Yang Qi laughed at himself in embarrassment: "I'm a little out of shape today. I've been talking nonsense. Please don't take it to heart, dear brother."
At this time, two smart waiters brought wine and food. One waiter smiled and said: "These are Mr. Yang's favorites, please use them slowly!"
The two waiters went down, and Yang Qi picked up the jug and poured wine for Chao Qing. He smiled and said, "This was the royal wine of the Tokyo Imperial Palace back then. You can't drink it in ordinary places."
Chao Qing saw that the wine was golden, clear, and slightly viscous, exactly as his father described the imperial wine.
He also saw that the eight side dishes were very exquisitely prepared, and the ingredients were rare delicacies from the mountains and seas. He was a little shocked and asked: "This meal of wine and food must be very expensive!"
Yang Qi said calmly: "The price here is the same as Qiongtai. The price of wine and money are calculated separately. However, I did a big favor to the owner of this store, so the price given to me is very cheap. Brother Yu will not go bankrupt because of this. Brother Xian, don't worry.
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Chao Qing was from a noble family. His father told him that during the Xuanhe period, eunuchs in the palace secretly sold the imperial wine in the Tokyo Palace. A pot of wine sold for 30 guan. No matter how cheap it was, it could not be sold at a loss. Even if it was 30 guan.
A pot, plus thirty guan for food and rent.
Chao Qing suddenly remembered that Yang Qi gave each of the two women a small piece of silver. At least one tael or two taels of silver was ten guan. Calculating, the meal and drinks cost 70 guan. Even if it was half the price, it would still cost three guan.
Ten coins.
Chao Qing knew Yang Qi's monthly salary, and it was the same as his own, but the subsidy was just a bit more.
Chao Qing suddenly became vigilant. This meal of food and wine would eat up four or five months of their salary. It seemed that Yang Qi came here often. How could this Yang Qi get so much money?
Yang Qi saw Chao Qing's doubts, he smiled and said: "Brother Xian doesn't know many things. In fact, many people in our secretariat are doing business secretly. I started doing business as early as Chengji County.
Otherwise, can we support our family with that meager salary?"
Chao Qing was really disgusted. The county king treated them well. He provided them with housing, and a monthly salary and subsidy of six guan. When his official position was promoted to the fifth rank, he could get a monthly salary of 30 guan. Even the imperial court did not have such a high salary.
of salary.
But this Yang Qi showed no gratitude at all, and actually asked for a meager salary, which was simply shameless.
Seeing his calm expression, Yang Qi smiled and said: "How about my brother take you to do business together? You can easily get thousands of dollars a year. You can also come here often to drink. If you don't like women, drinking palace jade liquor is also good."
ah!"
Chao Qing had good self-cultivation and did not have an attack. He just smiled and said: "My father will not allow us to engage in business, otherwise he will break our legs. He is an old-fashioned man and has a deep prejudice against businessmen."
"My dear brother is not a three-year-old child, so his father has to make the decision on everything?"
"It's just too sudden. I'm not mentally prepared. Let me think about it. How about we wait until I get back?"
"That's fine, dear brother, think about it, come! Let's drink."
Yang Qi picked up the wine and drank it all. Chao Qing really hated everything here. Touching his food and wine would stain his innocence.
When Yang Qi wasn't paying attention, he secretly poured out the wine and pretended to drink it all in one gulp.
"I wonder what Brother Yang is doing. Can you tell me a little bit about it so that I can have a better understanding of it?"
Yang Qi was very interested. In order to tempt Chao Qing to agree, he simply revealed a little secret: "My business is actually selling cheap and selling high. I have a wide network of contacts and can get some scarce supplies, such as kerosene, which is prohibited."
It is not allowed to be sold to the enemy, but if I sell it to my own people, then it is not considered contraband. I will sell it to Lin'an and make a huge profit of ten times in one trip. At the same time, I will support Lin'an's fight against gold!"
At this time, a waiter walked in and said a few words to Yang Qi. Yang Qi nodded and smiled at Chao Qing: "I met a friend. I'm going to say hello. Brother, please drink and eat first. I'll be there soon."
Just come back."
He stood up and walked out quickly. Chao Qing could no longer hold back the anger in his heart and slapped his chopsticks on the table. He knew people but not their hearts. A person who was usually so sanctimonious turned out to be a polite scum.
Chao Qing didn't want to stay any longer, so he got up and walked towards the door. When he walked to the door, Chao Qing found two figures reflected on the ground at the crack of the door, one on the left and one on the right, as if they were standing guard.
Chao Qing was stunned for a moment and searched on the door. He found a large crack between the door frame and the door. He quickly moved to the door frame next to him. Through the crack in the door, he saw a man standing outside. His clothes were from a restaurant.
The man was working, his back was facing the crack in the door, and Chao Qing discovered that the hand behind his back was tightly holding the handle of a knife, and the blade was hidden in his pants.
………
Yang Qi followed the waiter to the third floor in a hurry, and walked into a suite. It was very spacious, but the layout was very simple. It was only black and white and had no furniture. It was completely different from the rooms below.
There were eight big men standing on each side, and a fat middle-aged man sitting in the middle was the Golden Fox, looking at Yang Qi coldly.
Yang Qi didn't expect that it was Jin Fox who was looking for him. He was so frightened that he knelt down quickly and said, "For this humble job, please see Manager Jin!"
Yang Qi was once selected when he was in Chengji County. He cooperated with the internal guards in a trick and pretended to be seduced by the Xixia people to betray him. He was very successful, causing Xixia intelligence spies to pass a lot of important false news to Xingqing Mansion, among which the largest
The fake news is that Xiao Heda and Chen Qing colluded.
This false news finally triggered the Xixia Civil War and became the root cause of Xixia's final demise.
Yang Qi also received a hundred taels of silver as a reward and was promoted to chief.
But during those few months when Yang Qi pretended to be bribed by Xixia spies, he spent every day living and drinking, drinking the best wine, eating the best food, and sleeping with prostitutes. The enjoyment was so deep in his bones that he could no longer return to his former poor life, so he
He began to take advantage of his position to secretly benefit some businessmen and gain benefits.
Not long after entering Jingzhao, Golden Fox found him and listed all the reasons for him, and he immediately knelt down.
Golden Fox said coldly: "I just asked you to treat him to a drink, who asked you to bring him here?"
"Bi Zhi just wants him to enjoy it and let him know the taste. Then he will do business with Bei Zhi to make money."
"Then how do you explain to him that this meal costs seventy or eighty dollars? Where did you get the money?"
"You're in a humble position, just doing business in private to make money?"
"What business, did you tell me?"
"I told him...to sell kerosene to the court."
"Bang!" Golden Fox slapped the table, causing the tea cup on the table to crash to the ground.
"You idiot!"
Golden Fox gritted his teeth and said, "Why didn't you tell him that you were actually selling kerosene to the Kingdom of Jin? You made more money."
Yang Qi turned pale with fright and kowtowed: "Bizhi...Bizhi can explain to him that they are all joking and not true."
The golden fox sighed softly, "Originally I didn't want to kill you, but your stupidity will expose me, so I can only let you take the first step."
"Sir, spare your life! Spare..."
Yang Qi suddenly grabbed his throat and opened his eyes in pain, "In that wine..."
Golden Fox sneered, "From the moment you brought him in, I decided to get rid of you. It's a pity. If you invited him to Nanlin Winery, maybe you could live a few more months."
Yang Qi grabbed his throat, his face swelled to the color of pig liver, and his eyes popped out. He fell to the ground, his feet twitched for a moment, and then he died completely.
Golden Fox snorted and said to the men next to him: "Go to the second floor and put Chao Qing's body into a bag, and bring it up first!"
The two men left quickly, and the warrior leader Li Tieqing next to them was a little worried, "General manager, if Yang Qi and Chao Qing disappeared at the same time, will Chen Qing be suspicious."
"Of course he will be suspicious, but there is nothing I can do. But if Chao Qing is allowed to go back alive, Nanlin Winery will be completely finished. You and I will be exposed, and Chengdu Nanlin Winery will be wiped out in one go, so Chao Qing must die, a He’s just a small person, nothing to pity!”
"I understand my humble position. I would rather kill three thousand people by mistake than let one person go!"
Golden Fox smiled and said: "Finally there is progress!"
Just as two of his subordinates rushed in like a gust of wind, "Manager, that Chao Qing is missing."
Golden Fox's expression changed. He grabbed Li Tieqing's neck and said viciously: "Didn't you say that he also drank?"
"The guy said it. He saw them toasting with his own eyes, and both of them drank it down in one gulp."
"Asshole! Where is his body?"
"A humble job... Let's go find it now."
"Find it for me!"
Golden Fox pushed him away, and Li Tieqing and his men rolled and crawled away.
Golden Fox suddenly realized that he was careless and should bring these two people together. What does it matter if Chao Qing knew about it, since he was going to kill him anyway.
Golden Fox patted his head in annoyance. His train of thought had not changed. He stood up with difficulty and helped one of his subordinates to walk downstairs.