Hai Lanzhu held Tie Mo's arm, with a pair of beautiful eyes as tender as water, looking back at Aqige lightly.
The snow was not heavy, but Tie Mo felt that the temperature around him had dropped sharply. He wanted to find Hei Yunlong and others to rescue him, but when he turned around, he saw that those people had already hid far away.
Li Jiasheng only dared to smile bitterly and cup his hands from afar. It wasn't that they didn't want to take care of it, but they didn't dare to take care of it.
Hailanzhu is okay, but Aqige is someone no one dares to offend.
After hesitating for a moment, Tie Mo walked up to Aqige obediently and said apologetically: "Aqige, please listen to my explanation."
Unexpectedly, Aqige raised his hand and pushed Tie Mo away, "Go away, you have nothing to do here."
Aqige squinted her eyes and stared at Hailanzhu. The latter was also fearless, and her faint smile made Aqige upset.
"You two, if you have anything to say, let's go home and talk about it. In today's situation, you can save some face for me, okay?"
Neither Aqige nor Hai Lanzhu spoke, they just looked at each other quietly.
Tie Mo didn't know what to do, but fortunately Li Jiasheng at the door shouted, saying that the banquet had begun.
In the hall, Tie Mo naturally wanted to sit at the same table with Li Jiasheng and others, but as soon as he sat down, the originally joyful atmosphere immediately became a bit unpleasant.
Hailanzhu and Aqige took the initiative to sit on the left and right sides and continued to remain silent.
Li Jiasheng looked embarrassed, but didn't know how to get out of the situation. Ordinarily, in this situation, a woman should go to the female relatives.
As the banquet progressed, other tables were eating, drinking, and chatting happily. At Tiemo's table, the atmosphere was strange, and everyone at the table was eating seriously.
After drinking for three rounds, Chang Minyue came over with a smile holding a wine glass. She glanced at Tie Mo meaningfully, smiled at Aqige and Hai Lanzhu and said: "Two sisters, these stinky men are sitting together in a mess.
, why not go to my sister’s place and have a conversation.”
Aqige didn't buy it at all, turned her head and snorted.
Hai Lanzhu stood up, gave a blessing, and said with a smile: "Then I'll trouble Sister Chang. I've just arrived here, and I don't understand many of the rules."
"You're welcome, sister!" Chang Minyue eagerly took Hai Lanzhu's hand.
Looking at that delicate face at close range, even Chang Minyue, a woman, felt a little excited, and even felt a trace of jealousy deep in her heart.
Hai Lanzhu left with Chang Minyue, and Aqige didn't stay much. He gave her a fierce look and followed quickly. In short, these two women were at odds with each other.
As soon as the two girls left, Ma Fang put down her chopsticks and took a long breath, "Oh, my mother, I don't know what this meal tastes like."
...
Halfway through the banquet, Zhang Yan said some emotional words and suggested that everyone support the imperial court, but the reaction of the people below was not very good.
Speaking of difficulties, who doesn't have some difficulties? The gentry and wealthy businessmen each held a glass of wine and vomited their bitterness. In the end, Zhang Yan was embarrassed to ask for money. If she continued to listen, she should give these gentry money.
After finally making a trip to Shanxi, Zhang Yan was not willing to return empty-handed. The next day, she invited several powerful Shanxi businessmen in her own name.
Queen Yi'an held a banquet in person and spoke in a calm tone, which could be regarded as a sign of letting go. However, the effect was still very little.
Chang Minyue, Cao Shengyu, and Qiao Liuyun did not answer the question. The Kang family had been cheated into pieces by the imperial court before, and it was even more impossible for Kang Zhenyue to respond to Queen Yi'an's call at this time.
It was another sleepless night. Faced with the situation in front of her, Zhang Yan was helpless.
At this time, she also felt that something was wrong. Even if these Shanxi merchants had resentment towards the court, she was a majestic queen, rich in gold, and held a banquet with a sincere attitude, which was regarded as an apology.
Ordinarily, these Shanxi merchants should give her a little favor no matter what. No matter how cruel they are, they won't not pay a tael of silver, right?
But in fact, I didn't even get a single tael of silver.
What's going on? What's the problem?
Zhang Yan, who had no clue, had no choice but to find Hou Shilu again.
"Mr. Hou, is there something wrong with this palace? Why are Chang, Cao and other families so indifferent and unwilling to give out even a tael of silver?"
At this point, Zhang Yan was already a little angry. The queen hosted a banquet and said nice things, but she couldn't get a tael of silver back. Being slapped in the face like this made the clay figure very angry.
Hou Shilu was not surprised. He whispered: "Mother, it's not that you didn't do well, it's that you didn't find the right person."
"Have you not found the right person? Regarding matters in Shanxi, especially in terms of money and silk, if you don't look for Kang, Chang and Cao's family, is there another family?"
"Mother, what you said is correct. However, under the current situation, if you really want these families to contribute money, you must ask someone to help."
Zhang Yan couldn't help but be puzzled, "Who? Is there anyone more important than you in northern Shanxi?"
"This person is Zhang Bei Guards, Tie Mo!"
...
Zhang Beicheng, Moon Palace.
Tie Mo finally knows what it means to live like a year. This smokeless war in the backyard leaves no one with a place to sleep.
After returning from Zhangjiakou, Aqige and Hailanzhu faced each other tit for tat. Although the two women did not say harsh words or fight, the fire in their eyes was enough to burn a person to ashes.
"Brother Tie, Brother Tie...the queen is coming to Zhang Bei!"
"Huh?" Tie Mo was immediately overjoyed. He let go of Mengmeng in his arms, turned around and ran out. After a while, Aqige's angry scolding came from behind him.
"You bastard, you run pretty fast!"
As soon as Tie Mo arrived at the Xin County Government Office Hall, Chen Zilong consciously retreated outside.
Tie Mo bowed his hands and saluted, and said loudly: "At the end of the day, General Zhang Bei will be on guard. See the Queen."
"General Iron, no courtesy." Zhang Yan carefully looked at the man in front of her. After looking for a long time, she didn't see anything extraordinary. This man looked simple and honest, ordinary. He had also gone to Zhangjiakou to attend a banquet before, but he was stunned.
I can't bear to see him.
Although he was suspicious in his heart, he didn't know why Hou Shilu asked him to invite Tie Mo. But since he came, he should make peace with it.
"General Tie, I came to you this time to ask you to do me a favor."
"Huh? I'm just a low-key person. I wonder what I can do to help you?"
"I know that you have a good relationship with Shanxi merchants, and I would like to ask you to come forward and intercede to see if these people can tide over the difficulties with the imperial court."
Tie Mo secretly laughed in his heart, it seemed that Queen Zhang was forced to have no choice, otherwise she would not have personally gone to Zhang Bei to see him, the little guard Qian.
"Your Majesty, I will help you make peace with it, of course. But it will be difficult to get those people to pay for it."
Tie Mo shook his head and sighed bitterly, but Zhang Yan was unhappy. In fact, ever since Hou Shilu told Tie Mo, people started to get to know this person in a hurry.
This man had been through border trade and had made great achievements in battle. He was also closely related to Shanxi merchants. There were rumors that he was the real backbone of Shanxi merchants.
Considering his relationship with Shanxi merchants, it didn't matter if he made peace with him, but he still looked embarrassed.