Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 38

Kang Hui was in charge of inviting those famous talents and some entertainers, while Wang Xiao was in charge of inviting those great businessmen.

Yang Chao on Wang Xiao's side is not worried, he sees Wang Xiao's ability to handle affairs, but Kang Hui's side is a little worried.

Because Kang Hui wanted to invite too many people, there were more than a dozen romantic talents, and more than a dozen well-known actors.

Yang Chao didn't know if Kang Hui could handle it or not.

So on the second day, Yang Chao and Hu Quan came to Nanshilou again.

I saw Wang Xiao drinking.

"You are free!"

Yang Chao couldn't help sighing, he and Hu Quan were busy these days, but Wang Xiao was drinking here.

Yang Chao didn't believe that Wang Xiao was a person who didn't care about the overall situation. He was drinking leisurely here, which meant that what he was going to do had already been done.

Wang Xiao smiled and said: "Haha, each other, Brother Yang also visits brothels every day."

Yang Chao smiled and said, "Is it over with you?"

Although he believed that Wang Xiao had done what he was supposed to do, Yang Chao still asked.

Wang Xiao said: "Naturally. And there is a big gift for Brother Yang."

"Big gift?"

When Yang Chao was puzzled, Wang Xiao had already taken it out, only to see that it was a suit of clothes with an official seal.

"This is?"

Yang Chao asked.

Wang Xiao sighed: "Brother Yang, don't blame me. It's really hard to find an official position of more than [-] bosses. In Nanjing, this is the only boss."

It turned out to be an official uniform. Yang Chao opened it and saw that the blue official uniform with a large round collar had a cat embroidered on the patch. This animal was called Biao.

The other is the official seal, which is made of copper, with only one bottom and a copper button on it, without a stand.

"Whose is this?"

Hu Quan also just sat down.

Yang Chao smiled and said, "Of course it's mine."

Hu Quan was taken aback suddenly, and exclaimed: "Brother Yang, are you an official now?"

Although Yang Chao had given him quite a few surprises recently, he was quite surprised that Yang Chao would buy an official job in the blink of an eye.

It is not surprising that there are words on the front of the large copper seal, and there are words on the back. Yang Chao was seeing a few words of 'Chongzhen 14th Year' when he suddenly heard Wang Xiao say "but".

Looking up, Wang Xiao looked proud: "However, this is a real job! The real job is the general manager, and the Xinjiangkou Water Camp is the general manager."

"what!"

Yang Chao couldn't help being surprised. He originally thought that he would have a false job, and then slowly change jobs through connections, but he didn't expect it to be a real job directly.

Yang Chao did not expect this.

Wang Xiao said with a smile: "Brother Yang, don't be surprised. Right now, the admiral of Caojiang is Gu Zhaoji, Marquis of Zhenyuan. Lord Gu is admiral of Caojiang, in charge of the defense of the Yangtze River. My family is in the waterway business, so it happens to be related. My father wrote a letter himself. I got such a seat. It can be considered that Brother Yang is lucky, the general of Shuiying was running a boat on the river, but he was killed by the Jiang bandits, so Brother Yang deserves this general."

Hu Quan exclaimed again: "What? Someone killed you! Then Brother Yang, you can't go, this, this is too scary."

The predecessor was killed in the Yangtze River, which is a bit unlucky no matter how you look at it.

But Yang Chao didn't take it seriously: "Don't worry, brother Hu, I'm going to die."

Yang Chao put down the big seal of the official uniform, finished it, looked at the official uniform from time to time, and liked it no matter how he saw it, secretly happy in his heart, we are also officials, a seventh-rank military officer of the Ming Dynasty.At the same time, he secretly calculated in his heart that he should be a small official first, and then find a suitable opportunity to climb up step by step. At that time, his accumulated relationship network should play a role.

Yang Chao secretly planned in his heart, but Hu Quan and Wang Xiao started to argue.

Hu Quan sighed: "Although it is good to be an official, if it is so risky, it is not worth it."

But Wang Xiao immediately retorted: "Brother Hu doesn't know something, there is always a shortage of water battalion officers. And this vacancy is not easy to get, because Xinjiangkou water battalion is different from ordinary battalion soldiers. In Hongzhi, the two squadrons of Xinjiangkou were ordered to be like Beijing soldiers. According to the camp rules, the first shift rests, and the second shift exercises. But now that the regiment of the squad has been abolished, only some regular soldiers remain, but the Xinjiangkou Water Camp is still comparable to the Beijing Camp.”

The Beijing camp of the Ming Dynasty received the best treatment, but the Beijing camp had no combat effectiveness.

Although he bought an official as he wished, and it was still a real job, but suddenly Yang Chao became a little scruples: "Brother Wang, I don't know when I should take up the post!"

Naturally, a false position has no power, but a false position does not need to go to the military camp to take up the post, it is free.This is another water camp. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a regulation in the water camp, which was called "living in the camp but not in the city." The water camp was not allowed to live in the city. The Nanjing water camp camped in the Xinjiangkou area, and it has been like that since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Xiao glanced at Yang Chao suspiciously: "Brother Yang is confused. There are no serious military officers on duty nowadays. Brother Yang naturally goes if he wants to, and he doesn't have to go if he doesn't want to. Shangguan’s regular money is indispensable, especially the ice and charcoal respects in winter and summer. If you meet Shangguan’s birthday, wedding or funeral, you will also have to seal a letter of silver.”

Seeing that Yang Chao didn't understand, Wang Xiao deliberately explained the situation face-to-face.

Yang Chao rejoiced and lamented at the same time, he was glad that he didn't have to live in the barracks every day, and lamented that the military system of the Ming Dynasty was so corrupt, no wonder it was about to perish.But Yang Chao has also made up his mind, no matter what others say, after he takes office, he still has to live in the military camp.

Hu Quan also said: "It's okay, it's okay, you don't need to live in the barracks. Then don't you need to go to fight?"

Just as Wang Xiao was about to speak, Kang Hui also came. He had been out for a long time today, and he only came back now.

"Yo, Brother Yang and Brother Hu are here."

When Kang Hui saw Yang Chao and Hu Quan, he immediately saluted, without the slightest attitude of treating them like street thugs.

Yang Chao smiled and said, "Brother Kang is working hard. It seems that Brother Kang is the busiest."

Kang Hui smiled and said, "It's good that Brother Yang knows. But it's not too busy, it's just a little cumbersome."

Yang Chao asked, "But is there any difficulty?"

Kang Hui shook his head: "There is no difficulty. There is only one person, and the money is too much."

Yang Chao said: "Who is it? How much does it cost?"

Kang Hui sighed, "It's Zhang Kui from Guanxiao."

Guan Xiao means to be in charge of blowing Xiao, this Zhang Kui is a master who is good at playing Dong Xiao.

Yang Chao smiled and said, "How about this Kui?"

Kang Hui gave a thumbs up and said, "He's really the best official xiao master in the world!"

Yang Chao nodded: "Since he is a first-class sage, don't think it's too much money. How much does he want?"

Kang Hui frowned and said, "I'll ask for 300 taels, and I won't pay any less. Others are easy to say, or three or five taels, or one or two taels. I heard that they are cheering for famous prostitutes such as Liu and Li, and they don't want more money. Only this one Zhang Kui said, he doesn't care about famous prostitutes, famous scholars and talents, he only cares about the water on his lips, the rice in his mouth, and the candles in his eyes, what can he do without money."

Yang Chao smiled and said, "Then give it to him. You can't spoil a grand event because of one person. Anyway, don't the others ask for less money, so just give it to him."

Kang Hui could only say: "That's the only way to go. Without Zhang Kui's grand event, how dare we talk about a grand event."

There are top figures in all walks of life. Such figures, even if they are from a lowly family, still live a prosperous and nourishing life.But it is impossible for a Lehu who is so famous in China to charge 300 taels of silver for one performance.Others are very well-behaved, with more threes and fives and few twos and threes.

But what Yang Chao wants to hold is a grand event, and it's good enough that only one person wants such a small amount of money.

Even if there are three or two of them asking for this price, Yang Chao is right. After all, the fake income of every celebrity has more influence.

Anyway, the money doesn't belong to Yang Chao, so he doesn't feel bad about how much he spends.

Anyway, Ruan Dacheng has saved a lot now. Many people basically didn't ask much for the sake of fame, which is much less than usual.

Yang Chao asked again: "Is that genius?"

Kang Hui said: "There are seven or eight talented people. Wumei Village happened to come to send his elder brother to his post, and it was in Shengchu Tower outside Shuixi Gate (Sanshan Gate). There was also Xia Yunyi, a famous Songjiang scholar, and his son, who toured mountains and rivers hand in hand, and happened to arrive in Nanjing. There is Nanjing talented Yu Huai. There are also Hou Fangyu of Henan, Fang Yizhi of Tongcheng, and Zou Shu of Wuxi who are all in Nanjing."

Yang Chao said: "Then hurry up and invite them. Tell them, Qian Muzhai and Zhang Pu will attend the meeting."

Kang Hui asked in surprise, "These two will also attend the meeting?"

Yang Chao nodded. Only now did Kang Hui know that the two influential figures in the political arena would be present, but Yang Chao was still not sure that Qian Qianyi would be there.

But the bullshit has already been blown out, so let’s simply blow it up. Anyway, Zhang Pu will definitely go, and at the worst, he will say that Qian Qianyi has something to delay. There will be no doubts.

In the evening, Wang Xiao planned to book the three top cards of Mei Lanju, so that everyone else could have fun in the Nanshi Building.

However, Yang Chao refused, saying that he still had important things to do tonight. Needless to say, Kang Hui, Hu Quan was eager to try and stayed in Nanshilou.

Yang Chao didn't try to shirk it, he left Nanshilou after the sky darkened a little, without even bringing his official uniform, he just told Wang Xiao to keep it safe for him first, and take it away by himself after the rally.

Then Yang Chao rushed to the Ruan's house on the Qinhuai River.

Today he wanted to check how the renovation of the Ruanjiahe house was going, and at the same time discuss with Ruan Dacheng how to get Zhang Pu to accept donations from businessmen.

(End of this chapter)