Su Jin couldn't help but laugh. This Master Tixue seemed to be a master of flattery. He didn't dare to name Huaqing Pool. It was the place where Emperor Tang Ming and Concubine Yang bathed together, so he took a sidestep and reversed the name like this.
It seems that he has some inklings of connection with Huaqing Pool, which is out of reach, and it also vaguely elevates Feng Laohu's identity, which is a compliment.
Such a name always sounds so nondescript. You say it is a taboo, but it is very ordinary. You say it is ordinary, but it is easy to think of "the waiter lifts up the delicate and weak, it is the beginning of the new blessing."
In situations like this, Feng Laohu seems to be very satisfied with this name. It seems that this Feng Laohu is not a reckless man. He treats himself as a local emperor intentionally or unintentionally.
"Is it the name given by Master Yangzhou Tixue?" Su Jin said with a smile.
"That's right. Isn't the name elegant? To be honest with you, the envoy, all officials from Yangzhou, big and small, have come to bathe in the Tsinghua Pool. This natural hot spring is the only one in Yangzhou. Would you like to try it, the envoy?"
"Thank you, but that's not necessary. It's just half-warm water. I have a big wooden bucket in my room. After filling it with hot water, it won't be much different from this one."
Su Jin poured a ladle of cold water down his pocket, extinguishing all Feng Laohu's pride. Feng Laohu cursed in his heart: What an incompetent person. But there was no reaction on his face. He just smiled and said: "That's right.
It makes sense, to put it bluntly, it is indeed just a pool of hot soup, and the special envoy is... quite happy to speak."
Su Jin laughed, but secretly worried in his heart. Feng Laohu seemed to have unfathomable foundations. From his words, it could be heard that all officials in Yangzhou, big and small, had contacts with him, and they seemed to have a good relationship. His intentions were obvious, that is
When he told Su Jin that in Yangzhou City, he, Feng Huhu, had hands and eyes that could reach the sky, but it was not like him, a small foreign envoy, who could move whenever he wanted. Of course, Su Jin could feel the threat contained in the gossip.
Everyone walked through the courtyard and came to the small building. Su Jin looked up and looked at a plaque hanging on the small building, which read the words "Fugui Building". The handwriting was clear and elegant, as if it was written by a famous artist.
"Special Envoy Su, guess who inscribed this plaque?" Feng Laohu said with a smile.
"I can't guess, but he is a famous person anyway. Otherwise, how would he be qualified to write a plaque for Mr. Feng?"
"Haha, you guessed it right. This plaque was inscribed by our father and mother in Yangzhou, Song Fuzun. Look at the font and the strokes. Even though I am a reckless man, I can still see the skill in the words. The words are just like the person.
Master Song has a noble character, and his ligatures are so elegant and unique, hahaha..."
Su Jin was speechless and couldn't close his mouth. Song Xiang wrote an inscription to Feng Laohu? Could there be some connection between Feng Laohu and Song Xiang? No, no matter how you look at it, Song Xiang is not the kind of criminal who colludes with officials and businessmen.
People, are they all acting in front of themselves?
The more Su Jin thought about it, the more he started sweating. It was not that he was afraid of Song Xiang and Feng Laohu getting involved, but that he had a lot of handles in Song Xiang's hands. If he shook any one of them out, he would be able to drink a pot of it.
Once he really had something to do with Feng Laohu and he was holding on to his own leverage, how could he fight with Feng Laohu? He couldn't even get a single grain of the millions of stones in Feng Laohu's hands.
Feng Laohu looked at Su Jin's expression coldly and thought to himself: Boy, you are still very young when you fight with me. This is the first step. Today, I can beat you down without even using my fists. In Yangzhou
Here, if I can't fight against you, a foreign idiot like you, wouldn't it be a waste of my decades of living here in Yangzhou City?
"Master Envoy, please come inside. The fragrant tea has been prepared. I don't know why I hit it off with Master Envoy. The more we talked, the happier I became. I want to go in and have a cup of tea today."
Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down, and thought about the two warehouses where the grain was stored. The possession of these two granaries was the biggest weight in the competition with Feng Laohu. No matter what, Feng Laohu secretly collected grain overdue and did not comply with the court regulations.
With Guancang, this is his biggest fox tail; since he can't figure out the affair between Song Xiang and Feng Laohu, it's not a good idea to start a fight with him. He originally wanted to talk about it with this granary, but now he can only tolerate it for the time being.
"Well... Master Feng, I suddenly remembered that I have some important matters to deal with today, so it would be better not to go in and disturb me, so I will take my leave." Su Jin raised his hands and left.
Feng Laohu pulled him close to Su Jin's ear and whispered: "What's your priority? I'll tell you something you don't want to hear. You are the special envoy for food affairs. You can't take care of anything except food. You don't want to catch bandits."
To put it bluntly, the chieftain's matter is just a cover for you to be your envoy. I know the purpose of coming to me very clearly. I can't not give you face. Let's wait until we go upstairs to talk about it, lest you go back empty-handed and call the officials of Yangzhou.
I'm laughing at your incompetence, and I'm also laughing at me, Feng Jingyao, for not knowing the rules."
This was the first time that Su Jin had been ridiculed like this. Ever since Feng Laohu appeared, he had been hampered by his slow mind. Just now he was so aggressive, but now Feng Laohu was teasing him.
There was an evil fire in Su Jin's heart. He was a soft-spoken person, and an ordinary person would naturally be submissive at the mercy of others. However, Su Jin's stubborn temper was aroused.
Are those who are barefoot afraid of those who wear shoes? I am just a temporary errand. All of you are rich and important officials in the court. Even Song Xiang and Yangzhou officials are related to Feng Hu, but I am not
Why should he be afraid of being exposed? Because his biggest excuse is to secretly open the granary to use military rations. This is also Song Xiang's biggest excuse. After it is announced, no one can escape. Just now, he actually felt a little afraid.
Mind you, it is really a big mistake to worry about gains and losses.
After Su Jin figured this out, his mood suddenly became brighter, and a smile appeared on his face. He glanced sideways at the smug Feng Laohu and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Feng is so kind, if I don't come into your wealthy building to make trouble,
Isn't it disrespectful to you to have a cup of fragrant tea? However, I want to correct you. I am the special envoy for food affairs, but the emperor made it very clear when he gave the order.
The envoy has the right to intervene. You don't know that the Bagong Mountain bandits dared to touch the envoy's food. The envoy only led a thousand soldiers and took away all their lairs. How can the envoy do what Xiaoxiao can guess?
If anyone dares to fool and despise me, he will end up in a terrible end. Mr. Feng must remember my words."
Feng Laohu was stunned. When he was so complacent, he actually forgot what the young man in front of him had done. Since the envoy came to Yangzhou, Yangzhou City had almost quickly returned to normal from a chaotic city, but Song Xiang was definitely not like this.
ability; and when he heard the news that the Bagong Mountain bandits had robbed Su Jin of a large amount of food, Feng Laohu applauded and celebrated. However, the next situation was unexpected. He thought that Bagong Mountain was unbreakable.
Even if several states joined forces, it would be impossible to defeat the bandits' nest overnight. But just after ten days, news came that the bandit's nest was destroyed by Su Jin, the special envoy of grain affairs, with only more than a thousand troops.
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Feng Laohu was furious. He had nothing to do with the bandits. What he was angry about was that the prosperous black market grain business was about to come to an end again. He half-coaxed and half-frightened him into paying 160 yuan for free from the Yangzhou grain merchants.
If Wanshi grain is worth four million pounds this winter at the black market price, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell it. There are plenty of ways for poor people to make money. Don’t look at all the poor people. It’s really a matter of life and death.
, they can get money to buy rice by selling their sons, daughters and bodies.
There is no need to worry about being robbed. The five or six hundred apprentices he has are all good hands. Let alone the common people, even if the officers and soldiers come, there is no way for them to get an advantage even if they don't have a thousand or eight hundred officers and soldiers. Besides, in Yangzhou
In this place, who would send troops to fight against me?
The biggest worry is this bullshit order from the imperial court. I also want to keep a low profile, but my reputation is too great in Yangzhou City. Even if I fart unintentionally while walking on the street, it will be reported the next day.
Throughout the city, a large number of officials and gentry even came to ask if he had gastrointestinal discomfort that day.
So even though he lived in seclusion for several months and tried his best not to show up, his food collection could not escape the eyes of others. In fact, it was nothing. It was only after Su Jin, the food envoy, killed the Bagong Mountain bandits that Feng Laohu
He really felt threatened. Of course, he was not afraid. There was no one else in the world who could scare Feng Laohu except the emperor. He was just worried that Su Jin would bite him. The threat of this kid did not lie in how big he was.
The problem is that I don't know anything about him.
Su Jin came to visit today. Feng Laohu had actually known the news for a long time. He was stationed in Sanli Hutong, Beikou, and he just refused to let his men open the iron fence. Firstly, he wanted to dampen this boy's energy and show his attitude. Secondly,
Let's see how brave this kid is.
When Su Jin ordered people to tie ropes to pull down the iron fence, Feng Laohu actually felt that this person was in trouble. When Su Jin gave the order without hesitation, "If there is resistance, shoot and kill!" Feng Laohu began to feel that
I have a headache.
He showed up in a hurry because he didn't want to turn the matter into an uncontrollable confrontation, because he still had many methods that he had not used. First, he showed force to scare Su Jin, but the boy didn't care and went in anyway; Feng Laohu had no choice but to show up.
The Soft Knife, Fugui Tower, and Qinghua Pond are the places where he has tried and tested many tricks to deal with officials of all sizes in Yangzhou. He would not have used this method if he was not a person of his own level. To put it bluntly, he can make Feng Laohu
The people invited to Fugui Tower were all famous people, and Su Jin was also transformed into this type of person without knowing it.
Feng Laohu was also puzzled. He was obviously just a weak-looking young man, so why did he, an old man in the world, feel guilty in front of him? In order to calm down his guilty feeling, he actually told the officials who had come to Fugui Tower every detail.
After nagging some words, he didn't know why he did this. Could it be that he was not confident enough in Fugui Tower's methods?
After mentioning Song Xiang, Su Jin's attitude was obviously different. This made Feng Laohu very excited. He couldn't wait to ridicule Su Jin and save some of the decline. He thought that the more he invited, the more Su Jin would become.
He knew how to refuse, but unexpectedly this person suddenly changed his attitude. Before he could react, the sleeve he was pulling was empty, and he saw that Su Jin had lifted the curtain at the entrance of Fugui Building and stepped in.
Feng Laohu composed himself and hurriedly followed up. No matter what, he still had extreme confidence in the methods in Fugui Tower. So far, no official has been able to remain calm after entering Fugui Tower.dd