Jiaohua

Chapter 328
The sky is gray and gloomy, and today's sky is even colder after cumulus clouds overwhelmed the city yesterday.

In the tallest building of Taiping Residence, the fragrance of edification is wafting, the hall is brightly lit, layers of light gauze curtains are flying, and pretty beauties are twisting their waists, singing and dancing.

The big banquet is full of delicacies, seafood and mountain delicacies, everything is available.

The rich merchants were well-dressed, extravagant and rich, and they were laughing and talking happily, and there were many attendants and beautiful maids standing by the table.

Across the wall, Zhao Ning was sitting behind calligraphy and painting, drinking tea, the gauze on his face had been removed, and the gap on his lips was obvious.

Zai Chun was practicing handwriting next to her, and she couldn't help looking at it out of the corner of her eye, wondering if she would leak water when she drank.

The wall is hollow, and calligraphy and paintings are hung on both sides of the wall, and the voices from the next door can be heard, but it is too noisy. It is not so much talking about business as it is bragging.

Zhao Ning sauntered slowly, drinking only half a glass in an hour.

After a long time, the voices from the neighbors gradually decreased, and several wealthy businessmen left the table one by one. When they left, they still talked and laughed, and they will meet again in the future.

After about a stick of incense, there was a knock on their door.

Zai Chun put down his pen and got up, took the veil and put it on for Zhao Ning, and went to open the door.

Steward Chu, Steward Li, and Shopkeeper Cheng walked in and said respectfully, "Miss."

"Thank you," Zhao Ning said, "sit down."

They sat down on the crescent stool. Although they didn't eat much, they drank a lot. Their faces were all red and smelled of alcohol.

Steward Chu said first, "I'm afraid the business in Fenghe County won't be able to be negotiated. Liu He beat around the bush and refused to talk about serious business, so don't count on it for now."

Li Guanshi then said: "Silk Mansion's silk business is done well, and the price can be lowered a little bit, because their market is getting worse and worse."

"The resources of sea goods are about to run out, and the southeast of Youzhou is not surnamed Li now, it is the world of King Dacheng."

"Food is not available now, and the imperial government is strictly controlling. Many lands with rich grain production have almost no harvest this year. Just now, the shopkeeper mentioned that the Dafu with the highest income this year is only 84 shi."

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The stewards, you are talking to me one by one.

Zhao Ning has basically heard what they said here, but she didn't interrupt and looked at them quietly.

When the stewards had finished what they could say, they stopped.

Zhao Ning tapped his fingers on the table beside him very regularly, once, twice, three times... His nails collided with the table, and the sound was crisp.

After a while of silence, Zhao Ning said: "I want all the silk, and all the cotton outside is also collected. In the next ten days, I will open a shop to collect winter clothes. If you can still see the winter clothes that others don't want, you can come and exchange them for a good price." s price."

"Collect winter clothes this winter?" Li Guanshi said, "I'm afraid no one will be willing."

"Whoever is willing will come, and whoever is unwilling will not." Zhao Ning said slowly.

Steward Chu frowned: "I'm just afraid that someone will be obsessed with money and change his clothes for money. If that's the case..."

"Does the person who freezes to death because of stupidity have anything to do with us?" Zhao Ning asked.

Steward Chu paused, and said, "That's right, self-inflicted crimes, you can't live."

"I don't care about the food," Zhao Ning continued, "Store up what we need, and don't touch the rest. The tea should be harvested in large quantities, the best and the best, and within five days, you should try your best to get through The business road to Youzhou and Huguang."

"To Youzhou and Huguang?" Shopkeeper Cheng couldn't help but said, "But Ma'am, there's a war over there."

"That's why those rich and noble families who have taken refuge in the new king are even more alarmed and have nothing to do," Zhao Ning said, "If this business is established, the tea will be sold at twenty times the price, and those who can afford it will come to drink it."

"Okay." Shopkeeper Cheng replied.

A gust of cold wind blew from the window, Zhao Ning's veil moved lightly, her fingers were still tapping on the table slowly, quite regularly, and she continued to talk to several stewards.

Zaichun practiced calligraphy slowly, when he saw something blowing outside the window.

She opened her eyes and saw that it was a piece of paper.

Maybe it was the "report to the world" again, Zai Chun curled his lips and looked away.

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There are still many pages flying in the sky.

Yesterday, many pages were blown up by the strong wind and fell on the roofs and treetops. Today's wind blows them off again.

The contents on the page, both literate and illiterate, are almost memorized now.

Zhu Xian looked at the crumpled and forcibly smoothed paper in his hand with a serious expression.

Because the sky was too dark, Wei Zong came over with a lit candle and placed it in front of the case.

Zhu Xian didn't respond, and looked at these words one by one.

"There is news from the Ministry of War," Wei Zheng said, "Ali's crossbow arm is broken."

Hearing the word "A Li", Zhu Xian raised his head: "Bad?"

"The interior is completely destroyed. There should be a small mechanism. When she took it off and threw it away, she deliberately touched this mechanism, and the internal structure was broken." Wei Zheng said.

Zhu Xian was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

"Are you amazing?" Wei Zheng said, "Isn't it amazing?"

"Ari?"

"if not?"

"Excellent," Zhu Xian raised his hand to caress the confession, and said, "She is actually not a bad person."

"Oh?" Wei Zong said, "Didn't Master Zhu say that right and wrong should be determined by the law, and you can't act on your own will? This girl is a reckless person. Seventeen soldiers died yesterday and more than 20 were injured. These Human life should be counted on her head."

"But she let Guo Chao go yesterday." Zhu Xian frowned, looking at the drowsy window, "Guo Chao was provoked by Lu Ronghui to seek death, if she hadn't acted quickly, Guo Chao might already be lying in the coffin now, And those soldiers... they also killed her, either you or me, there is no right or wrong."

Wei Zong also frowned, turned back and sat down in front of his case, and said, "Forget it, it's too difficult to sort out right and wrong, so ignore it, but you have to be careful, your life may be difficult. "

"I have a clear conscience." Zhu Xian looked at him and said.

Wei Zonglang laughed: "No shame, I seem to have seen these two words before."

He took out the folded paper in his hand, which was also crumpled, unfolded it and spread it out on the table.

"Look, Duke Dingguo's mansion is not ashamed," Wei Zong said, then raised his head, "Master Zhu, why don't we go and investigate."

"check?"

"Didn't you say that Ah Li came to complain to you? Well, you have a clear conscience. Didn't you dare to answer?"

Zhu Xian was taken aback.

"Do you dare?" Wei Cong said, "Master Zhu, this little girl dares to go through thousands of troops and come to you to complain, but you, as the young governor of Cong Jingzhao Mansion, dare not even connect?"

Zhu Xian clenched his fists, frowned, and looked at him fixedly.

"Dare or not?" Wei Zheng raised his eyebrows, "Don't you have a clear conscience?"

(End of this chapter)