6. An Ning County Lord
Just when Li Yu was about to leave the palace, he was stopped by a beautiful girl of thirteen or fourteen years old and her four maids: "Stop it!"
She looked up and down at Li Yu: "Are you the one who tells stories to my father?"
This girl is Princess Anning, the daughter of King Chong Zhu Youtu. She also likes to listen to stories.
I heard that King Chong invited someone to the palace to tell stories today, and Princess An Ning was not convenient for her to show up in front of outsiders, so she ordered the maid to listen to the story.
Unexpectedly, the story told by Lao Hu had either heard of it or sounded boring.
Princess Anning learned that there was someone else who knew how to tell stories, so she called the maid beside her to stare at the door of the palace.
When Lao Hu led the guards of the royal palace to come to him, he couldn't help but surprise the maid.
They thought that the people who could tell stories were all old men, but Li Yu was only seventeen or eighteen years old. He was both handsome and had extraordinary temperament, but he looked like a young actor.
Princess An Ning was also surprised when she heard this and couldn't help but think of it and take a look.
When Princess An Ning saw Li Yu, she realized that he was more outstanding than what the maid said.
"What's up?"
Li Yuxie, the guards and Lao Hu, saluted Princess Anning: "I wonder what the princess has to ask?"
Although he stayed here for several days, he was still very unfamiliar with the rules and habits of the Ming Dynasty.
Princess An Ning was stunned for a moment: "The story is good, this silver is rewarded for you!"
She thought of an excuse before coming over, and her expression was extremely natural.
"Princess Xie!"
Li Yu caught the silver thrown, took out a mirror from the ring and handed it over: "I bought some small things from other places some time ago, I hope you like it!"
He found that the silver given by Princess Anning was much heavier than the silver given by King Chong. After receiving so much money for no reason, he wanted to give her a mirror to express her feelings, and more importantly, he wanted to open up the market.
Princess Anning quickly took the mirror from her maid's hand and said in love: "A mirror must be valuable such a clear one. How can I want it?"
There are many mirrors in the Chong Palace, but none of them is so clear that even the tiny hair on her face can be seen.
"It doesn't matter!"
Li Yu smiled slightly: "It is worth it to be worth it even if you can get the favor of the princess, let alone a mere mirror?"
He paused and said, "I have a small request, I don't know if I should say it?"
Although the mirror only costs two yuan per side, Li Yu would not say it stupidly. He did not say that the street stall goods were a family heirloom, even if his conscience was good; what others thought had nothing to do with him.
"What's up?"
Princess An Ning glanced at Li Yu and frowned.
Unexpectedly, Li Yu would give her a mirror, and even more so, he would dare to make a request to her.
"I want to send a few letters out, but I don't know how to send them where to send them!"
Li Yu smiled and said, "I wonder if the princess can send someone to help me give me some advice?"
He wanted to send a letter when he left the palace, but he was not very clear about the process and rules. In order to save time as much as possible, he wanted to ask Princess Anning to send someone to help.
"no problem!"
Princess Anning nodded slightly and looked at the two guards next to her: "You guys take this young master!"
After saying that, she took the maid straight away.
Although it is in the palace, it is inevitable that it will be criticized if you talk too much to a strange young man.
With two guards helping to guide him, Li Yu quickly followed them to the inn and quickly sent the letter.
He first sent letters to the Henan Prefect Censor Zhang Renxue, Huguang Governor Fang Kongzhang and the Assistant Censor Shi Kefa, and then sent letters to Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei.
Shi Kefa naturally needs no more. The governors Anqing, Luzhou, Chizhou, Taiping, Guangzhou, Guangshan, Gushi, Luotian, Huguang Qizhou, Guangji, Huangmei, Dehua, Hukou, Jiangxi, and the real governors who guarded the territory.
Fang Kongzhang was similar. He was not only the governor of Huguang, but also one of the main forces in clearing out the rebel army.
Zhang Renxue seemed to have little power, but Li Yu knew that he would soon be valued by Chongzhen and became the main military general to eliminate the Henan rebel army. On the contrary, the Henan Governor Chang Daoli had greater power, but he did not have many outstanding performances.
Li Yu sent letters to the three of them mainly because he felt that they were all capable of doing things, and they also had great power, and were all nearby. It was not that the three of them were the most powerful, otherwise wouldn't it be better to send letters directly to the Prime Minister Xiong Wencan, Secretary of the Ministry of War of the Military Affairs of the Prime Minister Zhili, Henan, Shaanxi, Huguang, Sichuan and other provinces, or Yang Sichang, the cabinet minister, or even Chongzhen?
As for sending letters to Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, it is undoubtedly a preparation to save Lu Xiangsheng.
Before coming to the Ming Dynasty again, Li Yu went to check a lot of relevant information and had already decided who to write to whom they would like to know where their official position and where their resident was.
When they returned to the troupe, everyone looked at Li Yu differently, and even Lao Hu became flattered.
After they knew that King Chong liked to listen to the stories told by Li Yu, how could they dare to offend him? It was too late to curry favor with Li Yu.
Li Yu was used to this and ignored them. He gave the matchmaker two ingots of silver: "This is the reward I just received in the Chong Prince's Mansion!"
According to the rules, everyone in the troupe had to be distributed to the matchmaker. Although Li Yu went to tell stories about the Chongwang Mansion and told stories, he still gave all the gains to the matchmaker.
"No!"
The matchmaker waved his hand: "You go to the Chongwang Mansion to tell stories, it has nothing to do with the opera troupe. These money should be yours."
Li Yu was not a troupe at all. The prince’s house told stories. The troupe neither gave any people nor worked. It was still Lao Hu who knelt on the ground begging Li Yucai to go.
Hearing this, someone stood up: "Matchmaker, this is wrong! Since Li Yu stayed in our troupe, he was the one in our troupe and had to abide by the rules."
Someone immediately agreed: "That's right, if Lao Hu told stories in the royal palace, the money he earned would have to be divided according to the rules. Why is Li and the other party not there?"
"That's right, if it weren't for the opera troupe, how could Li Yu have the chance to go to the royal palace to tell stories? If it weren't for Lao Hu's recommendation to the royal palace, Li Yu wouldn't have made money. How could he say that it had nothing to do with the opera troupe?"
Unexpectedly, Li Yu made much more money than they earned in a month after just half an hour of going to the royal palace.
Regarding his own personal interests, they couldn't help but jump out. There were only two people who expressed their support for the matchmaker, and there was not even a single person who helped Li and spoke.
The matchmaker looked at Li Yu in embarrassment and took the smaller piece of silver ingot from him: "You are telling stories in the Chongwang Mansion, and the opera troupe has not done much, so you should take the big head!"
Chapter completed!