In front of Desheng Gate in the north of the city, Zhang Zhou spent two fortifications and traveled to two places before he saw Zhu Feng standing at the gate of the city.
"Brother Zhang."
The smile on Zhu Feng's face was still so friendly.
The bumpy journey from the east to the north of the city made Zhang Zhou a little unbearable.
So Zhang Zhou's expression was not so good. He said coldly, "Why are you meeting someone at the city gate?"
Zhu Feng said, "That's right. I just received the news. It is said that my wife’s boat arrived at Xiya today.”
Xiya, later known as Jishuitan, is just outside Deshengmen. It is also the transportation terminal of the canal connecting the capital. If you are coming by boat from Tongzhou. , will disembark at the ferry here.
Zhang Zhou frowned, "You brought me all the way here just to see your wife. Will her arrival be of any help to you and me on our errands in Beijing?"
Zhang Zhou I almost wanted to say that there is nothing wrong with you, Zhu Feng.
"No, Brother Zhang misunderstood. In fact, the person I really want to introduce you to is the second young master from the family of the Minister Lin of the Imperial Academy. We were not competing that day. Did you see him during the poem? He asked someone to contact me and said he wanted to meet you, so I agreed."
Zhang Zhou felt a sense of "unconcern" from Zhu Feng's smile. kindness".
I think Zhu Feng was willing to meet Lin Ting, maybe because Lin Ting would introduce the white-faced scholar to him. Otherwise, Zhang Zhou would never have imagined that meeting Lin Ting would make Zhu Feng appear so ambiguous and vulgar. smile.
"Aren't you here to share the accounts?"
Zhang Zhouxin said, you really think I am very relaxed every day
I, Zhang, am very busy every day, just light Being summoned to enter and leave the palace at short notice is unbearable. I almost forget that I am a candidate who came to the capital to take the examination, and I am different from other students.
"My wife will be here as promised. She said she had already disembarked, so why haven't she come yet?"
"You can't go to the ferry to wait for her"
"No, I get seasick and I don't know how to swim. I fell into the water when I was a child, so I am most afraid of seeing water in my life."
There are many problems.
Zhang Zhou was most bored while waiting for his wife with others. After waiting for a long time, he finally saw the carriage of Ning Tong and his entourage.
Ning Tong got off the carriage, probably due to the bumpy journey, and looked very haggard, but after seeing Zhang Zhou and Zhu Feng together, her eyes instantly widened.
"Tong'er, come on, let's see who I brought to you. Brother Zhang, my wife, you have seen her."
When Zhu Feng introduced her, he spoke The tone is a little different.
Zhang Zhou was speechless when he saw Ning Tong's guarded look.
You, Second Young Master Zhu, don’t think that others don’t know about your preferences? Do you think that others will feel honored to be with you?
“Mrs. Zhu.”< /p>
Zhang Zhou saluted politely.
Ning Tong just bowed slightly and saluted, not even saying hello to Zhang Zhou.
Zhu Feng didn’t seem to notice at allNoticing the strangeness of his wife, he still introduced enthusiastically, "Thanks to Brother Zhang's care recently, I am doing well in the capital. Tong'er, your journey is going smoothly, right?"
Ning Tong said, "My husband is now in Jinyiwei." Serving a job and using others to take care of you"
Sure enough
there is ambiguity.
"Uh." Zhang Zhou also quickly explained, "We just take care of each other when doing business or doing things."
"Yes, yes, that's it. I usually discuss things with Brother Zhang, and sometimes I go to the palace with him. By the way, Tong'er, I originally thought that when I came to the capital, I would just be a Jinyiwei with a salary to direct the affairs. Who knows, His Majesty rewarded me with a thousand households of Jinyiwei with full-time duties. Yue will go to the palace to accompany the prince in about ten days."
Zhu Feng started nagging.
Typical talkative person.
Zhang Zhou was impatient and said in his heart that if you two want to say goodbye, you can’t wait until you get home.
Can you settle my account first? I’ll hurry up. What about the next one.
Listening to your kid’s words, it’s getting darker and darker. There was nothing wrong with you, but your wife might have thought it was something dirty if she overheard it.
"My lord, I have to go back home first. Can you send someone to accompany you?"
Even Ning Tong was too lazy to listen to Zhu Feng's nonsense.
Zhu Feng didn’t feel embarrassed at all and said with a smile, “What’s the rush? I’ve arranged a table at a nearby restaurant and let’s go together.”
“No, I’m a little tired. "
Zhang Zhou also saw that everyone has his or her own ambitions. Ning Tong married into the Chengguo Palace just to be a young mistress. Once she entered the Marquis family, it was as deep as the sea. This probably didn't happen to Ning Tong. exist.
But she had no intention of going out to accompany her husband in public.
Zhu Feng’s hot face was cold buttocks, and he said with a smile, “Then find someone to take you back first. We will talk about it in detail later. Brother Zhang and I still have something to do.”
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Yes, brother and sister, Zhijie and I do have something to do. We are talking about business matters, there are no private matters to discuss. Don't worry."
When Ning Tong heard Zhang Zhou call her "brother and sister", she could not help but frown. Frowned.
But when he heard Zhang Zhou’s words, he couldn’t help but asked, “What are you worried about?” as if he was ridiculing him.
Zhang Zhou smiled.
Madam, you understand in your heart why I am telling you. It is good that everyone is aware of it.
"I mean, madam, please feel free to leave him to me. After we have discussed the matter, he will definitely go back to accompany you. I still have my wife and children at home waiting for me to go back. There are too many things going on recently, so it's okay. It’s so complicated to enter the palace. I don’t even bother to prepare for the exam.”
Zhang Zhou’s words sounded like bragging.
Even Ning Tong didn’t understand.
As a Juren, even if you once helped the emperor with prescriptions to treat acne and plague, you wouldn’t be in and out of the palace often.
But she still understood some of the meaning.
Zhang Zhou was also telling her that he was not interested in her husband at all, and that Zhang Zhou was only in love with Zhu Feng on official business.Give up.
Ning Tong's entry into Beijing was just a small episode in Zhang Zhoulai's settlement with Zhu Feng.
At the nearby restaurant, Zhu Feng handed the account book to Zhang Zhou.
"Uncle Chang Ning is responsible for the Zhou family's purchase of wood and stone. The wood is mainly provided by me. The cost is 20,000 taels. They also have to make a little profit. The total is 24,000 taels. It's flat silver. Brother Zhang, you know that the palace purchases are all settled in silver, so no copper coins are given to you."
" Six thousand taels are allocated to your account here, and you deserve four thousand taels. , and two thousand taels, which I gave as a gift."
Zhu Feng pointed to a line on the account book.
Zhang Zhou frowned and said, "You still keep track of this account book when you have nothing to do. Who else has read it?"
It's just a matter of earning kickbacks. Zhang Zhouxin said you have no brains? He actually wrote down the accounts
"No one has seen it. This is my private record." Zhu Feng said.
Zhang Zhoudao "You should know what the result of Li Guang's accounting was after he destroyed the ready-made case."
"I didn't record the business in my name. I tore it up when I turned around, but I This person sometimes forgets things. A good account is worse than a bad pen. If he doesn't write it down, he is afraid that he will not be able to remember it later."
Zhu Feng looked aggrieved.
Zhang Zhou was too lazy to comment on this kind of erotic behavior.
"You can take back the two thousand taels and do whatever you agreed to do. The twenty thousand taels are your capital in the first place. You don't need to pay any capital to satisfy me."
There is no money these days. tickets, so no money will be delivered on site.
The banknotes of the Ming Dynasty have long been worthless. By the Hongzhi period, there were no longer any banknotes in circulation on the market. They were all cash silver and copper coins. For court purchases and tax calculations, silver was used. , commodities have also become the main currency in circulation because of the convenience of silver.
At this time, the silver from South America had not flowed into the Ming Dynasty, and the price of silver was still strong. The court's tax revenue related to silver, and the net revenue in a year was less than three million taels.
Zhu Feng said, "You helped me so much. I gave you two thousand taels as a token of my gratitude. I made a lot of money from selling grain before."
Zhang Zhou shook his head "One day I don’t like taking advantage of my business partners.”
Zhu Feng’s admiration for Zhang Zhou deepened.
What Zhang Zhou actually wants to say is that I don’t care about taking advantage of you. You still have to take advantage of others. After all, we are in a long-term business with you. Besides, what are the benefits of taking advantage of you
Settling the accounts clearly is better than anything else.
Otherwise, the two thousand taels will be regarded as your bribe
"Then I will send the money to your house later." Zhu Feng said.
Zhang Zhouyi waved his hands and said, "No, my house is not a warehouse. Heaping so much money will easily attract thieves' attention. I will store it in your hands first."
"Ah, you don't want it for now."
"Yes, there is no place to spend it."
Of course Zhang Zhou couldn't accept it right away.The purchase of wood and stone is not over yet. If the court comes back to settle accounts later, he would rather not have any direct connection with this matter.
Secondly, and more importantly,
He cannot spend so much money now.
Now he has a lot of property. Excluding the real estate, he gave it in batches from the imperial family, from Chiang Kai-shek, from Yingtian Mansion to those who purchased medicinal materials, and from Chengguo Gongfu and Zhu Feng in batches. The discounted value is more than one thousand taels.
The businesses he manages are all small-scale and large-scale, as is customary for time travellers, relying on epoch-making products to make money, with small capital and big profits.
"Then I'll leave first"
After the settlement of the accounts is settled, Zhang Zhou will leave.
"Farewell, Brother Zhang, save some face for that Second Young Master Lin. I have already gone to inform him. He is probably on his way here. After all, he is the son of Lin Shilang. He doesn't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha." Face. Deshengmen is not far from Beiyong."
Zhang Zhou did not intend to stay.
Lin Han seems to be his direct superior, but the problem is that Zhang Zhou has no plans to go to the Imperial College to study in the "class room", so he doesn't need to look at anyone's face.
But before he could go downstairs, he was notified that Lin Ting and one person had arrived downstairs.
"Please come up quickly."
Zhu Fengsong said.
Probably because I agreed to someone else's business and didn't want to break my promise.
When he saw Lin Ting and the pretty boy behind Lin Ting, Zhu Feng went over to say hello, but couldn't take his eyes away from the pretty boy's face.
The infatuated look instantly reminded Zhang Zhou of Duan Yu's deep love for "Miss Wang".
It’s just a little weird.
"Brother Zhang, it's been a long time. In the competition at Beiyongwai a few days ago, after you left, there were some people who were there to express their opinions on the spot, but unfortunately, both the articles and the poems were admittedly inferior, so that You won the test."
Lin Ting seemed to have some objections to Zhang Zhou, but he seemed to be very principled.
Zhang Zhou said, "You are here to tell me who will lose and who will win. Is there such a big difference?"
Lin Ting did not expect Zhang Zhou to be so "open-minded" and did not know how to proceed. .
Zhang Zhou wanted to chat to death so that he could leave.
But the pretty guy on the side couldn't help but retort, "If you don't want to win, why are you comparing yourself?"
This remark sounded no different from Zhu Feng's. .
But for Zhang Zhou, it was a bit exposed.
Although this voice was deliberately lowered, it was deliberately made very loud.
Zhang Zhou thought to himself, after all, I am also a "master" who has experienced thousands of episodes of TV series where women dress up as men. No matter how good your makeup is, can't you tell that you are a woman?
Of course there is another explanation for you being a eunuch who has been purified since childhood.
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