The two came to the door and were about to knock on the door when they suddenly heard a strange female voice coming from the house.
"Why haven't you spoken? Are you so regretful that you can't speak?"
The two looked at each other and had a tacit understanding not to knock on the door, but to hide outside and eavesdrop.
Yang Ying's voice sounded slowly.
"Envy? Silly Chun'er, Anfeng's muddy water is hard for me to get out of even if I go there, but you are stupid enough to send it to the door yourself!"
A strange female voice said angrily: "Yang Xing, I am not your maid now! Soon, I will become the Queen Mother! I don't like you talking to me in that condescending tone again!"
"Chun'er, I was the one who was sorry for you at the beginning, and I know you still hate me... But I advise you to think about Anfeng again."
The strange female voice sneered: "You want to persuade me to give up, so that you and your son can go to Anfeng!"
"If I want to go to Anfeng, will they still come to you?"
The strange female voice was silent for a while and said: "I took a detour to Jiangdu this time to find you, just to ask clearly why you didn't go to Anfeng? I know your ambition very well, don't tell me that you have changed to vegetarianism!" p>
"Looking at the years of friendship between you and me, I will just say a few words. Chun'er, what do you think is the most important thing for a woman?"
A strange female voice hummed: "Don't talk to me this kind of nonsense, just say it clearly!"
"Listen carefully, Liu Chun, the most important thing for a woman is her destination. Only when she has a destination can she consider other things. I have found the best destination, and other things must be put in the back row!"
The strange female voice sneered: "Is this the general named Hou? He is just an ordinary general in the Jiangdu Army. How can he be better than the Queen Mother as his wife?"
"Some things are difficult to explain clearly in one sentence, but to put it simply, yes, this destination is much better than going to Anfeng to be the Queen Mother!"
The strange female voice smiled and said: "I feel relieved when you say that, good sister, as long as you don't argue with me, we will still be good sisters. If Jiangdu Army is defeated and joins the Northern Army in the future, I will treat you well!"<
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"Heh... Then I'll thank you first. By the way, how are Qing'er?"
The two began to talk about trivial matters. Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun silently left the bamboo house and returned to the shore.
Qin Lingjun said to the three housekeepers: "Don't let Yang Ying know that we have been here, otherwise I will only ask you three, do you understand?"
Zhang Yangquan said: "Madam, it doesn't have to be like this. Yang Ying didn't deceive us, and we don't have to hide it from her. It doesn't matter if she knows we've been here!"
Qin Lingjun thought for a while and then didn't insist anymore.
After leaving the Houfu, it was already noon. The two bought some Hu cakes on the roadside, and then found an open-air tea shed to eat cakes and tea.
"Listening to what they just said, it seems that the other woman is also Han Shantong's wife." Qin Lingjun thought for a while and suddenly said.
Zhang Yangquan nodded and said: "And she is Yang Ying's maid!"
Qin Lingjun said: "I understand, that maid followed Yang Ying into the Han Mansion as the intercourse girl, and later had a relationship with Han Shantong and gave birth to a son for him!"
"Well, it makes sense. Du Zundao and Liu Futong should have given up on Han Lin'er, so they wanted to make Han Shantong's other son the emperor!"
Qin Lingjun snorted: "They are just their puppets!"
While the two were talking, a carriage passed by the tea shed.
After a while, the carriage suddenly stopped, and a woman got off the carriage and trotted over with her dress in hand.
"Are you two observing the sentiments of the people?" the woman said with a sweet smile.
Zhang Yangquan looked up and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Miss Qianqian. Please sit down and talk."
Shen Qianqian looked very happy and sat down next to the two of them with a smile.
When Zhang Yangquan handed her a piece of Hu cake, she was not restrained and took it with her hand. In fact, she rarely eats food on the roadside.
She took a small bite of the biscuit, smiled and said: "Congratulations to the manager, this victory over the Yuan army has allowed us small businessmen to finally settle down and do business!"
Zhang Yangquan poured another cup of tea for Shen Qianqian and asked: "Is Jiangdu Commercial City still stable recently?"
Shen Qianqian thanked him and said: "Of course it is stable, and it is more prosperous than before. In just the past ten days, dozens of big businessmen from other places have poured into Jiangdu!"
Zhang Yangquan was surprised: "Are there so many?"
Shen Qianqian took another bite of the biscuit and said softly: "Half of them were businessmen who escaped at the beginning. When the war was over, they all came back, and..."
"And what?"
Shen Qianqian glanced at him and pouted: "These businessmen who escaped returned to Jiangdu and were favored by the officials of the General Administration. Those of us who insisted on staying in Jiangdu were ignored by them!"
Zhang Yangquan frowned, pondered for a while, and slowly understood the reason.
For officials, what they want to think about is how to expand Jiangdu Commercial City.
There is no need to worry about those businessmen who stick to Jiangdu, they will stay honestly, while the wavering businessmen must take the initiative to show their kindness before they can win over.
This is a short-sighted move eager for quick success. It will not only chill the businessmen who support the General Manager's Office, but also make others feel that the General Manager's Office's rewards and punishments are unclear when they see this kind of thing.
Zhang Yangquan waved, and a bodyguard rushed out from the darkness. He whispered a few instructions, and the bodyguard took the order and left.
Shen Qianqian was very happy to see that Zhang Yangquan still valued her opinions.
"There is a grand banquet in the city today. Almost all the big businessmen in the city will attend the banquet. Are you two interested?" She invited with a smile.
Zhang Yangquan wondered: "Who threw the banquet and had such a big reputation?"
Shen Qianqian smiled and said: "Please allow Qianqian to be quiet first. You will know after you two go there."
Zhang Yangquan looked at Qin Lingjun: "Madam, Miss Qianqian invites you kindly, let's just refuse it disrespectfully!"
Qin Lingjun glanced sideways at Shen Qianqian, nodded and said, "Very good, I'm also very interested."
So the two of them got on Shen Qianqian's carriage and headed east of the city together.
Along the way, Zhang Yangquan asked about Shen Wansan's recent situation, and Shen Qianqian replied: "My brother went to Japan."
Zhang Yangquan praised: "Since Shen Yuanwai came to Jiangdu, the tax revenue of the Municipal Shipping Department has doubled again. My brother's ability to do more is truly worthy of his reputation!"
Shen Qianqian smiled and said: "My brother is now looking forward to the general manager being able to conquer Jiangnan as soon as possible. By then, starting from Qingyuan and Taizhou, he can go to more countries!"
Zhang Yangquan laughed and said: "I'm looking forward to that day too!"
Not long after, the carriage stopped outside a large house in the east of the city. The gate was crowded with people, like a prime minister's house.
Zhang Yangquan became even more curious. He looked up and found that the plaque on the lintel had the two characters "Lu Mansion" written on it.
He was suddenly confused. There should be no one named Lu among his civil and military ministers!
The two pretended to be Shen Qianqian's followers and followed her to the gate.
A chair was placed outside the door of the mansion, and a middle-aged scribe sat on it. Every time a guest brought a gift, the scribe would write it down.
Zhang Yangquan looked at it silently for a while and found that the gifts given by each guest were exactly the same, all of which were Yingtao radish!
And the gifts are very few. Some people give one, some give two, and at most they give three. On the contrary, the gift box containing the radish is very exquisite.
Could it be that the owner of this mansion likes to eat cherries and radishes? Since the gifts are all the same, why bother to record them?
When it was the turn of the person in front of Shen Qianqian, an accident happened. What the person gave was not a radish but a string of Buddhist beads.
The servant did not pick up the beads, but silently walked to the scribe and whispered.
The middle-aged scribe put down his pen, walked up to the man, and said calmly: "Shopkeeper Dong, did you give the wrong gift? Do you want to change it?"
Shopkeeper Dong raised his head and said, "You insisted on letting me come. I'm here and I've given you gifts. What else do you want!"
The scribe sneered: "I bet you are here to act wild! Do you know the meaning of today's banquet?"
Shopkeeper Dong said: "Huh! I understand the rules, but there was already a banquet a few days ago, and everyone gave gifts. Why is there another one today?"
The scribe said: "Of course it is different. This time it is to celebrate Jiangdu Army's victory. Now that our Jiangdu Army has defeated the Yuan Army, your business will be easier to do. Shouldn't you express it?"
Shopkeeper Dong said angrily: "Who wouldn't be happy that Jiangdu's army won the battle? It's fine if you ask me to donate money to the soldiers. Why should I give another gift to Lu Dushi?"
The scribe said sadly: "Even the Shen family and the Cai family didn't say anything and came to the meeting honestly, but you, a little ink shop owner, dare to make trouble here!"
Shopkeeper Dong was choked and speechless.
Zhang Yangquan glanced at Shen Qianqian and finally understood her purpose of bringing him here.
The scribe said again: "Shopkeeper Dong, since you don't want to come, no one will force you, so please do it!"
Shopkeeper Dong said loudly: "I don't know the head office anymore! Please ask Mr. Lu to return the carrots I gave you last time!"
The scribe sneered: "Even if we, Lu Doushi, are willing to give it to you, do you dare to accept it?"
Shopkeeper Dong said loudly: "I obey the law and abide by the law, why don't you dare to accept it?"
The scribe said calmly: "Very good, then you can wait at home!"
"Just wait!" Shopkeeper Dong snorted and walked away.
Zhang Yangquan said to Shen Qianqian: "Miss Qianqian, show me your gift."
Shen Qianqian agreed and took a gift box from his entourage, which also contained a cherry carrot.
Zhang Yangquan reached out and took it, weighed it, and found that the radish was surprisingly heavy, and he immediately realized that something was stuffed inside.