angle, he sees it more clearly than his parents, brothers and sisters.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Brother Hu, you are overthinking. But I really want to do big things, I just ask if you will do it with me."

Hu Quan didn't hesitate much: "Of course. If you want to do big things, I will naturally help you. If you don't let me be together, you can't do it, otherwise you're still a brother."

Yang Chao patted him on the shoulder: "Good brother. But if you work with me, there are some things I won't say, you can't ask. Also, what we are going to do this time is a big thing, you just do it, and when it's done, I will I'll tell you again."

The matter this time is related to the chief assistant of the current dynasty, and it will definitely be successful. This is an absolutely major event, and Yang Chao doesn't want to expose it through Hu Quan's mouth.

Hu Quan nodded, but his expression was a little sad.

"What's the matter, Brother Hu?"

Yang Chao noticed that change very carefully.

Hu Quan frowned and said: "Although I don't know what you are going to do, if you want to do it, I will do it with you. If you don't let me ask, I won't ask. I just think that you have changed. What did you have before?" Nothing will be hidden from me."

It turned out to be this relationship, and Yang Chao also felt that it was not good. To be honest, what he did seemed to be overdone. This is not the way to treat friends, but what he is going to do now, and what he will do in the future, is not a trivial matter. have no choice.

Yang Chao sighed: "Good brother, don't ask now, I will give you an explanation later."

Hu Quan nodded.

The two of them went to Nanshilou this time to find Kang Hui.

Hu Quan didn't understand what great things that little turtle man could do, but Yang Chao told him that there was one thing that the turtle man was most suitable for.

Downstairs in Nanshi, Yang Chao asked Kang Hui to come out. For this, Yang Chao had to take out a piece of silver, because he ran into the prostitute from last time. To pull Yang Chao's ears, the reason is that Yang Chao broke his promise and didn't call her at all after he went to the Nanshi Building last time.

Yang Chao just broke his fortune to avoid disaster, and handed over the last broken silver on his body, which was nearly a penny in silver.

Kang Hui came down quickly, looking at Yang Chao and Hu Quan in a daze.

"You two boys, why are you looking for me. I'm studying with Uncle Liu Jingting recently, so I don't have time to talk to you!"

Kang Hui is very stinky, he has been so ostentatious since he was a child, he likes to brag, he likes to act like a master.

Liu Jingting is the first-class storytelling master in the south of the Yangtze River, and he often tells stories in Fengyuechang. of.

Yang Chao laughed, and Hu Quan laughed too.

Kang Hui suddenly felt bad, and started to back away, pointing at the two of them: "Don't mess around!"

But the two of them had already rushed forward, and greeted with hands and feet: "I am ha! Master Liu! Learn to read!"

"Wait, wait! Two big brothers, you have something to say, you have something to say, I know I was wrong."

Kang Hui hurriedly replied, while hiding his head back and forth, the prostitutes and prostitutes downstairs in Nanshi watched the excitement. Yang Chao and Hu Quan had never done this kind of slapstick before. The best way to ask Kang Hui to do things Just beat him.

Seeing Kang Hui's reply, the two of them stopped fighting.

Hu Quan snorted and said: "Your boy still has this kind of virtue. If you don't give you some strength, you won't know how to be obedient."

Kang Hui smiled cheaply: "Brother Hu is right."

Yang Chao said: "Okay! Let me tell you something serious. I want to do a big event, a grand event. I have to invite a group of famous people. You know how to do it."

Kang Hui was stunned: "A meeting? Invite celebrities? Why do you have it?"

Yang Chao laughed and said, "Is Liu Rushi and Li Xiangjun's names enough?"

Kang Hui was surprised: "Did you find these two people? Is it true or not?"

Yang Chao said: "There is absolutely no joke!"

Kang Hui smiled and said, "That's enough."

Yang Chao said: "Okay, you can ask me now, there are those celebrities and talents in Nanjing, please help me invite them."

Kang Hui chuckled and said, "You kid has developed recently! But if you want me to do things, you have to understand the rules."

Yang Chao said: "Don't worry, your benefits are indispensable. After the matter is completed, you will get 50 taels of silver!"

A friend is a friend, this turtle only recognizes money in his eyes.

After hearing 50 taels of silver, Kang Hui was satisfied.

Yang Chao finally told: "You do it carefully, we will find a room in Nanshi Building later, and we can discuss it together."

Kang regretted, "Don't worry!"

"Brother Yang, where are we going now?"

After leaving Nanshilou, Hu Quan asked in doubt.

"Ruan's house!"

"Ruan Dacheng's house?"

Hu Quan was shocked.

Yang Chao nodded.

Ruan Dacheng's reputation is not good, especially among scholars. Ruan Dacheng stayed at home after losing his official position, but he never gave up and always wanted to find an opportunity to re-enter the officialdom.

A few years ago, Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army attacked Nanzhili, but Ruan Dacheng was brave enough to fight, so he recruited idle heroes in Nanjing and planned to organize a rebel army.

At this time, a group of young scholars in the city of Nanjing, with hundreds of people mainly rehabilitating the society, jointly wrote an article "Liudu Preventing Chaos Public Exposure", in which they criticized Ruan Dacheng for recruiting private soldiers with ulterior motives, and sent people in Posters were posted everywhere in Nanjing City, but Ruan Dacheng was so frightened that he hurriedly dismissed his servants and hid in the countryside by himself.

This incident is regarded by young scholars in Jiangnan as a victory that cannot be ignored, and they are proud of it.

Since then, he has even more contempt for Ruan Dacheng, and has completely beaten him to the opposite side.

Yang Chao didn't care about these things. On the contrary, the peasant army was raging, and these scholars only knew empty talk. On the contrary, Ruan Dacheng was quite kind at that time. Readers are more active.

Even though he was going to Ruan Dacheng's house, Hu Quan did not object, so he would go if Yang Chao went.

At the gate of Ruan's house, Hu Quan was waiting outside, and Yang Chao went in alone.

Yang Chao was already very confident, and when he said what he thought, he got Ruan Dacheng's approval.

Yang Chao had expected this result a long time ago, because what he designed was exactly what Ruan Dacheng needed.

In fact, Ruan Dacheng has much more experience in meeting than Yang Chao, and Ruan Dacheng was also a man of influence in Nanjing in the past.

When the political struggle failed, he was implicated and dismissed by the eunuch party, but he was unwilling to be mediocre, so he stayed in Nanjing. Relying on his talent, he often invited famous prostitutes to gather in painting boats and opera houses, and held large and small poetry and ci meetings. He was also good at writing scripts, and these scripts were performed by famous actors in Liyuan, and Ruan Dacheng's reputation suddenly overshadowed all the scholars and talents.

Therefore, Ruan Dacheng was deeply envied by talented scholars, so when Ruan Dacheng wanted to rely on the peasant army to approach Nanjing and organize a rebel army to gain credit, Nanjing scholars and talented scholars jointly wrote an appeal to report Ruan Dacheng's ulterior motives and evil intentions.

Only then did Ruan Dacheng be forced to leave Nanjing, and his reputation was completely ruined.

Therefore, Ruan Dacheng was also very tempted to make a name for himself through gatherings, but he couldn't do it himself, because his reputation was already rotten, and there were no literati, talented scholars, famous prostitutes and beauties to make friends with him, and he simply couldn't invite famous famous prostitutes and talented scholars.

So when Yang Chao said it, Ruan Dacheng was [-]% satisfied, but worried about his bad reputation, so he could only ask Yang Chao to solve it.

Yang Chao had considered this issue a long time ago, so he kept it secret. Even Liu Rushi and Li Xiangjun didn't know about Ruan Dacheng.

Ruan Dacheng was very satisfied with this, but Ruan Dacheng still had some scruples about Liu Rushi's request to invite Qian Qianyi, the old Donglin, because although Qian Qianyi and Zhou Yanru were both giants of Donglin, they were also political enemies, and their rift was deep.

However, Ruan Dacheng thought that he was just trying to improve relations with the Donglin Party. Qian Qianyi was also a tycoon of Donglin. Qian Qianyi's participation in the meeting he held could also represent Donglin to a certain extent. As for Qian Qianyi and Zhou Yan There is no need to worry about the relationship between Confucianism.

In Ruan Dacheng's view, the possibility of Zhou Yanru becoming the chief assistant again is very slim. There is no precedent for a dismissed person like Zhou Yanru to serve as the chief assistant again after many years.

After some discussion, Ruan Dacheng suggested that Yang Chao invite more famous prostitutes, which would have a greater impact.

Yang Chao also wants to invite more, but it takes money to hire famous prostitutes.

Yang Chao has already inquired about it. Even if Liu Rushi and Li Xiangjun agreed to participate again to help Zhou Yanru, they still have to pay them a bargaining fee afterwards, and there must be no less. No matter what, you will get one or two hundred taels of silver.

Of course, it’s okay not to give it. If the reputation is not good, it will be laughed at by the literati in the whole city of Nanjing. Not only will it not achieve the purpose of helping Ruan Dacheng, but it will make people laugh at him further, so the gain is not worth the loss.

But Ruan Dacheng is rich, and the amount of money is beyond Yang Chao's imagination. Yang Chao only knows that this guy has been a high-ranking official and his family has a family background, but he doesn't know that his family has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. His money does not come from being an official. What I earned, but in order to become an official, I put in a lot of money.

Under Ruan Dacheng's assurance that he would not hesitate to spend money, Yang Chao simply let go and invited all the famous prostitutes in the city. Such momentum must be enough to convey Ruan Dacheng's intentions to Dong Lin.

As soon as Yang Chao's proposal came out, even Ruan Dacheng sighed that it was a great deal!
(End of this chapter)