All the officials had no objection, and no one came out to ask for a report. The attendant shouted "Retreat the court."

Baiguanshan shouted and bowed, Emperor Jingcheng stood up and waved his sleeves and left with great strides.

After the court was dispersed, Liu Xiuliang greeted his familiar military officer. Seeing that Liu Xiuyong was descending the steps, he followed.

"Brother." Liu Xiuliang shouted enthusiastically, "Don't go so fast, wait for me."

Liu Xiuyong slowed down. He glanced at Liu Xiuliang calmly, and went down the steps and said, "Xuliang, aren't you busy building the building that your father assigned to you these days? You are confident, but you are not as busy as a person."

"The wood transported by my uncle still needs to be sorted out, but there is nothing wrong these days." Liu Xiuliang followed with a smile, "Brother, today I mentioned buying grain from big households on credit in the court. I admire it, but I feel strange. Even if the interest is calculated based on the principal, those big households are all merchants. Are they willing?"

Liu Xiuyong smiled and said, "Second brother, big families are also humans, and people will have difficulties. Whether they are willing to do so depends on how they are talking about it."

Liu Xiuliang asked harmlessly with a smile: "How do you want to talk about it?"

"Me?" Liu Xiuyong looked at him, "I don't want to talk, I have to find someone to talk."

Liu Xiuliang followed him down the steps and walked towards the forbidden gate along the flat road. Liu Xiuliang walked side by side with him and asked, "Who are you going to talk to these big merchants? These merchants are all rats who are tempted by money, and small profits can't arouse their appetite. It's better." His eyes rolled, "I'll send some people to my brother and have a good talk with the merchants."

Liu Xiuyong looked at him with a wry smile and said, "How do you talk about business with a knife and a neck?"

"I know I'm afraid of it when I hold my neck." Liu Xiuliang smiled more and more casually, "I can talk about it whatever I want."

Liu Xiuyong stopped in front of the forbidden door and said, "Sometimes the knife is no more than a human mouth."

Liu Xiuliang raised his hand and signaled the guards who came forward to stop talking. He asked tentatively: "As my brother likes, is there anyone's mouth faster than a knife?"

"Yes." Liu Xiuyong looked at Chen Jinqiu who was being held onto the carriage by the servant. He smiled and turned to Liu Xiuliang, "There are people here. I will go home first. I will talk to you and my brothers one day. Let's say goodbye."

After saying that, he walked away, and then he was supported by someone and left.

Liu Xiuliang looked at the carriage that left one after another and led to different places.

He smiled a little and said, "Why don't you say hello to me if you use my people. Alas~ I'm so kind."

Chen Jinqiu came back after nightfall. After drinking, his eyes were red.

When he got off the carriage, his steps seemed cramped. After the servant was honestly supported into the mansion, he closed the door. He pushed the sleeves and shook his sleeves back to normal, and walked towards the study with a steady step.

Chen Jinqiu Xing turned his head while walking and said, "Go and ask the kitchen to make a bowl of sobering soup. You can watch it, and then deliver it to the study."

He nodded honestly and then walked quickly towards the kitchen.

The door of the study was pushed open, and Chen Jinqiu walked into the room. He raised his eyes and swept the room. Seeing Bai Yiju sitting on the side of the desk, he turned around and closed the door, then turned around and sat on the main seat.

"I ate a lot of bars." Baiyi held up a fan and sang at him. "It smells heavy, and it seems that King Jin's alcohol is extraordinary."

"He drinks a little, hum. The new players on the Shangshu Desk are all here, so I'm so drunk." Chen Jinqiu supported the desk with his elbows, held his chin and tilted his head with his palms. He said melancholy, "Oh, this Golden Palace is in the limelight, he is favored, and I am the one who bears the consequences behind him. Tell me, what's the matter?"

"It's a disaster relief thing?" Baiyi stepped on the edge of the stool and raised the teapot and poured himself a cup. "You are short-speaking, you owe you a favor. Besides, your elder brother is escorting him in Yanzhou, asking you to watch you please?"

"Yes, I have to think about paying it back if I owe someone a favor, but I have to arrange food and grass for Manhong Pass, and Yanzhou and Menzhou are also sandwiched between me. I also have both hands, so how can I be so capable?" Chen Jinqiu's cheeks slid down his sleeves, "Please, trouble, this is not easy to deal with."

"I have to find a way to deal with it if it is not easy to deal with it. I asked someone to inquire about the situation in Tongzhou and Panzhou. Those big households have indeed stored grain, dozens of large cities.

The warehouse only comes in and does not leave." Baiyi lifted the pot over and wanted to pour him tea. "There is food, but it is really difficult to deal with on credit."

"Don't let it go, I'm calling the sobering soup." Chen Jinqiu waved his hand to signal not to pour it. He raised his hands and stretched his body. "Those big households are holding the grain in their hands tightly. Now the prices of grain and grass in Jiuzhou are different, and they are all priced per day. This price is on credit, and I will not refuse to do so if I am a big household."

Baiyi put down the teapot and chuckled and said, "Since the matter is taken into your hands, do you have a way?"

"I've been thinking since I hit him and invited me." Chen Jinqiu leaned against the back of the chair and rubbed his face. "The prices are fluctuating. They will definitely refuse to give the current price, and they may not believe it if they give the high price. I think, then you will get interest and 50% of the two quarters."

Bai Yi was shocked and said, "Fifty percent of the profit in half a year? Mr. Chen San, what he wants is the food for the whole summer, and the two states are filled with red passes. If this account is on credit, you can't afford to lose all your money."

"I don't have to do it anymore. King Jin asked me to do it, so he naturally opened his pocket and followed me." Chen Jinqiu put his big hand on the handrail, "Besides, the word "official" is open. Which businessman in the world who does business with officials can make a fortune?"

Baiyi sounded a little wrong, and he asked hesitantly: "Is there still a thorn hidden in your words?"

"Hey, you wake me up." Chen Jinqiu stood up and then found a dusty file on the bookcase. "This case has been sealing the file for a while, and it was the case of the gangs in the outer nine cities reselling military rations in the early years."

Chen Jinqiu patted the file and blew it, and a large stream of dust suddenly blew up. He frowned and suffused the air.

Baiyi danced violently and fanned the wind a few times. He coughed lightly and said hoarsely, "Is it the case that Hengweng's son Hengtian and merchants did with him?"

Chen Jinqiu turned around and sat down. He placed the file on the desk and said, "Do you know this?"

"Hengtian is Yuanji killed." Baiyi held up the teacup and saw if the tea had fallen into ashes. "As soon as Hengtian died, all the merchants ran away."

"There were a few people who caught them, but they were all tails. The main culprit had long disappeared." Chen Jinqiu picked up another book and looked carefully. "This is the booklet written by my elder brother at that time. He is like this. He remembers it in his heart if the case is not found out. These are the names of merchants who escaped at that time."

"Take it and see." Baiyi reached out to take the list and frowned, saying, "Why is this person's name so similar to those I inquired about?"

Chen Jinqiu immediately became interested and asked, "Exactly the same name?"

Bai Yi looked carefully and said, "That's not the case, it's almost the same. There are more than one word, but after you go, you're exactly the same."

Chen Jinqiu's face was slightly calmer and asked, "Do you remember the human appearance?"

Baiyi put the list and said, "I wasn't going to do business at that time. If Yuan Ji was there, he would definitely be able to recognize the person."

Chen Jinqiu immediately stood up, and he pulled Baiyi and said hurriedly: "Let's go and ask Yuanji clearly."

Baiyi was dragged and pulled by him, so he had to say helplessly: "The person is in Yanyun Pavilion now."

When Chen Jinqiu heard this, he shook his hand away. He took the wide robe from the hanger and covered his face, and then hurriedly said: "Let's go, go."z.br

As soon as the two of them went out, they stood in front of the door with sobering soup. He said, "Third Master, soup--"

"No more drinks." Chen Jinqiu interrupted him, "Create a car at the back door and go out."

He honestly raised the food plate and said, "Third Master, the old lady has instructions."

Chen Jinqiu paused his feet, and he turned his head and said in confusion: "Old lady?"

He looked at the food plate that was being held honestly and found that in addition to the sobering soup, there was also a silver needle placed in a silk handkerchief.

He honestly repeated the original words: "The old lady told me that the third master could use silver needles to try this soup before drinking it, so it would be fine."

Chen Jinqiu stared at the food plate for a while, then looked up at the wing room in the inner courtyard, where the lights were gone. Then he lowered his head and looked at the food plate, and then he tapped the silver needle into the soup without saying a word. After confirming that it was correct, he drank the soup.

He honestly put the food plate, then rushed to the back door and picked up Chen Jinqiu and Baiyi.

I drove the car to Yanyun Pavilion.

The wind is weak and willows are thin and the swallows are fat.

Yanyun Pavilion, as the only geisha brothel in the inner city, is a place for singing, dancing, fireworks all night long. The children of ***, literati, poets, and even the nobles of the sky all spent a lot of money to make the beauty smile.

All the rare treasures collected by the Chamber of Commerce in Jiuzhou and even outside the territory were gathered in the pavilion, and Zhen Kelai became the helmator of Yanyun Pavilion at a young age.

As soon as the carriage arrived, she saw it from the railing, then gently stroked Hongxiu and said, "Go to invite the guest."

The maids all tied double-snail buns, and in Yanyun Pavilion, the different styles of the buns represent the classification and label of geisha. Double-snails are the second most popular buns and are also the dress of the servants.

The maid responded softly and then went downstairs and led Baiyi and Chen Jinqiu upstairs to the door.

Baiyi seemed to be familiar with everyone. On the short journey upstairs, the geishas, ​​talented men, or dignitaries he met all greeted him. He also returned the favor one by one, and chatted with people from time to time.

When Chen Jinqiu saw these maids and geisha chatting with him, some blushed when they heard him talking, while others laughed without reservation.

Chen Jinqiu asked curiously: "Do you know all these people?"

Baiyi shook the fan and smiled freely and said, "As long as you come here often, you will naturally know each other."

Chen Jinqiu pursed his lips in wonder, and then followed the maid into the private room.

The interior decoration of the elegant room is unique and rich in elegance. While the graceful veil is floating, Zhen Kelai, who is rolling up his red sleeves, is lazily leaning against the railing to look at the night view of the inner city.

Chen Jinqiu only saw her side face, but was shocked by her exquisite beauty and temperament.

"Miss." Baiyi stopped in front of the door and bowed, "Mr. Chen San has arrived."

"Please come in." Zhen Kexiao caressed the floating gauze curtain, "Come on, look at the tea."

"It's so much trouble." Chen Jinqiu had long forgotten the purpose of coming here. He sat down hurriedly and looked at Baiyi, "Who is this?"

"Oh, this one." Baiyi and a paper fan introduced, "This is the mother of this Yanyun Pavilion, Zhen Keli."
Chapter completed!