Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 78 Notice
After confirming that Gu Mei would attend, Yang Chao visited the official circles in Nanjing City one after another.

Ordinary people may not know it yet, but everyone in the officialdom knows the news of Zhou Yanru's re-election.

Yang Chao's reputation has risen because of this, and seeing Zhou Yanru's reunion, Qian Qianyi, an old guy, licked his face and leaned in, wrote a letter to Zhou Yanru, led Donglin and Fushe to start reconciling, and invited many Celebrities from the Shaofu Society held several meetings.

No one knows whether Qian Qianyi can curry favor with Zhou Yanru, but everyone knows that Donglin Fushe has cooperated again.

The officials in Nanjing happened to be mainly based on Donglin and Fushe, so the officialdom was full of joy and harmony, and there was a lot of walking among each other.

Everyone knows that Ruan Dacheng played a big role in Zhou Yanru's resurgence this time, providing most of the money, but Ruan Dacheng is an eunuch, and no one wants to befriend him, so it may not be that he really hates him. As for character, I am afraid that Ruan Dacheng will occupy the official positions of Donglin and Fushe if he recovers.

So no one made friends with Ruan Dacheng, but that didn't mean he hated Yang Chao.

Everyone knows that Yang Chao once helped Ruan Dacheng with work. They know that Yang Chao is a person who has no fame but is very good at handling affairs. He played a very important role in helping Zhou Yanru recover.

Ruan Dacheng is an eunuch, a Jinshi, and can occupy the official position of Donglin Fushe, but Yang Chao is just a child, and it is impossible to become an official, so more people are willing to make friends with Yang Chao.

Yang Chao knew this very well, he knew that any yamen in Nanjing would probably treat him with courtesy when he handed his greeting card.

Yang Chao knew in his heart that everyone was not sure whether he had something to do with Zhou Yanru, so he was polite to himself. If he knew that Yang Chao didn't know Zhou Yanru at all, and Zhou Yanru didn't bother to talk to Yang Chao, he might just No one gave Yang Chao a good face.

To put it bluntly, Yang Chao's fame rose as Zhou Yanru's social status rose.

If Zhou Yanru didn't serve as chief assistant, Yang Chao would be worthless. If Zhou Yanru became chief assistant, Yang Chao's reputation would be very popular.

That's why Yang Chao went to Yang Wencong to deal with Xu Zhongxiao only after he received the news that Zhou Yanru had become the chief assistant. After Confucianism became the first assistant, Yang Chao was able to show off his prestige.

Similarly, Yang Chao will wait until Zhou Yanru becomes the chief assistant before starting to open the Jinchai Tower. It is precisely to use this momentum to maximize the reputation of the Jinchai Tower.

Yang Chao kept visiting, inviting officials, celebrities, and talents.

All went well and were very polite to him.

There was even a momentum of flocking to them, which surprised Yang Chao a little.

After getting to know Yang Wencong, I found out that the last time Yang Chao held a meeting, Zhou Yanru was finally promoted to be the chief assistant. Those in the officialdom are very superstitious, thinking that this is auspicious, and Yang Chao's meeting seems to have official luck. .

But the core is that Zhou Yanru became the first assistant, because in the last meeting, in addition to pushing Zhou Yanru to be the first assistant, Zhang Pu also died. At this time, Zhang Pu's death was selectively ignored.

To put it bluntly, the most important thing is that I am still not sure whether Yang Chao has a close relationship with Zhou Yanru, and I am giving Zhou Yanru face.

Yang Chao just took advantage of this, and when Donglin Fushe was getting married, Donglin people were very active and willing to associate with Fushe, so he invited both Donglin and Fushe to his Jinchai Building for a meeting .

It is also the first time that Yang Chao has directly connected with these scribes, the civil official group, and the officialdom.

Of course, most of the time, Yang Chao didn't post directly asking for a meeting, but asked Yang Wencong to introduce him.

It is too conspicuous to post directly, and it is easier for both parties to accept it psychologically.

More and more officials agreed to participate in Yang Chao's rally, and Yang Chao also slowly moved away, trying to use the fame of these people as much as possible.

……

The Jinchai Building has been renovated according to Yang Chao's request, and the backyard has not been touched. It is Ruan Dacheng's house.

On the second floor of the front yard, they are all connected to form four halls, each of which can accommodate 300 people to watch.

In the hall, a layer of seats is added, and a three-foot-high platform is set in front of it. The platform is very large and can accommodate a hundred people to perform.

There are bright lamps hanging in the hall, and there are lamps on the wall next to it, behind the doors and windows.

Other than that, the hall has no bright spots. Kang Hui even thinks that the hall is extremely unattractive, almost like a luxurious theater.

However, the first floor is still in the old style. Except that the doors and windows are replaced with painted Mingwa windows depicting plum, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo, the furnishings, furniture, paintings on the walls, and flowers in the room are all decorated according to the common style in brothels. .

The room on the first floor is also like an ordinary brothel, where girls can play lyrics, sing songs and recite poems against each other.

However, it has been a few days since the decoration was completed, but Yang Chao never let Kang Hui open, which made Kang Hui a little anxious.

Spending money was like flowing water. The 500 taels given by Yang Chao were all spent, and 3000 taels of the 2000 taels of silver he got from Wang Xiao were also spent, but there was still no penny in the account. Kang Hui was under a lot of pressure.

He asked Yang Chao to open a brothel, but he kept spending money and didn't make any money. How could this work.

But Yang Chao was not in a hurry, and he had nothing to do. Yang Chao just asked him to wait, and he didn't know when he would have to wait.

……

Hu Quan has been killing pigs for several months. He is unfamiliar with this business, and now he is familiar with it, and now he regards himself as a butcher.

Just like Kang Hui, recalling the last gathering like that, he was like a dream, he couldn't believe that he actually participated in such a gathering with Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu, let alone that this gathering was In order to decide a chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

Every morning, Hu Quan puts pieces of pork from his home on a cart, and together with his father, pushes them to his family's butcher shop outside the south gate, and then sells them to his father for a whole day.

Back home in the evening, Hu Quan had to slaughter two or three pigs, sometimes four or five, with his father and a few hired workers. Their family could sell one hundred catties a day, and sometimes three hundred catties pork.

You can earn 20 taels to 60 taels of silver every day. After excluding the cost, the bad meat that cannot be sold can make a profit of one tael a day, or even higher.

Hu Quan's father, Hu Wanguan, was proud of his family's butcher shop, and often boasted that the shop he took over from his father was just a small shop, but now, he is already a prominent figure in the butcher shop.

The shop was originally intended to be passed on to Hu Quan’s elder brother, Hu Zhou, but when the elder brother was slaughtering a pig, he was hurt by a pig’s arm. Although the doctor said that his arm could still grow back, Hu Quan knew that his father had already asked him to accept the meat. The owner of the shop made plans, because he was worried that the elder brother's hands would not be able to kill pigs in the future, nor would he be able to cut meat.

Hu Wanguan said, what kind of a butcher is a butcher who doesn't know how to kill pigs.

"Here, count!"

Just as Hu Quan was thinking, his father threw over a sling of money.

Hu Quan quickly took it and counted it. After counting, he put the money into the account.

Hu Wanguan was very satisfied to see his son's familiarity with notebooks. Hu Quan not only helped him butcher pigs and cut meat for him, but also knew how to write and keep accounts, so he didn't waste money to let him study.

The sister-in-law was busy at the side, looking at Hu Quan from time to time.

"Uncle, next year there will be an imperial examination, I said, you have to study. What's the use of killing pigs!"

The sister-in-law said in a low voice.

After the eldest brother was injured, he recuperated at home. After a little recovery, the sister-in-law had to help in the shop. The sister-in-law was also a butcher, and her butcher shop was outside Shuiximen.

Hu Quan knew that his sister-in-law was worried that her father gave him the shop, so she kept watching and said that she would let him study, which was also the reason.

But Hu Quan really had no interest in being a butcher. After the meeting, Hu Quan had no interest in anything.

But what should he do, what can he do.

"Son, go and deliver the meat to Uncle Xu."

Hu Wanguan's voice sounded.

Hu Quan sighed, immediately wrapped the meat in big lotus leaves, and wrapped it skillfully with hemp rope. Over there, his father was making out with a man who looked like a housekeeper with a smile on his face, and secretly stuffed it into the man's sleeve. Made a handful of money.

Hu Quan knew that this person was surnamed Xu, and he was a servant of Xu Zhongxiao's family. Xu's family was a big family. Every year, he would spend five or sixty taels of meat just for selling meat. He was the biggest customer of his butcher shop.

Just like buying meat this time is a dime, more than a thousand pieces, which is equivalent to more than one tael of silver, and five catties of meat.

Five catties of meat is not heavy, but Steward Xu will not be contaminated with fishy smell, so Hu Quan can only send it to his family.

Butler Xu walked with his hands behind his back, and Hu Quan followed behind with his back behind him.

"Uncle Xu, Master Baihu is going to have a banquet, why did you buy so much meat?"

Hu Quan used an excuse to contradict the butler's words.

Butler Xu looked at Hu Quan with contempt: "There are hundreds of people in Xu's family, and there is not enough food for each person. What kind of guests are there for a banquet!"

Hu Quan sneered and said, "That's right. It was Lord Baihu who ate it himself. Lord Baihu has a good appetite, so he ate so much at once."

Butler Xu couldn't help snorting: "You little butcher is really far from your father. You are still a scholar, and you are stupid when you study. Lord Baihu can't eat so much in a day. Besides, Lord Baihu has come to Beijing. I can't eat it."

Hu Quan's heart skipped a beat, Xu Zhongxiao has entered Beijing!

He really doesn't know this.

But I have decided in my heart that I must tell Yang Chao the news immediately. Although he is slaughtering pigs and Yang Chao is an official, the two have not broken contact. Yang Chao also asked him to keep an eye on the Xu family. Killing pigs all day, but no chance.

Fortunately, the Xu family is their customer, which allowed Hu Quan to receive some information about the Xu family from time to time.

After leaving Xu's house, Hu Quan immediately ran to Yang's house. When passing by the county government office, he suddenly saw many people surrounded in front of the government office.

The government posted a notice, Yang Chao squeezed in front of the notice, and immediately froze.

According to the list, the Ming court has replaced a new Chief Assistant, and the new Chief Assistant is Zhou Yanru!
Hu Quan was stunned, they really pushed Zhou Yanru to the position of chief assistant!
While Hu Quan was shocked, he immediately had the idea of ​​'I don't want to sell meat anymore'. Thinking of him, Hu Quan, who has done such important things as electing the chief assistant, now he wants to sell meat. It's so boring.

He immediately decided to go to Yang Chao immediately, but suddenly he lost the strength in his legs.

In Hu Quan's view, it was Yang Chao who promoted Zhou Yanru to power. Moreover, Yang Chao is now an official, so what is he?

The more he thought about it, the sadder he became, Hu Quan dragged his heavy legs and walked to his butcher shop, forgetting about reporting the letter. (It’s a great event to drop pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you! Follow up~click/Chinese website official account (add friends on WeChat-add official account-enter qdread), and participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now immediately Pay attention to qdread WeChat official account!)

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