Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 94 3.1 Sending the noble man to Wanfu Tower

Volume Three

3.1 Send the nobleman to Wanfu Building

I stayed in Jinling for another day and night, and then followed the Xue family's fleet to Miyako Island. Under the leadership of Xue Biao, I carefully inspected various construction projects. Finally, I followed the northbound fleet to Jinmen Port, and then followed the Xue family's Jinmen branch's fleet. After entering Beijing, when Zhou Yang finally returned to the capital, it was already past mid-afternoon on the fifth day of November, and it even snowed lightly in the northern capital.

"Brother scorpion, don't you stay longer?" Wuying Tavern in the west of the city sent Yang Xin, the shopkeeper, and a group of staff who came to greet the ceremony. Zhou Yang smiled and said to Xue scorpion, who sent him here specially, "at least eat your stomach first." , I have arranged for Lao Yang to go over and make preparations, it’s freezing cold, I can’t bear it when I’m hungry.”

"That being the case, thank you very much, Brother Zhou!"

"You mean this?" Zhou Yang's heart moved, he took out the pure gold "Snow" card from the salute and asked, "But what's wrong?"

"Certainly not!" The shopkeepers of Fucheng) and Semicolon (county town), the powers of different pairs of cards are completely different. For example, there are only two gold pairs of cards, one each for Xue Tu and Xue Xun. "Mainly for the branch in the north, I need Brother Zhou to take care of me."

"For the time being, I'm afraid I don't have much time to take care of it." Zhou Yang smiled and did not refuse. On the one hand, he was not good at this, and on the other hand, he had to win over the Snow Brand Industry in the North, so he made do with it. I would like to say politely, "Brother, why don't you do some research? After I give you the rank, I will find a way to sort it out for you. Even if it is not easy to arrange by then, it will be more convenient to go to various companies in the capital for assistance. It is nothing more than a matter of cost." .”

"Then do what Brother Zhou wants!" Xue Biao nodded immediately. Just as Yang Xin's side had food and wine ready, he continued after the two of them took their seats, "The Jinmen branch is the northern headquarters of the family's maritime trade. If Brother Zhou If necessary, you can send someone with a pair of cards to make arrangements, and they will be ready for orders at any time. Even if you can't do it at the moment, you can still send the news back to Miyako Island in time."

"That's fine!" Zhou Yang nodded, understanding that there was another meaning to this, which was that "the Jinmen semicolon is under absolute control." "But before the spring of next year, most of my energy will only be allocated to Wuhan." In terms of lifting, there shouldn’t be anything to arrange – come on, let’s go!”

"It's just that there are still some things that need to trouble Brother Zhou." Xue Biao toasted and drank together and then said, "Now that the end of the year is approaching, I have arranged a batch of New Year's goods when I left Jinmen. Brother Zhou is busy with the martial arts and must not have time to prepare; and then there is In a few days, Manager Zhang will come over with the accounting team from the main office, and I plan to go directly to the main office in Beijing for inspection when the time comes."

"Okay!" Zhou Yang nodded, "When the time comes, I will take people there and arrange a few platforms. I don't know the situation of Jingzhong Snow Brand, but I can guess that there must be someone dishonest behind it. You guys Just tell me when you come and catch them off guard!"

"Everything is up to Brother Zhou's arrangement. My father has already explained it!" The monthly amount will be sent to the next month before the fifth day of each month, until the prescription expires.

Also, this is a 1 tael silver note, which can be exchanged with the banknote numbers of various merchants in Shanxi. If Brother Zhou needs it, he can use it at any time. If there is still insufficient money, just arrange for someone to come to Jinmen Branch and say it, it will be less than [-] tael. They will provide it at any time. If you have more than [-] taels, you can let the eldest brother take away the money first, and then talk about repaying it to the father. "

"Thank you for taking care of me, uncle!" Zhou Yang stood up with a smile, cupped his fists and saluted in the direction of Jinling before continuing, "Actually, it's not that troublesome, and I don't need so much money. But when it comes to medicinal materials, I'm disrespectful!"

"Brother Zhou, you're welcome!" Xue Biao smiled and raised his glass.

After eating and drinking, Xue Biao took the people into the city and went to arrange a place to stay. Zhou Yang was too lazy to move any more. He first arranged for Li Xiong to bring five male servants to deliver the gifts, gifts and other things to his house, and then let others clean them up. He would close the bedroom and go to sleep. He had been on the road for nearly half a month, which was already exhausting even for his physical condition.

Early the next morning, he rode on the fast horse that had been given to him by the eldest prince and was later fostered in a tavern outside the city because of the sweaty horse. He strolled back to the city. After more than two months away, he saw the familiar scene again, which made him feel quite a bit strange. After a while, he happened to run into the Chengxi Market. It was still early anyway, so he simply got off the horse and led him around slowly. At the same time, he felt the long-lost atmosphere of life in the North and bought some small gifts for the girls. He spent half a morning shopping in the blink of an eye. .

"The horse is shocked!" As he was eating happily with a bunch of croquettes in his mouth, an exclamation suddenly came from the east on this east-west commercial street, and then there was a large area of ​​chaos. Only a two-wheeled carriage was seen. They came running wildly, but there was no driver. They rushed all the way and knocked over a bunch of stalls. Fortunately, everyone hid quickly and no one was hurt.Seeing that the carriage was still hundreds of steps away, Zhou Yang confirmed that he had enough time and looked around to find a way to stop it. Anyway, he didn't think that his strength could resist the galloping horse. Fortunately, there was an entertainment stall not far away with a weapon rack inserted into it. Holding a long row of weapons, he immediately dropped a bunch of small things in his hands, rushed over to pick up a spear, and used it as a javelin - if he couldn't stop it, he might as well kill it!
"Get out of the way!" Zhou Yang shouted violently, and then a ray of black light flew straight towards the galloping horse that was less than thirty steps away. Fortunately, the frightened galloping horse could only run in a straight line, and the spear accurately penetrated the horse's head, but the galloping horse accurately penetrated the horse's head. However, the horse could not stand up immediately. The carriage still continued to move forward by relying on inertia, but it had already deviated from its original route!
He no longer hesitated, rushed over to run with the carriage, and cut off the rope fixation of the traction device between the carriage and the horse as quickly as possible, then hugged the handlebars with all his strength, and tried his best to hold the carriage, even if However, with his strength, facing the carriage that had slowed down significantly, it still took a lot of effort to stop the galloping horse. However, the galloping horse had a spear stuck in its head and ran for dozens of steps before falling to the ground.

"What the f*ck." Zhou Yang weakly opened the body support and put down the handlebar. He couldn't help but recite the three-character Chinese quintessence sutra, wiped the cold sweat from his head, and thanked the loud cheers around him. Then he smiled and smiled at the other onlookers. The busking leader raised his hand and thanked me, "I would also like to thank you for the weapons. Fortunately, you are honest and the ones you use to perform are actually real weapons."

"Of course it is!" The busking class leader's eyes lit up, knowing that this was a good opportunity to solicit customers for him, "Since I am begging for the favors of the gentlemen, I should naturally go for it. Otherwise, I would be sorry for the rewards from the gentlemen, right?"

"The class leader is bright!" Zhou Yang smiled and gave a thumbs up, not minding being a compliment again.

"But Lord Wu Jieyuan is in front of Mr. Zhou? Thank you for saving my life again!" Zhou Yang was not prepared to ask about the situation in the carriage, because he had not gotten off the car at this time, so it would only be female relatives, and it was not convenient to meet on the street, but Just when he was about to say hello and leave, a familiar voice in the carriage made him freeze, "Can you please help me to send the carriage back - no need, just send it to Wanfu Tower!"

"You woman, you are so unreasonable. I saved your life, and yet you are still so arrogant." The people around me couldn't stand it anymore. The class leader just now couldn't help but reprimanded her in a very rude tone.

"Shut up!" Zhou Yang interrupted the class leader with a loud shout, and gave him another apologetic look before turning to the carriage and clasping his fists, "Your honor, please wait a moment. I'll pack up the car and take you to Wanfu Tower!"

Now everyone could see that the other party had recognized the people in the car, and even saw that the woman who was speaking had a high status. They all took it seriously and stopped asking any more questions. They watched Zhou Yang tether themselves to the horse in a strange way. When getting on the carriage, many people enthusiastically came up to help, and the carriage was quickly restored.

The carriage moved a little unsteadily, and Zhou Yang did not forget to clasp his fists in thanks to those around him. The fast horses being pulled now were war horses, so naturally they were not used to pulling carts. Fortunately, Zhou Yang was strong enough and easily suppressed the dissatisfaction of the war horses. The carriage arrived at Wanfu Tower smoothly, and after a pair of cards was shown on the window and waved, it entered the backyard unobstructed.

"I have met Her Royal Highness Princess Yongchang, I have met Her Royal Highness Princess Yongjing!" After a moment, Zhou Yang went straight to the third floor from the special stairs in the backyard. In a luxuriously decorated, neat and clean suite, and even temporarily lit incense, Zhou Yang said respectfully He bowed and saluted, "I don't know if it's your princess, sir?"

"Well, I would like to thank you for saving my life again!" Princess Yongchang smiled and waved her hand, and then hugged Princess Yongjing who had a wronged look on her face and a red and swollen mark on her forehead, "This Wanfu Tower is my In the palace’s property, there are only two internal and external suites on the third floor, which are specially reserved for me to have fun with my little sister.”

"Princess, please forgive me. Although I am not responsible for escorting you, I still know the principles of 'a gentleman should not erect dangerous walls' and 'white dragon fish clothes'." Zhou Yang solemnly raised his hands and said, "The bodies of these two highnesses are actually worth a thousand gold. There is only an ordinary carriage - huh? May I ask the princess, where is the coachman?"

"Hmph, the carriage was frightened when it passed by the firecracker stall, and it actually threw the driver off." This was Zhou Yang's first official conversation with Princess Yongjing, but she was still young and spoke in a babyish voice. "I was joking with my sister at that time, and I accidentally got thrown to the wall of the carriage. Then... when I get better here, I have to punish the driver for his incompetence!"

"Okay, you silly girl, you are still thinking too much. Do you think your father has not trained you enough?" Princess Yongchang patted her sister angrily, then squatted down to help her blow off the redness and swelling, "But it still hurts. ? If you feel uncomfortable, we will go to the Taiyuan Hospital to get treated immediately."

"Sister!" Princess Yongjing was made shy by her eldest sister's intimacy, "I'm not a child anymore—and you, if any news gets out, I will beat you up, understand? ?”

"Wei Chen doesn't dare!" Zhou Yang suppressed his emotions and lowered his head, almost laughing at the cute "I'm super fierce" expression in front of him, "Know what you should know, and don't look at what you shouldn't. Wei Chen still has this little rule. know!"

"Oh?" Princess Yongchang saw that she was fine, so she laughed and teased, "Really? I don't know who it was. Last time, a man sneaked into his father's study alone, but he thought the eunuch who went in to clean up was his father and returned, panicking. I broke my butt when I was escaping. I was in so much pain that I hid in bed and cried secretly!"

(End of this chapter)