Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 234 4.30 I’m going to leave on the Saturday of next month
Volume Four

4.30 I’m going to leave on the sixth day of next month
Early the next morning, in the Zhou family compound.

"Good sister, what reason did you use this time?" Zhou Yang breathed a long sigh of relief, but was still reluctant to quit. He just stopped and asked, "You just came here yesterday afternoon, and it took two full days. If you can't go back to the escort agency, you have to have an explanation, right? Also, Mr. Zhao, the escort chief, won't be angry, right?"

"You go down first!" Zhao Qiying softly pushed someone a few times, but failed to achieve any effect. He could only let it be occupied helplessly, "I only said that the family members of Zhou Dajinshi came out of the city to fulfill their vows. In order to show their sincerity, they came here specially. We stayed at the temple to worship the Buddha; also, this time it took a long time, so we needed more money.

Speaking of which, since the Tiger Gang was destroyed, the business of the Escort has not improved. On the contrary, because of the special circumstances of our three sisters, we have never lost the care of the family members of various families in Beijing—only here, Xiao My sister was going to be bullied and humiliated by you as soon as she came here, it seems she did."

"The girl who delivered it to your door?" Zhou Yang teased a few words with a smirk, and was immediately suppressed by his fists, so he could only laugh while screaming, "Okay, Qiying is good, we will set off for Jiangnan in two days. May you be happy every day? Absolutely not. Whoops!"

"You heartless person, who is going to let you do that every day?" Zhao Qiying was so ashamed that she lost all her heroism as a heroine and just punched someone, "It's a waste that I thought I had found a lifelong settlement, but I didn't want to now--"

"Good sister, I didn't tell you what you do every day. For example, how about practicing martial arts with me and giving me some moves?" Zhou Yang joked with a smile, grabbing the small fist that continued to hit him, "You should take care of it when you go back today. , I plan to set off on the sixth day of next month, and the cruise ship is parked at Tongzhou Pier and can be taken at any time."

"Brother Zhou, should you arrange for someone to go there in advance to prepare?" Zhao Qiying put down the embarrassment just now when she heard that it was serious business, "After all, Daye is thousands of miles away, and no one knows what's going on there, why don't you send some Let’s do some scouting and at least arrange the accommodation so that we don’t have to go to every place to stay.”

"That's right." Zhou Yang paused and nodded, "Although this time was arranged, the information I got also showed that it was not as peaceful as it appeared on the surface; it's a pity that this time I leave, and I don’t know when I will come back, so I can only go on like this for now.”

"Speaking of this, my little sister just has something to report." Zhao Qiying finally did not forget what he had told her at the time, "These days, my little sister has visited a lot of colleagues from the escort agency in Beijing, as well as some friends from the world who are running single gangs, so I have initially gained some insight. , just asking these people to provide information requires some monetary expenses."

"They promised to provide information?" Zhou Yang asked happily.

"We can't talk about it. We can only say that when we need to ask, they are willing to respond for a fee, and it is difficult to tell whether it is true or false." Zhao Qiying sighed and said, "If we want to truly see everything clearly, in the final analysis we still need our own informants. ; However, if it’s just the capital, we’re not here anyway, so we can just stop being blind.”

"Here in the capital." Zhou Yang hesitated and said helplessly, "I don't have any responsible manpower left."

"Don't forget to make arrangements with Shopkeeper Yang. I will give him a copy of the residence of these people. If necessary, he can just come and ask." Zhao Qiying said with a smile, "When we get to Daye, I will really establish our own informant. , and then slowly expand it, sooner or later you will be able to achieve the goal you want!"

"It's still early!" Zhou Yang shook his head with a wry smile. He wanted to have arrangements for the entire Zhou Dynasty and roughly control the whole world. This is not just a matter of time. "Forget it, that's it. Anyway, with my current situation, Position, it’s impossible to grow bigger.”

"Don't worry, originally I wanted Yan Ling to keep it, but because of someone's dishonesty, I had to take it with me in the end." Zhao Qiying pushed Zhou Yang away angrily and sat up, showing the beautiful scenery, " I don’t know if I committed a sin in my previous life, so I just have to pay off the debt in this life, and even my sister has to pay for it.”

"Qiying——" Zhou Yang was embarrassed and didn't know what to say. Denial?That's just an insult to intelligence.

"Okay, I owe you. I just hope you don't betray our sisters." Zhao Qiying said angrily, "Also, you are not allowed to ask or interfere with our sisters' affairs. Just pretend that I don't know. We will solve it ourselves, I don’t want one day that our sisters will become speechless or even draw swords against each other because of this stinky man like you.”

"No, absolutely not!" Zhou Yang quickly sat up and hugged the girl, biting his ear and muttering a few words, which made Zhao Qiying's cheeks turn red. "Anyway, sooner or later - oops!"

"You think beautiful!" Zhao Qiying rolled his eyes at him, blushed and elbowed him down on the bed, "Anyway, I won't agree--well, let's not talk about it, didn't you say that you will still be here today?" Is there anything? I'm going back first, and I'll take advantage of the time to buy some small things from my daughter's house to take back."

"Didn't you promise me you'd meet again in the afternoon?" Zhou Yang said hurriedly.

"Why are you staying? After all, it's not because of you -" Zhao Qiying's already rosy cheeks became more and more charming, "I'm stupid to continue to stay, you are on your own."

"Master, Sister Ping'er from Rongguo Mansion is here!" When the two were dressing and playing tricks, they were interrupted by Qingwen from the outside, and what they said was just right for the current situation.

"Giggles, it seems that my little sister can't stay, otherwise she will stop some people's good deeds!" Zhao Qiying laughed as he spoke, but when you Zhao family members laugh, they all like to touch The hilt?
"Ahem, what a coincidence, I was with Sister-in-law Lian from Rongguo Mansion a few days ago." Zhou Yang quickly held the girl's delicate hand, pulled it away from the hilt of the sword, and then started to explain.

"Hey, the eldest mistress in the second room has been taken, and the one in the first room can't be left empty. We have to be together to feel comfortable, right?" Although Zhao Qiying was carried out of the door by someone, she still said no mercy, "Let's give in first. Come out—!" "Zhao Qiying, when did you become so arrogant!" Someone suppressed the girl's complaints with a long kiss, and complained to himself, "I remember."

"Have you forgotten what you said at the beginning?" Zhao Qiying pushed him away, punched him a few times with a red face, "'There may be women who don't eat, but there are absolutely no women who are not jealous.' Qiying is just big-minded. If you become a little older, you won’t become a saint.”

"Well, it's really not small, whoops!" Someone was pushed away and staggered into the living room until his back hit the wall.

"I have met Mr. Zhou. Our grandma asked the slave to come over and say that the share of southern goods in the shop is not enough. Can it be increased by [-]%?" Ping'er, who knew what someone was doing at a glance, glanced at him with a cold face and said, He said in a businesslike tone.

"I've seen this Sister Ping'er!" Zhao Qiying, who followed her out, smiled and said, "Little sister Zhao Qiying, I hope you will take good care of me in the future."

"I don't dare!" Ping'er bowed politely, then straightened up and said, "I'm just a servant, how can I be worthy of being like my aunt!"

"Sister Ping'er is joking!" Zhao Qiying's cheeks were flushed by the word "Auntie", and she gave someone a hard look before leaving the door, and said, "Sister, don't think too much, I have nothing to do with him !”

"Okay, don't think too much." After watching his sister go out, Zhou Yangcai smiled and hugged Ping'er and said, "You are all sisters anyway, sooner or later."

"Where does this slave have the dignity to think too much? After all, she is just serving this or that, aunt or future grandma. Isn't it just a matter of a word from the uncle?" Ping'er said with a straight face, "But I don't know what happened just now."

"Your grandma really thinks that she is the smartest in the world, right?" As soon as he got down to business, Zhou Yang stopped trying to hide it, "Her three stores, each with a [-]% increase, aren't they just enough for the fourth store? I really don’t understand, where did she get so much confidence in the Wang family? Prince Teng wouldn’t dare to do this, right?”

"Uncle, our grandma is too." Ping'er obviously wanted to explain a few words, but he couldn't continue after only half a sentence, so he had to raise his head and look at someone pleadingly.

"Okay, you go back and tell her that in eight lifetimes, unless I increase the variety of goods, she won't be able to get half a cent more supply." Zhou Yang blocked her words angrily, " Also, I don’t care about the nonsense in your house, but don’t extend it to me, otherwise, I will tell her not to lie down and sleep!”

"You're still saying that!" Ping'er blushed immediately, "You are also a father, how could you attack your own sister-in-law and fight her there? Second Master Lian is not here now, otherwise he would definitely not fight with you. Take a break!"

"What if I get two high-quality thin horses from Jiangnan to compensate him? Or maybe I give him more silver taels as compensation, well, just 1 taels!" Zhou Yang smiled and hugged Ping'er tightly, pulling him Entering the bedroom, "Are you sure what will happen to Brother Lian?"

This time it was Ping'er's turn to be speechless. She really didn't have much confidence in Mr. Lian, who "pulled everyone into the house no matter how dirty or smelly". Let alone the PP this time, even if he really did. If it works, as long as the "compensation" is in place, it's hard to say how he will react, but the greatest possibility is to use this as an excuse to ask for some more benefits in compensation.

"Okay, these things are not something you, a girl, should worry about." Zhou Yang smiled and pulled Ping'er, who was still struggling, back to business, "Qingwen, let Li Xiong make arrangements and send five people to each. Hundreds of households also sent a letter to Chief Fu, asking them to set off on the first day of next month and take up their posts in Daye in advance!"

"Young master, are you too hasty?" Qingwen said worriedly, "These uncles were originally planning to follow us, so it was a full five days in advance. If they were not prepared, would they be missed? journey?"

"No, and we are not allowed to do so!" Zhou Yang said lightly, "If you ask someone to go to the Xue Zi Hao's headquarters in Beijing again, ask them to prepare two more passenger ships in Tongzhou, with six adults and ten veterans and thirty The newly recruited recruits, who have only been trained for more than a month, will uniformly walk through the canal and arrive as quickly as possible!

All the personnel will set off on the first day of next month. Before I arrive, we will find out the local situation; tomorrow is the preparation time, there must be no delay, and those who violate it will be severely punished——Pinger, you stay here today, and your grandma is there, and you can come back tomorrow Just explain! "

In the past, he did not have an official position and could not give them enough benefits, so he naturally needed to win over them emotionally; now that he has officially taken office, he has helped several people get official positions. When he gets there, he will be a Thousand Households and a Trial Hundred Households, and the decision will be made completely. These relationships must be conveyed, including to Ping'er, Wang Xifeng and others, so that they can change in time.

Can't change?

Ha ha!

(End of this chapter)