first minister

Chapter 235 The real backhand

Near the city gate, there are gradually more people on the official road.

The few galloping horses did not shout and rush off the road like ordinary dignitaries traveling, but slowed down and slowly followed the crowd into the city.

Chen Fugui glanced at Xia Jingyun next to him with a complicated expression, but hesitated to speak.

Xia Jingyun smiled and said, "Brother Chen, what's wrong?"

"Young master, you have such a mouth!" Chen Fugui shook his head and sighed, "It's a good thing I'm not your enemy, otherwise, with my elm head, I might really be able to answer the sentence that I was sold and returned the money."

Xia Jingyun laughed and waved his hands, "It's not so exaggerated. It's just that he has weaknesses and plans. I'm just explaining the pros and cons for him."

The corners of Chen Fugui's mouth twitched. You have clarified your pros and cons too well. Mr. Qian, one of the four sons of Beijing, was a big man who they couldn't even imagine in the past. After playing around for a while, in the end, just by talking about it, more than 20 ducks were sold to us for [-] yuan each.

The point is that being good is not enough, and in the end you have to stab people's hearts. If I were that Mr. Qian, I would really want to kill someone.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but worry and said: "Master, that Mr. Qian, will he really lose his temper, and then?"

Xia Jingyun sighed, "Do you think that if I don't say that last sentence, he won't hate me after these two days?"

There was firmness in his eyes, "Since you have offended me a long time ago, you must do your best, and you must not be timid. Either completely subdue him, or completely beat him to death."

Chen Fugui hummed, thinking that according to the young master's growth, in the future life, there will be no fewer or even stronger enemies like Mr. Qian, and it is indeed impossible to swallow his anger like he was farming in the village, so he said in a deep voice : "Don't worry, son, even if I give up this life, I will protect you well!"

Xia Jingyun smiled gratefully, and lightly squeezed the horse's belly, "Don't worry, it's not that serious. Let's go, go earn money!"

A group of people carried the joy of victory, passed through the city gate, and disappeared into the flow of people in the city.
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In the inn in Huilong Town, Qin Yuwen woke up leisurely.

"Master, that's great! You finally woke up!"

Guanshi Xiao was about to cry, the past half hour, he felt it was the most difficult half hour in his past life.

After coming out of Zhongjing City on a fast horse, as soon as he arrived in Huilong Town, he heard the news that the young master vomited blood and fainted. He was completely dumbfounded.

I even started to think about where I would be buried at that time, and then I thought about it, if Qin Yuwen had something wrong, how could I have a chance to be buried in the grave, to get a whole body, and throw a straw mat in the mass grave? The Qin family is so benevolent. Thinking about it like this makes me even more desperate. Fortunately, Qin Yuwen is still awake.

Qin Yuwen took a sip of the warm water handed over by Guanshi Xiao, "Where am I?"

"Young Master, this is Huilong Town. You fainted at that time, we had no choice but to send you here to rest."

Back to Long Town. Hearing this sad name, Qin Yuwen was silent for a moment, "How long have I been dizzy?"

"It's only half an hour."

Guanshi Xiao saw that Qin Yuwen wanted to sit up, so he took the initiative to prop up the pillows and supported him to sit on the bed.

"Has Xia Jingyun left already?"

After rushing over, Guanshi Xiao, who heard the situation and what his young master said before he fell into a coma, nodded in fear, "Yes."

Qin Yuwen pursed his lips, "These Beiliang people are not real, they were pretended by Xia Jingyun. We lost this game thoroughly."

Guanshi Xiao was startled, and after thinking for a while, he came to his senses, "So that's how it is, what a great skill they have! They really put in so much effort!"

After this incident, the arrogance in Qin Yuwen's expression became much less arrogance, and he became more calm. He said, "In this matter, it is true that their calculations were more powerful, but they didn't miss anything."

"At the beginning, we bought [-] ducks, and the average price was about [-] yuan. Although we earned the money later, they didn't earn any extra money."

After hearing this, Guanshi hesitated to speak.

Qin Yuwen turned his head and glanced at him, and said calmly: "You mean to say that they bought our more than 20 ducks at half price, right?"

Guanshi Xiao nodded.

"As he said, the breeding of these ducks is costly. To keep them alive and not sick, the daily cost is not small. The entire Zhongjing City can sell thousands of ducks a day, and his family's 20 ducks can't afford it. Sell ​​it for a month or two? How much will it cost? And, even if it is sold, can he sell more than forty coins? We don't have that ability, he does?"

"After deducting the cost of breeding and loss of death, each duck can make a profit of 23 to 4000 taels, which is very high. [-] ducks are only [-] taels of profit. So I said, this time we lost completely. , but they didn’t ask for anything.”

He glanced at Guanshi Xiao, and leaned against the head of the bed a little dejectedly, "I know, it's meaningless for me to say these words. If you lose, you lose, but at least you didn't let him make a lot of money. This is the only thing I have left." A little consolation!"

Guanshi Xiao quickly nodded, and echoed: "Indeed, even though we lost this time, we will organize our minds, adjust our strategy, and make a comeback, especially unknown!"

Qin Yuwen lifted the quilt, "Let's go! Go back to the city! I don't want to stay in this poor place any longer!"
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On Xia Jingyun's side, the rest went back to Jiang'an Hou Mansion, while Chen Fugui escorted Xia Jingyun to the Mingyu Tower.

After getting off the horse, Xia Jingyun took out the jade token and handed it to the welcoming boy, "I want to see your boss."

When the other party saw the jade plaque, he immediately became solemn, and said respectfully: "You two guests, please follow me to the living room for a while, the younger one will go and report."

Sitting in the hall, Chen Fugui was a little worried and said, "My lord, are you sure?"

If you want to talk about writing poems and lyrics, writing prose and fu, calculating people's hearts, etc., he is now completely convinced.

But for making food, you are a monk halfway through, and you have to be done by others to make tea on weekdays. Where did you get the skills?

Xia Jingyun held the teacup and smiled, "If you had asked me ten days ago, I would have been wrong, but in the past ten days, those dozens of stoves, hundreds of ducks, and many days and nights of hard work were not in vain. "

After a while, amidst the warm jade chirping, a faint fragrance came with the wind, Xia Jingyun put down the teacup, and saw the elegant figure in blue at the door.

He stood up and cupped his hands, "Miss Qin, please don't take the liberty of visiting me."

Qin Li smiled softly, "The little girl has been invited many times, and Mr. Xia came as promised, how could it be presumptuous!"

Xia Jingyun said: "I invited Miss Qin here today because I want to give you a taste."

Fortunately, Qin Li, who has a clear and intelligent mind, is not so filthy. He didn't think wrongly, and smiled, "Oh? Mr. Xia also has research on diet?"

"I'm a little interested. Ms. Qin is in charge of Mingyu Tower. If you think about it, you need to update some novel and delicious food from time to time. If it's convenient, can someone send it here?"

Seeing Xia Jingyun being so earnest, Qin Li didn't say much, "Then I'll trouble Mr. Xia."

"Then Miss Qin, please wait a moment, and I will go get it myself."

"Master Xia, it's just a matter of sending someone to pick it up, why do you need to go there yourself?"

Xia Jingyun waved his hand, "I'll watch it myself, don't worry, if something goes wrong with the food, I won't be able to argue with it, please, Miss Qin, please wait."

Standing at the window, watching Xia Jingyun and Chen Fugui leave quickly, Qin Li's servant girl felt a little strange, "This Mr. Xia is nagging, we don't have anything in Mingyu Tower, and we still need to eat his food?"

Qin Li shook her head, "Strange people naturally do strange things, it's hard for ordinary people to guess."

The maid pursed her lips, "Miss has never eaten delicacies from mountains and seas since she was a child, and he still presents treasures to you so seriously."

The little girl's expression suddenly became playful, "Miss, do you think he wants it?"

Qin Li turned her head and saw the maidservant stretched out her hands and clenched her fists towards each other, with her two thumbs bent up, as if she was paying homage to a husband and wife, she signaled with a smirk.

Qin Li spat, "You are so young, what kind of crooked thoughts are you thinking!"

The distance from Hou's Mansion to Mingyu Tower is not far, and it only took Xia Jingyun a cup of tea to go back and forth.

In a private room in Mingyu Building, Xia Jingyun opened a huge food box, and together with the plate, took out a maroon-red, plump and swollen thing.

"Is this a chicken?"

"No, it's roast duck."

Xia Jingyun smiled slightly, washed his hands first, and then tested the temperature of the roast duck, "Fortunately, the temperature is still there."

As he spoke, he took out a long and thin dagger, and the maid was so frightened that she immediately protected Qin Li behind her.

Qin Li's face was calm, and the smile on his face never dissipated.

Xia Jingyun sliced ​​a few slices of duck meat with skin on, and put them on the warm plate prepared in advance.

Then take out a few small dishes from the bottom of the food box, and take out a thin noodle cake in a small steamer.

Xia Jingyun first picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of duck skin, lightly dipped a little white sugar, which is now expensive, and put it on the plate in front of Qin Li, "Miss Qin, please try this first way of eating."

Qin Li picked up the letter suspiciously and put it in his mouth.

After chewing it slightly, her beautiful eyes lit up immediately.

(End of this chapter)