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Chapter 77

(PS: Today's second update, the first update was delivered. Argentina suffered a disastrous defeat, and I drank too much with alcohol, and my head hurts.)
"The 25 big salt merchants each have more than 600 cash in their hands, yet they only donated a total of [-] taels of silver. Are you really dismissing me as a beggar?" After staying here, Young Master Zhang, who had freed up his hands, began to clean up the iron rooster salt merchants in Yangzhou.First Young Master Zhang asked Long Yuqi and Yangzhou prefect Liu Duo to be called in front of him, and said: "Lord Long, Lord Liu, please make arrangements for both of you. I want to meet the salt merchants with more than [-] nests in Yangzhou as soon as possible. The sooner the better, not one less."

"Don't worry, imperial envoy, the subordinate officials will make arrangements right away." Long Yuqi and Liu Duo agreed very nicely, and immediately called the book office and the servants, and asked the book office to write the invitation in front of Young Master Zhang, and act as In the face of Young Master Zhang, he sent the guards out to deliver invitations, which really cooperated with the work of our Young Master Zhang.But in the afternoon, Long Yuqi and Liu Duo reported with mournful faces, "Master Imperial Envoy, I'm really sorry, there was a storm at sea the night before yesterday, and the tens of thousands of acres of salt flats along the coast were flooded, and the salt embankments were damaged countless times. , suffered heavy losses, and the salt merchants in Yangzhou have all gone to their own salt farms, and they may not be able to return within three to five days."

"Are you sure all the salt merchants have gone?" Young Master Zhang asked suspiciously.Long Yuqi replied with a mournful face: "Don't dare to lie to the imperial envoy, the salt merchants in Yangzhou have indeed gone to the salt field, and you also know, the imperial envoy, that the salt field is the lifeline of the salt merchants in Yangzhou. If the salt cannot be collected, they will not only lose money , and have to delay the eating of salt for the common people in the north and the front-line army. So they have no choice but to go to the salt field to organize the kitchen household repair, and they will not be able to return to Yangzhou for a while."

"Then the night before yesterday, there was really a storm at sea? How come it's such a coincidence, just as I was about to arrive in Yangzhou, there was a storm at sea?" Young Master Zhang asked even more suspiciously.This time, Liu Duo, the magistrate of Yangzhou, answered. Liu Duo held up a stack of documents, and said with a mournful face, "I would like to report to the imperial envoy, there was indeed a storm at sea the night before yesterday. Please take a look at the imperial envoy."

Young Master Zhang is a person who is rough on the outside and meticulous on the inside, so he took the official document and flipped through it unceremoniously. Disaster reports came, all reporting that a sea storm hit the coast on the ninth night of June, causing heavy losses to the saltworks and the people.After flipping through it for a while, Young Master Zhang handed the official document back to Liu Duo in disappointment, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that I have bad luck, well, since there is really a storm at sea, I will wait for a few days , and wait for the salt merchants from Yangzhou to come back. Well, you all go to your own business."

"Yes, I will resign." Long Yuqi and Liu Duo quietly exchanged a smug look, and left with a sad face.But as soon as they went out, Young Master Zhang called Xiao Chuan and Chen Jianhuang to the front, and said in a low voice: "Brother Xiao, Brother Chen, go and contact Dongchang's agent in Yangzhou immediately, and ask them about the situation the day before yesterday. Is there a storm at sea at night?"

"Brother Zhang, haven't you read the official documents and reports of the coastal counties? Why do you want to inquire? Do you think Master Long and Master Liu are lying?" Xiao Chuan asked inexplicably.Young Master Zhang smiled sinisterly, and replied: "Official documents are written by people, and you can write whatever you want. If Long Yuqi and Liu Duo can be trusted, the private salt of the Ming Dynasty will not be so rampant, and the salt tax of the court will not be so rampant." It’s not like you can only charge up to [-]% per year.” Xiao Chuan and Chen Jianhuang suddenly realized, and then followed the order.

Xiao Chuan and Chen Jianhuang went out to run errands, but Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing got into Young Master Zhang's room again. As soon as Fu Yingxing entered the door, he yelled: "Brother Zhang, you didn't give me face last night. How can you say that Miss Yang Wan's voice is so annoying?" People’s ears can’t be clean? This is too shocking!” Wei Liangqing yelled again: “Yes, Miss Yang was so angry that you ran away crying, and even smashed her pipa, what a beautiful girl! , why are you willing to bully her like this?"

"I really didn't do it on purpose, I really didn't pay attention to the song she sang." Young Master Zhang, who already understood what happened, explained with a wry smile.Wei Liangqing yelled: "No, even if you really didn't do it on purpose, you still have to apologize to Miss Yang, otherwise, our brother's plan to take her first place will be ruined."

"Yes, anyway, you have nothing else to do today, so go to the flower boat with us to find Miss Yang Wan, and apologize to her face to face." Fu Yingxing also came up and tugged at Young Master Zhang's sleeve and shouted.Before Fu Yingxing finished speaking, Zhang Qing screamed from the next room: "Don't go! Zhang Haogu, you came to Yangzhou to raise funds for disaster relief, not to visit brothels and flower boats. If you dare to visit prostitutes, I will Immediately write to my father and ask him to join you in the imperial court!"

"Oh, brother Zhang Qing, why are you so rigid?" Fu Yingxing knew that Zhang Qing's father, Zhang Weixian, was not easy to mess with, so he didn't dare to get angry, so he could only persuade him: "Yangzhou flower boats are famous all over the world, so it's rare to come here, don't go See if he just returned empty-handed after entering Baoshan? Anyway, Brother Zhang has posted a notice to persuade people to raise donations. It is the government’s business to collect donations from the people. What’s so great about taking the time to go to the flower boats? Yes How about you go shopping with us too? Your little brother has never played with us since we went to the south of the Yangtze River. How about letting us see your methods today?"

"No! I won't go to that dirty place!" Zhang Qing was furious and shouted, "Zhang Haogu, if you dare to go, I'll write a letter to sue you immediately!"

"Yes, yes, if I don't go, then I can go to the flower boat to ask for donations, right?" Young Master Zhang is not a good person in the first place, and naturally he will not let go of the great opportunity to appreciate Yangzhou lean horses, so he said plausibly: "Flowers Boats are the place with the most rich people in Yangzhou, and I went there to publicize disaster relief and raise donations for business purposes, not to seek flowers and ask willows. Well, since you don’t want to go, then I will go with Brother Wei and Brother Fu.”

"How dare you!" Zhang Qing rushed over from the next room, trying to prevent Young Master Zhang from learning bad things. The dedicated Young Master Zhang insisted on going to the flower boat to promote disaster relief and persuade prostitutes to join in the donation. In the act of love, in the end Zhang Qing had no choice but to shout: "Okay, you go! But I want to go too, I want to see with my own eyes how you are doing errands on the flower boat to collect donations!" Young Master Zhang thought He refused, but he couldn't stand Zhang Qing's ferocious threats, so he had no choice but to nod and give in, agreeing to take Zhang Qing to the flower boat.

After the plan was settled, Young Master Zhang and Zhang Qing went back to their rooms to change their clothes. Young Master Zhang changed into a scholarly robe, tied his hair casually, and slipped on the Tang Bohu Erotic Painting Fan that had not been used for a long time. On the other hand, he put on a loose Taoist uniform and a rather large soft hat, which covered a lot of his delicate face, and carried a gold-painted folding fan in his hand.Young Master Zhang called Zhang Shitou and Lu Wanling again, and went straight out with the Wei family brothers to the world-famous Slender West Lake in Yangzhou.

When we arrived at Slender West Lake, it was still early in the morning, and most of the prostitutes on the flower boat were still resting. Young Master Zhang and Zhang Qing originally wanted to enjoy the scenery of the 24th Bridge of Slender West Lake, but Brother Wei Liangqing didn’t have a single bone in his body, so he shouted loudly. Shouting that he wanted to see Yang Wan immediately, Young Master Zhang had no choice but to accompany the Wei family brothers all the way to inquire about the location of Yang Wan's flower boat, and gradually searched for it.But when they arrived at the scene, Young Master Zhang and his party realized that someone had stepped forward and had already stood beside Yang Wan's flower boat gangplank, but the bustard of the flower boat didn't allow that person to get on the boat, so the two sides were arguing and arguing.

"Why don't you allow me to get on the boat? Sir, can I afford the money?" The man who wanted to get on the flower boat was a dwarf less than three feet tall, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and a very ugly appearance. He jumped up and down in front of the bustard like a big ape , waving a purse and yelling loudly: "Uncle Song, I have traveled all over the world for more than ten years, and I have never seen a flower boat that gives money and does not pick up passengers. What is your reason? Get out of the way, I want to get on the boat, I want See Miss Yang!"

"Go and go, don't take a pee and take care of yourself. People don't look like ghosts or ghosts. Don't scare my daughter." Pushing the dwarf with one hand, he cursed: "Get lost, a three-inch Dinggu bark like you will not accept money."

"Huh? I seem to have seen this three-inch Dinggu bark before?" Young Master Zhang suddenly noticed that the dwarf seemed familiar.At this time, Zhang Shitou suddenly called out, "Master, look quickly, isn't that guy Song Tiezui who told your fortune in Linqing? Why did he also come to Yangzhou?" Being reminded by Zhang Shitou, Young Master Zhang suddenly Thinking back, the ugly little dwarf in front of him was obviously Song Tiezui who told his fortune back then!Young Master Zhang was also very happy to reunite with an old friend in a foreign land. He went up and patted Song Tiezui on the head with a fan, and said with a smile, "Song Banxian, do you still remember me?"

"Are you...?" Song Tiezui turned his head, looked at Young Master Zhang up and down for a moment, and suddenly shouted joyfully: "I remember, you are Zhang Haogu, Young Master Zhang Gou from Linqing, Shandong!"

"Fuck you, no one has called that nickname for a long time!" Young Master Zhang blushed a little, and hurriedly covered Song Tiezui's stinky mouth.Over there, Zhang Qing and the brothers of the Wei family laughed up and down, Zhang Qing laughed and said: "Zhang Haogu, so your nickname was Zhang Gou Shao, okay, I will call you that in the future, Gou Shao, Zhang Gou Shao .”

"It's all about you, I'll be miserable in the future." Young Master Zhang resentfully hit Song Tiezui on the head with the fan handle again.Song Tiezui also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he smirked twice and quickly changed the subject, "By the way, Mr. Zhang, I heard that you passed the exam and became an imperial envoy to the south of the Yangtze River to raise funds for disaster relief. How about it, my Is the hexagram accurate?"

"Yes, yes." Young Master Zhang replied angrily.Song Tiezui hit the snake with the stick, grabbed Young Master Zhang's sleeve, pointed at Yang Wan's flower boat and said with a smile, "Just be sure, I remember you said at the time, if you get in the top three in the exam, please invite me Drinking, choosing a day is worse than hitting the day, how about you invite me to drink and listen to music on this line today?"

"Why should I invite you?" Young Master Zhang, who was being annoyed by Zhang Qing yelling like a dog, just wanted to refuse.On the other side, Zhang Shitou leaned forward, opened Song Tiezui and shouted, "Song Xiance, don't push yourself too hard, my young master is admitted to Tanhua because of his own ability, it has nothing to do with what you say..."

"Wait a while!" Young Master Zhang suddenly stopped Zhang Shitou, and asked Song Tiezui tremblingly, "What, your name is Song Xiance?"

"My name is Song Xiance, what's the matter?" Song Xiance asked in confusion.Young Master Zhang was dumbfounded, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, and said with a smile, "Okay, I can invite you to drink or sing, but I have one condition."

"What conditions?" Song Xiance asked.Young Master Zhang said with a sinister smile, "My shogunate is short of people, how about you being my master in the future? Of course, I will give you 100 taels of silver as a shogunate every year."

"100 taels is too little, 300 taels!" Song Xiance rolled his eyes and held up three fingers, "It's not that I, Song Xiance, brag. The annual salary is considered cheap for you!"

"Fart!" Lu Wanling, Young Master Zhang's current staff member, got anxious and scolded: "You think we haven't hired a master? Usually, if you hire a master, the salary is only 80 to 300 taels a year, and you need [-] taels for opening your mouth. Do you think you are struck with gold?"

"Brother Lu Nian, don't worry, I have my own opinion." Young Master Zhang waved his hand to stop Lu Wanling, and then stretched out his hand to Song Xiance and said, "300 taels is 300 taels, but you can't give up if you don't ask me. How about high-fiving?" Even Song Xiance, who opened his mouth wide open his mouth, was overjoyed, stretched out his hand, and said with a smile, "Okay, as long as you pay me 300 yuan per year, I will be your teacher for life."

"Deal!" Young Master Zhang and Song Xiance clapped their hands fiercely, finalizing the employment contract for a lifetime. At the same time, the two laughed in unison, "Haha, this idiot! It's time to slaughter!"

(End of this chapter)